MiaoHunt 2023 (Chinese: 喵喵喵解谜寻宝大赛) was an online Puzzlehunt run by MiaoMiaoMiao, open 29 Dec 2023–12 Jan 2024 (UTC). First edition of the MiaoHunt series.
| MiaoHunt 2023 | |
| Running team | MiaoMiaoMiao |
| Teams | 499 |
| Winners | 我是最神奇的猫咪！ (I'm the most magiiiic!) |
| Rounds | 4 |
| Puzzles | 69 (60 feeders + 9 metas) |
| Format | Online |
| Start | 2023-12-29 12:00 UTC |
| Winning finish | 2023-12-30 16:12:41 UTC |
| Official end | 2024-01-12 12:00 UTC |
| Site | mh2023.puzzlehunt.cn |
Structure
Four rounds, 69 puzzles total (60 feeders and 9 metas). Tags (c) / (C) mark puzzles needing Chinese cultural or language context beyond simple translation.
Neverland
12 feeders + 1 meta:
- Embark on an Adventure! (出发，去冒险！)
- Pineapple Pizza (菠萝披萨) (C)
- Only a Child Would Compare Combat Powers (小学生才比战斗力)
- Diary of an Exchange Student (留学生日记) (c)
- Chu Shi Biao (出师表) (C)
- Civil Service Exam of Miao Town (喵镇公务员考试)
- Situation in the Bio-chemical labs (生化环材现状)
- Jianghu Anecdotes (江湖轶事) (c)
- Mysterious Characters (神秘的文字)
- Cats, Cats Everywhere (全都是喵)
- CODE 03150405 (代号03150405) (c)
- A Mouthful of TV (一口电视) (c)
- Meta: Secret of Neverland (梦幻岛的秘密)
Lost Town
11 feeders + 2 metas:
- Group Portrait of the Truth (真理的群像)
- Digit Maze (数字迷宫)
- Splendor (璀璨宝石) (C)
- Never Store (c)
- Pain: The Art (痛苦这门艺术) (C)
- Chaotic Galaxies (混乱星空)
- Parallel Universe (平行时空)
- Academic Archives (学术档案)
- Strange Equations (奇怪的等式)
- Fate: Through the Stars (命运 贯穿星河)
- Goodbye, For the Sake of Reunion (再见 为了再见) (C)
- Lissajous projector (李萨如放映机)
- Meta: Secret of Lost Town (迷失城的秘密)
- Meta: Hidden Secret of Neverland (梦幻岛的隐藏秘密; ties to Neverland)
Backstage
Reprises Neverland's 12 feeders and meta Secret of Neverland; each puzzle has base, ? and ?? variants → 36 feeders + 3 metas.
Endgame
- Meta-meta: Real Secret of the Backstage
- Meta: Real Secret of Lost Town (迷失城的真正秘密)
- Final meta: Real Secret of Neverland (梦幻岛的真正秘密)
Related
Pre-hunt trailer series Tales of Miao Town includes shorts such as 谜雪冰尘, 功夫火锅店, and 解药·朝A晚C.