Padlocks, mazes and other clever puzzles; these clues ideas will help you create treasure hunt clues that need to be solve, usually by doing something to unlock them or figure them out.
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| 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 |  |  |
| Cryptex | A simple cryptex-style puzzle made from toilet roll tubes. [medium difficulty, 1 people, non physical, indoor or outdoor] | medium | 1 | | |
| 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 | | |
| 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 | | |
| 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 | | |
| 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 | | |
