Festival of the Traveler

Festival of the Traveler or the Traveler’s Scavenger Hunt is an in-game event held generally around Easter (its actual date changes every year ) season.

Overview
Purchase Tokens of the Traveler and visit an NPC Taj  in the Marketplace. Players are tasked to do the "Egg Run" within the Marketplace area, where you collect special Eggs that are visible only while the game and "Traveler's Sight" buff is on.

The game has time limit of 2 minutes (?), so you have to figure out efficient paths, jump up, poke around and find highly-valued Gold Eggs and such. Depending on the amount of eggs and point you have gathered, you build up an Aura-style buffs, you then turn these Aura in to Taj to claim your reward. The Aura doesn't immediately expire when the game is over, so there is no need to go back to her within the time limit. Rewards are tiered by the magnitude of the Aura but randomly distributed. i.e. Taj determines what you receive, you cannot choose from a list or anything.

All this is basically like gambling with Turbine Points (unless you're using free tickets), you may or may not get more highly priced Store-items compared to your TP spent for the ticket to play this game.



Eberron lore about "the Traveler"
The Traveler is one of the deities counted among a pantheon known as the Dark Six, though he's not known as a god of evil. A chaotic being that favors change, he is the patron god of travelers, and many adventurers and wanderers pray to him for safe journeys or blessings on their voyages. It is said that the Traveler is a being of many disguises, roaming the lands where and when you least suspect him. Known as the "Giver of Gifts," this god of creations and artifice can be as mischievous as he is mysterious, giving rise to the old adage "Beware the gifts of the Traveler".

2014 Prizes
TBD
 * Ultimate + Blessing:
 * 10 Gold Seal Elixirs of Greater Healing (common?)
 * 10 Sovereign I Experience Elixirs (rare/very rare?)


 * Discussion threads:
 * https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/438896-Traveler-Festival-is-now-turned-on
 * https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/438898-The-Festival-of-the-Traveler-has-arrived!

Note:
 * Tokens were distrubuted as a coupon, for 3 tokens EGGS3, 1/Account.

2011/2012 Prizes

 * Reward for 2012 were the same as 2011, mainly the rods of teleport were taken out and the egg placement was changed slightly.

Note:
 * Hearts of Wood and Rods of Teleport do not seem to be on Taj's loot table this time (link).
 * The Ultimate Aura DDO Store reward is usually 2 Potions of Supreme Ability (Bind to Character, 10 minutes of +2 to all abilities), whereas the Major Aura reward is usually 2 Medium Experience Elixirs (Bind to Account, 6 hours of 10% XP boost), so it is currently much better to use your Blessing of the Traveler on Major Aura, not Ultimate Aura.
 * As you can see, for most players (those who desire XP) the major aura tends to offer the best blessing reward on average. For the normal (random loot) rewards, Ultimate Aura is better than Major Aura as each higher aura increase the loot level you get - it goes all the way up to loot level 23, thus has a small chance to reward +3 unbound tomes. The formula uses your character level + aura to determine rewards, so run it on a level20 and go for ultimate for the best random gear.

2010 Prizes
Note:
 * The first release of this event was also the first time you could receive a +3 Heart of Wood, before they were added to the DDO Store.

Youtube Guides

 * Ultimate Aura Egg Run - 2011 run by DDORfB
 * Ultimate Aura Egg Run - 2012 run by TheOldMan
 * Ultimate Aura Egg Run - 2011 and also works well for the new 2012 layout. Fast 90 second run, Ultra quality, HD1080p by Shade

Forum Threads

 * Scavenger Hunt Tracker (2010) - http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=231786
 * Torelo's confirmation about rewards - http://forums.ddo.com/showpost.php?p=2767633&postcount=9
 * Scavenger Hunt Map (2010) - http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=231878