Curated beds, labeled specimens, gravel paths raked clean of footprints. The Botanical Garden pairs generous open rows with object-rich beds — balanced casework in a deceptively calm setting.
One of Kludoku's 23 crime scenes. The rules never change — place every suspect from testimony alone, and whoever ends up beside the victim did it. What changes is the map, and the map is what decides whether a case falls open or fights back.
9 rooms: Tropical House, Orchid House, Cactus House, Lily Pond, Palm Pavilion, Seed Vault, Garden Path, Visitor Center, Compost Yard.
10 features the testimonies point at: cactus, tree, flower bush, potted plant, shrub, lily pad, fountain, bench, boulder, statue — 9 block a square outright; 1 flat underfoot, which a suspect can stand on.
The Botanical Garden has hosted 15 days of shared cases, first on 1 December 2019 and most recently on 2 November 2026. 394 investigations have been opened on it, and 76% ended in the right accusation. The fastest anyone has closed a case here is 0:07.
| Difficulty | Board | Rooms | Testimonies | Assumptions | Liar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| beginner | 5×5 | 3–4 | 7 | none | — |
| easy | 6×6 | 4–5 | 8 | none | — |
| medium | 7–8×7 | 5–6 | 10 | 0.2 | 8% |
| hard | 8–10×8 | 6–7 | 13 | 1.0 | 17% |
| expert | 9–10×9 | 7–8 | 17 | 1.8 | 69% |
Board is columns × suspects, and rooms is how many regions that grid is cut into — both set by the difficulty, not by the scene. Testimonies is how many statements it took before exactly one arrangement survived, assumptions the assume-and-test rounds needed once plain elimination ran dry, and liar the share of cases hiding an accomplice whose every word is false. Those three are The Botanical Garden's own, measured over the 15 days it has hosted.
Days played in The Botanical Garden, each with its solved boards and a full walkthrough of how every case was cracked: 26 October 2026 · 12 October 2026 · 20 September 2026 · 18 September 2026 · 28 August 2026 · 25 August 2026.