How many waypoints can be made in a Multi-Cache?

[Team TRKS]

I want to publish a Multi-Cache, but I don't know if there is a rule against how many waypoints you can make. I want to make 4 waypoints. Can I do that? Or is it against the Geocaching rules?

 

The K from TRKS

[knowschad]

The only limit is the patience of the finders, which may be controlled by the interest generated by your interim stops.

[+Lil Devil]

No limit. I've done everything from 2 stages to an 18 stage golf-themed multi.

[+Max and 99]

No limit. I've done everything from 2 stages to an 18 stage golf-themed multi.

 

Wow, an 18-stage multi?

[+niraD]

No limit. I've done everything from 2 stages to an 18 stage golf-themed multi.

Wow, an 18-stage multi?

Well, 18 stages isn't that many. Around here, there's a 45-stage multi-cache.

[+power69]

I want to publish a Multi-Cache, but I don't know if there is a rule against how many waypoints you can make. I want to make 4 waypoints. Can I do that? Or is it against the Geocaching rules?

 

The K from TRKS

something to think about: the more stages you have, the more likely one will go missing and make the final impossible to find increasing the chance of increased maintenance.

[+Skittler]

something to think about: the more stages you have, the more likely one will go missing and make the final impossible to find increasing the chance of increased maintenance.

 

I did a 21-stage yesterday, but it only had a cache at the final location.

It was more of a 21-stage puzzle I suppose, but it did avoid the problem of having to maintain 21 different cache locations for what is essentially a single cache.

A very well constructed multi.

This is it: http://www.geocachin...47-836679bfb966

[vagabond]

Another thing to think about, the more waypoints a cache has the less finders it will have

[+Walts Hunting]

No limit. I've done everything from 2 stages to an 18 stage golf-themed multi.

Wow, an 18-stage multi?

Well, 18 stages isn't that many. Around here, there's a 45-stage multi-cache.

 

A 45 stage cache consisting of all micros. No problem Straight to my ignore list

[AZcachemeister]

With all due respect to the previous posters, I believe 128 stages is the official limit for multis.

Once you go beyond that, you will be requested to make a 'power-trail' out of it/them.

[+Lil Devil]

[+lamoracke]

have seen a multi where you had to get information from 16 spots (I got the final coords from a friend). Once I did a multi which can vary between 10 and 20 waypoints depending how lucky you got on your selections and had fewer dead ends. I was not very lucky. I cant recall the exact #, but I remember being a long long one, but its one of my favorites once it was over.

[+narcissa]

As many stages as you want.

 

Stages of a multi need not be containers. You can use pre-existing objects like signs, monuments, etc. as redirects, or you can place tags. A 25 stage multi can be good times, but if every stage is a container, the maintenance will become a nuisance.

 

Multis tend to attract fewer cachers than traditionals, but the cachers they attract tend to be cachers of a higher caliber. For me, it's worth the trade-off.

Edited February 26, 2011 by narcissa