Level 5 · Mysteries & Monsters
Mission 485
Forensic Lab: Identify the Mystery Stew
Badge: Lab Detective
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Build a lab, test a stew for each flower and identify the thief's sample.
The thief left a half-eaten stew at the scene. Which secret flower is in it? Only your lab can find out.
- New skill Making suspicious stew
- Level 5 · Mysteries & Monsters
- Difficulty Intermediate
- Mode Survival
- Time 40–50 min
- Ages 13+
What you’ll build
Set up a bright forensic lab with a labelled chest for each flower. Make a stew for each one, changing only the flower, then eat it and log the effect. When your Mystery Maker hands over the thief's sample, taste it and match the effect to reveal which flower, and which suspect, it points to.
Finish line: Your lab has a reference board for four stews, and the thief's sample is identified.
Bonus challenge: Your Mystery Maker makes 2 more blind samples. Can you score 3 out of 3? Then give them a blind sample to crack!
You’ll need
- Bowls
- Red and brown mushrooms
- Poppy, cornflower, allium, oxeye daisy
- White blocks and glass
- A family member as Mystery Maker
You choose
- My lab's name
- My bet for the mystery flower
- My lab coat look (dyed leather armour)
Stuck?
- Stew can only be eaten when you're a little hungry. If you can't eat it, run around for a while first.
- Effects last only a few seconds, so watch your screen closely as soon as you eat.
- Stick to the four flowers listed. Some other flowers give harmful effects like poison.
For grown-ups
Get this mission
This mission is in Mission Pack 48. Each printable has the full steps, a Plan & Log page and a parent page.
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Played on Minecraft Bedrock on iPad. Buttons can differ on other devices and versions.