I noticed that for both step 6 and 10, the Dropbox team had written a piece of JavaScript that would redirect you to a new page as soon as you’d successfully solve the puzzle. These things can take quite some time, even if you know the correct solutions.Īs I mentioned, during the quest I was constantly viewing the HTML source to look for possible exploits. To complete step 6, you need to solve a click-and-drag puzzle, and step 10 is a 9×9 sudoku. ![]() However, those guides still require you to solve some of the puzzles manually. Also, I did take some breaks to investigate the HTML and JavaScript source code used in Dropquest.Īfter I finished, it didn’t take very long until people started writing up Dropquest walkthroughs and guides explaining all the different steps in detail.I wasted a lot of time reloading pages over and over again, hoping not to end up with another error message. The entire Dropbox website (including the blog and the forums, which were needed for the quest to solve clues) was under heavy traffic at the time.The timer starts as soon as you load the first step, and I could only really start doing the quest about 30 minutes after I did that.That’s quite a while, but given the circumstances I’m pretty happy about my ‘score’. I placed 826th with a recorded time of 02:20:01. The first 81 people to complete all steps won some nice prizes, but everyone participating in the quest can get 1 GB of extra Dropbox storage space. Enjoy!ĭropbox organized a scavenger hunt named Dropquest the other day. ![]() You can view your closed requests on the Closed tab.Update: There’s now a speedrun guide for Dropquest 2012 as well.
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