WELCOME TO THE HUNT!
Sky pirates, assemble! We’re heading to De’gaté, an uncharted island off the coast of Merigold, rumored to be the home of one of the fabled Stones of Indigo.
Solve riddles, complete tasks, locate hidden secrets, and rack up points between now and pub day for Cello's Gate (November 3rd, 2026) and walk away with TREASURE*.
*Not a metaphor about pride in a job well done or the frens we made along the way. There’s an actual treasure box at the end of this that three diligent and hard-working sky pirates can win!
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Assemble a crew wily and capable enough to follow you to De’gaté, aka “The Gate of Death.” Explore the island, conquer unknown obstacles, and find the stone. You have until November 3rd, 2026.
Three winners will win THE TREASURE BOX.
But everyone who dares to enter will be rewarded.
THE MECHANICS
Every pre-order receipt, completed task, secret cache of credits uncovered, and solved riddle will help you unlock rewards, reveal new milestones, and get us one step closer to finding the stone!
SEPTEMBER 20TH - NOVEMBER 3RD
- Increase Your Individual Point Total
- Unlock Group Rewards
- Unlock Hidden Obstacles and Challenges
HOW TO EARN POINTS
BUILD A CREW
Invite your frens! Share the word about the treasure hunt. The more people who get involved, the more points you earn, and the more sick sky pirate merch you unlock.
To overcome obstacles, solve puzzles, and *cough* uncover secret challenges *cough*, you must work together to earn points.
- Every point you earn as an individual contributes to the INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD.
- And every point contributes to the crew’s point total, which is how you UNLOCK REWARDS.
The total points earned by the collective in each act will impact the number of unlocked rewards you receive.
THERE ARE 20 POTENTIAL REWARDS AVAILABLE DURING THE HUNT
FOLLOW ALONG ON THE MAP!
The map updates as the crew moves through the hunt. Earn as many points as you can to explore the entire map, unlock secret tunnels, and discover loot caches hidden throughout the map!
REWARDS UNLOCKED
THE GRAND PRIZE!
3 WINNERS WILL RECEIVE
ASSEMBLE THE CREW
Every job starts the same. A landing strip in a city no one loves, a back alley handshake, and a contract offering too little for too much. But that’s the gig. We’re not in this for the money. We’re in it for the love of the game. Dalia, the immortal daughter of the ArchGovernor, has made an offer. And I know that we said we’re not in it for the money—and we both agreed—but it’s a lot of money. Like … a crazy amount of money.
So we’re doing it. But before we go out and chase a myth, we need hands on deck. I want schemers, sharpshooters, amateur cartographers, imperials, intangibles, assassins, knights, and maybe one arachnologist for when the spiders show.
You know the drill. Make some noise so the whole sky knows we’re coming.
TASKS
PRE-ORDER CELLO’S GATE in any edition, then SUBMIT YOUR RECEIPT! Every receipt = 50 points and an entry into the ACT ONE GIVEAWAY.
Join the TRENCH COMMUNITY DISCORD then confess your crimes in #criminal_records.
Use the template to make a wanted poster for your sky pirate self (or a crew member). Post it, tag us, name your bounty, submit for points.
Tag a friend who doesn’t know they need this book yet in the TREASURE HUNT LAUNCH VIDEO. Every qualifying tag counts!
Comment “HUNT” on the TREASURE HUNT LAUNCH VIDEO. You will then receive a mysterious DM with a hint for the location of one of the SECRET LOOT BOXES!
RIDDLES
I have a needle yet cannot sew.
A face, a gear, letters, and sometimes, numbers.
When it’s dark, you need me most.
What am I?
I can be folded into a square,
and yet, I contain the world.
Mountains sleep within me.
As do rivers and lakes and oceans.
What am I?
Ah…
Say what you must but
know that the truth does not
yield to whining scrutiny.
Pride would have you think
I am less than you, but you’d be wrong.
Relinquish the brief belief that you
are somehow entitled to wealth—
the money you made on lies or
“earned” by pilfering the work of others.
What am I?