Expedition #10 · October 14, 2026
Japan's SLIM mission supplies a documented lunar landing, while the Soviet answers use the game's own successor-state treatment. Keep the building and chess conditions equally narrow: a tower or a different championship is not automatically interchangeable.
Five original topic guides follow. Each reveal selects one Gem worth 100 km, not the complete Farflung-tier list. Play on farflung.game first if you want to avoid spoilers. Read how to play for the timer and country rules.
Counts below are numbers of accepted answers in the stored daily dataset, not live player percentages. Tiers and eligibility belong to this expedition's game ruling; they are not permanent labels or independently verified current facts about every country.
Prompt 1: A spacecraft reaching the lunar surface
Look for a successful mission beyond the earliest space powers.
Common: 1 answers · Uncommon: 1 answers · Rare: 1 answers · Elusive: 15 answers · Farflung: 1 answers · 19 accepted
Reveal one selected Gem (100 km)
Japan - selected Gem, 100 km.
JAXA records SLIM's successful landing in January 2024. Japan therefore has a direct mission-based reason to fit, separate from the card's Soviet-successor rulings.
One Common alternative in this dataset: United States (40 km). Its score is 60 km below the selected Gem; this is not a claim about how many players chose either answer.
Fact reference: JAXA: SLIM mission record.
Prompt 2: BRICS membership for this edition
The acronym's original letters are not the whole accepted list.
Common: 1 answers · Uncommon: 2 answers · Rare: 4 answers · Elusive: 3 answers · Farflung: 1 answers · 11 accepted
Reveal one selected Gem (100 km)
Ethiopia - selected Gem, 100 km.
Ethiopia is included in this expedition's BRICS membership list. The card distinguishes members from countries holding partner status.
One Common alternative in this dataset: Brazil (40 km). Its score is 60 km below the selected Gem; this is not a claim about how many players chose either answer.
Prompt 3: Adjacent repeated letters
Search inside a multiword country name, not just at its beginning.
Common: 1 answers · Uncommon: 2 answers · Rare: 4 answers · Elusive: 12 answers · Farflung: 1 answers · 20 accepted
Reveal one selected Gem (100 km)
Saint Kitts and Nevis - selected Gem, 100 km.
Saint Kitts and Nevis qualifies through the double t in Kitts. Two appearances of a letter elsewhere in a name would not be the same test.
One Common alternative in this dataset: Russia (40 km). Its score is 60 km below the selected Gem; this is not a claim about how many players chose either answer.
Prompt 4: World chess titles across the split
Remember that the game's category includes the FIDE title during the divided-title period.
Common: 1 answers · Uncommon: 2 answers · Rare: 5 answers · Elusive: 6 answers · Farflung: 1 answers · 15 accepted
Reveal one selected Gem (100 km)
Uzbekistan - selected Gem, 100 km.
Uzbekistan qualifies through Rustam Kasimdzhanov's 2004 FIDE title. The game is not restricting this card to one side of the historical championship split.
One Common alternative in this dataset: Russia (40 km). Its score is 60 km below the selected Gem; this is not a claim about how many players chose either answer.
Prompt 5: Tall buildings, not all tall structures
Think of a Seoul skyscraper and keep observation towers out of the comparison.
Common: 1 answers · Uncommon: 2 answers · Rare: 1 answers · Elusive: 1 answers · Farflung: 1 answers · 6 accepted
Reveal one selected Gem (100 km)
South Korea - selected Gem, 100 km.
South Korea is a gem through Lotte World Tower in the day's list. This is a dated top-ten category; the answer does not promise a permanent worldwide rank.
Game-data source: public day file for 2026-10-14. Topics, hints and explanations are original editorial notes. The complete accepted list and official commentary stay with the game. See rarity and scoring for all five tiers.