Cryptos

[Mistery]

This is not a new game but not posted on GamersHood yet.

Cryptos is a puzzle game in which you will need to use your brain to decipher the cryptic clues given to you, in order to solve the mystery of the stolen painting Cryptos.

Link:
http://www.freewebs.com/cryptos/

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[.Hot.Chocolate.]

This is sooo hard I cant even get to the first level lol, I'm such an idiot!!

[Blue_Top]

the numbers are of the
alphabet
which equal
type start to begin

[ditzychik508]

I finally got to the first level (after along time of trying to figure it out) but now I'm stuck on the first level...

[Blue_Top]

Me too, I think the quote is meant to have a location within it, but I can't find it

[ditzychik508]

I agree, all i know is that the quote is from H.G. Wells "War of the Worlds" but that didn't do anything...

[Blue_Top]

If it's in there, it's someplace I have never heard of!!

[Matt]

This is hard any help??

[Blue_Top]

I'll look at it another day

[Matt]

So Hard!!!!!!!!

[sam_1]

you need to type this in google:

But who shall dwell in these worlds if they be inhabited? Are we or they Lords of the World? And how are all things made for man? project gutenberg

Then you need to click the first link and search word 92-93 on the fifth page.

Please help me on lvl 6

[DoubleEweAreEx]

I am stuck on Lot 15.
I thought it was the Vigenere cipher, but doesnt work.
Something to do with Cryptos/Kryptos?

Any HINT appreciated.
Love this puzzle, story is a nice addition

[Unregistered1]

Hi
I need some help solving the code from the letter (found in the car,after the morse code) What does it mean that Cryptos is the key? Hints would be welcome!

[DoubleEweAreEx]

The Cryptos reference I believe is for the next one

The code you are trying to break can be identified as the square code.


Hint : 7x7 grid

[LittleDevilDuck]

Hi
I need some help solving the code from the letter (found in the car,after the morse code) What does it mean that Cryptos is the key? Hints would be welcome!

Yeah, I thought it was a Vigenere's cipher... but as I am working through it I am seeing that it does not work. So now I'm at a loss...

[DoubleEweAreEx]

Got it, thanks for nothing :)

[LittleDevilDuck]

Thanks for help with the car one :-P

Anyways yeah the cipher on the next one isn't working... help?

[sam_1]

Thanks for help with the car one :-P

Anyways yeah the cipher on the next one isn't working... help?

you need to decipher it with the keyword you saw on the previous page.

[DoubleEweAreEx]

Google "cipher with keyword"
That should asisst.

[Chris Mapa]

It's so frustrating trying to crack the code on the page which talks about lot 15. It says something about remembering a part of Skye's letter which didn't seem to make sense when you first read it. Any ideas on this?

[LittleDevilDuck]

Okay so I know that you're meant to use the keyword from the letter. And it has to do with vigenere's cipher right? Cuz I use it and it doesnt work and I'm very confused...

[DoubleEweAreEx]

Anyone had any luck with the 5 digit code for the door?
Its chemical but its also mobile phone number related? ie n=6?

Its not Vigenere's cipher.
Search google as I suggested there is a java decoder there.

PS help me dammit!

[LittleDevilDuck]

Yeah I just found the decoder... thanks...

[Chris Mapa]

It's so frustrating trying to crack the code on the page which talks about lot 15. It says something about remembering a part of Skye's letter which didn't seem to make sense when you first read it. Any ideas on this?

Solved it. You just type in 143pearsonstreet at the end of the URL. Now for some help on the next clue after that. It said that a cellphone would be useful in solving the puzzle. I wonder if the letters in the chemical equation are actually asking for the numbers that those letters represent on the mobile number pad? Any help on this?

[LittleDevilDuck]

So looking at it, I'm just remembering my chemistry... "acid + base = salt + water" and NaCl is table salt but yah "salt" in the number form does not work....

[DoubleEweAreEx]

The equation does not balance.
There are letters missing, but I dont know where.
Needs to be a 5 letter/number password.
Have tried adding all different ways.
Really stuck on this one

[LittleDevilDuck]

thw equation should be HCl + NaOh = NaCl + H2O but that doesn't help at all...

i tried puting water in number form and that didn't work

[DoubleEweAreEx]

Yeah got that far too.
I cant see a what of getting 5 digits out of that logically.


i tried puting water in number form and that didn't work

You are on the tight track.
Use your mobile for this :)

[LittleDevilDuck]

i was typing the numbers wrong... silly me...
:tnpe:

[DoubleEweAreEx]

Next one is a hotel is harlem, but I dont know how to enter it.
Or maybe I am wrong, any ideas?
Its in portugese btw

Just a hint I thought it was 2, 1027 where as its more like 2027
Rest is up to you.

[Kaja]

Strange, tha address is 2127 Bulevar de Adam Clayton Powell. But it doesn't work...

[LittleDevilDuck]

I'm stuck on this one as well. I translated what I could from the message... and I'm trying the address in several different ways and it's not working... (apparently the adam clayton powell boulevard is also 7th avenue?) does that have anything to do with it?

[hint]

search google for the 2027 adam clayton powell boulevard

[LittleDevilDuck]

whoo i figured it out!

[DoubleEweAreEx]

Address is 2027 Adam Clayton Powell BLVD
Which is also the Apollo Inn
ApolloInn

I am stuck on the next one, damn portugese, no hard for me to translate, even with bablefish

[Unregistered1]

Google "cipher with keyword"
That should asisst.

Thanks for your tip.......but I still don't get it. Have been googling for quite some time now and found many sites, but none with a decoder or something like that, could you please help me out a bit more on this one?

[DoubleEweAreEx]

Thanks for your tip.......but I still don't get it. Have been googling for quite some time now and found many sites, but none with a decoder or something like that, could you please help me out a bit more on this one?

http://www.secretcodebreaker.com/keyword.html

Night all, its 1:30 here is Australia.
Will be checking this first thing when I get up.
Good luck

[clue?]

any clues about the next one, something about docks?

[LittleDevilDuck]

not dock.... warehouse something....

[Kimmi]

hi,im stillconfused on the equation one...i dont understand any of the hints that have been postde previously...maybe im not reading them right...could you help???

Thank You

[LittleDevilDuck]

equation one: there's a common little chemistry phrase that says "acid + base = salt + water" HCl is the acid. NaOH is the base. NaCl is the salt so the thing that is missing in the equation is WATER

[Unregistered1]

in portugese i get:

A tigre
Ume vez voc? recebe o item traze-lo a armaz?m sete
Perto des docas onde organisar transporte. N?o deixa qualquer um na?ga par eime estra letra depois que l?-o.
De ocelote

which in english is

The Ume tiger time you receive the item you bring it it warehouse seven Close DES dock berths where to organisar transport. One does not leave any na?ga pair eime estra letter later that it reads it. Of ocelote


obviously

na?ga pair eime estra

is wrong but i cant get what it should be

got it

"bring it it warehouse seven "

[Kimmi]

thank you little devil duck...

[LittleDevilDuck]

You're welcome Kimmi :-)

[Unregistered1]

the keyword is your orgnization?
ive tried mpi,domini,ocelot . i cant think of anything else.

[LittleDevilDuck]

in the phone call from "omega" he mentioned the organization was jungle cats I think... but I'm still having difficulty with the cipher

[kimmi]

how do you solve something columnly??

[Kaja]

"My" organization is The MacIntyre Private Investigations. But I don't know anything else... :/

[sya]

it is a columnar transposition and the keyword is junglecats.. i didn't found nothing better than this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transposition_cipher

[Random_Man7]

I still cant figure out the one with the formula to unlock the door to the basement. I got the missing part is H20 (water) but what do I do next?

[sya]

write "water" with your cell phone...

[Random_Man7]

God I'm stupid. thanks!

[Kimmi]

i figured it out... :D

[Kaja]

How, Kimmi?

[sya]

it is a columnar transposition and the keyword is junglecats.. i didn't found nothing better than this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transposition_cipher
you can visite also this website: http://www.contestcen.com/columnar.htm

kimmi, did you pass the next level??

[Kimmi]

which one? the one after the column cipher? not yet no...

[Random_Man7]

I need help on the ripped message in the Apollo Inn!

[sam_1]

I need some help with the letter on the ship. I can't figure out how to solve it. I've tried vignere but it didn't work.

[Jello]

If somebody doesn't log in to help me on this one I'm gonna cry. ^__^ I'm on the columnar transposition one (the warehouse)... I've written it out into columns, and reorganized it by alpha order of criminals' organization, blah blah blah, and i'm utterly stuck. what now?

[Chino]

Ne 1 here? im stuck in level 1! Which word do u put in?

[bballbabe4432]

If somebody doesn't log in to help me on this one I'm gonna cry. ^__^ I'm on the columnar transposition one (the warehouse)... I've written it out into columns, and reorganized it by alpha order of criminals' organization, blah blah blah, and i'm utterly stuck. what now?

what was the answer/htm for the Apollo Inn one???


Ne 1 here? im stuck in level 1! Which word do u put in?

level one you put in railwaystation

[Jello]

what was the answer/htm for the Apollo Inn one???
If I recall correctly, you must use your phone to write "water" (that is... use the numbers that appear on your phone as they stand for each letter... w is 9, a is 2 and so on). Your answer should be a 5-digit number

[Chino]

Thnks, im in the mercedes and am thinking about the square thingimy

Ne Clues?

[bballbabe4432]

If I recall correctly, you must use your phone to write "water" (that is... use the numbers that appear on your phone as they stand for each letter... w is 9, a is 2 and so on). Your answer should be a 5-digit number


o yea i know i'm past that one, but what did you have to put in for the one with the ripped paper that you find in the garbage?

[Jello]

Oh my bad... I had forgotten which it was. umm the one in portuguese? Just translate it and you'll find that you must go to warehouseseven

[bballbabe4432]

the square one you put them in 7 by 7 and read from top left down and you will find the address in it


Oh my bad... I had forgotten which it was. umm the one in portuguese? Just translate it and you'll find that you must go to warehouseseven


ok thanks i can't read Portuguese so i didn't know : P

[Jello]

heh i can't either... used a translator.

[Chino]

Dont understand it, There are only 2 lines with random letters

[Jello]

this one's killing me... i know you have to do columnal transposition and i'm pretty sure ive done it properly... but grrrrrrrr


Dont understand it, There are only 2 lines with random letters

Heh well I wouldn't say they're random or this would hardly be a good cipher game now would it?

[Chino]

ok, not random, just jugled up or put in a certain order then. Ne clues pls?

[bballbabe4432]

yea i'm stuck on the fax machine one now too...

[Jello]

wikipedia has a good explanation of how to do it... though i followed it to the word. siiiigh.

which one are you on chino?

[Chino]

im in the mercedes LOL

[bballbabe4432]

im in the mercedes LOL


ok put the first 7 letters in a line, then take the next and put them below those, til you get 7 rows of 7 letters. then read from top left down to get the location

[Chino]

thnks

[bballbabe4432]

thnks

no prob

[Jello]

gah i give up (for now). comin back after dinner. :P

[Chino]

Im a bit fed up of the letters! what do i do in the auction house?

[cieran]

use junglecats as the keyword, and alphabetize the letters with numbers...i.e. a=1, b=2, etc. start with the number 1 (the letter a) and write the first 4 letters of the cipher in a column under it, put the next 4 under column 2, etc. this should get you there.

[Chino]

is it a caesar square thing?

[Jello]

oooh ok I got it! thanks cieran.... I was reading it the wrong way. heh heh.

[cieran]

no prob jello, i don't suppose you've gotten back in the boat yet? i'm stuck on the one in the suitcase.

[LilleMy]

I've solved the first puzzle, type start to begin, but i have nooooo idea where to type it.... I allways get transfered to a freeweb-page. Help anyone?

[Mistery]

I've solved the first puzzle, type start to begin, but i have nooooo idea where to type it.... I allways get transfered to a freeweb-page. Help anyone?

You must type it in the browser window, that means, you have to change the URL. You probably did that but forgot to add also "htm" at the end. So at the first screen, add "start.htm" to the URL.

[ender]

Hi!It's the first time I play this type of game! Very weird! I'm on level one I'm reading (with google search) Lord of the world by Benson on project guttenberg I' m on page 5 can't see the word 'railway station'!!!! forget something???I want to understand cos it seems to be interesting,and I remember that I must be more patient!!!
Explain me !!

[LilleMy]

You must type it in the browser window, that means, you have to change the URL. You probably did that but forgot to add also "htm" at the end. So at the first screen, add "start.htm" to the URL.


Jeezzzz - I didn't think of putting .htm at the end.....stupid me! Thx a lot Mistery :obm:

[waiwaiwk]

It's so hard, I used keyword aas junglecats and then put the alphabet after it, dropping the letters in jungle cat. Put numbers next to it, then wrote the letters in a column under the numbers 1-10, but it still doesn't make any sense.

[Jello]

Yea cieran I'm stuck on that one too... hmmm (Sorry it took me 13 hours. went to sleep. have you gotten past it?)

waiwaiwk, write the first column under the first alphabetical letter (A) the next under the next (C) and so on; then read it in rows.

[waiwaiwk]

I've done it...stuck on the next one

JUNGLECATS is the keyword then you number the letters according to the alphabet, i.e. a is first then e is second, and arrange the cipher like that.

The next one uses some sort of vigenere cipher and I don't understand how to do it, doesn't work...

lol didn't read your post yet. Can you do the next one?

we need some sort of keyword to solve a vigenere apparently. I thought the keyword might be remember because on the letter the R is capitalised. But I don't think it is, maybe it's kemember, cause it looks like a lower case k.

lol just realised, remember is capitalised r because it is after full stop. Oops...

[ender]

Im a bit fed up of the letters! what do i do in the auction house?
I agree with you don't know what to do with 'visit the auction house at eight and buy lot number fifteen'??????????????
I'm stuck

ok got it just type auction house

[bballbabe4432]

ok i figured out how to do the columnar on my own last night cuz the forum wasn't working, but now i'm stuck at dock 8! help please anyone

[ender]

ok i figured out how to do the columnar on my own last night cuz the forum wasn't working, but now i'm stuck at dock 8! help please anyone
agree with nobody 's in the house :au: . I'm on lot fifteen. no idea!

[bballbabe4432]

agree with nobody 's in the house :au: . I'm on lot fifteen. no idea!

do you need help with that one?

[ender]

do you need help with that one?
that would be so nice! just a hint

[bballbabe4432]

well i don't really know any hints except look at post #25!

[ender]

well i don't really know any hints except look at post #25!
ok but can't find the way to have 143 pearson street we don't have any E in the list of letters, no P too only in cryptos .

[Jello]

waiwaiwk: the hint is on the envelope. it says: remember the item of want, or something like that. what do they want? ("painting"!)

still stuck on "back on board" sigh.

[waiwaiwk]

cheers Jello, got the answer now.

[ender]

:au: I use the vigenere table to uncrypt the code in lot fifteen with cryptos (key word) but can't find anything
is there someone who can help?
Don't want the answer, only the way to find...

[waiwaiwk]

stuck on "a logical deduction", what do I type in? it's all confusing.

[ender]

stuck on "a logical deduction", what do I type in? it's all confusing.
I will tell you what I do and you 'll tell where I'm wrong:


first letters NATJCB....
write cr yptos
so I decode the N with the C of cryptos find a L, the A with the R(of cryptos) find a J, the T with the Y find a V ...

[waiwaiwk]

I will tell you what I do and you 'll tell where I'm wrong:


first letters NATJCB....
write cr yptos
so I decode the N with the C of cryptos find a L, the A with the R(of cryptos) find a J, the T with the Y find a V ...

Erm..don't understand anything you got there, how did you get natjcb etc. Confused even more now.

[Jello]

Erm..don't understand anything you got there, how did you get natjcb etc. Confused even more now.

which are you at? right after you've interviewed the sailors? and you hafta use the info you gathered to find out where to go?

Well if so, I kind of cheated on that one. I started figuring it out, then got bored. Since you know it's either berthone berthtwo berththree or berthfour, I just tried all of those til I got the right one. hehe.

[espavo]

i'm stuck on the back on board level. what kind of cipher is it?

[Jello]

I haven't the faintest, espavo. That's where I am.

[espavo]

I thought it had something to do with the book on cryptography. tried searching for something on google but that didn't work...

[Jello]

yea ive tried that too. hmmm

[Avital]

i have tried everything for back on board. columnar, using "roasakis" as the keyword, rail fence (since the guy just went under a fence) but nothing is working...anyone else?
~Avital

[Jello]

i've tried those as well... not to mention vigenere, basic shift, substitution, etc etc... i have absolutely nooo idea :/

[espavo]

me neither...think i'll give up for a while :)

[Jello]

hmm shall come back to it tomorrow

[waiwaiwk]

Quite puzzling, you wouldn't know where to start. I found a website for the email address that sent it, the guggenheim-venice.it, thought I'd find something, but not much, it's just a museum.

[Dr Who Fan]

Re back on board - try the Rail Fence Cipher (used by the Spartans)

[Chris Mapa]

stuck on "a logical deduction", what do I type in? it's all confusing.

You type in 'berththree'. Without the apostrophes of course.

[cieran]

tried the rail fence cipher and it didn't work for me. can you help?

[Baloo48]

ANyone stuck on the code from the boat I found a website that will help decode the message
http://math.ucsd.edu/~crypto/java/EARLYCIPHERS/Vigenere.html

[cieran]

tried the link, but i'm not sure at any idea of a key so it seems like i'm just guessing...any hints?

[Chris Mapa]

ANyone stuck on the code from the boat I found a website that will help decode the message
http://math.ucsd.edu/~crypto/java/EARLYCIPHERS/Vigenere.html

Can you please give me a little help on how to actually use this applet, as i've tried all sorts of different things and haven't managed to come up with a clear and good answer?

[Baloo48]

You have to put the letters in the applet in the order they are written. Pressing the enter key after each line. Then type the keyword in the box provided at the bottom click decrypt and voila the message is revealed. However it is not in standard reading order you have to separate the text into recognizeable words fortunately it isn't difficult. Hint the keyword is alluded to in the handwritten letter accompanying the code.

[cieran]

i have that one already, i'm back on the boat after reading the e-mail from the laptop. i think its either level 10 or 11. that's possibly why the link wasn't working for me :)

[Chris Mapa]

You have to put the letters in the applet in the order they are written. Pressing the enter key after each line. Then type the keyword in the box provided at the bottom click decrypt and voila the message is revealed. However it is not in standard reading order you have to separate the text into recognizeable words fortunately it isn't difficult. Hint the keyword is alluded to in the handwritten letter accompanying the code.

I was asking the one where he's back on board the ship and he's looking at an email on the laptop.

[ozchick]

Use three columns, write the first 14 letters downwards, then write the next 13 next to it downwards, then the remaining letters next to it. This gives the answer reading across each column

Any help with the level after back on board???

[ender]

:au: I need help for level lot fifteen!!!!!!! (after auction house) I buy a letter with a list of letters that I can't decode!!!! PLEASE.I'mstuck on this part since too long.

ok everybody's sleeping!

waouu I feel like Robinson Crusoe or like Tom Hanks on his island, but some sailors would have passed and saved Wilson cos he had found the answer to this ..... level, but not me! I 'm staying alone, I'm punished. I'll catch some octopus for diner! ? la revoyure!

[Mistery]

Yes, it seems that currently you are the only one online who works on this game. I would be glad to help you but I can't :-(

[ender]

eat some octopus and I'm back and finally I got it
Thank's to DOUBLEWEAREEX and his post19

[Dr Who Fan]

Ozchick - If you have found the crumpled letter you need to work out where Rosakis will go next (this is missing from the letter).

[espavo]

i have no idea about The Church of Barnaba.the number 5281 seems to be important, but i don't know what to do with it. any help?

[sya]

can anyone help me with the level "a terminal message"?? any hint??


i have no idea about The Church of Barnaba.the number 5281 seems to be important, but i don't know what to do with it. any help?
where do you think mr. rosakis can collect his money?? it's easy ;)

[espavo]

if you want money, you go to a bank, but I can't find a keyword that works.

[sya]

if you want money, you go to a bank, but I can't find a keyword that works.
ok, you go to a bank. now think: where are you?

[bballbabe4432]

wow can someone please, please help me with The Spirito Di Italia one where they're on the ship! i've been stuck and i can't find the answer! will someone tell me the answer or a huge hint!?!

[sya]

wow can someone please, please help me with The Spirito Di Italia one where they're on the ship! i've been stuck and i can't find the answer! will someone tell me the answer or a huge hint!?!
hints: use vigenere cipher and for the keyword "remember the item i want" ;)

[bballbabe4432]

hints: use vigenere cipher and for the keyword "remember the item i want" ;)

i did that but it just gives me random letters

[Dr Who Fan]

wow can someone please, please help me with The Spirito Di Italia one where they're on the ship! i've been stuck and i can't find the answer! will someone tell me the answer or a huge hint!?!

Try this site islab.oregonstate.edu/koc/ece575/02Project/Mun+Lee/VigenereCipher.html

and the keyword is the item that has been stolen.

Can anyone give me a tip on the Paper Trail puzzle?

[Chris Mapa]

In the puzzle under Money Troubles, there is a letter saying 'The first mouse is dead, the second mouse will follow, the cats are hunting, Fabizzi/Fabrizzi will die'. Can anyone think whoelse the terrorists have marked for death? You also are said to yell out for a phone book. I wonder if this is to find the number of the next person being targeted by the terrorists? Anyone with any clues to this riddle?

[espavo]

I know what i'm supposed to write as a keyword at The Church of Barnaba, but I don't know the English word for it and can't find it either. can someone just tell me what I need to fill in?

[sya]

I know what i'm supposed to write as a keyword at The Church of Barnaba, but I don't know the English word for it and can't find it either. can someone just tell me what I need to fill in?
you know that you have to go to bank... the bank is in the city where you are (venice)... so... where do you have to go??

[espavo]

yea, just found it, it suddenly hit me :)

[Dr Who Fan]

In the puzzle under Money Troubles, there is a letter saying 'The first mouse is dead, the second mouse will follow, the cats are hunting, Fabizzi/Fabrizzi will die'. Can anyone think whoelse the terrorists have marked for death? You also are said to yell out for a phone book. I wonder if this is to find the number of the next person being targeted by the terrorists? Anyone with any clues to this riddle?

If Fabrizzi is next to be killed where would the killer find Fabrizzi?(his place of work)

[Sophloaf]

Please help, i don't understand the fax thingy, how do you work it out??

[Unregistered1]

has anyone got any tips for the paper trail. I can't work out what sort of code the numbers are?

[ender]

Please help, i don't understand the fax thingy, how do you work it out??
ok i'll try to help
if you want to uncipher by yourself ,Igive you the link that's help me
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transposition_cipher there's a paragraph about colulmnar transposition
if you 're stuck :
dockeight.htm

[espavo]

how can you find out more about fabrizzi? i checked all of the previous levels but I can't find anything. maybe i just can't see it.

[sya]

anybody know how can i pass the lvl "a terminal message"??

[Dr Who Fan]

how can you find out more about fabrizzi? i checked all of the previous levels but I can't find anything. maybe i just can't see it.

Where does Fabrizzi (Lorenzo Fabrizzi )(L.F.) send his e-mails from?

[espavo]

oooh, got it, thx :)

[elise]

anyone help me please!!! I have tried alsorts of codes for the numbers but cannot find the answer. Pls help me!!!

[seylamoon]

i'm on the paper trail too and i think the numbers 5281 from his previous correspondence has something to do with the number codes, but don't know how to decode it

[bballbabe4432]

ok i'm back and i still can't get the Spirito Di Italia one on the ship. when i decode it it says something about secure the painting from the terrorists and.... it just goes on with random letters! please someone help me!

o nevermind i put 2 of the wrong letters in! i got it now! : )

stuck on "back on board" now! i've tried the Rail Fence Cipher but it won't work! i have to go but can someone post some hints for when i come back?! thanks!

[demi]

is there any way how to start this damn game? if someone is smarter than me plz write me demi@tvnet.lv
how to start game- where i should type start??

[Chris Mapa]

I'm also trying to figure out the significance of the numbers for the code in the paper trail riddle. I tried using the letters represented by each number in the periodic table, i tried taking each digit of each number and then writing down the possible letter combinations those numbers represent on a cellphone, i tried adding the digits of each number together and then checked possible letter combinations for that on a cellphone, and i haven't been able to think of anything or anywhere else those code numbers could be significant. Any hints for this problem, please don't hesitate to share with the forum.

[ender]

is there any way how to start this damn game? if someone is smarter than me plz write me demi@tvnet.lv
how to start game- where i should type start??
look at Mistery's post 96!!

[sya]

you can try with "scacchiera di polibio"... i don't know the name in english... maybe "polibio square" or something like that... this is an italian website, but i think you can use it: http://digilander.libero.it/unno2/crittografia.htm#storia... the numbers are coordinates (i'm sorry if my english is not perfect! :P)

[ender]

stuck on "back on board" now! i've tried the Rail Fence Cipher but it won't work! i have to go but can someone post some hints for when i come back?! thanks!
Im stuck too! Seems to be easy so that's make me nervous! Little help 's welcome! :au:

[sya]

Im stuck too! Seems to be easy so that's make me nervous! Little help 's welcome! :au:
see post #141

[ender]

see post #141
thank's a lot Sya !
I've seen this post but make a mistake when I did my columns!!! Silly me!
(little question :where was the hints to find this way to decipher?)

[sya]

i think that he gives the hint when he says "do not let yourself to be fenced in" (you use the rail fence cipher...) the number of lines (3) is given by the number of letters grouped together... this is what i think, but i'm not sure that my reasoning is correct :P

[ender]

i think that he gives the hint when he says "do not let yourself to be fenced in" (you use the rail fence cipher...) the number of lines (3) is given by the number of letters grouped together... this is what i think, but i'm not sure that my reasoning is correct :P
ok! I think it's a good reasonning!very tenuous!
thank's!

[Chris Mapa]

you can try with "scacchiera di polibio"... i don't know the name in english... maybe "polibio square" or something like that... this is an italian website, but i think you can use it: http://digilander.libero.it/unno2/crittografia.htm#storia... the numbers are coordinates (i'm sorry if my english is not perfect! :P)

I tried using the polibio square to see if i could any clear answers for that number code, but have failed to see any. Anyone else out there with any helpful hints?

[sya]

i found two kind of "polibio square":
1. two letters (K and Q) at 3,1
2. two letters (I and J) at 2,4
if you use the first one you can't find the solution, but if you use the second one you can! (i used this!)
i hope that my explanation can be useful for you..

[Dr Who Fan]

I tried using the polibio square to see if i could any clear answers for that number code, but have failed to see any. Anyone else out there with any helpful hints?

I used the website given for the polibio square & although it didn't read correctly it was enough to give me the answer & get to the next level so it might be worth another try.

[sya]

any hint for the next level? (after the paper trail)

[Chris Mapa]

i found two kind of "polibio square":
1. two letters (K and Q) at 3,1
2. two letters (I and J) at 2,4
if you use the first one you can't find the solution, but if you use the second one you can! (i used this!)
i hope that my explanation can be useful for you..

Which website did you go to that had a grid with those particular letters at those particular numbers, because i went to the site http://digilander.libero.it/unno2/crittografia.htm#storia, and the grid i saw had those letters, but they were not in the positions you described.


Which website did you go to that had a grid with those particular letters at those particular numbers, because i went to the site http://digilander.libero.it/unno2/crittografia.htm#storia, and the grid i saw had those letters, but they were not in the positions you described.

Oops, sorry my mistake. I found the site.

[ozchick]

ne1 help???? stuck on money troubles looked at everything nothin works!!! HELP plz!!!!!

[Chili_palmer]

any hint for the next level? (after the paper trail)

It's an WWII code machine you need.

[sya]

ne1 help???? stuck on money troubles looked at everything nothin works!!! HELP plz!!!!!
the next person they want to kill is lorenzo fabrizzi, ok? where can you find lorenzo fabrizzi? maybe where he works... he sent an e-mail to mr. rosakis: this can help you!

[Chris Mapa]

I used the website given for the polibio square & although it didn't read correctly it was enough to give me the answer & get to the next level so it might be worth another try.

Can you give me another hint to your answer, because when i wrote down the letters for each of the numbers in the code, i still couldn't make any sense of the line of letters i came up with. T-h-a-r-l-i-m-a-q-n-f-t-h-a/n/d-v-a/n/d-m-i-c-a/n/d-f-a/n/d-r-y

[Dr Who Fan]

Can you give me another hint to your answer, because when i wrote down the letters for each of the numbers in the code, i still couldn't make any sense of the line of letters i came up with. T-h-a-r-l-i-m-a-q-n-f-t-h-a/n/d-v-a/n/d-m-i-c-a/n/d-f-a/n/d-r-y

If you make your square with a at position 1/1 with i/j at position 2/4 (reading row across then column down) you get a garbled mess(well I did!)but from this was able to make out where to go next.

[demi]

i will never start this damn game:-(

[Dr Who Fan]

i will never start this damn game:-(

at the end of the url type start.htm

[espavo]

I found an enigma decoder but I have no idea how to work with it. do you need to do something special with the setup of the machine? any hints?

[sya]

I found an enigma decoder but I have no idea how to work with it. do you need to do something special with the setup of the machine? any hints?
me too... i don't know what to do... T_T

[elise]

In the email on paper trail it says "your payment will be squared upon collecting the painting at the location below" I think squared has something to do with how you decode the numbers but cannot figure out how. Any ideas?

[sya]

In the email on paper trail it says "your payment will be squared upon collecting the painting at the location below" I think squared has something to do with how you decode the numbers but cannot figure out how. Any ideas?
see post #179 :)

[espavo]

to decode something with an enigma decoder you need all of the information to setup the machine. it's also said in the note "don't forget your key". but I have no idea what to do. I can only think of the number 5281 that was in the note in a previous level, but can't seem to do anything with it.
i'm stuck...

[elise]

thanks very much sya!!!

[bballbabe4432]

see post #141

i did what it said but it still comes out wrong!! that's for Back on Board, right? when i do it, it says brtngphinain....and it keeps going but it looks wrong so how do you do it???

o nevermind i did the same thing that i did with the other one, missed a number! but i got it now!

[Chili_Palmer]

to decode something with an enigma decoder you need all of the information to setup the machine. it's also said in the note "don't forget your key". but I have no idea what to do. I can only think of the number 5281 that was in the note in a previous level, but can't seem to do anything with it.
i'm stuck...

You have three rotors (or wheels) on the machine. Set them to build the word "key". Then put in the message and decode it. That's what I did and it worked fine.

I should have told which simulator I used! Here it is:

http://www.enigmaco.de/

[elise]

see post #179 :)

I have some sort of message from the numbers, still a bit jumbled but I think I understand what it means only I cant find the answer! Any hints?

[espavo]

thanks for the site!
i was using an other decoder and that one realy didn't work.

[fii]

anyone have any ideas?

[Chili_Palmer]

Any help for the Level 18? So far I have translated the portuguese sentence, but can't tell whether it is the hint or not. Where did the terrorist go?

[ender]

:val: I'm in trouble!, in money troubles!!
I know fabrizzi must be at work in guggenheim.but can't find the good way!
i'll try guggenheimofvenice,venice'sguggenheim,guggenheim-venice,guggenheim,peggyguggenheim,palazzovenierdei leoni,701dorsoduro and others can't find the good one!!!!!

[Chili_Palmer]

:val: I'm in trouble!, in money troubles!!
I know fabrizzi must be at work in guggenheim.but can't find the good way!
i'll try guggenheimofvenice,venice'sguggenheim,guggenheim-venice,guggenheim,peggyguggenheim,palazzovenierdei leoni,701dorsoduro and others can't find the good one!!!!!

What ist the guggenheim? A m*****

Add that to guggenheim.

[ender]

What ist the guggenheim? A m*****

Add that to guggenheim.
:) thank's Chili Palmer.
I feel better.

[seylamoon]

does anyone know what schreibmax means?

[Chili_Palmer]

does anyone know what schreibmax means?

It is an accessory to the enigma machine.

[seylamoon]

so how do you use that clue to figure out the 3 number combination for the lock?

[Chili_Palmer]

so how do you use that clue to figure out the 3 number combination for the lock?

The level is named "thinking around the CLOCK". There is another accessory to the enigma, which is called "UHR". That's the german word for CLOCK. You have to translate the word "UHR" into numbers.

[Un123456]

I'm stuck on the puzzle where you have to decipher an enigmatic message. I know what I have to do but the only decoder I know will work to get the answer is flash based and I am unable to get the latest version of flash. Could someone maybe provide the decoded message in a spoiler please.

[elise]

I'm really stuck on paper trail, I worked out the code to be a venice ferry terminal but I cant work out which one, I have looked back over the other pages and none of them say the name of the terminal?????

[ronin]

I'm really stuck on paper trail, I worked out the code to be a venice ferry terminal but I cant work out which one, I have looked back over the other pages and none of them say the name of the terminal?????

Elise, you're thinking too specific. If you were to live in china - you wouldn't eat chinese food, you would just eat food. If you were to live in paris - you wouldn't go to paris airport, you would just go to the airport. So on that basis if you lived in venice you would just know it as......

[seylamoon]

you don't need the name of the terminal

[ronin]

I'm stuck on the puzzle where you have to decipher an enigmatic message. I know what I have to do but the only decoder I know will work to get the answer is flash based and I am unable to get the latest version of flash. Could someone maybe provide the decoded message in a spoiler please.

I have the same problem as you. Can anyone help?

[seylamoon]

i still need help with translating UHR into numbers

[espavo]

i'm having problems with this level. I think the answer is another country or something, because the terrosist would be at a location in 12 hours, and the guy took a gondola to the ferry terminal with a lot of "fake" money with him. but I can't find any clues.

does someone have a hint or something?

[ronin]

i still need help with translating UHR into numbers

You might be on a puzzle after me because I don't recognise that one. Have you done the puzzle with the message to K.Brandt from M.Fleischer?

[espavo]

i still need help with translating UHR into numbers

you translate UHR by giving numbers to the alphabet.

[seylamoon]

you translate UHR by giving numbers to the alphabet.

i did that, so U=21, H=8, R+18 ... but i only need 3 numbers
i tried adding the double digits so it gave me 389 but that didn't work

[sya]

i did that, so U=21, H=8, R+18 ... but i only need 3 numbers
i tried adding the double digits so it gave me 389 but that didn't work
you need three numbers, but "It is an old-fashioned device with a dial listting numbers from 0 to 60.", so...

[Unregistered39]

i will never start this damn game:-(
me neither.... I tried to type start at the end of the URL, but it doesn't work....

[espavo]

me neither.... I tried to type start at the end of the URL, but it doesn't work....

put htm after it, so start.htm

[Unregistered39]

put htm after it, so start.htm
Thank you!!!!

[ronin]

espavo can you help with the level titled a terminal message? Unable to decipher this message.

[espavo]

espavo can you help with the level titled a terminal message? Unable to decipher this message.

have you tried the link from post #207?

that should help.

[ronin]

have you tried the link from post #207?

that should help.

That's the problem. I'm unable to download the latest version of flash player so can't read it. Is there anyway you can post the decoded message in a spoiler maybe?

[espavo]

That's the problem. I'm unable to download the latest version of flash player so can't read it. Is there anyway you can post the decoded message in a spoiler maybe?

i'm sorry but i don't know how to place a spoiler

[Chili_Palmer]

i did that, so U=21, H=8, R+18 ... but i only need 3 numbers
i tried adding the double digits so it gave me 389 but that didn't work

Just type the numbers you have - no further calculation needed.

[espavo]

a hint...someone?

[ronin]

i'm sorry but i don't know how to place a spoiler

No worries then. Thanks anyway.

[Chili_Palmer]

a hint...someone?

I have been stuck on this level for several hours now. I found a brasilian composer/conductor who lived in Italy and whose name was Gomes. I entered every place (mostly brasilian cities) related to that man in the url but that didn't get me any further.

[sya]

i'm just trying

ok, i'm able to post a spoiler :P
now... what do you want to know, ronin?? about level "a terminal messagge"??

[ronin]

ok, i'm able to post a spoiler :P
now... what do you want to know, ronin?? about level "a terminal messagge"??

Thanks sya. I have found where I need to look to decipher the message but the decoder is flash based and I can't download the latest version to use it. I just need to know what the decoded message says so I can work the rest out from there.

[sya]

COLLECT THE PAINTING AND BRING IT TO OUR OPERATIONS HEADQUARTERS IN THE GHETTO

[elise]

Elise, you're thinking too specific. If you were to live in china - you wouldn't eat chinese food, you would just eat food. If you were to live in paris - you wouldn't go to paris airport, you would just go to the airport. So on that basis if you lived in venice you would just know it as......

Thanks very much!!!! I think I tried everything but that!! :pri:

[ronin]

COLLECT THE PAINTING AND BRING IT TO OUR OPERATIONS HEADQUARTERS IN THE GHETTO


Thanks sya


Thanks very much!!!! I think I tried everything but that!! :pri:

no probs

[sya]

Thanks sya
you're welcome :)

[ronin]

After I get to "take the money and run" is that the end of the game?

[Dr Who Fan]

After I get to "take the money and run" is that the end of the game?

Take the money & run is level 18 - according to the cryptos forum there are 20 levels so looks like another 2 to go!

[ronin]

Take the money & run is level 18 - according to the cryptos forum there are 20 levels so looks like another 2 to go!

Can't see any clues as where to go next. He's on his way back to the ferry terminal and he doesn't know where the brazilian is going. Strange....

[seylamoon]

you have to put .htm at the end

don't know where to go either but Gomes when translated into english is Starch (0_o)

[elise]

I have decoded the message in 'a terminal message' but has anyone got any hints or nudges as to what the answer is I am looking for? I feel really dense but I cannot work it out!!

[Dr Who Fan]

I have decoded the message in 'a terminal message' but has anyone got any hints or nudges as to what the answer is I am looking for? I feel really dense but I cannot work it out!!

The very last word of the decoded message is the one to take you to the next level.

[elise]

thanks very much!!!!

[xxsammytxx]

Although some people think Haggis is not a real animal. It actually is, but very few people know about this small endangered species (only the gifted). They can be found usually on the peaks of grassy mountains, as they have adapted to live in these surroundings, as they have two short legs and two long legs, for ease to run around the mountain side. Which makes sam a bloody genius, and you are all wrong .....hahahahahahahahaha suck on tahat mofo's.

[elise]

any hints for take the money and run, I have translated the phone call but cant seem to find the answer?

[Dr Who Fan]

any hints for take the money and run, I have translated the phone call but cant seem to find the answer?

Either nobody knows or nobody is telling! Thought it might be an anagram but
no joy so far.

[bballbabe4432]

hey could someone help me on the church of barnaba one or whatever? i've looked at all the hints but none of them help me!

[Dr Who Fan]

hey could someone help me on the church of barnaba one or whatever? i've looked at all the hints but none of them help me!

Try post No 151

[bballbabe4432]

Try post No 151

well then you'd go to a bank, but i don't know what to put in the URL!

[bballbabe4432]

please please PLEASE can anyone help me?!?

[Chris Mapa]

well then you'd go to a bank, but i don't know what to put in the URL!

Bballbabe, i the answer you're after is 'bankofvenice.htm'

[bballbabe4432]

Bballbabe, i the answer you're after is 'bankofvenice.htm'

are you serious?? i went through all that trouble and it was the answers i tried put together? ok then.

thank you very much!!

[Kuang]

.. although I'm not sure about the final answer - it appears to be something other than a link to a final page as expected, so I've mailed the author to ask if that's the intention.

Any questions, ask away :)

[bballbabe4432]

.. although I'm not sure about the final answer - it appears to be something other than a link to a final page as expected, so I've mailed the author to ask if that's the intention.

Any questions, ask away :)


what does "Gomes, em mais ou menos doze horas" mean?

[Kuang]

You have to run it through the same translation process you've used a few times in previous puzzles...

[bballbabe4432]

ok thanks i'll try...

ok it's not working. which code are you supposed to use???

[Kuang]

This one isn't a code - it's portuguese :) Altavista Babelfish should give you a good result.

(off to get some sleep now, back tomorrow) :)

[bballbabe4432]

This one isn't a code - it's portuguese :) Altavista Babelfish should give you a good result.

(off to get some sleep now, back tomorrow) :)

oh...ok well i don't know portuguese so hopefully altav....whatever can help! lol

good night! : D

[Cryptos]

Hi puzzlers,

You guys have really put a lot of effort into our puzzle, it is really interesting to read your thought processes as you try to figure out the levels. Just thought I would let you know, there are currently 20 levels but we are planning 45-50, divided into five stages (locations). Good luck and have fun solving!

Derek from the Cryptos Team

[bballbabe4432]

Hi puzzlers,

You guys have really put a lot of effort into our puzzle, it is really interesting to read your thought processes as you try to figure out the levels. Just thought I would let you know, there are currently 20 levels but we are planning 45-50, divided into five stages (locations). Good luck and have fun solving!

Derek from the Cryptos Team

dang 45-50?! i don't suppose you could help me on level 18? i translated all of the other languages but none of them help...

o and by the way, GREAT GAME! i've had some trouble, but it's been fun!

[Cryptos]

Thanks, bballbabe4432.

I just wanted to mention that although it is really cool that you guys are working together to solve the levels, in future could you possibly try not to openly reveal level URLs? Actually solving a level by yourself (with or without help) is a much better experience then just jumping levels, and if someone is really stuck in dire straights a PM could help them sort it out.

Derek from the Cryptos Team

[bballbabe4432]

i don't want the answers, just help, but i understand. it may take me awhile to figure out the answer but i'll try to find it on my own... : /
thanks anyways! : )

[Chris Mapa]

The translation i got of that Portuguese sentence was; 'Its Leonardo. Gomes, in 12 hours more or less.' 12 hours what, what does this actually mean? Any clues? Either post them here, or you can email me on chris.mapa@xtra.co.nz

[bballbabe4432]

The translation i got of that Portuguese sentence was; 'Its Leonardo. Gomes, in 12 hours more or less.' 12 hours what, what does this actually mean? Any clues? Either post them here, or you can email me on chris.mapa@xtra.co.nz

that's also what i got. i also translated the other sentences that were a different language, but nothing helps.

[ozchick]

me too, that's what i go but where to from here??? Very confused

[cieran]

i'm stuck in the same place, can anyone give another hint? i have the same translation as everyone else seems to, and i've tried everything i can think of at this point. i've looked at their forum to and that didn't help either...

[Prodigy]

There is no any phone number in Venice consist of one digit. Where he can call?

[Cryptos]

i'm guessing speed dial

[Prodigy]

I'm going mad. I even try to find the phone number and location in Venice of E Leopardo but the is no such a person or i just can't find.

Also i can't see any tip insted of the phone call.