Number |
Clue |
Correct Response |
Revealed Text |
Explanation |
1 |
bumren |
number |
Nice! Off to a great start. |
The first anagram starts with "number", which of course refers to "Six" |
2 |
enfire |
refine |
A "fine" job so far. |
"Refine" relates to "silver". |
3 |
comics |
cosmic |
One of my favorite words for several reasons. |
And "cosmic" relates to "Saturn". This pattern established by the first three clues continues almost all the way through the questions. Sometimes the connection is strained, but more often, knowing which of the three words the question relates to will REALLY expedite the solve. |
4 |
cafort |
factor |
Good job. |
Relates to six |
5 |
itvcay |
cavity |
I hope this is fun, because there are a lot more of them. |
Relates to silver (dental fillings used to be made from silver) |
6 |
heepbo |
phoebe |
One of Saturn's many moons |
Relates to Saturn. See the paturn? |
7 |
mefart |
fermat |
As in Pierre de Fermat |
|
8 |
teblog |
goblet |
Keep it up |
|
9 |
stable |
bestla |
Another of Saturn's many moons |
|
10 |
revext |
vertex |
Good work. |
|
11 |
sinrem |
miners |
Nice |
|
12 |
thisak |
skathi |
Another moon |
|
13 |
ropper |
proper |
Yep. |
|
14 |
shesin |
shines |
Good. |
|
15 |
thymrr |
thrymr |
Another moon |
|
16 |
sheepr |
sphere |
Excellent. |
|
17 |
edidio |
iodide |
Terrific. |
|
18 |
thyset |
tethys |
Another moon |
|
19 |
etexts |
sextet |
Fabulous |
|
20 |
hideal |
halide |
Affirmative |
|
21 |
usaurn |
uranus |
Hey! It's not a moon this time! |
|
22 |
nextuh |
hexnut |
Indeed |
|
23 |
tvsine |
invest |
Great |
|
24 |
arteqq |
tarqeq |
...and we're back to moons. |
|
25 |
cropin |
pronic |
Absolutely |
|
26 |
rupify |
purify |
Fantastic |
|
27 |
ostarv |
tarvos |
Another moon |
|
28 |
stince |
insect |
Six legs, check. |
|
29 |
tandle |
dental |
Correct |
|
30 |
ikquiv |
kiviuq |
Saturn has a ton of moons, right? |
|
31 |
cobjet |
object |
Nice |
|
32 |
asloly |
alloys |
Nice |
|
33 |
nerfir |
fenrir |
Another moon |
|
34 |
axhene |
hexane |
Keep em coming |
|
35 |
ginmin |
mining |
Why aren't prospectors very nosey? They are just mining their own business. |
|
36 |
rustur |
surtur |
Yet another moon |
|
37 |
arydif |
friday |
The 6th day. |
|
38 |
msharc |
charms |
Lucky |
|
39 |
aqijir |
ijiraq |
Another moon |
|
40 |
greede |
degree |
Reminds me of the six degrees of Kevin Bacon |
|
41 |
posson |
spoons |
Remember that old show called Silver Spoons? |
|
42 |
nourcs |
cronus |
Hey, another one that isn't a moon. |
|
43 |
tpnois |
points |
Did this one seem pointless? |
|
44 |
sambul |
albums |
Nice |
|
45 |
aheamu |
haumea |
That's not a moon either, it's a dwarf planet. |
|
46 |
skalef |
flakes |
Like snowflakes (hexagonal symmetry) |
|
47 |
wethig |
weight |
Yep. |
|
48 |
neheel |
helene |
Okay, one more moon :) |
|
49 |
elffie or wolf |
flower of life |
A cool thing Da Vinci came up with. |
I think this one is pretty tough. |
50 |
burton icemam |
atomic number |
Correct |
|
51 |
greenn patlid |
ringed planet |
Too easy? |
|
52 |
sixgay pallar |
spiral galaxy |
There's one called NGC 6 |
Even with the reference to NGC 6, it is still a loose connection to 6. |
53 |
stomac bilomy |
atomic symbol |
Affirmative |
|
54 |
luatan burnes |
saturn nebula |
Check it out. |
|
55 |
legofaxhaxen |
hexaflexagon |
If you don't know what that is I suggest you look it up. |
|
56 |
gloversirano |
organosilver |
Neat. |
|
57 |
glassi denile |
single ladies |
Saturn's favorite song XD |
Maybe a silly stretch, but by the time you get the success text, it indeed relates to Saturn |
58 |
somber lorgul |
golomb rulers |
What is a Golomb ruler? |
Another pretty tough one, but I found it on the Wikipedia entry for "Six". Fun fact, MANY of the words I used were from the Wikipedia pages for "Six", "Silver", and "Saturn" respectively. |
59 |
ginnir llives |
silver lining |
Every cloud has one, right? |
|
60 |
darkui perger |
gerard kuiper |
Who is he? |
I think this one would be really tough without the clue to look for a proper name. |
61 |
The manager of a happy jazz band (and they even wrote a song about certain water). |
yerkes |
Terrific. |
This is tough to dig up by simply googling it, unless you add the word "six" to your google search. |
62 |
One of two countries to get a certain number of a certain thing in 2006 |
russia |
Excellent. That clue was so vague but you got it. |
Could refer to 6, but in this case it is tied to "silver". |
63 |
The wrestler's middle name |
arthur |
Nice |
Which wrestler? The one that relates to "Saturn", of course. |
64 |
The composers of Montparnasse (no space) |
lessix |
Great research work |
Googleable if you include the word "six". |
65 |
Candlesticks were stolen from him... (sort of) |
myriel |
Les Miserables is a personal favorite. |
Knowable or googleable. |
66 |
A ___ on the Romanian seacoast |
resort |
Great |
Googleable if you include the word "saturn" |
67 |
Thou shalt not... |
murder |
Commandment number six |
Knowable. Just need to realize which commandment number to focus on. |
68 |
Proverbs 25:4 |
vessel |
Excellent. |
Helps to know you are looking for something silver, but easy anyway. |
69 |
Amos 5:26 nasb |
kiyyun |
Kiyyun is a heathen deity thought to be Saturn |
More obscure, but findable if you know it is related to Saturn. |
70 |
Sense (star's last name) |
osment |
What does the Sixth Sense have in common with The Titanic? Icy dead people. |
Another thing related to "six". |
71 |
Northeast of Denali (second half of name) |
throne |
I haven't climbed this mountain but I have climbed Denali and Mt Brooks in that same area. |
Helps to be looking for something with "silver" in the name. |
72 |
"Old Saturn, with his crooked ___, on high;" |
scythe |
Scythe is one of my favorite 6-letter words. |
Googleable |
73 |
The chairlift closest to the shot. |
summit |
Nice |
This one and the next 5 are all places one can ski. |
74 |
Off the Wishbone Ridge |
stairs |
Excellent |
|
75 |
Not quite "rings", but "Hoop's". |
crotch |
I know, I know, it isn't quite on theme, but I had to make do. |
|
76 |
The blue off of McConkey's Six-Pack (no space) |
sundog |
Fabulous. |
|
77 |
On the other side of Rock & Roll |
glance |
Good job. |
|
78 |
The crystal near the Hall of the Giants |
palace |
Hall of giants, gas giants... it kinda works. |
|
79 |
SMI, 2-star sport |
appeal |
Great |
This one and the next 5 are all places one can climb. |
80 |
Maxwell's |
hammer |
It is a song as well as a climbing route. |
|
81 |
The soul of the cosmic web. |
asylum |
Did you notice what route is next to it? |
|
82 |
SMI, 2-star trad |
addict |
Someone had fun naming these routes. |
|
83 |
5.14a |
lining |
I kind of already used "lining", but that was for a 12-letter anagram so whatever, man. |
|
84 |
FA of 5.13b (does it ring a bell?) |
heller |
Get it? Ring |
|
85 |
This causway is full of natural hexagons, (ignore the apostrophe) |
giants |
Cool right? There are examples of this kind of formation in the U.S. as well. |
Related to six |
86 |
The surfer's first name |
norrin |
Did you hear that the Silver Surfer is teaming up with Iron Man? Now they're alloys. |
Related to silver (Silver Surfer) |
87 |
the sailor's first name |
hotaru |
Excellent |
Related to Saturn (Sailor Saturn) |
88 |
a unit of measurement equal to 6 other units of measurement |
fathom |
"A man so deep, he's almost unfathomable." |
Knowable. The quote is from Hook, and it just fun. |
89 |
A symbol of hope for hopeless times. 6/6 |
seraph |
MTG, baby! (But I don't own that card) |
Kind of obscure Magic: The Gathering card. |
90 |
The telescope used to identify 20 new moons. |
subaru |
Nice |
|
91 |
The guy who hit 351 of something across his career, holding the world record. (last name) |
afridi |
Good job. |
|
92 |
Take your act here. |
screen |
Is that still an expression people use? |
|
93 |
A weird/disturbing song by a certain Stevens (and others). |
sufjan |
I thought it would be about the planet, not the cannibalistic titan. |
|
94 |
A blind girl won Earth ___ VI. |
rumble |
The blind bandit! P.S. I'm totally an Avatard |
|
95 |
If you have the power to beat him on hurdles, you'll get the silver cup. |
bobcat |
It took me until my late 20's to beat Cheetah on hurdles on the NES Power Pad. |
|
96 |
A Christian rock band claims that Saturn and this both have rings around them. |
heaven |
The song is "Saturn" by Skillet. Meh. |
|
97 |
The element |
carbon |
Gotta love chemistry. |
|
98 |
The state |
nevada |
Nice job. |
|
99 |
Amethystus |
common |
Cool |
|
100 |
"I am not fast." |
baymax |
From Big Hero 6, fun movie. |
|
101 |
The small town in Utah where you'll find the sage. |
vernon |
I've been there. |
|
102 |
Pseudonym for a space disco band's front man. |
kroonk |
They also have a fun instrumental song called "Saturn". |
|
103 |
The director of a ridiculous movie. |
coraci |
Meh |
|
104 |
Use it to kill a werewolf |
bullet |
Excellent |
|
105 |
The book from q72 |
aeneid |
Nice going. |
|
106 |
Twin characters from a last RPG on SNES. |
figaro |
I have played a few of the FF games, but not this one. |
|
107 |
The fictional boy who made something for John Hancock (first name) |
johnny |
Swell |
|
108 |
The album from 2000 (part of name) |
return |
yep. |
|
109 |
She is this to Blossom |
friend |
My sisters used to like that show. |
You should interpret the clue as "She (six) is this to Blossom". |
110 |
The business is named after a ___ that wears thermal underwear or something. |
pirate |
A funny and relevant Simpsons clip. |
|
111 |
He's packing his bags |
stevie |
Good work. |
|
112 |
Their most famous song ever. (first word of title) |
inside |
A song by American rock band Eve 6 |
|
113 |
The internal, pulling, physical metal affects ___ |
senses |
Apparently, Brandon Sanderson was originally going to use silver but replaced it with tin when he learned that pewter contains little to no silver. |
|
114 |
The album from 2018 (artist's last name) |
joshua |
Indeed |
|
115 |
-string |
guitar |
"I bought a beat-up six-string in a second-hand store" |
|
116 |
The 6th volume in this series is about a chair. |
narnia |
A neat coincidence of "six" and "silver". |
I could have used this one for either a "six" clue or a "silver" clue. It was fun to have several clues that intersected with multiple themes. |
117 |
Bassist for the Pakistani band |
aashir |
Yep. |
|
118 |
This rapper's name may lack a 'b', but uses a number to achieve a stylistic spelling. (middle name) |
valdez |
Great |
|
119 |
That single guy with the horse. |
ranger |
Too easy? |
|
120 |
V |
rocket |
Again, vague, but you managed. |
|
121 |
James |
lebron |
Kudos if you figured this one out. |
|
122 |
Jebediah had a silver one of these because his got bitten off. |
tongue |
...by a Turkish pirate! |
|
123 |
The Flemish (not Spanish) artist |
rubens |
Nice |
|
124 |
A piece of you-know-who's soul |
nagini |
You know I had to have a Harry Potter clue in here. |
|
125 |
He looked it up. There's no such thing as a "silver bath". (the character being spoken to) |
walter |
From the Secret Life of Walter Mitty, one of my favorite movies ever. |
|
126 |
These cars bid you to gaze heavenward, whether you're in a sports car or an SUV. |
skyvue |
I had to work in Saturn Motor Company somehow but they don't have any 6-letter models. |
|
127 |
Was part of the winning team at Euro 84 |
didier |
Wonderful |
|
128 |
Thirty of them |
pieces |
A reference to Judas, eh? |
|
129 |
This John thanked Saturn and all of its rings |
cleese |
Here is the speech. Amusing but long. |
|
130 |
This car model. |
mazda6 |
Great job |
This one and the next 14 are all images. I tried to make them unable to be found by doing a reverse image search, but I am not sure how well it worked. |
131 |
This game. |
dagger |
Excellent |
|
132 |
The name of this toy from the 80s. |
hoppit |
My older sister had one of these. |
|
133 |
This character's first name. |
tyrone |
Terrific. |
|
134 |
What is one of these called? |
dragee |
Nice work. |
|
135 |
Company + 2-digit year of the makers of this. |
sega94 |
I'm still "inconsolable" about the failure of this product. |
|
136 |
Whatever this is. |
nircam |
I'm super excited for all-things JWST |
|
137 |
Author of this book. |
wilder |
Great books |
|
138 |
Wrote this. (first name) |
gustav |
I like this score well-enough. |
|
139 |
The book this is from |
romans |
Romans is the sixth book of the NT, but also relates to Saturn |
|
140 |
The name of this . |
ledyba |
Originally a Silver-edition exclusive |
|
141 |
The video game series that features this character. |
mother |
Never played it, but it looks fun |
|
142 |
The owner of these hands |
vihart |
Hey, it's those hexaflexagons again! |
|
143 |
This |
serret |
One of my favorite books! |
|
144 |
This book |
cosmos |
I love Carl Sagan |
|
145 |
00010 01001 01110 00001 10010 11001 |
binary |
Easy |
For these ciphers, I chose only cipher names that have six letters. The pattern shifts a little since now each new cipher reveals itself as the first answer, but the earlier pattern of "six", "silver", "saturn" will often help when keywords are necessary. No keywords needed for this binary cipher. |
146 |
01111 10101 01110 00011 00101 10011 |
ounces |
Great job |
|
147 |
01000 00101 01100 01001 10101 01101 |
helium |
Nice |
|
148 |
31 05 22 01 30 41 |
senary |
A little trickier, great job! |
The biggest clue is that no digit higher than 5 is used. |
149 |
24 23 20 13 31 12 |
polish |
Nice |
|
150 |
24 20 01 22 05 32 |
planet |
Yep |
|
151 |
ikgygx |
ceasar |
Still pretty easy. |
Of course this "ceasar" cipher is shifted by 6 letters. I didn't realize I had misspelled "caeser" until a searcher pointed it out, that's my bad. |
152 |
chainm |
ingots |
I tried to trick you. Good job figuring it out. |
A little trickier because I shifted this one the other way. |
153 |
mgyyky |
gasses |
Terrific. |
|
154 |
zgyzhs |
atbash |
So easy |
This cipher is called atbash and it is easy to use and easy to break. Each letter is simply replaced by the letter you'd get by starting the alphabet backwards (a=z, b=y, etc). |
155 |
nriili |
mirror |
See what I did there? |
|
156 |
grgzmh |
titans |
Excellent |
|
157 |
qfknjb |
simple |
Aka "simple substitution cipher" |
This one is harder to guess and harder to crack, but many searchers got it by seeing the pattern of using ciphers with 6-letter names and just doing trial and error on them. The key on this one was "six". |
158 |
gtpqeo |
luster |
Fabulous. |
The key was "silver". |
159 |
jagspr |
oblate |
Great |
The key was "saturn". |
160 |
thepattoreatwssadeoeegtrlmsihnlofuoy |
spiral |
Nice job |
Sorting the letters into a 6x6 grid will quickly reveal the text. |
161 |
tsahtihelavfenortoscnscraeeleemenumb |
copper |
Yep |
|
162 |
isnigndhnreieenohhtxagtthenoreitssom |
vortex |
Fantastic |
|
163 |
Vm1wR2FtVkdTWGxXYms1cVVteGFXVlpyVmtaUFVUMDk= |
base64 |
Indeed |
This is a base64 encoded text, the catch is that the solution is 6 layers deep. Meaning, you have to run the encoded text, then run the output back into the decoder 5 more times. |
164 |
VmpGU1EyRXhXWGxXYkdoVFlrZG9VVlpxVGs1UFVUMDk= |
period |
These are like the Russian nesting dolls of ciphers. |
|
165 |
Vm1wS05HRXlVWGxUYTJSb1RUTkNWMWxzWkdwUFVUMDk= |
ejecta |
Affirmative |
|
166 |
cvturo |
vernam |
This cipher (a specific type of Vigenere) is basically the same as a cipher that I independently created a few years ago. Only now, as I created this treasure hunt, did I learn that my cipher already exists and is known to the world. The only difference I could see is that my cipher assigns a=1 whereas the Vigenere assigns a=0. I love this cipher because it is really easy to work with (both as the designer and as the solver of the clue) but still really hard to crack. I may or may not have used it on one of the other hunts. |
The keyword is "sixsix". |
167 |
zkofgm |
stable |
Yes |
The keyword is "silver". |
168 |
vqhnbe |
orbits |
Nice work |
The keyword is "Saturn". |
169 |
amggmm669965 |
collon |
This type of cipher is a little tougher to crack, nice job. |
This one is also pretty hard to guess/crack, but again, many searchers just started trying any type of cipher that has a 6-letter name. |
170 |
maaags487494 |
medals |
Excellent |
|
171 |
aaamgs785964 |
debris |
Nice |
|
172 |
vaiqry |
trifid |
Even harder to crack, way to go! |
Just trial-and-error any ciphers with a 6-letter name. |
173 |
lfmaeg |
metals |
Yes, nice job |
|
174 |
dbanhl |
albedo |
I'm impressed |
|
175 |
2326534743 |
morbit |
I don't know if I would be able to crack this one if I were you, so GREAT JOB! |
Just trial-and-error any ciphers with a 6-letter name, this time you at least know that it is number into letters. |
176 |
572814657165 |
dollar |
Excellent. |
|
177 |
4752643638 |
system |
Super |
|
178 |
v66ia666ni6leui6eltvi6t6ei6 |
pollux |
I am pretty sure I WOULD NOT be able to crack this one if I were in your shoes (even though I significantly simplified it). So GREAT JOB! |
I heavily simplified this one because I was worried that no one would be able to solve it otherwise (even if they figured out that it was a pollux cipher). It is encoded by converting the text to morse code, then having some symbols for dots, some other symbols for dashes, and some other symbols for spaces. The main thing I did to simplify it was to only use a single number (6) to represent spaces instead of a whole range of numbers/characters. The dots were represented by letters unique to "silver" and dashes were represented by letters unique to "saturn". |
179 |
li6lul6vluel6t6tiuiil |
flutes |
Wonderful |
|
180 |
eiv6u666nv6ilnle6t66ae |
volume |
Indeed |
|
181 |
This |
stitch |
Nice |
These are called Hitomezashi stitch patterns. I learned about them from the youtube channel, Numberphile. I wrote my own program to make custom ones. You can interpret the text as consonants/vowels, morse (dots/dashes), and several other ways; I chose to ASCII encode the text and use the 1's and 0's. |
182 |
This |
argent |
I wrote my own java program to produce these patterns easily. |
|
183 |
This |
kraken |
Nice |
|
184 |
This |
angles |
Evidentally, I modified the pattern (and my program) to be able to produce these hexagon-friendly stitch patterns. |
It was a lot harder, but I modified my program to make a hexagon-friendly design. |
185 |
This |
galena |
These are based on a cool maths youtube video I saw a while back. |
|
186 |
This |
comets |
You can watch it here. |
|
187 |
Found here |
puzzle |
Fun, right? |
Yes, I wrote my onw (simplified) Wordle clone. One difference is that I did not check for real words, but I made it a little harder by restricting the number of attempts (although there were ways that a searcher could get around that and I fully support that). |
188 |
Found here |
master |
Oh, you are so good! |
|
189 |
Found here |
voyage |
Uh oh, they seem to be getting smaller and smaller. |
|
190 |
Found here |
reduce |
Reuse and recycle. |
|
191 |
Found here |
finish |
That's it, almost there. |
|
192 |
Found here |
meteor |
Hey, you got it! |
|
193 |
#11042 |
⬢ |
Easy? Or was it tricky? (because this is a weird symbol this clue might not save/load correctly, sorry) |
This and the next 6 clues were some of the only ones that did not have 6-letter answers. Some of these had trouble saving, but oh well, I worked a long time just to get them to work at all. |
194 |
#128795 |
🜛 |
Now you have the idea. (because this is a weird symbol this clue might not save/load correctly, sorry) |
|
195 |
#9796 |
♄ |
This is easy, right? (because this is a weird symbol this clue might not save/load correctly, sorry) |
|
196 |
🞰110100 |
⎔ |
It almost looks like binary, right? (because this is a weird symbol this clue might not save/load correctly, sorry) |
This weird little symbol was to try to signal that the numbers were in base-6. If the # symbol has 9 spaces and means base-10, then my star symbol has 5 spaces and means base-6. Meh, I thought it was an okay clue. In the end, I don't even know if anyone figured these three out because my tracking database just threw errors with that weird symbol involved. |
197 |
🞰2434504 |
🥈 |
This one is in color! (because this is a weird symbol this clue might not save/load correctly, sorry) |
|
198 |
🞰2440212 |
🪐 |
You might have guessed, this one is my favorite. (because this is a weird symbol this clue might not save/load correctly, sorry) |
|
199 |
181-198 |
^ |
Did you notice what number it is above? |
The first letters of the revealed text on questions 181-198 make NINETYFOURTHENTITY. Not the most difficult to solve, but it was a pretty cool clue to setup, and it was just a fun connection to the number 6 on the keyboard. |
200 |
20-38 |
vanish |
This word is also used as a "hidden hint", FYI |
This one used the first letters of the clues themselves instead of the revealed text. It spells, HUNTACROSTICANAGRAM. If you go to the home page and see the first letters of each hunt (NVASIH) and then anagram that you get VANISH. |
201 |
He defined laws about 167-168 |
kepler |
Great |
This one I just saw that I had "stable" and "orbits" right next to each other and so I just thought I would play off of that. |
202 |
3-8 |
caveat |
Another of my favorite 6-letter words, especially because the word "cave" is in it. |
I chose this keyword ("caveat") partly because I think it is a cool word and it worked where I needed it to, but partly because there is a "cave at" a location very near the Saturn. |
203 |
This |
stereo |
Probably too easy to be this far down the list. But honestly, I just needed another filler clue and it was the next thing I thought of. |
A stereogram, like those old Magic-eye books. Not really on theme, but I was getting desperate to finish the clues. |
204 |
This self-referential puzzle (Note: go with the FIRST CORRECT ANSWER on #5) |
fbeabd |
If you enjoyed that, you should try another other one I made. |
I just needed more clues and that was one I had previously made that I just adapted to have 6 clues. Apparently this one has more than one solution. |
205 |
The GPS coordinates (xx.xxxx -xxx.xxxx) of this spot. |
40.6666 -111.6666 |
A fun but unremarkable spot. |
We're back to a "six" themed answer. I didn't expect anyone to know where this was, but I figured some would get the next two and then realize what this one was supposed to be. |
206 |
The GPS coordinates (xx.xxxx -xxx.xxxx) of this spot. |
40.6522 -111.5938 |
Cool hike. |
Some were able to identify the spot based on the video clip. The top of Silver Peak. |
207 |
The GPS coordinates (xx.xxxx -xxx.xxxx) of this spot. |
40.6532 -111.6740 |
"Circle Awl" kind of ties in with like Saturn |
I needed a location that fit with "Saturn". There were some outside the search area I could have done, but I just went with Circle Awl. I know, it is a stretch. |
208 |
A well-defined 6-letter word seen from here: 40.680230, -111.707997 |
mexico |
Considered making this a more "required" clue, but I like that it is kind of optional. |
I just needed more difficult clues and these three were some images that I didn't end up using for the Images hunt. |
209 |
A well-defined 6-letter name seen from here: 40.657516, -111.671391 |
daynas |
Pretty nearby to #205 and #207 |
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210 |
A well-defined 6-letter name seen from here: 40.557667, -111.609922 |
austin |
Don't carve into trees, please. |
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211 |
The briefcase code in Enigma's "Hexed" room. |
347916 |
The burial site is in a hex adjacent to the Saturn Symbol according to the Nar-tsu |
I hesitated to put this one in at all. I didn't want there to be an expectation of having to spend money to get the clues, especially since I am no longer affiliated with Enigma Escape Experience. But in the end, it came down to me needing difficult clues for these superclues. I also figured people would enjoy that escape room, learn what the Saturn symbol looks like, and see the connections/inspiration for much of my treasure hunt theme. |
212 |
This video game puzzle |
471744 |
The elevation of the hiding spot is halfway between 2880 meters and... |
This is from a video game called Myst III: Exile. The Myst games are a huge inspiration to my clue development (especially when I was making escape rooms). I loved that there was a whole hexagon themed world in that game. |
213 |
k=1590879316688079515 895914647432329530919 205946013647592460827 951665588787909959544 859380926838799026509 564536218976256 |
glitch |
...1860 meters (+/- a few meters). Note: The elevation seems to be giving people the wrong idea a little bit. So I'll add that the hiding spot is in a relatively flat area. |
This is based on something called "Tupper's Self-Referential formula". It is another thing I learned about from Numberphile. As soon as I learned of it a few years back, I immediately wanted to make it into a clue somehow. I feel like it is just a little bit off-theme, but here again, I needed difficult clues and I was already past-due on getting this hunt out, so I used it. |
214 |
One word to describe this hexagon. |
ˈmæʤɪk |
This is the burial site. ALSO: there is a decent trail that can get you pretty close to the location of this Saturn. It is not on any maps that I've seen (although it could be on others), but it branches off from a main trail and you can follow it for about a mile. Leave the trail more-or-less where my map page shows some crosshairs. It will be bushwacky from there. |
This is a "magic hexagon", but to make it just a little trickier I converted the numbers using the IPA. |
215 |
The Pyramid Tree according to this book. (page 36) |
uhurba |
Very near (within about 30 meters) one of the yellow lines on my map |
A few years ago, I got this weird book from the DI. I had aspirations of using it in my escape room somehow, but I never figured out an elegant way. I considered using the book as the centerpiece for an entire hunt, but a mixture of time constraints and distaste for the book (it is a really weird book) made me limit its use to this single clue. Still, I thought people would have to ask around or go to a library or something, but it turns out you could read parts of this book online and find the answer pretty easily (too easily for a superclue, really). |
216 |
x406 x2e x406 x2b x2a5d x3bb x22c1 (note) |
conway |
This map is oriented with South pointing up. (Orientation: ↓N) |
When I was creating my hunt, one of my friends said, "You should make a clue that is based on the Eridian number system from Project Hail Mary since they use a base-6 number system." I LOVED the idea. I had recently read the book and loved it; I couldn't believe I hadn't already thought of that. So for this one, you find the HTML entities based on the hexidecimal numbers provided, then interpret them using the Eridian number system (as found in the book, Project Hail Mary), then you convert that into a base-10 number (and apply my rounding adjustment) and you are left with 1.30357. This number is one of the named mathematical constants (of which there aren't that many). I would have loved to use the Silver Ratio here, but since that was so central to the Verses hunt, I had to come up with something else. Within my options of 6-letter constants, I felt that Conway's constant was the best fit for several reasons. I love Conway's game of life (look it up, it's cool), and I actually think this constant, also known as the "look and say sequence", is strangely appropriate for a reference to a fictional alien numbering system (and clues in general). It was a cool revelation to me to realize that this sequence holds true across all languages and even in different numbering systems. |