Golden Voyager Sea Of Thieves

The Gilded Hoarders were at a loss for where to hibernate their riches after the events at the Shores of Aureate went down. They needed a new location, just as secure as the terminal, to protect their mountains of treasure.

The Gilded Hoarders decided there would be no better location than the Ancient Vaults scattered effectually the Ocean of Thieves. The Aboriginal Vaults allowed the Gold Hoarders to lock away their treasure and proceed any pesky intruders out. You see, a unique Vault Primal is the only matter that can open these vaults.

Equally a security precaution, the Gilded Hoarders hid and cached the Vault Keys on random islands. They then took the only maps of the Vault Primal locations and tore them up into little pieces! These Torn Map Parchments are now scattered across the Sea of Thieves.

This all initially seemed like a great idea! Unfortunately, it ended up being a not and then great idea…

The Gold Hoarders have heard rumors that their Treasure Vaults are under threat from Flameheart! The Trading Visitor is now asking any willing pirate to retrieve their Vault Keys. They are hoping to collect them all and proceed them under close protection.

This fundamental recovery mission takes the form of a brand new Golden Hoarder voyage! Information technology is like no other voyage you've experienced in the Ocean of Thieves. Y'all will but be able to complete the voyage with a unique tool, the Golden Wayfinder!

With the Golden Wayfinder, yous and your coiffure will chase down Vault Keys and decide what to do with them. Sell them back to the Gold Hoarders as they've asked? Or find what riches await in the Treasure Vaults they protect!

For whatsoever pirate wanting to residue their eyes from reading, we have a video guide to help you complete the new voyage correct hither:

What is the Golden Wayfinder?

The Aureate Wayfinder is an enchanted compass with the ability to seek out Torn Map Parchments buried on islands across the Sea of Thieves. One time collected, the Torn Map Parchments will assemble a map that reveals a Vault Key'south location.

You will only be able to equip this new tool during the Gilt Wayfinder voyage sold by the Gold Hoarders.

How to utilise the Gilded Wayfinder

The Golden Wayfinder compass has i needle on it that volition signal you in the general direction of Torn Map Parchments. This needle will sway and jump back and forth on the compass equally you hold it.

You will commencement want to turn effectually with the Gilded Wayfinder in mitt until the needle is swaying on the pinnacle part of the compass. Only similar you would with a normal compass, go on the needle facing frontward as you hold it. Now that we have the general management we need to head figured out, it's fourth dimension to understand the needle move.

A Game of Hot and Cold

The movement of the needle signals the corporeality of distance between you and the location of the cached Torn Map Parchment. A large sway means that you are far away from the Torn Map Parchment. A shorter sway means you are shut to the isle with the Torn Map Parchment. The smaller the sway of the needle is the closer you are to your goal.

Use the needle movement equally if you were playing a game of Hot and Cold. The longer and larger the sway of the needle, the colder yous are. The quicker and smaller the needle, the hotter you are.

At present commonly you would follow the needle of the compass to where you need to go but this needle has a range as it is always swaying. You'll want to caput to where the center of the needle's sway is. Once you take your heading, start sailing in that direction.

You'll know you lot are getting closer to the island where the Torn Map Parchment is because the needle sway volition get smaller and faster.

Sway to Snap

Once you make it at the island the Golden Wayfinder is directing y'all towards, y'all'll observe the needle movement will become snappier and more excited. Instead of swaying the needle will bounciness quickly from side to side. If your needle is not snappy and yet swaying, y'all might not be on the right island.

Equally you get closer to the Torn Map Parchment, the needle's movement will get even more frantic. The needle'southward bounciness will be so modest at present that you can only follow where it is pointing.

Follow the needle as the bounce becomes smaller and smaller until the needle starts spinning quickly effectually in a circumvolve.

Once the needle is spinning 360 degrees y'all'll know you are in the dig area. Pull out your shovel and showtime digging. You lot will soon discover bottle with a Torn Map Parchment in it.

If you are having difficulty finding the Torn Map Parchment, pull out the Golden Wayfinder again and make sure you are still in the dig area.

Golden Wayfinder Voyage

Now that we know how to employ your new tool, let's break downward the voyage. The voyage volition take you tracking downwards several Torn Map Parchments. You will use these map pieces to get together a map. This final constructed map will reveal an island with a X Marks the Spot on it. This X is the location of the Vault Central!

The Gilt Wayfinder Voyages are available to whatever pirate who is reputation 25 with the Gilded Hoarder Trading Company. The voyages can exist purchases from any Gold Hoarder Representative. If you are not Rank 25, y'all can notwithstanding partake in the voyage if someone in your crew is and purchases the voyage.

Every bit soon as you vote on the voyage, yous'll notice the Gold Wayfinder in your Quest Radial. Pull it out and figure out which general management you lot need to sail.

Collect Torn Map Parchments

You volition be finding up to six unlike Torn Map Parchments depending on your Gold Hoarder reputation level.

Yous'll follow the Golden Wayfinder compass to a Torn Map Parchment and dig it up. Later on you collect it, y'all will follow the Aureate Wayfinder to the next Torn Map Parchment. Y'all volition continue to track down Torn Map Parchments until y'all accept found them all or revealed enough of the Vault Key map to dig upwardly the Vault Key.

Torn Map Parchments are always on islands. This ways you'll never have to worry about pond below the water's surface to discover them.

Picking up the start piece of torn map parchment will add the new map to your Quest Radial.

While not mutual, it is possible to observe more than one Torn Map Parchment on a single island. So while you are using the Golden Wayfinder, keep that in mind if you are dislocated when information technology points yous to the same island.

If the Golden Wayfinder'due south needle is nonetheless snappy and boisterous later on pulling it out on the island y'all just discovered a Torn Map Parchment on, stay on the island and discover the side by side 1.

Skipping Ahead

An interesting thing to notation is that you can become very lucky and discover where the X is on the Vault Primal map you are assembling early. A Torn Map Parchment yous dig up could have it on it earlier yous have found the last one needed to fully construct the Vault Key map.

If y'all can effigy out which island the Vault Key is on and the location of the X is visible on information technology, you can skip straight alee and dig upwards the chest with the fundamental. No need to find the other torn map parchments! You'll complete the voyage and acquire the key.

Golden Hoarder Skeletons

You'll want to watch for Gold Hoarder Skeleton ambushes as y'all dig upwardly the Torn Map Parchments. There is a take a chance that some will spring on you lot equally soon as you dig upward a Torn Map Parchment.

This isn't every bit unfortunate as you recall though! These skeletons have a chance of dropping treasure artifacts upon death! It's hard not to be excited when there is extra loot involved!

Keep collecting the Torn Map Parchments until you tin can decipher the island and the location of the X on the Vault Fundamental map.

What Island is the Cardinal On?

The map you are piecing together will also always be a large island. This will help you narrow down which island y'all need to caput to if you tin skip ahead early on.

Sail on over to the island you have revealed and dig upwards the treasure that awaits you lot! You volition consummate the voyage equally soon as y'all correctly dig the X and the Golden Wayfinder will exist removed from your Quest Radial.

Vault Key

Once yous take dug at the X on the map y'all pieced together you will notice a Collector'south Breast with the Vault Cardinal inside. Depending on your Gold Hoarder Reputation, yous'll either find a Stone Vault Key, a Silvery Vault Cardinal or a Gilt Vault Cardinal.

What's the difference betwixt the Vault Keys?

There are a couple of differences betwixt the Rock, Silver and Gilded Vault Cardinal. If you make up one's mind to sell the Vault Key to the Gilded Hoarders or Reaper's Basic, you'll receive roughly the following amount of gold:

Stone Vault Primal is worth ~1,200 Gilded
Argent Vault Key is worth ~2,300 Gold
Gilded Vault Key is worth ~3,500 Gold

The next difference betwixt the dissimilar Vault Keys is the resulting loot found in the Treasure Vault they open. Stone Vault Keys will open Treasure Vaults with much less loot compared to Treasure Vaults opened with Gold Vault Keys.

Where is the Treasure Vault?

The Vault Central will have the isle information technology belongs to in its name. If you are not sure the exact location of the vault on that island, you can read the inscription on the central. The inscription will give you a clue to the location of the vault on the isle.

In one case you uncover a vault key, you can either sell information technology dorsum to the Gold Hoarders or Reaper's Bones. Y'all tin as well make up one's mind to locate what it unlocks. The choice is yours! Each vault primal will be named after the island information technology belongs to, y'all must accept the key there and locate the vault entrance.

If you all the same can't discover the location of the Treasure Vault, be sure to check out our guide here that shows you the location of each and where to place your Vault Cardinal to unlock information technology.

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Treasure Vault

If yous decide to take the Vault Primal for your ain and plunder the Treasure Vault you are in for a treat! While the Treasure Vault is filled with precious loot, there is a catch. The Treasure Vault is timed and will trap anyone inside with the loot if you don't become out in time.

To best ready yourself for what awaits you in the Treasure Vault you lot'll want to read up on our guide hither. Nosotros volition tell yous everything yous need to know to effectively boodle the Treasure Vault also as how to solve the Treasure Vault Puzzle! You'll want to solve the puzzle inside the Treasure Vault as it guards the about lucrative detail found inside the Treasure Vault.

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Commendations

The commendations for this new Voyage can be found under your Gold Hoarder citation page. Here y'all'll find iii new commendations with multiple grades to consummate.

Hoarder of Vault Keys – Find Gold Hoarder Treasure Vault Keys

Seeker of Ancient Vaults – Open Aureate Hoarder Treasure Vaults using a Vault Key

Hoarder of Ancient Tributes – Return Chests of Ancient Tributes to the Gilt Hoarders