Treasure Trooper has closed its doors after 18 years, which feels like a shame. It was certainly one of the most colourful, and characterful money making sites out there.
Treasure Trooper has closed down
Tag: Hints and Tips
Swagbucks Tip #13 : Submit your online receipts
If you’re unfamiliar with Swagbucks, I discuss it in much more detail in my blog article.
In previous posts I’ve discussed the Swagbucks receipt upload functionality which allows you to earn additional Swagbucks for uploading your receipts. Today I discovered that you can also submit online receipts by forwarding them to shoppingreceipts@swagbucks.com.
Only receipts from certain companies are accepted and unfortunately for me they all appear to be US based (the paper receipt functionality is available in a few countries however). Hopefully the list of supported companies will be expanded soon.
Swagbucks Tip #12 : Userzoom Surveys
If you’re unfamiliar with Swagbucks, I discuss it in much more detail in my blog article.
For a little while now whenever I visit Swagbucks I’m always pleased to see Userzoom surveys as they tend to be quite interesting and often take much less time than advertised.
Userzoom surveys usually ask you to navigate a website or application prototype and complete tasks like finding certain information or completing a form.
These surveys can usually be identified by checking for two things. Firstly, they are usually specified as taking 20 minutes and secondly they payout either 100 SB or 105 SB.
Swagbucks Tip #11 : Safer Signup to free trials
If you’re unfamiliar with Swagbucks, I discuss it in much more detail in my blog article.
You can often earn a significant number of points on Swagbucks and Treasure Trooper by signing up to free trials but this generally requires you to specify a credit card. This can be nerve-wracking if you’re not 100% sure the site is trustworthy.
One way of limiting the risk is to use a virtual MasterCard with only a small amount of money associated with it. Virtual MasterCards work identically to standard credit cards except that they’re limited in value.
One way of obtaining these is by redeeming Swagbucks for them as explained here.
Treasure Trooper Tip #13 : Interacting with your dragons
If you’re unfamiliar with Treasure Trooper, I discuss it in much more detail in my blog article.
Once your dragon reaches maturity you’ll need to keep interacting with it to boost it’s trust levels in you. This is achieved by “interacting” with them. There are 9 ways to interact with your dragon. These are:
- Flying
- Wrestling
- Tickling
- Swimming
- Scratching
- Tell stories
- Groom
- Hunt
- Play fetch
Each dragon has different likes and dislikes which have to be discovered by trial and error. For example, my dragon Manuel loves tickling but really hates swimming.
It’s worth mentioning that if you find one of their dislikes their trust will decrease, and if their trust decreases below 0% they’ll become depressed and be sent to the medical centre. It’ll then cost you 5 dragon scales to heal your dragon.
Ten Tips for making the most of Swagbucks!
I’ve been using Swagbucks for a while now and have just hit 50,000 points!
Over time I’ve been posting hints and tips to help other people get the most from the site. This post collates all of my previous Swagbucks tips in one (hopefully handy) place.
Continue reading “Ten Tips for making the most of Swagbucks!”
Treasure Trooper Tip #12 : Feeding your baby and adolescent dragons
If you’re unfamiliar with Treasure Trooper, I discuss it in much more detail in my blog article.
After a dragon hatches you’ll need to feed it every day for two weeks. It’ll take 7 days to grow from a baby to an adolescent and then another 7 days to become an adult.
Dragon food costs 1 dragon scale each.
If you miss a feeding one day your dragon will become sick and will cost you 5 dragon scales to bring back to health so it’s important to remember to feed on time.
I made the mistake of initially hatching my dragon very early one morning. The first day I slept in a bit longer I missed a feed and it cost me 5 x the scales that day. Now I try to keep my feeding to about 7 PM as that’s around the time I’m on my home from work and tend to remember.
Treasure Trooper Tip #11 : Reward your referrals for free!
If you’re unfamiliar with Treasure Trooper, I discuss it in much more detail in my blog article.
When you refer someone to Treasure Trooper you will receive a referral reward when they complete certain tasks. This is worth 20% of the task value.
If you want to reward your referrals for their hard work, you can do so for free each month!
You can send each of the following to a chosen referral each month without it costing you anything:
- 3 dragon scales
- 2 gold coins
- 10 arrowheads
Each are sent individually and must be sent to different referrals.
You can reach the gifting page by going to My Treasure, clicking the Referral Stats image, Contact your referrals and then choose Gift.
Swagbucks Tip #10 : Gift card sales
If you’re unfamiliar with Swagbucks, I discuss it in much more detail in my blog article.
When redeeming your Swagbucks for gift cards it’s worthwhile seeing what’s currently on sale as you might end up getting a bit more for your hard earned points than you anticipated.
For example, I usually claim Amazon gift cards but occasionally virtual MasterCards have a larger discount so you can get the same value card for fewer points. Virtual MasterCards can be used to buy Amazon gift cards so with a small amount of additional work you can end up with the same prize for less.
Treasure Trooper Tip #9 : Dragon Portal
If you’re unfamiliar with Treasure Trooper, I discuss it in much more detail in my blog article.
The Dragon Portal can be purchased for 25 dragon scales at Cogg’s Coop.
Although this is a significant outlay, it allows your dragons to go on daily “quests” where you can find prizes such as gold coins and boosts for fights (tranquilizer darts etc). If you intend to invest in your dragons and enter fights this can be useful.
However, it is possible to get unlucky and end up with your dragon in the sick bay (requiring medicine costing 5 scales) so I tend to be quite cautious about sending my dragon in nowadays. I got the below quest twice in a row once – that was frustrating.
You sometimes find monsters to fight when you enter the portal which rewards you in cash if you win.
Note that you can only send one dragon on a quest each day.
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