Research\traveler quest for each planet in the course of planet research you can find remains of the unlucky treasure hunter, after searched his bones you find a piece of the map showing place where the treasure is hidden mechanics of a quest: 1: the guide or another npc tells you that he saw on an earth surface remains of the person with a pick and reports right \left you should look for them 2: the first remains contain a piece of a treasure map and the help note (I saw the person - approximate range) treasure hunter sprite can have a hand showing the direction of next random dead treasure hunter 3: map part can be droped by reasonable mobs or chest\pot and other loot container with a small chance (this is not 5min deal) 4: collecting all parts of the map isn't obligatory for finding of treasure mechanics of the map: 1: the map - a compound screenshot of the location consisting of 9 or more parts 2: use the incomplete map you can find an approximate place, but you should dig over tons of the earth to find treasure 3: the full map will have exact numerical coordinates, and brand indicating a place where it is necessary to dig mechanics of treasure: 1: the treasure is on a background (you need to destroy the block of a background to find it) 2: the treasure can be hidden in the earth, water, lava, dungeon blocks 3: treasure contains one of: - rare items and blueprints - items premade by developers like legendary in D3 - fun items ??? =) - blueprints of modules of the ship -items with characteristics of more difficult planets (the planet treasure with level 1 can contain a item with characteristics of a planet of level 5) "if level of a planet influences items which are generated on it" P.S. excuse for may English =) hope this can be made)
The core of this idea is nice, but the way you get clues could be changed - something instead dead treasure hunters.
3: map part can be droped by reasonable mobs or chest\pot and other loot container with a small chance it is side quest, it's automatically carried out while you investigate a planet, there is no need to hurry, you will collect all parts of the map over time but if you want to make it quicker you need to concentrate on it and to look for dead hunters
I'd love to go on a treasure hunt every now and then It would be especially cool if you could try to race your friends to the treasure!