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[DragonRacer]

Starting this up since it seems like some folks may get some value from it (and it will help them memorize). It is a work-in-progress at the moment and I'll be updating as I get more screenshots of each treasure room for each map. If you'd like to contribute any shots I'm missing so far, throw them my way and I'll put them up! I am looking for two shots of each door: the location on the map, and the general interior of the room itself.
 
Treasure rooms must be opened by specific classes: stone doors can only be opened by warriors, golden locked doors can only be opened by rogues, and purple glowy wards can only be opened by mages. You do not have to open these doors to complete the match, but they can award money or an item card. There are six treasure rooms in a match.
 
In these treasure rooms is a chest and some money pots. Some rooms will NEVER have a guardian to fight after you open the chest, so we tend to call those "freebies". They are 100% safe to open. Other rooms have a chance to spawn a guardian when you attempt to open the chest. This comes in three forms: a round of corpses (relatively easy and usually confined to Zone 1 treasure rooms only), an Arcane Horror (not too bad, but can damage you pretty quickly if you don't avoid his spells), or a Revenant (the toughest guardian who can grab you, pull you in, and basically kill anyone who isn't a tank).
 
The general rules of thumb for quickly identifying a safe room from a potential guardian room are as follows:
 
1. Any treasure rooms that already had enemies inside when you opened the door will not contain a chest guardian.
 
2. Smallish rooms that are also sort of awkward-shaped most of the time will not contain a chest guardian.
 
3. Any chest that's in a corridor-area where you pull a lever to open a door and proceed further in the level via an alternate route instead of the "main" route will not contain a chest guardian.

 

4. If a treasure room contains money pots, it is NOT safe and the chest could spawn a guardian. Treasure rooms with no pots inside of them are totally safe. - Thanks to Shiratori for that tip!
 
I will now attempt to document all treasure rooms in the game for your convenience. Rooms that have a chance to spawn chest guardians are hidden under spoilers to help conserve space.
 
Elven Ruins (Destruction DLC Alternate Path Version):

 

Spoiler

This one is near the start of a zone. It is always a room that has a chance to contain a chest guardian.




This one always has a chance to contain a chest guardian.



 

 

For these two, the one on the left always has a chance to contain a chest guardian. The one on the right leads down a rubble pathway and is always safe. The chest for that one is on the left and an exit gate back to the main level is to the right.


 

Spoiler

The room on the left:

 

The "room" on the right:


 

Spoiler

This one is always near the start of a zone and will always have the chance of containing a chest guardian.

 

This one is reached by climbing up a small hill. The level continues to the left and to the exit door of the zone. To the right of the hilltop is a treasure door that is always safe to open.



 

 

Elven Ruins (Normal Routes):

 

Added as of 4/20/2015:

 

Near the start of this zone, you'll run ahead and see this door in front of you (and another way off to the left down a pathway). This one is always safe and leads to doors (either left or right) that go downstairs to a mob.

 

 

Spoiler

The path to the left (oftentimes forgotten in the mad rush of going through the OTHER treasure room) leads to this door, which always has a chance to spawn a chest guardian.

 

 

Further in, you hit a zone where you enter a large room and have a treasure room to the right, another treasure room to the left, and the zone exit ahead. Unfortunately, the party decided to speed-run by this point, so I only got one door documented. Will update when I can get back there. This is the door on the right, which always has a chance to spawn a chest guardian (the door on the left - not pictured - is always safe and leads to a door that will spit you out near the exit).

 

 

[DragonRacer]

Reserved for Additional Elven Ruins

[DragonRacer]

Tevinter Ruins:

 

Spoiler

This one is always near the start of a zone. It always has a chance to spawn a chest guardian.

 

 

This one is under some shelter that leads to open sky (and spawns) to the right. This one is always safe.

 

 

Spoiler

Behind my giant Katari close-up is a room that always has a chance to spawn a chest guardian.

 

 

This one always has a chance to spawn a chest guardian.

 

 

This one is always near the start of the zone and to the right. It's easy to miss and is often left behind because everyone sees the enemy spawn straight ahead after leaving the font/transition room. This room is always a safe room.

 

 

Spoiler

This room is a little further into the zone and always has a chance to spawn a chest guardian.

 

 

This is another double treasure room area. The door on the left is always a safe chest. The door on the right always has a chance to spawn a chest guardian.

 

 

Spoiler

Room on the right:

 

 

Room on the left (chest in left corner):

 

 

Spoiler

This room is in the middle of a long hallway. It always has the chance to spawn a chest guardian.

 

 

This one is always at the start of a zone. It's immediately in front of you when you leave the font/transition room. It is always safe.

 

 

Spoiler

This room always has the chance to spawn a chest guardian. It's right before a series of pillars you run under to continue the zone.

 

 

This room below several sets of stairs on either side always has the chance to spawn a chest guardian.

 

 

 

 

[DragonRacer]

Reserved for Additional Tevinter Ruins

[DragonRacer]

Orlesian Chateau:
 
This room is always near the start of a zone. It is also always safe.
 


 

Spoiler

The above room is usually followed up by this one as you run down the halls. This room always has the chance to spawn a chest guardian.
 


 
This one always has a chance to spawn a chest guardian.
 


 
In one of the courtyards, this room can be found by running up the stairs. Room is on the right down a hallway while the rest of the level is down a hallway to the left. This room always has a chance to spawn a chest guardian.
 

 
This room is usually at the start of a zone and is always safe.
 


 

Spoiler

Just past the above room is generally one of these. This kind always has a chance to spawn a chest guardian (and is in a courtyard filled with baddies).
 

 

Added as of 4/20/2015:

 

Here are two treasure rooms at the start of a zone (rest of the zone goes off towards the right). The one on the left has a chance to spawn a chest guardian. The one straight ahead is safe and also leads to an alternate route to the last room of the zone.

 

 

Spoiler

Interior of the room on the left (not necessarily safe):

 

 

The safe room from straight ahead:

 

 

In another zone, you'll run across these two doors (while rest of the zone is off to the left). The one straight ahead (sort of behind the statue in this shot) is always safe and leads to an alternate route out to the last room on the left. The room on the right always has a chance to spawn a chest guardian.

 

 

Spoiler

The not-always-safe room on the right:

 

 

The safe room from straight ahead:

 

 

Spoiler

This one is mid-way through a zone. The remainder of the level goes down through a courtyard on the left, then up stairs to one final mob. This room always has a chance to spawn a chest guardian. Oftentimes, I find it's usually a Revenant.

 

 

 

[DragonRacer]

Additional Orlesian Chateau

 

Added as of 4/20/2015:

 

This one is always at the start of a zone and it is always safe. It also has a door you can open that leads right back out onto the main path immediately.

 

 

Spoiler

Immediately after that first door, this one is tucked away in the same big room. However, it always has a chance to spawn a chest guardian.

 

 

This next zone has a treasure door on the left and a giant ballroom on the right leading to the exit. This room always has the chance to spawn a chest guardian.

 

 

At the end of the large ballroom is the exit and a treasure room. This room is always safe and has a little door you can open to hit the exit.

 

 

Spoiler

In another zone, you have this doorway on your right and the remainder of the zone spans out to the left. This room always has a chance to spawn a chest guardian.

 

 

In a new zone, this door is off to the right while running ahead takes you to a courtyard with a giant stone hand statue and enemies, then leads to the left to a final mob room and the exit. This treasure room always has a chance to spawn a chest guardian.

 

 

 

Fiery Orlesian Chateau (Destruction DLC):

 

Spoiler

This one is always near the start of a zone after taking the path to the left (beyond it the path curves right onto a rooftop and the end of the zone). It will always have a chance to spawn a chest guardian.

 

 

This is usually near the start of another zone and always has a chance to spawn a chest guardian.

 

 

Also usually the first one of a zone, this is where you run straight ahead and up some stairs. This door is in front of you, while the rest of the zone lies down a pathway to the right. This room will always have a chance to spawn a chest guardian.

 

 

After clearing the room above and moving down the right pathway, this door will be on your immediate right. It is always safe and leads to a doorway you can open to go straight to the last room of the zone.

 

 

This door is always at the start of the Museum zone. It's to the left, while a hallway leading to enemies is to the right. For some reason, everyone usually seems to miss this one and beelines to the enemies (even if they've stopped to open all the previous treasure rooms). Please don't run right past it, never to return again. IT'S A FREE, SAFE CHEST, PEOPLE.

 

 

Spoiler

This one is towards the end of the Museum zone. To the left lies the last mob of enemies and the exit, whilst to the right is a treasure room with a chance to spawn a chest guardian.

 

 

[Drasca]

Hodor.

[Jkregers]

Would it be easier for people to remember if you just showed them the free rooms? That way they can assume that everything else has a chance to spawn a guardian. 

[DragonRacer]

Would it be easier for people to remember if you just showed them the free rooms? That way they can assume that everything else has a chance to spawn a guardian. 

 

That's a good thought. What I think I'll do is put the "chance of chest guardian" pictures under spoiler tags, so that the info is still available if desired but otherwise the main things showing will be the freebie rooms.

 

I'll do that in the morning, though. Off to bed for me now.

[KalGerion_Beast]

Would it be easier for people to remember if you just showed them the free rooms? That way they can assume that everything else has a chance to spawn a guardian. 

Wouldnt it be even easier if you just showed the 3 room types that have a chance to spawn a boss?

[AbyssMessiah]

Pictures schmictures... now every troll around has written directions on how to wipe your party . And yes, you actually get them even these days, where "non-hardcore" player count is down to 0.5. 

 

I second the previous point of view though - easier to post only the free doors.

[Robbiesan]

Nice work DR.  Thanks for doing this.

[Beerfish]

Thanks you mattock toting drunk turian sentinel you!  This should be helpful to people.

[Texasmotiv]

Sticky please

Or at least a mention in the resource library

[DragonRacer]

Sticky please

Or at least a mention in the resource library

 

I already added a link to this in my stickied Resource Library.

[Aetika]

This will save many people from being slaughtered by Revenant!

[DragonRacer]

This will save many people from being slaughtered by Revenant!

 
I am clearly the BEST person to be making this guide. 

[lynroy]

This will save many people from being slaughtered by Revenant!

So funny after what happened yesterday. Dragon already posted the link to her post. Oh man, that was great.

 I am clearly the BEST person to be making this guide. 

[Aetika]

 
I am clearly the BEST person to be making this guide. 

 

 

So funny after what happened yesterday. Dragon already posted the link to her post. Oh man, that was great.

 

god damn people, you have spoilt the joke!

 

[DragonRacer]

But seriously, I need to try and actually remember to take treasure room screenshots today because I tooooootally brain farted and did not do so last night.

 

Perhaps had I done that and actually, you know, been paying attention, the Unfortunate Revenant Incident™ would never have happened.

 

(That would've been waaaaaaaaaaaaay less hilarious and ironic, though.)

[Shadohz]

Oh cool. A veiled speedrun guide thread. Good job DR. I never got around to uploading my 'free chest room' vids because I got bored with the game. Dragon killing or death to MP!!!

[DragonRacer]

Oh cool. A veiled speedrun guide thread. Good job DR. I never got around to uploading my 'free chest room' vids because I got bored with the game. Dragon killing or death to MP!!!

 

Haha, not veiled at all. I actually like opening all treasure rooms and get frustrated when the lobby seems in speedrunning mode (and will go along for that match, then bail out and find a new lobby). But, hey, I'm all about helping everybody, so if it helps some new speedrunners with quickly identifying the freebie chests, I'm fine with that.

[Shadohz]

Haha, not veiled at all. I actually like opening all treasure rooms and get frustrated when the lobby seems in speedrunning mode.

Bad 'ol putty-dragon. How dare you mislead me into thinking you're a speedrunner.

Spoiler

[DragonRacer]

Made some major updates today. I believe I've gotten all the rest of the normal Orlesian Chateau treasure rooms as well as the Destruction DLC route.

 

Also got a few from the normal Elven Ruins route until everyone went into speed-run mode, so... gonna need to get back to those later.

[DragonRacer]

Figured I'd bump this to help anyone who may want/need it since treasure rooms is the weekend challenge.

 

I still have some work to do on screenshotting Elven Ruins, but most everything else is complete.