Kidnapping Caper
The NC Kidnapping Caper is a Mall event running between May 19 and May 25, 2015. It is similar in style to the Great NC Scavenger Hunt, with users given clues to search Neopia in exchange for wearable NC items! Remember to check the FAQ before participating.
Case Files
In order to participate in the event, you need to purchase at least one special Case File from the NC Mall. There are three Case Files, all costing 700 NC, one for each of the three aspects of the event - who did the kidnapping, how they did it, and where they are hiding.
Upon buying the Case File, you will need to activate it, either in your inventory or the main Caper page. Provided you activate your Case File within the first 3 days of the event, you will be awarded with a bonus item corresponding to the Case File you opened.
Once you have an activated Case File, you can take part in the event! Each Case File has a list of suspects or possibilities they need to eliminate from the investigation, and will eliminate a new one each day, giving you a riddle to solve in order to do so. Each Case File has a different set of items and clues, and as such a different set of rewards. You will find the items on pages spread throughout Neopia, looking like this:
Clicking on the item will return you to the Kidnapping Caper page and mark the quest as complete for the day.
Suspects
May 19th
Clue: The faeries may know something, but they're all off betting on the races.
Location: Visit the Poogle Races.
May 20th
Clue: The Specialty Shopkeeper likes to read the archives for records of unique items; perhaps another Lenny could provide some insight.
Location: Visit the Altadorian Archives.
May 21st
Clue: That Future Fashions girl is always out looking for new items, maybe even searching for buried treasure.
Location: Visit the Treasure of the Black Pawkeet.
May 22nd
Clue: This is a real mystery, not a Roo Island contest! But a clue that rhymes could only be in one place.
Location: Visit the Poetry Contest.
May 23rd
Clue: Someone must have seen their getaway. Why don't you try someone who gives tours all day?
Location: Visit Glass Bottom Boat Tours.
May 24th
Clue: It's a lovely day for berry picking, despite the whole kidnapping thing that is...
Location: Visit Pick Your Own.
May 25th
Clue: Only a couple suspects left! But it might take mystical help; see if a certain Yurble would be willing.
Location: Visit The Mystery Island Mystic.
For completing the file, you may choose one of the following rewards:
Suspects Bonus Prize Choices
Hideout
May 19th
May 20th
Clue: Few really know what happens in the Haunted Woods, but there is a certain camp with a good view.
Location: Visit the Wanderer Camp.
May 21st
Clue: There's a city that produces all the equipment they'd need to disappear, and some pretty fantastic lights.
Location: Visit Lampwyck's Lights Fantastic.
May 22nd
May 23rd
Clue: You can see all around when you're up in the air, just ask a Neopian with a fondness for springs.
Location: Visit Springy Things.
May 24th
Clue: To get in the mind of a criminal, who better than someone who deals with them all day and has a... love of logic?
Location: Visit Cellblock.
May 25th
Clue: You should always have some Neopoints on hand when running from the law. There is one national authority on that.
Location: Visit The National Neopian Bank.
For completing the hunt, you may choose one of the following rewards:
Hideout Bonus Prize Choices
Method
May 19th
Clue: Someone with a royal knowledge for potions might be useful here.
Location: Visit the Royal Potionery.
May 20th
Clue: We should consult outside sources...maybe someone who deals in mystical surroundings can help.
Location: Visit Mystical Surroundings.
May 21st
Clue: I wonder if they left any tracks in their getaway - a Blumaroo gardener would know!
Location: Visit the Neopian Garden Centre.
May 22nd
Clue: To avoid being seen, they must have travelled at night, but maybe somebody who studies the skies saw.
Location: Visit the Lunar Temple.
May 23rd
Clue: Follow those marks to a jungle village that is finally free.
Location: Visit Tyrammet Village.
May 24th
Clue: That missing machine was the retired Faerie-theme; perhaps a water faerie who loves colours knows more?
Location: Visit the Rainbow Fountain.
May 25th
Clue: We believe the shipment crate was meant to help feed some orbiting Grundos, wonder if it made it...
Location: Visit Grundos Cafe.
For completing the hunt, you may choose one of the following rewards:
Method Bonus Prize Choices
Bonus Prize
For completing all 3 Case Files, you'll receive the following item as a bonus:
This page was written by JN Staff and last updated on March 8, 2022.
