Official Dropbox Scavenger Hunt 2011 Walkthrough

The Details:

Who: You!

What: Dropquest is a multi-step scavenger hunt that will test your wits and knowledge. Expect to hop around the Dropbox site and the internet to find answers to easy and not-so-easy puzzles.

Where: Dropquest 2011 Official Starting Zone

Prizes:

• Completion: 1 GB for life Dropquest will also be timed, and the fastest finishers will be rewarded with even more fantastic prizes.

• Platinum: (1) Dropbox hoodie (Psychobox), LIMITED EDITION, Dropbox drawing signed by the Dropbox team, 50 GB for life!

• Gold: (10) Dropbox hoodie (Psychobox), Dropbox print signed by the Dropbox team, 10 GB for life!

• Silver: (20) Dropbox t-shirt (Psychobox), 5 GB for life!

• Bronze: (50) 2 GB for life! …and a few secret prizes too!

(source of above info: Dropbox forum)

Here is a walkthrough that will help you along. Note that you don’t have to actually input an answer for each of the steps along the way. Sometimes there is an input field, but mainly each step leads you along to the next one. You will get more and more storage credit as you solve each step.

Before you do anything, log into your Dropbox account.

1. It’s 284

2. Go to: http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=284

3. Download: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/211024/Step4.zip

4. Inside Step4.zip is Step5.zip

5. Step5.zip Password: huskies

6. Earthbox (https://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2011/r)

7. 33739 (https://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2011/0)

8. (https://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2011/p) -> https://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2011/b

9. First picture in blog

10. http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/9582/1j5o8.png

11. http://www.dropbox.com/home

12. Click on the top

13. https://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2011/x

14. http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=18&page=18&replies=1173

15. http://blog.dropbox.com/?p=18

16. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/211024/Step16.zip

17. baff1e (https://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2011/h) (make sure you see that there is not an “L” but the number “1″)

18. drew houston

19. http://www.dropbox.com/help/206

21. Share a new folder with mailto:dropquest@dropbox.com named 1F75CC

22. https://www.dropbox.com/votebox/3712/frozen-yogurt

23. https://www.dropbox.com/about Click on Hunter’s image

24. rainbowshell

25: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/211024/rainbowshell.zip

26: http://www.dropbox.com/dropquest2011/t

27. bad cabbage (or badcabbage)

28. 1133471056

29. Dr0pbox heaRtsU