Get ready—May is shaping up to be a memorable month for geocachers! We’re excited to celebrate Blue Switch Day, the 25th anniversary of geocaching, and the arrival of two new Treasure collections.

Two new collections, Classic trackables and Mystery books, will be available starting May 6 at 12:00 PM UTC. To start collecting Treasure from the Classic trackables collection, geocachers must first complete the Celebrating 25 years collection. To start collecting Treasure from the Mystery books collection, geocachers must first complete the Navigational tools collection.

Once you’ve completed the necessary prerequisite collections, you can collect Treasures by finding and logging geocaches that meet the criteria for either collection.

Starting May 6 at 12:00 PM UTC, you can view the criteria for the new collections by clicking the information symbol on the collection display on the Treasures page.These collections are not time-limited. You can collect the Treasure at your own pace.

Whether you’re still working on Geocaching origins or ready to start a new collection, here are a few things to keep in mind as you collect Treasure:

• Sometimes, a single geocache meets the criteria for more than one Treasure. For example, the Traditional Cache egg and the Navigational tools Treasures have overlapping criteria. If a geocacher hasn’t collected the Traditional Cache egg and has not completed the Navigational tools collection, and they log a qualifying geocache, they will collect only one Treasure, randomly chosen from either collection.
• If a log is deleted, the Treasure collected from that log is removed. To collect the Treasure again, find and log a different geocache that meets the criteria.

We value your feedback about the new Treasures feature and want to hear from you! Please share comments below or through the feedback form linked on the Treasures page.