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Element Earth Nonogram (15×15)

This is the Element Earth nonogram — a 15×15 picture logic puzzle. Use the number clues beside each row and column to work out which squares are filled, and the picture appears as you go. Every square can be deduced; you never have to guess.

About this puzzle

Size
15×15
Difficulty
Hard
Filled squares
73 of 225
Longest run
13
Typical time
20-40 min
Category
Alchemy

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How this board opens

The overlap rule is stingy here: one sweep of it across every row and column yields 25 of the 225 cells, 11%, so most of this board has to be argued for rather than read off. The most generous opening is row 1, which gives up 11 cells on its own. Straight line logic carries it to 25 cells and then stalls, so the last 200 need cross-referencing between a row and a column that share a cell. The finished picture fills 73 cells, and the longest unbroken run anywhere in the clues is 13.

About this category

Symbols, vials, and half-finished experiments — the alchemy set leans into the visual clutter of a wizard's workbench, which turns out to be a good fit for nonograms: lots of small internal detail means real clue interplay between rows and columns, not just one big blocky silhouette. Most of the set sits at 15×15, the size where cross-referencing actually starts to matter, with a couple of full 20×20 boards for anyone who wants a longer sit-down solve and a few 10×10s at the gentler end.

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