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Crisis:
As long as you loot the maps yourself, they are extremely profitable. I never buy maps because it takes a lot of the profit away. I get most of my maps from Maisma so it is 0 cost. The ones from the chest are level 6 and you can level 5 on the body. 5k per level so 25k to 30k right off the bat. Most of the arties are easy to find cheap so I usually unravel them but you can put them up for like 10k and they usually sell ok. If you have an inbuer, you can unravel everything or just the stuff that unravels into essences which is what I do. The sot's can be sold for a decent amount along with the essences that come in the chest. There is one per level and can usually be sold in stacks of 10 for anywhere from 100k-500k depending on server. You also get the gold and loot from the guardians. That usually adds up to 10-20k for 5th and 6th level. On the level 6 chests, there is also a chance for a level 7 map. I also manipulate the chest (that sounds bad doesn't it? lol) when I am done pulling what I want. I can usually get an extra 10-15 mobs to spawn but pulling something up and letting it fall back in. People also like the skeleton keys and pet treats. If you look at it as a per chest profit, then it doesn't seem like much but they are quick and easy to do. They add up quickly and are fun to do.

I know this is an older post but decided to answer it just in case someone else was wondering the same thing. Treasure hunting and fishing are my main pleasures in UO. :)

formerlyrara:
I do miasma sometimes but honestly i have more fun taking all the level 1's from sos finding and work them up, believe it or not from level 1 to level 6 i have done it a few times. Only reason though why i do all the level 1s and up is making a rune library for pretty much all facets where most tmaps spawn, yes i know its random tmap spots but if you notice they are in certain areas and you just need to mark 4 runes or so per area until someone comes up with a good way to identify spots easier.

V/r
Rara

Crisis:
I mark all the spots that I do on cartographer. I have found that the spots are not random like they say, just a lot more of them. I have hit one spot in Malas 4 times so far. 3 times was a level 6 map and once was a level 5 map. I save all the maps that I get as well and work them. Its all profit and fun and the low level maps are usually pretty quick.

NObama:
^^^^This.  Also, the island maps in Tram/Fel are still the same spots as under the old system.

12TimesOver:
Just want to "but" in on the profitability piece.

I've never recoup'd enough gold to justify the time it takes to complete most tmaps. In fact, if you look at T-Mapping purely from this perspective then it simply isn't your thing, there are MANY better ways to make more gold faster and with less stress. Again, strictly speaking from the profitablity standpoint.

I do T-Maps purely for the fun of doing them. There's something about the hunt, the loot, the spawn - to me it's one of the few actual FUN things left to do fully attended in the game! I still have a major soft-spot for my roughly 17-20 tmappers (I know, I know...it's a sickness).

Frankly, now that much of the economy is driven by the value of turn-in points, you may be more profitable farming tmaps and turning them in for points than actually doing them; I don't know, I may have to do some analysis on that *runs off to start another spreadsheet*


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