Dolphins will always lead to the nearest Ocean Ruin or Shipwreck unless distance < a certain amount(regardless of whether or not it contains no chests with loot) in which case it will search for the further of the two.
Dolphins ignore the Y coord of of a general structure location, so they'll typically end up hovering over a structure location (this works almost identical to /locate).
Dolphins also seem to ignore buried treasure structures in every scenario I've tested.
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@Pau Olivares
This is not a duplicate of MC-130092 as it specifies a different bug altogether in the description, but does relate to it.
Probably works as intended, as having them lead you directly to buried treasure wouldn't make much sense, and would be really overpowered.
How would the dolphins know where it was anyways?
It'd be better anyway to have them lead you to structures that contain buried treasure maps, and then use said buried treasure maps to get the treasure.
Works as intended, as MC-130092.
@Pau Olivares
Again, this is not a duplicate of MC-130092.
Relates to MC-130092.