Treasure Trails/Guide/Puzzle boxes

Puzzle boxes

When speaking to an NPC in a level 3 or 4 trail, the player may receive a puzzle box. Puzzle boxes are 'step two' of a clue: first the player has to find the right NPC to speak to (when they get a cryptic or anagram clue), and then they have to solve the puzzle, to advance along their trail.

Puzzle boxes are the RuneScape version of n-puzzles – they contain a scrambled image that players must work to unscramble by clicking on tiles to move them to an empty space. Once the puzzle box is completed, players will need to talk to the NPC who gave the puzzle to receive the next clue or the reward.

Many people find puzzle boxes daunting, but taken from the right approach they can be simple and quite fun. The game scrambles the puzzles by randomly moving pieces approximately 50 - 200 times. For information on how to solve them, go to the puzzle box guide page.

If the player wants a different puzzle, they can destroy the box (not the clue) and ask the NPC for another. If the player logs out, without finishing the puzzle, they will lose all progress and will have to start over again. However, if the puzzle box belongs to an elite clue, they will be unable to ask for another one, and must either complete the puzzle or drop the puzzle scroll box/casket.

Solution

The steps to solve a puzzle box the most efficient way without messing up the already-completed tiles.

To solve the puzzle, (refer to the picture to the right)

1. Begin by arranging from left to right, the first section (red) so that it matches the solution.
2. Repeat step one, however, with the second section (orange).
3. Repeat the process, however for the third section (yellow).
4. Correctly arrange the two tiles located in the fourth section (green).
5. Repeat the process as in step four, however for the fifth section (blue).
6. Lastly, arrange the last six tiles in the sixth section (purple).
7. When all of the tiles match the solution exactly, exit the interface to complete the puzzle.

Note: After a step is completed, DO NOT re-arrange any tiles in the previous step; just work with what you have.

List of puzzles

Following is a list of all known puzzle boxes. There are 7 different images for puzzle boxes. The completed puzzle also can be viewed by hovering on the Hint icon at the bottom left of the screen. When finished, simply close the box; if on a hard clue, speak with the NPC who gave you the box.

Note: Logging out with the puzzle unfinished will result in the loss of your progress and having to restart the puzzle.

Scrambled	Solved
File:Troll puzzle unsolved.png
File:Castle puzzle unsolved.png
File:Tree puzzle unsolved.png
File:Bridge puzzle unsolved.png
File:Bandos unsolved.png
File:Corp Puzzle Mixed.png	File:Corporal Beast Puzzle Box (unjumbled).png
File:Black Dragon Elite Puzzle Mixed.png