Destiny 2’s Season of Plunder is cranking the pirate theme to 11. Epic ship-vs-ship fights and the hunt for treasure are a strong part of the seasonal loop, and the best way for players to partake in it is by finding Treasure Coordinates.
Treasure Coordinates are one of the seasonal currencies in Season of Plunder, meaning they allow players to partake in what the season has to offer—and, more importantly, help Guardians get seasonal gear from the activity for their troubles. If you’re looking for Season of Plunder’s new Sailspy Pitchglass linear fusion rifle or if you want a shot at a Tarnished Mettle scout rifle with the new Joltshot perk, you’ll need to participate in the seasonal loop.
Treasure Coordinates aren’t particularly hard to find, but they will be a core part of the seasonal loop—which, in turn, is bound to gather plenty of playtime throughout the season, since it will be the main way of obtaining Season of the Plunder gear.
Here’s what you need to know to find Treasure Coordinates in D2.
How to find Treasure Coordinates in D2′s Season of Plunder
Treasure Coordinates are available after completing most activities in the game, from high-difficulty Nightfalls to public events and Lost Sectors.
Naturally, this includes the ritual playlist activities as well, and players who dive into Strikes, Gambit, or Crucible activities are bound to stock up on Treasure Coordinates—though that is hardly the only way to obtain this resource.
In our experience, completing public events and Lost Sectors is a fairly low-commitment way of obtaining Treasure Coordinates. Each public event will grant you 30 Treasure Coordinates (35 if Heroic), while completing a regular-difficulty Lost Sector will award 15. Faster Lost Sectors may be your best bet when it comes to stocking up on Treasure Coordinates during Season of Plunder. That said, whatever activity you’re hard-farming will likely be a solid source of Treasure Coordinates, and with the newly tweaked Streak system, don’t forget to stop your playlist farming every now and then to spend some of that Treasure Coordinates.
You will need them (as well as Map Fragments, which drop from Ketchcrash) to make Treasure Maps, which will drop you some gear.
Before you start trying to obtain Treasure Coordinates, however, make sure you’ve picked up the Skeleton Key in the H.E.L.M. on your characters.
While it’s hard to miss in your first go, your alts will not have it and will need to pick it up from the Star Chart, the seasonal vendor (thank the Traveler the Egregore is gone).
How to get Treasure Coordinates for D2’s Eliksni Quarter community event
D2’s Eliksni Quarter community event dropped at the tail end of Season of Plunder, but it spruced up some players’ hunts for Treasure Coordinates. Though the event requires players to deposit Captain’s Coins in the Donations Chest in the Tower, unlocking some improvements to the Eliksni Quarter also allowed players to deposit Treasure Coordinates at a one-to-one ratio, meaning each Treasure Coordinate counts as one Captain’s Coin.
Since Treasure Coordinates and Captain’s Coins have the same drop sources, players who want to stock up on Treasure Coordinates can continue doing whatever activity they want to do if they’re chasing Captain’s Coins. If farming Lost Sectors for them, for instance, you’ll have double the amount of resources to deposit, since they award 15 Captain’s Coins and another 15 Treasure Coordinates. If you have a decent set of seasonal armor on hand, you can also equip it to earn more Treasure Coordinates per equipped piece.
