Vacancy Chain
(Published on 25. September 2024, 05:24 by juggler)
1.
Crab Walk
2. Vacancy Chain
Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Each hermit crab has grown too big for its shell, and must leave it behind and walk to a vacant shell with a larger digit (possibly one vacated by another crab). Crabs move orthogonally, can't cross piles of rocks, and no cell is entered more than once.
Adjacent digits on a path differ by at least 5.
2. Vacancy Chain
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Normal Sudoku rules apply.
Each hermit crab has grown too big for its shell, and must leave it behind and walk to a vacant shell with a larger digit (possibly one vacated by another crab). Crabs move orthogonally, can't cross piles of rocks, and no cell is entered more than once.
Adjacent digits on a path differ by at least 5.
Solution code: Digits in row 7 on the path
Last changed on on 14. January 2025, 01:13
Solved by arteful, Fool on Hill, PkmnQ, Lakritze, Piff, MattYDdraig, SKORP17, WarriorKitten, Brodie2000, Kallor, Jagga, tuoni2, trashghost, OJPS, appletrapezoid, Tiffanatisk, mercierus, vorash00, widjo, Zeddecks, lmdemasi, Nell Gwyn, Sotehr, spaanse, Drewpacabra, Soya, Mikemerin, zrbakhtiar, SudokuHero, Frank Puzzles, samjna0049, timotab, woody
Comments
on 9. January 2025, 03:21 by Frank Puzzles
https://youtu.be/Frvx6wS9n2I
Here's my solve of your puzzle. For me, it was a difficult solve, but pretty satisfying.
on 25. September 2024, 22:20 by Fool on Hill
This was a fun solve - not so hard if you know some things about the ruleset, or work them out. The final grid has a special quality too, which I noticed by accident - it is quite an achievement to do that thing with a puzzle this good.
on 25. September 2024, 12:48 by MattYDdraig
More crabtastic goodness. Beautiful puzzle.
