Whether you are an accomplished explorer or only starting out, this
upcoming Horizon Walkers treasure hunt is for you. It will focus only on
locations in the Basin of Life and will not be as challenging as a
Nature Trial would be.

Date: 30th June, 11:30pm GMT

Rewards:

1st Place - 200 credits + reskinned Silver Compass of True Directions
2nd Place - 150 credits
3rd Place - 100 credits

All participants will have until the end of the following week after the
hunt (9th July inclusive) to pick up the hunt item and complete the
treasure hunt. Everyone who completes the treasure hunt will be rewarded
2000 aethergoop (including for those who place) and their hunt item will
transform into one of the collectables. If you missed the previous ones,
this is your chance to start collecting. The first collectable was a
chessboard-sized wooden map of the Basin of Life, and the second was a
bas-relief puzzle able to be shifted to display various scenes of
exploration. Check out the Lexicon of Reconnaissance for your progress,
now available at the new Avechna's Peak landmark - PILGRIMCAMP.

HOW TO PREPARE

One thing to keep in mind when preparing is that clues hardly ever
include the exact word you will find in a room's description. If there
is a castle in the brief or verbose description of the room, it is
unlikely to ever be referred to as such, otherwise, you could just use
PATH SEARCH or search through information stored in client-side mappers.
The clue might instead be:

"The wind carries herbal scents, the broken fence revealing peaks of
colour in this drab land, dimmed by the menacing shadow of a nearby
crumbling behemoth."

This is room "a hidden clearing" in the Grey Moors. There are a few
hints to this being the right place. "Drab land" is meant to suggest
Grey Moors, "menacing shadow of a crumbling behemoth" is meant to
conjure the image of Castle Djarrakh. Then for the exact room, the
herbal scent is meant to point to the herbal garden which is an
adjoining room and the room's description suggests you can glimpse the
herbs within, hence "peaks of colour".

The clue could allude to the history of the place, its people,
geography, visuals, etc. The best way to prepare is to go out and
explore the Basin of Life. Go forth and read the descriptions of the
rooms so you know what all is out there!

HOW TREASURE HUNTS WORK

As for how treasure hunts are carried out in Lusternia, you always
receive an item that serves as your guide. You usually have at least two
ways of interacting with the item, which you will be able to see on
PROBE. The first will show you the current clue and the second will
verify if you are in the right room for the given clue. The item will
tell you if you are in the right room and then roll the next clue.
Everyone has the same clues but in a randomly generated order. The first
person to figure out the last clue, wins. In some cases, and in these
hunts as well, you will also have the option to reroll a clue once in a
while to avoid getting stuck.

Penned by my hand on the 13th of Urlachmar, in the year 652 CE.