--- title: Someone Already Found A Throne in Game of Thrones Challenge description: Game of Thrones fans have already cracked HBO's clues and found one of the six Iron Thrones. canonical: https://time.com/5558175/for-the-throne-challenge/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-03-25T18:14:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:58:20.812Z og:title: Someone Already Found a Throne in Game of Thrones Challenge og:description: The first iron throne has been found og:url: https://time.com/5558175/for-the-throne-challenge/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3958272e7cbb941a/69894736656a3f6e8abd6d3e/gameofthronesseason8poster.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1944 og:image:height: 1094 og:image:alt: GameofThronesSeason8Poster og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Someone Already Found a Throne in Game of Thrones Challenge twitter:description: The first iron throne has been found twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3958272e7cbb941a/69894736656a3f6e8abd6d3e/gameofthronesseason8poster.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Clue Crackers Already Found the First Iron Throne in That Global _Game of Thrones_ Challenge > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 25, 2019 6:14 PM UTC  Game of Thrones season 8 poster shows a dragon eyeing the iron throne Game of Thrones season 8 poster shows a dragon eyeing the iron throne Game of Thrones season 8 poster by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 25, 2019 6:14 PM UTC It was just a few days ago that [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/game-of-thrones-2017/) threw down the gauntlet. In the lead up to the show’s [eighth and final season](http://time.com/4913247/game-of-thrones-season-8-premiere-date/), HBO scattered six thrones across the globe. The hope was that fans would vie for the throne, tagging their quests with #ForTheThrone, sharing the fun on social media, and building buzz for the already buzzworthy show. HBO may have underestimated their fans’ desire to claim the Iron Throne, though. Less than a week after the launch, the first throne has already been found. After HBO released a few picture and video clues, fans Alex Bowring and Tom Maullin-Sapey from Oxford, England, along with the help of their friend Dom Oakes, managed to crack the clues and track down the first Iron Throne. [According to _Radio Times_](https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2019-03-21/game-of-thrones-for-the-throne-hunt-clues-iron-throne-found/), the duo followed the clues and found the throne in Puzzlewood at the Forest of Dean, which sounds like it could be a location in Westeros, but is actually in Gloucestershire in the United Kingdom. > [](https://twitter.com/skyatlantic/status/1108378208171450368) While the pair did not get to usurp Cersei’s rule of the Seven Kingdoms, they were rewarded with a crown, a reward sure to make any [Lannister](http://time.com/5517025/game-of-thrones-binge-watch-recaps/) or Stark swoon with jealousy. Want to play, too? Check out the [official website](https://www.forthethrone.com/quest/throne-of-the-forest) for the challenge, but get cracking, because not only are the White Walkers about to breach the wall, but HBO’s [countdown clock](https://www.forthethrone.com/) says that fans have just eight days left to find the second throne, which appears to be hidden in the North. > [](https://twitter.com/GameOfThrones/status/1110179851267436545) > [](https://twitter.com/skyatlantic/status/1108378208171450368) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5558175/for-the-throne-challenge/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5558175/for-the-throne-challenge/"},"headline":"Clue Crackers Already Found the First Iron Throne in That Global Game of Thrones Challenge","datePublished":"2019-03-25T18:14:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:58:20.812Z","description":"Game of Thrones fans have already cracked HBO's clues and found one of the six Iron Thrones","url":"https://time.com/5558175/for-the-throne-challenge/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","clickmonsters"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3958272e7cbb941a/69894736656a3f6e8abd6d3e/gameofthronesseason8poster.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3958272e7cbb941a/69894736656a3f6e8abd6d3e/gameofthronesseason8poster.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GameofThronesSeason8Poster","caption":"Game of Thrones season 8 poster","creditText":"Game of Thrones season 8 poster","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5558175/for-the-throne-challenge/","name":"Clue Crackers Already Found the First Iron Throne in That Global Game of Thrones Challenge"}}]}] ```