Maximizing treasure profit

The Meth

The Meth

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

R/

If running around in Elona getting all the free treasure, is it most profitable over the long term to only run the ones that give the most money (realm of torment ones) on all 10 characters and skipping the other ones that do not give as much? I don't know if every chest you open decreases the yield of every other chest, or if it is based on how many times you have opened each individual chest. Can someone more experienced in collecting these enlighten me?

Mournblade

Mournblade

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2005

Houston, Texas

Dawn Treaders [DAWN]

W/Mo

Considering it takes a month+ to wait between each opening, and it took a couple months before that started to be widely known in the community, I don't think there's been enough time to compose a study like that. There's a rather large thread for discussion of the chest theories though, so you might glean some more information there...

Mohnzh

Mohnzh

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2007

Might find me roaming around doing missions in hard mode...or maybe I'm lost in the Underworld...

[KCOR]

Mo/

I just ran all the chests yesterday, and I worked my way from the easiest to the most difficult. I got between 500 and 600 gold on the beginners island, between 1.5 and 2.5 in Kourna, between 2 and 3k in Vabbi and the Desolation, and close to 4k in Realm of Torment. I got 1 sapphire from a Do Not Touch, but the rest was gold and gold item, no purples. Three or Four chests had already been opened too recently, and I skipped one that was in Domain of Pain (I think). With drops and merching everything I did not put on heroes (I equipped about half the drops), I ended up gaining about 25-30k. I would say for sure that opening one chest does not affect the yield of another chest, considering the last one I opened had by far the most gold (>3.5k).

havok019

havok019

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2007

HdCr

W/Mo

Gaile has said there is a law of diminishing returns. Start with the hardest level chests (Torment) and work down. The best treasure drops occur in the more difficult areas and the quality of the drops decline with the opening of more chests.

Other tips include writing down the date you open the chest, open all the chests on the same day and keeping track of this and not touching any of them for at least 30 days.

kazjun

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

HoVa

W/N

First time you get the treasures you get the full amount. Everytime after that it starts to decrease I think. It's all free plat, but by my 4th time or so the beginner isles only gave me like 200g and a purple. Kourna was like 500-600g?Not even really worth running but that's up to each person. On the otherhand, a lucky gem drop is worth far more than what you get in plat or items so it's still worth a look.

wayne

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2007

brotherhood of the shadows [bots]

Mo/

i like running the chest ;/ there prob random because i got a req 9 max adamantine falchion from the buried one on starter island

Master Kaii

Master Kaii

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2007

LoSt

Mo/

In area's of the first island, i ran the chests in hard mode, and i'm not sure if it made a difference but i got a req9 max and 2plat

cosyfiep

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

I have a couple of toons that do the treasure runs for me, I have waited on one since May and did a run with her yesterday to some of the easier ones for me:
Nightfall jahai...2 plat and some and a purple truncheon , went to Lyss and got 1plat and very little and yet another gold shield. (stopped due to lag issues will continue on monday)
Ran another toon a few days back and got 2 plat in nf jahai (and yes a gold shield...have plenty of them now), and 1 plat in lyss and a diamond!, (got only 1 plat on yet another toon there today)....so the plat is going down for me, it had been 3plat in tormented areas, 2 in desolation and vabbi, 1 in kourna and under 1/2 plat in begginer isle.....last time I did that one I got 200 gold (and a gold item which was what I wanted since I am trying to get my next level of wisdom).

Starsky-sama

Starsky-sama

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2005

Land of the Z Chest \o/

[NOT]-Nomads of Turmoil.

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by cosyfiep
Nightfall jahai...2 plat and some and a purple truncheon woah didnt know these gave out grapes....crap now ive jinxed myself. lol

kazjun

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

HoVa

W/N

Yeah they decrease after the first time you open each of them. Don't know if they get better over time if you don't open them though.

Liquidus

Liquidus

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

The Basin

I know this is an old thread, but I'm just playing through Nightfall now and I'm wondering if I should wait and not open any chests now, and start opening from the LAST chest? Or does it start matter which chest I start with?

sykoone

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mystical Chaos

E/

Doesn't seem to matter what order you open them in, but rather how many times they are opened.