So I figured since we're all going to be hunting down leads for the antiquities system, it makes sense to have a handy-dandy central location to see where the various leads can be found and what they're for. So with that said, if you find a lead, can you please post:
- What the item is, and its lead colour (green/blue/purple/gold/orange)
- Where and how you found it
In addition, if WHERE you found it is different from what's listed here, please post that info anyway; it will help us determine if a lead is (for instance) only found on one particular WB vs. any WB in the zone. As well, if a lead is for a PIECE of something - like the wolf mount, or one of the mythic items - please state what item it's for as well.
SUPEREDIT: Many thanks to @Inklings for their work in compiling this much-easier-to-read spreadsheet!
Here's a few to get people started; the list is sorted by zone alphabetically, and then by colour with each colour's leads sorted alphabetically. This list will grow as more and more people help!
Alik’r Desert:
Ancestral Orc: Gloves (Green) - Treasure Map Chest
Ancestral Orc: Swords (Purple) - Treasure Map Chest
Artaeum:
Warped Scrying Dipper (blue) - reward from digging green item
Ritemaster's Slate (purple) - reward from digging warped scrying dagger (blue)
Auridon:
Ancestral Elf: Bows (Green) - Treasure Map Chest
Scale-Etched Slither Pipe (Blue) - Reward for excavating “Festival of Defiance Token” (Green)
Ancestral Elf: Chest Pieces (Purple) - Treasure Map Chest
Maormeri Serpent Shrine (purple) - safeboxes, treasure map chests
Bal Foyen:
Ancestral Nord: Belts (Green) - Treasure Map Chest
Ancestral Nord: Staves (Blue) - Treasure Map Chest
Great House Gold Chalice (Blue) - Reward for excavating “Basalt Table-Game Set” (Green)
The Dutiful Guar (purple) - safeboxes
Tri-Angled Truth Altar (purple) - safeboxes
Bangkorai:
Antique Map of Bangkorai (green) - merchants in zone with Bangkorai Pathfinder achievement
Ancestral Orc: Leg Greaves (Green) - Treasure Map Chest
Ancestral Orc: Shields (Purple) - Treasure Map Chest
Tall Papa's Lamp (purple) - safeboxes
Betnihk:
Ancestral Orc: Belts (Green) - Treasure Map Chest
Ancestral Orc: Staves (Purple) - Treasure Map Chest
Ayleid Lightwell (purple) - Safebox, Wood Node, Mob (Ancient Soldier), treasure map chest
Warcaller's Painted Drum (gold) - Mob (wasp), could easily come from other sources too
Malacath's Brutal Scourge Hoop (Gold) - mob drop
Blackreach (Greymoor):
Dwemer face marking (blue) - Colossus Charging Station world boss in Blackreach
Dwarven Ebon Wolf piece (purple) - Imperfect Iteration in Nchuthnkarst
Dwemer Crown (purple) - Clockwork Criterion in Nchuthnkarst
Inclined Dwarven Paneling (purple) - apparently any non-group-boss in Nchuthnkarst
Seat of the Snow Prince (purple) - Pentarch Khorb during the main quest in Kagnthamz
Font of Auri-el (gold) - random bear mob in Blackreach
Bleakrock Isle:
Ancestral Nord: Axes (Green) - Treasure Map Chest
Ancestral Nord: Helmets (Blue) - Treasure Map Chest
Cloven Ritual Mask (Blue) - Reward for excavating “Rune-carved Steering Oar” (Green)
Ruby Dragon Skull (purple) - Treasure Chest, Wood Node, Thieves Troves
Auri-El Metal Carvings (gold, part of Snow Treaders Mythic gear) - Mob (Frostedge Sentry)
Brazier of Frozen Flame (gold) - Mob (Drake Archer - in Stros M'kai) BUGGED
Coldharbour:
Inert Daedric Manables (Blue) - Reward for excavating “Tormentors Roller” (Green)
Pillar of Torment (purple) - treasure chest
Sanguine Doublet (Gold, part of Bloodlord’s Embrace) - Public Dungeon Boss (Village of the Lost)
Craglorn:
Cracked Serpent Pendant (Blue) - Reward for excavating “Watcher’s Ritual Stone” (Green)
Spellscar Shard (purple) - Treasure Chest (somewhere near Sunken Lair / Fearfangs Cavern)
Cyrodiil:
The Heartland (purple) - delve chest
Jeweled Skull of Ayleid Kings (purple) - delve chest
Magicka-imbued Metal plates (gold, snow treaders) - delve boss
Sorceror-King's Blade (gold) - Cheydinhal reward container
Deshaan:
Dwarven Articulated Paws (Gold, part of Dwarven Ebon Wolf) - Darkshade Caverns (Sentinel of Rkugamz)
Eastmarch:
Ancestral Nord: Leg Greaves (Green) - Treasure Map Chest
Wolf-head Brooch (Blue) - Reward for excavating “Nord Copper Shield Boss” (Green)
Ancestral Nord: Shields (Purple) - Treasure Map Chest
Sacred Chalice of Ysgramor (Purple) - Public Dungeon Boss (Hall of the Dead, Group Event)
Snowy Sabre Cat Fur Strip (Gold, part of Snow Treaders) - Direfrost Keep (Drodda of Icereach)
Rune-Carved Mammoth Skull (gold) - from mammoth mob
Glenumbra:
Ancestral Orc: Bows (Green) - Treasure Map Chest
Ancestral Orc: Chest Pieces (Purple) - Treasure Map Chest
Preserved Music Box Mechanism (gold) - safebox
Band of Water (Gold, part of Ring of the Wild Hunt) - Public Dungeon Boss (Bad Man’s Hallows)
Goblet Gorget (Gold, part of Bloodlord's Embrace) - Spindleclutch (The Whisperer)
Kingmaker's Trove (Gold) - Treasure Chest
Grahtwood:
Ancestral Elf: Boots (Green) - Treasure Map Chest
Ancestral Elf: Maces (Blue) - Treasure Map Chest
Eight-Star Chandelier (Purple) - Treasure Chest
Face of the Serpent (Gold, part of Ring of the Wild Hunt) - Elden Hollow (Canonreeve Oraneth)
Greenshade:
Ancestral Elf: Daggers (Green) - Treasure Map Chest
Ancestral Elf: Shoulders (Blue) - Treasure Map Chest
Protective Tar Warding Sigil (Blue) - Reward for excavating “Ancient Fertility Totem” (Green)
Den of the Eldest Shoes (Purple) - Reward for excavating "Protective Tar Warding Sigil" (Blue)
Greensong Gathering Circle (Purple) - Public Dungeon Boss (Rulanyil’s Fall), thieves troves
Khenarthi's Roost:
Ancestral Elf:Axes (green) - Treasure Map Chest *BUG: All FOUR of these LEADS from one chest lol
Ancestral Elf:Belt (green) - Treasure Map Chest
Ancestral Elf: Helmets (blue) - Treasure Map Chest
Ancestral Elf: Staves (blue) - Treasure Map Chest
Ancient Fishing Rod (Blue) - Reward for excavating “Khenarthi Skooma Pipe” (Green)
Sweet Khenarthi's Song (purple) - Thieves Trove, treasure chests
Imperial City:Imperial City Sewers:
Hecatomb Tassets (gold, bloodlord's embrace) - General Kryozote boss
Malabal Tor:
Ancestral Elf: Gloves (Green) - Treasure Map Chest
Ancestral Elf: Swords (Purple) - Treasure Map Chest
Silvenari Sap-Stone (Purple) - Thieves Trove
Hollowbone Wind Chimes (Purple) - Public Dungeon Boss (Crimson Cove)
Murkmire:
Stone-Chief's Xul-Vaat (Blue) - Reward for excavating "Naga Skull-Trap" (Green)
Vakka Bok Sun Bowl (Purple) - Reward for excavating "Stone-Chief's Xul-Vaat)" (Blue)
Northern Elsweyr:
Khajiit Plague Mask (Blue) - Reward for excavating “Faded Khajiit Claw” (Green)
Khajiit Prayer Cloth (Purple) - Reward for excavating “Khajiit Plague Mask” (Blue)
Reaper's March:
Moonlight Mirror (gold) - Safebox
Malacath's Brutal Ritual Dust (Gold) - World Boss (Reaper's Henge)
Rivenspire:
Ancestral Orc: Daggers (Green) - Treasure Map Chest
Ancestral Orc: Shoulders (Blue) - Treasure Map Chest
Riven King's Throne (purple) - safebox
Remnant of the False Tower (Gold) - Ore Node
Shadowfen:
Ancestral Nord: Daggers (Green) - Treasure Map Chest
Ancestral Nord: Shoulders (Blue) - Treasure Map Chest
Silver Wish Medallion (Blue) - Reward for excavating “Child’s Ragged Tree Doll” (Green)
Fanged Cuirass (Gold, part of Bloodlord’s Embrace) - Public Dungeon Boss (Sanguine’s Demense)
Southern Elsweyr:
Meteoric-Iron Pavise (Blue) - Reward for excavating “Spiked Scalebreaker Bolt” (Green)
Ancient Dragonguard Lure (Purple) - Reward for excavating “Meteoric-Iron Pavise” (Blue)
Stonefalls:
Bronzed War Horn (Blue) - Reward for excavating “Nedic Wineskin” (Green)
Dwarven Steam Conduit (blue) - Mount Fragment - Inner Sea Armature Delve Boss
Chimer Military Insignia (Purple) - Reward for excavating “Bronzed War Horn” (Blue)
Ashen Infernace Gate (purple) - Safebox, Mob (Betty Netch), Treasure Chest
Torc Tonal Focus (gold, Gear Fragment) - Wrathvenom (boss) in Crow's Wood
Preserved Music Box Mechanism (gold) - Safebox
Stormhaven:
Ancestral Orc: Boots (Green) - Treasure Map Chest
Ancestral Orc: Maces (Blue) - Treasure Map Chest
Nedic Hex Totem (Blue) - Reward for excavating “Secession Stamp Block” (Green)
Noble Knight’s Rest (Purple) - Treasure Map Chest, Public Dungeon Boss (Bonesnap Ruins)
Malacath’s Brutal Ritual Oil (Gold, part of Malacath’s Band of Brutality) - Public Dungeon Boss (Bonesnap Ruins)
Beacon of Tower Zero (gold) - psijic portals
Stros M'kai:
Goblin Steam Mill (blue) - reward for digging Hunding Sextant (green)
Dwarven Puzzle Box (purple) - Safebox, thieves troves
Dwemer Astrological Charts (purple) - reward for digging Goblin Steam Mill (blue)
Dwemer Star Chart (gold) - have no idea what dropped it, but was fighting sea drakes and opening troves in the south
Buoyant Steel (Gold, part of Thrassian Stranglers) - Fishing (Saltwater)
Summerset:
Jurisreeve’s Eye (Blue) - Reward for excavating Apraxic Decanter (green)
Warped Scrying Dipper (Blue) - Reward from excavating “Faded Psijic Folio” (Green)
Ritemaster’s Slate (Purple) - Reward from excavating “Warped Scrying Dipper” (Blue)
Alinor Allemander (gold, emote, once per account) - non-random encounter near Theatre of Rellenthil
The Rift:
Ancestral Nord: Gloves (Green) - Treasure Map Chest
Akaviri Lord’s Banner (Blue) - Reward for excavating “Augur’s Bones” (Green)
Ancestral Nord: Shields (Purple) - Treasure Map Chest
Ebony Fox Totem (purple) - Safebox, Public Dungeon Boss (The Lion’s Den)
Giant Chieftain’s Crown (Purple) - Reward for excavating “Akaviri Lord’s Banner” (Blue)
Vvardenfell:
Massive Ash-herder Grapnel (Blue) - Reward for excavating “Refitted Dwarven Rod” (Green)
Sixth House Ritual Table (Purple) - Treasure Chest, Group boss in Nchuleftingth public dungeon
Western Skyrim:
Ysgramor's Chosen Body Marking (blue) - at the end of Morthal Barrow from the "Danger in the Holds" main quest
Companion's Coronet (purple) - High King's chamber, Blue Palace
Seat of the Snow Prince (purple) - Hordrek's Hunting Grounds WB, safeboxes
Glacial Metal Rivets (gold) - Blackmaw boss in Labyrinthian
Carved Whale Totem (gold) - from mammoth mob
Wrothgar:
Antique Map of Wrothgar (green) - merchants in zone with Bangkorai Pathfinder achievement
Worn Orcish Cauldron (Blue) - Reward for excavating “Armless Stone Effigy” (Green)
Orsinium Cracked Iron Bell (Purple) - Reward for excavating “Worn Orcish Cauldron” (Blue)
Tusks of the Orc-Father (purple) - treasure chests, Public Dungeon Boss (Rkindaleft, Group Event)
Malacath’s Brutal Might Loop (Gold, part of Malacath’s Band of Brutality) - Public Dungeon Boss (Old Orsinium)
Multi-zone:
Aldmeri Golden Embellishments (purple) - thieves troves
Sticky Integument Leather (gold, for Thrassian Stanglers) - psijic portals in Summerset/Artaeum
