Treasure Hunt

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Overview

The Treasure Hunt (or Buried Treasure) event is a special event at the Treasure Field Base Camp in Ered Luin [18.7S, 98.2W] where players can dig for buried treasure and Buried Treasure Tokens that can be bartered at the base camp for rewards. This event is not tied to any seasonal festival but will appear throughout the year. When active, players can get a ride to the Treasure Field Base Camp for free from "Festival Announcers - Stable-masters" in Bree, Celondim, Michel Delving or Thorin's Gate.

During the event in August 2014, the Domesticated Cave-claw was not available from dig site drops and could not be bartered from the Reward Vendor, Marís. Now it has been added at the reduced cost of 5 tokens.[1]

Treasure Hunting

The object of the treasure hunt is to find treasure in the Buried Treasure Field northwest of the Treasure Field Base Camp. After completing the introduction quest, the dwarves at the camp give players three tools for finding treasure: Treasure-hunter's Picks, Dowsing Gems and Trained Cave-claw Cages. Each of these items are consumed on use and more are available from repeatable quests as well as in treasure from Dig-sites. In addition, the Barter Vendor Sigtír offers Dowsing Gems and Trained Cave-claw Cages in exchange for Buried Treasure Tokens, and the LOTRO store sells Treasure-hunter's Picks.

Dates of the Treasure Hunt event

Scheduled dates
2024: April 4 - April 10
2024: November 7 - November 13
Previous Dates
2023: November 22 - November 28
2023: May 18 - May 30
2022: September 29 - October 3
2022: May 25 - May 30
2021: September 30 - October 5
2021: June 27 - June 31
2020: August 13 - August 17
2020: July 18 - July 20
2019: July 18 - July 22
2019: February 14 - February 19
2018: July 26 - July 30
2018: February 15 - February 19
2017: March 10 - August 12
2016: August 25 - August 28
2016: March 25 - August 28 [2]
2014: December 12 - December 14 [3]

Dig-sites

From the surface, all Dig-sites look the same, but there are four sizes of treasures underneath: Small, Medium, Large and Huge. There is only one Huge Dig-site per round, and when someone digs it up, the round is over, all Dig-sites despawn, then a new round begins with new Dig-sites, one of which is randomly a Huge Dig-site. Additionally, a round will be over if more than half of the Dig-sites have been dug up or an hour has passed since the last round started. While there are lots of Small Dig-sites, there are only some Medium Dig-sites and fewer Large Dig-sites. A Treasure-hunter's Pick is needed to dig at a Dig-site and retrieve the treasure below.

Each dig site contains an amount of Buried Treasure Tokens based on the cache size and also has a chance to contain a Small, Medium, Large or Huge Treasure Cache depending on the size of the Dig-site. Dig-sites may sometimes contain Treasure-hunter's Picks, Dowsing Gems, or Trained Cave-claw Cages.

Dowsing Gem

Dowsing Gems must be used with a Dig-site selected and will give a reading indicating the size of the treasure buried underneath the selected dig site. The reading appears as overhead text as well as in the chat log.

  • You're getting a very weak reading - Small Dig-site
  • You're getting a slight reading - Medium Dig-site
  • You're getting a strong reading - Large Dig-site
  • You're getting a very strong reading - Huge Dig-site

Trained Cave-claw Cage

When a player uses a Trained Cave-claw Cage, it releases a Cave-claw that will seek out the largest Dig-site within 20 meters, run to it and tell you the size of the treasure buried underneath. The reading from the Cave-claw appears as overhead text but not in the chat log.

  • The Cave-claw found a Small Dig-site
  • The Cave-claw found a Medium Dig-site
  • The Cave-claw found a Large Dig-site
  • The Cave-claw found a Huge Dig-site

Treasure Caches

Each of the Treasure Caches either contain an amount of Buried Treasure Tokens,  Trained Cave-claw Cage,  Treasure-hunter's Pick and/or a chance for one of the caches listed below. Some, but not all, items are also available from the Reward Vendor, Marís, in exchange for Buried Treasure Tokens.

 Huge Treasure Cache

 Large Treasure Cache

 Medium Treasure Cache

 Small Treasure Cache


* Denotes an item only available from treasure caches.

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Destination Region Cost
West Bree (Swift) Bree-land Free
Thorin's Gate (Swift) Ered Luin Free
Celondim (Swift) Ered Luin Free
Michel Delving (Swift) The Shire Free

Barter Items

Barter Vendor - Sigtír

Item to Receive Items to Trade
 Dowsing Gem  Buried Treasure Token
 Map to the Treasure Field Buried Treasure Token
 Trained Cave-claw Cage 5 Buried Treasure Tokens

Reward Vendor - Marís

Item to Receive Items to Trade
Medium Cache Rewards
 Wooden Cave-claw Mask 90 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Treasure Chest 30 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Dig-Site 60 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Gold Panning 100 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Dowse 30 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Treasure Hunter's Satchel 60 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Domesticated Cave-claw 5 Buried Treasure Tokens
Large Cache Rewards
 Treasure Hunter's Pack 150 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Jeweller's Helm 200 Buried Treasure Tokens
300 Motes of Enchantment 200 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Gem Inspection 250 Buried Treasure Tokens
Huge Cache Rewards
 Trained Cave-claw 400 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Golden Cave-claw Mask 500 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Rich! 300 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Harvest-brew Goat 1,000 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Unearthed Sack 500 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Tome of the Treasure-seeking Cave-claw 500 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Tome of the Tan-back Cave-claw 500 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Tome of the Green-back Cave-claw 500 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Tome of the Pink-beak Cave-claw 500 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Tome of the Black-beak Cave-claw 500 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Tome of the Green-beak Cave-claw 500 Buried Treasure Tokens
Pets & Decorations - Imported Hobnanigans Goods
 Tome of the White Chicken 150 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Tome of the Red Chicken 225 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Tome of the Dorking Chicken 300 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Tome of the Scrapper Chicken 375 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Tome of the Black-foot Chicken 450 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Tome of the Orange Wyandotte Chicken 525 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Standing Streamer 60 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Seedy Hobbit Waggon 60 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Yellow Hobbit Waggon 90 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Red Hobbit Waggon 90 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Green Hobbit Waggon 90 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Blue Hobbit Waggon 90 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Broken Hobbit Waggon 30 Buried Treasure Tokens
Recipes - Imported Hobnanigans Goods
 Oliphaunt Ear Recipe 10 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Roasted Coney on a Stick Recipe 10 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Chicken Wing Recipe 10 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Sticky Apple Recipe 10 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Took in the Hole Recipe 10 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Flagon of 'Shire-honey' Mead Recipe 2 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Glass of Dark Stout Recipe 2 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Bottle of 'Sticky Apple' Cider Recipe 2 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Oliphaunt Ear Banquet Recipe 5 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Roasted Coney on a Stick Banquet Recipe 5 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Chicken Wing Banquet Recipe 5 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Sticky Apple Banquet Recipe 5 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Took in the Hole Banquet Recipe 5 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Hobnanigans Banquet Recipe 5 Buried Treasure Tokens
Consumables - Imported Hobnanigans Goods
 Facepaint Stencil - Flower 5 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Facepaint Stencil - Butterfly 5 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Facepaint Stencil - Bee 5 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Facepaint Stencil - Feather 5 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Facepaint Stencil - Star 5 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Facepaint Stencil - Sword 5 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Facepaint Stencil - Bow 5 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Facepaint Stencil - Pipe 5 Buried Treasure Tokens
 White Carrying Chicken 5 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Red Carrying Chicken 6 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Dorking Carrying Chicken 7 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Scrapper Carrying Chicken 8 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Black-foot Carrying Chicken 9 Buried Treasure Tokens
 Orange Wyandotte Carrying Chicken 10 Buried Treasure Tokens


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