Hey there, players and/or lurkers! Are you tired of having to wade through textwalls of prose in order to find and solve the game’s puzzles? Was life being crazy at the time, and you never got the chance to figure out what that moss was saying? Are you just no good at cryptograms? Or maybe you’re just curious about the other teams’ solutions? Well, look no further! We’ve got you covered in-- *booming sound of something heavy and massive hitting the ground*
The Little Giant Monster Masterpost of Puzzles
What’s in a Name?Let’s start here! Pretty early on, people picked up on the fact that the town’s name “Uffnewt” is an anagram. What of, though?
Solution:
It’s our lovely “Netwuff,” of course!
It's Raining Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces!Solution:
The colors on the backs of the pieces are a red herring for this puzzle, but correspond to the teams formed for the middle of the game (and auras a cat sorts the PCs by).
Find the 15 Differences, as well as 5 Gems
and 4 Keyholes
. (The gems and keyholes do not count as part of the 15, and they are not necessarily different between the two images. You’ll probably want to full-size the image, as well.)
Solution:
The Gate GuardiansIt's
the post itself! What details tip you off that the Hotlips plant and the flamingo are lying?
Solution:
Snazzy in-character solution
here! But TL;DR, in order to have the brilliant blue hydrangeas they do, they have to have soil with a high acidity. Ground up limestone increases pH (lowering acidity), which would make the hydrangeas pink. Therefore, the front garden could not have had a limestone dust storm.
"There were three things the lady of the house wanted us to bring her from the yard. But with all the weather, it’s slipped our minds a bit.”
The hotlips plant sputtered “Ffffff--,” and looked at the flamingo, her red leaves pressing into a frown. “You of all people would let strangers in?”
The flamingo tilted his neck in a shrug. “I’m only letting them in if they prove themselves to be
actually helpful instead of just
imposing or dangerous. Besides, it’ll be much easier for them to fetch the things for us. Neither of us has hands.”
The plant grinned. “Ah! Yes, get these folks with opposable thumbs to help with the delivery. That would be much quicker. Do you remember any of the things we were supposed to get?”
“There was some kind of magic focus, I think?” the flamingo confirmed.
“Hm, that sounds right. The first thing she wanted was a magic instrument of a sort, yes.” The plant raised a leaf near her lips. “Maybe the one that rambling sprite suggested during the cheese wheel incident?”
“No. Maybe that was the second thing? I zoned out after a while. That fairy talked a whole lot about
nothing. She was pretty stuck up, even by poet standards.”
The plant gasped. “What? You’re calling poets full of themselves? Some of my close friends are poets.”
“Sure, and I’m sure every single one of your friends is a perfectly modest individual, just chock full of words and words and
words.”
“Stop poking fun or I’ll poke
you with a spoon--”
“Oh, would you? How would you hold it up? Or reach my head? Or, third of all, do you even have one?”
“I had one earlier. One of the storm clouds dropped a big wooden one, right into my pot, but we could use another.”
“Preferably not falling from the sky this time.”
Find the three things the Lady of the House wants in order to proceed.
Solution:
Some key words highlighted:
The first plant is Fairy Wand, Chamaelirium luteum.
The second is Poet’s Narcissus, Narcissus poeticus.
And the third is Spoonwood, Kalmia latifolia.
All three are white flowers, very vaguely hinted at in this part: The hotlips plant sputtered “Ffffff--,” and looked at the flamingo, her red leaves pressing into a frown.
(#FFFFFF is the hexcode for white.)
Mr. Snuggles's CiphersBlue Team:
Red Team:
Green Team:
Solution:
Blue Team:
Red Team:
Green Team:
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(Yes, Pixie was ecstatic when we had exactly 15 players sign up, so we could make these customized cipher limericks. Most people solved it by simply rotating the cipher, but we based the individual lines on the first letter of each team member's name. (With the exception of Aggie and Anton, for whom we used "T" and "D" respectively instead.))
Charge Up Your Pedometers, It's The MazeThere's not really a simple way to reduce this puzzle to a single spoiler box prompt, because the players were not given a maze visual, and had to take each intersection as it came in-universe from the ground level, with little to no hints as to which way was best. (Each team had one hint they could use to know if they were going the right way.)
Here's the actual blank maze from a bird's eye view for your perusal, at least:
The colored circles are the team entrances, and the stars are the exits into the center. And the numbers? Those are the maze encounters, and those are up next. *prepares wrist exercises*
Solution:
The most direct route:
Two roads diverged in a magical biome, and we--
We took the one more scenic,
And that has made all the difference.
Solution:
Unscrambled words:
STORM
DAISY
BROKEN
WICKER
The letters selected in the circles unscramble to answer the cartoon:
HER WIND SOCKS
The Shouting Saguaro (Part 1)“O bfcczg myl, xowg F kyb exgg,
Fm xgbg ‘elyjzc iqgzz cfioiegb!
Ymdg vyj smyl, qzgoig iqgos fm sfmc!
Ugdyhg vyjb ylm kybgdoiegb!
“Fe xoi my zgpi ey comdg lfex
Omc my zjmpi lfex lxfdx ey ubgoexg!
My zfkg xoi fe ey zfwg yb cfg,
Omc vge fe cygi ozz exbgg!
“Lxoe fi fe?”
Solution:
"A riddle now, have I for thee,
In here ‘twould spell disaster!
Once you know, please speak in kind!
Become your own forecaster!
"It has no legs to dance with
And no lungs with which to breathe!
No life has it to live or die,
And yet it does all three!
"What is it?"
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The riddle's answer is "fire." But because you must "speak in kind," the correct response is "kfbg." (This riddle is adapted from riddlesandpuzzles.com.)
The Aery Spirit's Fog Puzzle
Chaos
Spiral
Tessellation
Meander
Camouflage | Asymmetry
Ripple
Circle
Spots
Stripes | Marble
Vortex
Red
Orange
Yellow | Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet
Aposematism |
Solution:
We screencapped Red Team's completed word search--hope you all don't mind!
“Gdd@! L*w*5d3w! %t= 5x#r’3# 3#%=r 5d wdgl# % erw5#3r,” one of them exclaimed upon seeing the group approaching.
“Xee, *2 rd& %w@ e#, 5x#r’3# 53r*tb 5d 2*b&3# d&5 5x# $3dtb dt#,” replied the other, shaking his head.
“$x%5’w 5x# 3*bx5 erw5#3r?”
“$xr 5x#r w*bt#= &c!”
“=DXDXDXDXDXDXD!”
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“J6**, nd# j@o86= 7#++*6$, $d x6p6’$ @ 7#++*6 gdp nd#,” answered one.
“^8 h@o $dk68^k6$ a6 $66o do @ pd=, a#8 ^8’$ od8 @ kd= $jdp=g^$x.”
“^8 h@o a6 gdpm6=, a#8 ^8’$ od8 @ 7ddp*n hdo$8p#h86= k@+6.”
“^8’$ ap^nx8, a#8 8x6$6 YK’$ $#p6 @p6o’8.”
“^8’$ 6*6h8p^h, a#8 8x6 @8kd$7x6p6 ^o x6p6 ^$ =@k76p 8x@o @ 7#==*6 ^o @ p@^ogdp6$8.”
“Jx@8 ^$ ^8?”
“8x^$ jxd*6 8x^oy ^$ @ k6$$, ^g nd# @$m k6!”
“=DXDXDXDXDXDXD!”
Solution:
“Look! Visitors! And they’re ready to solve a mystery.”
“Hmm, if you ask me, they’re trying to figure out the wrong one.”
“What’s the right mystery?”
“Why they signed up!”
“DOHOHOHOHOHOHO!”
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“Well, you wanted puzzles, so here’s a puzzle for you.”
“It can sometimes be seen on a rod, but it’s not a mod swordfish.”
“It can be forked, but it’s not a poorly constructed maze.”
“It’s bright, but these GM's sure aren’t.”
“It’s electric, but the atmosphere in here is damper than a puddle in a rainforest.”
“What is it?”
“This whole thing is a mess, if you ask me!”
“DOHOHOHOHOHOHO!”
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The answer to this riddle is “lightning.” (This riddle is adapted from riddles-for-kids.org.)
The Shouting Saguaro (Part 2)“Exoe fi dybbgde!” it shouted.
“Uh…. ixxxxxxxxx,” someone attempted, gesturing with their hands to lower their voice. The cactus did not seem to take heed of this suggestion, and shouted back,
“Dzobfev zfwgi mye fm igdbge, zylgbgc eymgi,
Uje ixyjzcie iqgos zyjc omc ixbglc!
Uzyds mye ykk exg lybzc’i jmsmylmi!
Zge vyjb lybci ug lgzz dymiebjgc!”
Solution:
"That is correct!"
"Uh... shhhhhhhhh," [...]
"Clarity lives not in secret, lowered tones,
But shouldst speak loud and shrewd!
Block not off the world’s unknowns!
Let your words be well construed!"
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(This is sort of a clue regarding the kudzu in the boss fight. The shouting cactus’s biased suggestion to shout more is the opposite of what needs to be done. (The oasis reflections even emphasize later on that this is bad advice.) We actually had quite a lot of comments on shouting and volume over the course of the roleplay, from the yelling at the gate, to the drama alpaca topiary complaining.)
Two Suspiciously Familiar-Looking Chia Pets (Part 2)“Xaa, #4gg, #4 %jm %d =d #xt% #4 vt2,” one of the Chia Pets put in.
“Hr% %x4j4 tj4 &da4 %jte2#j4vz& 4w42 #4 vt2’% &tw4.”
“&d #xt% #drg= &tw4 e%?”
“%#d #dj=e: %x4 42=.”
“=DXDXDXDXDXDXD!”
Nevertheless, the two of them repeated the previous riddle, though added a different flair at the end.
“...Jx@8 ^$ ^8?”
“^8’$ =6b@ i#.”
“@o= ^ =do’8 j@o8 8d $66 8x^$ y@k6 @y@^o!”
“=DXDXDXDXDXDXD!”
Solution:
"Hmm, well, we try to do what we can."
"But there are some trainwrecks that even we can't save."
"So what would help save it?"
"Two words: The End."
"DOHOHOHOHOHOHO!"
[previous riddle]
"...What is it?"
"It's deja vu."
"And I don't want to see this game again!"
"DOHOHOHOHOHOHO!"
A Rattling Watering Can (Part 1)The Watering Can Rattles.wav (883.14 KB)
Solution:
Ee-yup, it's Morse code! It translates to:
TELL IRIS TO WATER THE DRAGON FRUIT ON MONDAY
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(We were low key hoping that people would talk about this one IC, because this was the reveal of the name of the Lady of the House. But this puzzle became one of the ones that was solved off-screen, and because we'd still hoped one of the characters would bring it up, we didn't even explain the solution in the subsequent narratorpost. xD; And yes, Iris is a meaningful name on two fronts, for both plants and weather phenomenon.)
Two Suspiciously Familiar-Looking Chia Pets (Part 3)“The answer is lightning,” two teammates declared.
“@2= %d3 d2v#, mdr’3# @v8r@ggm 3eyx8,” said one of the Chia Pets.
“X#3#, 8@^# 8xe$, hr8 mdr d2gm y#8 d2#. E8’$ =@2y#3dr$ 8d yd @gd2#.”
“@2= e8’$ #w#2 qd3$# 8d $8@m x#3# @2= q@8vx!”
“=DXDXDXDXDXDXD!”
Solution:
“And for once, you’re actually right,” said one of the Chia Pets.
“Here, take this, but you only get one. It’s dangerous to go alone.”
“And it’s even worse to stay here and watch!”
“DOHOHOHOHOHOHO!”
The Rafflesia Corpse FlowerUnscramble these letters to fix the poor flower's bracelets!
aiecssroozaticn
irallibnce
rliginayito
cimpaoionshpn
baeitratkhng
Solution:
accessorization
brilliance
originality
companionship
breathtaking
Drama Alpaca Topiary (Part 1) *long inhale, everyone, and--*
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Ahead on the pathway at another intersection was a cluster of tall and trim topiary. Specifically, three creatures--llamas? Drama llamas? No, wait, they were a bit smaller. ...Drama alpacas? And they were chattering animatedly while making expressive faces at every single turn of phrase.
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Solution:
“OMG, that Labrador tea and that saxifrage are SOOO MEAN! They said we were loud!” cried the first voice.
“Us, loud?! OMG, HOW DARE!!” cried the second voice.
“I am perfectly SCANDALIZED!” cried the third voice.
[...]
“We’re not loud!” cried the topiary on the left.
“We speak, like, so reasonably!” cried the topiary in the middle.
“Those two are the ones who are loud!” cried the topiary on the right.
“Some days we can hear them arguing all the way over here!”
“That’s right, all the way over here!”
“You know what I think? We should tell them that they’re the ones who are loud!”
“Yeah!! They’re as loud as--as--”
“As loud as what?”
“Oh, that thing! You know, that thing! It’s invisible, but not the air--”
“Oh, yes, I know the thing you mean! It cracks, but it doesn’t break--”
“And it claps, even though it doesn’t have hands!”
“And it happens after a flash, but it’s not a selfie!”
“Yeah!”
“Yeah!”
“They’re as loud as that!”
“What’s that thing called?” the topiary on the left asked, whirling around towards the Green Team as they approached.
“You agree with us, right?” the topiary in the middle asked.
“Those two plants argue so super loudly, don’t they?” the topiary on the right asked.
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The riddle's answer is "thunder." (This riddle is also adapted from riddles-for-kids.org.)
Reflections in the Desert Oasis (Part 1)“So, you’ve made it pretty far in here, past codes and cryptogram.
How on earth did ev’ryone’s day spiral this much out of hand?” Evi’s reflection began.
“Earlier, you’d never think that plant tourism was your jam.
Even now, you can’t believe that you’re wandering the sand,” said Jess’s reflection.
“Right now a puddle in a desert must seem really odd, but nice.
Sure, you’ve seen some wacky weather and a weirdo house or two,” Princess Sunshine’s reflection added.
“Heat and sand and jigsaws and that saguaro’s bad advice--
Enough for any sane man to just bid this trail adieu,” said Anton’s reflection, suddenly appearing.
“And yet, in these strange lines, we’ve gifted something cool.
Raise your spirits, keep your head, step out from our old pool,” Cassidy’s reflection concluded.
“So take what you’ve been given, for you’re no April Fool!” Taffy’s reflection chimed in.
And as a whole, the reflections turned to the team expectantly.
Solution:
This is an acrostic poem, so it has a hidden message that is spelled out using the first letter of each line.
In this case, it's:
SHEER SHEARS
Drama Alpaca Topiary (Part 2)Solution:
“Hey! Hey, stop that!” cried the topiary on the right. “You’re stealing my thun--!”
Drama Alpaca Topiary (Part 3) (by Liou)
Solution:
"I don't know how loud they are, but they're not the best at puzzles! One of them thinks that "morst" is a word!"
[...]
"There, there. Here's your thunder back."
Drama Alpaca Topiary (Part 4)Solution:
"Thank you," [...]
"Thunder! That's it!!"
Reflections in the Desert Oasis (Part 2)“Great magicians and great artists have claim to much in kind,” Evi’s reflection answered at length, lowering his camera.
“Of their crafts, both take great practice, both often tasks complex.”
“For neither tends to burgeon just quite as they’re designed.
Our Sheer Shears bear innately some of their own effects,” added Cassidy’s reflection.
“Right now, right here, you’ve already all you need,” Jess’s reflection went on with a smile.
“To counter sand, cipher, doubt, and to tend your magic seed,” continued Anton’s reflection.
“Hurry now, good puzzlers, go on and now proceed!” cried Princess Sunshine’s reflection.
Solution:
This acrostic reads:
GO FORTH
Low-lying Desert/Arctic Hybrid PlantsSolution:
This type of puzzle is called a rebus, apparently! (Lizica didn't know its name prior to this. xD)
Anyway, the first one says:
Your exit in the greenhouse is overdue.
The second says:
Your progress in the greenhouse is overwhelming!
A Maybe-Plant and a Toad
Can you change the word "COOL" one letter at a time to form proper words in a sequence until you reach the word "TOAD"?
Solution:
There are many possible solutions for this one! Here are some of the ones we found:
| Pixie's Solution | Celestial's Solution | Liou's Solution |
| POOL | POOL | POOL |
| COOL | COOL | COOL |
| FOOL | COAL | COOT |
| FOAL | GOAL | COAT |
| FOAM | GOAD | GOAT |
| LOAM | TOAD | GOAD |
| LOAD | | TOAD |
| TOAD | | |
“#x@5 =d gd& 5xky9? Wxd&1= #$ x@+$ 5d1= 5x$e 5x$g #$p$ w&%%dw$= 5d bd pkbx5?”
“#xg wxd&1= #$ x@+$? Yd5xkyb $1w$ ky 5xkw b@e$ x@w!”
“=DXDXDXDXDXDXD!”
Solution:
“What do you think? Should we have told them they were supposed to go right?”
“Why should we have? Nothing else in this game has!”
“DOHOHOHOHOHOHO!”
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(A variation of this was actually the first quip we came up with for these two, and the reason they had to be at this particular maze intersection. (It’s the only fork in the rainforest where going right is correct.) XD)
Two Suspiciously Familiar-Looking Chia Pets (Part 5)“Dx, 5x#j# nd& @j#!” one of them said while the team was still some distance away. “Q# 5xd&bx5 nd& q#j#o’5 bd*ob 5d hde# g@h7!”
“@o= odq q#’j# +#jn =*w@%%d*o5#=!” said the other.
“=DXDXDXDXDXDXD!”
“T1$d, ndr b&%%&3 b& 6t3&gr1,” one of them added. “%xt% d%x&3 f3dr7 6ty $7&tz ^y =3t*t t17t6t $*^1^&$.”
“^% *tn b& tb$%3t6%, br% ^% $r3& ^$y’% t3%!”
“=DXDXDXDXDXDXD!”
Solution:
“Oh, there you are!” one of them said while the team was still some distance away. “We thought you weren’t going to come back!”
“And now we’re very disappointed!” said the other.
“DOHOHOHOHOHOHO!”
“Also, you better be careful,” one of them added. “That other group can speak in drama alpaca smilies.”
“It may be abstract, but it sure isn’t art!”
“DOHOHOHOHOHOHO!”
BOSS FIGHT Hmm...another puzzle game thing that would probably be tricky to distill into a single prompt, but we’ll try to at least present its premise.
The characters are faced with several plants that will not allow them to pass until they have defeated and/or pacified each one. The characters are armed (puzzle-wise) with only the three power items that they received during their journey through the maze.
Players do not know what each power item does, only that each item has both a physical and a magical ability. They are only able to reach the plants that are closest to them in the front.
So, your initial setup is against: In the Front: 1 Large Bamboo and 2 Bamboo Shoots; In the Middle: 1 Snake Plant; and in the Back: 1 Kudzu Golem.
You are in possession of: Ethereal Earplugs, Sheer Shears, and Gardening Gauntlets.
This task will be done over multiple turns.
Summarily:
> BATTLE START!
Solution:
TL;DR version:
Sheer Shears: (Physical) used to cut Medium and Large Bamboo, splits Snake Plant; (Magical) defeats Snake Plant
Gardening Gauntlets: (Physical) pulls up Bamboo Shoots; (Magical) prevents a Snake Plant Cutting from taking root
Ethereal Earplugs: (Physical) pacifies the Kudzu Golem; (Magical) prevents Bamboo Shoots and Medium Bamboo from growing
(Our post-fight inspiration and general metagame post can be found
here!)
So, it’s not quite the same as having results given after each turn, but-- If you were strategic and basically psychic with your power item guesses, it’s possible to complete this boss fight in four turns.
...But that’s no fun, is it? So this is how it actually went down in the story!
You all did so great. <3
“8d ax@ #g%5@k8 z&o%gg5 c%o%+@= ad v4a 8dc@ax&o+ =dio.”
“&a’8 b48a add y%= ax@5 vd4g=o’a x%e@ +do@ z%kax@k.”
“Ix5? Xdi c4vx cdk@ =d 5d4 ax&o3 ax@5 8xd4g= x%e@ v4a?”
“%gg ai@ge@ #%+@8!”
“=DXDXDXDXDXDXD!”
Solution:
“So the players finally managed to cut something down.”
“It’s just too bad they couldn’t have gone farther.”
“Why? How much more do you think they should have cut?”
“All twelve pages!”
“DOHOHOHOHOHOHO!”
Two Suspiciously Familiar-Looking Chia Pets (Part 7)“&e&c*d7& x6= m&uu&c mc6k& ux&n%&+e&% qdc %&e&c6+ kc*#ud$c6n% 67= kc*#ud$6n%.”
“67= 7du ud n&7uld7 d7& n6zdc kc*#ud$6n&.”
“6 kc*#ud$6n&? Wx6u’% ux6u?”
“6 $6n& wxd%& $c&6u&%u n*%u&c* l% zh%u wx* lu &0l%u% 6u 6++!”
“=DXDXDXDXDXDXD!”
Solution:
“Everyone had better brace themselves for several cryptograms and cryptogams.”
“And not to mention one major cryptogame.”
“A cryptogame? What’s that?”
“A game whose greatest mystery is just why it exists at all!”
“DOHOHOHOHOHOHO!”
The Shouting Saguaro (Part 3)“Exfi hov ug iebompg, uje fe’i ozbfpxe! / Exg cgigbe dyhgi ozfwg oe mfpxe!” the saguaro shouted piercingly.
Solution:
“This may be strange but it’s alright! / The desert comes alive at night!” the saguaro shouted piercingly.
A Rattling Watering Can (Part 2)The dry watering can rattled back and forth-- two long rattles, then a short rattle, a pause, then three long rattles.
Solution:
GO
Drama Alpaca Topiary (Part 5)Solution:
“...And they said that one of the power items should have been a Magical Mute Button so we wouldn’t be so loud, and so I yelled back, ‘NO YOU!’” cried the drama alpaca topiary on the left. The middle and right drama alpaca topiaries sounded chattering agreement.
The Bonus Puzzle
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Sorry, someone’s gotta solve it first~
One Last Bonus PuzzleSolution:
While most of the post is bolded, there are a few words that include un-bolded letters:
When you take these un-bolded letters aside, they spell out:
CHET FLASH WUZ HERE
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