The Stolen Lantern – Free Christmas Lights Mystery Walk, Oxford Street

The Stolen Lantern is a Tripin exploration game you play on your phone in London – perfect for a few hours around the Oxford Street Christmas lights. The Christmas lights on Oxford Street are about to shine, but the first spark needed to light up the whole street has disappeared. Join the fox Ember, follow the hidden clues in the heart of the West End, decode the mystery and conquer challenges with friends to bring the light back to London. 🎟 Price: FREE – the game costs nothing (see costs on the route below). 👥 Bring your friends: every game lets you invite 4 more people (5 players in total) at no extra cost. 🤖 AI + AR: answers are scored by artificial intelligence (AI), item-collecting stages use augmented reality (AR), and characters along the route tell you their stories. 📍 Start: Oxford Street (Oxford Circus), London W1 🏁 Finish: West End (Oxford / Regent / Carnaby streets) ⏱ Duration: about 1.5 hours · 15 stages · about 600 m play area in the West End 🕘 Best time: Any time, day or night – in the evening you also see the Christmas lights 💰 Costs on the route: None: the whole game is on streets and in outdoor squares, with no entry fees. How to join 1. Get a free ticket here (one ticket per group is enough). 2. Your confirmation email contains the game link. You can also open it now: https://tripin.quest/en/game/01a19f78-cf2c-7734-bb4d-5ed89982dd0b/the-stolen-lantern?utm_source=humanitix&utm_medium=event_page&utm_campaign=stolen-lantern-oxford-street-christmas-lights&utm_content=tripinquest 3. Go to the start point: Oxford Street (Oxford Circus), London W1. 4. Open the link in your phone's browser – no app to install – and tap Start playing for free. 5. Invite up to 4 friends from inside the game, so 5 people play together at no extra cost. How to play - Walk the stages in order: each stage gives you the clue to the next one. - Solve riddles and photo challenges and collect the items you'll need later in the story. - At the item-collecting stages, point your phone camera to see and collect the game items in augmented reality (AR). - AI scores your answers. Wrong answer? Try again as many times as you like – you can't lose, and there's no time limit. - Listen to the characters: Ember the fox guides you from clue to clue. - Your team's score goes on the game's leaderboard. Good to know - Oxford, Regent and Carnaby streets are very crowded in the holiday season: walk on the pavement, cross at crossings and don't block the way while using AR. - Charge your phone and bring a power bank; wear comfortable shoes. - Self-guided: there is no on-site guide or staff. You play at your own pace. The Stolen Lantern is an independent game created by Tripin. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the organisers of the Oxford Street Christmas lights.