FAQ – Entropia Universe Treasure Hunt

General Questions

What is Entropia Universe Treasure Hunt?

Entropia Universe Treasure Hunt will be events organized by myself, Odessa. The goal is to bring a bit fun into the game and also to help newcomers with some prices to win.

Participation

Who will be able to participate?

In the beginning phase, only newcomers and low level people will be allowed to participate to make it fair, as they are the ones who could benefit most from the winning prices

How do you define low level people?

Good question. It’s hard to draw a line, as Entropia Universe isn’t your typical MMO where you have fixed levels. Basically, low level in Entropia takes to factors into account

• Skill/Profession levels
• Equipment/Wealth of the said player

That being said, wealthy people or people with very high skills, will be disqualified for the moment. Note that this may change in future, if the project becomes more successful.

And how do you define newcomers?

Newcomers will be defined the same way, MindArk decided for the Mentor system. In other words: If a player is below the mark for the one profession, he’s a newcomer.

• Coloring: 1900
• Concentration: 1900
• Engineering: 1900
• First Aid: 1900
• Handgun: 1900
• Longblade: 1900
• Make Clothes: 1900
• Power Fist: 1900
• Prospecting: 600
• Rifle: 2000
• Shortblades: 1900
• Surveying: 600

Is there any fee to participate?

Nope. No FEES, absolutely FREE!

Do I have to register somewhere to participate?

Nope, no registration is required

How do you determinate who wins?

First one to find the treasure and send a screenshot wins.

Event

How does the treasure hunt works?

I’ll drop an item somewhere in the Entropia Universe (it will on Calypso, there won’t be events on The Club Neverdie, so that everyone can participate). Then the event will be started. I will or not (not decided yet to be honest) announce what item i dropped and maybe give a rough idea where it is (it won’t be too accurate). Then the participants have to go out and seek it.

If you think you have found it, make a screenshot with yourself, the item (visible on the ground), the your position (pressing P-Key in-game), the current time (pressing C-Key in-game) and your Highest Professional Standings visible.

Wow, that’s much stuff I need to provide!

Well, right. But it’s necessary in order to prove that you’ve found it and that you’re qualified for the win and to keep it fair to the participants.

What item will we need to search for?

It will be different every time the event starts in order to prevent people from trying to cheat and also to make it easier to distinguish the submitted Screenshot from old submissions.

What will the rewards be?

Currently, only monetary rewards are planed. In other words Project Entropia Dollars (PEDs). Late we’ll maybe expand it to items like resources, armors and weapons!

Who is going to pay out the winnings?

At the beginning, I’ll be paying it out of my pockets. However, wining prices won’t be that high at the beginning.

Later it’s planed to increase the winning pots by

• Donations from other players
• Sponsoring – Entropia Business owners can apply as sponsors and a link to their homepage (if they have any) and short description of their business will be added to the event mentioning that they’re being sponsors for a small fee
• I’ll be investing a part of my advertise income into the winning pot, to make it more attractive by having higher winning pots

Will there be certain factors which determinates the high of the winning pot?

Yes. As stated above, it will depend on the donation, sponsoring and my income from advertisement. Basically the more people participate and visit this page, the more it will be probable that the winning pot will be high.

Also another factor comes into the play. If an event phase ends without any winner, the current winning pot will be taken over to the new event plus the new prices from the sources above.

So it’s really free?

Yes, it is.

When will the event start and how long will it last?

We haven’t determinated a the time span and starting dates. However we’re thinking about starting it every Thursday and let the event last for 1 or 2 weeks, before it will end automatically.

What happens if no one finds the hidden treasure?

Well, after the time is up and no one has found the treasure, the event will be ended and the treasure will be placed in another place.

What happens if someone other picks up the item, who is not participating the event?

We will check regularly if the placed item is still there. If not we’ll end the event and restart it again.

We’re also considering to replacing the item, but this has the risk that the person who looted that item before will come back to loot it again

I live in the USA which has much different time zone than Entropia? Can i still participate?

Yes! The treasure hunt event is not bound to any specific times. Once it starts, you can participate 24 hours per day until the event ends

How can I support Entropia Universe Treasure Hunt?

One way how everyone could support is, is by disabling your banner and popup blocker, as part of the winning pots will come from advertisement. Making the advertisements visible, will help to increase the pot.

Another way to support us, is to recommend us to your Entropia Universe friends! The more people visit and participate, the bigger the winning pots can be.

You can also donate or become sponsor (read Rules for more information)

How do i contact you/where to submit the screenshot?

If you want to donate, become sponsor or have questions according the treasure hunt, send a mail to

Submission screenshots can be sent to

If you for any reason send screenshots to the first email address it will be deleted immediately and not being counted. Only submissions to the special email address created for the event will count!

new I’ve found an item, but can’t pick it up. Could this be the treasure?

Short answer: No. Long answer:

• I’ve decided that all treasures could be picked up. This way the founder can pick it up and make sure, that no other can do an submission and claims it for his own.
• On the other side, it’s good for the environment too. It could take 1000 of years until two stucked get dissipated!
• And last but not least reason: It helps to reduce confusion in future events

 

I hope this answered most of the questions. If you still have questions, post it in the comments and I’ll try to answer it or add it to the FAQ.