Battle With The Archers 34 - The Climax: The Vow of Three Worlds
(Published on 15. July 2022, 08:06 by Playmaker6174)
"Nothing unusual son, it's just quite coincidental. The weather today happens to be great and windy too."
This is the 34th puzzle of my Battle With The Archers collection and probably one of the most remarkable puzzles that I've done in a long while. The main idea came into my head when I reviewed some of the previous puzzles with also an old random structure and eventually I built the ideas around the structure on one evening.
Compared to most of the entries in the collection, this one is actually one of the times that I seriously went all in on making a really cool puzzle, couples of such previous examples include: Number 8, Number 14, Number 21 and Partition.
Anyway, difficulty of this one should be around 4/5 diff, I hope you enjoy!
(I also will leave the comments on the main idea and some other parts in the hidden comment section)
Rules:
- Normal Sudoku rules apply: every row, column and 3x3 box contains digits from 1 to 9 each once.
- Digits along an arrow must sum to the digit in the circle cell attached to that arrow.
Puzzle:
Good luck and have fun solving!
Solution code: Row 3 (left to right) and column 7 (top to bottom), 18 digits long with no space
Comments
on 16. November 2023, 20:04 by GeorgeTheToad2
Took this on holiday and it is the 21st one I solved in series - 19 to go.
on 28. March 2023, 06:52 by kuraban
Just brilliant.
on 6. November 2022, 11:58 by Christounet
Very nice arrow puzzle ! I loved discovering the hidden tricks that you designed. Thanks.
on 15. August 2022, 00:34 by Piatato
Indeed, a truly remarkable puzzle!
on 7. August 2022, 20:39 by KNT
one of my favorite arrows for sure, thanks playmaker
on 20. July 2022, 15:53 by Playmaker6174
@econtrout, @Phistomefel, @abed hawila, @udukos: Wow, thank you all for the great and lovely comments, I'm really happy to hear so :)
on 18. July 2022, 21:22 by udukos
Great puzzle! Thanks, Playmaker!
on 18. July 2022, 12:49 by abed hawila
Superb puzzle!
on 18. July 2022, 12:00 by Phistomefel
Very nice one! Thank you, Playmaker! :)
on 16. July 2022, 18:28 by econtrout
Hard...but fair and some really neat logic. Stayed interesting through the solve. Nice puzzle. Thanks
on 16. July 2022, 16:09 by Playmaker6174
Thank you everyone for the great and lovely feedbacks! I'm really happy that this one brought so much enjoyment :)
on 15. July 2022, 22:27 by antiknight
Great puzzle with wonderful ideas !
on 15. July 2022, 17:24 by Agent
Very cool puzzle! The break-in was tricky and surprising. Then it was a smooth solve with some nice interactions.
on 15. July 2022, 13:58 by Ragna
Das hat viel Spaß gemacht.
Dankeschön! :-))
on 15. July 2022, 13:18 by Niverio
Very enjoyable! Definitely a highlight in the BWTA series!
on 15. July 2022, 10:30 by Xendari
Good grief, that break-in! That was absolutely fantastic, and you've pushed the limits of arrow sudoku once again. Thank you!
on 15. July 2022, 09:59 by lerroyy
Great puzzle! Very smooth solve after the break-in. Thanks!
on 15. July 2022, 09:36 by Vebby
Exceptionally good! Arguably the best of the series. Thanks Playmaker! :)
