Shambhala
(Published on 20. October 2025, 11:34 by IcyFruit)
Normal sudoku rules apply.
Circle a digit in each row, column, and box. Each circled digit must be different. Shade some cells, such that within any row, column, or box, the number of shaded cells is equal to the circled digit.
A digit in a diamond is not circled, and equals the sum of the circled digits in its row and column.
Shaded digits within a cage sum to the value given in the top left of the cage.
Solution code: Shaded digits in rows 5 and 8
Comments
today, 18:13 by valacd
Very nice puzzle! Wouldn’t say harder than 5 stars though. Once you find the break in it felt very smooth. Thank you for the puzzle!
yesterday, 05:35 by antiknight
That was a crazy ruleset and a puzzle!
on 24. October 2025, 22:33 by alexsmart
Golly gosh. It took me well over four hours, but I solved my first IcyFruit puzzle!
The funny thing is, I think I got the rough plan of attack within first ten minutes of looking at puzzle. Carrying it out though. Wow! Even the sudoku wasn't easy.
on 23. October 2025, 18:31 by thephantomplayer
Absolutely loved this puzzle. The perfect balance of difficult but rewarding.
on 22. October 2025, 11:10 by Snookerfan
Sublime puzzle with many layers of almost impenetrable logic! A real challenge and therefore extremely rewarding to finally solve. Epic is indeed an understatement. I think we need a special difficulty level to choose from for this one, probably 7 stars. Thank you!
on 21. October 2025, 20:11 by henrypijames
Looked utterly terrifying at the start, breaking in seemed completely hopeless for a long time.
on 21. October 2025, 00:03 by Jolly Rogers
The journey to solve this puzzle was akin to becoming fluent in a foreign language. Super satisfying to unlock each breakthrough. Thanks for setting :)
on 20. October 2025, 16:56 by lmdemasi
Wow, just amazing. So much fun to be had with this one. There is a beauty here that one has to experience to understand.
on 20. October 2025, 16:17 by Qodec
That kind of terrifying beauty that us mere mortals cannot fully comprehend. That was better than epic.
on 20. October 2025, 13:51 by cyddrdrd
Can a cell with a diamond be shaded?
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It may be shaded or unshaded
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Thanks! It's really epic!
