The Blood of Dawnwalker: Pond Islet Treasure Map Solution

Treasure maps in The Blood of Dawnwalker rarely point at anything obvious, and the Pond Islet one is a good example. The drawing shows a rockfall-strewn shoreline and a scrap of water, which is not much to go on until you realize the dig site sits almost on top of the camp you looted the map from.

Quick answer: Loot the sack beside the wooden chests at the Bandit Camp northwest of Burners’s Clearing to get Treasure Map: Pond Islet, then head due west to the small islet in the middle of the water and dig the dirt mound there.

Treasure Map: Pond Islet location (Bandit Camp northwest of Burners’s Clearing)

Open the world map and look northwest of Burners’s Clearing for the Bandit Camp icon. That camp is the only place the map spawns, so travel to the nearest shrine and approach on foot from there.

World map with the Bandit Camp marker northwest of Burners's Clearing — The world map position of the Bandit Camp that holds the Pond Islet map. Image: Rebel Wolves

Clear the camp. A single bandit guards the site, and he goes down quickly to standard sword pressure with dodges to the side.

Player character with sword drawn advancing on a tracked objective marker — Weapon drawn and closing on the marked objective. Image: Rebel Wolves

Search the sack sitting next to the wooden chests. That container holds Treasure Map: Pond Islet, and picking it up starts the activity Bandit’s Treasure Map: Rockfalls – Pond Islet.

The rest of the camp is worth a sweep before you leave. The containers and shelves scattered around it hold a mix of currency, consumables and a skill manual.

Camp pickup	Type
Walking Fortress Manual	Manual
Vitality Balm	Consumable
Denarius	Currency
Hammer	Tool
Wild Strawberry	Ingredient
Saffron Milk Cap	Ingredient

Where the Pond Islet treasure is buried

Open the map item and you get a sketch of rocks and a waterline rather than a usable grid reference. Ignore the drawing and go west. The chest is on the tiny islet sitting in the middle of the water directly west of the Bandit Camp, which is close enough to walk in under a minute.

Leave the camp heading west until you hit the riverbank. Cross the shallow water toward the small patch of land in the centre of the channel.

Character crossing rocky forest ground with the quest tracker visible on screen — Crossing the rocky ground between the camp and the water. Image: Rebel Wolves

Walk onto the islet and look for the mound of disturbed earth. Focus Mode makes the dig spot easier to pick out if the ground blends into the grass.

On-screen objective tracker while the character approaches a marked point of interest — The objective tracker stays visible as you close on the marked spot. Image: Rebel Wolves

Interact with the mound to dig up the buried chest, then loot it. As with every buried stash in Vale Sangora, you need a shovel in your inventory before the dig prompt will do anything, and the dig itself consumes in-game time.

Note: if the interaction tells you a shovel is missing, look around the immediate area. The game usually leaves one lying near dig sites for players who haven’t picked one up yet.

Pond Islet treasure rewards

The chest pays out better than most early bandit maps, mainly because of the boots and the ring.

Reward	Type
175 Denarius	Currency
Noble’s Scarlet Buskins	Epic medium boots
Ring of Astral Defence	Ring
St. John’s Wort	Herb
Golden Mug	Miscellaneous item

Loot window listing Denarius with Loot All and Cancel options — The loot window that appears once the chest is uncovered. Take everything with Loot All. Image: Rebel Wolves

Confirming the activity is complete

Emptying the chest closes out Bandit’s Treasure Map: Rockfalls – Pond Islet. You’ll see the activity tick over as completed once the loot window is cleared, and the map item stops occupying a quest slot in your inventory.

If nothing updates, the usual culprit is a partial loot. Take every item rather than cherry-picking the Denarius, since the completion fires on the chest being emptied and not on reaching the islet.

Because the dig burns clock time, it’s worth folding this one into a trip you’re already making through the region rather than travelling out for it alone. The camp and the islet are close enough together that both can be handled in a single stop.