{"id":79169,"date":"2020-09-01T08:11:19","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T15:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/?p=79169"},"modified":"2020-09-08T08:50:17","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T15:50:17","slug":"four-new-geocaching-attributes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/four-new-geocaching-attributes\/","title":{"rendered":"Four new geocaching attributes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In addition to the new Premium Attribute Search<\/a>, we are excited to announce four new attributes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hiders with challenge caches<\/a>, bonus caches<\/a>, or caches that are part of a power trail can now add the appropriate attribute. Additionally, caches with the Geocaching.com solution checker<\/a> will automatically show a new attribute to allow other geocachers to filter for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read on to view the new attributes, learn more about the types of hides mentioned, and how to add these attributes to your active geocache.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

To find a challenge cache, bonus cache, power trail cache, or Mystery Cache with the Geocaching.com solution checker, select the appropriate attribute using Attribute Search in the Geocaching\u00ae app<\/a> or on Geocaching.com<\/a>. Note:<\/strong> As cache owners and HQ apply these attributes to existing hides, filtering for the new attributes will start to show more and more results, but initially you will likely only see few results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Challenge cache attribute<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Though challenge caches are a type of Mystery Cache, the coordinates in the cache listing most often match the physical cache location. The challenge to claim a find on a challenge cache lies in having to accomplish a series of geocaching related tasks defined by the cache owner before logging the cache online\u2014in addition to finding the cache container and signing the physical logbook, of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bonus cache attribute<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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A bonus cache is a Mystery Cache for which you have to find clues in other caches. Sometimes the coordinates for the bonus cache are in one other cache. In other cases, you gather clues for the final coordinates of the bonus cache from multiple other caches. Clues for a bonus cache can be hidden in any other cache type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Power trail attribute<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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A geocaching power trail is a large number of caches, often placed at minimum distance (0.1 miles, 161 meters) to each other, hidden along a walking, biking, or driving route. It often promotes a player’s ability to easily increase their find count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geocaching.com solution checker attribute<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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To help geocachers ensure their solved coordinates are correct before they go to find the final container, cache owners can add a solution checker<\/a> to their Mystery Caches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Information for present and future cache owners<\/h4>\n\n\n\n