I really want to make my child’s birthday special and memorable. Give not only things, but also bright emotions. Children love excitement and adventure. They love to win!
The game gives them all this! At the same time, the game helps to develop and show ingenuity.
The quest “In Search of Treasures” is a real-time adventure game that can be easily organized in an apartment, country house or school. Preparation will take no more than an hour, because the script is already fully thought out and ready for use.
Have you decided to organize a quest at home for your child’s birthday? You are already two steps away from this.
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To whom, where and on what occasion will a quest be appropriate.
The quest tasks are designed for children from 8 to 14 years old. But this is the recommended age. If desired, adults can also participate. Some clues will be even more difficult for them to guess than for children.
Most tasks are designed in two difficulty levels. This way you can select tasks that are optimal in difficulty based on the age of the players.
The quest itself is about finding treasures. This makes it the perfect multi-stage competition for a pirate party.
But you don’t have to get attached to the pirate theme. It is appropriate to conduct a quest at any birthday, party, New Year or other holiday.
The tasks (tips) of the quest are designed so that it can be organized in any apartment, house, school or cafe.
There are 3 methods available:
- Walking alone. This way you can give a gift to a little birthday boy or a fully grown loved one.
- Group passage. Participants solve puzzles together, step by step approaching the treasured “treasures”.
- Team competition. All hints have two options: the tasks are the same, but the key places (hides) are different. Teams solve clues parallel to each other, trying to get ahead of their opponents and be the first to find the “treasure”.
Searching for the ruins of Arcadia
In order to find informants and solve Kaya’s problems, we go to the point marked on the map. In order not to waste time, we use the nearest teleport, located outside of Mondstadt, and move north. True, no one bothers you to walk to the place after talking with the captain, if you have such a desire.
Choose the most convenient route for yourself
Once within range of the marker, an informant will appear, chasing aggressive hilichurls. It will be impossible to enter into dialogue with the girl until you deal with the monsters. Since their level is not high, there will be no problems.
We come to the right place
And we meet 3 hilichurls
Val, which is the informant’s name, will thank the Traveler for his help. Instead of the exact location of Kaya's treasure hiding place, we only get hints, so vague that it becomes difficult to figure out exactly.
Val will give the first clue
Fortunately, we have prepared a detailed guide on this matter, where to find the place described in the hint. Here we will only briefly go over the main points.
The main thing you should know is:
- To help with the search, not only a verbal hint is given, which is spoken by one or another character, but also accompanying maps with the location. If you suddenly want to take a closer look at them at some stage, then look for the items in your backpack in the “Tasks” tab.
- If you are confused and don’t understand where to go now, you can turn to Kaye, who will stand next to the Ordo Favonius building throughout the entire passage of “Pirate Treasure”.
- You need to open the hints sequentially, that is, if you immediately come to the very end of the subtask, you simply will not be able to go further.
Now let's talk in detail about how to complete the “Pirate Treasure” and find the ruins of Arcadia.
Place 1
After Val reads the riddle and you see a blurry picture, you will need to go to Mondstadt, since that is where the first place is located.
Location from the first clue
You need to open the chest, which is located on the very top platform of the mill. It is located near the Ordo Favonius building, opposite the Adventurers' Guild building.
We are planning here
Opening the chest
You can get to it in two different ways:
- Fly from the top of Ordo Favonius.
- Climb from the base of the mill to the desired location. Just be careful in this case, as stamina may not be enough if it is not controlled.
Once you get to the chest and open it, a cutscene with the second riddle will follow.
Place 2
If with the first place something was clear already from the riddle, then the second, of course, difficulties arise. What kind of false image is this? What a moment of loneliness?
Here the map left behind will come to the rescue, on which the surroundings of the village of Springvale are clearly visible. We teleport to a place located in the middle of a pond in the south of Springvale.
You need to search on the ledge
Here the task is to climb onto one of the ledges located on the left side of the waterfall. Once you reach the place with three monuments with a cryo sign, you know you're there. We deal with the slimes and proceed to activate the monuments.
We climb the rock to the left of the waterfall
We are looking for a place like this
We select Kaya as the active character and use his “Cold Lung” ability on each of the monuments.
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After activation, a chest will appear, opening which will give the final hint where to look for the pirate treasure.
For activation we get a Rich Chest
Place 3
This time the chest will contain an even more poorly drawn map, from which only an Adventurer who knows the area very well can understand anything. Fortunately, you won’t have to look for anything yourself, since the quest marker itself will indicate the final point.
A little reference to The Lord of the Rings
Use the teleport closest to the place - Temple of the Lion. Here you can:
- or reach the cliff and carefully go around the mountain on the right side on the glider,
- or climb up and run to the place, and then glide straight down.
Choose which option is closer. In any case, the entrance to the ruins is at the very bottom of the cliff.
Nearest teleportation point - Temple of the Lion
We are flying to the very rift in the mountain
Once in place, the cutscene is activated again, which in the future will allow you to finally visit the mysterious ruins and find Kaya’s treasures.
After entering the ruins, the last stage of the task will begin
Description of tasks and quest design
If you wish, you can start the quest by handing over a letter from Captain John Howard (included with the quest).
The letter can be printed, rolled up and placed in a bottle of rum or wine, leaving the edge outside so that you can actually get it out. Then give it to the participants. Or simply give the letter, and after reading, hand over the first task (hint).
The adventure game consists of 10 stages (chapters). They have a strict sequence.
Here's what the printed assignments look like.
Descriptions of tasks and code words that need to be guessed - they indicate the places where the next clues are hidden.
| Tasks (tips) | Code words (answers) | |
| 1 | We are packing for sailing . Crossword on a pirate theme. The difficult level uses a verbal description of the hidden words, and the easy level uses pictures. | Cushion, stool, nightstand |
| 2 | We are recruiting a team . Based on the description, choose the correct pirates + anagram in the complex version. | Album, magazine |
| 3 | In the sea. Find the differences in the pictures. | Option 1: window sill, vase, chair. Option 2: painting, fruit, flower pot |
| 4 | Treasure map. Put the puzzle together. | Kettle, briefcase |
| 5 | Enemy ship. Count the enemy forces on the other pirate ship (men, cannons, gunpowder, cannonballs). | Bread, watch |
| 6 | Sea battle. Strike an enemy ship at the given coordinates. | Decanter, umbrella |
| 7 | Repairing the ship. Find all damaged parts of the ship. | Dictionary, poster |
| 7 | On the way to the island. Complete the maze + anagram in the difficult version. | Pan, battery |
| 9 | Gifts to the gods of the island . Find words that combine groups of pictures. | Envelope, diary |
| 10 | Treasures are just a stone's throw away . Puzzle. | Box, hanger |
Kaya's problems
The quest begins at the Ordo Favonius headquarters (the building is indicated on the map as a shield and sword icon). On the first floor, to the left of the stairs, the quest giver, Captain Ordo Favonius Kaya, awaits.
A golden exclamation mark glows above the quest giver
Of course, the young man will not immediately want to tell what exactly is bothering him, so he suggests meeting in another place - in a garden nearby.
We leave and head to the fountain on the right hand of the building to talk with Kaya at the meeting point.
At other times, a furniture dealer and owner of a local hotel, Goethe, stands near this fountain during the daytime.
He modestly hid behind a bench
We learn from the young man that Kaya’s grandfather, a pirate, left his grandson as an inheritance not only an eye patch, but also some papers. Among them, Kaya discovered a note that mentioned treasures. Among other treasures is the legendary magical sword from Celestia, which gives the owner unlimited power.
Grandfather “carefully” hid it somewhere in the lost ruins of Arcadia so that other pirates would not set their sights on it.
Already in modern times, Treasure Thieves became interested in weapons. Kaya asks the Traveler to find the legendary sword so that it does not fall into the hands of marauders and disappear forever. Wow, this is a real pirate treasure!
Naturally, Keya asks not to tell anyone about the legendary sword and the ongoing search.
Paimon suggests making inquiries at the Adventurers' Guild, since they certainly know quite a lot about various kinds of ruins. We go down one tier lower to the Guild building. Near the entrance you can find two characters at once - Cyrus and Jack.
Jack had never heard of this kind of dungeon. All that remains is to ask the head of the organization, Cyrus.
Jack - a guy with a backpack near the building
Unfortunately, he had not heard anything about the ruins. But thanks to Paimon's talkativeness, the guild received a great tip! But everything would not be so scary if some obviously unkind person had not overheard the conversation between the Traveler and Cyrus... But so far, of course, the heroes do not know about this.
Some scoundrel is eavesdropping on our very secret conversation.
Now all that remains is to report to Kaya about the results of the conversation with the Guild. The young man is still waiting near the entrance to the Ordo Favonius.
Fortunately, he was able to find out more. But to obtain secret information, you need to go to the informant in the Whispering Forest. True, Kaya cannot be present in person, since she is a knight, and any contacts with representatives of the black market are unacceptable.
For this reason, Paimon and the Traveler will go alone. What was to be expected... After this, a new sub-task “The Secret of the Ruins of Arcadia” starts.
How to order and conduct.
The quest is a set of pictures with an introductory letter from the captain and 4 PDF files (opened through any Internet browser): easy version tasks on 23 pages, difficult version tasks on 23 pages, answers on 5 pages and instructions on 4 pages.
After payment, the quest materials are sent to your email inbox.
You will have to print the assignments yourself on a color or black and white printer.
Assignment - the puzzle will need to be cut with scissors along the existing lines or into pieces of any shape at your discretion.
Place the printed clues into hiding places and you can begin. More detailed instructions and tips are available in the quest materials.
