Treasure Hunter

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Treasure Hunter
Campaign	Core
Title type	Character

Your character will earn ranks in the Treasure Hunter title track by opening high-end locked chests. This title can be displayed in the "Honor" monument.

Contents 1 Treasure Hunter title track 2 Acquisition 3 Cost 4 Tips 5 Notes

[edit] Treasure Hunter title track

Tier	Title	High-end chests opened	Salvage bonus	Retain lockpick chance
1	Treasure Hunter	100	+3%	+3%
2	Adept Treasure Hunter	250	+6%	+6%
3	Advanced Treasure Hunter	550	+9%	+9%
4	Expert Treasure Hunter	1,200	+12%	+12%
5	Elite Treasure Hunter	2,500	+15%	+15%
6	Master Treasure Hunter	5,000	+18%	+18%
7	Grandmaster Treasure Hunter	10,000	+21%	+21%

Benefits:

• The base chance (50%) of retaining a base item when attempting to salvage upgrades from it increases as shown by the salvage bonus in the table above.
• The base chance of retaining lockpicks after use will also increase as shown.
• If using lockpicks to open the chest, it will also contribute to both lucky and Unlucky titles.

[edit] Acquisition

A chest is considered "high-end" if the key required to open it costs 600 or more. Each such chest opened contributes one point to this title track. In hard mode, any Locked Chest will add a point to this title, regardless of location.

During Easter 2007 and 2008, Golden Eggs would randomly drop from slain enemies. For each Golden Egg picked up, one point was added to this title's progress. It should be noted that the point was only added if the Golden Egg was picked up while still assigned to your character. This is the reason why this title can be acquired in Prophecies pre-Searing despite the absence of any high-end chests.

[edit] Cost

Assuming that you used a lockpick to open every chest and the lockpick broke at each use, it would cost 15,000 to unlock enough chests to obtain the Grandmaster Treasure Hunter Rank. In reality, as you progressed through the ranks of the title the chance of keeping the lockpick would increase and would therefore lower the number of times opening the chest cost 1500. The loot gained from opening the chest will make back a portion of the cost of opening the chest.

[edit] Tips

• Poisoned Outcrops holds between 2-5 chests and averages as a 5-minute run. That makes it a good location to do chest runs while getting a shot at Elemental Swords dropping.
• It would take about 238 hours to achieve the maximum tier based on the above averages.
• Witman's Folly is a small area that holds 2-3 chests to the east. Starting from Port Sledge, you can get 2-3 chests in under three minutes, but the drops tend to be poorer.
• Dreadnought's Drift spawns 3 chests from either entrance and takes about 2-4 minutes per run.
• The Secret Lair of the Snowmen holds between 4 and 5 chests for an average 10 minutes per run, making it a good alternative.
• The run from Beacon's Perch to Droknar's Forge yields 5-10 chests in about 20 minutes. It is not the fastest way to obtain the title, but if you have a party of all players you can make more money then you lose in keys.

[edit] Notes

• Treasure found in Nightfall and Eye of the North does not contribute to this title since they do not require keys.

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Titles
Character titles
Core	Cartographer • Drunkard • Guardian • Maxed Titles • Party Animal • Protector • Skill Hunter • Survivor • Sweet Tooth • Treasure Hunter • Vanquisher • Wisdom
Prophecies	Legendary Defender of Ascalon
Nightfall	Lightbringer • Sunspear
Eye of the North	Asura • Deldrimor • Ebon Vanguard • Master of the North • Norn
All campaigns	Legendary Cartographer • Legendary Guardian • Legendary Skill Hunter • Legendary Vanquisher
Account titles
Core	Champion • Gamer • Gladiator • Hero • Lucky • Unlucky • Zaishen
Factions	Kurzick • Luxon
Nightfall, Eye of the North	Commander