The 36-item search
Also searched as: 36-piece search
The short answer
The yellow tower area wants 36 items found within one stretch of ground. Cut the area into blocks and give each person one block, reporting finds to the group so two people never re-search the same patch.
- Players
- 2 players or more
- Time
- 20-40 minutes
- Location
- Yellow tower area
- Reward
- 1 yellow tower part
This is the classic case of "more candidates than you need" in the yellow area: there are more challenges around the yellow tower than the 5 parts required, so you are allowed to skip this and do something else.
Before you start
- 2 players or more (more people is a clear advantage)
Step-by-step 2 steps
- 1
Divide the ground first
Split the ground you have to search into blocks along the terrain, one per person. Agree the boundaries before anyone disperses.
- 2
Report finds, not movements
Each person announces how many they found and where. Do not narrate your route - that only makes everyone retrace somebody else's path.
Where it goes wrong
These are the places players actually get stuck most often. Working through them in order usually finds the cause.
Other Yellow tower puzzles
After finishing: 1 yellow tower part.
Where this solution came from
This is a brief entry resting on community sources only: pixeltwelve and bigwalk.tips describe the yellow area as having more candidate challenges than the 5 parts needed, and list this 36-item search among them. Neither source states how the count of 36 is confirmed, and no second source records the completion condition - treat the figure as an outline, not a verified count.
Puzzles in this game are not assigned in a fixed order: each tower needs a set number of gourds and has more challenges around it than that, so you choose which ones to clear, in any order. That is why two guides list different puzzle line-ups for the same tower — neither is wrong. Unless a coordinate is credited to a named source it is a community measurement, and later versions can shift it; once you are in the area, trust the landmark over the number.