19 replies to this topic

[Kyle]

I see a lot of people on the boards and such buying and seling treasure maps because appearently you can get really valuable prizes. Anyone have any experience with this?

[Mr. Hobo]

They can be I've wasted close to a mil on them and I only really made profit on 2 maps (they used to sell for like 200k each). Not the best way to gamble

[Kyle]

They can be I've wasted close to a mil on them and I only really made profit on 2 maps (they used to sell for like 200k each). Not the best way to gamble

What are some of the profitable and non-profitable prizes you can win?

[Mr. Hobo]

http://www.nothingbu...sub=treasuremap

Normally 6k-13k and 4-5 rare items. Most are junk but a couple can be worthwhile Krawk Egg for example (and honestly I don't know too much about the prizes )

[Freddy]

I'd say no

[Tretlan the Pirate]

I've finished the Lab map and the Petpet Lab map. Honestly, I'd have to say the 220k that I spent on the lab map, 2 years ago has not been worth it at all. My favorite pet used to be a Fire Eyrie before I rubber-necked it and stuck him in the lab ray (he was my first experiment). Right after I did it, he turned into a Blue Chia. I was so upset. So far, he's changed species and colors numerous amounts of times, he's level 20, very good skills, and he's a Brown Lenny. He's also changed genders and back. I'd have to say that I prefer a Fire Eyrie over a Brown Lenny any day. The lab ray also turned my Female Lupe into a Mutant Ixi... made me angry, too.

The petpet lab ray changes your pets, but when you want to take them off, say, to put a different pet on to sell the one changed by the ray, the pet changed by the ray changes back to its original form AND loses, levels and skills as well. Makes me sad, really.

I don't collect stamps or cards, either.

[Warlord]

wow, 220k for a lab map? even back then that was still half price. I think they're worth even more now. Yeah, I used to have lab accesss on an old account and really didn't care for it either. It tended to make the HP grow and the level drop to one. it also kept changing my pet's species to crap species and changing the gender. It also never really painted it any cool colors, usually basic colors. It did make it into halloween (acara) and a rainbow pet (acara of all things). I hate rainbow pets and acaras. Needless to say I never bothered to get the lab on this account.

[Warlord]

I don't remember when the lab was below 400k actually and that's a good 4-5 years ago when i first looking into it. The site is what? 6.5 year old now right? Unless you sniped every piece

its over 7 years old because it premiered in late 99 right?

[Freddy]

I bought the petpet lab map thingy when it just came out at 500k.
needless to say now, it wasnt such a good idea haha.

[Highly-Advanced-Cube]

Treasure maps no i found it out the hard way bought a full Orginal Treasure Map and Sooky Treasure map 60k for the spooky and i dunno bout 200k for the original 1 i got 40k in rewards for the orginal and 5k in total reward for the spooky in other words WASTE tough the Aqua and space 1's do seem to be worth it..

[serina]

my answer is NO i spent 300000 k on pieces thinking it woyld be great reward i got 2 items that was crap n 21000k

[Tretlan the Pirate]

I'm not lying, just so you all know. I've played Neopets for over 6 years now. I found out about it when it was advertised in a computer magazine that my father got with his Dell in 2000. The magazine came in August of 2000.

I played a game called Furcadia (an online Role-playing game) back when I bought the lab map pieces and I sold a digo item called a Gryphon (it's a form for your avatar that you can buy with actual money) for 250,000 nps. I bought the lab map pieces for 220k from the trades. Since then, it's only been a waste of neopoints to me.

[Hazard]

I bought the petpet lab map thingy when it just came out at 500k.
needless to say now, it wasnt such a good idea haha.

I bought my petpet lab map for like 2K

[mizz_sheana1]

i dont think they are

[Cant Stop Me]

No they are not worth it.

[rumble jumble]

full lab maps not cost 790k
it is a gamble, as upon completing the map, you get some random rare items
you may get a ub worth 5m, or you may get some lousy item worth 15np
either way, its luck

[Big Joe]

Lab maps are a waste (I think) But PetPet Lab maps have gone down about 5k each because of it! You can find one at 800NP if you look hard.

[wordballoon]

Rarely,I heard that you can sometimes get draik eggs from them though : /. But so far no luck for me.

[spottedtiger]

i think selling them will make you more of a profit than not i think most rich neopians buy them to try to get a draik egg but otherwise if you're trying to use maps to get rich sell them

[Big Joe]

i think selling them will make you more of a profit than not i think most rich neopians buy them to try to get a draik egg but otherwise if you're trying to use maps to get rich sell them

I think it's easier just to buy the draik egg from the trading post.