A chest on the map is an instant promise: something valuable is here—if you can survive long enough to open it. Use it to create focal points, bait risky decisions, and make exploration feel rewarding.
Usage Tips
- Make it a scene anchor: place a chest at the end of a corridor, behind a door, or in a corner “guarded” by terrain.
- Suggest traps and locks: add a lever nearby to hint at mechanisms, pressure plates, or a puzzle solution.
- Build believable storage: cluster with barrels, crates, and bags so the room feels like a stash—not a single lonely treasure box.
- Set the tone with flooring: stone floors for vaults and crypts, wood floors for homes, inns, and smuggler hideouts.
Great for: treasure rooms, bandit caches, noble vaults, hidden compartments, and “is it mimicked?” paranoia.
