Mysterious Writings is the leading website on active armchair treasure hunts, as well as those of the past.
Multiple treasure hunt puzzles, that are currently in progress, are listed on the site for your convenience. Summaries, updates, and information about how to get started on armchair treasure hunts can be found here.
For a list of active armchair treasure hunts please click here: Treasure Hunts. There you will find a quick run down on all the what, where, when, why, who, and hows for each of the hunts.
If you are new to the hobby, be sure to check out the post of How to Get Started in Armchair Treasure Hunting. It includes lots of tips and examples of how past armchair treasure hunts have been solved, which in turn will help you understand how those of today might be hiding clues for you to solve.
Join other searchers on the MW Forum , MW DISCORD Channel, or the MW Facebook Treasure Hunting Group for discussions. You can also subscribe to MW’s YouTube Channel, and/or Newsletter, to keep up to date on all that’s happening here on MW treasures, puzzles, and games.
Get your Quest on! Solve the clues and find some treasures.
MW continues the spotlights on treasures with The Hare on the Moon treasure hunt book. MW spotlights, posted on Mondays and Wednesdays, are quick and to the point. If interested in digging deeper on any of the topics mentioned in a spotlight, links are provided below. Here is MW Spotlight …
As mentioned in my article on ‘How to Get Started in Armchair Treasure Hunting’, two of the best ways to get started in treasure hunting is to- Look at how past hunts have been solved….and Practicing solving puzzles and ciphers The website 52 Master Pieces .com has them both! The …
On the Trail for the Golden Owl ( Sur la trace de la chouette d’or ) is an unsolved armchair treasure hunt. Somewhere in France remains buried a ‘bronze owl’ which can be used to claim the half million dollar treasure of the Golden Owl. The book was published in …
One of the best ways to get started and learn about Armchair Treasure Hunting is to look at past solutions for treasure hunts. Although the solutions will not be the same, they may hold similar elements and methods. They will get you thinking outside the box and demonstrate different ways …
Hidden somewhere in the Midwest are 3 Ruby ‘game pieces’! If you find one, by following the clues given on the website, and are a registered searcher, you can claim $500 cash! The Hunt was launched in January 2021. The hunt itself is ‘free’ to all, however, to claim the …
On March 20, 2021 The Masquerade Tribute was released! Nine Treasure Hunts for Nine valuable treasures needed to be solved. As of today, one month in to this collection of hunts, only 3 of the 9 are solved. Six Hunts remain to have their treasures claimed. Who will claim them? …
The Cipher by Niamo Speck is a one-page document/video Treasure Hunt. The person who created this hunt remains anonymous. However, I can personally vouch for the hunt’s credibility. It is legit and a prize waits to be claimed. The Cipher Treasure Hunt Summary Within this thread on the MW Forum, searchers …
The First Annual Masquerade Tribute was released on 3/20/21. Nine talented and generous members of the armchair treasure hunt community came together to offer nine challenging puzzles to solve. As of this writing, only 3 of those 9 treasure hunts have had their treasures claimed. 6 remain yet to be …
Treasures are hidden all over the place! MW Spotlights many of these hidden treasure caches and armchair treasure hunts so you can get your Quest On and find them! A list of over 40 treasure hunts and hidden treasure caches can be found here on MW and on the MW …
The art on the First Annual Masquerade Tribute Token was done by artist Beth Hovanec. Her art for the token was inspired by the fictional story in “Masquerade” itself. “Masquerade” was written by Kit Williams, and was published in 1979. It is now known to be the first armchair treasure …
