Something like this

@coffeelight5545 @galactic-geek as in an actual X drawn out on the floor or chissled into a rock or represented by two crossing palm trees.

@guybrush3pwood2 said in X marks the spot:

What is a pirate game without any X's marking spots?
As well as washed up goodies and perhaps instead of lost chests appearing unhidden on islands, could we have some random X's appearing deeper on the islands? The X's would hide openable style chests and could contain anything from a fort skull to old boots.
It would give people a reason to explore deeper into each island rather than just giving the shoreline a quick once over. Perhaps the loot from digging up an X could be greater as the pirate who hid, it deemed it valuable enough to hide.

aye another great idea mate

@guybrush3pwood2

I have no idea what you are asking for. There are random bottle quests with an X marks the spot and gold hoarders missions with the same type of maps.

There are random washed up treasures and mermaid gems that appear on the islands. You can see them from the sea.

I'm obviously confused as to what the OP is referring to. We already have optional bottle quests that give you the "X" on maps to discover outside of your regular voyages. It doesn't make sense to have that for loot that has randomly washed ashore or been lost.

@itskingbertie we aren’t referring to the quest loot. We are referring to the randomly generated loot that spawn on islands: mermaid gems, crates, trinkets, so on so forth. It would add a reason to stop at islands that aren’t on your voyage. I never stop on an island that I don’t need to, but the chance of more loot will always make me stop

I get what u mean with gaint x on the island but well it’s just me but I wouldn’t of hid my treasure under a gaint X especially as all the maps mark the location with a X and if you was to go by the size of the X in the map then we’ll it is a gaint X marks the spot, but in the map cus I know u don’t want anyone walking onto the island to find your stash!

@guybrush3pwood2 I'll be the first to reply, I like the idea, but they shouldn't be a guaranteed spawn. I wasn't sure if you had intended on that already. The only reason I say this is so it is balanced. I think 1 out of 2 islands I visit have a mermaid of some sort nearby. maybe 1 out of 5 as it could contain a fort skull or some other trinket or something that is worth a whole a lot. I hope I made some sense here!