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[zandra]

Zaira is on a new mission to help Kari with the Negg Festival. She has discovered a journal with the details of some sort of uber-powerful Negg. You will be able to help her track down this Mysterious negg by visiting the Negg Faerie Assistant's Alcove.

Players who complete all Mysterious Negg challenges will be able to select a special bonus prize, in addition to the prizes awarded for completing each step.

Part A: Logic Puzzle

Spoiler

Answer
Shenkuu - Rutu

Prizes
Day 4:
Day 5:
Day 6:
Day 7:
Day 8:
All Guesses:


Entry 2

Spoiler

Now that the team has been assembled, we've begun gathering our provisions, packing ourthings, and figuring out where the mysterious Clockwork Negg will be hidden (as well as who will be the one to protect it) . One thing we've decided is that,to throw off those that might seek out the relic, the team's remaining memberswill be taking different types of Neggs to four other destinations.

For instance, the wizard of the team (whosename is Selvin) insisted on not going to the Lost Desert—something about a fear of Scamanders, apparently. That was fine with the rest of us, so it's been decided that the wizard would go elsewhere. Meanwhile a team member named Voughn, who appeared quite taken with the look of the cloud Negg, insisted on taking that one to its destination. Again, there was no argument from the restof us, so that's settled.

Entry 5

Spoiler

Today was the day that we settled on who would be going to Shenkuu. One team member,Rutu, seemed particularly enthusiastic to be going, saying that it had been alongtime dream to visit such an exotic location. Another mentioned that now isan ideal time for stargazing, since the night skies are unusually clear thistime of year. On the other hand, things got kind of awkward when the knight ofthe group stated that being the one to transport the clockwork Negg was absolutelyout of the question. Nobody else had an issue with doing it, though, so it didn't become an issue.

Entry 8

Spoiler

It seems our wizard is not so fond of Brightvale, either. Could a sudden plague of Scamanders have taken over King Hagan's realm, too? Anyhow, the traveller responsible for delivering the glass Negg was more than happy to go there. Speaking of the glass Negg's transport,it certainly seems like that would be a lot of pressure to live with—after all,one misstep or accidental drop, and smash! There goes your precious cargo. On alighter note, luckily for our volunteer, they've had unseasonably good weatheralong the route to Brightvale lately; here's hoping that it continues 'til the journey's conclusion.

Entry 9

Spoiler

A decision was made today as to who would be transporting the clockwork Negg. In the end, Hurok was excused from consideration due to claims of "not liking the look of the thing." Let's just say that if not liking the looks of someone were grounds for exclusion, then our pal Hurok would'vs probably been gone long ago. The group's explorer has been ruled out, as well; among the many reasons the explorer gave was that the whirring of the negg's gears made it difficult to sleep (I for one, will be relieved once the explorer's snoring is no longer around to keep me from sleeping at night). Speaking of sleeping, It's been a long day, and tomorrow is looking like it could be even longer, so i'd best try to get some shut eye

Entry 12

Spoiler

There was a bit of confusion this afternoon, which led to an awkward situation that, thankfully, was comically resolved. It all began when someone called out, "Rutu!" in an attempt to get the blacksmith's attention. When the blacksmith didn't respond, the team member who called out the name angrily walked over and asked if there was a reason why they'd been ignored. Chuckling, the blacksmith said, "Because my name's not Rutu," at which point everyone else laughed heartily.

It turns out the reason the team member was calling for the blacksmith was to request the delivery of the sand Negg. "I don't have to take it to Altador, do I?" the blacksmith asked. "That would require sailing, and I tend to get seasick." The blacksmith was then assured that, no, the sand Negg would not need to be taken to Altador. Upon learning this news the blacksmith responded by shouting "Yeah!" and giving an enthusiastic fist-pump... which smacked directly into an overhead branch, resulting in what's likely to be a few days' delay as we wait for the blacksmith's hand to heal. Brilliant...

Entry 14

Spoiler

When trying to decide who would transport the plant Negg, one member of the team abruptly said, "To be honest, I don't care which Negg you want me to deliver. I will say, though, that as someone with a serious sweet tooth, my destination of choice would be Kiko Lake. It's not even close—I mean, all that rock candy and taffy? Mmm!" And so, it was decided that the plant Negg would go to Kiko Lake. Unfortunately, the next morning the plant Negg's deliverer noticed that the wicker basket in which the Negg was to be transported had a huge tear along one of its lower corners. There is currently no known culprit, but it's suspected that this is the work of Meepits.

Entry 17

Spoiler

Well, if there's one thing that everyone is now crystal clear on, it's that the botanist does NOT like being called Ricky, even if it's as the result of a perfectly innocent mistake. Apparently, the slight dates back to the botanist's childhood days, when an unmerciful bully named Ricky taunted and terrorised them to no end. Duly noted, the rest of us affirmed, and have promised to do our level best not to let it happen again. In other "everyone's on edge, so we should probably get going soon" news, it seems that some prankster has hidden the knight's lucky plush toy, and we have since been informed that nobody's going anywhere until it's returned... *sigh*

And so, the time has come for us adventurers to go our separate ways. Should anyone sufficiently clever and dedicated happen upon these words, then—having read this far—I would daresay they'd quite likely be capable of guessing the destination of that which we seek to protect

SleepyPendragon's Guess

Thervar's charts

Part B: The Cave

Spoiler

Click on the scroll beside the poogle to start.




1.Select the same symbol as the one displayed on the negg.
2.Fill in the hints from the scroll onto the Negg. It will inform you if the square's colour+shape, Colour, Shape or nothing at all. It is pretty easy, so just fill it up.
3. Solve the sudoku. There are 3 shape, Wind ,Shield and Helmet. There are 3 colours Purple, Red and Yellow. Each Unique colour+shape combination can only appear once. It is pretty easy.
4. Click submit, and repeat steps 3 times with 3 different Symbols.

Prizes:
Strawberry Plant

Rainbow Cybunny Negg Cookie

Negg Noodles Stamp

Hanging Vines
Spring Negg Wig (R101!!! AT LAST)

Part C Negg Breaker
Click inside the Negg to obtain amulet


Equip amulet and fight neggbreaker in Battledome, the negg breaker removes all damage and inflict 3000? icons


Reward:


Ultimate Negg of Destruction

Edited by zandra, 21 April 2012 - 11:54 AM.

[Sweeney]

Just a small town negg, livin' in a lonely negg
She took the midnight negg goin' anywhere
Just a city negg, born and raised in south Negg
He took the midnight negg goin' anywhere

A negg in a smokey negg
A smell of negg and cheap negg
For a negg they can share the negg
It goes on and on and on and on

[Sage]

O-kay. Stuff we know from the logic thing, based on a quick reread (and the info from viewing source/checking the dropdowns in the Solve Puzzle tab):

The members of the party are Selvin, Rutu, Hurok, Ricky, and Voughn.
The lands they went to are Brightvale, Lost Desert, Altador, Kiko Lake, and Shenkuu.
The neggs available are Clockwork, Glass, Cloud, [blank] and [blank].
The professions available are knight, wizard, [blank], [blank] and [blank].

We know the following, based on the text outright saying it:
Selvin didn't go to Lost Desert, he didn't go to Shenkuu (because Rutu did) and he didn't go to Brightvale (because he didn't go to Brightvale, he also couldn't have taken the glass negg).
Voughn took the Cloud Negg (because he didn't take the glass negg, he could not take the cloud negg to Brightvale).
Rutu went to Shenkuu (because he did not go to Brightvale, he did not take the glass negg).
The Glass Negg went to Brightvale.
Since the Glass negg went to Brightvale, neither the Clockwork nor Cloud Neggs went to Brightvale.
Whoever the knight is did NOT take the clockwork negg.

Things I'm not sure about:

The knight didn't go to Altador, based on the vague hint in entry 5 that somebody wanted to go stargazing, and it was obviously not referring to the knight at the same time. Running on the same assumption, Rutu isn't the knight.

My eyes hurt. Anybody else?

Edited by cuddlydemon, 13 April 2012 - 01:04 AM.

[meeeeow]

reposting this from the other thread to this one i guess


Maybe this is a dumb hunch, but Selvin doesn't like scamanders, right? And apparently he's not going to Shenkuu either (idk someone told me this....)
That would leave two options for him - Altador and Kiko Lake.
I was just looking at the map, and Altador is connected to Lost Desert...would that possibly rule him out of LD as well, making it only possible for him to go to Kiko Lake?


idk..haha

[Sage]

reposting this from the other thread to this one i guess


Maybe this is a dumb hunch, but Selvin doesn't like scamanders, right? And apparently he's not going to Shenkuu either (idk someone told me this....)
That would leave two options for him - Altador and Kiko Lake.
I was just looking at the map, and Altador is connected to Lost Desert...would that possibly rule him out of LD as well, making it only possible for him to go to Kiko Lake?


idk..haha

Go back and read the entries again. They specifically say he won't go to Lost Desert. He won't go to Brightvale either. Also, your last line makes no suggestion whatsoever that he can't be going to Altador. He's not going to Shenkuu because Rutu is. He remains with two options: Altador and Kiko Lake.

[Unseen]

Love puzzles but is this suppose to be solvable with the missing info?

[Sage]

Love puzzles but is this suppose to be solvable with the missing info?

I don't think it can be solved yet unless you get blindly lucky. The only definite answers possible at this point are that it isn't Brightvale, Voughn didn't take it, and that if it is Shenkuu, Rutu took it there.

Edited by cuddlydemon, 13 April 2012 - 12:22 AM.

[meeeeow]

http://www.neopets.c...50845458&next=1

[Unseen]

I'd log in if I could, but their password system is sluggish and I haven't logged in about a year now.

[Yung]

*You can change your guess anytime between now and the end of the day on 4/17 NST, but remember, the earlier you submit a guess, the better your reward! The correct answer will be revealed on 4/18.

[meeeeow]

Haha well I'll just quote the most important part, then...according to one of the posters, she said these are the possibilities:

Havent decided, but these are the possible choicesThese are the possible choices:

Shenkuu - Rutu
Altador - Selvin
Altador - Ricky
Altador - Hurok
Kiko Lake - Selvin
Kiko Lake - Ricky
Kiko Lake - Hurok
Lost Desert - Ricky

Lost Desert - Hurok

Edited by meeeeow, 13 April 2012 - 12:28 AM.

[Sage]

Haha well I'll just quote the most important part, then...according to one of the posters, she said these are the possibilities:

We've sort of mentioned that in various ways already. The problem at the moment is that there's no reliable way to determine which one is definitely right. Also, your post doesn't offer any explanations as to where some of those assumptions are coming from.

Edited by cuddlydemon, 13 April 2012 - 12:32 AM.

[zandra]

I think it will be either Rutu or selvin.

Rutu isnt the knight and is going shenkuu

Selvin is the wizard and isnt going brightvale or LD

vough is taking the cloud negg

hurok/ricky whoever is the knight isnt taking the clockwork

Hurok/Ricky whoever is going to brightvale is taking the glass negg.

[Sage]

My placeholder guess is Rutu to Shenkuu, ONLY because it's the only definite pair of who and where so far and I wanted to have at least a guess in place already. We'll see if they release anymore entries.

[zandra]

My placeholder guess is Rutu to Shenkuu, ONLY because it's the only definite pair of who and where so far and I wanted to have at least a guess in place already. We'll see if they release anymore entries.

the prizes would not be as awesome as you guessing today

[Sage]

the prizes would not be as awesome as you guessing today

... "The earlier you guess, the better your reward." The idea is to figure it out quickly.

[Strategist]

is it just me, or are people overthinking things a bit too much? Read what the popup says when you go to enter your choices:

Based on your current selections, you believe that you're looking for ????? who delivered the Clockwork Negg to ?????. Are you certain this is the guess you want to submit?

So in essence, we're not looking to choose who took any of the other neggs where etc, we're looking to choose who we think took the CLOCKWORK negg to which destination.

[Sage]

is it just me, or are people overthinking things a bit too much? Read what the popup says when you go to enter your choices:

Based on your current selections, you believe that you're looking for ????? who delivered the Clockwork Negg to ?????. Are you certain this is the guess you want to submit?

So in essence, we're not looking to choose who took any of the other neggs where etc, we're looking to choose who we think took the CLOCKWORK negg to which destination.

Yes, and the problem with that is we don't know who took which one anywhere. It's a process of elimination.

[Strategist]

Yes, and the problem with that is we don't know who took which one anywhere. It's a process of elimination.

Indeed it is. Although, if you want a chance at a better prize, I would just take a guess out of the remaining characters and lands. Personally I think I will go with Hurok (or Ricky, as i'm yet to decide) to Altador. Kiko Lake seems to be the choice destination of Selvin so far. Shenkuu seems to be the choice of Rutu. Obviously as the days continue, your chances at a good prize diminish but the chances at getting the guess right increase.

[Sage]

Indeed it is. Although, if you want a chance at a better prize, I would just take a guess out of the remaining characters and lands. Personally I think I will go with Hurok (or Ricky, as i'm yet to decide) to Altador. Kiko Lake seems to be the choice destination of Selvin so far. Shenkuu seems to be the choice of Rutu. Obviously as the days continue your chances at a good prize diminish but the chances at getting the guess right increase.

I don't see a reason not to guess early on, since you can change it anytime before the due date's up. Also how do you arrive at Kiko Lake for Selvin? Altador is still wide open as a possibility as far as I can tell.

[Strategist]

I don't see a reason not to guess early on, since you can change it anytime before the due date's up. Also how do you arrive at Kiko Lake for Selvin? Altador is still wide open as a possibility as far as I can tell.

You're right. Altador IS a possibility, from reading through the clues so far, it seems Selvin (the wizard) isn't going to venture to either the Lost Desert OR Brightvale (so that rules them out). With Rutu wanting to venture to Shenkuu, this rules that destination out for Selvin too. So this leaves only Kiko Lake OR Altador. In the clues it just suggests 'another' and doesn't mention names (so in essence, this is where my guess comes in )

[Sage]

You're right. Altador IS a possibility, from reading through the clues so far, it seems Selvin (the wizard) isn't going to venture to either the Lost Desert OR Brightvale (so that rules them out). With Rutu wanting to venture to Shenkuu, this rules that destination out for Selvin too. So this leaves only Kiko Lake OR Altador. In the clues it just suggests 'another' and doesn't mention names (so in essence, this is where my guess comes in )

Yeah... this is why my first post in the thread has every conclusion I've personally come to, as well as an explanation if it's something that wasn't explicitly said in the text.

[iomega]

I ruled out Selvin taking the Clockwork Negg early on. Entry 2 says:

One thing we've decided is that, to throw off those that might seek out the relic, the team's remaining members will be taking different types of Neggs to four other destinations.
For instance, the wizard of the team...

I read that as the Wizard being one of the decoys.

Edited by iomega, 13 April 2012 - 01:13 AM.

[Sage]

I ruled out Selvin taking the Clockwork Negg early on. Entry 2 says:

One thing we've decided is that, to throw off those that might seek out the relic, the team's remaining members will be taking different types of Neggs to four other destinations.
For instance, the wizard of the team...

I read that as the Wizard being one of the decoys.

What it says is that everybody except the one carrying the clockwork negg is a decoy.

[doeknuts]

What it says is that everybody except the one carrying the clockwork negg is a decoy.

"For instance" normally means "For example" btw.

Although I don't quite get it; if Selvin the wizard wasn't carrying the clockwork negg, then why mention him so many times?