Secret Content
This hunt has bonus secret content! For the majority of the hunt, it was kept entirely secret. Some solvers who were especially observant and astute were able to discover and make progress on the secret content, and we asked them not to speak about it to anyone else. We revealed its existence publicly in an official announcement on Day 17.
Need a hint?
We posted the following generic hints about the secret content on December 27, 2025.
If you're looking for puzzles with secret answers, think like a constructor! Consider the entirety of suspicious-looking puzzles through the following lenses:
- Was every aspect of the puzzle used? Did anything feel under-utilized or under-constrained?
- Was the puzzle much larger or longer than it needed to be?
- Does the answer you got make sense with the flavor text?
Secret content page
Solvers were given access to a special webpage upon completing any piece of secret content.
Secret answer?
Huh? A secret answer? It looks like you've found something interesting! You don't need to complete any secret content to reach a satisfying conclusion in the main hunt β this is bonus content meant as a fun extra challenge. That said, if you're looking for tougher puzzles and love uncovering every secret, you may enjoy what we have hidden! If you're ever not having fun, please let us know. Good luck!
Story (Does not contain puzzle content)
Strange. Youβve uncovered some information that doesnβt seem to fit neatly with everything else from your investigation. Whatβs going on here? You try questioning the penguins about it further, but they only squawk back at you noncommittally. You donβt get the impression that theyβre lying or intentionally hiding anything. It seems they donβt know anything more about it either. Whatever is happening, it sparks your honed negotiatorβs intuition, and you resolve to stay alert for more anomalies like this.
Discovered secrets
| 3 | Double-Crossed | 100 secret solves | 23% of main answer solvers |
| 5 | 1. e4 e5 | 73 secret solves | 19% of main answer solvers |
| 7 | Spy Games | 117 secret solves | 40% of main answer solvers |
| 12 | High-Rise | 68 secret solves | 34% of main answer solvers |
| 13 | The Arcade | 85 secret solves | 29% of main answer solvers |
| 15 | Migratory Birds | 90 secret solves | 33% of main answer solvers |
| 21 | Magic Is in the Air | 69 secret solves | 32% of main answer solvers |
| Secret Side Quest | 49 solves secret | ||
| Finale Negotiations Are Going South | 47 secret solves | 29% of main answer solvers |
Secret Leaderboard
Teams are ranked by (finding the finale's secret answer, solving the secret meta, number of feeder secret answers found). Ties are displayed in an arbitrary order.
A huge thank you to all of our testsolvers that helped make this hunt possible! Since most of our testsolvers did not testsolve the full hunt, we have a separate board showing their progress. Puzzles that were testsolved are marked with .
| Team Name | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 21 | ||
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| π β The Finial Countdown | |||||||||
| π Woozles | |||||||||
| π basil πΏ | |||||||||
| π cadaeib | |||||||||
| π β lonezoombini |