Ancient Artifact Hunt
| Level | 13 or higher |
|---|---|
| Start | Gaga (Start the Artifact Hunt, offered as a lightbulb) |
| Where | Gaga stands in most towns |
| Points | 50 per Valuable Artifact |
| Main prize | Archeologist Hat or Archeologist Glasses at 5,000 points |
| Weekly | Top 10 prizes every weekend |
| Available | All year |
Gaga is running an Ancient Artifact Hunt: monsters all over Maple World are dropping shiny Mysterious Artifacts. Open them, bring the Valuable Artifacts to Gaga for points, and work toward the Archeologist Hat or Glasses, Shuang's 8 Mystical Treasures and a place in the weekly Top 10.
How it works
- At level 13, Gaga offers Start the Artifact Hunt as a lightbulb. Accept it. While it is in progress, monsters within 20 levels of you (above or below) can drop a Mysterious Artifact: 4% per kill. Monsters further from your level drop none.
- Double-click a Mysterious Artifact (Use tab) to open it. Each one gives either a Valuable Artifact, or one of Shuang's 8 Mystical Treasures (2% each, so about 1 in 50 for any particular one).
- Talk to Gaga and choose Ancient Artifact Hunt to have your Valuable Artifacts appraised. Each is worth 50 points. From 1,000 points until you reach 3,000, each one counts double (100 points).
- Gaga shows a lightbulb when you reach each milestone:
| Points | Lightbulb message | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 points | "Artifact Hunt 1000 points acquired!" | Valuable Artifacts count double until 3,000 points |
| 2,500 points | "Artifact Hunt 2500 points acquired!" | Artifact Hunt Encouragement Buff (raises Weapon Attack and Magic Attack for a while) |
| 4,000 points | "Artifact Hunt 4000 points acquired!" | a stronger Artifact Hunt Encouragement Buff |
| 5,000 points | "Artifact Hunt Participation Prize" | your choice of Archeologist Hat or Archeologist Glasses |
Rough pace: 5,000 points takes 80 Valuable Artifacts (thanks to the double-points stretch), which is roughly 95 Mysterious Artifacts, or around 2,400 kills.
The 8 Mystical Treasures (Shuang)
Shuang stands at Excavation Site <Camp>. Holding a treasure lights up Shuang's quest for it (level 13+). Each treasure goes back to its owner:
| Treasure | Owner |
|---|---|
| A Petrified Mouse | Maple Administrator |
| Gaga's Glasses | Gaga |
| Cassandra's Crystal Ball | Cassandra |
| A Shiny Watch | Maple Administrator |
| A Nice Cleat | Maple Administrator |
| Quest Completion Book | Maple Administrator |
| A Pretty Hair-Tie | Manji (Perion) |
| An Old Shoe | Maple Administrator |
Handing a treasure in pays nothing by itself, and you keep the treasure. Once all eight are returned and you have at least 200 points, Shuang's 8 Mystical Treasures gives the Mystical Artifact Discoverer Medal.
Weekly Top 10
Gaga can show the Top 10 board: every character's points, highest first; a tie goes to whoever reached that score first. Points are per character. At the end of each weekend (Sunday 23:59 UTC), every character then in the Top 10 is sent three prizes by Maple Home Delivery from the Maple Administrator:
- Archeologist Glasses (the Top 10 version)
- Archeologist Hat (the Top 10 version)
- Artifact Hunt Top 10 Medal
Each character can receive the Top 10 prizes once. They have no expiry. The board does not reset.
When the hunt ends for you
Start the Artifact Hunt completes once you have both the Participation Prize (5,000 points) and the Mystical Artifact Discoverer Medal. After that, Mysterious Artifacts stop dropping for you.
Common problems
- No artifacts drop. The hunt must be in progress (accept Gaga's lightbulb first), and the monster must be within 20 levels of you. The drop rate is 4% per kill, so dry streaks happen.
- You opened an artifact and got a strange item. That is one of Shuang's treasures; see the treasure table.
- Your points did not go up. Points come from Gaga's appraisal, not from opening artifacts.
- The treasure quest won't start. Shuang offers it only while you hold that treasure.
- Where are the Top 10 prizes? They arrive by Maple Home Delivery after the weekend. There is nothing to claim at Gaga.