MIT Mystery Hunt 2024
| MIT Mystery Hunt 2024 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Running Team | TTBNL |
| Winning Team | Death and Mayhem |
| No. of Rounds | 17 |
| No. of Puzzles (Feeders and Metas) | 243 |
| Timeframe and Location | |
| Location | Online |
| Start Time | 2024-01-12 12:00:00 PM EDT |
| Finishing Time (Winning Team) | 2024-01-15 5:21:00 AM EDT |
| Official End Time | 2024-01-15 10:00:00 AM EDT |
| Links | |
| Kickoff Link | Link |
| Wrapup Link | Link |
| MIT Mystery Hunt Chronology | |
MIT Mystery Hunt 2024 was the 44th iteration of the MIT Mystery Hunt, with kickoff occurring on January 12th, 2024. Run by TTBNL, the hunt was themed after Greek Mythology.
List of Rounds[edit | edit source]
| Round Title | Number of Feeder Puzzles | Number of Metapuzzles |
|---|---|---|
| The Throne Room | 6 | 1 |
| Rivers of the Dead | 11 | 1 |
| The Undeworld Court | 12 | 1 |
| The Hole in the Ceiling of Hades | 50 | 1 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | 7 | 1 |
| Yellowstone, WY | 8 | 1 |
| Hell, MI | 7 Click to reveal21 total answers | 1 |
| Las Vegas, NV | 16 | 1 |
| Everglades, FL | 17 Click to reveal14 regular puzzles, and 3 "generated" puzzle types (replicated a total of 112 times) | 1 |
| Mississippi River, MS | 11 | 1 |
| Newport, RI | 12 | 1 |
| Nashville, TN | 14 | 3 |
| Oahu, HI | 11 | 1 |
| New York, NY | 10 | 1 |
| Olympic Park, WA | 6 | 1 |
| Sedona, AZ | 11 | 1 |
| Texas | 8 | 1 |
| Events | 4 | 0 |
| Herc-U-Lease | 1 | 0 |
Unlock Guide[edit | edit source]
A full unlock order/guide can be found here, including tools for running the entire hunt in an instance of Google Sheets.
Write Ups[edit | edit source]
This is a list of write ups about Mystery Hunt 2024.
From Team TTBNL[edit | edit source]
- Reddit AMA with TTBNL
- Reddit AMA with Sara Winters
- /dev/joe - /dev/joe's Experience Constructing MIT Mystery Hunt 2024
- Michael Andersen - MIT Mystery Hunt: A Quick Look at How I Spent My Last Year
Others[edit | edit source]
- Reddit post - Favorite puzzles from Mystery Hunt 2024
- Alex Irpan - MIT Mystery Hunt 2024
- Brian Gondek - MIT Mystery Hunt 2024
- chaotic_iak - MITMH24: A Skymin's Perspective
- Cute Mage - Things I Liked About the 2024 MIT Mystery Hunt
- CJ Quines - Puzzlehunts and institutions
- Dan Katz - Part 0: A Puzzle, an Anecdote, and some Meta-Thoughts (not Meta Thoughts)
- Eric Berlin - Ye Gods: The 2024 MIT Mystery Hunt
- HayashiSTL - MIT Mystery Hunt 2024 Postmortem
- Inexact Puzzles - MIT Mystery Hunt 2024 Recap
- Level 51 - Chtharsis: a MIT Mystery Hunt 2024 Warstory
- Lumia Neyo - mystery hunt 2024
- Puzzledrifter - MIT Mystery Hunt 2024
- Rachel F. - This School’s Big Game: a fun way to think too hard
- Rubrica - Thoughts on MITMH 2024
- Sandy Weisz - MIT Mystery Hunt 2024
- Sniffnoy - Mystery Hunt Roundup 2024!
- Sushi's Scribbles - Mystery Hunt 2024
