Puzzle cache help

[NoirInferno]

Hello Fellow Cachers,

 

I am trying to developers a puzzle cache that will work like this:

 

6 or 7 caches where each cache gives you coordinates to the final mystery location cache. I don't however know how to list this kind if a chache. Do I do a multi cache for the 6 or 7 and a mystery for the one you need to find the cords for? I would not want to put the blip near the actual location. I also thought about making it a little harder by making uou have to visit the caches in a certain order but don't want to turn people off from doing it and driving back and fourth.

 

Any advice would be great. Thanks.

[+Touchstone]

In my area, the "6 or 7 caches" leading to the Final are listed as Traditionals. The Final cache is listed as a separate Puzzle Listing. The main problem with a design of this sort, is that when one of the 6-7 caches goes missing, the Final basically becomes unfindable.

[+colleda]

Hello Fellow Cachers,

 

I am trying to developers a puzzle cache that will work like this:

 

6 or 7 caches where each cache gives you coordinates to the final mystery location cache. I don't however know how to list this kind if a chache. Do I do a multi cache for the 6 or 7 and a mystery for the one you need to find the cords for? I would not want to put the blip near the actual location. I also thought about making it a little harder by making uou have to visit the caches in a certain order but don't want to turn people off from doing it and driving back and fourth.

 

Any advice would be great. Thanks.

Perhaps a good starting point would be to do a few first.

[+Bear and Ragged]

Hello Fellow Cachers,

 

I am trying to developers a puzzle cache that will work like this:

 

6 or 7 caches where each cache gives you coordinates to the final mystery location cache. I don't however know how to list this kind if a cache. Do I do a multi cache for the 6 or 7 and a mystery for the one you need to find the cords for? I would not want to put the blip near the actual location. I also thought about making it a little harder by making uou have to visit the caches in a certain order but don't want to turn people off from doing it and driving back and fourth.

 

Any advice would be great. Thanks.

 

Find 6 or 7 TRADITIONAL caches and get information from them, then find the ? Mystery/Puzzle Bonus cache with the information you have collected.

 

The coordinates on the cache page of the Bonus are 'Bogus' eg nothing there.

[+niraD]

There is more information about bonus caches in the Help Center article:

Mystery/Puzzle

[+janbso]

I have done one exactly what you want. Take a look at GC64QC1 "El Tablero". I think you will understand what I have done by reading the description.

[+hzoi]

Your choice between two scenarios, as I see it.

 

If you want it as one cache, publish it as a multi with 6 or 7 visible stages and one final hidden stage.

 

If you want it as a series, publish 6 or 7 traditional (or letterbox or whatever) caches with the numbers needed in the logbook/container/whatever and then publish the final as a "bonus" unknown type cache.

[+vw_k]

You will probably get more visitors if you list the series as 6 or 7 Traditional caches and one Mystery bonus cache as this means finding them all would give you 7 or 8 finds. Listing the whole lot as one Multi-cache will put some people off as people will feel it's alot of work for just one smiley.

[+niraD]

You will probably get more visitors if you list the series as 6 or 7 Traditional caches and one Mystery bonus cache as this means finding them all would give you 7 or 8 finds. Listing the whole lot as one Multi-cache will put some people off as people will feel it's alot of work for just one smiley.

On the flip side, some cache owners might consider this a feature (not a bug) of listing the whole lot as a single multi-cache.