Expedition #8 · October 12, 2026
New Zealand fits the fractional-time-zone card through the Chatham Islands, not its mainland clock. This is also the final expedition preserved under the game's early map rules, a useful warning against treating every archive label as current.
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: Furniture stores in the Caribbean
Look beyond northern Europe and the largest American markets.
Common: 1 answers · Uncommon: 1 answers · Rare: 12 answers · Elusive: 44 answers · Farflung: 2 answers · 60 accepted
Reveal one selected Gem (100 km)
Dominican Republic - selected Gem, 100 km.
The Dominican Republic is a gem in this expedition's physical-store list. Online delivery alone is not the condition being tested.
One Common alternative in this dataset: Sweden (40 km). Its score is 60 km below the selected Gem; this is not a claim about how many players chose either answer.
Prompt 2: Rome beyond the familiar map
A country can qualify through only a small part of its present territory.
Common: 1 answers · Uncommon: 1 answers · Rare: 9 answers · Elusive: 42 answers · Farflung: 2 answers · 55 accepted
Reveal one selected Gem (100 km)
Saudi Arabia - selected Gem, 100 km.
Saudi Arabia is accepted in the day's Roman-territory category. This does not say that all of modern Saudi Arabia belonged to Rome.
One Common alternative in this dataset: Italy (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: Wild jaguars, country-wide
Overseas land can change the answer to a wildlife question.
Common: 1 answers · Uncommon: 1 answers · Rare: 9 answers · Elusive: 6 answers · Farflung: 2 answers · 19 accepted
Reveal one selected Gem (100 km)
France - selected Gem, 100 km.
France qualifies through French Guiana in this card. The answer is not a claim that jaguars live wild in metropolitan France.
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 4: Fractional-hour island clocks
Check an outlying island group rather than only a country's mainland time.
Common: 1 answers · Uncommon: 2 answers · Rare: 5 answers · Elusive: 3 answers · Farflung: 1 answers · 12 accepted
Reveal one selected Gem (100 km)
New Zealand - selected Gem, 100 km.
The Chatham Islands run 45 minutes ahead of mainland New Zealand. Their clock supplies the qualifying offset that the mainland does not.
One Common alternative in this dataset: India (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: Te Ara: Chatham Islands overview.
Prompt 5: A country hidden in the letters
Ignore political relationships and scan inside a longer country name.
Common: 1 answers · Uncommon: 2 answers · Rare: 4 answers · Elusive: 6 answers · Farflung: 2 answers · 15 accepted
Reveal one selected Gem (100 km)
Romania - selected Gem, 100 km.
Romania contains the sequence Oman, ignoring case. This is a letter match, not an assertion that Oman is geographically inside Romania.
One Common alternative in this dataset: Nigeria (40 km). Its score is 60 km below the selected Gem; this is not a claim about how many players chose either answer.
Game-data source: public day file for 2026-10-12. 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.