Treasure Hunter (2024)

Treasure Hunter is a daily activity where players use keys to unlock chests in order to win prizes. It was released on 4 February 2014 where it replaced its predecessor, Squeal of Fortune. Members cannot play Treasure Hunter while on a free-to-play world.

Players receive a certain amount of keys every day and may obtain more through other methods such as purchasing them or performing certain in-game activities. Each key unlocks a chest which rewards the player with a random prize where each prize has a varying degree of rarity.

The release of Treasure Hunter saw the removal of Yelps and the addition of a new figurehead for the activity: a princess named Alice. These keys can be obtained in the same way spins were. Any unused spins or unclaimed prizes were turned into keys. Rewards from the Treasure Hunter were rebalanced to be more relevant to player's skill levels. A new currency, Hearts of Ice, was also added which allowed players to freeze up to 10 prize categories to prevent receiving rewards in those categories.

On 7 April 2014, Treasure Hunter received a major overhaul in which many members-only prizes could now be claimed by free-to-play players. The ability to talk to Alice was also added.

On 27 September 2021, an update was released which made several changes to Treasure Hunter. Hearts of Ice were removed entirely from the game, with players' existing hearts being converted to oddments at the rate of 5 hearts per oddment. The interface was also updated to include the disclosure of probabilities for obtaining each specific prize, and several prizes were removed such as skilling outfits, slayer masks, wicked hood teleport tokens, and brilliant alchemist's amulet fragments. The 200,000,000 coins prize was also replaced with a 50,000,000 coins prize instead.

On 11 April 2024 with reintroduction to the Vault of Riches, the slayer masks, the wicked hood teleport tokens as well as Fixate charge tokens were added back to Treasure Hunter.

1 Mechanics
- 1.1 Chests
- 1.2 Options
- 1.3 Item management
- 1.4 Area restrictions
2 Obtaining keys
- 2.1 Promotional keys
- 2.2 Daily keys
- 2.3 Monster drops
- 2.4 Skilling activities
- 2.5 Distractions and diversions
- 2.6 Quests
- 2.7 Challenges
- 2.8 Marketplace
- 2.9 Bonds
- 2.10 Buying keys
- 2.11 Earning keys
3 Promotions
- 3.1 Current promotion
  - 3.1.1 Phoenix Rising
- 3.2 Past promotions
  - 3.2.1 2024
  - 3.2.2 2023
  - 3.2.3 2022
  - 3.2.4 2021
  - 3.2.5 2020
  - 3.2.6 2019
  - 3.2.7 2018
  - 3.2.8 2017
  - 3.2.9 2016
  - 3.2.10 2015
  - 3.2.11 2014
4 Rewards
- 4.1 Probabilities
5 Controversies
6 Gallery
7 Update history
8 Trivia
9 References

Mechanics

Chests

Five chests are offered, each containing a random prize from the current list of rewards. You can see the possible rewards for your next chest by clicking on the "Probabilities" button. Once a chest is selected, a key is used to open it and the gem containing a prize of the appropriate rarity is revealed. The player is offered the option of placing the prize in the bank (if bankable) or inventory (provided there is space), collecting later or converting to oddments. The number of oddments given varies base on prize rarity. There are five rarities of prizes, going from most to least common: white, yellow, orange, red, and purple.

Each item has a category, which gives an idea of the item's purpose and function. The categories are as follows:

Promotional: Temporary items that are only on Treasure Hunter for a limited time or are more easily obtainable for a certain period of time.
Lamps: Items which give direct XP in a skill.
Stars: Items which give bonus XP in a skill.
Proteans: Sets of protean items which can be processed for experience in their respective skills.
Cash Bags: A range of various cash prices.
Utility: Useful items such as magic notepaper, springs and portable skilling packs.
Skilling Supplies: Items which are useful for training skills, such as training dummies, spirit gems or divine locations.

Options

Near the top-right of the Treasure Hunter interface is the options menu, shaped like a gear. This gives the player several tickboxes with which to change several settings for how Treasure Hunter plays on their account:

Autoredeem key tokens - automatically redeems any key tokens received as drops or rewards.
Autoredeem cash bags - automatically redeems any cash bags won directly through Treasure Hunter.
Autoredeem Dungeoneering boxes - automatically redeems any dungeoneering token boxes won directly through Treasure Hunter.
Autoredeem Prismatic Stars - automatically redeems any prismatic fallen stars to a skill of the player's choice.
Autoredeem Prismatic Lamps - automatically redeems any prismatic lamps to a skill of the player's choice.

Item management

Item management is an interface that allows players to see what Treasure Hunter items they have in their bank, separated into categories. From this interface, players can view items and destroy certain unwanted ones. Clicking on items gives information about them.

Skill items - includes slayer masks/helms, protean items, and skill outfits. Items can be destroyed individually.
Combat items - weapons, armour, and training dummies. Items can be destroyed individually.
Utility items - includes magic notepaper. Items can be destroyed individually.
Cosmetic items - includes fish masks and ice warrior equipment. Items can be destroyed individually.
Food - anything edible obtained from Treasure Hunter. Items can be destroyed individually.
Reclaimable - anything that is reclaimable, from all other categories. Options to destroy all reclaimable items, all free to reclaim items, and individual items are available.
Miscellaneous - anything that doesn't fit in other categories. Items can be destroyed individually.

Area restrictions

Players cannot play Treasure Hunter in the following areas:

Daemonheim
Inside Runecrafting altars
Entrana
Inside Barbarian Assault building
The Duel Arena prior to its removal

Obtaining keys

There are various ways to gain treasure hunter keys, both through gameplay and other means.

Keys on Treasure Hunter are used in the following order:

Promotional keys
Daily Keys
Earned keys (100 max and obtained through gameplay)
Bought keys

Promotional keys

During certain promotions such as Hall of Heralds and Gifts from the Harvest players are able to gain keys that can only be used during the promotion they were obtained from.

Daily keys

Players receive a certain amount of keys per day for logging in. Free players get 1 key, members get 2 keys, and Premier Club members get 3 keys for the duration of their Premier Club. Players can check how many daily keys they have left by hovering over the number of keys in the Treasure Hunter window, which shows the breakdown of their key types.

Monster drops

Nearly every monster in RuneScape, barring those in minigames or Dungeoneering, has a chance of dropping a Key token. They can still drop if you already have 10 or more earned keys, but you will be unable to claim it until you have less than 10 earned keys.

Skilling activities

Players may gain key tokens through any of the same methods that can be used to find a strange rock, in addition to Divination, whether they are a member or not. Unlike strange rocks, a key token obtained whilst skilling with a full inventory will not replace an item of the player's, it will be redeemed automatically or dropped on the ground if you already have 10 or more earned keys.

Distractions and diversions

Every month, a player may gain a single key token for starting a game of Troll Invasion. Additionally, a different distraction and diversion is chosen each week to give a player a key token for participating. A key token from distractions and diversions will only be given if one has fewer than 10 earned keys. Events rotate each week in the following order:

Evil Tree — chop, light or nurture an Evil Tree
Shooting Star — mine any size star and gain experience
Penguin Hide and Seek — spy on a penguin (P2P)
Circus — complete one of the activities (P2P)

Featured D&D
Penguin Hide and Seek For the week of 11 September–17 September.
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Quests

The completion of any quest will earn the player 2 additional earned keys. This includes any sub-quest of Recipe for Disaster, Dimension of Disaster, and the Thieving Guild capers. The maximum number of keys obtainable through questing is 100.

Challenges

A free key is given for completing a daily challenge, totalling between 84 and 93 extra keys a month if all 3 challenges are completed every day. Challenge keys count as earned keys. Although some daily challenges are available to free players, only members get keys for completing them.

Marketplace

Up to 15 keys can be bought each day with oddments in the Marketplace. Keys obtained this way count as earned keys.

Bonds

Players can purchase Bonds using in game or real life currency and redeem the bond for 15 keys. These keys count as bought keys.

Buying keys

Keys can be bought in groups of 15, 35, 75, 200, or 450 keys. There isn't a cap on how many bought keys a player can have at a time. Players can spend an unlimited amount of money on keys. Players can only buy 20,000 keys in a single day. There is no monthly maximum when purchasing keys.

Bought keys will expire 12 months after they were bought, implying a maximum of 7,320,000 bought keys at any one time.

Keys	Cost (€)	Cost ($)	Cost (£)
15	€5.49	$5.99	£4.49
35	€10.99	$11.99	£8.99
75	€21.99	$23.99	£17.99
200	€52.99	$59.99	£44.99
450	€105.99	$119.99	£88.99

Earning keys

Keys can be earned by watching advertisem*nts, buying products, completing surveys, etc. This is accessed by choosing the "Earn keys" option.

Promotions

Main article: Treasure Hunter/Promotions

Current promotion

Phoenix Rising

Starts: Tuesday 10 September 2024 00:00 UTC

Ends: Tuesday 10 September 2024 23:59 UTC

Past promotions

Rewards

Main article: Treasure Hunter/Rewards

Various prizes can be won from Treasure Hunter, ranging from common skilling items, to bonus experience stars, to rare, untradeable weapons. When a chest is selected and the prize presented, it can either be sent to the player's bank (for most items), the inventory, or converted directly to oddments.

Probabilities

Initially the probabilities were only visible on the RuneScape Mobile client, but this information has since been added to the PC version in the Probabilities menu. These display the average probabilities of receiving a certain gem. The probabilities can vary by promotion and it is unknown if everyone has the same probabilities.

Tier		Probability
	Common	58.68%
	Fairly common	24.56%
	Uncommon	10.36%
	Rare	6.23%
	Super rare	0.15%

Controversies

Similar to the controversies surrounding the Squeal of Fortune, some players have expressed concern that the ability to buy experience through the reward lamps that can be won, and pay real money for prizes, is a form of real-world trading.

Major concern regarding Treasure Hunter begun in Autumn 2017, following the release of the Prize Pool promotion. A large number of players argued that Prize Pool was encouraging gambling by allowing players to risk losing their prizes and called for Jagex to respond. Mod Balance responded that Jagex was going to have a meeting regarding microtransactions and would issue a statement soon after.^[1] Substantial criticism of Treasure Hunter continued because of the large number of promotions that took place despite Mod Balance's response, including criticism of Mysteria, which features previous promotions on a rotating basis every four hours.

“	It is important that we don’t over-promise; to be clear, this doesn’t mean the end of Treasure Hunter promotions. What we are committing to is better managing their impact, duration and regularity, making some immediate changes in the short term while looking to move to a more balanced approach in the mid to long term.	”
— Jagex^[2]

Jagex released a statement on 23 October 2017 regarding the monetisation of RuneScape. In the statement, it is stated that Prize Pool will never be returning to the game, 2nd Chance Tuesday will not be returning for the remainder of the year, and that work has begun on a rework of Treasure Hunter to make the rewards more cosmetic.^[2] On 27 June 2018, the Live Events Team (who are responsible for microtransactions in RuneScape) announced some changes to Treasure Hunter in the future, including the Oddments Store being introduced permanently, improvements to Hearts of Ice, and updated prizes.^[3]

On 24 August 2020, Jagex released a new promotion for 50% off Treasure Hunter keys on the Oddments Store. At the same time, the Loot Duels Treasure Hunter promotion was running, which gives prizes providing a high conversion rate to oddments, which could be exploited to generate a large surplus of oddments. According to Jagex, around 4,000 players took advantage of these two promotions coinciding with eachother. On 28 August, it was deemed an abuse of a bug and 835 accounts were banned for 3 days, while 65 accounts were banned for 2 weeks and were subject to rollbacks. This generated widespread criticism from players who did not believe that a rule break had occurred.^[4]

On 27 October 2020, Jagex released the Dwarven Discovery promotion, which featured the option of claiming an additional 250 oddments along with the prize and the normal oddments awarded. However, a check was omitted whether or not the user actually had keys to spend, resulting in players quickly amassing large quantities of oddments. Along with a 75% discount on medium prismatic lamps in the Oddments Store, this meant that it was possible to gain a large amount of experience in a very short time, with some players reporting going from level 1 to level 99 in a skill within 20 minutes.

On 11 April 2024, an updated version of the Vault of Riches promotion was added, with a prize of 1,000,000,000 coins being available from the diamond chest - the highest coin value that has ever featured as a prize on Treasure Hunter. The promotion also featured the return of slayer masks and wicked hood teleport tokens for the first time since they were removed from Treasure Hunter in 2021.

Gallery

The Heart of Ice interface
The prize claim screen
The extras interface
The interface during 2014 Easter
The interface during Talk like a Pirate
The interface during 2014 December
The interface during the bonus chest promo
Treasure Hunter lobby button
Treasure Hunter lobby button during Talk like a pirate promo
The interface during the 2015 Valentine promo
The interface along with the "reroll" option during 2015 Easter
The interface during the wonder bar promo
The interface during a promotion
Information regarding the current promotion
See Also
Stronghold Key
The interface during dragon chests promotion
The interface during dragon chests promotion
The interface during dragon chests promotion
The interface during the 2nd dragon chests promotion
The interface during the double dragon chests promotion
The interface during the double dragon chests promotion
The interface during the double dragon chests promotion
The interface during the double dragon chests promotion
The Hearts of Fire promotion
The Corrupt Chests promotion
The "Flight of the Butterflies" promotion during 2016 Easter
The Germerator promotion
The "Summer Sizzler" promotion
The "Clairvoyance" promotion
The 2nd "Wonder bar" promotion, with purple gems as a focus (235 keys for 100% charge)
Sailing
The Rainbow's End promotion interface.
The interface during December 2016.
Bonus Booster promotion interface.
The Buried Treasure promotion interface.
Prize Pool promotion interface.
Genie's Gift promotion interface.
Mysteria promotion interface.
Gemstacks promotion interface.
Boneyard promotion interface.
Crystal Capsules promotion interface.
Loot Duels promotion interface.
Slime is of the Essence promotion interface.
Firework Festival promotion interface.
Shining Prismania promotion interface.
Bubbling Lamps promotion interface.
Phoenix Lamps promotion interface.
The button during the Phoenix Lamps promotion for some players.
Gemporium promotion interface.
Glitter Bombs promotion interface.
The Undergrowth promotion interface.
The Wonderbar II promotion interface.
Time to Seren promotion interface.
The button during the Time to Seren promotion for some players.
The Smouldering Lamps promotion interface.
Celestial Lanterns promotion interface.
The button during the Celestial Lanterns promotion for some players.
Flames of Rei Ti promotion interface.
Cerberus Rush promotion interface.
Catwalk promotion interface.
The button during the Catwalk promotion for players.
Ring of Shards interface.
The button during the Ring of Shards promotion for players.
Diamond Dozen interface.
Digsite Delve promotion interface.
Dwarven Discovery promotion interface.

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included – see here for how to help out!

update 12 August 2024(Update):
- Updated the reward track to not minimize during certain Treasure Hunter promotions.

patch 22 April 2024(Update):
- Fixed an issue that caused the rewards information text to overlap with icons within the TH probabilities interface for certain promos.

hidden 11 April 2024(Update):
- Several previously removed Treasure Hunter rewards like slayer masks, wicked hood teleport charges and fixate charge tokens were added back.

patch 25 March 2024(Update):
- Fixed infobox locations on Treasure Hunter UI.

patch 5 February 2024(Update):
- Fixed a typo in the Treasure Hunter tutorial pop-up.

patch 29 January 2024(Update):
- Added a tooltip that states when the player doesn't have enough room in their backpack while hovering over the claim button in the Treasure Hunter's 'Choose Your Prize' window.
- Updated the prize information for Protean Memory and Protean Plank when won on Treasure Hunter to more resemble their actual functionality.

patch 8 January 2024(Update):
- The tooltip info for the Treasure Hunter keys is updated after using the keys.
  - This was previously broken following an update on 11 December 2023 such that using keys did not decrement the counts shown in the tooltip unless the Treasure Hunter interface was closed and re-opened.

patch 23 October 2023(Update):
- Token rewards from Treasure Hunter should now be delivered to the Inventory if the Bank is full.

hidden 24 July 2023(Update):
- Highlight colour added on the left side of the prize gems.

patch 3 April 2023(Update):
- Fixed bug where text overlapped the Treasure Hunter Info Icon on the UI.

patch 27 March 2023(Update):
- The Oddment Store and Terms & Conditions buttons are interactable again when the Out of Keys screen is displayed.

hidden 27 February 2023(Update):
- Prize gems in the Treasure Hunter interface have been graphically updated.

patch 6 February 2023(Update):
- Fixed an issue with Treasure Hunter particles.

patch 30 January 2023(Update):
- Corrected punctuation on the message that displays after buying multiple Treasure Hunter keys with Oddments.

patch 23 January 2023(Update):
- The Legacy interface skin is now applied to the Treasure Hunter prize window.
- Treasure Hunter no longer closes itself the first time it is opened by new players.

patch 16 January 2023(Update):
- You can no longer open Treasure Hunter chests while the promotion information screen is displayed.
- Updated the Treasure Hunter promo timer to be more consistent with the timer on the promo info interface, and updated the interface buttons.
- Oddment Store and Terms & Conditions buttons can be interacted with when the 'out of keys' screen is displayed on Treasure Hunter.

patch 9 January 2023(Update):
- Applied a long-term solution to being unable to bank bankable items from the 'Choose your prize' interface while a bonus reward is present alongside Christmas wrapping paper in Treasure Hunter.

patch 7 November 2022(Update):
- The daily purchase limit for Treasure Hunter keys in the Oddments Store has been decreased from 60 to 10.

patch 25 July 2022(Update):
- Ultra-Rare prize boxes from Treasure Hunter are now bankable.

patch 9 May 2022(Update):
- Players are no longer told that they cannot play Treasure Hunter when leaving an active Dungeoneering dungeon.

hidden 25 April 2022(Update):
- Rarities of non-promotional prizes adjusted.
- Spring prize quantities changed from 100, 200, 400, 800, and 1,600 to 50, 100, 200, 400, and 800.
- Silverhawk feather prize quantities changed from 30, 60, 120, 240, and 300 to 20, 40, 80, 160, and 240.
- Magic notepaper prize quantities changed from 120, 250, and 500 to 75, 150, and 300.
- Prize of three large skill training dummy crates added.
- Tiny cash bag prize removed.

patch 25 April 2022(Update):
- The multiple-choice Treasure Hunter prize selection screen has been removed.
- Oddment prizes have been removed from the Treasure Hunter drop table.
- The number of portable items received from portable packs has been reduced.
  - Any unopened portable packs acquired before April 25th will be replaced with the appropriate number of new packs to ensure that the total number of portables is not reduced.
- The convert confirm functionality was changed and will no longer ask for confirmation on white and yellow tier prizes but will for higher tiers.
- Improved auto-redeem messaging to remove spam.
- Spring Cleaner is now available on the loot table again if the player does not own it already.
- Players can no longer gain lucky items as a super rare reward from chests.
- Combat Dummies no longer appear in Red or Purple Tier prizes.
- Spirit Gems can now be noted.
- Protean Packs have been replaced with Protean-specific items.

patch 7 March 2022(Update):
- Fixed an issue where players couldn't close the Settings menu until the prize from a Treasure Hunter chest was claimed.

patch 28 February 2022(Update):
- Fixed an issue where Treasure Hunter stars did not state that they were giving you bonus XP after consuming.

patch 24 January 2022(Update):
- The Oddment Count in the Treasure Hunter interface now updates whenever Oddments are gained by claiming them as prizes or using them as keys.

hidden 15 November 2021(Update):
- Many of the interfaces (e.g. the main interface, "Choose Your Prize", and promotion interface) in Treasure Hunter have been reworked.

patch 18 October 2021(Update):
- Prevented Hearts of Ice messaging popping up at the wrong time.

update 27 September 2021(Update):
- Treasure Hunter has a new look! We've made a number of changes to increase transparency and improve the experience. This includes real time probability disclosure and some changes to the prizes.
  - Probability Disclosure
    - The probability of winning particular prizes will be calculated and displayed in real time. This information will be presented in a new window replacing the former Categories interface.
  - Hearts of Ice Discontinuation
    - Many of the promotions now have alternative control methods and transparent probabilities built in
    - The other changes render them redundant
    - They've always been a bit fiddly
    - Players who are currently holding onto any HoI will be reimbursed with Oddments at a rate of 1 Oddment for every 5 Hearts of Ice (when numbers are uneven, they will be rounded down). There's no upper limit to this conversion.
    - Should a player own a Heartfreezer Amulet containing unredeemed Hearts of Ice, these will be drained and added to the conversion total. The unlocked cosmetic version of the Amulet will be available from Diango.
      - The same applies to some other legacy HoI objects.
  - Changes to prizes
    - The following prizes will be removed from Treasure Hunter:
      - Skilling outfits (Normal and Elite)
      - Slayer masks - these will instead be available through Shattered Worlds play
      - Wicked hood tokens - now available in the Runespan Shop for 1.5k points each
      - 200m Coins (this has been replaced by a 50m Coin prize, but thanks to the new balancing players will be sure to net more coins in total than previously)
      - Brilliant alchemist fragments (fragments that were otherwise lying around have been converted to 250 Oddments each)
      - All cosmetic items except those applicable to a current promotion
    - In contrast, the following prizes will be added:
      - Giant stars and Giant lamps (promotional versions of these also exist (i.e. Smouldering lamps, Bubbling lamps etc)
        Lamps and stars have been given a graphical makeover
      - Huge coin pouch (new - values change according total level)
      - Portable packs (assorted sizes)
  - Balancing
    - The rate at which items of assorted commonality can be found has also been tweaked.
    - The oddment conversation rate for Treasure hunter prizes have been increased (See newspost for the full details).
  - New XP Curve
    - While the new XP curve now scales to 120, the section from 100-120 will only impact those skills which also reach 120 (Archaeology, Dungeoneering, Slayer, Farming, Herblore and Invention).

patch 27 September 2021(Update):
- Added a link to Treasure Hunter from the Marketplace.

patch 26 July 2021(Update):
- The '+ Keys' button on the Store no longer redirects to the main menu, and will now open the Purchase Keys screen as expected on mobile

patch 19 July 2021(Update):
- Tapping 'back' on either the Treasure Hunter or Marketplace interfaces should now correctly push you back towards 'Upgrades & Extras' on Runescape Mobile.

patch 5 July 2021(Update):
- Added the 'Buy Keys' button and the 'Out of Keys' button prompts back onto the Treasure Hunter interface on iOS.

patch 17 May 2021(Update):
- The floating Treasure Hunter Keys UI element will no longer appear on top of cutscenes if it was not closed prior to the cutscene.

patch 4 May 2021(Update):
- Fixed an issue that could cause the mobile store to appear off-centre if opened via Treasure Hunter.

patch 12 April 2021(Update):
- Treasure Hunter Keys are now working correctly.

patch 1 February 2021(Update):
- Treasure Hunter will now accurately calculate and inform you of how many Oddments you should receive when converting prizes before they're claimed.

patch 7 December 2020(Update):
- The Advent Calendar banner in Treasure Hunter now correctly links to the Advent Calendar interface.

patch 2 November 2020(Update):
- The 'Earn Keys' in the Treasure Hunter interface now correctly directs players to the offerwall.

patch 13 July 2020(Update):
- Fixed an issue where the Treasure Hunter window would not load correctly in a small sized game window.

patch 11 May 2020(Update):
- An error that appeared when certain members-only items were appearing on Treasure Hunter for free-to-play players has been fixed.

patch 4 May 2020(Update):
- Updated the description of coin prizes on Treasure Hunter (5,000,000-200,000,000) to show that these prizes are members-only.

patch 20 April 2020(Update):
- On Mobile, an info box will now appear when attempting to freeze an unfreezable category on the Treasure Hunter interface.

patch 6 April 2020(Update):
- If a player has an unclaimed prize on Treasure Hunter and the promo changes, they will now be able to claim their original prize instead of being given a new one.
- Fixed an issue which resulted in text getting cut off in the Skill Selection screen when redeeming lamps and stars.
- Fixed an issue that was affecting Treasure Hunter prizes when a players game window was the same length as the Treasure Hunter interface.

patch 9 March 2020(Update):
- Fixed an issue where some Treasure Hunter prizes were not displaying a description for Free-to-Play players.

patch 24 February 2020(Update):
- Runescape Mobile: Fixed a typo on a Treasure Hunter popup.

patch 6 January 2020(Update):
- Completing a Sliske's Endgame replay no longer awards Treasure Hunter keys.

patch 9 December 2019(Update):
- Players who have already frozen TH categories will no longer use their Hearts of Ice during promotions that have the 'categories' button disabled.

patch 2 December 2019(Update):
- Treasure Hunter probabilities are now available on Desktop via the 'show probabilities' button.

patch 18 November 2019(Update):
- TH button gets updated when receiving a key.

patch 4 November 2019(Update):
- Localised Treasure Hunter banner now appears on non english speaking worlds.

patch 9 September 2019(Update):
- Fixed an issue where some max level skills were not freezing in treasure hunter.

patch 2 September 2019(Update):
- For RuneScape Mobile:
  - Made the close button bigger on treasure hunter.
  - Made text use the correct skin colour on the Treasure Hunter interface.

hidden 12 August 2019(Update):
- Tokens are now automatically used if the corresponding cosmetic has not been unlocked yet.

patch 5 August 2019(Update):
- Tooltips have been added to the Treasure Hunter floater to state what promotion is currently running on hover.
- The Treasure Hunter out of keys screen has been graphically updated.

ninja 8 July 2019(Update):
- For account security week players will be awarded an extra daily key if they have an active or pending bank PIN, and another for an active authenticator.

patch 28 May 2019(Update):
- Adjusted the "You do not have room in your inventory for that." message in Treasure hunter to an use an infobox.^[sic]

patch 7 May 2019(Update):
- The Mining & Smithing rewards on Treasure Hunter have been updated with the new ores & bars.

patch 25 March 2019(Update):
- The Treasure Hunter floating image has had some graphical changes.

patch 11 March 2019(Update):
- Hearts of Ice will now correctly retain which categories are frozen when logging out and back in.

hidden 18 February 2019:
- Treasure Hunter can now be opened via a button in the inventory interface. Ironman accounts cannot see the button.

hidden 14 February 2019:
- The prizes shown in the Treasure Hunter information interface no longer uses item sprites. It now uses 3D models.

patch 4 February 2019(Update):
- Ironmen will now be given a reason as to why they cannot access treasure hunter via the calendar.

patch 28 January 2019(Update):
- Certain messages in Treasure Hunter have been adjusted to an info box.

patch 21 January 2019(Update):
- It is no longer possible to repeatedly log out and in to obtain free rewards from opening Treasure Hunter.
- It is no longer possible to obtain free rewards/taster rewards from 2CT promotions.

patch 14 January 2019(Update):
- The Fireworks will now display correctly on the interface when you run out of keys and re-open Treasure Hunter during the Fireworks Festival Treasure Hunter promotion.
- Winning a multiple cosmetic prize on Treasure Hunter will now place Oddments into your currency pouch if Oddments are already in it.

patch 26 November 2018(Update):
- Closing the Treasure Hunter Item Information interface now returns you to Treasure Hunter.

ninja 26 November 2018(Update):
- It is now possible to close the on screen button whilst having other interfaces open.

patch 19 November 2018(Update):
- Clicking on the Treasure Hunter button in the lobby now opens the interface as expected.

patch 28 August 2018(Update):
- When winning multiple Sombrero's from Treasure Hunter, players will now correctly receive coins instead of duplicates.

hidden 9 July 2018:
- The option to convert rewards into coins had been replaced with oddments instead.

patch 11 June 2018(Update):
- Fixed an issue where some TH prizes could not be claimed correctly.

patch 4 June 2018(Update):
- The discard button on Treasure Hunter is now correctly named convert for free-to-play players.
- Prismatic stars no longer drop to the floor if looted from a Treasure Trail reward casket with a full inventory.

patch 15 January 2018(Update):
- Players can now auto-redeem Dungeoneering token bags and cash bags won from Treasure Hunter.

hotfix 1 December 2017(Update):
- Fixed the Treasure Hunter "key earned" popup repeatedly appearing.

patch 13 November 2017(Update):
- Opening the Treasure Hunter prize management interface will no longer cause disconnects.

hotfix 13 November 2017(Update):
- Destroying items won from Treasure Hunter will no longer cause a disconnect.

hotfix 25 October 2017(Update):
- The open chest animation no longer blocks the player from earning their free 600 Ghostweave.

hotfix 18 October 2017(Update):
- The Mysteria banner now appears correctly with the Hearts of Ice sub-interface open.
- The correct Mysteria banner promotions are now shown when Treasure Hunter is opened without any remaining keys.

patch 25 September 2017(Update):
- The promotion information section of Treasure Hunter now displays the cash-out value of the whole stack of items, instead of individually.

patch 12 June 2017(Update):
- Lava Lanterns are now treated as Prismatic rewards on TH, when freezing/unfreezing via the categories interface.

patch 6 March 2017(Update):
- Prize tooltip information has returned to various purple prizes on TH.

patch 19 December 2016(Update):
- The Invention category has been added to Treasure Hunter. Players will only receive Invention prizes from this category if they have unlocked the skill. If the skill is not yet unlocked then prizes will be filled from the Divination, Crafting and Smithing categories if these skills are less than 80.

patch 12 December 2016(Update):
- An issue where opening a chest in Treasure Hunter could cause the multiplier timer to keep resetting in God Wars Dungeon 2 has been fixed.

hotfix 12 September 2016(Update):
- The warning message for not having enough Hearts of Ice to use a Treasure Hunter key has been re-enabled.

patch 5 September 2016(Update):
- Players will now consistently have their reward shown in purple in the chat window when winning a purple prize from Treasure Hunter.

patch 1 August 2016(Update):
- Free players can no longer select members skills above level 5 when choosing which skill to gain XP in from lamps/stars.
- Players may now auto-redeem prismatic lamps and stars into Invention XP on Treasure Hunter via the options cog in the top right corner of the interface.

patch 9 May 2016(Update):
- Talking to Alice in the Treasure Hunter interface no longer resets the promotion timer.

patch 4 April 2016(Update):
- Free players can now equip a variety of off-hand weapons from Treasure Hunter.
- An "auto-redeem" option has been added in Treasure Hunter when claiming a prismatic lamp or star, allowing players to select which skill to award the XP in.
- The Bonds pouch has been converted into a more generic "Currency pouch" for storing upcoming Treasure Hunter promotion currencies.

patch 11 January 2016(Update):
- Alice, once again, claps when a prize is won on Treasure Hunter.

patch 9 November 2015(Update):
- Players will no longer win skill outfit head add-ons from Treasure Hunter before they own the relevant head piece.

patch 24 August 2015(Update):
- The Hearts of Ice XP and prismatic preferences no longer reset after each Key is used.

patch 13 July 2015(Update):
- Players will no longer see non-passive lucky Godswords on Treasure Hunter if they already own the lucky passive version.
- The 'Continue' button now appears when speaking with Alice in the Treasure Hunter interface.

patch 29 June 2015(Update):
- An issue that allowed players to open the Treasure Hunter interface during a duel has been fixed.

patch 8 June 2015(Update):
- The cash-out value of the following items has been reduced:
  - Lucky helm of subjugation to 100k.
  - Lucky Armadyl helmet to 250k.
  - Lucky Bandos helmet to 250k.

patch 5 May 2015(Update):
- Keybinds will no longer be locked after exiting the Treasure Hunter item management interface.

patch 27 April 2015(Update):
- Skill lamp cash-out values have been made consistent with prismatic lamp values on Treasure Hunter.
- Opening the Treasure Hunter interface via the Upgrades & Extras button with no keys remaining no longer causes the frame rate to drop.

patch 16 February 2015(Update):
- The position of the Hearts of Ice interface in Treasure Hunter has been adjusted.
- he black-out box when there are no more Treasure Hunter keys usable no longer overlaps the top of the interface.

patch 12 January 2015(Update):
- An issue where frozen Treasure Hunter promotion slots would occasionally turn off has been fixed.

update 12 January 2015(Update):
- It is now possible to use Hearts of Ice to freeze out items related to currently running Treasure Hunter promotions.
  - Before this, hearts of ice could only be used to freeze the skilling categories.

patch 15 December 2014(Update):
- The correct gem animation is now played when opening a Treasure Hunter chest.
- Returning to Treasure Hunter after logging into the game will now show the correct window.

patch 8 December 2014(Update):
- Treasure Hunter item tooltips no longer display over the rewards screen.

patch 6 October 2014(Update):
- You can now use the 'multiple chests' radio buttons and 'categories' button in the 'reward' and 'no more keys screen' in Treasure Hunter.
- Objects that are free to play but require membership to cash out will no longer show up as members items in Treasure Hunter.
- Silverhawk feathers, magic notepaper and spring cleaner springs now ask for confirmation before they are discarded in Treasure Hunter.
- The prize you have won has been added to the message when you claim something in Treasure Hunter.

patch 14 July 2014(Update):
- Treasure Hunter will no longer pause indefinitely on the "attempting to approve key" screen.

patch 2 June 2014(Update):
- The "Earn Keys" button in Treasure Hunter now opens the correct page when opened from the downloadable client.

update 7 April 2014(Update):
- The Treasure Hunter interface was updated, with more prize categories visible on the Hearts of Ice screen and the ability to talk to Alice being added.

patch 31 March 2014(Update):
- The destroy message for protean planks has been updated to reference Treasure Hunter.

patch 17 March 2014(Update):
- The message given when you find a Treasure Hunter key now appears coloured to make it more noticeable.

update 4 February 2014(Update):
- Treasure Hunter - our reinvention of the Squeal of Fortune minigame - is here!

Trivia

For a period of time in 2015, Treasure Hunter was referred to as a "minigame" in official update news posts.

References

^ Mod Balance. <------ This many people want Jagex to write a response to the community for their bombardment of MTX promotions.. Reddit. 26 September 2017. (Archived from the original on 20 October 2017.)
^ a b Mod Balance. "RuneScape Monetisation." 23 October 2017. (Archived from the original on 23 October 2017.) Treasure Hunter Forums.
^ Mod Sayln. "Live Events Dev Blog #1." 29 June 2018. (Archived from the original on 29 June 2018.) Treasure Hunter Forums.
^ Mod Poerkie. Follow Up: Discounted Key Oddment Exploit – August 24th 2020. Reddit. 28th August 2020. (Archived from the original on 28th August 2020.)

v•d•e Treasure Hunter
Promotions	2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2nd Chance Tuesday
Limited rewards	Archive 1 Archive 2 Archive 3 Archive 4 Archive 5 Archive 6 Archive 7
Exclusive rewards	Tiny cash bag Small cash bag Medium cash bag Large cash bag Huge cash bag Sombrero Coin of balance Magic notepaper Essence of wisdom Pulse core Advanced pulse core Cinder core Giant prismatic fallen star Giant prismatic lamp Dungeoneering Wildcard Fading memory Dragon trinkets Metallic dragon trinkets Wonder bar charge booster Ancient relic Variety pack
Miscellaneous	Alice Karima Key token ^(Double) Hearts of Ice

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Interface

Ribbon

Customisations Upgrades & Extras ^{(Treasure Hunter • Solomon's General Store • Marketplace)}
Hero	Skills ^{(Target system)} Backpack Worn Equipment Achievement Paths
Adventures	Quest list ^{(Quest Overview)} Activity Tracker
Powers	Prayer Abilities Familiar Magic Book Melee Abilities Ranged Abilities Defensive Abilities Attack Abilities Strength Abilities Defence Abilities Constitution Abilities Magic Abilities Teleportation Spells Combat Spells Skilling Spells Necromancy Abilities Necromancy Incantations
Community	All Chat Private Chat Friends List ^{(Ignore List)} Trade and Assistance Friends Chat Friends Chat List Group Chat Group Chat List Clan Chat Clan Chat List Guest Clan Chat Emotes ^{(Transmogs • Overheads)}
RuneMetrics	Drops Graphs Metrics
Options	Music Player Notes

Backpack

Worn Equipment

Minimap

Action bar

Other

Client

Discontinued

v•d•e

Steam

Current

Teatime	Bistromancer's Staff Bistromancer's outfit Brewster
Forgemaster	Wyrm Outfit Item box
Caches	Small smouldering lamp cache Small supreme star cache
Miscellaneous	RuneScape - The Orchestral Collection RuneCoins Treasure Hunter keys

Retired

Forge Goblin	Outfit Warhammer Frog