The Best Puzzle Caches

February 27, 2006

My interest in puzzles is what got me into Geocaching, and my favorite geocaches are Puzzle Caches. Can you tell me about your favorite puzzle cache?

February 27, 2006

A great cache called Llama Corner Revisited.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...af-2af9e7b0c5c6

From the very beginning it is an excellent cache.

3.3k · February 27, 2006

My vote goes for The Dragonfly Scroll I have three of the four scrolls finished.

I'm a huge fan of JudgeCrater Puzzles. I have solved all six, but have only had time to find 3 of 6.

1.4k · February 27, 2006

If you want a smile from me you are gonna earn it.

February 27, 2006

Here are two puzzle caches that I found over the weekend that I really enjoyed...

Message for you Comrade . This one has several, different puzzles one must solve before you can find the cache.

Not at these coordinates. This one was very creative!

February 28, 2006

I like puzzles that aren't rediculously hard. I have done some that took me a few days of going back to look at until finally it dawned on me how simple it really was. LOL I did one that gave state flags to figure the coordinates. The name had something to do with chemistry so I checked the periodic table and figured out the puzzle. It was fun to do.

February 28, 2006

Not just a puzzle or mutiple puzzles, but an all day hike too: The Journal.

1.2k · February 28, 2006

Some of the favorite ones we have done so far.

Angle of Eternity

Coin Trading

Brute forced this one but later on solved it.

Chemistry: Chapter 11

And some of the one's we are working on solving.

Edited February 28, 2006 by Mystery Ink

February 28, 2006

If you like difficult puzzles the best in CT are done by The Wilkens

Edited February 28, 2006 by IAFF2687

February 28, 2006

That Mind Your Master cache is cool, too bad I'm not in that area, as I managed to solve the puzzle in the first batch of ten tries you get per day :blink:

2.2k · February 28, 2006

My two faves:

Calgary Cryptocache 1

This was the first puzzle cache I ever solved. I needed help from the cache owner to figure out what to do because the whole concept was new to me. This cache required visits to a couple of interesting locations, caused you to learn some local history, do some basic waypoint projecting, required a fair amount of driving to complete and ended in a very interesting final location. Enjoyable from beginning to end.

GCMC - Great Canadian Multicache

This one is linked to a Traditional cache, but after cooperating with cachers from three other cities in Canada you could solve the coordinates to the final cache which is marked as a Puzzle. Great fun sending emails back and forth to the other cachers and posting Notes on the other cache pages asking for their local clues.

February 28, 2006

The Nefarious Camarilla series was fun to do (and to participate in).

We have some very clever puzzle creators around our parts.

February 28, 2006

I suppose since I asked the question, I should post a few of my favorites:

Abstract Chemistry (GCPTJV)

Choreographed Chaos (GCNME9)

Cinco de Saxo (GCNF4A)

Liberty or Death (GCKP48) -- As a fan of codes and ciphers, this is the best (from many standpoints) I have come across!!

February 28, 2006

I enjoyed solving Watson and Crick. (Watson's the easier of the two, if that helps.)

A Different Kind of Puzzle is one that must be solved on-site. As soon as I saw the puzzle I knew the solution, but the execution is excellent in my opinion. And there's someone a quarter mile away who's raising Highland cattle, which was a nice bonus...

March 1, 2006

These are two very original and very hard puzzles in my area that were really enjoyable.

Fargo North, Decoder: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...26-2290f161298f

Another Cache: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...8f-0d97b627e96c

March 1, 2006

My favorite type of puzzles that are ones that don't require hours and hours in front of a computer trying to decipher cryptograms or obscure clues. I'd much rather be solving puzzles out in the field....with that said, I will be self-indulgent and toot my own horn and throw out two of my own puzzle caches:

Outdoor Plumbing 2.

Oops...our Bad

Also, I own Llama Corner (previously mentioned in the second post) and The Legend of the Wretched Cursed Treasure of Gold, both of which require a bit more work at the computer to solve...although the in-the-field parts are fun also.

As far as other caches go, I am currently about 1/3 of the way through Choreographed Chaos (mentioned previously), and it is tough....but a lot of fun.

March 5, 2006

i have a number of caches near me that i need to break codes, any good web sites?? to learn this stuff.....

2.3k · March 5, 2006

My favorite around here is "The BubbaVinci Code," GCJD3C". Lots of fun!

One brain buster is "Payne's Pain," GCH06N. I've solved it, but I haven't gone to get it!

March 5, 2006

Check out caches by "the cow spots".

These are very cool puzzles. I have done a couple of the puzzles, but since the cow spots are in a different part of the county I have not completed the caches.

March 18, 2006

Check out this new cache (http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=0178968a-257b-49fe-bfdc-b0f2cd537004)

It's called SPECTRUM by stepol (waypoint GCTWR5). Great concept, good design, and very devious! I don't even know where to begin...

March 18, 2006

In the UK near me there are a few by one cacher that are driving me mad.

Have a look at GCTGBY and GCTH7X.

The first one seems next to impossible. It has a pilgrim connection to interest all our cousins overseas!

Any pointers you can give me would be great! PM me and I'll tell you the contents of the first macro which you'll need!

March 18, 2006

I loved the night-drive that GCM78N gave us, and GCJ1DK was a challenge we liked.

11.3k · March 18, 2006

"Zis Is KAOS, Ve Don’t Bush-vaak Here!" is a fantastic adventure.

Read the logs for some giggles. :lol:

It is loosely based on the classic TV series, "Get Smart" and a friend has his cellphone programmed to ring with the "Get Smart" theme song if FlagMan, the cache owner, calls. :lol:

You have to find first one Travel Bug, and then the other. Each has a key attached which you have to use to gain access to something to get a portion of the coordinates.

March 19, 2006

Here's one I worked on for quite a while when it was new, but haven't had much of a chance to work on it lately so I forgot about it until I saw this thread. By now I'm sure I'd have to start all over from scratch.

If you like puzzles try this one: Do Not Use PC by sneakysheep (GCKKYW)

Also, Babble On by Rupert2 (GCKRHA) is another interesting one that my brother and I found as The Wright Bros.

March 19, 2006

I've solved Babble On, but not the other. Since they're both in my area, I take a peek at them fairly regularly. Another one in the area that's giving me fits is A Vintage Baudot, also by Sneakysheep. Both of Sneakysheep's leave me drooling on myself after a couple minutes.

March 19, 2006

In the Tallahassee area, nobody beats Urubu for puzzle caches. This guy ROCKS! I have spent many a sleepless night trying to solve his puzzles. Currently I'm working on Tallahassee Blues. It's really giving me fits. I don't even know where to start since there doesn't seem to be ANY CODE on the page. So if you puzzle solvers are up to a challenge, give it a try and let me know how far you get.

1.4k · March 20, 2006

NUMB3RS is definatly the best one ive ever seen. (of course i would think so, i made it.) IM also a big fan of This one :mad:

1.4k · March 20, 2006

I've run across quite a few puzzles, where they stretch the limits of creativity, placed in locations that fit the theme, AND have quality constructions throughout. I have them in my bookmark lists, if people are really curious.

March 20, 2006

If you want a smile from me you are gonna earn it.

You gotta tell me how to solve that puzzle? It confuses me still. I live in FL, so you can give me a big hint, since I probably won't be up in your area. :mad:

3.9k · March 21, 2006

. . .As far as other caches go, I am currently about 1/3 of the way through Choreographed Chaos (mentioned previously), and it is tough....but a lot of fun.

I agree with you about Choreographed Chaos -- I have heard some good things about it, and it is not just a puzzle multi-stge cache, but a major adventure cache. However, by my lights, the most incredible and famous, and the most maddeningly difficult puzzle and adventure cache in the eastern half of the US is the famous Blood and Guts in Virginia (GC73C2). This cache has never yet been solved by just one cacher, and has only been solved by teams which spent quite a bit of time on it; many teams have spent over 12 to 18 months on it before they managed to finish, and there are teams which spent over 18 months and had to declare a failure. One exampe: As a past finder, I was recently contacted by a team of nine persons which had been stuck for over 14 months, and more recently by a team which was quite stuck after struggling for almost 5 months.

March 22, 2006

TheWilkens, an evil pair of CT cachers, are locally renowned for their challenging puzzle caches:Smith's Bounty

Smith's Identity

Smith's Chase

My brain hurts ever time I start to work on them. MS

March 24, 2006

Hackers Quest by DanTrack

A really well done hacking themed cache.

June 14, 2006

There is a cache in Richmond Virginia called The Eye of Horus (waypoint GCQTGQ). A friend told me this puzzle cache supposedly has money in it for the first several finders! And it hasn't been found yet! Sounds like quite an adventure to me. <_<

June 14, 2006

As far as I can tell, there are only 4 true "puzzle" caches in the entire state of Wyoming:

The majority of the "unknown" caches in Wyoming are actually orienteering based caches. If there are any other puzzle caches, they are not listed with the "unknown" tag. We placed a new puzzle cache last weekend and are currently awaiting its approval. It should be a much easier puzzle than the others in the state, but I wouldn't be surprised if the "unknown" category will limit it to only 2 or 3 finds a year.

June 14, 2006

Squeeze me - GCVQAG had been up for about 2 months now with no finds.

The author even came back and gave additional hints.

Hmmm, still thinking!

June 14, 2006

it likes riddles, praps it does, does it?

Gorky Park

a fine silver coin awaits the first to find...

June 14, 2006

Kryptos was the first and only one I solved. Took a day or two, but I finally got it. It also led to a really cool place (IMO). Edited June 14, 2006 by altmizzle

June 14, 2006

I've solved the cipher, and am working on getting my team together to start the physical hunt......see you down the rabbit hole <_<

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...46-e2a1481f9d72

Wonderland (GCV09V)

June 14, 2006

I'm not sure if this was a letterbox or a cache, but the puzzle was cool if you knew there area. It said you arn't in Rome, but Caesar is close, you are not in California, but Hollywood is across the street, You are not in New York, but 5th avenue is near.

If you knew the area you could figure out what neighborhood to go to, and then do directions from there.

June 15, 2006

YAY! There are now at least FIVE puzzle caches in Wyoming. GCWJRZ was published tonight. It's not particularily difficult, but at least it adds something new to this area since the concept of "outside the box" caches is rarely seen here.

As for my favorite puzzle cache I have ever done, it would most certainly be 4th Grade Math Homework in New Orleans, LA. The puzzle was thought provoking, but not impossible. The hide was in a worthwhile area. And the hide itself presented just as much of a challenge as solving the puzzle - it was quite invisible. That is the level of a puzzle cache that we tried to emulate with our latest cache.

June 15, 2006

In my area, there aren't many puzzles. Closest is about 2 hours away, by Prariepartners. However, it's already becoming infamous in Indiana

Insane Asylum

This one even has it's own thread running in the Midwest Forums (or, it did, I'm assuming the threads still there somewhere...). Bean Blossom was very VERY happy when she tracked it down. I've heard a few hints about it, and I still have no idea where to start.

If you are looking more for the adventure/hiking aspect, then the best within 250 miles of here that I've seen/been interested in is

The Journal

Another one that comes up frequently in the Midwest forums - usually in those threads that start "what is the most challenging cache..."

(of course, you'll notice that I haven't found either of them, yet!)

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