All the treasure hunt ideas that are available on this site are listed below. They are a great resource for creating your own treasure hunt. There are also ready-made treasure hunts available with our free treasure hunts.
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| Alphabet Substitution | Codes written in numbers, where each number represents a letter e.g. 1=a, 2=b... [easy difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | easy | any |  |  |
| Anagram | The location of the next clue is an anagram. [any difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | any | any | | |
| Close-up Photos | The location of the next clue is shown by taking a close-up photo of its location. [any difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | any | any | | |
| Combination Locks | A combination lock gives the next clue by using digits found on other clues [easy difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | easy | any | | |
| Compass Directions | Hunters use a compass and directions to locate their next clue [easy difficulty, 1 people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | easy | 1 | | |
| Cryptex | A simple cryptex-style puzzle made from toilet roll tubes. [medium difficulty, 1 people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | medium | 1 | | |
| Doorway Challenge | Treasure hunters are told how many doors and steps must be navigated to get the next clue. [hard difficulty, 1+ people, physical, indoor or outdoor] | hard | any |  | |
| Drink A Gallon Of Water | Hunters must empty (by drinking) a container of water to get to the clue at the bottom. [any difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | any | any | | |
| Encased In Ice | The next clue is encased in ice - the treasure hunter has to break the ice to retrieve the clue. [easy difficulty, 1 people, physical, outdoor only] | easy | 1 | |  |
| Encryption | The location of the next clue is encrypted with letter replacement. [any difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | any | any | | |
| Flag Signals | Hunters are given a clue spelt out with maritime flag signals. [medium difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | medium | any | | |
| Foreign Language | The location of the next clue is written in a foreign language. [medium difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | medium | any | | |
| Google Treasure Map | Use Google Maps to mark the location of the next clue. [easy difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, outdoor only] | easy | any | | |
| Indoor Obstacle Course | Treasure hunters must complete an obstacle course to win the next clue. [easy difficulty, 1+ people, physical, indoor or outdoor] | easy | any | | |
| Invisible Black Light Writing | Use a special pen to write a clue that can only be read with a "black light". [easy difficulty, 1 people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | easy | 1 | | |
| Invisible Lemon Juice Ink Writing | A clue is written in lemon juice, which can only be read by gently warming the paper it is written on. [easy difficulty, 1 people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | easy | 1 | | |
| Jigsaw Puzzle | The next clue is written down and cut up to form a jigsaw puzzle. [easy difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | easy | any | | |
| Letter Grid | A grid of letters only reveals the clue if read in the correct order. [easy difficulty, 1 people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | easy | 1 | | |
| Letters In A Maze | The letters on the correct path through the maze spell out the location of the next clue. [easy difficulty, 1 people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | easy | 1 | | |
| Letters With Transparent Overlay | A grid of random letters hides a clue, which is revealed by correctly positioning a transparent sheet over the top. [any difficulty, 1 people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | any | 1 | | |
| Locked Card | Using two padlocks, pieces of cardboard are locked together, and must be unlocked to solve the clue. [easy difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | easy | any | | |
| Logo Recognition | Treasure hunters must identify different company logos. [any difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | any | any | | |
| Magic Eye | An autostereogram (also knowns as a Magic Eye image) is a pattern of seemingly random dots and splashes inside which is hidden the clue answer. [hard difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | hard | any | | |
| Miming Letters | Messages are mimed one letter at a time from one person to another. [medium difficulty, 2+ people, physical, indoor or outdoor] | medium | 2+ | | |
| Mirrored Lettering | The location of the next clue converted into mirrored text.
Convert the location of the next clue into mirrored text so that it can only be read by reflecting the text in a mirror.
The easiest way to create the clue is to write it in front of a mirror, looking into the mirror whilst writing.
[easy difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | easy | any | | |
| Missing Mobile Phone | The next clue is on a mobile phone that must be found by calling the phone's number. [easy difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | easy | any | | |
| Morse Code | The location of the next clue converted into morse code. [easy difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | easy | any | | |
| Music/Sound | A sound or piece of music leads Treasure Hunters to the next clue. [any difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | any | any | | |
| Outdoor Obstacal Course | Treasure hunters must complete an obstacal course to win the next clue. [easy difficulty, 1+ people, physical, outdoor only] | easy | any | | |
| Picture Codes | Clues are converted into pictures, where each word is a drawing. [any difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | any | any | | |
| Product Tagline | A product tagline must be recognised to lead to the next clue e.g. "because you're worth it" leads to a L'Oréal product. [hard difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | hard | any | | |
| QR Codes | A secret message is coded into an image which can be read by (most) smartphones. [medium difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | medium | any | | |
| Quotes | Treasure hunters are given a quote from a book or DVD, in which the next clue is hidden. [any difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | any | any | | |
| Remote Control Cars | The next clue is found or earnt by knocking over bottles using a remote control car. [easy difficulty, 1 people, physical, indoor or outdoor] | easy | 1 | | |
| Riddles | A riddle leads to the next clue, or must be answered by the treasure hunters to earn their next clue. [any difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | any | any | | |
| Scavenger Hunt | Treasure hunters must collect objects to be given the next clue [any difficulty, 1+ people, physical, indoor or outdoor] | any | any | | |
| Spelling Errors | Deliberate spelling mistakes in the clue's text hide the location of the next clue. [hard difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | hard | any | | |
| Story Map | Hunters must follow instructions using a map to determine letters of the clue. [easy difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | easy | any | | |
| Treasure Map | A treasure map leads the treasure hunters to their next clue. [any difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | any | any | | |
| Water-Timed Quiz | Treasure hunters have to answer questions quickly to prevent details of their next clue being drowned. [any difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | any | any | | |
| Wingdings | The location of the next clue is converted into the symbols using the Wingdings font. [medium difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | medium | any | | |
| Word Association | A clue hints the location of the next clue, for example a clue "4o C" would lead to a fridge. [hard difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | hard | any | | |
| Word Search | A clue is hidden in a word search by using the word search's leftover letters. [easy difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | easy | any | | |
| Writing In Steam | Write a clue in steam or misted windows. [easy difficulty, 1+ people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | easy | any | | |
