Welcome to the seed exchange garden. A light kit must cover three growing needs, then each parcel must use a road that can carry its load. Your team has the original records on the table. First recover five pieces of information, then use the final plan to choose the seed parcel carriers. Keep every result beside its badge so another teammate can check your reasoning.
Read each supply card and the three required needs.
Hint 2
A light card alone may leave a need uncovered; a shared supply counts for both needs.
Hint 3
Compare complete combinations, adding each chosen card weight once. Reject any combination over the limit before choosing the lightest.
Reveal host answer
C-D
Compare coverage before weight. Only complete kits qualify; minimize their combined weight and report the selected cards in alphabetical order. Result: C-D.
2. Record
Hint 1
Start with the status field in Seed requests.
Hint 2
The tag links an item to a bay; rows in separate records need not line up.
Hint 3
Keep only entries meeting every status test. Follow each printed join to the report field; do not guess from row position.
Reveal host answer
NORTH
Check source status first, then join the matching tag. The useful information comes from separate records, not their printed row order. Result: NORTH.
3. Order
Hint 1
Read the event letters and all three witness notes.
Hint 2
Join immediately-before pairs as a block; other before notes set the direction between blocks.
Hint 3
Try the remaining positions, then check every note against your full order before reading the requested position.
Reveal host answer
D
The before relationships connect all four events. Place linked cards, check any immediate handoff and then read the specified position. Result: D.
4. Signal
Hint 1
Look at the training cards that share one signal.
Hint 2
In an unordered pair, a word cannot be assigned by its left/right position. Use the overlap with another pair.
Hint 3
Give each signal a different word, check every training example and only then decode the received message in its printed order.
Reveal host answer
WAIT-TURN
A consistent one-to-one mapping satisfies every training example. Use the complete mapping to read the two-signal message in order. Result: WAIT-TURN.
5. Habitat
Hint 1
Place a finger on the same feature in each field card.
Hint 2
A "must not" rule removes a match; it does not ask you to look for that feature.
Hint 3
Test every remaining card against all requirements. Explain the particular requirement each rejected card fails.
Reveal host answer
FERN
Compare feature values across all field cards. Apply positive and negative requirements together; only one complete feature set remains. Result: FERN.
6. Final
Needs: Kit, Record, Order, Signal, Habitat
Hint 1
Keep the five named results beside the final plan and find the key for each badge.
Hint 2
Each badge controls a different fact, road leg, order note, pulse or habitat layer. Use the matching key exactly once.
Hint 3
Check the completed product against all five recovered facts. If two answers remain, locate the fact that distinguishes them rather than guessing.
Reveal host answer
A-D-E-H-J
Recover all five loads. The cheaper road works for a small load; a large load needs the higher-capacity road. The resulting five-leg route records every necessary decision. Checked result: A-D-E-H-J.
Suggested timeline
3 minutes: Read the opening. Show the evidence record and choose starting roles.
5 minutes: Solve Kit. Offer one hint at a time and rotate roles after checking.
5 minutes: Solve Record. Offer one hint at a time and rotate roles after checking.
5 minutes: Solve Order. Offer one hint at a time and rotate roles after checking.
5 minutes: Solve Signal. Offer one hint at a time and rotate roles after checking.
5 minutes: Solve Habitat. Offer one hint at a time and rotate roles after checking.
7 minutes: Build the five-leg delivery route using all five results.
3 minutes: Read the ending. Ask each teammate to explain one rejected alternative.
Pause whenever the group needs a break. This is a planning estimate.