Link all 11 towns to the depot for as little as you can. Ridge lanes cost 2, river crossings cost 3, old track is free, and a cliff cannot be crossed at all. Perfect is 49 and par is 61.
About Paths
Paths is a free daily network puzzle from Mind Loft. One depot, a scatter of towns, a river and two ridges, and the job is to link every town back to the depot for as little as you can. Ridge lanes cost double and crossings cost triple, so the shortest route and the cheapest one are rarely the same thing. Later in the week the map gets harder: cliffs block lanes outright, and stretches of old track are free to run along if you spot them.
The trick is that towns are cheaper to link in bunches than one at a time. A lane you lay to reach one town is free for the next town that runs along it, which is why the obvious connect-the-nearest-town network is always several over, and why one shared trunk line through a single crossing usually beats three separate detours around the river.
Every board carries a proven cheapest network, so a perfect score is real and nobody beats it. A new board drops at midnight Eastern, and the week ramps: open ground Monday to Wednesday, cliffs from Thursday, old track and a ninth town on Friday and Saturday, and a 13×13 Sunday Edition with eleven towns and every element at once. No app, no signup, play free in your browser, keep a streak, and race the daily leaderboard. More dailies: Hedge, our daily loop, Parker, our gridlock puzzle, and Span, our border chain.
Paths, in short
How do you play Paths?
One depot, a scatter of towns, a river in the way. Lay track until they all connect, and pay as little as you can for it. The terrain gets meaner as the week goes on.
Is Paths free to play?
Yes. Paths is free to play in your browser on Mind Loft, with no app to install and no account required.
When does a new Paths puzzle come out?
A new Paths arrives every day at midnight Eastern time, and Sundays bring the Sunday Edition, the biggest or hardest board of the week.
What kind of puzzle is Paths?
Paths is a daily logic puzzle from Mind Loft: link every town. Puzzle type: network puzzle. It is part of the daily logic puzzles lineup.
Can I play past Paths puzzles?
Yes. Every past Paths board is in the daily puzzle archive, along with the day's standings.
What other daily logic puzzles does Mind Loft have?