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Treasure of Crystal Cove

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Pirate Ship at Smuggler's Rest
Foggy Harbor at Smuggler's Rest

The Treasure of Crystal Cove, aka Euphonia's Challenge, is a recurring special event that usually runs a couple times per year and lasts a few weeks. During this event, players can access a pirate island, kill pirates, and collect doubloons, gems, and dragonshards and exchange them for special loot.

While the event is active, you can reach this public instance area via the NPC Sailor Calatin, found on the docks in the north end of the Harbor, directly in front of the entrance to Arachnophobia.

Overview[edit]

This event is loosely called "Crystal Cove" (although, technically, that is the name of the challenge itself), and consists of three basic parts:

  • 1) Run the wilderness to collect compasses, which are what your character needs to enter the challenge. During this part you will also collect Doubloons (Copper, Silver, and Gold), which can be used to buy/upgrade basic items, which include hats that make coin farming faster and can be upgraded to help in the challenge (see #2, below). Doubloons can also be bartered for other rewards, including compasses.
  • During this part, most spawns will scale to your level. However, rare red-named spawns will always be highest-level.
  • You will also occasionally be rewarded with maps to lost treasure hoards. Optionally, click these (one at a time) and follow the arrow on your map for a level-appropriate chest.
  • 2) Run the challenge itself. The challenge gives Green Dragonshards and "Stolen Gems" as rewards. Be aware that gems come in tiers that are level-based, depending on at what level the challenge is run, so only high-level characters will get the highest level Stolen Gems. Gems can be traded down, but cannot be traded up, so high-level characters are needed for higher-level gems, which are needed for higher-level items (see rewards list).
  • 3) Trade Doubloons, Green Dragonshards, and Stolen Gems for named items. This is the "reward" part. It may require you to trade in higher-tier Stolen Gems for lower-tier ones. Most items are bound-to-account, but some are bound-to-character.

Smuggler's Rest wilderness[edit]

This island is populated by many types of respawning pirates, according to the level of players in the area when they spawn (for a list, see Smuggler's Rest Monsters). Dealing damage to any pirate (regardless of CR) provides a chance for an item drop upon its death. Each pirate killed has a chance to drop:

When a named treasure map is dropped, each member of the group will get an identical copy. Using the map will bestow a quest that reveals a chest on the map. Each named map is a specific quest with a specific location. If you already have a specific quest active, don't read another map of the same name until you collect the current chest. If you have several maps of the same name, you can go to that chest, collect it, read the next of copy of that one, collect again, and repeat for any other copies of that same map. Opening a named chest will draw aggro from some of the monsters in the area.

As of 2022, Crystal Cove is now open permanently while the event is active. You will, however, need a Treasure Compass to enter.

The challenge[edit]

Each player will require a Treasure Compass to enter the Crystal Cove challenge. As of U17, the compass will be consumed when you open the Quest dialog box. Once you do so, you get a buff in your buff bar for 6 minutes that lets you can enter the challenge. If you haven't collected at least one Treasure Compass from killing monsters, you can buy one on the DDO Store or trade for one in Euphonia's Barter Box (note that a few Stolen Emeralds or Diamonds will trade for enough Doubloons to buy a Compass).

The challenge has difficulties from 1 to 39 available. The max allowed people per instance is a regular 6 person group. See Crystal Cove for more information on actually running the challenge itself, as well as on bonuses and penalties to your score and XP.

Collectables[edit]

The following items can be collected while wandering through Smuggler's Rest or in the Crystal Cove challenge. You can then exchange them for Treasure of Crystal Cove loot.

  • Named Treasure Map (BtC): When used, bestows a quest that marks a point on the map with a chest that drops random loot, only for the player that used the map.
  • Treasure Map Pieces no longer drop, although they may be turned in for Doubloons

All of the gems/doubloons/map pieces Bind to Account. The Named Treasure Maps and Treasure Compasses Bind to Character.

The crafting/upgrading uses the same Barter interface used in the Mabar Endless Night Festival and Cauldron of Sora Katra crafting, by placing the requested amount of Collectables (and base item to upgrade) into the Barter interface, picking the desired recipe from the list, and choosing 'trade'.

Alternate Sources for Compasses & Doubloons[edit]

A Nodeborn Mudman with Ghost of Crystal Cove.

The fastest way to get doubloons is to kill high-level monsters in the Crystal Cove and turn in the gems for doubloons. However, another way is to use Pirate's Grog and do quests with a lot of humanoid creatures, such as Durk's Got A Secret, Kobold Assault, etc.

  • The Butcher's Path is a good choice for both casters and 2h melees, with ~100 kobolds in groups of 4–8, and can be run in less than 5 minutes. Doing the chest ambush is recommended; the hidden passage ambush is not
  • Kobold Assault works well also, though after the first 100 kobolds the spawn rate seems to drop steeply.
  • Kobold Island Challenges: kill the Kobolds on the island which gets the parts needed for the challenge and the items for the Crystal Cove.
  • In the Belly of the Beast: talk to Feryl Cay'Vorym, but don't drop into the pit and keep killing the respawning drow on the stand. (YouTube)
  • Pirates within Crystal Cove and in the wilderness also drop Doubloons while the Grog is active.

Pirate's Grog can be bought in Euphonia's Barter Box or the DDO Store, and it can be freely traded so it may be on the Auction House too.

Pirate's Grog can also rarely spawn compasses, but a better way is to seek out special event-exclusive Champions in level appropriate quests for the character. These drop a chest when slain, which contains a small number of Doubloons and has a high chance to drop a Compass.

  • Ghost of Crystal Cove champions become transparent, gain a boost to damage, and become Incorporeal.

Item list[edit]

The following items are available from Euphonia's Barter Box, Euphonia's Hat Box, or Dusty Old Treasure of Crystal Cove crafting devices. You also use Conversions of Crystal Cove to convert legacy versions to new stats.

Weapons
Brigand's Cutlass (Scimitar) Cutthroat's Smallblade (Shortsword) Ornamented Dagger Ratkiller (Maul) Broken Oar (Quarterstaff) Flotsam (Dagger)
Ship-Siege Bow (Long Bow) Captain's Cutter (Falchion) Hull-Melter's Mace (Light Mace) Hull-Wrecker's Hammer (Warhammer) Ship-Chaplain's Sidearm (Morningstar)
Armor Shield Rune Arm
Cavalry Plate (Fullplate) Duelist's Leathers (Light) Swashbuckler (Buckler) The Drowned (Orb) Glass Cannon
Clothing and Jewelry
Brawling Gloves Ring of the Buccaneer Treasure Hunter's Spyglass (Trinket)
Trinkets
Bold Trinket Cunning Trinket Nimble Trinket Stalwart Trinket
Other Stuff
Hats Grenades Wands Potions Eternal Flask Diamond of Festive Strength +2

Event History[edit]

  • Cove open from September 19, 2024 to September 29, 2024.
Slight updates for levels 33-34
  • Cove open from July 18 to July 28, 2024
  • Cove open from September 14, 2023 to September 26, 2023.
  • Cove open from September 14, 2022 to October 2, 2022.
New content for levels 31–32; new level 32 items, new augments and some cosmetics
Major changes making event much more accessible, including permanent availability of Crystal Cove
  • Cove open from September 16th, 2021 to September 26th, 2021. DDO Forums ARCHIVE ME!
  • Cove open from May 27th, 2021 to June 13th, 2021. DDO Forums ARCHIVE ME!
  • Cove open from September 17th, 2020 to September 25th, 2020. DDO Forums ARCHIVE ME!
  • Cove open from August 8, 2019 to August 18, 2019. DDO Forums ARCHIVE ME!
  • Cove open from August 2, 2018 to August 16, 2018. (https://ddo.com/en/news/ddo-chronicle-issue-294 Official Announcement)
Trinkets (except for the Spyglass) and the Bottomless Flask of Rum are available in Dusty Old Treasure of Crystal Cove.
To convert pre-2018 versions of CC loot to newer version, use Conversions of Crystal Cove.
U39 Crystal Cove Loot Revamp ARCHIVE ME!

External links[edit]

Current: Anniversary • Bonus Days • Festival of the Traveler • Festivult • Hardcore League • Lanterns in the Mists • Mimic Hunt • Night Revels • Snowpeaks Festival • Treasure of Crystal Cove
Forum Only: Extra Life • Movember
Historical
Prior: Build Your Guild • DeGenev Brothers • Festivult (history) • Illithid Invasion • Mabar Endless Night Festival • Midwinter Festival • Risia Ice Games • The Devil Invasion / Race to the Subterrane • Year of the Dragon • Special event history
Anniversaries: Anniversary Card Collection (8th Anniversary) • 10th Anniversary • 11th Anniversary • 12th Anniversary • 13th Anniversary • 14th Anniversary • 15th Anniversary • 16th Anniversary • 17th Anniversary • 18th Anniversary • 19th Anniversary (Current)