Puzzle Hunt 2024

[Yffffonz]

When the Puzzle Hunt is over I can leave everything available for some time and post the intended solution for each step. Then you can look in the walkthrough for the step you are stuck on and try to solve the next instead. I will put each step in a separate post and use spoiler tags so you do not risk to see more than you want.

Keep up the good work! As always, look for simple solutions and study the clues carefully

Yes Please

[prodigy]

I think I'm at the end

Yes, you have reached the end but have to solve the final problem there before you have completed the Puzzle Hunt. You are close now

[Lilmike14]

Yes, you have reached the end but have to solve the final problem there before you have completed the Puzzle Hunt. You are close now

So close, yet so far

[prodigy]

Congrats to the winner Lilmike14 in the PUZZLE HUNT 2024!!!

[prodigy]

So now to the solution.

I start with Problem #1:

The Puzzle Hunt begins here:
What is the number of Revomaze?

The clue:

Spoiler:

Problem #1.png (58.46 KiB) Viewed 271 times

Additional hint: "Due to no progress has been reported I have chosen to make the clue for the next step easier to understand. I wonder why no one can see it?"

The solution:

Spoiler:

The answer is: Find where the question gets its answer, so search for "What is the number of Revomaze?" with Google or in the Revomaze forum:

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Click on the link to get to the page (viewtopic.php?t=97) on the Revomaze forum where the question get its answer. On this page you should select the text and find the hidden clue for your next problem:

Solution 1b.png (273.9 KiB) Viewed 271 times

The clue is: Save 3 for future use and go to PHP?P=R#+1

[Lilmike14]

Congrats to the winner Lilmike14 in the PUZZLE HUNT 2024!!!

Thank you, I've loved the puzzle hunt right to the end, it was genuinely good fun

[prodigy]

Problem #2:

The second problem is just to understand the basics in the puzzle hunt. You have this information:

The clue:

Spoiler:

"Save 3 for future use and go to PHP?P=R#+1"

The solution:

Spoiler:

You should save the number 3 for later.

The pages in the forum normally look e.g. like this:
"https://revomaze.co.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=3001"

R# is the answer of the previous question "2000". So the next step will be find on the page (in a spoiler tag):

https://revomaze.co.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=2001

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Here you should collect the second number: 7

[prodigy]

Problem #3:

The clue:

Spoiler:

Download the picture "next_step.jpeg" and scan it with your QR scanner of choice, e.g. with https://scanqr.org .

The QR Code picture:

next_step.jpg (83.92 KiB) Viewed 213 times

This will give you the link: viewtopic.php?f=66&t=1263 .

On this page you will find 4 words with underline:
open, not, here, it

This will be the hint: "OPEN IT" + "NOT HERE"

You will also find the following underlined letters: a-p-c-k-u-n that will be the third hint: "UNPACK".

The solution:

Spoiler:

The solution is to unpack the image (like it was a zip/rar file). So unpack it with your unarchiver of your choice and you will get the following file: "next_correct_step.png"

next_correct_step.png (24.42 KiB) Viewed 255 times

And this QR Code will take you to the following page: viewtopic.php?f=125&t=1767&start=140

On this OLD page you will find a NEW link to thepuzzleworkshop.uk:
https://www.thepuzzleworkshop.uk/profil ... gy/profile

solution.png (61.94 KiB) Viewed 255 times

Here you should collect the third number: 22

[prodigy]

Problem #4:


The clue:

Spoiler:

The link goes to a page that doesn't exist: https://www.thepuzzleworkshop.uk/profil ... gy/profile but you have the clue that it is to the "profile for user prodigy".

The solution:

Spoiler:

Here you can for e.g. check the forum mail and find the email for user prodigy "daniel.c.ericsson...." or go via the new forum: https://www.thepuzzleworkshop.uk/forum/ ... he-forum-1

Click in the user "prodigy":

solution 4.png (30.72 KiB) Viewed 249 times

You will then get to the profile page for the user "prodigy":

https://www.thepuzzleworkshop.uk/profil ... on/profile

solution 4b.png (320.79 KiB) Viewed 249 times

[prodigy]

Problem #5:

The clue:

Spoiler:

In the profile for user prodigy, you have the text:
"Revomaze Lite!!! This is your next challenge! What a contrast to the Revomaze!"

So this is a clue that this is your next challenge and the word "contrast" should give you a hint to play with the contrast for the picture.

The picture:

Revomaze Lite.png (577 KiB) Viewed 213 times

The solution:

Spoiler:

Download the picture and play with the contrast etc and you will get the following result:

solution 5.png (35.2 KiB) Viewed 242 times

In the picture you will find the next problem:

"2 => p: What is the color sum for the HM Coin?"

Be sure to collect your forth number: "2".