Quick steps to get started
Desktop
Left click a street = place a lantern
Click it again = mark a dot (no lantern here)
Click once more = clear
Hold the button = mark a dot directly
Goal
Light every street. A lantern lights its row and column until a roof stops it. Numbered roofs say how many lanterns stand beside them. No lantern may shine on another. Every puzzle has one solution and needs no guessing. Hint and Show my mistake are under the board and cost one star each.
What's it all about?
Place lanterns in the night streets of Veldrenmar until every alley is lit. Lanternward is a logic puzzle in the classic Akari ("Light Up") family: a lantern lights its whole row and column until a rooftop stops it, numbered roofs say how many lanterns stand beside them, and no lantern may shine on another. Every puzzle has exactly one solution and can be solved by reasoning alone. No guessing, ever. • 300 graded puzzles across 10 districts, 6×6 to 14×14, then Endless Night • A new daily puzzle every day • Difficulty measured by the deduction it needs, not by a label • Four stars by time against each level's target, your best times, never a countdown • Stuck? A hint places one correct lantern and "Show my mistake" marks the wrong ones. Each costs one star, nothing else • Colour-blind palette • Progress is saved in this browser Free to play. This browser edition shows no ads.
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