Puzzle FAQ1.
Who can take part:
- Anyone that is in the FC when the puzzle is ongoing.
2.
What to do:
- The puzzle will be in the form of an uncompleted sentence (e.g. _ _ _ _ is located in Lumbridge).
- You will have to complete the sentence by filling in the letters.
- You will be provided hints (e.g. NPC) at 3 occasions: when the puzzle starts, 10 mins after first hint and 10 mins after second hint.
- A reference will be provided to indicate how many letters are there in each unknown word. (e.g. Ref: 4)
- The puzzle can be combined with the reference. (e.g. 4 is located in Lumbridge)
- The puzzle ends 30 mins after it starts, after which I'll reveal the answer if it has not been solved yet.
3.
How to win:
- If you think you know the correct version of the entire sentence, say it! (e.g. Hans is located in Lumbridge.) Winners will get a smiley in the FC!
- Note that other than the clues provided officially every 10 mins, no other hints will be given. Partial attempts made at the solution will not be verified and do not count.
4.
When does this happen:
- Look out for the 'Anyone up for a puzzle?' cue when I am online! Please do respond so that I know that someone is willing to take on the puzzle.
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Where do you host:
6.
Disclaimers:
- All puzzles are derived from F2P worlds and ONLY rely on info based in those worlds. P2P-related stuff that can be found in F2P worlds MAY be asked.
- While I try my best, real-life can be unpredictable. I may not always be able to run the puzzles in-game.
- All decisions relating to puzzles and prizes are made by me and are final. I do these puzzles to bring fun and not for a 'who is the best at trivia' competition.
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Hall of Puzzle Fame- (listed by number of puzzles solved followed by earliest solve):
- Fe-eble Doom - 2
- ChemicalCube - 2
- imanimama - 2
- Shortbow Hc - 2
- IMKlemen - 1
- Theshooyoose - 1
- VaelPotatoes - 1
- Maghda UIM - 1
- Chaudret - 1
- Lanak - 1
- McDrops1 - 1
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Puzzle #1 - The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ has five _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
- Reference: The 5 7 has five 8 7.
- Clues: 150 / Outside / Unlimited
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- The skull sceptre has five teleport options.
- 150: Accuracy of skull sceptre
- Outside: First teleport option which is outside Stronghold of Security
- Unlimited: Teleports
Puzzle #2 - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ can be done at one of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
- Reference: 6 9 can be done at one of 5 5.
- Clues: Near a house / 10 / Achievement
- Was it solved: Yes by IMKlemen
- Answer:
- Mining limestone can be done at one of seven rocks.
- Near a house: The rocks are located near the Odd Old Man's house
- 10: Mining limestone requires Mining level 10
- Achievement: Mining limestone is a Varrock Achievement
Puzzle #3 - The player does not have the _ _ _ _ _ to _ _ _ the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
- Reference: The player does not have the 5 to 3 the 5 3.
- Clues: Beautiful / Death / One
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- The player does not have the heart to cut the shoot off.
- Beautiful: Examine of the white tree
- Death: Cutting the shoot off causes the white tree to die
- One: There is one shoot left on the white tree
Puzzle #4 - You have no _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to _ _ _ the _ _ _ _ _ in.
- Reference: You have no 5 10 to 3 the 5 in.
- Clues: 10 / Game message / Woodcutting
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- You have no empty waterskins to put the water in.
- 10: See 'Woodcutting' clue
- Game message: Message received when successfully cutting a healthy Kharidian cactus
- Woodcutting: Cutting the cactus gains you 10 Woodcutting XP
Puzzle #5 - According to the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , you cannot _ _ _ with _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
- Reference: According to the 11, you cannot 3 with 8.
- Clues: 2 or 0 NPCs / Near or not near a shop / News
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- According to the noticeboard, you cannot run with scissors.
- 2 or 0 NPCs: The noticeboard is located at Burthorpe Games Room, which has NPCs depending on whether you used the instance shard world or the local world
- Near or not near a shop: Near the noticeboard is a shop: Toad and Chicken, which is not present in the instance shard world
- News: The noticeboard provides board games news
Puzzle #6 - One of the _ _ _ _ _ _ I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is that you do not _ _ _ _ .
- Reference: One of the 6 I 4 3 is that you do not 4.
- Clues: 10 / Strange / Non-human
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- One of the things I find odd is that you do not glow.
- 10: The star sprite only stays for 10 mins after the star is completely mined
- Strange: The player and the star sprite describe each other as 'strange'
- Non-human: The star sprite is an alien
Puzzle #7 - Successful _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ will gain the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of _ _ _ _ _ .
- Reference: Successful 10 will gain the 9 of 5.
- Clues: Life-changing / Handwritten / Lumbridge
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- Successful applicants will gain the adulation of peers.
- Life-changing: Adaptation from dodgy flyer - "Your life will never again be the same!"
- Handwritten: Examine of dodgy flyer
- Lumbridge: The dodgy flyer directs players to apply at the Lumbridge Guildhouse (Thieves' Guild)
Puzzle #8 - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ between humans and dwarves.
- Reference: 6 5 6 5 between humans and dwarves.
- Clues: NPC dialogue / Not wearing a helmet / 30
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- Goblin raids damage trade between humans and dwarves.
- NPC dialogue: Commander Yodri's dialogue
- Not wearing a helmet: Yodri's examine
- 30: Either the fact that goblin raids happen every 30 mins or Yodri teleports to the goblin raid 30 mins after it starts if not cleared
Puzzle #9 - You cannot _ _ _ _ the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ but you can _ _ _ _ _ _ _ from it.
- Reference: You cannot 4 the 7 5 but you can 7 from it.
- Clues: On the player's behalf / Both can be done in P2P / Grand Exchange
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- You cannot open the Shantay chest but you can collect from it.
- On the player's behalf: Examine of Shantay chest
- Both can be done in P2P: You can open and collect the Shantay chest as a member
- Grand Exchange: Collecting from the Shantay chest allows you to access your Grand Exchange offers
Puzzle #10 - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ believes that completing _ _ _ _ _ makes _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
- Reference: 8 believes that completing 5 makes 4 5.
- Clues: NPC dialogue / Sister / Money
- Was it solved: Yes by Theshooyoose
- Answer:
- Victoria believes that completing tasks makes easy money.
- NPC dialogue: Lachtopher
- Sister: Victoria is Lachtopher's sister
- Money: Last word of the puzzle
Puzzle #11 - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ more _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ than others.
- Reference: 7 5 more 9 5 than others.
- Clues: 1000 / Shop owner / Different colours
- Was it solved: Yes by Fe-eble Doom
- Answer:
- Lundail sells more elemental runes than others.
- 1000: Lundail sells 1000 of each elemental rune
- Shop owner: Lundail
- Different colours: Elemental runes have different colours, example: fire being red and so on
Puzzle #12 - You must be on a members' world to _ _ _ the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
- Reference: You must be on a members' world to 3 the 4 5 5.
- Clues: Game message / 9 out of 16 / Varrock
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- You must be on a members' world to see the last three pages.
- Game message: The puzzle comes from attempting to view the p2p locations in the scrapbook
- 9 out of 16: F2P players can access 9 locations out of 16 in the scrapbook
- Varrock: The scrapbook is obtained from Benedict who resides in Varrock
Puzzle #13 - There are two _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of _ _ _ _ to the west of _ _ _ _ _ _ .
- Reference: There are two 7 of 4 to the west of 6.
- Clues: Wooden / NPC / Exchange
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- There are two barrels of fish to the west of Stiles.
- Wooden: the barrels are made out of wood
- NPC: Stiles is a NPC
- Exchange: Stiles's function is to exchange certain fish for banknotes
Puzzle #14 - _ _ _ _ _ may get _ _ _ _ _ _ _ when they are being _ _ _ .
- Reference: 5 may get 7 when they are being 3.
- Clues: Member object / 3.8 / Level 1
- Was it solved: Yes by VaelPotatoes
- Answer:
- Opals may get crushed when they are being cut.
- Member object: Crushed gems are member objects
- 3.8: Crushing opals gives 3.8 Crafting experience
- Level 1: Level 1 Crafting is required for cutting opals
Puzzle #15 - A " _ _ _ _ _ _ " sound is heard when _ _ _ is _ _ _ _ _ _ to.
- Reference: A “6” sound is heard when 3 is 6 to.
- Clues: Jagex / Non-human NPC / Large wander radius
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- A “miaoww" sound is heard when Bob is talked to.
- Jagex: Bob's examine is that it is the Jagex cat.
- Non-human NPC: Bob is a cat.
- Large wander radius: Bob is able to wander around towns.
Puzzle #16 - Only _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are _ _ _ for _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
- Reference: Only 5 4 are 3 for 7.
- Clues: NPC examine / Stationary / Bucket
- Was it solved: Yes by Maghda UIM
- Answer:
- Only dairy cows are fit for milking.
- NPC examine: 'Fit for milking' comes from the examine of dairy cows.
- Stationary: Dairy cows are tethered to a post.
- Bucket: A bucket is used to collect the milk when milking the dairy cow.
Puzzle #17 - There are _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ situated at the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
- Reference: There are 3 7 situated at the 6 4.
- Clues: Not situated anywhere else / 32 / 3 tents and a fire
- Was it solved: Yes by Chaudret
- Answer:
- There are ten outlaws situated at the Outlaw Camp.
- Not situated anywhere else: Outlaws are unique to that location
- 32: Outlaws have a combat level of 32
- 3 tents and a fire: The camp contains three bandit tents and a permanent fire
Puzzle #18 - The four _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ obtain _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ during the _ _ _ _ _ .
- Reference: The four 8 obtain 4 9 during the 5.
- Clues: Green / 34 / Discontinued item
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- The four cabbages obtain pink partyhats during the quest.
- Green: the colour of the cabbages
- 34: Gower's Quest requires 34 quest points to start
- Discontinued item: this is in reference to the partyhats
Puzzle #19 - The four _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ have differing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
- Reference: The four 9 7 have differing 6 6.
- Clues: Located together / Healing ability / Highest - Lowest = 9
- Was it solved: Yes by ChemicalCube
- Answer:
- The four elemental wizards have differing combat levels.
- Located together: The wizards hover near Malignius Mortifer
- Healing ability: Firing the respective elemental spells on them will heal them
- Highest - Lowest = 9: Fire wizard has combat level of 25, air wizard has combat level of 16
Puzzle #20 - You can _ _ _ _ up to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ from each _ _ _ _ .
- Reference: You can 4 up to 4 7 from each 4.
- Clues: 165 in total / Default left-click action / Yellow
- Was it solved: Yes by ChemicalCube with an assist from Shortbow Hc
- Answer:
- You can pick up to five bananas from each tree.
- 165 in total: There are 33 trees in the plantation with 5 bananas each, so 165 bananas in total
- Default left-click action: 'Pick' is the mouse-over option for the banana tree
- Yellow: Bananas are yellow in colour
Puzzle #21 - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ does not hold the world record for the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
- Reference: 9 does not hold the world record for the 7 3 3.
- Clues: Varrock / Quest / Size
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- Thessalia does not hold the world record for the largest top hat.
- Varrock: Thessalia is located in Varrock
- Quest: The answer is found in the 'Once Upon a Slime' quest
- Size: The world record deals with size
Puzzle #22 - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ _ have different opinions about _ _ _ _ .
- Reference: 7 and 6 have different opinions about 4.
- Clues: NPC dialogue / Male humans / Varrock & Barbarian Village & Edgeville
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- Tarquin and Sigurd have different opinions about Hari.
- NPC dialogue: Tarquin calls Hari a 'base fellow' while Sigurd calls Hari a 'nice bloke'
- Male humans: Tarquin, Sigurd and Hari are all male humans
- Varrock & Barbarian Village & Edgeville: locations of Tarquin, Sigurd and Hari
Puzzle #23 - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ all the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ will make _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
- Reference: 7 all the 7 will make 10 5.
- Clues: Non-human NPC / Overseer / 56 and 77
- Was it solved: Yes by imanimama
- Answer:
- Killing all the raiders will make Hollowtoof angry.
- Non-human NPC: referring to Hollowtoof, who is a goblin
- Overseer: Hollowtoof oversees the goblin raids
- 56 and 77: Combat levels of the raiders and Hollowtoof
Puzzle #24 - The _ _ _ _ in _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is uniquely _ _ _ _ _ _ _ by _ _ _ _ _ .
- Reference: The 4 in 8 is uniquely 7 by 5.
- Clues: Two floors / Ashdale and cows / Unique world map icon
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- The mill in Taverley is uniquely powered by water.
- Two floors: The mill has two floors, one where you put in the wheat and one where you collect the flour
- Ashdale and cows: The mill in Ashdale is powered by cows
- Unique world map icon: Taverley's watermill icon is different from other windmills
Puzzle #25 - Out of the four _ _ _ _ _ at the _ _ _ _ _ _ , 50% of them are _ _ _ _ _ _ .
- Reference: Out of the four 5 at the 6, 50% of them are 6.
- Clues: 40 / Gathering skill / Near a ship
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- Out of the four rocks at the quarry, 50% of them are copper.
- 40: Copper rock's 'hitpoints'
- Gathering skill: Mining
- Near a ship: Ashdale's quarry is located at the docks
Puzzle #26 - The _ _ _ _ _ in the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ when you approach them.
- Reference: The 5 in the 8 3 4 when you approach them.
- Clues: Non-human / Black / Near an altar
- Was it solved: Yes by Fe-eble Doom with an assist from Lanak
- Answer:
- The crows in the cemetery fly away when you approach them.
- Non-human: Crows are birds
- Black: Crows are black
- Near an altar: The cemetery referenced here is the Lumbridge cemetery, directly south of the Lumbridge church
Puzzle #27 - _ _ _ _ _ _ another _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ would be _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ with one in the _ _ _ _ .
- Reference: 6 another 9 would be 9 with one in the 4.
- Clues: Game message / Magic / Teleportation
- Was it solved: Yes by imanimama
- Answer:
- Making another gatestone would be pointless with one in the pack.
- Game message: The puzzle is the game message triggered when you try to make another gatestone
- Magic: Making a gatestone is a magic spell
- Teleportation: Gatestones are used for teleportation
Puzzle #28 - Out of all the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , only one hasn't been _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
- Reference: Out of all the 7 12, only one hasn’t been 8.
- Clues: Gold / Near a general store / Miscellaneous
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- Out of all the ironman achievements, only one hasn’t been achieved.
- Gold: The last achievement to be achieved is Final Boss (gold) (as of 7 April 2020)
- Near a general store: The Ironman plaque that lists ironman achievements is located outside Edgeville's general store
- Miscellaneous: Final Boss (gold) is under the category of miscellaneous achievements
Puzzle #29 - Why don't I have a ' _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ' _ _ _ _ _ _ like everyone else?
- Reference: Why don’t I have a ‘8 4 to 9’ 6 like everyone else?
- Clues: 4 / Lumbridge / Teleportation
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- Why don’t I have a ‘Teleport Home to Lumbridge’ button like everyone else?
- 4: The puzzle is taken from the dialogue of a Man, who has a combat level of 4
- Lumbridge: One of the words in the puzzle
- Teleportation: One of the words in the puzzle
Puzzle #30 - Given the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ must be strong.
- Reference: Given the 7 5, the 8 5 must be strong.
- Clues: Two and red / Near a tent / Quest NPC
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- Given the swaying flags, the mountain winds must be strong.
- Two and red: There are two red flags
- Near a tent: The flags are located outside the Oracle's tent
- Quest NPC: The Oracle is involved in the Dragon Slayer quest
Puzzle #31 - _ _ _ _ the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is inaccessible to F2P players.
- Reference: 4 the 3 5 of the 8 is inaccessible to F2P players.
- Clues: 3 in total / 38 for F2P / Skilling
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- Only the top level of the Runespan is inaccessible to F2P players.
- 3 in total: The Runespan has 3 levels
- 38 for F2P: The official F2P world for Runespan is World 38
- Skilling: The Runespan is used for training the Runecrafting skill
Puzzle #32 - The _ _ _ _ _ of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ around while _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ you.
- Reference: The 5 of 7 4 around while 9 you.
- Clues: Non-human / Small wander radius / Only found in one place
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- The swarm of insects buzz around while following you.
- Non-human: Insects
- Small wander radius: The swarm can only follow you for a short distance within the forest
- Only found in one place: Musa Point
Puzzle #33 - Out of the three _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , only _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ has eight _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in his _ _ _ _ .
- Reference: Out of the three 7, only 8 has eight 7 in his 4.
- Clues: All three are related to 30 / The other two have six / Young human
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- Out of the three sailors, only Thresnor has eight letters in his name.
- All three are related to 30: You pay the sailors 30gp to travel between Port Sarim and Musa Point
- The other two have six: Tobias and Lorris are names with six letters
- Young human: Thresnor's examine
Puzzle #34 - _ _ _ _ _ _ are _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ with _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ inside.
- Reference: 6 are 6 5 with 9 inside.
- Clues: Skilling / 8 different sources / 8 different possible rewards
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- Geodes are hollow rocks with something inside.
- Skilling: Geodes are obtained through Mining
- 8 different sources: Tin / Copper / Iron / Coal / Mithril / Adamantite / Luminite / Runite rocks
- 8 different possible rewards: Spirit shard / Uncut opal, jade, red topaz, sapphire, emerald, ruby and diamond
Puzzle #35 - The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to ask _ _ _ _ _ out.
- Reference: The 6 7 6 to ask 5 out.
- Clues: Green / Female human / Wandering near dead trees
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- The player advices Victor to ask Wendy out.
- Green: Victor is a goblin
- Female human: Wendy is a witch
- Wandering near dead trees: Found around the Draynor manor and its surroundings
Puzzle #36 - Getting the _ _ _ _ _ _ requires the usage of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
- Reference: Getting the 3 3 requires the usage of 3 6.
- Clues: Upwards or downwards / Underground area / 9 doors
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- Getting the oil can requires the usage of six levers.
- Upwards or downwards: The levers can be pulled up or down
- Underground area: Beneath the Draynor Manor
- 9 doors: The 6 levers open and close the 9 doors
Puzzle #37 - Amidst the other _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , the _ _ _ _ is _ _ _ _ handling the _ _ _ _ .
- Reference: Amidst the other 7, the 4 is 4 handling the 4.
- Clues: Non-human / One chicken / Lumbridge
- Was it solved: No
- Answer:
- Amidst the other goblins, the cook is busy handling the spit.
- Non-human: Goblins
- One chicken: There is one chicken being roasted on the spit
- Lumbridge: The goblin cook is located in Lumbridge
Puzzle #38 - Two _ _ _ _ _ _ in Port Sarim have a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
- Reference: Two 6 in Port Sarim have a 6 4 5.
- Clues: Level 1 / Combat / Near an anvil
- Was it solved: Yes by Shortbow Hc with an assist from McDrops1
- Answer:
- Two houses in Port Sarim have a bronze bolt spawn.
- Level 1: Bronze bolts can be used with a Ranged level of 1
- Combat: Bronze bolts are used as ranged ammunition in combat
- Near an anvil: The anvil lies next to the house adjacent to the two houses with the bronze bolt spawn
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- Reference:
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