Treasure Hunt: times, locations, keys and chests

Treasure Hunt starts once an hour at half past the hour in UTC and lasts five minutes. Watch the five-minute warning for the location: The Hills in Loftia City, the Grove in the Hanging Gardens, or the Historical Quarter in Gridfall.

Check the event location

The location can change each hour. Be in the announced area when the event begins; Treasure Hunt does not use Arlo’s Community Farm signup.

UTC timing matters in time zones whose offset is not a whole number of hours. For example, 12:30 UTC is 18:00 in India, so the event falls on the local hour there. Follow the announcement and countdown rather than the in-game day clock.

Bring the right tools

Event area	Sparkling resources	Tools
The Hills	Berry Bush, Portobello Mushroom, Washing Machine	Hands, Pruners and Hammer
The Grove	Flax, Rattan Basket, Rusty Tools	Pruners and Hammer
Historical Quarter	Sand Piles, Oven, Cardboard Waste	Hands, Hammer Lv.2 and Pruners Lv.2

Harvest sparkling spots while the event is active. They can give Scrap Bits and keys. Prepare upgraded tools before a Gridfall hunt; its Oven and Cardboard Waste have higher tool requirements than the early Hills route.

Complete Cella’s introduction

The Real Treasure opens after A Call From the Gardens. Find three regular Chest Keys, report to Cella, open a chest, then report again. The reward includes a Golden Chest Key, and the quest unlocks Cella’s Key Shop.

Key	Crafting route	Shop price
Chest Key	100 Scrap Bits at Project Station Lv.1, five energy	250 Dew
Golden Chest Key	Ten Chest Keys and 25 Bloom at Project Station Lv.3, ten energy	5,000 Dew

An ordinary Treasure Chest uses three Chest Keys. A Golden Treasure Chest uses one Golden Chest Key. Keep the key types separate when deciding what to open.

Choose a chest for its reward

Ordinary chests identify an outfit category such as hats or shoes. Golden chests can give outfit fragments from more categories and can add a recipe. Pet fragments depend on the district and progression: the Hills correspond to Alpaca pieces, the Grove to Tortoise, and the Historical Quarter to Duck, after Notes From the Fauna.

If you miss the location announcement, check the active area message or ask other players which district is hosting it. Use the announced district rather than assuming the previous hour’s hunt location will repeat.