Golden Seals are special locations that must be explored and activated to enter a buried Golden Pyramid. They only appear in Expeditions 4, 5 & 6 (and any Prehistoric expedition) that has a buried pyramid. This pyramid status is indicated on the world map when selecting the next destination.
Seals are spread randomly throughout the map, and a buried pyramid map will have more hidden seals the later in the game you are: 1 seal in Expedition 4 (and Prehistoric expeditions 2-3), 2 seals in Expedition 5, and 3 in Expedition 6.
The locations of Golden Seals are typically (but not always) surrounded by a preponderance of hazardous terrain. A small area unusually thick with volcanoes, fumaroles, geysers (typically arranged in a triangular pattern) or even a ring of mountains with group of enemies inside may be protecting a nearby seal.
An activated seal surrounded by mountain Terrain
If a buried pyramid is found and interacted with before finding all of its seals, it will reveal the location of all seals on the map. Likewise, if you activate all seals before finding the buried pyramid, the newly-risen pyramid's location will be revealed to you.
Like everything else, seals can be swallowed, destroyed (verify) or made inaccessible by certain Shrine curses. If a seal cannot be reached and activated, the expedition must be escaped by ship or balloon.
In RIVALS mode, activating a golden seal will reveal the cardinal direction in which the pyramid is located. This information is not recorded in-game, so a prudent player would do well to write it down.
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