📱Treasure hunt

The Treasure Hunt feature turns your event into an interactive adventure — driving engagement and encouraging attendees to explore every corner of your event.

How the Treasure Hunt works

The Treasure Hunt is flexible enough to fit any event format. You can use it to draw attention to key locations, exhibitors, speakers, or programme highlights — wherever you want to direct your audience.

Attendees access the feature directly from the app's navigation. From there, they're guided to scan a series of QR codes placed around the event. Each scan unlocks a question tied to that specific area, and correct answers earn points. A live leaderboard keeps the competition friendly and the energy high throughout the day.

How to set up a treasure hunt

You can set up treasure hunts from within the Admin panel by completing the steps listed below:

1. Open the Admin panel

2. Go to the 'WOW-effects'

3. Choose 'Treasure hunt'

4. Click on '+ New hunt'

5. Fill in the Treasure hunt details (please use the table below for reference)

6. Click 'Save'

7. Once you have created a treasure hunt, you can duplicate it.

Important: you will need to add the treasure hunt to the apps navigation for it to be visible. Once you have added the treasure hunt to the app, you can start testing it. Note that you can only test it, when the treasure hunt is not live.

Field	Description
Hunt order	Choose from the following options: All entries visible All treasure hunt questions are available to answer in any order. One entry visible random order The user is shown one question at a time to answer in chosen at random. One entry visible custom order The user is given one question to answer at a time in a custom sequence. One entry visible custom order with random start The user is given one question to answer at a time in a custom sequence but with a random start time.
Missing Hunt image	If the Company, Location or User image is not set this will be the default image.
Info	List here info about your treasure hunt which will appear before the hunt starts.
Info image	The image that will appear before hunt stats.
Allow skipping entry	Allows users to skip a question
Show ranking in App	Allows users to see the Treasure hunt ranking.
Send push notification when entry is expired.	Sends a push notification to users when the question has expired
Send push notification when push entry is available	Sends a push notification to users when a new question is available
Points for entry scan	Give points to users for scanning a QR
Points for correct answer	Set the points the users will receive for answering a question correctly
Point for skipping entry	Set the points the users will receive for skipping a question
Adding a question	To add your first question click on the + symbol
Hunt for	Choose the Company, User or Location
Description:	Give a description or provide a clue to where users can find the question.
Question:	Type the question the user must answer
Answer(s):	Type the answer to the question and click Enter to save
Start time:	Set an optional start time to when the question can be answered
End time:	Set an optional end time to when the question can be answered
Image	Upload an image (recommended dimensions: 400x400)
Video	Set a video with a maximum of 50mb

Treasure hunt QR codes

Each QR code needs to be physically displayed in the area it's linked to, so attendees can scan it and unlock the corresponding question. You can download and print all your QR codes directly from the Admin panel:

1. Open the Admin panel

2. Go to WOW-effects

3. Select Treasure Hunt

4. Click the edit icon on the relevant Treasure Hunt

5. Click Print QR Codes

6. A PDF containing all QR codes for that Treasure Hunt will open in a new tab

Where to find the Treasure Hunt statistics

Head to the Statistics section to view both the rankings and a full breakdown of participant answers.

Ranking

Name	Description
Rank	This shows the ranking, with 1 being the person that won and thus filled in the treasure hunt the fastest while also receiving the most points.
User	First name and last name of the user.
Email	E-mail address of the user.
Points	The number of points that the user has received.
Time	The time it took for the user to complete the treasure hunt.

Answers

Name	Description
User	First and last name of the user
Email	E-mail address of the user
Question	The question asked for the treasure
Answer	The answer provided by the user for the question of the treasure.
Time	How long the user took to answer the question