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On the eighth day of Scavmas, the Scav hunt gave to me:
Futures for peeking

Hosted the Day 8 Scavmas fish on December 27th @ 2:30 PM EST. The added twist was Future Sight. Many thanks to turtalkatthing and aQrator for QCing!

The mix of Future Sight with the previous twists broke the hunt :zonger:
Because of this, Spam Filter finish times, least common answers, and mines hit are lost. Thanks to a bizarre quirk though, we do have Bonus Round answerers - their names are in bold. In order of a twist-less fish, we have:

1st place: Bert122
2nd place: YetAnotherDodo
3rd place: thepokemonuploads
4th place: pv2094
5th place: sergiorules
Consolation prize: Richard Papen, The Benz Mafia, Chilly Receptnon

No one got their Future Sight prediction...
I hope you enjoyed solving nevertheless. Mines are documented for posterity, just because :woop:
If you remember, I'd love to hear which mines you hit, and figure out which answers were the Pointless winners!
1) Name a map location that shares its background music with (but is not) a location where a Level 100 Magikarp can be fished with a Rod. Abundant Shrine; Lostlorn Forest; Route 213; Sinnoh Route 213; Valor Lakefront
Mines:
Fellhorn Gorge
Resort Area
Nature Preserve

2) If I chose Oshawott as my starter in White 2, and battled every Trainer possible, I would be unable to access the Nature Preserve under any circumstances without trading for certain Pokemon. Name one. Buneary; Tepig; Vullaby
Mines:
Tornadus
Zekrom
Shuppet

3) With access to Platinum, HeartGold, SoulSilver, a Pokewalker, and every event distribution, name a Pokemon that would be an obstacle to obtaining a National Pokedex diploma in Gen 4. Glameow; Purugly; Skuntank; Stunky
Mines:
Registeel
Mismagius
Manaphy

4) Name a Pokemon that exists within PMD: Gates to Infinity, but cannot be played as or fought in any dungeon. Chinchou; Starmie; Sunkern; Victini
Mines:
Kecleon
Beartic
Meloetta
 
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On the ninth day of Scavmas, the Scav hunt gave to me:
Wikis for racing (Wikirace)

Hosted the day 9 official on Sunday, 28th December at 4 PM EST (9 PM GMT).

Thanks to Devoxys and pokemonvortex for QCing the hunt!

Due to issues encountered during the previous hunt, this hunt was run without incognito.
However, the twist combinations broke the hunt again (future sight was not the culprit-- try again), so bonus round, minesweeper, and pointless were not recorded. Mines are recorded with the hunt below.

No one got perfect score or their future sight predictions right.
YetAnotherDodo and sleet dab xd found the shortest wikirace routes.

Finishers:
sleet dab xd has finished the hunt! (Final Time: 16:00)
Bert122 has finished the hunt! (Final Time: 56:11)
YetAnotherDodo has finished the hunt! (Final Time: 01:10:44)
Oricorioiscold has finished the hunt! (Final Time: 01:11:52)
Chilly Receptnon has finished the hunt! (Final Time: 06:06:14)
WarriorGallade has finished the hunt! (Final Time: 17:26:31)

1) In the 1997 Spaceworld Demo for Pokémon Gold and Silver, the player can interact with this object that was given to the player as a present for a festive occasion. [Doll]
Mines:
radio
plushie
pokedoll
2) According to Bulbapedia, the only time a certain Pokémon attribute had an effect in gameplay was during this tournament. [Christmas Tri / Festive Feud]
Mines:
Christmas
tiny tourney
Christmas Cup
3) A charity gaming group has hosted multiple Pokémon catch em' all marathons (titled as such on the group's website) in Winter and occasionally in Spring and Summer to raise funding for donations to charities. Answer with one of the documented final Pokémon caught during one of their marathons. (excluding additional stream targets). [Celebi / Dragonite / Meganium / Toxicroak / Vanilluxe]
Mines:
Vanillish
Mewtwo
Bayleef
4) As part of a Christmas fundraiser, players who purchased an accessory featuring certain Pokémon could obtain a code for a shiny mythical Pokémon. Name one of the featured Pokemon. [Chespin / Jirachi / Pikachu / Victini / wikirace from https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Poké_Doll to either Chespin, Jirachi, or Victini]
Mines:
Eevee
Celebi
Delibird

sleet dab xd:
Poke Doll -> Pokepark 2: Wonders Beyond -> Victini

YetAnotherDodo:
Poke Doll -> Pokepark 2: Wonders Beyond -> Victini
 
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On the tenth day of Scavmas, the Scav hunt gave to me:
Close finish gaining,

That's the close call twist added for today. However, it seems for now not all twists play nice, for example minesweeper obscured who cleared the bonus round question.

Day 10 Scavmas, coming to you on Monday, December 29, at 15:30 GMT! Thanks to aQrator and turtalkatthing for QCing!

Hunt:
The official scavenger hunt by WarriorGallade was ended automatically.
1st place: Teutonic✠Squire [01:45:10].
2nd place: Chilly Receptnon [02:03:19].
3rd place: Kaibenhavn [02:16:58].
4th place: Bert122 [02:20:11].
5th place: Oricorioiscold [02:23:18].
Consolation Prize: YetAnotherDodo [03:07:23], Richard Papen [03:23:56], yeet dab xd [05:16:26], blepsatyou [09:55:29]


Solution:
1) This uses Theme Team - PM WarriorGallade in 5 minutes from finishing to guess the theme for 5 points. While catching up for Christmas, my brother reminisced about a minigame that needed berries to play, somewhere in the mainline games. He was certain it involved pressing the A button, and no other buttons were involved. He mentioned that he played with 3 other people, using a total of 1 Wepear, 1 Belue, 1 Pecha, and 1 Pinap Berry. At the end of this he got some reward - didn't quite remember what it was exactly, but is sure that it was at least a hundred of something. Answer with the item my brother got, and then the most quantity that he could be awarded for this session, in that order. [berrypowder 1640 / START THE WIKIRACE AT https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Berry_Powder]
Mines: berrypowder 2050: RL
berrypowder 164000: Kaibenhavn / Kaibenhavn / RL / RL
berrypowder 164000: -

2) Now, same situation as the last question; but remove the last two sentences. Upon completing the minigame, all players were rewarded exactly 4 of the same item. What item(s) my brother could have gotten? (ignore levels) [goldpokeblock olivepokeblock / berrypowder goldpokeblock olivepokeblock]
Mines: goldpokeblock: RL
gold olive: -
3) The holiday season may be one for giving, but this question can only be solved by taking. Move to take out what seems too common, and the latent answer shall be revealed. https://ibb.co/album/LrH1Zw?sort=name_asc [bitter malice / END THE WIKIRACE AT https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Bitter_Malice_(move)]
Mines: bitterblade: -
bittermulice: Bert122 / Richard Papen
zoroarkhisui: -
4) BONUS ROUND: In Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs, a certain berry requires usage of a field move to obtain, and is not obtainable if the player visits its location at the earliest possible point in time, even if they have access to the field move. What is the name of this berry? (You may choose to skip this question using /scavenge skip.) [friend-mend berry]
Mines: red berry: Bert122 / YetAnotherDodo / Kaibenhavn / Teutonic✠Squire / Chilly Receptnon / Oricorioiscold / yeet dab xd
precious red berry: Richard Papen / blepsatyou / Oricorioiscold
friend berry: -

It also used theme team, and the theme for this fish was berries - which was correctly guessed by Bert122 and YetAnotherDodo.

Wikirace:
The shortest route was 3 links long! Congrats to the following users who tied.


teutonicsquire: berry powder -> herbal medicine -> legends arceus -> zoroark -> bitter malice
yetanotherdodo: Berry powder -> herbal medicine -> Pokemon: Legends Arceus -> Zoroark -> Bitter Malice
yeetdabxd: Berry Powder -> Herbal medicine -> Pokemon: Legends Arceus -> Zoroark (Pokemon) -> Bitter Malice
kaibenhavn: Berry Powder -> Pokemon Emerald -> Pokemon Black 2 -> Zoroark -> Bitter Malice
bert122: Berry Powder --> Vitamin --> Sinnoh --> Lake Acuity --> Bitter Malice

 
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On the eleventh day of Scavmas, the Scav hunt gave to me:
Two hunts you're facing,
I am hosting day 11 of Scavmas on Tuesday, December 30th at 15:30 GMT. Thanks to turtalkatthing and Bert122 for QCing this hunt.

(hunt 1) The official scavenger hunt by Qtierater was ended automatically.
1st place: RL [44:19].
2nd place: Teutonic✠Squire [47:39].
3rd place: Richard Papen [48:14].
4th place: YetAnotherDodo [53:52].
5th place: The North Ples [01:17:37].
Consolation Prize: sleet dab xd [01:57:45]

(Hunt 2) The official scavenger hunt by Qtierater was ended automatically.
1st place: Teutonic✠Squire [30:37].
2nd place: Oricorioiscold [45:12].
3rd place: YetAnotherDodo [01:20:41].
4th place: The North Ples [01:25:34].
5th place: sleet dab xd [02:00:57].
Consolation Prize: Kaibenhavn [02:43:21]

Solution:
1) You just got back to Pelican Town after trying to make your farm a bit more workable. It was a mess when you first arrived, with green and blue grass growing everywhere. A cutscene started, and you walk up to the old community center. According to Lewis, it is infested with rats. You decide to take a peek inside, and you find a golden scroll in the bottom left of the building. There's a weird language on there. The next day, you get a letter from this person. [Wizard / M. Rasmodius / Wikirace on the stardewvalleywiki! Start at the page "Farm Maps".]
2) After ingesting a potion made by Rasmodius, you are able to read the scroll. They seem to require an offering, with 6 different bundles. The first one seems easy! You already found three of the required items near the old bus stop, but the fourth you have never seen, though you remember hearing something about it on TV last Thursday. Name an item found in this bundle. [Daffodil / Leek / Dandelion / Spring Onion]
3) You grab a spring onion from the Cindersap Forest and complete the bundle. You got some seeds to work with now! On top of that, two new scrolls have appeared. You take a look at one of them, and it seem you can already add an item to one bundle thanks to your anonymous benefactor and grandfather's inheritance. List one of the other items that you need to put in that bundle to complete it (other than the one you can already put in). [Large Milk / Large Goat Milk / Wool / Duck Egg]
4) Over the next few weeks, you work on completing more and more bundles. Your farming skill is quickly levelling up, and so is your foraging. Your crops net you some great money, and the strawberries you purchased during the Egg Festival help a lot to expedite the process. Your beehouse is creating honey, one of which you put away for a bundle once your know how to make mead with it. As summer hits, you also manage to get some summer seeds from the community center. One day, Demetrius comes up to your door, and tells you about a nearby cave that he wants to use for his fruit bat research. With your approval, the bats are set free in the cave, and but a few days later, you find this item lying at the bottom of the cave. Perfect, you needed that for a bundle! [Salmonberry / Apple / Wild Plum / Pomegranate / Blackberry]
5) A full year passed, and next fall, you finally managed to complete the Community Center alongside your husband. Everyone gathers at the center and rejoices. Everyone, except for Morris, who wonders where all his customers have gone. Even with the 75% off sale he promises, the townfolk boycott Jojamart until it is fully out of business. The next day, your husband congratulates you on your trophy, and has a gift for you. He wanted to treat you for his birthday, and gave you this item for dinner. [Baked Fish / Fried Calamari / Chowder / Fish Stew / Finish your wikirace at the page for the Stardew Hero Trophy]
6) One day, you heard rumors of the old Jojamart's door being reopened. No one dared enter until you decided to take a look inside. Another scroll was on the ground, promising a new building in town for people to enjoy. You were already fermenting some Cherry wine, so you opted to take one out and put it in the bundle. List another item you can use to complete the bundle. (You may choose to skip this question using /scavenge skip.) [Dinosaur Mayonnaise / Prismatic Shard / Ancient Fruit / Void Salmon / Caviar]
Solution:
1) You just got back to Pelican Town after trying to make your farm a bit more workable. It was a mess when you first arrived, and the multiple islands carved out by the river don't make farming any easier. A cutscene started, and you walk up to the old community center. According to Lewis, it is infested with rats. You decide to take a peek inside, and you find a golden scroll in the bottom left of the building. There's a weird language on there. The next day, you get a letter from this person. [Wizard / M. Rasmodius / Wikirace on the stardewvalleywiki! Start at the page "Farm Maps".]
2) After ingesting a potion made by Rasmodius, you are able to read the scroll. They seem to require an offering, with 6 different bundles. One looks quite doable, as you've been hard at work cutting down trees to make room for your crops. If only those weeds and boulders were as useful as your trees were... Name an item found in this bundle. [Moss / Acorn / Maple Seed / Sap]
3) You continue cutting down trees in the Cindersap Forest and complete the bundle a few days later. You can make some coal now! On top of that, two new scrolls have appeared. You take a look at one of them, and it seem you can already add an item to one bundle thanks to the teeming wildlife you caught on grandfather's farm. List one of the rewards you can get by putting the caught items in the bundles to complete them. [Deluxe Bait / Glow Ring / Dish O' The Sea]
4) Over the next few weeks, you work on completing more and more bundles. Your fishing skill is quickly levelling up, and the rest of your skills are slowly growing as well. Your fish net you some great money, and the fish smoker you got from grandpa helps a lot to expedite the process. As summer hits, Demetrius comes up to your door, and tells you about a nearby cave that he wants to use for his mushroom research. With your approval, he places some boxes in the cave, and but a few days later, you find this item in one of the boxes. Perfect, you needed that to make your trips down the mine a lot safer, restoring your health fully! [Red Mushroom / Purple Mushroom / Chanterelle / Morel]
5) A full year passed, and next summer, you finally managed to complete the Community Center alongside your wife. Everyone gathers at the center and rejoices. Everyone, except for Morris, who wonders where all his customers have gone. He taunts Pierre with a 75% off sale, who calls him and all Joja Mart employees a coward. Angered, Morris starts fighting Pierre. Insult fly back and forth, until Morris is thrown out of the building by Pierre's retalitory assault. Ashamed, he runs away, causing Jojamart to go fully out of business. The next day, your wife congratulates you on your trophy, and has a gift for you. She wanted to treat you for her birthday, and gave you this item for dessert. [Rice Pudding / Blueberry Tart / Cookies / Chocolate Cake / Finish your wikirace at the page for the Stardew Hero Trophy]
6) One day, you heard rumors of the old Jojamart's door being reopened. No one dared enter until you decided to take a look inside. Another scroll was on the ground, promising a new building in town for people to enjoy. You were already fermenting some Cherry wine, so you opted to take one out and put it in the bundle. List another item you can use to complete the bundle. (You may choose to skip this question using /scavenge skip.) [Dinosaur Mayonnaise / Prismatic Shard / Ancient Fruit / Void Salmon / Caviar]
To ensure the hunt didn't crash, minesweeper was not active and neither was the incognito part of Future Sight. All other twists were active though, and The North Ples and TeutonicSquire managed to Double Down on their finish at least once. TeutonicSquire, YetAnotherDodo, The North Ples and sleet dab xd also finished both hunts
The Wikirace was completed the fastest by The North Ples, YetAnotherDodo and Richard Papen, doing so with just 1 intermediate step. The stardewvalleywiki is quite interwoven, so I'm not surprised someone beat my expected 2 step solution.
No one predicted their position correctly, sadly, so no Future Sight points are added.
Hunt 1
Q1: M. Rasmodius - Teutonic✠Squire, TheStarmanLord
Q2: Dandelion - TheStarmanLord
Q3: Large Milk - thepokemonuploads
Q4: Apple - thepokemonuploads, WarriorGallade
Q5: Fish Stew - sleet dab xd
Q6: Prismatic Shard, Void Salmon, Ancient Fruit - Richard Papen, The North Ples, sleet dab xd

Hunt 2
Q1: M. Rasmodius - YetAnotherDodo, sleet dab xd
Q2: Acorn, Maple Seed - Teutonic✠Squire, Oricorioiscold
Q3: Deluxe Bait - Teutonic✠Squire, Oricorioiscold, YetAnotherDodo, The North Ples, Kaibenhavn, sleet dab xd
Q4: Morel - Teutonic✠Squire, Kaibenhavn
Q5: Blueberry Tart - The North Ples
Q6: Void Salmon, Caviar, Prismatic Shard - Teutonic✠Squire, sleet dab xd, Kaibenhavn
For every question, if you got pointless results on either hunt, you get 3 points.
Bonus round finishes were lost to time, but based on the Pointless results, I do know that TeutonicSquire, Richard Papen, The North Ples, sleet dab xd and kaibenhavn completed it, and bonus points have been awarded accordingly.
Phew, that was a lot. Hope you all enjoyed!
 
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On the twelfth day of Scavmas, the Scav hunt gave to me...
No hunts remaining,

computerwizard8800 and I are hosting the Day 12 Scavmas event! It will start at 21:00 GMT (1PM PT, 4PM ET, 22:00 CET, 2:30 IST).
Everyone can enjoy this special event! Hope you have fun :)

Took a minute but the results are in:
TeutonicSquire completed 80/102 words
Chilly Receptnon completed 41/102 words
YetAnotherDodo completed 37/102 words
and pv2094 completed 11/102 words!

We thank you all for playing and happy new year!

Here's the full crossword to play with, as well as the completed answer.
 
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Happy 2026!
Scavsmas is over and the top 3 are Bert122 with 384 points, Chilly Receptnon with 284 and Oricorioiscold with 204. Everyone else is in the usual spot.
1Bert122384
2Chilly Receptnon284
3Oricorioiscold204
4YetAnotherDodo184
5Snaquaza ◢ ◤171
6Teutonic✠Squire151
7Kaibenhavn150
8WarriorGallade137
9DrThop127
10Richard Papen104
11The Benz Mafia96
12sleet dab xd78
13pv209464
13thepokemonuploads64
15bubidajeffery56
16Red-Nosed Rika55
171hfkqhwhrelk%◕‿‿◕%47
18xenoplex©42
19Merrydium ❀41
19Discordual41
21Yoshsnowman840
21CaptainSommer40
23aQrator37
23RL37
25Yua99931
26ludicoldoblue30
27snow._.torterra26
27The North Ples26
29holiday alt23
30zapapico21
31Black Dragon Libra20
31deckus card20
31sergiorules20
31Annaoceancat20
35Morgasha19
36ElfPat18
37yeet dab xd17
38blepsatyou16
39Two of Roses15
40Cazenovia13
41Merry Zipmas11
41NewsDan-ta Claus11
41Soft Flex11
44dcmldcml10
44scoobydoobydrew10
46Computerwizard88009
46Three Magi9
46OHKOff⁇9
49TheStarmanLord8
50ludicoloblue7
50JDC10437
50Partoru7
53Snecko6
53Alexander4896
53Sabby60>!!>6
53santa❆fairyツ6
53turtalkatthing6
58Computerblizzard5
58Steve4566645
58MagnifcentDelibird5
58boredgort5
62christmas4
62Hyzerflippin4
62notbuddha4
62aegii4
62edfggvc4
62Cold Staurage4
62Cryoxetic4
62NewsDan4
62smii4
62tl the legend4
62Norwegian Ice Bath4
62Scavengers4
74lebla283
74p^_^okemonvortex.3
74asianzoro3
74irocet3
74Neutron Diffusion3
74MagnificentGengar3
80trace2
80fdsfd123452
80Stilyx2
80practicesemijrlman2
80Dratios2
80Pepsi Man 22
80wallape2
80jojja2
88bro._.torterra1
88A Welcome Guest1
88Clarity1
88joey1
88siang1
88Galib121
88stantler & waldorf1
88shoebat1
88Bekrampus1
88queso1
88Politoad with an A1
88PepperGwynt1
88Flex Navidad1
88RavioliQueen1
88arch of life1
88A Mistle-Treo Kiss1
88Firebird Fiasco1
88BugBuzzing1
88Lucas LB31
88deckus halls1
88FestiveVentus1
88Laina Vista1
88Turtwigswiththrohs1
88String Shoot1
88AndrewThePenguin1
88TanPat1
88pechanerd1
88tacocato1
88DiamondIyes1
88franciscate1
January's twist is Scavengers Any% Speedrun: 5 extra points are earnable for finishing a full official, minus one point for every two minutes it takes you to solve the hunt, capped at 10 minutes.
 
reserved for the mini round up

:totodile: Mini roundup!

The mini scavenger hunt by aQrator was ended automatically.
1st place: bubidajeffery [02:06].
2nd place: snow._.torterra [02:41].
3rd place: scoobydoobydrew [04:36].
Consolation Prize: Red-Nosed Rika [04:50], Chilly Receptnon [05:34], Kaibenhavn [06:05], DrThop [06:36], RL [07:19], The North Ples [07:42], MagnifcentDelibird [07:59], NewsDan [08:55], xenoplex© [10:14], dcmldcml [11:34], Yua999 [21:09], The Benz Mafia [23:42], Bert122 [25:39], thepokemonuploads [30:30], Oricorioiscold [01:14:51]
QC: WarriorGallade
There was a typo in one of the questions that needed to be fixed, so this time trial hunt was a little skewed but eh.
 
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Hosting an official at 4PM Server Time on Saturday the 17th (Tomorrow)

(That's 11AM EST)

QC: aQrator, turtalkatthing

The official scavenger hunt by Snaquaza ◢ ◤ was ended automatically.
1st place: Kaibenhavn [08:10].(+2 Speedrun, was on Q4 within 8 minutes.)
2nd place: DrThop [12:59].
3rd place: Devoxys [16:34].
4th place: YetAnotherDodo [01:04:19].
5th place: Bert122 [02:12:20].

Solution:
1) This move in the TCG conditionally prevents your opponent from drawing cards at the start of their next turn. [Heart Wink]
2) This Pokemon TCG card has a unique retreat cost. [Ooyama's Pikachu / Ooyama's Pikachu (Vending S3)]
3) This move in the TCG appears on the third most cards. [Ram]

Most common incorrect answers:​

Q1: horrorhousegx - No one guessed correctly!
Q2: imakunisdoduo - No one guessed correctly!
Q3: tackle, scratch - kaibenhavn, drthop, bert122
 
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Hosting an official at 7PM Server Time on Sunday the 18th (Tomorrow)

(That's 2PM EST)

QC: turtalkatthing, pokemonvortex

The official scavenger hunt by Snaquaza ◢ ◤ was ended automatically.
1st place: Bert122 [33:40].
2nd place: WarriorGallade [35:47].
3rd place: YetAnotherDodo [38:09].
4th place: Rika [44:03].
5th place: Kaibenhavn [51:06].
Consolation Prize: Teutonic✠Squire! [03:18:11]

Solution:
1) When you go to a non-existing subdirectory of Pokemon Showdown, one of these three words is spelled out pictorially (alpha order). [Error Sorry Typo?]
2) Before Zarel became Zarel on Smogon, this was his username. [Aesoft]
3) This was the 67th user who signed up to the Pokémon Showdown! Forums. [Qazqaz23]

Most common incorrect answers:​

Q1: typo - bert122, teutonicsquire
Q2: aeo - bert122
Q3: meleenewb - bert122
 
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