Opportunity brief
TREASURE HUNT · ADDOVEDI 2026
The Hunt Begins. Can You Find What Others Cannot?
Treasure Hunt is the campus-wide clue-solving adventure of Addovedi 2026 (NIT Arunachal Pradesh). Teams decode riddles and puzzles, reach hidden checkpoints and follow the trail to the final treasure. Fastest correct trail wins. Held on campus, 28-30 October 2026.
Guidelines
- Eligibility: college students, valid student ID required.
- Team size: exactly 3 members (any branch, year or institution). One member is the team leader. One team per participant.
- Inter-college / inter-specialization: allowed.
- Format: a trail of clues: solve a clue, reach the checkpoint, get the next clue, finish at the treasure. Number of rounds announced by the organisers; an elimination round may come first.
- Tests: logic, observation, teamwork, navigation, technical knowledge and speed.
- Registration: sign up on the Addovedi website, register for Treasure Hunt to get your Team ID, then register on Unstop with the Team ID + the leader's Addovedi ID.
- Registration fee: FREE (no entry fee).
Rules
- Clues in order. No skipping checkpoints. All 3 members together at every checkpoint.
- Do not remove, hide, damage or move clues. No sharing clues or answers with other teams.
- Hints (if offered) go only to the team leader and may carry a time or point penalty.
- Safety first: no running in crowded areas, no climbing, no vehicles, stay inside the announced boundaries.
- Fair play: no following other teams, no outside help. Internet/apps only if the organisers allow it for a clue.
- Ranking: most checkpoints completed, then least total time, then fewer hints.
- Disqualification for tampering with clues, unfair means, skipping checkpoints, unsafe behaviour or misconduct.
- Coordinators' decisions are final. Rules may be modified and will be communicated.