Restore the paper lantern trail to the forest clearing.
Six clues, three hint levels each, and a paper-only finish. No locks, apps or cutting required.
A gust has scattered the lantern instructions. Find the clear path, share the lantern supplies and recover the exact trail word. Collect five named badge digits and use the final sheet. Every clue is on the table; ask the host for one hint at a time.
These are the actual figures from the printable player pack.
Trail desk: Start at S. Follow open cells with no diagonal moves. Explore the branches and find the single reachable numbered exit.
Grid rows, top to bottom. S means start; dot means open; # means wall. Move one cell up, down, left or right. S..#8 #..## #...# ##..# 7##.E Exits: row 1, column 5: label 8; row 5, column 1: label 7; row 5, column 5: label 7.
Stores desk: Every parcel has the same whole-number weight. Remove loose units, find ONE parcel and check the second rule.
2 parcels + 2 loose units = 4 units 2 parcels + 3 loose units = 5 units One parcel = ? units. Whole numbers 1–9. All parcels have equal weight.
Keeper desk: Each person has ONE different item. Use all four NOT rules. Find Hare's item and copy its digit.
Lamp digit 4 Map digit 7 Flag digit 0 People: Owl, Fox, Hare Owl does NOT have Lamp. Fox does NOT have Map. Fox does NOT have Flag. Hare does NOT have Map. Find Hare's item. Each item is used once.
Signal desk: Find the exact word LAMP, reading RIGHT only. Reject near matches and reversed words. Copy the digit immediately after it.
Find LAMP; only read to the RIGHT. L A M X 8 A B C P M A L 2 A B C L A M P 7 D E F C A M P 9 S U N Answer = digit in the next square after the word.
Order desk: Combine every BEFORE rule to order the four actions. Write positions on the whole-sheet cards. Read position 2.
Cards: Read trail [1]; Mark path [5]; Check lamps [3]; Open gate [7]. Rules: Read trail BEFORE Mark path; Check lamps BEFORE Open gate; Mark path BEFORE Open gate; Read trail BEFORE Check lamps; Check lamps BEFORE Mark path. Read card position 2.
Find the route from Start to Finish visiting Stop 1–5. Reject branches that cannot finish. Join the badge digits in route order.
Start goes to Stop 1 or Dead end. Stop 1 (Signal) goes to Stop 2. Stop 2 (Trail) goes to Stop 3 or Dead end. Stop 3 (Stores) goes to Stop 4. Stop 4 (Order) goes to Stop 5. Stop 5 (Keeper) goes to Finish. Finish goes to no further stop. Dead end goes to no further stop. Required stops: Stop 1, Stop 2, Stop 3, Stop 4, Stop 5.
