Level 5 · Mysteries & Monsters
Mission 431
Buried Ruins: Dig Up the Explorer’s Trail
Badge: Dirt Detective
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Find buried trail ruins, craft a brush and dig up finds without losing one.
The explorer's last postcard shows an old clay tower poking out of a forest floor. Under it: answers.
- New skill Brushing suspicious gravel
- Level 5 · Mysteries & Monsters
- Difficulty Intermediate
- Mode Survival
- Time 45–60 min
- Ages 13+
What you’ll build
Search taiga, jungle and old birch forests for the giveaway of buried trail ruins: terracotta poking out of the ground. Craft a brush, clear the dirt gently and uncover the speckly suspicious gravel. Brush every block with care, noting how deep each find was.
Finish line: You've found a trail ruin, dug it carefully with a brush and filled a finds chest.
Bonus challenge: Brush 10 more blocks and keep score. Did your treasure share go up or down? What does that tell you about the ruin?
You’ll need
- A feather
- A copper ingot
- A stick
- A shovel
- Torches and food
- A chest for finds
You choose
- My dig site's name
- My dig rule: brush first, or shovel the dirt first?
- My bet for treasures found today
Stuck?
- Mining suspicious gravel destroys the find. Hold the brush on it until the item pops out.
- Suspicious gravel falls if the block under it is removed, so dig around it, not beneath it.
- Trail ruins are mostly buried and easy to miss. Look for odd terracotta or mud bricks in the ground.
For grown-ups
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This mission is in Mission Pack 43. Each printable has the full steps, a Plan & Log page and a parent page.
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