Treasure Map
(Published on 2. August 2026, 12:43 by .proxz14)
- 1. Classic Sudoku: Place the digits 1-9 in every row, column and 3×3 box once each.
- 2. Treasure Lines: Somewhere in the grid is a treasure cell, which contains the "treasure digit", to be located by the solver. The endpoints of a line index the row and column of a cell on the line. The digit in that cell gives its Manhattan distance (least possible distance by moving only orthogonally) to the treasure cell.
- 3. Treasure Sums: Outside clues indicate the sum of all cells in their row or column up to the treasure digit from their direction, excluding the treasure digit itself. A ? is any digit 0-9, but the leading digit in a double digit clue can't be 0.
Solution code: The location of the treasure cell (row, then column) followed by Row 8 (11 digits total).
Comments
on 5. August 2026, 01:33 by QuiltyAsCharged
This is a great puzzle with some really unique elements!
on 3. August 2026, 16:28 by QUGO
Yarrr! The real treasure be the puzzle solved along the way, matey!
on 3. August 2026, 07:09 by IAlreadyHaveAKey
This was a lovely puzzle. I rated it 3*, but it's probably around 3.5*. Figuring out where the treasure cell could and couldn't be was quite fun!
.proxz14's response: Thank you! I intentionally wanted to put the difficulty as 3 on this puzzle, since I personally think its around 2.5/3, but when I had my friend test it they told me 4 would be more fitting, so I decided to go with 4 and let people decide if it should be voted down to 3.
on 3. August 2026, 02:54 by Elliott810
Beautiful puzzle! Thank you:)
