PUZZLE POTLUCK 2

Solution – Gallery
ANSWER – LAMP
by Bradley Wu

Each box is a minimalistic depiction of a mask from The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. This is clued by the flavor text and the The Legend of Layton comic books below the boxes.

Garo’s MaskBremen MaskDon Gero’s MaskBunny HoodMask of Scents
Gibdo MaskMask of TruthAll-Night MaskCaptain’s HatKeaton Mask
Giant’s MaskKafei’s MaskZora MaskKamaro’s MaskRomani’s Mask
Great Fairy’s MaskBlast MaskCircus Leader’s MaskGoron MaskFierce Deity’s Mask

Each of the four comic book covers further clues a characteristic that a subset of the masks embodies. Each subset of masks, when looked at from the orientation as clued by the comic book, forms the shape of a letter.

CharacteristicMasksLetter
Animal
Romani’s Mask
Keaton Mask
Mask of Scents
Bunny Hood
Don Gero’s Mask
Bremen Mask
L
Ears
Circus Leader’s Mask
Zora Mask
All-Night Mask
Bunny Hood
Keaton Mask
Romani’s Mask
Fierce Deity’s Mask
Kamaro’s Mask
A
Hair
Great Fairy’s Mask
Kafei’s Mask
Circus Leader’s Mask
Kamaro’s Mask
Fierce Deity’s Mask
M
Red Eyes
Captain’s Hat
All-Night Mask
Mask of Truth
Bremen Mask
Don Gero’s Mask
P

Reading all four letters in comic book order gives the final answer, LAMP.


Author's Notes

  • I had the idea of minimalistic masks from Majora’s Mask even before we started putting this hunt together. It was inspired by having recently played through Majora’s mask again and remembering some Sporcle quizzes that included minimalistic TV show characters.
  • While figuring out what kind of extraction mechanism could be applied, I had noticed that the various animal related masks seemed to represent the crew from Star Fox. Which led me to try and find other subsets of masks that shared identifiable characteristics.
  • It was an unfortunate red herring that there are 24 obtainable masks and this puzzle had a grid of 20 masks and 4 clue posters. The 4 other masks - Couple’s Mask, Deku Mask, Postman’s Hat, and Stone Mask - were not initially included due to some ambiguity in characteristics and difficulty in fitting them in with the constraints.
  • Professor Layton also has a mask-themed game - Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask - though nothing else from there was incorporated in this puzzle.
  • Best Wrong Answers:
    Wrong AnswerSubmitted by:
    NUDEBlair Puzzle Lords
    OBOEqu🐜um eleph🐜s
    ASMRSweetPotatoes
    TOP HAT
    Duck Gizzards
    SS Estonia
    ABIMABTBIB
    Palarkhapinskyberg
    Luck of Herrings
    PRESS F TO PAY RESPECTSABIMABTBIB
    BALL OR EDITIONwe liquified ricky

Stats

  • 146 solves
  • 1116 incorrect guesses
  • Most common incorrect guess: MASK (guessed 31 times)
  • First solve: Aviation Laws in 1 hour, 22 minutes, and 54 seconds

PUZZLE POTLUCK 2