How to Hunt
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This page lists resources that will help anyone learn about puzzle-hunting or how to improve at it. See Puzzle Hunt for an explanation for what puzzlehunting is, and Beginner Puzzle Hunts for a list of accessible hunts.
Introduction to Puzzlehunts
- Introduction to Puzzlehunts, a comprehensive blog post by betaveros
- Puzzling Basics, a short guide by Puzzled Pint
- Puzzle Solving Guide by mezacotta
Mystery Hunt Workshops
Every year, MIT Mystery Hunt hosts a workshop on how to hunt. This is ordinarily hosted a few days before the hunt by the previous year's running team. Some of them are available online -
- MIT Mystery Hunt 2016 workshop by Random Fish - How to Solve a Mystery Hunt
- MIT Mystery Hunt 2021 workshop by Left Out - Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Sample Puzzle Part 3: Sample Puzzle cont’d Part 4: Meta Puzzles Part 5: Tech Tools Part 6: Tech Tools cont’d
- MIT Mystery Hunt 2022 workshop by ✈✈✈ Galactic Trendsetters ✈✈✈ - MIT Mystery Hunt How-To-Hunt Workshop 2022
- MIT Mystery Hunt 2023 workshop by Palindrome - How to MIT Mystery Hunt