I saw the following on one of the FT screens:
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The Scavenger Gateway
Looking for the FunTrivia Treasure? If you have a Scavenger Gateway Password, Enter it Here:
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How can I find out more about this?
I don't know the password.
I did a search and couldn't find any info.
---Sea

You're going to have to dig deeper-- these need to be gleaned from clues found around the site. Info about the treasure can be found in the challenges list. It's not an easy one.

I went to the Challenges page and found the "Treasure Hunter" Major Challenge description. It says:
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"All you need to find the hidden treasure of FunTrivia and complete this challenge is to collect randomly appearing clues, meet several secret prerequisites, complete some tasks you didn't even know existed and finally provide all the keys at a location not even Terry knows where it is right now."
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I'll keep my eye open. This is the first time I've ever seen a clue.

The description also says that the clues "dont make sense unless you view several of them together."

Hmmmm...
---Sea

The description on the challenge page is not a clue.

Clues appear randomly around the site, at the top of the screen (just below the Gold Member Favourites Bar). There is no specific place they appear in - I've had clues on the Mind Melt Top 200 page, and when I was looking at My Stats & Ranks.

You must collect these clues to find the treasure. FunTrivia does not keep hold of any of your clues, so you must record them somewhere - I have a word document full of them.

Some clues will lead you to tasks; these tasks must be completed to find the Treasure. Watch carefully for any clues that might tell you what you need to do.

I would imagine that you have been on pages with clues, but didn't see them, or didn't know what they were. They are not that rare (I must have gotten some clues at least 50 times), but you do need (almost) all the clues. I have a rough idea of how many clues there are, but I'm not sure I'm allowed to tell you that.

By the way, I think it tells you on the challenge page, but the clues don't appear in order. You might get #3, then #8, then #3 again.

Yes, I realized that.
In my first post here, I pasted the one clue I had found.
---Sea

Thanks for the info and advice, Adam.
I appreciate your taking the time to explain things.
I will try to save the clues I find.
I usually use WordPad for saving stuff like that. It's simpler than Word.
---Sea

I think a distinction could be made on this clue issue. Some clues (the ones most talk about) have numbers assigned to them. There are other clues/directions around the site that are also needed to find the prize. The Scavenger Gateway being one of that type.

While the Scavenger Gateway is not a clue, it is a part of the whole thing. It is worth noting for your records where anything the refers to the Treasure Hunt is observed, so that you can find them months later when you know what to do with them, and don't just mutter in frustration that you know you saw it somewhere.

Thanks for the clarification!
---Sea

Now I realize that I should have made a note of where I saw the "Scavenger Gateway" reference. It asked me for a password. (Of course I didn't know the password!) I didn't save that link. Oh well, I haven't seen any other clues or random references to the Treasure Hunt. I'll be on the lookout from now on!
---Sea

I can tell you that much: Clues randomly appear at the very top of the page, just under the menus, in a box with light yellow backgrounds.

You should normally get one per day if you play regularly. There are more than 30 but fewer than 55 different ones of them.

And with that, you're on your own. Happy hunting!

Thanks, Wes. I'll keep looking.
The Savenger Gateway reference was way down at the bottom of the web page.
---Sea

When my 'numbered' clues come up I notice them at the top because the field they are printed in is wider than the top menu bar or the gold favorites bar. It sticks out to each side toward screen left and right more than the rest of the Home Page offerings do. That may just be a product of my browser and may not be universally the case.

Where is the Gold favorites bar? I haven't been able to find it.
---Sea

PS-I just found the Gold Favorites bar. It's here:
http://www.funtrivia.com/gold/favsetup.cfm

That is where you set it up. Once you have added places to it, you can see it near the top of your screen - it is a yellow strip with a gold star on the left end.

The Scavenger Gateway was at the bottom of the page because it was not a clue. Wesley described the clues above.

Tasks may not be at the top of the page. The Scavenger Gateway, and the other 2 tasks I know of, are not placed at the top of the page, but not all at the very bottom.

My just received numbered clue is just as wide and no wider than the rest of the text boxes on the page. So that distinction of it being wider may only hold on certain pages.

A Suggestion ---->:
Perhaps it would help if we were given a sample of what the clue-boxes look like.
That way we could spot them more easily.

I know we're supposed to search for them but it's discouraging to look and look and not see a thing, especially when we don't know exactly what the box looks like.

I'm almost ready to throw in the towel on this. It's starting to be frustrating and annoying instead of fun.

Give me some hope! LOL

The miserable have no other medicine but only hope.
-William Shakespeare

---Sea

seadancer - you'll know a clue when you see it

“I know I'm searching for something
Something so undefined
That it can only be seen
By the eyes of the blind
In the middle of the night.”
--Billy Joel

"For 'tis a truth well known to most,
That whatsoever thing is lost,
We seek it, ere it comes to light,
In every cranny but the right."
--William Cowper

---Sea

Seadancer, we are not able to help you all that much because part of the requirements of the Treasure Hunt are that those who succeed in getting the Treasure may not share clues or inside information with people who are still looking.

It may have escaped your attention but nearly 500 players have found the treasure without any of the sort of help you seem to be asking for. It takes time to find the treasure - collecting the clues is bound to take months and sometimes it takes years to find them all, that's just how it is. The clues pop up when they do; there's nothing you can do to control that and some days, most days, you won't see a clue at all - and on other days you'll see one of the clues you've got already. There's no point in searching for them, they appear at random. Either you'll see one as you play games or do quizzes, or you won't.

Please, stop expecting everything to be handed to you on a plate. Part of the fun of FT is finding your way round, just asking other people for answers takes half the fun away. And if you think finding clues in the Treasure Hunt is frustrating, try doing the Riddle or the Codebreaker badgelets.

Please don't be offended, but if you are ready to give up when you discovered this badge only a couple of days ago, then you do not have enough patience to try for this badge, the riddle or the codebreaker.

I started searching for the treasure roughly a year ago. I haven't found it, but I haven't given up. Can you see yourself searching fairly actively for a year without getting any reward whatsoever? If not, don't even try to find the treasure.



By the way, I would be fine with it saying on the challenge description page "the boxes look like this: [picture]" or with Wesley's description of what the boxes look like, as I am sure many people would find it helpful.

Part of the fun, though, is discovering where to look to find the clues. We can only be so helpful with this. :P When we all started years ago, we didn't know where to look, and we weren't given as many clues as there are now. In my opinion, what you find on the boards is more than enough help with the treasure hunt... Beyond what you've read so far, I recommend discovering what everything means on your own. It's a scavenger hunt; if you were to do that in real life, it wouldn't be as fun if someone gave you one of the things you needed to find.

Different challenges suit different personalities.

This treasure hunt in particular takes a lot of time, an immense amount of patience, and lots of trial and error. I completely understand if it is frustrating to you, and if you find it so, I suggest you move on to other challenges.

There's something for everyone.