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12 Days of FME Contest is Live: The Treasure Hunt Begins!

  • November 26, 2025
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Ahoy, our annual 12 Days of FME Contest is live! This year we’re embarking on a Treasure Hunt Adventure...

About the Contest

The hunt begins! Discover the legend of Greenbeard, the pirate lizard whose long-lost treasure is waiting to be found. Follow clues, solve puzzles, and place your flags on the map for a chance to win - the closer your guess, the bigger the prize.

The contest runs November 26 to December 12, 2025.

How It Works

  1. Login to your FME Community account.
  2. Visit the Puzzle Board - your gateway to 20 puzzles.
  3. Each puzzle you solve reveals a clue to the treasure’s location.
  4. Head to the Make a Guess page to submit your guesses of the treasure’s location. You’ll start with 12 guesses and can earn bonus ones along the way.
  5. The closest guess to the treasure wins one of our grand prizes!
  6. Throughout the contest, connect with other users in the dedicated 12 Days of FME thread on the forums.

Tip: Participation is flexible - solve puzzles at your own pace anytime during the contest window. You must be logged into your community account to play.

Prizes

We have some incredible prizes up for grabs! 

  • Closest Guess: The player whose flag lands closest to the treasure wins the first grand prize - a large Stump Craft (Canadian-made wooden puzzle) or Heye puzzle of your choice (up to $200 CAD value).
  • The next two closest players win the second and third grand prizes - a large Stump Craft or Heye Puzzle.
  • Special Achievement Prizes: 
    • Worst guess: A fun FME swag pack including stickers, socks, and a spork!
    • Most puzzles solved: An FME hoodie to show off your puzzle-solving prowess

Plus four exclusive contest badges are available and automatically awarded depending on your level of participation.

Have questions or comments? Write them below. Hope you’ll join in on the fun!

Cheers,

The Safe Community Team

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    vancitygis
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    • vancitygisParticipant
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    • November 26, 2025

    I’m having trouble opening the first FME puzzle dataset, it says it cannot recognize the file header.  I’m on FME 2023. Do we need any specific FME versions for this?

    jedi121
    earlw
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    • earlwContributor
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    • November 26, 2025

    Anyone else having issues with puzzle 1. I have the code decoded but the key word is not being accepted?? Any special tricks?

    evieatsafe
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    • evieatsafeSafer
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    • November 26, 2025

    Hi ​@vancitygis yes, unfortunately the FFS files were made using FME 2024.0 so you would need to upgrade. I have converted that specific file to GeoJSON so you should be able to use this in any version of FME (attached) hopefully that helps!!

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    • jedi121Contributor
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    • November 27, 2025

    Hi ​@vancitygis yes, unfortunately the FFS files were made using FME 2024.0 so you would need to upgrade. I have converted that specific file to GeoJSON so you should be able to use this in any version of FME (attached) hopefully that helps!!

    Thank you but as the puzzle 1 of line 2 is also using a FFS file so it’ll be difficult. As I’l in a big company I don’t have the leisure to upgrade myself. This is the end of this Treasure Hunt for me :(

    And as Safe has drastically changed it’s licence program for hobbyist since 2023 I can’t even use a FME at home for this. It’s a pity.

    kateaew
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    When I place my guess it says Guess Submitted (coords) and Guess Count Updated but it doesn’t submit the guess and my count is still the same, when I check User Dashboard it says Guesses Made: 0 and it’s the same if i guess random.

    kateaew
    christelv
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    • kateaewContributor
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    • November 27, 2025

    I am so stuck on the codes puzzle 3 finding the custom transformer name 😂 any hints/tips?

    kateaew
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    • kateaewContributor
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    • November 27, 2025

    Anyone else having issues with puzzle 1. I have the code decoded but the key word is not being accepted?? Any special tricks?

    I did mine in all lower case, unsure if it makes a difference!

    mark2atsafe
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    • mark2atsafeSafer
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    • November 27, 2025

    ​@earlw No special tricks necessary and it’s not case sensitive.

    I managed to find the log of your submissions on FME Flow and the simple solution is that your answer is incorrect! 

    Sorry about that! Pleae have another go at deciphering the text and try again!

    FME Evangelist to the Rich and Famous!!
    earlw
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    • mark2atsafeSafer
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    • November 27, 2025

    My apologies for the FFS version problem. I guess I had a brain fade and didn’t consider how it would cause problems for users with older FME versions. I’ll put some updated versions (maybe older FFS, maybe a different format) as soon as I can.

    FME Evangelist to the Rich and Famous!!
    kateaew
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    mark2atsafe
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    • mark2atsafeSafer
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    • November 27, 2025

    Hi all (particularly ​@vancitygis and ​@jedi121 ) - I’ve updated the puzzles that use FFS data with alternative options to use a 2023.0.0.3 version of the data. I think that’s about as old as I can go.

    fyi - the main version is FME 2025.0, not 2024 as mentioned earlier.

    FME Evangelist to the Rich and Famous!!
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    jeroen_hack
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    • jeroen_hackContributor
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    • November 28, 2025

    Hi, i found one of the codes for extra guesses. WHen i used it it mentioned the extra guess, but i don't see it updated on my Guesses page (still says 12). Did i do something wrong?

    kateaew
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    ivensl
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    • ivenslParticipant
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    • November 28, 2025

    Hi, i found one of the codes for extra guesses. WHen i used it it mentioned the extra guess, but i don't see it updated on my Guesses page (still says 12). Did i do something wrong?

    Where did you paste the code to redeem it please?

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    dosh
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    • doshParticipant
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    • November 28, 2025

    Hi, i found one of the codes for extra guesses. WHen i used it it mentioned the extra guess, but i don't see it updated on my Guesses page (still says 12). Did i do something wrong?

    Where did you paste the code to redeem it please?

    On the main FME community home page scroll down until you see the “Redeem Reward Code” on the right hand side

    kateaew
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    ivensl
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    • jeroen_hackContributor
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    • November 28, 2025

    Yeah like dosh said: On the main FME community home page scroll down until you see the “Redeem Reward Code” on the right hand side. After redeeming it said it was successful adding a guess and 5 points

    kateaew
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    • kateaewContributor
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    • November 28, 2025

    Unsure if my guesses are counting or not. Guess count never updates, even with the codes for extra guesses it doesn’t update :(

    jeroen_hack

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