Treasure Hunter Location Not Showing Up (Not Resonance Archives)

[MaladjustedPlatypus]

Apparently in this update you can ask other traders for the location of a treasure hunter if you give them four gears. I've asked three different traders for the location now and they've all taken my gears, but I'm neither getting an actual map item I can use nor a map marker on the color map. I've panned several tens of thousands of blocks out in the map in case it's just really far, but nothing. Are other people getting the locations for the treasure hunter to show up or are they having the same issue? I'm burning gears on this and not getting anything back.

[LadyWYT]

Just now, Alex Garcia-Pellon said:

Apparently in this update you can ask other traders for the location of a treasure hunter if you give them four gears. I've asked three different traders for the location now and they've all taken my gears, but I'm neither getting an actual map item I can use nor a map marker on the color map. I've panned several tens of thousands of blocks out in the map in case it's just really far, but nothing. Are other people getting the locations for the treasure hunter to show up or are they having the same issue? I'm burning gears on this and not getting anything back.

Welcome to the forums! This seems to be a known issue on worlds created prior to 1.21. There is a new treasure hunter shack that is supposed to spawn, that other traders can point you towards...for a small fee. These shacks will generate in worlds created in 1.21, but for some reason worlds created prior have issues spawning them. You could try spawning one in manually(I'm not sure of the exact command), or you could try exploring new territory and see if one spawns(or explore new territory and keeping asking non-treasure hunters to see if you can get a map).

[MaladjustedPlatypus]

I created this world on 1.21, so I don't think that's the issue.

[Pojava]

On my world I created on 1.21, I just went into creative and spawned in the treasure hunter trader myself

[TheAmazingFire]

On 8/28/2025 at 2:03 AM, MaladjustedPlatypus said:

I created this world on 1.21, so I don't think that's the issue.

It did show up for me on all 1.21 made saves, but I did spawn it in on my 1.20 save with [/setstorystrucpos treasurehunter ~ ~ ~ yes] where I wanted it and then [/wgen delr 1]. Make sure you make a backup and do this far enough away, because this will delete and regenerate some chunks around where you are

[Thorfinn]

19 hours ago, TheAmazingFire said:

[/wgen delr 1]. Make sure you make a backup and do this far enough away, because this will delete and regenerate some chunks around where you are

If you do the radius 0, it should just respawn the one chunk you are in. Radius 1 used to regen both the chunk you are in, plus the 8 chunks bordering it.

[MaladjustedPlatypus]

I was able to generate a treasure hunter, but this does not resolve the underlying bug that they are not spawning in the first place. Is there any information I can provide that would help in that regard?

[Kara12]

On 8/27/2025 at 3:58 PM, MaladjustedPlatypus said:

Apparently in this update you can ask other traders for the location of a treasure hunter if you give them four gears. I've asked three different traders for the location now and they've all taken my gears, but I'm neither getting an actual map item I can use nor a map marker on the color map. I've panned several tens of thousands of blocks out in the map in case it's just really far, but nothing. Are other people getting the locations for the treasure hunter to show up or are they having the same issue? I'm burning gears on this and not getting anything back.

They give you a map you have to activate 

[squorsh]

I just had a similar situation happen. A "Map to the Treasure Hunter" pointed me to a previously generated location where there was nothing there. If the area had been ungenerated I imagine the location would have been placed correctly but it seems like it doesn't check to make sure the chosen spot isn't already generated. 

Or maybe the flavor text "Hopefully he's still there and not digging a hole somewhere" should be taken more literally and they can give you bad info but I hope that's not the case.

This happened on a new world generated entirely in 1.21.5 with no mods. I made a backup of the world file before regenerating the area and have log files if those could help, though I'm not sure which specific logs would matter here.

[damnyoureyes]

Happened to me on my world on 1.21.5, but probably due to mod shenanigans. Fixed it with the methods listed in the thread and I figured I'd put everything in one place for the next poor soul. 

1.     Backup your save. Seriously it saved my butt here. 
2.     Load your save and go to where you want the trader to spawn. (You could do this first! I am not your father.)
3.     Set your gamemode to creative with '/gamemode 2'
4.     Flag the story system to spawn the trader on your location with '/setstorystrucpos treasurehunter [USERNAME]'. Then enter '/setstorystrucpos treasurehunter [USERNAME] true' to confirm.
5.     Delete the chunk under you with '/wgen delr 0'
6.     You wont be able to move so turn flying+no clip on by hitting F3 twice.
7.     Move around the chunk to get it to spawn in.

    
    You should have your trader! Ignore the set story command's spiel about using a radius of 10 for the delr command, as that is huge and the trader is very small. Revert to survival with '/gamemode 1' 

[LittleRedHen]

I'm having a similar problem.  I gave the regular trader 4 gears... twice, and it never marked anything on my map, nor did it give me a map.  I gave a tin bronze pickaxe to a treasure hunter (there's like 3 around me) and he says "here's a map" but doesn't give me a map.  There's room in my inventory.

edit:  I just saved my world, closed out Vintage Story, came back, and it gave me the option "I gave you the bronze pickaxe, tell me what you know..." and now he gave me the map.

Edited December 9, 2025 by LittleRedHen