Hint Currency

Hint currency is a way of providing a limited number of hints to solvers throughout a hunt. This is done by giving them some sort of token or an amount of points that can be exchanged for hints.

Notable Examples

 * Puzzle Boats 2-8 - All editions of Puzzle Boat outside of the original use a form of hint currency in conjunction with Canned Hints of various levels. In the non-linear Puzzle Boats, hints could often be found in place of regular puzzles, granting solvers a preset amount of gold, silver, or bronze hint tokens.
 * MIT Mystery Hunt 2017 - Fitting in with the Dungeons and Dragons theme of the hunt, solvers could earn gold from certain 'Quest' puzzles (in addition to artifacts used in one of the final puzzles). This gold could be exchanged for yes/no style hints at a rate of 100 gold per hint.
 * Galactic Puzzle Hunt 2019 - In addition to releasing two hint tokens (called 'advicebergs') to teams every 24 hours starting 72 hours after the hunt started, Galactic also gave out a total of five 'answerbergs' to each team, over the course of three days starting 48 hours after the advicebergs went out. These tokens gave teams the ability to simply solve a puzzle automatically, no questions asked.