Perth's a puzzle. Step into it.

Plan for about 4 hours, or about 5 hours with food.

A phone with a camera, mobile data and location turned on, charged full before you start. It runs in the browser on any recent iPhone or Android, so there's nothing to install. Bring water, a hat and sun protection: Perth's sun is strong, even early, and the lawns and the quay are open to it.

About 6.8 km at your own pace on park paths, footpaths and malls. It's downhill overall: you start high in Kings Park and end near the railway. The road down from the park is step free. Wear comfortable shoes.

At the far end of Forrest Carpark in Kings Park, on top of the hill. The free Blue CAT bus runs from Elizabeth Quay Bus Station and Perth Busport to the Wadjuk Way stop, about 500 m away; the first one gets there from about 08:30 to about 08:55, depending on the day. For an earlier start, take a taxi or rideshare to the carpark. On Kings Park concert dates (in 2026: 6, 10 to 12 and 14 November, 11 and 13 December) it closes from about 06:00, so get dropped on Fraser Avenue and walk. Or walk up from Perth Station: about 2.9 km and 40 minutes, uphill. VS players meet at the meeting point before the countdown.

The game finishes in Northbridge, about 430 m from Perth Station, down William Street, with trains and the free Red and Yellow CATs. The airport line takes 20 to 27 minutes.

From December to February, start by about 07:30, so the hill and the open quay are done before it warms up. Kings Park calls off its own guided walks at 37 C, which is a good rule for moving your day. Its bushland also closes on extreme fire danger and total fire ban days, so check the Kings Park website on those days.

Remembrance Day morning (11 November) and Anzac Day (25 April): the State War Memorial precinct in Kings Park is held for the services, so play later or on another day. On New Year's Eve and Australia Day, the quay and the city fill up from the afternoon, so play in the morning.

You'll walk past memorials and places that matter to people. Take your photo from the public path, keep it quiet and respectful, and never touch, climb or stand on a work or a memorial. The game won't ever ask you to.

Perth is Boorloo, on the Country of the Whadjuk Noongar people. Noongar names and works in the game come from public sources and are credited by name: the City of Perth, Kings Park's managers BGPA, Development WA and the artists. A Whadjuk body hasn't reviewed the game yet, so nothing here claims their endorsement.

Yes. The riddles work for first-timers, and they're written to surprise people who've lived here for years: most of the 25 are things you can walk straight past.

Yes, if they're happy with the distance. The route uses public footpaths, park paths and malls. Hold little hands near traffic and the water's edge, and take breaks whenever you need them.

Botanical Cafe in Kings Park is open from 07:00 every day, with toilets close by. Petition in the State Buildings opens from 07:00 on weekdays and 08:00 at weekends. You can refill at public fountains after stops 8 and 15, and there are toilets on Elizabeth Quay. At the finish in Northbridge, Kakulas Bros food store opens from 08:00 (11:00 on Sundays) and Chicho Gelato from 12:00. Check hours on the day.

Every stop is in a public place you can reach on foot, and you photograph from where anyone can stand. Cross at the lights, keep left on shared paths, where bikes come through, look up from your phone at the kerb, and take care beside the water.

Every find can be photographed from a public place, so you can play in a shower.

You never get stuck. Ask for the next clue whenever you like. If all five clues miss, the game shows you where the thing is, and walking within 25 m of it adds the piece. You just score a six for that stop.

The game lets you move on. A patchy location fix or a photo the checker can't read never ends your day: carry on to the next stop, and that piece shows as unlocked with help on your card.

Yes. Share one phone on one code, or link several phones so a find on one unlocks for everyone. Linked codes can also play Competitive as one team, with one name on the leaderboard, and race each other in VS.

No. Every code can play Solo, Crew, Competitive or VS, and testers pay nothing at all. Linked codes can play both: Competitive as one team, and VS against anyone, crewmates included.

Each mode comes with its own, each once per walk. Easy has its arrow, circle and thermometer built in, plus a Free skip. Medium has its arrow, plus a Free skip and a Thermometer. Hard has nothing built in, plus a Thermometer, a Compass and a Free skip. The Thermometer runs cold, warm, hot inside the search area and the Compass points to it, both until you solve that stop; the Free skip shows the next clue at once, with no wait and no extra move. Every 5 stops a quick question asks what you saw, and every right answer wins another lifeline. Competitive has Hard's three, strictly, and a crew playing as a team shares one set. A VS match plays the lifelines of the mode you both agreed on.

Yes, as long as they have their own Jigwalk code. There's no matchmaking: send the 6-character match code however you like, they choose Competitive and Join VS, and see the match's mode: Competitive unless you picked Easy, Medium or Hard when you made it. Pressing Ready means you both agree to it. A match that never starts closes after 12 hours.

Finished Competitive walks in Perth, VS matches on Competitive rules included, on two boards. A VS match on Easy, Medium or Hard is a friendly race, so it doesn't go on the leaderboard. Best score ranks the fewest moves first, with the faster time breaking a tie. Fastest ranks the quickest finish first, with fewer moves breaking a tie. Each line shows a nickname or a team name, then moves, time and lifelines used.

Not to play: your game code is all you type in. Free tester codes are claimed with an account, one claim per account for each city. The leaderboard only ever shows the nickname you choose at the finish.

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Until 7 days after you finish. If you haven't finished, it stays open for a year from when you get it.

It's free while we test, until launch on 1 December 2026. After that the launch price is Solo or Duo AUD 34.95 (up to 2 phones) or Crew AUD 44.95 (up to 5 phones), with one code for your group. The boxed puzzle and the finish treat come with the official launch.