MrBeast $1M Puzzle Quest — Research Toolkit

Deadline: April 2, 2026 | Open-source community research hub for the MrBeast $1M Puzzle Quest

Community research toolkit for solving the MrBeast $1M Puzzle Quest (announced Super Bowl 2026). Contains solvers, analysis scripts, location trackers, and Claude agent definitions.

Overview

The puzzle spans 91 locations across two stages:

• Stage 1: 50 platform puzzles + 1 crossword = 51 location answers
• Stage 2: beast.travel = 40 more location answers
• Endgame: All 91 locations → final 8-digit CODE → $1,000,000

Repository Structure

data/             # Single source of truth
  PROGRESS.md     # Priority stack, solve status
  LOCATIONS.md    # All 91 locations tracker
  HINTS.md        # All official hints (15+)
  INTEL.md        # Community intel & theories
  URLS.md         # Monitored URLs

.claude/agents/   # Specialized Claude AI agents
  cipher-solver         # Ciphers, anagrams, Morse, periodic table
  visual-analyzer       # Image analysis, OCR, grid extraction
  web-researcher        # Reddit, wiki, hints monitoring
  meta-solver           # Meta-puzzles, 91 locations → code
  sudoku-specialist     # 25 encrypted sudoku (onemil.xyz)
  travel-explorer       # beast.travel Stage 2 locations

hub1/             # Stage 0: 9 platform puzzles
hub2-commercial/  # Super Bowl commercial ciphers
hub3-bank/        # Bank video puzzles
stage2-crossword/ # 25×25 crossword
research/         # Analysis & recon
archive/          # Deprecated / historical docs

Puzzle Stages

Stage 0 → Stage 1

9 platform puzzles (Pinterest, Reddit, Imgur, ImageShack, Photobucket, Medium, Pixelfed, ImgPile, 500px) decode to a 9-word phrase:

"EVERY CHALLENGE LEADS TOWARDS LOCATION NAME SOMEWHERE AROUND WORLD"

This phrase defines the puzzle: all answers are real location names around the world.

Stage 1 (51 locations)

60 puzzles + 1 crossword accessible via mrbeast.salesforce.com. Official hints released daily Feb 9–23, 2026.

Stage 2 (40 locations)

beast.travel — travel agency themed puzzle site with Car, Horse, Plane, and Boat trip puzzles. Opened Feb 16, 2026.

Endgame

Trip picture captions contain the final instruction → "clear route to million" (Hint #14).

Tooling

• Python 3.13+ — solvers in hubN/NN-platform/solvers/
• Claude agents — 6 specialized agents in .claude/agents/
• Chrome DevTools MCP — for JS-heavy sites (beast.travel, onemil.xyz, Salesforce)

Status (as of Feb 24, 2026)

Nobody has won yet.

Stage	Found	Total
Stage 1	~36	51
Stage 2	~14	40
Total	~50	91

Critical unsolved:

• 25 Sudoku at onemil.xyz (each uniquely encrypted)
• "Big thing with all location names" meta-puzzle

Community Links

• onemil.xyz — collaborative sudoku
• beast.travel — Stage 2 puzzles
• Salesforce Hub — hints & Stage 1
• Crossword — beastforce.fun
• Location Tracker
• Wiki (Lone Shark)
• Wiki (community)
• r/MrBeast — community discussion

Contributing

Found a location? Open an issue or PR updating data/LOCATIONS.md.