Palantir Puzzle Hunt

Palantir Puzzle Hunt
Running TeamPalantir
First hunt2011
Most recent hunt2020
Number of hunts10
LocationVarious college campuses
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Palantir Puzzle Hunt was a puzzle hunt that ran annually between 2011 and 2020 by the software company Palantir. The hunt is initially run internally within the company and is later rehosted in various college campuses in the US, including in MIT (attracting both MIT and Harvard teams), UC Berkeley, Stanford, CMU, University of Washington, and UT Austin. These were walking hunts that used the ClueKeeper app. The 2019 hunt was only hosted internally, and the 2020 hunt was held remotely online. Hunts are typically a single round with between seven and nine feeders with a metapuzzle at the end.

Past hunts[edit | edit source]

Logo of the 2019 Palantir Puzzle Hunt, which ended up running only internally.
Title Date Location
Food for Thought October 31, 2020
November 14, 2020
Europe (virtual)
US (virtual)
We the Puzzlers internal only internal only
Eureka! February 23, 2019
March 9, 2019
April 6, 2019
April 27, 2019
Berkeley
UW
Boston (MIT)
Chicago (Northwestern University, Evanston)
Puzzle, She Wrote September 17, 2017
September 17, 2017
September 23, 2017
September 23, 2017
October 4, 2017
October 14, 2017
October 22, 2017
UC Berkeley
UT Austin
CMU
MIT
Epcot Center, Orlando[1]
UW
Stanford
The Fairest Of Them All September 10, 2016
September 24, 2016
October 1, 2016
October 9, 2016
October 15, 2016
UC Berkeley
CMU
MIT
Stanford
UW
Ad Astra
The Dig
The Heist September 21, 2013
September 28, 2013
September 28, 2013
October 5, 2013
October 12, 2013
CMU
UC Berkeley
MIT
Cornell
Stanford
The League of Extraordinary Time Travelers September 15, 2012
September 15, 2012
September 22, 2012
September 29, 2012
October 13, 2012
CMU
Cornell
UC Berkeley
MIT
Stanford (Students and Open)
Superhero Academy
  1. Run during the Grace Hopper conference