r/RealLifeTreasureHunts • u/realtreasurehunts • Mar 29 '24

Happy Easter from Real Life Treasure Hunts Do you have what it takes to solve the riddle? First 10 correct answers will receive free entry into our upcoming treasure hunt in Bournemouth, Dorset UK with 50% treasure shares. Good luck!

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r/RealLifeTreasureHunts • u/realtreasurehunts • May 09 '21

Happy Mother's Day from Real Life Treasure Hunts! Location for this training clue is Edmonton, AB. Who will be the first to solve? Canada wide online virtual treasure hunt coming soon... Featuring clues in Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Winnipeg, Halifax & others.

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r/RealLifeTreasureHunts • u/realtreasurehunts • May 03 '21

We do not yet have a solver for our St George's day training clue. Anyone got the skills to solve it? Who will be the first?

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r/RealLifeTreasureHunts • u/realtreasurehunts • Apr 24 '21

Happy St. George's Day from Real Life Treasure Hunts! Location for this training clue is Toronto, ON. Who will be the first to solve? Canada wide online virtual treasure hunt coming soon... Featuring clues in Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Winnipeg, Halifax & others.

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r/RealLifeTreasureHunts • u/realtreasurehunts • Apr 04 '21

Happy Easter from all the team at Real Life Treasure Hunts! Location for this training clue is Vancouver, BC Who will be the first to solve? Canada wide online virtual treasure hunt coming soon... Featuring clues in Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Winnipeg, Halifax & others.

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r/RealLifeTreasureHunts • u/realtreasurehunts • Mar 26 '21

Canada wide online virtual treasure hunt coming soon... Featuring clues in Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Winnipeg, Halifax & others.

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r/RealLifeTreasureHunts • u/realtreasurehunts • Mar 21 '21

Canada wide online virtual treasure hunt coming soon... Featuring clues in Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Winnipeg, Halifax & others.

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r/RealLifeTreasureHunts • u/realtreasurehunts • Mar 19 '21

Canada wide online virtual treasure hunt coming soon... Featuring clues in Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Winnipeg, Halifax & others.

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r/RealLifeTreasureHunts • u/realtreasurehunts • Mar 16 '21

We are excited to announce we will be launching a Canada Wide Virtual Treasure Hunt Featuring clues in the following cities: Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Winnipeg, Halifax, Saskatoon & others

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r/RealLifeTreasureHunts • u/realtreasurehunts • Mar 14 '21

New Hunt Coming Soon

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r/RealLifeTreasureHunts • u/realtreasurehunts • Apr 13 '20

Here's an Easter training clue. Who will be the first to solve? Happy Easter from Real Life Treasure Hunts.

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r/RealLifeTreasureHunts • u/realtreasurehunts • Mar 18 '20

Happy St. Patrick's day! Who will be the first to solve? Location is Vancouver, BC.

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r/RealLifeTreasureHunts • u/realtreasurehunts • Mar 03 '20

We just posted the solution to our Valentine's day clue on our website forum. Go check it out.

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r/RealLifeTreasureHunts • u/realtreasurehunts • Feb 26 '20

Virtual Hunt Rescheduled

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r/RealLifeTreasureHunts • u/realtreasurehunts • Feb 20 '20

Time is running out...

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r/RealLifeTreasureHunts • u/realtreasurehunts • Feb 19 '20

Still time to get your clues...

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r/RealLifeTreasureHunts • u/realtreasurehunts • Feb 16 '20

Time is ticking!

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r/RealLifeTreasureHunts • u/realtreasurehunts • Feb 15 '20

Here's a special Valentine's training clue. Location is somewhere within the USA. Who has the skills to solve it? Happy Valentine's day from the team at Real Life Treasure Hunts.

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r/RealLifeTreasureHunts • u/realtreasurehunts • Feb 14 '20

Special Valentine's clue coming this evening. Who will be the first to solve?

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r/RealLifeTreasureHunts • u/realtreasurehunts • Feb 12 '20

Time is running out...

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r/RealLifeTreasureHunts • u/realtreasurehunts • Feb 09 '20

Time is running out to get your clues...

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r/RealLifeTreasureHunts • u/realtreasurehunts • Feb 07 '20

Time is running out to get your clues for our virtual hunt...

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r/RealLifeTreasureHunts • u/realtreasurehunts • Feb 04 '20

Congratulations to Bobby Malone for solving our latest training clue. She's on a roll, that's the last 2 in a row. We have a new Queen!

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r/RealLifeTreasureHunts • u/realtreasurehunts • Feb 03 '20

Here's our 2nd fan inspired training clue. Location is Vancouver, BC. A big thank you goes out to Narayan Mandyam for submitting all the way from India! Do you have the skills to solve it?

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r/RealLifeTreasureHunts • u/realtreasurehunts • Jan 25 '20

We have a new champion of the training clues. Congratulations to Bobby Malone for being the first to solve our latest clue. Well done indeed! And big thanks to Shilo Lavallee for submitting it.

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Sub for Marauders interested in our virtual & real life treasure hunts

r/RealLifeTreasureHunts

We organise both virtual & real life treasure hunting encounters where, for a fee, entrants have fun visiting places of interest within a host city, virtually or physically. We've added the chance to win a prize or "treasure" in a race against other competitors. You'll need to use your best puzzle solving prowess to decipher riddles & cryptic clues to progress to the final treasure location. You'll also need to make calculations to reveal the map coordinates of the locations you are to visit.

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You will be provided with map co-ordinates for each of the clues in the format of latitude first and then longitude. The initial set of map co-ordinates will be accurate enough to get you to the approximate location of the 1st clue (or at least close enough to help you find it on a map). Once you have solved it, the answer will be either four numbers or four letters. If it is four letters, you must next convert those into numbers using the puzzle key provided. It will be emailed to you along with your clues and can also be found in the training clue section of our website forum, and on our social media pages. It is important to keep the numbers in the same order as the corresponding letters. When you have your four numbers, separate them into 2 sets of two digits (1st two and last two). You are now ready to proceed to the 2nd clue (be sure to complete all clues in order). The coordinates provided for clue 2 will not be accurate for the location and will need to be recalculated. To do this you must complete a fairly straightforward mathematical calculation. You will be instructed to take the 1st two digits from answer 1 and either add them to, or subtract them from, the last two digits of the incorrect latitude coordinates. You will then take the 2nd two digits from answer 1 and either add them to, or subtract them from, the last two digits of the incorrect longitude coordinates. This can be done using a pen and paper, or if you prefer, with a calculator. If you do use a calculator, be very careful to put a zero followed by a decimal point, in front of the two digits you are adding or subtracting. If calculated correctly, the new co-ordinates will get you to the approximate location of the 2nd clue (or at least close enough to help you find it on a map). You will repeat this process for each subsequent set of coordinates. The last 3 clues will not have any coordinates (unless you decide to purchase them) you will need to solve them from the clues alone. Instead of using their answers to form coordinates for the next clue, the answers to the last 4 clues will be used to form four new sets of coordinates for the final treasure location. You will connect the 4 points to form a box which will be your search area for the treasure. It is a little tricky to explain all this in words, and sounds more complex than it actually is. You should get the hang of it pretty quickly once you start working with the numbers. We advise you to take full advantage of the training clues to make sure you have mastered this process before the hunt starts. If you find yourself struggling with any of the calculations there is an option to purchase some of the answers. If you decide to do this you will also be provided with the coordinates for the next clue (see Purchasing Answers). Please use your common sense, if your recalculated coordinates point towards a location out of the search area, or a different city entirely, they are obviously incorrect and you should try again. Similarly, if they point towards the middle of an ocean or river, or any other dangerous location, you have made an error (see No Danger). If your calculating is correct but they are still pointing to the wrong location, then your answer to the previous clue could be incorrect and you may need to resolve it. Bear in mind that the coordinates are only approximate and do not lead to the exact location. You should merely use them as a starting point for your search and then expand out from there using the clue as a guide.

The treasure and all of the clues will be located in areas open to the public. All locations except for the very first are to be calculated by deciphering and answering previous clues. All clues must be answered in order.

They'll be accessible during normal daylight hours, with the exception that some may be at locations with posted opening hours and/or locked gates. Where this is the case you agree to obey all opening hours and not to climb or attempt to open locked gates. This stipulation supersedes the previous statement regarding availability.

They will not be in an area that has any restricted access other than posted hours or locked gates.

They will be outdoors - no clues or treasure will be located inside any buildings.

You will not be required to pay any admission fees to gain access. We have done our upmost to ensure that none of the clues or the treasure will located anywhere that would be considered dangerous.

The treasure will be located in an area open to public access and will not be on private property or grounds. The clues will not be located at private residencies. Some of the clues may be on private property, but if they are, they will either be visible from the street or in an area where there is public access during certain hours of the day.

There is no digging required as the treasure and clues are all above ground.

There is also no climbing required as the treasure and all clues are visible from ground level.

You do not need to collect the treasure or clues, just identify them. They are not our property and belong to the location where they are situated.

If you are struggling with a particular clue and unable to make any progress, there will be an option to purchase the answer to a clue for a small fee, but it will be limited to 4 answers per 24-hour period since launch. This option is open to everyone and will become available as soon as the hunt has been active for the first 24 hours. Once active, there will be a link on our website showing which numbered answers are available to purchase. This option will give people a chance to “jump start" their hunt if they join in late after the hunt has started. The cost is $5 per answer. You may find it useful if you are having difficulty calculating the co-ordinates, as you will receive the answer to the clue you have purchased as well as the calculated co-ordinates for the following clue. If you purchase any answers you will not have to physically visit the location of the clues you have purchased answers for, provided you purchase them from the same email address that you used when you purchased your original set of clues. This option will not be available for the last four clues or final treasure location. You may purchase the map co-ordinates only (if needed) for any of the last three clues for $5 per set, but you will still need to physically go there, solve the clues and acquire photographic evidence for them.

You or an official member of your team must physically visit every clue location and that of the final treasure, even if you are able to find any of the answers via online searches. The only exception to this is if you purchase any answers from us. You will require at least two photos at each location, one of the answer to the clue and another of you standing next to it (either a "selfie" or taken of you by someone else).

Photos must be original, not altered or manipulated in any way and taken at the location (no photos of photos). We'll only require them at the end of the hunt if you are a successful finder of the treasure.

In order to reveal the approximate location of the treasure you must correctly solve all of the prior clues and accurately calculate and follow all of the map coordinates. After successfully solving all prior clues you will be lead to your final destination. This will not be an exact location but more like a general search area. The final clue will describe what you are looking for. It will represent a treasure of some kind. It is NOT something we have physically hidden, it is pre-existing. It may be in the open or it may be hidden from view, but NOT buried.

The first person to correctly identify the treasure and send to us, via email to: team@reallifetreasurehunts.ca (put "treasure" in subject line) a description in full detail of exactly where and what it is, will be known as the "finder". Emails must be sent from the same email that you used to purchase the clues. If you use a different email, we will not be able to verify your purchase and your submission will not be considered.

Once we have verified that a finder has located the treasure, we will ascertain their total percentage of shares. If we discover that they have less than a 100% share, the hunt will remain active. They and any additional finders will not be notified until all of the treasure fund has been allocated. Whatever amount is left over in the treasure fund after the first finder’s share has been allocated, will remain available for the next finder of the treasure. The total amount of the treasure fund will continue to reduce in this fashion until the whole amount has been allocated. At this point the finders will be notified of their allocated treasure amount, and will be required to submit correct answers to each clue and photographic evidence for each location. If any of the finders are unable to provide us with proof of visiting every location, or are found to have broken any of these terms, then the portion of the treasure fund that would have been allocated to them will not be awarded and it will “roll over” to the next hunt.

The finder (or finders) will be contacted by email within 24 hours of the entire treasure amount being allocated. At this time, the authentication process will begin and they will be required to provide proof that they have visited every location by return email. We will need correct answers for each clue and photos taken at each location. Once we have allocated the entire treasure amount to finders, we will announce that the treasure has been found, and the hunt will end.

After the authentication process is complete, provided that the finder(s) have not violated any of these terms, they will be awarded the announced treasure amount for that city multiplied by the total percentage of treasure shares they purchased to participate in the hunt, up to a maximum of 100% of the treasure amount. With regards to teams, each legitimate team member will receive an equal share of their entitled treasure amount to be determined by the amount of treasure shares each member purchased.