easter-eggs

[valid lichen]

could be because i changed my graphics though

[unique spruce]

practice range ones are definitely silver looking

sure its not the color of the lights/environment?

[valid lichen]

i got a screenshot

i tried moving it around and it didnt change colors

i also thought it couldve been the lighting

i can dm you a screenshot

[unique spruce]

feel free

[silent spade]

22k ones right? its the third tier of vault in tournament i believe

might be something hidden in the gold texture tho not sure 🤷🏻‍♂️

[unique spruce]

ahhh that makes sense

[faint rivet]

curious, was there any clues found in the Question Marks images??

[unborn pilot]

Not much at all. That’s what’s strange.

[faint rivet]

it is strange

ΧΞϚ´
666 (number)

[cloud frigate]

Hey I’m new here just asking the progress of the egg hunt event so I can know what to help

[faint rivet]

we've been trying to use roman numbers for the password, but have we tried using Greek numbers to try the password? EDIT: actually, the greek numerals required special characters which i think the password dont use.

[pulsar mason]

-egghunt

[wet leaf]

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[cloud frigate]

Oh
Sorry about that I didn’t notice

[unique spruce]

just the 6,6,6 black background rgb

[late girder]

Im so excited to see everything that comes in the next season, see if the easter egg hunt community actually makes an impact 👀

[faint rivet]

hmm.

[pliant spire]

does the number of damage you take when you die mean anything

[unique spruce]

potentially. #easter-eggs message

[pulsar mason]

Likely not, it’s the max number using 16 bit integers. Used to say infinity in the UI but no longer does due to what we guess is a bug

[hard current]

why

did we ever stray from the crosswords…

[pulsar mason]

Did you find something?

[unique spruce]

never got eyes on any mention of it =/

[hard current]

0
2015:11:06 02:25:46+07:00
1
2015:11:06 02:33:47+07:00
2
2023:09:22 12:31:12+02:00
3
2023:09:22 12:31:12+02:00

ran one of the images through a metadata scanner

the timestamp of the images of ques and tion

[unique spruce]

but we may be trying to rely too much on eye reacts. we only get them when we have a precise connection

[hard current]

is the same as the date for that crossword that includes gold egg aesops fable

there’s no way it’s a coincidence

why didn’t we keep digging that direction… hm

@coarse dagger could we get aesop added a potential path into the padlet

[unborn pilot]

I found the crossword from that date. Pretty sure that’s the only place it’s featured

[hard current]

yeah, and it makes no sense that the image data of those images would be changed to match THAT date AND it also happened to have aesops golden egg fable

in retrospect that is ridiculously coincidental or we just utterly dropped the ball with it

[unborn pilot]

Maybe cause it never got eyeballed

[hard current]

it didn’t, but NOTHING got eye balled at that time

rob was MIA for a while during that

[unborn pilot]

Yeah

[hard current]

even if it didn’t get eyeballed, imo that is put together too well to ignore

what are the odds of that

rob picking a random date to manipulate the meta data too only for it to align perfectly with a crossword (number 6!) that is aesops golden egg fable

it couldn’t be random

the odds of that are insane

[pulsar mason]

I think that’s our absolute biggest hint so far. We essentially have confirmation the password is related to Aesop in some way shape or form.

[unborn pilot]

Those dates are full of weird stuff haha.
12 31 12 is New Years Eve 2012.
46 (64 backwards)
46-47 (1 number off)
33 (EE)

[hard current]

we know latin is a path forward as well

[pulsar mason]

According to the Perry Index, the 666th Aesop Fable is called “Praying for Himself Only”

[hard current]

golden goose fable is 87

[unique spruce]

how about the 6th

[lean holly]

Correct me if I am wrong, but according to egg-hunt-info:
"It's agreed that metadata of the images do not contain intentional clues, and so shouldn't be accessed; photoshop file history, layer names, etc"
Or did I miss sth?

[unique spruce]

Perry 6. The Goatherd and the Wild Goats

Perry 26. A Fisherman

[hard current]

yeah this was wayyy before, when I was brand new to the hunt hehe

but, still impossible to be random, and if it is, that’s an insane stroke of luck

[pulsar mason]

Definitely not random

[hard current]

this also would go along with golden egg that was hidden in the first patch notes

the goose that laid the golden eggs

[unborn pilot]

Level 1 had the answer Devon crossing written in binary in the metadata so 🤷

[hard current]

ok so
date of ques and tion -> crossword

crossword -> aesops fables

golden egg (patch notes) -> goose that laid the golden eggs -> aesops fables

but where from there…

[unborn pilot]

I’m having flashbacks to all the vioose

[hard current]

anser

latin, gold, eggs, space

there are a few fables loosely connected to space

and gold and eggs obviously

[unique spruce]

aesop was 26A on the crossword

[hard current]

The first extensive translation of Aesop into Latin iambic trimeters was performed by Phaedrus, a freedman of Augustus in the 1st century CE, although at least one fable had already been translated by the poet Ennius two centuries before, and others are referred to in the work of Horace.

[hard current]

in the crossword cade found that matched the date of the ques and tion images it was 6A

[unique spruce]

i thought i saw 26

[hard current]

Avianus writes about AD 400 that Phaedrus wrote five books of fables. The 94 fables contained in the Pithoeanus are divided into four books, but the text in the Remensis ended with the subscription "PHAEDRI AVG(VSTI) LIBERTI LIBER QVINTVS EXPLICIT FELICITER" ("this is the end of the fifth book of Phaedrus, freedman of Augustus"), indicating that in the manuscript from which the Pithoeanus and Remensis were copied, the poems were divided into five books.

…

1+2+3+4+5

unrelated I’m sure but still

[unique spruce]

maybe just try variations of aesop for the password? ive already tried a bunch

[pulsar mason]

I can’t even find a record of the 666th fable it’s insane

Doesn’t exist online

[unique spruce]

goose that laid the golden eggs is #87, maybe that in numeral

[hard current]

could it be “fable”

if we work backwards we have
fable -> gold egg -> gold & egg
properties of gold
properties of egg
@earnest wagon

all stemming from a fable, a golden egg

[pulsar mason]

Just to add to this, 666 in Roman numerals (DCLXVI) has exactly one occurrence of all symbols in Roman numerals with a value less than 1000 in decreasing order.

(D = 500, C = 100, L = 50, X = 10, V = 5, I = 1)

[jovial creek]

Could someone explain what Easter eggs their are please

[pulsar mason]

-egghunt

[wet leaf]

New to the hunt?

Check out #egg-hunt-onboarding
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[jovial creek]

Thanks 👍

[hard current]

if rob eyes this I will eat a pair of my shoes

[pulsar mason]

I’m convinced you’re right

[unique spruce]

i believe aesop in latin is aesopus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Astrologer_who_Fell_into_a_Well

[unique spruce]

ran into a little bit of a loose connection between hamlet and aesop. hamlet may have been 'a copy' of a play (known as Ur-Hamlet, with no surviving written copy) believed to be authored by Thomas Kyd. Another playwright, Thomas Nashe, once referred to Thomas Kyd as "kid in Aesop"

[tired moat]

In the Aesop book it was about money right?

[unique spruce]

i dunno @hard current. We've had a whole thread on this crossword and not one thing was ever eyed https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1175202375070384208

[tired moat]

I was looking at previous posts and saw that gold, egg, space/science, time and Latin could be the truths right? If you take the first letter of each word and unscramble it you get gelts. The meaning of gelts if you look it up is money

I don't know if that could be anything but the fable is all about money

[unique spruce]

f=6, fable = 6able

[unique spruce]

yea the goose/golden egg fable is about greed

cupiditas in latin

at 600 Å osmium has a reflectivity twice that of gold

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dog_and_Its_Reflection

[valid lichen]

[pulsar mason]

Shit will get easier once we find the hidden namatama in game

[main fable]

I do not know how late this is but Deathscreen by jumping off of the map shows "death by hazard 32768"

[pulsar mason]

#easter-eggs message

[valid lichen]

Honestly have we been trying codes?

Like after every discovery did we try all the codes

Because we might have missed it already if not

[pulsar mason]

Feel free to try some

[valid lichen]

Yeah I’ll try reading back in the chat to find some

Imma just list these that it might be about in some way:

Greed ,value, wealth, fortune, fable, Turtoise and the hare, Aesop, golden egg, boil, fragile

Greed wealth value fortune are all from the fable. Turtoise and the hare is a very well known fable and the boil and fragile are just because egg lol

Haven’t tried all variations of all of these so far

I wanna use ChatGPT so bad to generate a bunch of of codes with these words but I won’t

[tiny topaz]

What's with the eggs

I hear eggs everywhere

Tbh I can just go ask one of my chickens to borrow one

[valid lichen]

lol

[tiny topaz]

So what do we have of the golden eggs

What info

[pulsar mason]

-egghunt

[wet leaf]

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Check out #egg-hunt-onboarding
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[tiny topaz]

Zamn thabk you

[fresh quiver]

anything important discovered overnight? I think not

[shadow shore]

Neg just theories

[fresh quiver]

good. thought i overread something.
But nothing that interesting peaking my mind from that rn.
I think fables etc would maybe be a tertiary clue. But still could be (imo not directly related to password)

[late girder]

-egghunt

[wet leaf]

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Check out #egg-hunt-onboarding
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Good hunting! 🥚

[white heart]

wtf is this

[fresh quiver]

the channel for hunting easter-eggs

just looked up telegraphy as it is also a way to morse i gues?

anyone heard ever from the Edelcrantz code?

[shadow shore]

nope

[fresh quiver]

The telegraph consisted of a set of ten shutters. Nine of these were arranged in a 3×3 matrix. Each column of shutters represented a binary-coded octal digit with a closed shutter representing "1" and the most significant digit at the bottom. Each symbol of telegraph transmission was thus a three-digit octal number. The tenth shutter was an extra-large one at the top. Its meaning was that the codepoint should be preceded by "A".

there are some different telegraph codes that were being used in the earlier days. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraph_code

maybe one will stood out for us?

[fresh quiver]

didnt we had multiple number strings that were not solved completely?

[shadow shore]

I'm not sure?

[velvet narwhal]

There are many unsolved things. In here are some https://thelulzy.github.io/TF-EE-quartz-obsidian-vault/tags/Unsolved

But i am sure there are even more not listed here. A list/doc with every unsolved thing would be pretty cool

[fresh quiver]

also looking again at the crossword from 2015 NYT.
https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1175202375070384208

Yule is a winter festival historically.

but it also has geo again in it....

The modern English noun Yule descends from Old English ġēol, earlier geoh(h)ol, geh(h)ol, and geóla, sometimes plural.[1] The Old English ġēol or ġēohol and ġēola or ġēoli indicate the 12-day festival of "Yule" (later: "Christmastide"), the latter indicating the month of "Yule", whereby ǣrra ġēola referred to the period before the Yule festival (December) and æftera ġēola referred to the period after Yule (January).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule

also with that i came across the old-germanic calendar. where is also a connection to moon again

The lunisolar calendar is reflected in the Proto-Germanic term *mēnōþs "month" (Old English mōnaþ, Old Saxon mānuth, Old Norse mánaðr, and Old High German mānod, Gothic mēnōþs), being a derivation of the word for "moon", *mēnô — which shares its ancestry with the Greek mene "moon", men "month", and Latin mensis "month".".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Germanic_calendars

[tacit phoenix]

I'm sure it's been noted already, but the symbols right above the last 'section' of the the tree on the whiteboard (the largest red rectangle) looks to me like a slot machine - the ones where we see the golden namatamas in positions 2, 4, 6, 1, 6. I wonder if there's something more to the details of, or some interactivity we're missing for the slot machines?

[fresh quiver]

swedisch for year would be "år" which would have the Å again.

[tiny topaz]

What if you say the number in the game

[fresh quiver]

try it. everything in eastereggs is about trying and finding out the right way

[tiny topaz]

I'm on my phone right now in the bus.

Is there a chat in the game

I don't think so

Bdfaf is the word I get when I turn 24616 into letters in order of the alphabet, maybe someone try the ceasar rotation

[tiny topaz]

I can't send pics...

[fresh quiver]

#1177374733969408090 message

[fresh quiver]

sent it to me and i can forward it here for you 🙂

[nova stag]

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[fresh quiver]

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[lofty basalt]

Lmao is the ARG is getting out of hand? 😂
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mystery-golden-egg-ocean-floor-alaska-scientists-dont-know-what-it-is/

[fresh quiver]

was already posted here. but its too new

[lofty basalt]

It's definitely not related but it sure is hindering google searches as it keeps popping up 💀

[tiny topaz]

Reminds me of the golden egg in harry potter

The goblet of fire

@fresh quiver did you get my dm?

[velvet narwhal]

New patchnotes but didn't notice anything special about them

[fresh quiver]

got it.
just had a coworker standing next to me 😅

[tiny topaz]

Yeah that was me

[fresh quiver]

from @tiny topaz

The avarage is 3.8

[tiny topaz]

There is something to note

[fresh quiver]

also from @tiny topaz.

he had no luck with cesar rotation

[tiny topaz]

The lower the number, the more relative it is towards something

Think about it, a number like 2847284 couod be an id or a standalone meaning, but lower numbers like 1-20 are most likely binded to something

So I don't think the numbers are sepparate

But a whole number

24616

And not 2, 4, 6, 1, 6

[fresh quiver]

think we should think again of the most recent glues we got.
Hamlet = Ophelia = 5 Truths
G=6
Number 666

[earnest wagon]

I did wonder the same, but so far had no luck on any combinations.

aesopsfable is where I spent most of my time trying.

[tiny topaz]

5 truths, 24616 are 5 numbers

[fresh quiver]

the 5 truths were related to the other already solved passwords/tiers/levels.

[tiny topaz]

Alright

[earnest wagon]

I think the 5 truths is much simpler, and relates to Opheilia and Hamlet in a manner that gives an indication of progression.

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/theatreblog/2011/jul/21/five-truths-katie-mitchell-v-a

[tiny topaz]

AES is a symetric crypto algorythm

[fresh quiver]

also if you dont know already there is the thread #1194001777452929154 where we put summarized things that have a high chance to be really related and what we can confirm in a way

[earnest wagon]

Huh... good idea!

OP is Rob in this case.

AES Op's Fable?

[fresh quiver]

do we have any strings that have the length of 128, 192 or 256?

also i try to get something out of the JPGs

[tiny topaz]

In terms of characters?

Maybe it is not a string but some sort of data

Like for example png files incluses

[tiny topaz]

I found something

@fresh quiver has to send the image if his coworker isn't sneak peaking

[tiny topaz]

It's abool

It's a book

Search it

Aesopsfable

aesop's fable

It's something about greeks

We have some greek symboos

Sypboos

Sypbols

Symbols

[earnest wagon]

Yup, that's what we started with.

[tiny topaz]

Hmmm

Then why don't we focus on the book's meaning instead of the actual name?

I don't think it has to do anything with the name of the book itself

I found something epic

The goose that layd golden eggs

Like that fighting cat

Puss in boots

[earnest wagon]

You might want to read up on what's been thought up so far - there's quite a bit of ground covered.

I'm writing up my own summary of thoughts that might be some use, but it will take a few minutes.

[tiny topaz]

Oh, it's already been found you mean

Interesting

[earnest wagon]

That's why some of us are looking into Aesop's Fables.

[tiny topaz]

I'm sure we have to search somewhere related to puss in boots

[fresh quiver]

your orange. i think you can post them now aswell.

checked some things in aperisolve about ques & tion. and didnt saw it 😅

[tiny topaz]

https://youtu.be/0oKreL1jvkg?feature=shared

[fresh quiver]

@tiny topaz yep. about the goose that laid the golden egg.
yep. that was a "clue/hint" for a previous tier 😄
we got a connection to some crossword from New York Times from 2015-11-06. And question number 6 gave us aesop

[tiny topaz]

There's something with this song

[fresh quiver]

and what?

[tiny topaz]

Look, here's my thought, the bird lays golden eggs like in puss in boots, puss in boots has this little egg guy, his name is humpty dumpty, he has rhymes and is well known, there's a song about it

From 17...

It's a history figure

[last dragon]

0:

[tiny topaz]

I think I might see something maybe but not sure

Where can I send pics

If I translate the songtext to greek

And count the characters

I get 109 words and 642 characters

642, kinda looks like 24616

Probably nothing

[warm lantern]

did yall know the "2 cute 2 dial" has a chance to play the "hello, I am under the water" line (or the start of it)

like was this known

[earnest wagon]

Even with Nitro, my summary is too long.

Suffice to say after trawling back through the clues and my own notes I'm still pretty convinced of the following:

1. We're 'looking for our Hamlet' - specifically I think this tier involves the set in which all others stem from, and we're likely looking at Aesop's Fables, rather than the Golden Goose (as much as it pains me to accept that my 'anser is aurei' theory isn't right - I just can't think of any other combinations). I've tried

2. I'm presuming the clues regarding latin are confirmation that roman numerals are once again involved until a stronger link presents itself. Aesop's Fables were originally written in greek, and later translated to latin.

3. While trying to guess what five things have been true throughout this level the mention of Space(?) got eyed by Rob. Trouble is there's no clear link I can see between space and this tier - that is except for this image he sent - #easter-eggs message

Is it just me, or does this sliver look like the transition between the lower and upper atmosphere and space?

4. There's possibly crossover with a solution for another possibly in-game easter egg that's further confusing matters as the clues may be bleeding into one another.

Things I think might be worth further exploration:

• Aesop's Fables are also known as the Aesopica
• The 'Perry Index' is used to number the fables in the Aesopica ('The Goose that laid the Golden Eggs' is 87 - 666 is 'Man Praying for Himself)
• Asteroid 12608 is named 'Aesop'.

[warm lantern]

where abouts are we in tfee anyway, it's been a while since ive checked up here

[fresh quiver]

depends when the last time was.
Level 2, Tier 3

63days in

[fresh quiver]

https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1194001777452929154

[warm lantern]

thank you, ill have a look at the thread

[fresh quiver]

i think maybe of now we should try to focous on the maybe 5th truth?
when we already would have: gold(en), egg, latin, space and ?

space could be really true. Earth’s atmosphere rings like a giant bell, say researchers

[shadow shore]

If anyone is good at finding the hidden clues within images, I merged to the two question marks together. Something may be able to be seen now, but just taking a stab really

[earnest wagon]

I think those five things relate to 'rules' that have to be kept in mind. So for instance we know we're combinging gold and egg in some fashion (golden egg) and then the latin may be an indicator that roman numerals are in play.

The space one baffles me - it's been a running theme among the solutions so far, but there's seeming no clues pointing towards it unless I'm right about the 666 image being of the atmosphere/space.

The fifth thing could be something simple - such as letter to number substition, or G=6.

[fresh quiver]

Tbh. Space would connect to moon which would connect to „geo“ what we had a few (maybe a lot) times now.

[lofty basalt]

~~Maybe if I put this on my face then i will find the answer https://eggalchemy.com/products/pot-of-gold-100-pure-egg-yolk-oil~~

Don't know what to make of this but maybe somebody will (I know the topic has already been discussed but i found no mention of this particular wording)

The fine double star η (eta) Cassiopeiae. Also called Achird [...] Because of its coloring, some call this star the “Easter Egg” double.
https://cosmicpursuits.com/1876/hopping-double-stars-in-cassiopeia/

[hard current]

the main point to space relate to titan around saturn (titan itself is more egg shaped and also yellow)

also referred to as saturn vi

[gloomy anvil]

Is it just me, or does this sliver look like the transition between the lower and upper atmosphere and space?

That's what I thought too, also known as the Kármán line.

I suspect that sliver is another part of the upcoming image we'll see after solving T3. Rob first sent part of it in December and the colors match up, although the sky would look the same mostly everywhere. #easter-eggs message

[earnest wagon]

Ooh, I missed this! Thanks for sharing. Probably not related to the solution for T3 in that case.

[gloomy anvil]

It did contain the 6x666 clue though, so that part should be relevant

[earnest wagon]

Unless that's a hint as to what the full image depicts?

[gloomy anvil]

666 was also hinted in tfee_ques.jpg so I'm not sure it's specifically relevant to either image

but to T3 as a whole, probably

[earnest wagon]

Ah, good point.

[hard current]

silver is a metal, and it’s a pale color, sort of not really like eggshell

that’s the only way I see that moving forward

but I don’t think it’s important either

[gloomy anvil]

sliver not silver 😅

[tiny topaz]

Devil number 👹

[hard forge]

Did we find any recent solid clues? (Not speculations)

[hard forge]

where?

I don't remember where we got that 666. But, here are things related to 666 in T3

• 6 is 3 times in Goldenegg as g=6.
• ? (ASCII) = 63 (decimal)

[gloomy anvil]

• The background of the gold question mark is RGB 6, 6, 6
• The dimensions of a recent Rob image are 6x666, which he confirmed as relevant

[hard forge]

ahhh...yes

[gloomy anvil]

but how does it all connect

666 = three 6's = 6x3 = 18?

[hard forge]

Adding to this

• deviltama , 666 devil's number

[gloomy anvil]

[tiny topaz]

Has anyone tried "golden egg" as password

If it works I'll pay you 1k

[upbeat ridge]

Pain

[hard forge]

Au is in period 6 in The periodic table of elements

[valid lichen]

that would be crazy

so this is the most farfetch theory i have had but maybe the golden egg is talking about the finals itself like golden (being the contestants fame glory and money) and egg being the mascot it could also mean the game overall or the audience

[carmine iris]

am not up to date but are we looking for a 5 digit code by any chance?

[hard forge]

Did you find something?

[carmine iris]

well hazzard eliminations were doing unlimited dmg but now its 32768

[lofty basalt]

32768 is 2^15

[valid lichen]

could be that map that has a ginormous moon

with the whiteboard right?

[gloomy anvil]

#easter-eggs message

I'm reminded of this message that got very close to the T2ABC password 6 days before it was actually solved. It wasn't super precise and Rob didn't eye it. I wouldn't put so much weight on whether or not a lead gets eyes when it's in early stages.

[unique spruce]

I'm not so sure G=6 for this tier. We got eyes on F=6 #easter-eggs message

[hard forge]

thanks for sharing.

[hard forge]

the 10mil had g=6

[gloomy anvil]

Almost every trailer and keyart has had G=6 since October/November. Either it's super relevant, or they keep reusing the same asset, which is unlikely but a fear of mine.

[valid lichen]

just leaving this reply here to jump to the whiteboard

what do we know about the whiteboard

[sharp flame]

I only think it's this tier too because they've deliberately kept it in the newest ones

( I assume everything about them is deliberate)

[unique spruce]

but then how can both f and g be 6 =/

maybe f=6 is to decode a clue and g=6 is to encode the password

but we didnt get a single eye react from last night. not feeling too confident that the crossword is the right direction. not the first time we try to link the dates either

[hasty anvil]

I think if that got eyed it would really lead us astray. Rob only eyes almost exact things to not lead us down rabbit holes

But the lack of eyes this tier

[gloomy anvil]

Has there been much research into the font the question marks use? They are certainly digitally altered, but I imagine there's an underlying font in there.

[sharp flame]

the classic Finals one I believe

Saira

Semibold iirc

[hasty anvil]

Tbh, at the start I thought black had hidden things in the image, someone mentioned steganography earlier. Right at the beginning of this tier we found some stuff in the black image, but it was kind of dismissed due to it being some kind of gibberish, but it really looked like something

[unique spruce]

i think black as a whole is a clue. rob brought up wearing black 3 times

black, day, night, high pitch

[gloomy anvil]

Yeah looks like it. Italic + semibold + condensed

[unique spruce]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C57BL/6

[hasty anvil]

Browsing bit planes with steganography on the white '?' revealed this, but nothing came from it

[unique spruce]

The backwards 6 symbol, ∂, is used in mathematics to represent a partial derivative

[lofty basalt]

Could there maybe be a link between the black & white in the images and the black & white of the in-game swan outfits? Can swans lay gold eggs? 😵‍💫

Swans are birds of the genus Cygnus within the family Anatidae. The swans' closest relatives include the geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae

[unique spruce]

black 6 mice seem to be a big deal in science, most used lab mouse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Black

there also are black dwarf stars

Black dwarf stars are rare, compact stars that are the result of white dwarf stars cooling down and stopping emitting light and heat. However, no black dwarf stars have ever been observed

both white + black. white that turns to black

I actually had a white shirt on the release party too last week (but for the after party I changed to black, hehe) #easter-eggs message

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_dwarf

[fresh quiver]

F=6 was before this tier started.

[unique spruce]

what did we ever use it for?

i dont believe f=6 was before this tier

[hasty anvil]

f=6 has never been used for a password or given as a clue

I don't understand why it got eyed

[unique spruce]

maybe to indicate that we were close, 1 letter off for g=6?

[hasty anvil]

That's all it can be imo

[unique spruce]

maybe black dwarf is the way. will see

black dwarf is the final step for a star's evolution, like this is the final step for the level

Ten trillion in Roman numerals is MMMMMMMMMMM

that would be a REALLY aggravating password solution lol

[tacit phoenix]

Where does 10 trillion come from?

[unique spruce]

black dwarf

KIP-666 is a brown dwarf in the Kopernicus mod

LP 666-11 is a red dwarf star that's 64 light years away from the Sun. It's a single star of spectral class M6.0V

[split dew]

I just join and come here for easter eggs and I see people talking about the lives of stars and warships

like im scared

[hasty anvil]

yeah idk

I think we need to pray to Saint Rob soon

[split dew]

who

[hasty anvil]

The community name for the creator Rob

-egghunt

[wet leaf]

New to the hunt?

Check out #egg-hunt-onboarding
Catch up with this great summary: https://youtu.be/XaU6Fo2utBY
Follow the ongoing progress through Padlet: https://padlet.com/Kyne
Good hunting! 🥚

[hasty anvil]

The EE's are deep

[unique spruce]

if you dont go down crazy rabbit holes, YOU are the crazy one

[limpid escarp]

Crazy is the new normal

[fresh quiver]

Would be very evil when both would he f=6, g=6

[gloomy anvil]

What was the deal with these frames in the announcement trailer? I can't find them on the wiki

four frames, stitched into two images

*inverted to actual colors

I'm sure it's old news but I can't find any more info on it atm

[hasty anvil]

1st one is an old Seoul mall teaser I think

they have been found

[gloomy anvil]

yeah I was thinking Seoul

I guess the wiki needs an update since these aren't listed

[turbid tinsel]

image on the left looks like the background image in the skull paint girl official art in a way

with the circle

[gloomy anvil]

I was looking through the announcement trailer because we still haven't (definitively) found the other map tease
#easter-eggs message
#easter-eggs message

[faint rivet]

Is anyone hunting wabbit right now?

[coarse dagger]

Yeah I've never really felt that "rule" made sense...

[coarse dagger]

You'd just get hot garbage anyways.

Anytime anyone neglects to read the rules and posts something from chatGTP it makes no sense and chat devolves into everyone trying to figure out what the hell they're talking about.

[craggy plover]

Does that second one have jellyfish in the background???

[unique spruce]

November 6 – The Walls of Constantinople are severely damaged by an earthquake

[gloomy anvil]

Looks like it, maybe it's concept art

[unique spruce]

Black gold is an informal term for petroleum and its derivatives

[unborn pilot]

Folks looked into that a year ago and I think it was decided it’s another James Bond clue. A similar scene was in Skyfall.

[hard current]

I think we’re digging too deep again hehe

I’m personally gonna keep things to #1175202375070384208 or the password list itself:)

unless new thinking comes up!

[gloomy anvil]

damn, Skyfall is almost 12 years old... time flies

[unique spruce]

Gold Alloys
Electrum (gold, silver, copper)
Tumbaga (gold, copper)
Rose gold (gold, copper)
White gold (gold, nickel, palladium, or platinum)

[fathom moat]

Scan the qr on the holtow fine print skin, it takes u to holtow.com

[unique spruce]

#1185727960980922488

[gloomy anvil]

I'm really surprised this wasn't talked about more until recently tbh. I only found it by exploring the oldest channel threads, before then it was last mentioned in November. Maybe the metadata rule kinda put people off?

[earnest wagon]

I agree, I think this combined with the previous solutions are the biggest clues we have. I reckon we're meant to combine this knowledge somehow.

My key phrases I'm working around at the moment are:

Aesop
Aesop's Fables
Aesopica
Goose

As much as I love the Golden Goose = "anseris aurei" (Golden Goose in latin) = 'Answer is "aurei"' theory, I've noticed a grave error in my reasoning.

The goose in the fable wasn't golden.

So while I'm yoinking that little tidbit for a puzzle of my own, I think that theory is a dead end.

Instead I'm considering 'Aesops Goose' as a blend of what we're looking for.

[unique spruce]

https://www.gloucesterrocks.co.uk/things-to-do/golden-egg-on-churchdown-hill

[earnest wagon]

Some presumptions I'm making when trying out passwords (in case anyone can add/subtract from them). These are based on rules established for previous passwords:

• all lower-case
• no symbols
• o=0
• g=6
• e=3
• numbers can equal roman numerals
• multiple conversions are possible (i.e. g=6=vi / e=3=iii)

Also the following 'leetspeak' conversions don't appear to be used:

s=5
a=4
i/l=1

[turbid tinsel]

has aesop gotten eyes? because im feeling like its a dead end

[timid cedar]

idk if im late but did you see that the amout of damage that falling out of the map gives you was changed fom infinity to 4 random numbers????????

[earnest wagon]

I'm not sure anything has recently, but I'm not sure how often that happens.

[gloomy anvil]

I believe those numbers are the maximum possible 16-bit integer (with sign)

[timid cedar]

fr

maby

but did they changed it by accident ?

idk

[valid lichen]

yeah chatgpt is not very great

although its very amazing that it exists

i wasnt actually going to do it dw

[timid cedar]

i have a question i know it was seen but i just dont know did someone solved it???

idk how do you add file in there

please

help

i was talking about this pattern from dots:

000

filled ones

00

0

you know what i mean

these pattern of dots 3 blank 3 filled up

[fallen jasper]

I think the reason why we never updated the wiki with it is because it just straight doesn't match anywhere in Seoul enough for us to include it.

The first one with the wind gague with korean lettering does, it's on the roof of one of the staircases on the data center park iirc, but that's the only one that really matched.

We know the exact area where the Vegas teaser was at, as for the other two

[gloomy anvil]

I've given them a basic entry for now since they may as well be on there, mentioned the possible Skyfall reference but I don't know Seoul well enough to comment on it myself

[fallen jasper]

[solar glade]

i believe it's an early concept of the interior of what is now Petronelle Plaza

unless ofc, it proves to be a future map down the line

[timid cedar]

.

[jade citrus]

i forgot those pics existed

ty for updating the EE page

[remote basin]

is there a channel about the lore of the game or no?

[unique spruce]

Yes I believe what you're referring to was a G6 guitar chord

[remote basin]

yeah but its pretty obscure, thats why i was wondering

[velvet narwhal]

We have this lore page on the wiki https://www.thefinals.wiki/wiki/Lore A lore channel doesn't exist. Most of the lore talk is in this channel afaik.

[remote basin]

thanks!

[velvet narwhal]

Maybe lores also discussed in here https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1089902659911295006

[turbid tinsel]

are you talking from the image from the official art?

[solar glade]

i've been discussing the lore in my YT since the Alpha, and we've also worked on the Wiki that was already shared

[kind helm]

Yo how’s it going, sorry if I’m gonna sound dumb asking what I’m about to ask but I couldn’t find anything anywhere so I thought I’d just ask here.

In the practice range when you spawn immediately to the right there’s a forest area with a path that leads to a bench

On the bench there’s 1 rose and 4 on the floor

[remote basin]

https://discordapp.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1011929497139953744/1197677969578131477

[kind helm]

They do damage and sometimes despawn randomly, I was wondering do you guys know ahtbj f about this

[shadow shore]

Yeah Rob said they do something, but not related to the main EE hunt

[junior brook]

i just watched a few easter egg videos and all i know is gol is Au and we got a golden egg or something

and another element

they love elements

[remote basin]

yessir

[spice pelican]

might be old news, but on monaco you can interact with the cannons on that map

[unique spruce]

William Caxton printed the first English translation of Aesop's Fables in 1484, which includes the story of "The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs"

mention of William from Rob, though not sure if anyone knows what other William might have been referenced there? #easter-eggs message

[shadow shore]

Noticed these markings/symbols on the pipes in the data centre on Seoul. Not sure if anything but thought I'd share

[pulsar mason]

Oh thats interesting, havent seen that before

[shadow shore]

Yeah there's more of them around the area too

[coral wing]

uh oh omega

[shadow shore]

Like the symbol near the two dots?

[coral wing]

yes yes

[terse saffron]

Idk if anyone else has found this one

It's in the part under the road on monaco

[cloud wyvern]

Scotty Rules! (?)

[terse saffron]

Saint Rob

[unique spruce]

has anyone counted how many meteors come down during the meteor event?

announcer said 12, wonder if its true

[terse saffron]

Many more than 12

[shadow shore]

Not sure but if you put down a jump pad before one hits you, it deflects and you get a trophy. I did it by accident 🤣

[valid lichen]

same! lol

did it today

[shadow shore]

Also noticed some writing on the top block of the fountain. Can't really make it out, and it may just be a texture

[hard current]

this has been found:))

[shadow shore]

Awesome! Have we worked out what it says??

[rancid ocean]

who is CNS?

[unborn pilot]

Umberto Bassignani. Here’s the exact statue except for some reason Saint Nicholas was removed in game one.

[shadow shore]

Oh true, thanks!

[mint moat]

what can i do to help

im really confused about all this

[daring bluff]

https://youtu.be/68YMEmaF0rs?si=_VcENQB2r-8NgcEv
the finals vr tech leaked

[shadow shore]

We're trying to crack the Tier 3 password on the Finals EE page, if you're good at ciphers or codes you could give it a shot with the info available. If you like looking for things in game though, we've been trying to find the white rabbits images (WR) on Seoul - we've found 3/5

[mint moat]

ok cool where do i go to look at all that stuff

[shadow shore]

TFEE Lvl2 Page: https://www.reachthefinals.com/tfee-level2 - that's the page we're trying to solve

THE FINALS Community Wiki, TFEE Section: https://www.thefinals.wiki/wiki/THE_FINALS_Easter_Egg_Hunt

Padlet(s) for TFEE: https://padlet.com/Kyne

And they're other useful resources...

Check out the egg hunt info page too

[harsh osprey]

Anybody know what's up with the red floating dot towards the top of the construction site in Seoul?

[daring bluff]

we've been suspicious of it for a while but no leads have come from it

[tacit phoenix]

Does anyone know if the William that Rob’s referring to here is Shakespeare, or just some person named William?

[unique spruce]

ah, probably is shakespeare

i was asking that just a bit ago

omg

renaissance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_(Fabergé_egg)

was thinking renaissance means rebirth which is something a golden egg can represent

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oomancy#:~:text=Oomancy (sometimes%20called%20ovomancy%2C%20ooscopy,when%20dropped%20into%20hot%20water.

[late girder]

Hello!

[unique spruce]

https://www.psicosintesi.ch/en/symbolic-meanings-of-the-egg-diagram/#:~:text=In Alchemy%2C the symbolism of,and vessel of all transmutation.

In alchemical engravings, the Philosopher’s Stone is usually represented symbolically in the form of an egg, sometimes along with the alchemical snake

gone down this path multiple times ughhh

[shadow shore]

Hmm might have found something on Seoul. I'm trying to get the map again but this time as a heavy, so I can remove the walls and floor easier:

[umbral bay]

i found a bug with the box

[slate dagger]

WE IMPRESSING THE SPONSORS WITH THIS ONE🔥🔥🥶🔥🔥

[solar pier]

Has anybody seen if the symbols used to replace letters, like on this jacket, can be used for those ciphers?

[timid cedar]

yes. and the qr code?

[hard forge]

i think someone has tried it

[hard forge]

aviation lights

[hard forge]

or ..what is CNS?

[hard forge]

• no space in passwords

Also....only g e o were used as leetspeak. The Lvl 1 commence had geocache as the final password.

[hard forge]

So I was searching for Golden Egg (disambiguation) in wiki

And here is what I found.

BUT I could not find any more leads related to it. And I don't know how it will fit in T3.

So...🕯️🕯️🕯️

[limpid escarp]

Was the fall damage number fixed in the latest patch?

[hasty anvil]

666, thirds , the beginning are interesting links

[fresh quiver]

#1185727960980922488

[gloomy anvil]

This is a pretty interesting connection!

[hard current]

slow saturday in hereeee

[shadow shore]

1 am Sunday here and just reading the wiki...this EE hunt is psycho, I've missed a lot haha

[shadow scroll]

good morning everone whats new?

[neon stream]

Not sure if this was mentioned before, but it seems you're not able to destroy neither of those trees 🤔

🇸 🕯️ 🇷
🕯️ 🕯️
🕯️ 🕯️

[tacit phoenix]

We’ve never actually found a geocache after using that as a password in commence, right?

[sharp flame]

nope hahaha

[timid heron]

Wait, which trailer had one sound that didn't fit?

[unique spruce]

it might be what we thought were frogs

#easter-eggs message

and whatever it is i think is just a reference to the next map

gold falls in group 11 period 6 on the periodic table

maybe weve had clues to other elements that we havent uncovered

11:6

wasnt that a date?

[unique spruce]

^^^^

we never did anything with Å. i dont think we were supposed to do any substitution with it but its a trail to go down. maybe specifically the person it was named after, anders Ångstrom

one of the founders of the science of spectroscopy.

well known for his studies of aurora borealis

[toxic spruce]

Has anyone looked At the address of the house in the practice area?

[unique spruce]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_body

By definition, a black body in thermal equilibrium has an emissivity ε = 1

6km crater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angström_(crater)

[hard forge]

do we have any numbers which we couldn't decode yet? except dates.

and 666

[unique spruce]

#easter-eggs message

[hard forge]

And anything else from past tiers?

[unique spruce]

57 in ascii is 9

etb:soh:cr:so:9

cr > mp

1/13/2023 at 2:57pm

[gloomy anvil]

0248 and 3336588 from this message #easter-eggs message

the latter might be March 3rd 1988 the date of a lunar eclipse

[hard forge]

thank you

too much unsolved

[unborn pilot]

I think most of those older ones have answers we should be able to get. I’ll go through them this weekend and try any of our new knowledge.

[fallen jasper]

Did you notice the roses in the park near the bench?

[unique spruce]

because its red and we havent taken any step beyond the fire engine red: 1000x rarer than gold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_beryl

[fresh quiver]

Will try things tomorrow on that too. Not on pc for today.

But I may can do something with the numbers starting 3-3. think I had something what could be used on it

[fresh quiver]

We need to watch out to may not focus on this.

Fire engine red -> CE2029

Was found in the holtow sticker. We don’t have anything in important that would link the holtow to the arg.

[unique spruce]

we dont know for certain its a separate EE, do we?

blinking red light could be a red supergiant star

blood moon

[hard forge]

..or planet (morning star)

[fresh quiver]

We don’t also know if it is connected to the arg.

So unless we have any confirmations for it we can consider it. But as long as we didn’t have?
Think we just should be cautious.

[unique spruce]

1064
lxxix (79)
5f137s2 (51372)
0vif0rm (00)
cacoiii (3)
vit3llus (3)
viold (6)
evivi(66)

'what a beautiful list, OYE'

10 6 4 > jfd
51372 > eacgb
3: c
3: c
6: f
66: ff

[hard forge]

@unique spruce on OSPUZE today

[unique spruce]

https://tenor.com/view/isnt-even-my-final-form-gif-11810102

really at a loss man. im just stumbling everywhere throwing to see what sticks

[fresh quiver]

Why f=6?

[unique spruce]

it was eyed

[fresh quiver]

In the previous tier

[unique spruce]

it never led to anything though which is whats pretty misleading

unless the implication was we were really close to figuring out g=6

[fresh quiver]

G=6 is a clue we got in every trailer as far as I can remember.

F=6 could be just that its alphabet substitution or else

[unique spruce]

yea, it might be safer to stick with g=6 since it was used for both viold and evivi

i dont disgaree

i think the bigger reason g=6 is because of reflection

more so than a -1 shift

[fresh quiver]

No worries. We all really need to be cautious about everything at this point tbh

[fresh quiver]

This^ 😄

[slate dagger]

what about G=F?

[unique spruce]

uhh why?

[fresh quiver]

The we would have got G=F in binary. And not g=6

[unique spruce]

how would one 'open your is" as in, letter i

for example, cacoiii, open those is

cant believe Aulus Vitellius wasnt the path. known for his love of gaming

has both au and almost vitellus in his name

[spiral flower]

havent been on in 48 did we find naything

anything

[unique spruce]

if e=3, evivi is 366 which is a leap year

[gloomy anvil]

I think this is the furthest we've got in the last 2 days #easter-eggs message

[unique spruce]

830606

hmm

eogog, what is 8

gouge, gorge

google, lol

[toxic spruce]

Have you guys checked for references to arc Raiders?

[unique spruce]

only thing ive noticed is the logo represents the same spectrum prism we've come across as a clue. slightly resembles the embark logo too

830606 is red, 131,6,6

[remote basin]

131,6 is its complementary color called paleton

panton**

[neon stream]

Yeah, I tried a few things with those in one of the playtests with RHB and Duh, and then again today by myself, but no luck. They are definitely part of an EE, I'm sure

[remote basin]

https://discordapp.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1011929497139953744/1197677969578131477

[neon stream]

The generators also looks suspicious, both the ones in the training area, and the ones on the maps

[neon stream]

Oh nice! Thank you so much! I guess that confirms it 😂

[toxic spruce]

At the edge of some maps there are qr codes

I found them while spectating

[remote basin]

did you scan them

[velvet narwhal]

Yep, it's for something but not for the mein EE: #easter-eggs message

[neon stream]

I haven't been able to keep up with the chat, between the influx of new hunters (welcome everyone btw! 💪🏻) and work, I don't have time to read all messages 😅

[remote basin]

nah your good i did the same thing

[neon stream]

A fellow member of the COTHH I see... ._. 🙏🏻

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1011929497139953744/1124728518027259914/SRPray.gif

[hushed beacon]

king rob

[neon stream]

Saint Rob

[velvet narwhal]

the newest clue from rob is that theres something other than the roses in the practice range: #easter-eggs message

[remote basin]

im on it

what about in the tutorial, could there be sm in there?

[velvet narwhal]

the only difference between practice range and tutorial is the hallway and i didn't see anything there, but maybe you're more fortunate

[remote basin]

lol ok ill look

[neon stream]

Hmmm interesting 🤔

[remote basin]

what if i just like don't do what its telling me to, could it unlock voicelines?

[velvet narwhal]

And these messages are interesting: #easter-eggs message
#easter-eggs message
#easter-eggs message

[remote basin]

wait ive seen the third one

i forgot what it was but ive seen it

[neon stream]

That second one reminds me of the Loadstar logo, but it's not 😅

[remote basin]

yeah

it looks like paper but that could be on purpose to be misleading

the bots are yellow in the practice area

why

[neon stream]

The third one looks like the "the are no coincidences in this world"

This

[remote basin]

lol

[neon stream]

It's just SR being SR 😂

[remote basin]

unless

when i save it the file is called 19

lol the thing on its forhead looks a little like namatama

[gloomy anvil]

it is surprisingly close lol

wait it literally is, it's this frame, check the right of it

[remote basin]

oh i see it

hmmmm

what image is that from

[gloomy anvil]

Yeah it's 100% that exact frame, I would post an overlay gif if I could. Here's the original.

[velvet narwhal]

kung fu panda

[remote basin]

well yeah i was wondering about the exact image, and if rob has sent it before

[gloomy anvil]

It's the second result on Google images for that scene, I imagine that's where Rob got it

[remote basin]

yeah

[gloomy anvil]

Just for good measure

[velvet narwhal]

took me a bit to realise that its a gif

[unique spruce]

uhhh wtf

[hard forge]

I cannot fathom that you found the original image.

[gloomy anvil]

credit to @neon stream who recognized it first try! 😂

[hard forge]

Mad respect @neon stream

[neon stream]

He's used that image before, it's just SR being SR 😂

Well...part of these images, never the full one, never the same part

[hard forge]

All this time we were being trolled!

haha

[fresh quiver]

Wait. The screenshot from rob was from this? 😮

LOL

[hard forge]

@gloomy anvil he said that to you LoL

[gloomy anvil]

If there truly are no accidents, then G=6 🧐

[unique spruce]

006way

[turbid tinsel]

anyone see this yet? thought it was pretty neat

[neon stream]

@sharp flame reminded me of this 😂

[sharp flame]

Saw too, was a concept art but it has Volpe and Holtow on it

Is that a new Volpe logo, or old?

I forgot what the in game one looks like

[sharp flame]

LMAO no way I missed that

[acoustic canyon]

i think its the same font but it doesnt have the fox? icon next to it

[unique spruce]

https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC8FHKR_gold

This is the spot of the first documented Gold find in Colorado. It was discovered by Lewis Ralston on June 22nd, 1850

[normal holly]

what does the japanese mean on the shhh i didnt see anything about it a little curious

nvm i see it neat

[hard current]

LMAO do we have a kung fu panda tie in now holy shit

[turbid tinsel]

its new I think but not tied to the EE sadly

[hard current]

I can’t believe you guys found the frame

[remote basin]

lol

[acoustic canyon]

hes used smaller parts of that gif before to point us in the right direction so i think hes just doing that again

[solar glade]

same logo, just the typography - no fox icon

[sharp flame]

Haha yeah actually I mistakenly pictured the "vaiiya" logo which was very different

[tacit phoenix]

It’s either:

1. A tie in to kung fu panda and now we need to investigate dragon warrior style

OR

2. Rob telling us to be skeptical of coincidences and there’s nothing more to analyze for that picture

[sharp flame]

Mentioning lore is the loremaster's batsignal 😭

[turbid tinsel]

Is it a stretch that the kung foo panda reference being related to the golden takin which can be found in china where the new map may possibly be?

probably more or less the famous "you are ready" reference

[turbid tinsel]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olden,_Norway

666 mentioned there.

also has a church there.

[timid solstice]

just caught up properly from the last 4 days

I saw we have matched stars from a meme

https://tenor.com/view/harold-pain-glitch-deform-content-aware-gif-16083345316327440629

[earnest wagon]

If this gets eyes, I quit.

[fresh quiver]

thats Flex4d...
it maybe get eyes because flex is just flex 😄

[unique spruce]

With 6 you get egg roll

[pulsar mason]

I had a dream last night I solved it 😭😭

[gloomy anvil]

Roughly how long each tier has taken to solve up until now, the tiny one is T1A.

[earnest wagon]

I keep coming back to this clue: #easter-eggs message

My reigning theory is that the Hamlet = Ophelia = Five Truths is that this a further nudge towards the idea that Tier 1/2/3 follow a nesting logic - backed by the combination of the Golden Egg and Aesop clues.

I'm trying to challenge my thinking on this and coming up with fresh ideas by working on it again from the ground up.

Here's where that got me:

1. I'm still pretty certain that the Five Truths are a dual reference. The primary reference is to this piece of video theatre titled Five Truths: Constantin Stanislavski, the subject of which is an abridged version of Hamlet's Act 4 Scene 5, focusing on the character of Ophelia.

I've watched this a couple of times (worth a watch if you're remotely interested in any of it) and nothing immediately leaps out.

2. I don't think further clues pointing towards the tiered nature of the passwords is necessary - it's a pretty well established theme that the current clues are definitely pointing towards a continuation of. This clue isn't Hamlet > Ophelia... it's Hamlet = Ophelia. Perhaps we're meant to look for commonality between these tiers, and not parentage?

3. Two of the words are missing letters, and one of the words is mispelt. So far I've seen no solid ideas as to what either the missing letters or position of those letters might mean. Something of interest though is that the word combind (which we presume should be combine) appears in multiple Shakespearean texts (but from what I can see seems absent from even the earliest recorded versions of Hamlet).

[hasty anvil]

The combind type of Shakespearean language is more found in his sonnets

[earnest wagon]

True, I doubt it's anything, but it's the one word that has a letter replaced, rather than removed, in the same line as a heavily Shakespeare play.

Something else to add to the above:

Five Truths is actually five separate bits of video theatre that depic the same scene featuring Ophelia - each of them shot in the style of a different theatre director.

Stanislavski is just one of them.

Maybe this points to an adaptation, or deconstruction?

More details on Five Truths: https://festival-avignon.com/storage/document/35//19435_01en_five_truths.pdf

[fresh quiver]

https://blog.languagelizard.com/2012/10/04/goose-fables-the-goose-that-laid-the-golden-egg/#

This book comprises two fables: Aesop’s The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg, and the Buddhist tale The Tortoise and the Geese.

[earnest wagon]

Anyone know why there are stock images of golden eggs and question marks?

Not sure if it's just a case of everything existing on the internet in some form, or if there's a connection between QUESTION and GOLDEN EGG that hasn't been explored.

Actually, seems to be nothing. I presume the two question marks are an indicator we need to combine previous answers or elements of them, rather than introducing that QUESTION itself is a clue.

[unique spruce]

A “Golden Question” is one in which the answer tells you more than the question itself would imply

https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+2754

[jagged axle]

U+FFFD is ?

[unique spruce]

Think its actually U+003F (?)

Ascii 63

[earnest wagon]

Something else is bothering me.

Tier 1 A/B/C and Tier 1 D/E/F combining to form the solutions for 2ABC and 2DEF is pretty sweet (and obviously correct), but Tier 1C still irks me.

DEF obviously relate to egg, and AB obviously relate to gold, but C doesn't to me.

I know that in hindsight the number 137 taken from the middle nearly equates to the golden ratio, but that doesn't seem as neat a fit as the rest - nor does it make the solution explictly relate to gold - It's the electron configuration for Mendelevium.

Maybe the five things that are true are ABDEF, and C is the odd one out - only serving to point us at the periodic table?

The electron configuration of gold (4f145d106s1) would have surely been a better solution to stay true to the theme?

[unique spruce]

Yea i wasnt a fan of the pretty loose link of md to gold

Gold foil was used to discover it

#63 is europium

used in television tubes to give a bright red colour

Silvery white metal

ASCII code 03 = ETX ( End of Text, hearts card suit )
ASCII code 04 = EOT ( End of Transmission, diamonds card suit )
ASCII code 05 = ENQ ( Enquiry, clubs card suit )
ASCII code 06 = ACK ( Acknowledgement, spade card suit )

Hmmm not sure i follow this but maybe it relates to the namatama throwing the cards

[earnest wagon]

Newbie question - was Level 1 listed in tiers? If so, how were they labelled?

I believe there wasn't a site for that level.

[hasty anvil]

Level 1 didn’t have tiers, but the whole level is on the wiki, and there’s a Padlet somewhere

[earnest wagon]

Thanks, just thought to look there.

Reason I asked is because I'm wondering how much we can read into the titles for the tiers.

Tier 1 was individually labelled, so that the labels for Tier 2 were an indication that ABC and DEF combined were what we were looking for.

Tier 3 is just Tier 3. Perhaps if it had been Tier 3ABCDEF we could presume we'd have to combine the previous tier, but without it I imagine it means they combine (as per the images) to form a clue, rather than the answer.

[gloomy anvil]

It is technically t3-f but I don't know how important the URLs are

[earnest wagon]

Hmm... that's weird.

The URLs for Tier 1 make sense (t1_a etc.)

Tier 2 are listed as:

2ABC = t1-f-1
2DEF = t1-def

The titles for those pages are:

2ABC = T1_ABC
2DEF = T1_DEF

Tier 3 = t3-f

Final thought for the night. The original two clues for this Tier - It's bothering me that while both images are the same size, both question marks are not.

[valid lichen]

any updates on them rabbits

also what are the rabbits for? do we get a clue if we find them all or something?

[earnest wagon]

Using a tool like this https://pinetools.com/overlay-images to overlay them, it becomes clear that the white question mark doesn't line up with the gold one, even accounting for the edge the gold one has.

I can't paste images, but if you copy the URLS of both images, center both horizontally and vertically, and then set transparency to around 50%, you should be able to see for yourself.

[valid lichen]

strange

might mean nothing

[steel pier]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-huh-meme-gif-27557281

dangit

[valid lichen]

rip

no embed

[steel pier]

no embed perms

AND no custom emojis

[valid lichen]

[hard forge]

3f = ?

in hex

hex = 6

Au is in period 6.

(just spitballing)

[tacit phoenix]

Rob says that this is almost too good to be true, meaning it is true - also that it’s a miraculum, not a miracle. Miraculum is latin, maybe some term relating to the Latin translation or root meanings of the word geocache (or CaCO3) would help?

We know that geo- as a prefix means earth, but cache unfortunately comes from French, and its Latin translation is ‘cella’ or ‘cellarium’. (https://glosbe.com/en/la/cache)

I know we know that Latin translations have already played a part several times during the EE hunt. Maybe this is something that we’ve glazed over, or maybe this clue’s already been disproven or solved?

[tacit phoenix]

3F in hex = 63 in decimal

63 in ASCII is a question mark (https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pattis/15-1XX/common/handouts/ascii.html)

[unique spruce]

Yea thats what they meant by 3f=?, literal question mark

[tacit phoenix]

Since F=6, then 0x3F could also be 0x36, which is 54. ASCII 54 is the number 6. Probably all irrelevant but fun to think about 🙂

[unique spruce]

What is 3f?

[tacit phoenix]

Oh my bad, I thought they were wondering what 3F was

[unique spruce]

Uhh

Wow

Xenon, discovered 1898

[tacit phoenix]

Isn’t it true that the golden egg with the golden goose could also labeled as a miracle or a miraculum?

[tacit phoenix]

Sorry a bit out of the loop, does 1898 have other meaning so far?

[fresh quiver]

its g=6

f=6 was in a previous tier but not used.
from the trailers and the 10mil picture we got the binary for g=6

[tacit phoenix]

Ah okay, my mistake, thanks

Shows some more of the coincidences we have to rule out :)

[turbid tinsel]

is miraculum french?

[unique spruce]

No but xenon is the 54th element. Been leaning towards f=6 just being eyed because we were close to g=6

We really gotta find that in game clue

[hasty anvil]

Without walk in the park, the main in game clue relates to ‘light a candle’

[tacit phoenix]

Latin I think https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/miraculum

[light cipher]

?????

[turbid tinsel]

yea rob said it not to far back

[unborn pilot]

#easter-eggs message

5 M310N63N4 is Leet speek for S MELONGENA aka Eggplant.

@coarse dagger That’s a super old clue but gave us the entire key used in later parts (g 6, e 3, o 0). N is just N. S is 5, A is 4. Might be important.

Also the clue 46,11,94 led to Eggshell HSV. But each of those pairs flipped shows 2 more connections.

64, 11, 49

1149 x 635 is the ? Image size. 1149

64 back towards 1064 and all the other 64 stuff

[unique spruce]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Eggplant

[unborn pilot]

Applying that reverse split pairs logic across to 635 -> 63, 5 -> 36, 5 -> 365

Might not be a coincidence the same S MELONGENA image clue had CCCLXV in the same image (365)

365 is 1 number off 366 which spells out egg

[unique spruce]

leap year

[unborn pilot]

Indeed I tried so many as passwords

1064 is a leap year so 366th day is 12/31

12:31:12 was also in ? Image

[unique spruce]

thinking out loud here about vit3llus being t1-f and viold being t1-f-1. they both start with vi but one is literally spelled with vi and the other is subsitituted

[unborn pilot]

Yeah that’s what I connected to f=6

the f tiers all started with vi

[unique spruce]

tellus is land/soil/region/globe

old land

vit is life

vi is force

[coarse dagger]

GREAT WORK SERP!

[coarse dagger]

And great overlay Raid!

[unique spruce]

wasnt it possible to zoom into stuff in the style menu?

at least slightly

[coarse dagger]

You're second interpretation is literally the opposite of what I'd think

There are no coincidences in this world
Master Oogway

Speaking of....
oogway -> 006way

[remote basin]

is that a steet name in the fianls perchance?

[coarse dagger]

@unique spruce said it first:
#easter-eggs message

[unique spruce]

bond

like... chemical bonds

[remote basin]

or james bond lol

[unique spruce]

006 wasnt even james bond tho 😫

[remote basin]

ik im just being dum

maybe 006way is a street in monaco or vegas

is there street signs?

[shadow shore]

There are street signs in vegas I'm pretty sure

[remote basin]

im gonna go look real quick then

[shadow shore]

Check the outskirts of the map, that's where I believe I saw them

[remote basin]

ok

oh wait

006 is a villain from james bond called GoldenEye who tried to destroy a weapons facility

does rob happen to like james bond

[unique spruce]

the shape the diamonds on this skin make...

seems familiar and i cant quite reach it

[coarse dagger]

Great observation. Wonder if these specific leet conversions will come up again.

[remote basin]

similar to markings on the wall of the practice area

[unique spruce]

where specifically again?

[coarse dagger]

Could be another left shift clue. 366 left shifted 1 > 365.
Could also be why Rob keeps mentioning 'year': 365 days.

F=6 combined with G=6 could also be a left shift clue. Shift the F left one to G, or shift the digit in F=7 to F=6.

[unique spruce]

The Golden Womb is also known as Hiranyagarbha in Sanskrit, translating to the "golden egg" or the "golden womb" symbolizing the potential for creation and new beginnings

think its been mentioned

[tacit phoenix]

It looks like there are faint drawings on there, I imagine it’s already been researched though?

[remote basin]

it is on the top ledges of the practice area

ok i couldn't find street signs that said 006 way but there are couple of odd things i found

also this slot machine has 10 coins

[coarse dagger]

My brain really wants this to be a broken up WR, but I don't think it is

[shadow shore]

Is this a newy?

[coarse dagger]

No, that's on the VEIN sign on the north side of Data Center

Just posted for WR reference

[shadow shore]

Ohh of course haha

[shadow shore]

Did you see Rob's shop?? Haha

[remote basin]

lol yeah wish there was something in there i would buy anything from him 😔

[remote basin]

there is actually one thats inside the map

[shadow shore]

Woah, didn't even realise that!

[remote basin]

yeah, its completely empty and the drawer/cabinets were closed

i think im going to try monaco next, probs tmmr tho

[shadow shore]

The pokies play a similar tune to Zelda as well

sorry, "slot machines" for the American folk

[remote basin]

lol

which zelda?

[shadow shore]

I think Ocarina of time, the tune when you're in hyrule field

Sounds similar at least

[remote basin]

this one?

https://youtu.be/uj97kISm1nc?si=a5y_FJVylVd8vhaA

[shadow shore]

mayyybe

Could be wrong but just sounded like it, they also say words

[remote basin]

oh really? thats cool ive never heard that

[shadow shore]

Couldn't make out what it was saying

[remote basin]

hmm we could put it into a spectrogram, or maybe play it back words

wait, is it called a spectrogram, idk\

anyways i gtg see ya

[valid lichen]

[unique spruce]

theres a 'third' announcer voice in the game that sounds a little like a voice from rick and morty to me. anyone else know the voice im talking about?

[shadow shore]

The one that sounds far away? And early in the match says something like "Watch your step, it's not the fall that kills you...it's hitting the ground"

[unique spruce]

yup lmao thats the one

[fallen jasper]

The credits tab looks up to something to me

a lot of work for just credits

[shadow shore]

Has this been looked into??

[drowsy forge]

not sure what I'm looking at

[shadow shore]

Gold egg shaped sign

well oval shaped

[unique spruce]

15 diamonds

with a crown

[shadow shore]

Oviform if you will

[rotund elbow]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_Prince_Charles_III_of_Monaco_(Supreme_Order_of_Christ).svg

[shadow shore]

Nice

[unique spruce]

i think its meeseeks right?

[shadow shore]

If you get Monaco at night, it appears to no longer be gold? Or it could just be the darkness

[shadow shore]

Meeseeks?

[rotund elbow]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Monaco more info

[unique spruce]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5wvqKcqL7c

apologies for the sorta siderail. wondering if its an ee reference

[shadow shore]

Yeah they do sound similar haha

[fresh quiver]

your crosshair confused a little bit in the first second 😄

[shadow shore]

Yeah red dot

[fresh quiver]

yeah. just thought for a second: "wait a second. why is a red dot there? and why is it different in the night time 😄 but yeah. crosshair 😄

[storm leaf]

are the other machines just 0? and that's the only one that's 10?

[shadow shore]

I'll take a look next time I get Vegas

[shadow shore]

All the pokies with the handles in the Eastwood casino have 10

[storm leaf]

ah gotcha

[steady dragon]

Is there something with the canons on Monaco ? You can shoot them and most of them are turned against nothing

[static parrot]

What about that word that you could find under the construction site? Something to do with breaking thr right wall and its gonna be written there

[earnest wagon]

Good spot!

After a bit of searching it looks like it’s pretty common for the Monaco coat of arms to be in an ovoid-shaped sign (although with far more detail than this, including writing), especially on consulats where it’s flanked by two flags like it is here.

There’s some examples of just the diamond and stars parts being used as they are here in Monaco itself.

[static parrot]

@earnest wagon have you guys paid attention to the blinking blue line in the credits? I swear its too random to be random and i only spotted it blinking when a new word from a scroll would appear, although it might be blinking for other reasons

Also credits go for so long damn

[earnest wagon]

Ooh, I’ll take a look at that later today!

[static parrot]

I could only connect it to either something to deal with anmes popping up, although it doesnt look like it. So probably to do something with the words maybe

[earnest wagon]

Haven’t seen it yet, but perhaps the blinks line up with a letter on each line?

[static parrot]

With pure greetings .....
Couldnt keep up

Its weird, maybe it is letters

[earnest wagon]

Probably need to record it for slow playback.

[static parrot]

Tons out the thank reason going

Teah this is weird

I mean this line only can mean so much

It appears randomly, but at the same time every time, so we can find out each blink

Blinks can either mean a word, a letter, maybe even morse, but feels too slow for it

[earnest wagon]

Do any of the blinks last longer or shorter amounts?

[static parrot]

No, they are all the same and appear usually when a new word enters the screen

[earnest wagon]

Probably not morse then.

[static parrot]

With pure tons greetings out the thank reason going

Its either someone for some reason added a blinking blue line to credits, that blinks randomly

Or we need a full blink combinatiob

Im not watching the credits again😂

[earnest wagon]

I wouldn’t put it past them to fill out the game with smudges, blinking lights and odd shaped foliage just to keep us entertained.

[static parrot]

Maybe blinks mark other words somehow, maybe im getting the wrong ones, since i can recall one blink being super early for for a word from a scroll

[static parrot]

"oh yeah and dont forget some random stuff around the game, autists will love it and probably write a full lore for free"

@earnest wagon false alarm

It wad a vocalizer from an eariler credits screen found a vid from beta

[shadow shore]

Thanks! Just found it odd that it's gold during the day only and the fact it's a gold oval haha

[static parrot]

https://youtu.be/dM5SzxTpNOY?si=t5ZatGlLKc1YNl2k
Look at the top

[earnest wagon]

Wow, good find! That saved some effort... (although I'm out of bed and at my desk now, thanks Embark)

[static parrot]

What about that word under a wall

[earnest wagon]

I definitely haven't ruled it out fully because it's so clearly a gold egg shape, but it wouldn't surprise me if it's a coincidence.

There were a couple of golden egg shaped variations of the coat of arms I found on Google, so it could just be taking style notes.

[earnest wagon]

I was going to ask about that. I saw something mentioned about it, but didn't see the details.

[static parrot]

I think it was on construction cite in morocco, in the bottom section of it

You had to break the right wall and it would reveal it

[earnest wagon]

Oh, "S Lies"

[static parrot]

Yeaaaa

Scotty i guess

Always hated him

[earnest wagon]

There's nine Embark employees in Discord who's names begin with "S".

You grab the chair, I'll grab the car battery...

Just looking through the EE found in-game, and focusing on the Trismegistus clue first, as it feels like we're further down the line with that one.

As in, it's been spotted, converted, can't possibly be a mistake or coincidence.

Trismegistus points to a number of possibilties, the strongest I think are as follows:

Hermes

Syncretism

Bodies of work named after the author (Hermetica / Aesopica)

Philospher's Stone

The Philospher's Stone was supposedly capable of turning base metals into gold.

There's a strong element theme in this puzzle.

This might be something...

https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/blog/decoding-philosophers-egg

"We find mention of ‘the philosophers or Hermes egg’ in MS196."

Is this Rob's Magnum Opus?

[static parrot]

About that EYO or something like that

Arent embark calling everyone yolks

I mean, y being yolk is a really high chance

[pulsar mason]

Open Your Eyes

[earnest wagon]

After doing some reading, I think the important bits can be summarised:

Hermes Trismegistus, Egyption founder of alchemy is shown within the Ripley Scrolls and detailed within the MS196 (an untitled book of Medieval Recipes) to be inventor(?) of something called -

The Philospher's Egg
Herme's Egg
Herme's Vase

A device that plays a part in the creation of the Philosopher's Stone - an alchemical legend that can cure any ill and turn base metals into gold.

The endeavour to create the Philosopher's Stone is known as ones Magnum Opus.

[static parrot]

Yeah, if you switch letter

[earnest wagon]

Hermes Trismegistus is pictured here in the Ripley Scroll:

https://cdn.sanity.io/images/cxgd3urn/production/65cefe9094c99fafa61c7e97aa8a63f3bf4f398d-3543x5341.jpg?rect=184,401,3083,4499&w=640&h=934&fit=crop&auto=format

The Latin text about him reads:

Est lapis occultus secreto fonte sepultus

It is a hidden stone buried in a secret spring

[static parrot]

Isnt there a fountain somewhere

[earnest wagon]

Yup, it's not much of a secret, but it's a place to start!

Unless anyone knows of a 'secret spring' anywhere in game?

I'll settle for an elusive puddle.

[static parrot]

Ill go check out some fountains

Is there anything kn skyway stadium? Idk i keep getting it

[earnest wagon]

Still doing some reading. There's some writing on the arms of the 'egg' that I can't make out very easily, and the British Library seems to be keeping them secret too for some reason.

[static parrot]

@earnest wagon

Did anyone scan qrcodes on the side of skyway

[daring bluff]

they all just go to the finals website

i believe

[earnest wagon]

So there's 23 copies of the Ripley Scrolls, with variations between them. This is fun.

You must make water of earth, and earth of air, and air of the fire, and fire of the earth

Probably nothing, but I can see why the Philospher's Stone isn't easy to make - it would require all four nations to band together in harmony, such a thing became impossible when the fire nation went to war.

I'm noticing a theme of gold and white in the coloured versions of the Ripley Scroll though...

Much like the two question marks.

[static parrot]

Wait what

[earnest wagon]

Check out this one - https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6118860

Either side of the sweating diarrhetic frog.

[static parrot]

So, what are those white rabbits, where did s lies even lead us to and can you catch me up on what are we doing@earnest wagon

Finally got seoul

[earnest wagon]

I've no clue.
Well, plenty of clues, but that's the issue.

Most of the in-game stuff is pretty new to me, I've been going back to a single base clue at a time and working down theories while reconsidering everything I and others have come up with before.

I think the Heme's Egg stuff is a new line of thought, so I'm exploring that now.

[static parrot]

Why would there be more than 3 white rabbits

[earnest wagon]

**The hidden stone in a secret spring **thing feels almost too good to be right. It's very evocative of an easter egg hunt, but considering it's about the pursuit of the Philospher's Stone it's cryptic natures could just be a coincidence.

[earnest wagon]

I haven't put any thought into the rabbits yet. They're on my list to take a look at, but in passing I was under the assumption people are still looking for more.

[gloomy anvil]

There are 5 rabbits hidden and we've found 3 of them, all on Seoul, so we assume the last 2 are also in that arena.

[static parrot]

Theres illegible text on the fountain top

[earnest wagon]

I take it Rob confirmed there were 5 or something?

[gloomy anvil]

Yeah

[earnest wagon]

Hmm... I presume all 5 will indicate a clue. Presumably the final two aren't going to suddenly make anything clear. Therefore maybe something can be derived from the first three?

[earnest wagon]

U.SASSI?N???

Assignment?

[gloomy anvil]

The only thing I can think is that a top down map of every WR location could reveal a shape by lining up each point

[earnest wagon]

Are the WR on particular objects? Could they spell out something?

U.BA?SI?NA?...

[gloomy anvil]

The letter i, an escalator, and a spotlight, so far

[static parrot]

So i broke the fountain

It has a square indent that you cant see, but you can fjnd it with walking iver it

But theres nothing inside or under it

[earnest wagon]

The letter I seems indicative that we might need to take the first letter or something. Doesn't help us so far though.

Plenty you can make with ??IES

[gloomy anvil]

This has been identified already, I can't remember off the top of my head but it's a historical figure

[earnest wagon]

U. Bassignami

Umberto Bassignami - Designed the fountains in Monaco

So likely set design rather than a clue.

We are looking for a hidden stone, in a secret spring though - maybe that indent is something.

[static parrot]

The point is that if you blow it up in the middle - it leaves a dent that you can go through with a cam

I only found two and checked one

What about the loading screens

Okay, what about vegas, are we searching for something there?

[pulsar mason]

Thats the architect who created the fountain

[earnest wagon]

There does seem to be an awful lot of 'real details' included in the Monaco map.

[pulsar mason]

There are real details in all the irl location maps

We should be focusing on the clues we have already

[earnest wagon]

The Trismegistus clue was found in Seoul - If the theory I posted has any weight I'd start searching there for it.

[pulsar mason]

The trismegistus clue?

[earnest wagon]

https://www.thefinals.wiki/wiki/In-Game_Easter_Eggs

Under Seoul.

[pulsar mason]

Ohhh yeah that one

I think your theory could be interesting to investigate, perhaps check all fountains and springs in Monaco

[earnest wagon]

That's what led @static parrot to finding the fountain text again.

[earnest wagon]

Doesn't help, but S LIES fits with this.

Erm... hotow.com

Anyone else make the dot change colour?

Not finding a reference to that happening when I search the channel.

[static parrot]

Ok, finally got seoul

Lets see what i can get

[pulsar mason]

Yeah thats been looked at heaps, good thread on it https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1185727960980922488

[static parrot]

Okay, so white rabbit

White rabbit, alice and the wonderland, follow the rabbit, matrix and so on

[gloomy anvil]

It'll appear to change color if you highlight the gif in the browser, since it overlays a semi-transparent blue layer, producing purple and dark blues. (Assuming that's what you noticed)

[static parrot]

Lol