diff --git a/lib/rmg/CRmgTemplateZone.cpp b/lib/rmg/CRmgTemplateZone.cpp
index d0205ceb1..6f058f456 100644
--- a/lib/rmg/CRmgTemplateZone.cpp
+++ b/lib/rmg/CRmgTemplateZone.cpp
@@ -1089,8 +1089,12 @@ bool CRmgTemplateZone::createRequiredObjects(CMapGenerator* gen)
 
 void CRmgTemplateZone::createTreasures(CMapGenerator* gen)
 {
+	//treasure density is proportional to map siz,e but must be scaled bakc to map size
+	//also, normalize it to zone count - higher count means relative smaller zones
+
 	//this is squared distance for optimization purposes
-	const double minDistance = std::max<float>(200.f / totalDensity, 4);
+	const double minDistance = std::max<float>((800.f * size * size * gen->getZones().size()) /
+		(gen->mapGenOptions->getWidth() * gen->mapGenOptions->getHeight() * totalDensity), 2);
 	//distance lower than 2 causes objects to overlap and crash
 
 	do {