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March Patreon Reward - Nurikabe Puzzle Pack

🕑 Added 2025-03-01 16:00:21 +0000 UTC

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Nikolai

@Wilesfiles, I had the same issue. May be reconsider assumptions about box 8.

Adrian Stubbs

I completed it but I found it really tough. There were a couple of times where I restarted the puzzle just to clear my head as I thought maybe I'd made a mistake. I'd also find a step forward and then second guess my logic. Apparently, I did it in 35 minutes but I find that hard to believe.

Grace Sansone

Awesome set of puzzles, I was sad to finish them

Grace Sansone

Is it with the 1s & 2s? If so check the whisper requirements for C4R4 :)

Shannon Kranich

Did anyone else run into a uniqueness issue in Whispering Nurikabe? The checkers says everything is correct, but columns 1 and 3 are at a stalemate for me.

Altnabreac

If anyone else got stuck on Nurikabe Corners like me - The diagonally opposite digits rule on white dots applies to waterway cells as well as to island cells, somehow I'd convinced myself it was only island cells.

Wilesfiles

Really nice pack, but I'm stuck on number 10. I can't get the Nurikabe part to work out.

Vedran Kordić

Also I appreciate how you separated the rules into the constant part and the variable part, some of the previous sets had a problem with subtle rule changes and this is a good example how it should be done. Maybe you also could increase the font size in the pdf so it's easier to read on mobile screens.

Vedran Kordić

Nice pack. The several first puzzles have easy and fast nurikabe and then are just a lot of sudoku, which I didn't like; but halfway through the pack they improve a lot and all the rules interact a lot more. I guess I like nurikabe a lot more than sudoku. :)

Kees

Thank you guys! Just finished the puzzle.

Chandler Guptill

That is correct, all of the digits in the island will form a consecutive set, in any order! edit to say: that one gave me the most trouble too, for some reason!! Just finished it!

Ben Turmes

Yes, for an island of 4: possible sets 1234 2345 3456 4567- but in any order. The 4 has to be in it, since its the circled cell. For the 7+8 islands, there are quite a lot of numbers that have to be on the island.

Kees

I managed to solve all the puzzles except for the Renban Nurikabe. That one is driving me nuts! :) I want to make sure that I interpret the rules correctly. It says that every island contains a set of consecutive digits. I read it that every island consists of a set of consecutive digits. In other words, an island of 4 needs the digits 1,2,3,4 or 2,3,4,5 etc. It is not enough that the island contains a set of, for instance ,1,2,3 and a 7 or so. I am almost sure that I know the answer but my despair needs conformation. :D

Matthew Buckley

A weird quirk of Patreon is that it does not show the attachments on the main page, only once you click into the post. It can be a bit confusing for small posts that are all about an attachment.

Paolo De Leva

I did the same mistake, and could not figure it out even after reading the rules again more than once. Thank you Richard. ... By the way, another thing that ALWAYS confuses me is a given digit that is not inside a circle. I assume it is, and immediately colour it as it an island.

Lorraine Blanks

Thanks, Frank! I've completed a few and a bit later on there's some rules stating they can't, so from this you can imply they can where this rule isn't stated. This did remind me of teachers telling you to read the whole exam paper before starting...

Francesca Booer

Ah yeah thank you for that! Will make sure to read all the rules for future ones!

Kim Wheeler

Ah, now I see it's covered in the first puzzle walkthrough!!

Kim Wheeler

Thanks! I could see that all islands must have one circle, but nothing saying that all circles must be on an island.

Frank Op het Veld

As per the rules: every Island contains a single circled cell; from that, yes, you can assume all circles are island cells

Richard McDowell

Remember all water must be orthogonally connected...

Kim Wheeler

Is it correct to assume that all circled cells are island cells?

Francesca Booer

We managed to solve Nurikabe Archipelago number-wise, but couldn’t get the colouring for the 1 and 2 in box 4. Did anyone else find the same?

Frank Op het Veld

I have found that yes, digits can repeat on islands. Enjoy!

Lorraine Blanks

Does anyone know if we are able to repeat digits on islands?

Jonathan Card

Like Tamar Holdren said, but you can also click on the title and it'll take you to the post-that's-not-part-of-a-list template, and that'll have the attached files linked.