How to play GoldRoad

Learn GoldRoad with a short playable tutorial, or use this quick reference when you need a reminder.

The road

You begin on the footprints. Reach the finish flag with your score matching the target.
Your score changes as you move from tile to tile.
You cannot revisit a tile during the same try.
Only up, down, left, and right moves are legal.
Some lanes simply aren’t there. Where there’s no lane, there’s no way through.
You may need to leave some tiles out. Board shows the value of every tile, not the route you must take.

Tools

Try again restarts the same road. There is no limit on tries, but each one adds to your try count.
Undo takes back only your last step. Tap Undo, or tap the tile you came from. Take another step to undo again.
Classic and Expedition get 5 hints each, every day. A hint lights up the next stretch of a guide route to follow.
Hints never reduce your score or medal.
Solving Classic unlocks Expedition for the day when one is available.

Keyboard

Arrow keys or W, A, S, D move you one tile.
Backspace takes back your last step.

A small example

Each tile you step on adds its value to your score, and the tile you start on counts too.

Start on 5. Step to 3, and your score is 8. Step to 6, the finish, and your score is 14. If the target is 14, the road is solved.

Classic and Expedition

Every day has two roads. Classic is the main daily road. Solve it to unlock Expedition for the day.

Expedition adds toll lanes and bonus lanes. Crossing a toll lane takes points from your score. Crossing a bonus lane adds points. The legend by the board shows what each is worth.

Medals

Your medal depends on which try solves the road. Gold is the 1st try, Silver is the 2nd and Bronze is the 3rd. After that the road still counts as solved, but there is no medal.

A new road every day

A new road opens every day at 00:00 UTC. Roads you missed stay open for a while in Past Roads.

A few tips

Compare Board with Target. The gap tells you how much value you must leave out.
Plan the end of the route first. The finish never moves.
A wrong walk costs only a try, so use an early try to learn the road.
In Expedition, count the tolls and bonuses before you commit to a lane.

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