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Equality Cages 143: Region SumDrone

(Published on 25. December 2025, 12:45 by gUBBLOR)

I came across RegionSumDrome, and it inspired me to set my own puzzle with the constraint. I've contacted the author so I can give credit where credit is due, but they don't have an account here and just asked me to link to the puzzle on Sudokupad. The previous and next puzzle in the series:
Equality Cages 142: Impostors
Equality Cages 144: Equality Islands

All my series:
Equality Cages
EquaLite Cages
Shifter Lines
Shifter Dots



Rules:
Normal Sudoku rules apply. Place the digits 1 through 9 in each empty cell. Digits must not repeat within the same row, column, or box.

Equality cages: Cages must have an equal number of low (1,2,3,4) and high (6,7,8,9) digits AND an equal number of even (2,4,6,8) and odd (1,3,7,9) digits. Equality cages can never contain 5. Digits may not repeat in a cage.

Kropki dots: A black dot between cells indicates cell values with a 2:1 ratio. Not all dots are shown.

X: Adjacent cells connected with an X must sum to 10. Not all X's are shown.

Region SumDrome: Digits along lines have the same sum within each box the line passes through. In addition each segment (defined by the box borders) equidistant from the center must have the same digits in any order. For example, if R6C8 was 2 and R6C9 was 6, R7C7 would be 8, and R8C5+R8C6 would be 26 or 62.

Solve here:
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Video featuring the puzzle:
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Solution code: A completion message with the solution code will be available when the puzzle has been solved on Sudokupad!

Last changed on on 7. January 2026, 20:16

Solved by gdc, Geoloco, LabRat, pepe74287, wuc, jalebc, mabjim007, SirWoezel, Postnormal, scushuaishuai, TripleABattery, SPring, zonny, HeyItsErin, SKORP17, PippoForte, Chester_Aurion, cornish-john, ... harwiltz, jsxft, Gizmo, nyxie, widjo, trashghost, zrbakhtiar, tim_vermeulen, Elizy, teuthida, sgerstenberger, Tompzini, strangelyinsane, Jasura, Photyne, Saltensity, monaters, seh_bas, Frank Puzzles
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Comments

on 7. January 2026, 20:16 by gUBBLOR
Added links

on 31. December 2025, 08:40 by gUBBLOR
Added video link to the puzzle being solved

on 26. December 2025, 08:38 by PuzzlePatzer
Very nice with some clever deductions to be discovered.

on 25. December 2025, 19:33 by HeyItsErin
Remarkably smooth flow! Very good 2* puzzle.

on 25. December 2025, 15:42 by wuc
Great 2* puzzle. The steps are clever fair and smooth. Great fun thx.

Difficulty:2
Rating:93 %
Solved:48 times
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ID:000QMP

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