Checking out the new Treasure Hunt on Bullroarer last night, I noticed some interesting new horses. Barethar of Brandywine was kind enough to pause for pictures and to answer a few questions about these fancy new mounts.
Cave-Claw Masked Horse
Stats: 250 morale, 168% run speed
Additional views: Detail 1, Detail 2
Treasure Laden Horse
Stats: 250 Morale, 168% run speed
Additional view: Detail
This drops coins and makes a noise as you run.
I was able to find the Cave-claw Masked Horse from Large Treasure Caches while testing this event. I was unable to find the Treasure Laden Horse or Goat, and I assume that they come from Huge Treasure Caches (of which there is only one per round).
These caches work a lot like the anniversary gift boxes in that they give random rewards. Most of the rewards are fairly low level items, although there were some items in the Large and Huge Caches that were relevant to level 65 characters (relics for legendary items and level 65 power and morale pots). And then of course there is the rare chance to find an interesting horse or goat…
I’m not entirely sure how I feel about these random drop horses having such high stats. Sure, they’re rare (perhaps as rare as the Skeleton Horse from Harvestmath?) but other than the time investment of searching the Treasure Field for them, it’s not like they’re anywhere near as difficult to obtain as the other meta deed horses that have comparable stats. Yes, the store does have horses with these stats from time to time, but that’s still a rather sizable investment in the form of Turbine Points for those.
For more information about these mounts, as well as pictures of a Treasure Laden Goat, check out Mistress of Mordor’s post.
This is still on Bullroarer if you want to try the Treasure Hunt yourself. Turbine is asking for feedback on this event. Otherwise you can expect a guide here on CSTM when it appears on live!
May 6, 2011 at 1:41 pm
I can confirm that the Treasure Laden Horse is at least in the huge ones.
Any chance CSTM is going to do a map of the actual arena? That’d be wonderful!
May 6, 2011 at 1:43 pm
Ketani is busy collecting all the goodies at the moment for our guide. Some pieces on Bullroarer aren’t working quite yet but we will be doing what we can!
May 6, 2011 at 6:18 pm
The node locations are currently marked on the map, there are some spawning issues, but a full map would help people determine where to use their cave-claws to best effect, making the most of the very expensive picks
May 6, 2011 at 1:45 pm
Must!
Has!
Treasure horse!
One can only hope a certain horseshoe will help with my finding it.
May 6, 2011 at 2:51 pm
*throws fuel on Horseshoe controversy* …Go talk to the npcs..
May 6, 2011 at 4:16 pm
*strokes beard and adjusts monocle*
NPCs, you say?
May 6, 2011 at 1:58 pm
Along with only being in the huge ones, the Treasure Laden Horse seems to be very rare indeed.. After 4 or 5 huge caches, still no horse at all, not even a Cave claw one!
May 6, 2011 at 2:50 pm
We don’t know if the cave-claw is in the huge loot table at all. We do have reports of it dropping in a medium. And I can confirm it comes from /large at least
May 6, 2011 at 3:12 pm
Heh, fair enough, well.. with a total of 8 Huge.. probably around 15 large, and many medium, no horsies for me
May 6, 2011 at 4:13 pm
Oh Loving the Treasure horse
May 6, 2011 at 6:11 pm
New horsies?! I have to have them! (I’m sure you understand, Ketani)
May 6, 2011 at 7:38 pm
Ok, the claw one looks a bit silly, but I kinda like the treasure laden one. Kinda let’s me think about some neat little funny scenes in-game with it, may be worth to get it.
May 6, 2011 at 8:07 pm
The Claw horse is exactly what I was looking for: A really angry and mean looking horse
250 Morale is unusually good for a event horse (since they normally have 100) so
I hope that this time everyone will have a fair chance of winning.
May 7, 2011 at 1:24 am
The spikes on the masked horse look… painful.
May 7, 2011 at 6:09 am
I only saw the cave-claw in the large cache, of which I got three in the same evening. The huge cache horses will be harder to get, from what we were able to learn, there is only one huge cache per round, once this has been looted the current round ends and a new one begins.
The treasure event looks like it could be a lot of fun, but there seems to be a bit of work needing to be done still.
May 7, 2011 at 2:12 pm
Too bad I’ll never see these; I refuse to partake in an event where items from the store are greatly ‘needed’ in order to participate.
May 7, 2011 at 2:49 pm
Be sure you pop into the next bullroarer build and give your feedback when they turn it on! Maybe you’ll contribute to the free picks getting improved rates!
May 7, 2011 at 7:29 pm
The treasure hunt sounds like fun – is this soemthing that will appear on the regular servers at some point?
May 11, 2011 at 11:22 am
I was thinking the treasure one would be perfect for my dwarf. I’m not hot on the griffin looking one, but it sure is different from any other steed you’d see strolling on the road.
I’ve been reading some of the posts in regards to playing the festival game and I have to agree. . . if I have to spend TP to play the games I’m afraid I too will not be participating. I’d rather use those points on things to improve my characters or game-play in general.
October 27, 2011 at 9:25 am
They have a treasure laden goat as well that is awesome for the dwarves among us…
Zis