@andrekk98 sagte in Ashen Key Master spawn rate decreased?:

Same for me, never seen a key master in the last month, neither could fish a key. The only way seems to do forts...

Fished a few keys the last days, so this works...key masters aren't in the game right now...hope they fix this in the update on wednesday

Same for me, never seen a key master in the last month, neither could fish a key. The only way seems to do forts...

Since the update I've put in more than 20 hours found endless chests, can not fish up keys, cannot find a Key master, find regular captains and ashen guardians in abundance only way to get keys seems to be to pay for them from bilge rats. Obviously something got missed in tweaks and the spawn rate for key masters is either next to nothing or nothing!

After last update got around a dozen ashen chests but no key... always riddle, never map to found a key.

Got tome of fire 1 last night

Tip: Ashen chest stash voyages from Duke always appear to have a current book.

Can anyone please show me where it was stated that the spawn rate has increased for key masters? I watched the dev update and nowt was mentioned.

@phantaxus said in Ashen Key Master spawn rate decreased?:

Sailed for 6 hours yesterday.
Found 4 Four Ashen Key Masters.
Opened 4 ashen chests
Only 2 of them had tomes of fire
Neither of them was tome of fire 1
#IncreasetheSpawnRate

I feel sorry for ye'. I opened 23 Ashen Chests in total, and got all 15 books. I even got each Tome of Fire basically in a row almost with only 1 or 2 duds when the new update came out (so 5/7 chests since new update and I had all tomes of Fire).

I think it's because I'm part Irish.

1 key no chest within 6 hours while doing the Legends of the Sea in South of the wilds, Morrows Peak, Devils Thirst and Ancient Isles.
In the end i buyed a chest on Ancient Spire to use the key.
Got Tomb of Fire 2 and it's my first.

Yesterday in my short session.. without hunting for them I came across:

4 Key masters
1 Ashen Guardian
2 Random Captains

I'd say it's down to good old RNG

@alatami1 12 Ashen Chests, 4 Keys yesterday. But two days ago I had 5 keys and 3 chests. Seems a little luck dependent. I still wish they’d drop a Key Stash voyage for 30 doubloons.

Knowing where to go also helps, try Ashen Forts. These will drop two keys in of itself.

@alatami1 yesterday I had 7 ashen chests with me and no key yet...then I started island hopping, always small islands and found within about 1,5 hours 6 ashen key masters...so they are pretty common

@alatami1 I have had the opposite experience. I've had to buy chest stash voyages because I had extra keys. Completed all my tomes on Saturday. I've found probably 90% key master on islands.

Sailed for 6 hours yesterday.
Found 4 Four Ashen Key Masters.
Opened 4 ashen chests
Only 2 of them had tomes of fire
Neither of them was tome of fire 1
#IncreasetheSpawnRate

@alatami1 Hi mate, I seem to have either one or the other! Saturday night I had 6 chests and no keys and then Sunday I had 3 keys and 1 chest so it is just luck of the draw I guess.

They've always been rare from my experience.