The reflection of sunlight dances on the glistening waves as they crash onto the shoreline. The refreshing summer breeze carried over the ocean hits with a smell of the sweet and salty water. Loose spray mists over you, the birds sing and your fur blows in a soft breeze. It all feels refreshing, comforting, and exciting. It feels like summer.

Nowhere is feeling this buzz of energy quite like Ardglass and Reim. Signs have been posted across the two cities catching every eye, hastily drawn letters scrawled on sheets of large parchment. The parchment spreads rumors of a treasure map that had been lost at sea, now turning up on the beaches of Ardglass and Riem, along with other strange finds across the world of Kyvalore. This can only mean one thing.

Time to hunt!

The Tropic Treasure Trove is on!
Time to adventure, get out there, and hunt for treasure!

Event-related quests are now live on the site! Some quests reward you with treasure map pieces, while others reward you with treasure chests that hold secret loot.
Don't forget, if you get a map piece that you already have, you can trade with other players!

Quests can reward chests, and sometimes map pieces! With the map pieces, you will get one of nine of the map pieces. Turn in a completed map through claims to receive a Mythic Trait Potion of your choice.

Chests that can be found through the event can contain a large assortment of items, anything from pets, to summer coins, to crafting materials, to event items, to more map pieces!

Something seems to be wrong with chests though! They all appear to be locked!

Rhea says she thinks she knows the spell to open them, or might know someone that can lockpick them for you.
She says she’ll give you a nice reward if you can help her out!
Chests will be LOCKED for the first week of the event while Rhea works on the spell to open the chest, but you might be able to help her out to speed up the process on her Quest found under the event category
Lucky Lockpicking Pikk

Also a notice has been posted to be careful where you step on the beach when looking for treasure!
It’s that time of the year for Pukara to emerge from the ocean to bask in the summer sun!
Pukara can now be found across Kyvalore for the month of August. They only stay on land during the summer months, so collect them while you can before they return to the ocean.

Pukara can be found in all event boxes!

That's not the only summer pets that’s here, I heard there’s a few summer exclusive colors like this Seawing Kipin!

On top of the pets, we’ve got some event exclusive traits you can craft from your findings as well!

Collect materials through event-related quests, activities, and discord giveaways to craft items that will grant event traits.

Summer Event traits for the Tropic Treasure Trove fall under two item categories

Seaside Potion
The Seaside Potion can grant one of any of these traits:
Shell horns, Bubble Aura, Seaweed Growth, Bottle Body, Coral Manabone, Coral Horns, Seaglass Manabone, and Shell-Shaped Horns

Summer Fruit Skewers
The Summer Fruit Skewers can grant any one of these traits:
Fruit Horns,  Fruity Tailtip, Juicy Manabone, and Fruit Bearing Aura

Visuals of these new traits can be found in the event trait category:
https://painted-relics.com/world/traits?rarity_id=5
Another important note is that in celebration of the Summer Event, the Caravan’s Guild is doing direct travel to Ardglass or Reim from anywhere on Kyvalore for the small price of 1 Traveller’s Token, so if you’re a ways away from Ardglass and Reim and want to get to the beach, it’s just one Token away!

Lastly, just by participating in the event you’ll receive a badge showing it off!

Keep an eye out for event updates as there will be more ways to earn event items through the month, and dont forget to join the discord if you havent!
There will be activities related to the event in the discord throughout the month, as well as potential sneak peaks to some of the event realted goods coming this month!

Good luck, and happy hunting! ♥