Greetings!
Treasure maps will now always point to a place that has been visited before by someone. Whenever you READ a treasure map, it's going to make sure it's a valid map. Going forward if you were wanting to have your map checked, the answer is almost certainly going to be "Yep, it's valid!"
A small note on valid areas or tricky maps: very rarely the treasure is buried in places that are restricted (a back room of a guild-restricted shop such as Emmiline's Cottage, or a premium-only hunting area). Our official stance is that if someone can get to the room, it's a valid map. You may need to work with a friend to find buried treasure, as that's part of the puzzle.
I've put the change into the Prime and Platinum instances. Fallen will follow within the week.
- GM Ynami
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