High Ground (Nurikabe Arrow Sudoku)
(Published on 28. February 2023, 09:00 by Agent)
This is a fusion of Arrow Sudoku and Nurikabe, I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. Of all the hybrids I made I'd say this is probably the most accessible one - the Nurikabe flavour adds a healthy dose of novelty, but in essence the puzzle still retains the qualities of an Arrow Sudoku.
Rules
- Normal sudoku rules apply.
- Digits along an arrow must sum to the digit in that arrow's circle.
- All low digits (12345) must be orthogonally connected with each other.
- Each 2x2 group of cells must contain at least one high digit (6789).
Puzzle links
Have fun solving!
Solution code: Row 5 (from left to right) then column 9 (from top to bottom)
Comments
on 7. May 2025, 14:06 by isajo4002
nice puzzle. had to do a couple restarts thouhg lmao
on 2. January 2024, 22:53 by StephenR
Thanks, very enjoyable. Took me a while to get my eye in, but after that it flowed more smoothly.
on 13. June 2023, 00:28 by codewizard
That was one of the best. Pure joy! Thank you.
on 18. April 2023, 05:29 by mathpesto
Such a clever ruleset and a gorgeous execution.
on 8. March 2023, 18:22 by michelkraemer
Awesome! Great puzzles don't need to be brutally hard! Loved it from the beginning to the end.
on 6. March 2023, 22:01 by Christounet
Such a nice flowing puzzle once you get the implications of the rules ! A lot of fun. Thanks !
on 5. March 2023, 22:26 by Agent
Thanks all for the nice comments! :-)
on 2. March 2023, 07:27 by dennischen
What a great puzzle. The logic in this puzzle is really varied and at times was unexpected.
on 1. March 2023, 14:28 by StefanSch
Nice!
on 28. February 2023, 22:22 by Samish
Very nice puzzle and fun variant! I’m glad I have the high ground now
on 28. February 2023, 22:13 by antiknight
Beautiful logic and idea! It has some nice and smooth deductions all around.
on 28. February 2023, 22:10 by Perladel
Approachable and very fun!
Loved it!
on 28. February 2023, 21:36 by Calvinball
An accessible Agent puzzle doesn't mean it's a walk in the park lol. It was quite lovely, I made it much harder than it needed to be by being daft and missing a shading clue for far too long.
Thanks for taking your time to set this!
on 28. February 2023, 20:29 by Playmaker6174
Lovely and fun solve path! The restriction on connecting low digits orthogonally really creates some beautiful logic there :)
on 28. February 2023, 20:18 by Franjo
Lovely - and approachable! Thank you so much for setting.
on 28. February 2023, 10:31 by Piatato
Fun and smooth! Very natural combination of constraints.
