Prismbeard’s Lost Treasure Quest Guide

Palia’s Elderwood map is full of all kinds of hidden nooks and crannies to explore, with some leading to exciting discoverable items like treasure chests. Prismbeard’s Lost Treasure is a Discovery Quest added in Palia’s Radiance Rising update that takes you on a treasure hunt following three mysterious Pirate Maps belonging to the famous titular pirate. However, finding each X marks the spot location can be tricky, as it involves deciphering and matching them up with Palia’s expansive Elderwood map to find each one.

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As the second quest in the Prismbeard’s Treasure questline, this handy Prismbeard’s Lost Treasure walkthrough guide details where you can find all the X marks the spot locations across the Elderwood, and how to reach them, with some tucked away in some well-hidden places.
Palia Prismbeard’s Lost Treasure Quest Guide

How To Start Prismbeard’s Lost Treasure in Palia

To start Prismbeard’s Lost Treasure quest in Palia, you must first complete Adventure on the Horizon, the first quest in Radiance Rising’s Prismbeard’s Treasure questline. At the end of Adventure on the Horizon, you get the first Pirate Map, and you also immediately unlock Prismbeard’s Lost Treasure Discovery Quest. To get started in Prismbeard’s Lost Treasure and to track your progress, you can pin the quest to make it your active pursuit by using the pin icon within the Discovery Quest tab in the main Quest menu.

If you need to refer back to the treasure map, you can open it from your Quest Pouch.

How To Find Where X Marks The Spot – Location 1

To find the first X marks the spot location in Palia, you need to match up Prismbeard’s treasure map with Palia’s Elderwood map to find the buried treasure spot by looking for similarities between the two maps, such as path shapes. To help speed things along, you can find the first X marks the spot location inside Red Blossom Cave at point D-7, not far from the Elderwood’s Central Stables fast-travel point, as pictured above.

You’ll know if you’re in the right place by the painting of Prismbeard on the wall and the mound of dirt on the ground in front of it, which you need to dig up using the hoe. As shown in the video below, you’ll get the next Pirate Map after digging up the first X marks the spot location:

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X Marks the Spot Location 2

The second X marks the spot is a bit trickier to find, as you’ll need to either jump, climb, or use the glider to reach it at Jeunesse Pass. Head southeast past the Deep Woods until you reach point I-6 on the map, which takes you near a cliff-lined stream not far from a waterfall. Standing near the wooden beam, you can jump or use the glider to reach a small cave hidden inside the cliff below, as shown in the video here:
Once inside, you’ll find the next X marks the spot to dig up with the hoe near another Prismbeard painting like before, giving you the third and final Pirate Map to follow.
X Marks the Spot Location 3

The final X marks the spot location is a bit easier to find at point G-3 at Mitana Grove, as pictured above. You can either head there on foot or fast-travel to the Mitana Grove Stables to shorten the journey. Once there, you can find the final Prismbeard painting on a cliff overlooking the river with the dig spot in front of it to find a Riddle, as shown in the video below. If you’re struggling to find it, look out for Auni and Nai’o, who are standing opposite and looking in the same direction as the X marks the spot location.

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Return To The Hidden Cave Puzzle and Equip the Spyglass

For the final part of Prismbeard’s Lost Treasure and as revealed in Prismbeard’s Riddle, you must return to where you solved the sliding puzzle inside the Hidden Cave in Adventure on the Horizon, which you can find at point D-8 on the map. Inside the Hidden Cave, go back inside the room with the sliding puzzle, which you may now realize is likely a portrait of Prismbeard. On entering the room, choose the dialogue option that says ‘A fitting reward for Prismbeard’s demise,’ causing a mysterious chest to appear.

Open the chest to get the Pirate’s Spyglass, then speak to Auni about it, who suggests that equipping the Spyglass could reveal more. Equipping the Pirate Spyglass using the Quest Gear icon in your inventory then causes a statue of Prismbeard to spawn in front of the puzzle.

Interact with the Prismbeard statue to read another riddle, then speak to Auni to discuss what’s next, completing the Prismbeard’s Lost Treasure quest.
Prismbeard’s Lost Treasure Quest Rewards

Chatting with Auni not only completes Prismbeard’s Lost Treasure and increases your friendship with Auni and Nai’o, but you also get Prismbeard’s Map as a reward. It also unlocks the next part of the questline called The True Treasure, where it seems there is more to the story.