easter-eggs

[nimble scaffold]

Why would html for an in-game teaser be against the rules for an easter egg? That's like the definition of an easter egg...

[green sluice]

Congratulations everyone 3 month's in the making for this moment I could cry 😄😭

[snow walrus]

Great question haha

[nimble scaffold]

idk im just saiyin that's pretty lame

[hard forge]

50 hours 😭

[torn swallow]

So it was just in plain sight? Or how was it activated

[snow walrus]

Simple answer: Because easter eggs are not there.

[hard forge]

it was activated randomly in a game,

they didn't find the code, then hunters found it

[torn swallow]

I wonder if rob will tell us how

[hard forge]

#1243224234675802135

[tawny cove]

@proud minnow giving you a ping

[green sluice]

We don't know who triggered it of how but once it was triggered doing the dolphin EE has a code on a block after

[nimble scaffold]

Is the QR code from the update teaser not an easter egg?

[cold heart]

#egg-hunt-onboarding ... if you dont like it, dont hunt... also for your YUI thing, that is standard Squarespace stuff

[snow walrus]

Redirects to holtow.com

#1185727960980922488

[alpine junco]

guys

[torn swallow]

So 7 people had to activate the dolphins?

[alpine junco]

#1243224234675802135 message

[golden tide]

anyone have a video of what happens when the easter egg is triggered?

[nimble scaffold]

lmfao I thought I was the first to see it but people have dissected the Holtow site line by line since like the beginning of 2024!

[snow walrus]

QR code isnt new

[green sluice]

I believe so after it was triggered tho could be wrong tho

[tardy drum]

It was simplified, since it was too difficult for us apparently lol

[torn swallow]

Ah

[lone wave]

It goes SO WELL with that AK skiiiin

[alpine junco]

three other ee assets in game

[solar pier]

Thank you EE hunters!

[cold heart]

yeah right?

[rugged breach]

*Other than the dolphin charm

[cold heart]

this is probably the best/ coolest combo in the game.... dolphin charm, frog petition, S2 contact weapon

[lone wave]

CNS + EE HUNTERS for life

[tawny cove]

thank you dolphin hunters

[white kindle]

Thanks EE Hunters!! 😄

[tawny cove]

snap

[lavish zenith]

ah so cool, just started reading about all the easter eggs last week
so good timing, can't wait to actually get to join in on the fun in s4

[snow walrus]

Smooth!

[fickle holly]

Gg

[rugged breach]

Why wait for S4 when you can loose your mind over questionable coordinates in https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1270882064249520198 :D

[lavish zenith]

True true, need to read way more into that first

[limpid yarrow]

no i dont think i will goes back to picking up roses and placeing them in diffrent places

[alpine junco]

makes me think the practice range ee results in a rose charm

[runic furnace]

Yo how's the ee hunt going

[limpid yarrow]

we did dolphins

[quasi snow]

so much progress made today

[limpid yarrow]

and i think people are just releaved thats over

[runic furnace]

Les gooo

What was it

[limpid yarrow]

we have no idea

[rugged breach]

That's the neat part, we don't know

[runic furnace]

Oh no

[jolly socket]

How did they find it?

[limpid yarrow]

thats kinda ironic maybe the ee is the torture i mean firends we indured i mean made along the way

[rugged breach]

Triggered at random, then we got a nudge to activate dolphins again and then RBH literally ran into the code

[tardy drum]

Yeah.. we don’t know who triggered it officially.

[sharp flame]

`

[tardy drum]

Again, maybe RHB can ask, in his video, if any viewers may have been the ones to

[runic furnace]

That's interesting didn't think we would find it out This way

[marble lance]

any hints spotted in the latest teaser?

[limpid yarrow]

i think people were more focues on the dolphin ngl

holtows website has chnaged tho

[rugged breach]

Holtow's heavily alluding to an eclipse which we already know is relevant but just reinforces that, holtow site got updated. Not sure on anything else

[runic furnace]

So that means we got the charm now right

[tardy drum]

Disco Inferno
The sun is coming to crash into the earth / the sun exploded
Meteors hitting earth

That’s my guess

[rugged breach]

Gotta redeem it from the website, check pins

[marble lance]

thank you

[limpid yarrow]

i just want to know if the fire is a bug or important sobs quietly

[rugged breach]

I feel that doggo, that's me with the shruberry's flowers changing colours every few patches

🥲

[limpid yarrow]

see i feel delusinal but non of the patches hint that it would be a bug

[rugged breach]

See there's so many things broken in the pr you really can't tell if it's just low priority stuff or intentional

Lighting interacting with the house weirdly, raised black decal around the jump pad, the shrubbery, that one spot you can't pick up the roses from, maybe roof dummy disappearing too? Though that one feels more intentional, same with the fine finals written under the cashout minigame's rings

[limpid yarrow]

maybe rob is testing are patience

[jolly socket]

can someone direct me toward the video of them finding it?

[low hamlet]

Is it true the dolphin charm was found

[limpid yarrow]

we dont have the video other then rbh finding the code after it was simplified

[rugged breach]

Pinned in https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1243224234675802135
What doggo said though, only finding the code, the actual activation to reveal it was done at random

[low hamlet]

Wait, where's the code

[stark saddle]

#⚡┇the-finals-chat message

[limpid yarrow]

its pinned in the dolphin ee thread

[timid solstice]

its pinned here too

[limpid yarrow]

@rugged breach it might be helpful if we compile all of are findings if its not already done

[rugged breach]

You mean in a thread like https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1203859365610922036 ?

[limpid yarrow]

as in so its condenced and easier to look through

rather then 500+ msges

[rugged breach]

Nah teah just playing off the setup :p

That's why I'm always calling to keep the threads clean in order to make them easier to go through in the future, especially with how connected everything is

[tardy drum]

There’s a giant Miro Board + different individual groups for each EE + pinned messages. That’s what everyone will tell you

[hard forge]

feel free to send your own miro. we can add it to the master

[rugged breach]

The main miro's mostly for the mainline stuff and lore, the in game findings area's not as comprehensive

[sharp flame]

https://www.reddit.com/r/thefinals/comments/1f99fs5/ee_hunters_have_unlocked_the_dolphin_charm_use/ posted the clip

[limpid yarrow]

lol

is anyone currently working on the Rose ee for the miro

if not il try work on it

[quasi snow]

im in the practice rang but i

[hard forge]

send your connections we will add it

[limpid yarrow]

that may take a while cos i would need to read througth all the stuffs

[rugged breach]

I can help out summarise a bunch sometime

[quasi snow]

btw would u consider the fire stuff to be our strongest lead rn

[limpid yarrow]

i have no idea

from the nitrogen stuff rob was on about ,aybe

maybe

[rugged breach]

No more than the area where if you drop a rose you can't pick it back up tbh

[limpid yarrow]

ngl i am going to be piissed if both of theses are bugs

[rugged breach]

Less nitrogen, more potasium and phosphorus was it?

[limpid yarrow]

mhm

so them 3 make a fertiliser but that requires nitogen so if we need less you would yuse carbon to remove it hence us burning dowwn the park

[rugged breach]

Oh yeah saw some things down that line of thought earlier

[limpid yarrow]

also sorry if my wording is dumb its 2am and im tierd and dyslexic

[quasi snow]

this could make the flowers more important

[limpid yarrow]

the roses ?

[rugged breach]

My brain went more down the warm/cold system.

Less nitrogen, found in soil and plants -> park's cold

More potassium, found in bananas -> yellow -> yellow warm
And more phosphorus -> flashbang

[limpid yarrow]

maybe

[rugged breach]

Not flashed the entire pr today though, maybe sometime

[limpid yarrow]

sstill would lead to fire no?

[quasi snow]

the ones that change color

[limpid yarrow]

they changed color from update to update i think not in the round ?

[quasi snow]

oh mb

[limpid yarrow]

but im not sure about that

[quasi snow]

ill check

[rugged breach]

It's annoying dolphin charm got triggered randomly cause that means we still haven't 100% solved any in game ee

We got other games' patterns to go off of but nothing uniquely from here

[quasi snow]

only a matter of time

[tardy drum]

Didn’t even think about that.. true. We always got a lot, I mean a LOT of help lol

[rugged breach]

Dolhpins only half count cause they were a supposed to be a hint to find the dolhpin charm 🥲

[limpid yarrow]

i mean didnt we solve the level 2 ee stuff ?

[rugged breach]

Yeah, talking about in game ees

[limpid yarrow]

i mean cannons are coming back

[rugged breach]

More trigerabble ones than clues to passwords/lore

[waxen sinew]

confirmed?

[limpid yarrow]

he hinted to it in either s1 or s2 when it first was about and said something about it returning in a later season i cant rember if he said s4 or futher but s4 rings more of a bell

#1216788595373899877 message

[warm bobcat]

yay dolphin charm :3

[quasi snow]

so far they look slightly more vibrant

[limpid yarrow]

sorry i sould have replyed i forgot to but yea myy msg above

[quasi snow]

nvm they dont change

[tidal ferry]

#1216788595373899877 message
Umm, so we have a menu Easter egg rn?

[limpid yarrow]

the backpack maybe ?

[dry belfry]

Yeah

[tidal ferry]

What backpack?

[limpid yarrow]

the orf one

[tidal ferry]

But it was added far from 3.10

[dry belfry]

[limpid yarrow]

i think thats more so cos it was leaked

rob also said there would be a legendary orf between s3/s4

so it might have jsut been released earlyy cos it was finished earlyyy we will never know

but it is still menu

[tidal ferry]

I don’t understand you well
Like, we have an ee in orf backpack?

[limpid yarrow]

yes

inspect the backpack

[tidal ferry]

But, it’s just a mini game?
Oh wait
What about input combination? Rob said that he would like to implement this somewhere

[limpid yarrow]

the mini game is the ee

would you have defaultlyy thougth you could play it

[dry belfry]

maybe by cilcking something

[tidal ferry]

Ye
I played it and set a leaderboard a little bit

[dry belfry]

like geometry dash?

[limpid yarrow]

but did you know that from the server

[tidal ferry]

I don’t remember it proper
Prob from a video

[tardy drum]

@elder agate , check the onboarding and pinned messages to start

[limpid yarrow]

mhm so you knew from the video most peole probs seeing it for the first time wouldnt have inspected it

[elder agate]

Thanks I spent a bit of time there earlier :/

[limpid yarrow]

i sure as shit didnt i sore it look cool and bought it

[tardy drum]

There’s a lot of different EEs, pick a few, pick all, pick one..
anything of particular interest?

[elder agate]

My party wants to search in game, not so much in the photoshop (right now)

[limpid yarrow]

however there maybe more they maybe not rob wont openly say

[tidal ferry]

At least he can wink

[limpid yarrow]

mhm

but im pretty sure the backpack counts as a menu ee

[tardy drum]

There’s a hidden graffiti somewhere.. pixel art graffiti IIRC. I think Kyoto? But not confirmed

[limpid yarrow]

is there a thread?

[tidal ferry]

Is there a thread?

[tardy drum]

Can’t find it, will send when I do

Otherwise
Check out #1213975580303691859 lol

Check some Battlefield secret reloads as reference. Not gonna look like those, but get an idea of traditional vs. secret

#1201288968562552863 message

Was referenced in this message (amiga pixel art hidden).

[wicked herald]

Has anyone else seen the Holtow.com page. I’m trying to decide it, but idk where to go next

[tardy drum]

Wait that reminds me

Theory:
Map Event
Sun crashes into Earth
And it becomes night/dark everywhere suddenly

Would be cool if everyone dies/gets wiped for a second as things essentially “reset”

[quasi snow]

thats sick i do think they need to get more creative with map varients and events

[waxen sinew]

imagine your 0.1 second away from stealing a cashout and that event happens 🥲

[limpid yarrow]

ngl a black out map could be fun

or event

[waxen sinew]

like a complete blackout, only light is small flashlights on guns and muzzle flash

[limpid yarrow]

mhm or maybe use the fire

[sick trail]

how do u use the dophline charm??

[limpid yarrow]

idk but i want stuff like the hunger games posion gas clounds flooding shit like that would be dope af

[limpid yarrow]

customise a weapon go to charms

[waxen sinew]

redeem it then equip it in game
https://id.embark.games/id/giveaway
913aeef8-023d-41fd-8993-f114a8f915d7

[sick trail]

thanks

[quasi snow]

floor is lava

[limpid yarrow]

leys move to off topic

[quasi snow]

true

[wicked herald]

That’d be a fun twist to the game fs

[limpid yarrow]

i moved this convo to https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1201288968562552863

[old ore]

Any clue what this sticker is?

[hollow bolt]

for reporting a cheater ig?

[limpid yarrow]

or exploit maybe

[hollow bolt]

thx lol

[daring bluff]

must be new, i’ve definitely reported people and don’t think i have this last time i checked

[tardy drum]

Oh no.. you reported legit players then… (/s)

[limpid yarrow]

ngl its hard to tell cheaters when console on pc looks like spin botters

[craggy plover]

So if there are triggerable EEs on all maps

#easter-eggs message
And 3 more EE items to get,

#1243224234675802135 message

Which map doesn’t have an EE item?

This is assuming of course that all triggerable EEs give an item

[limpid yarrow]

monaco is alleged to have a cannon ee but im notsure if thats active yet

[craggy plover]

Pretty sure it was only active during S1

But is apparently coming back S4

[limpid yarrow]

he hinted the return in s4

in the same thread

[fallow agate]

las vegas

[craggy plover]

Someone mentioned Vegas might have an egg? (Never heard about that)

Kyoto is confirmed to have 1

#easter-eggs message

Feel like the last one would be probably on skyway, it hasn’t gotten a lot of EEs on it so it would make sense

That is assuming Rob included that cannon EE when he said 3 more triggerable EEs

Otherwise another map has one

[waxen sinew]

wouldn't the disc's be the one for Kyoto?

also he said every map has a trigger type EE on them

we've only found the dolphins

[empty plaza]

My friends theory was that it was a joke in the “Dark Ages”

@verbal topaz
This guy ^^

[verbal topaz]

Hello

[mild tinsel]

What about a permanent eclipse? Oooo hehehe

[kind cargo]

hi

[jolly socket]

This new?

[tidal ferry]

huh
still no world tour stop and tour contracts for Holtow
but main card is changed

Usually WT stop and contracts changes in 3 am

[jolly socket]

i'm in las vegas rn in world tour

[tidal ferry]

I still thinks about ost of main theme of s4
Theme of the season 4, would be somethings, that relates to pool ball ee
Originialy, this ee was active only during s1, and rob said that he "will activate it again on s3 or s4. But probably in s4, because s4 is more related to ee than s3"
so, season 1 and season 4 would be similar
what could it be??

[tidal ferry]

I still have vaiiya stop but holtow map rotation

[opal pond]

Finally vegas back in wt

[daring bluff]

all 6 maps👀

[opal pond]

Yeah

Makes sense for the final one i guess

[spring thistle]

Why must I suffer

[velvet narwhal]

desire and ignorance lie at the root of suffering

[white heron]

where are we at with the 3 stage one

[velvet narwhal]

Progress is pretty stagnant. This is the miro section for Level 3 https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVK0idxbU=/?moveToWidget=3458764596592752575&cot=14
and this is the Thread for the lvl https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1270882064249520198

[covert herald]

This sticker is actually awesome, I need to check to see if I have this xD

[naive kernel]

Doesn't look like anyone has it currently, not that we know of, we do have this though;

#⚡┇the-finals-chat message

CM | Walker 🦖 — Today at 10:14
Still investigating as I am unsure

[covert herald]

Thanks for the info, would be cool to see as a reward when you ban a cheater (I've got that GLHF message before)
or maybe it's from the video player reports?

Well anyway ty

[naive kernel]

I've gotten a decent amount of confirmed cheater bans via video reports (when I have absolutely definitive proof) & they've all been verified, as well as a lot of just GLHF messages from reports as well and don't have the sticker so we'll just wait and see 😄

[covert herald]

That's awesome (well not the cheaters but the number of them u banned xD)

[naive kernel]

TA is a menace ._. 99% of the reports are just through ranked TA, getting a cheater every other game

[mint fiber]

how did people get the funny shark charm from easter egg hunting?

[slate dagger]

it's a dolphin btw

[mint fiber]

oh really?

[slate dagger]

yeah 😅

[odd copper]

Fish tails move side to side. Mammal tails move up and down.

[mint fiber]

is it for the sys horizon easter egg?

[odd copper]

Yeah check the thread for it and in there you will find a code for the charm that you can redeem on embarks website

[mint fiber]

you don't happen to know where that thread is or have a link to it do you?

[cold heart]

Just check the pinned comment in this channel

[mint fiber]

i found it, thanks

[cold heart]

No need to go to the dolphin thread for it

[odd copper]

https://id.embark.games/id/giveaway -- 913aeef8-023d-41fd-8993-f114a8f915d7

Redeem at the link and just copy/paste the code

[mint fiber]

i have already done it, but thanks for the help

[odd copper]

Didn’t even think of that tbh

[iron ermine]

guessing need a specific level to be able to join a threadf

[fresh quiver]

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[wet leaf]

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[fresh quiver]

I think you would need the role contestant for writing in chats. i think you can already join them.

For the role Contestant you only need to write 35 messages

[iron ermine]

alright thanks

i dont have time to check again if its a bug but on the roses ee: once i ignited all the areas in the practise zone pulling out the rocket launcher consistently made a fire noise dont know if it had anything to do with something or just a convenient bug

also do 5 roses always spawn and some fall through the world?

[fresh quiver]

for the first i think fire sound is normal? but im unsure myself.

yes. 5 roses always do spawn. And 1 rose is kinda "glitched" that it just can fall through the world.

[iron ermine]

i rebooted the practise zone and it didnt make the fire noise when equipped again

nope its deequipping the flamethrower

[alpine junco]

3 hidden EE-assets

[ocean dagger]

just dropping ana idea of this could mean
"We spent days to set this up... 7 people need to trigger the dolphins on sys horizon in a very specific loadout and condition..." - Rob
he just said very specific loadout, so it means the 7 people need to use the same loadout? cuz he could said loadout combinations, or loadouts*, so maybe 7 lights?

[hard forge]

he eyed some messages.

We needed 7 different loadouts.
Which spells the word CETACEA.

[eternal violet]

i would say 1 specific loadout (singular)

[undone falcon]

but how could you enter a normal game with 7 friends?

im pretty sure he said you could do it in a normal match

at the start

[dusk veldt]

Just a reminder, we have gotten even more menu EEs this update!

(there are menu EE’s coming in 3.10/3.12 too BTW, hehe)

• #1216788595373899877 message

Menu EEs

Ive mad a thread for us, just to have a place to discuss and save things related to it!👆

[daring grove]

Has anyone seen the new HOLTOW website? The QR code in the bottom right leads to it. (Intro Cutscene on update 3.12.0)

https://www.holtow.com/

[naive kernel]

https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1185727960980922488

[daring grove]

thanks

[lusty grove]

ARE YOU READY_

[wooden galleon]

Just seen the Reddit post for dolphin code EE, congrats to those who discovered that and looking forward to watching the vid explaining how it was found 🔥

[dull marsh]

This community worked hard to find it! But the explanation will be somewhat disappointing, as we can't fully explain it and are missing a big piece of the puzzle... But we got the charm tho

[unkempt dune]

For the Big Hunt, I believe it will all lead to a Small EE in the end. I got AUGER from the title of the RuRDy stuff from the dolphin charm hunt because of the numbers in it (#easter-eggs message):

RuRDy to FoLLoW 7hE w4vE ><> ><> ><> ><>

• 7hE = 7E = 73 = GR
• w4vE = 4E = 43 = AU

• <> ><> ><> ><> = 4 = E

That'd give us the following:

GR AU E = AUGER

That word lead me to Auger Electron Spectroscopy which I briefly mentioned the other day. Rob has mentioned Fee-fi-fo-fum (3-2-2-3) #1201288968562552863 message in the past related to an EE. So we know he's talking about something BIG.. but what if the big thing relates to a small thing like Auger Electron Spectroscopy.. which is SMALL?

you'd never find Auger Electron Spectroscopy unless you figured out the title clue for the dolphin charm

and you can get to it from 2 clues.. for a EE involving 3

looks very similar to Fee-fi-fo-fum (3-2-2-3)
2 threes and 2 twos

and get this! the roses are at the 3rd lamp post!

5 shows up 2 times and lead to 3

[kindred sundial]

There's also 5 non-combatant target dummies. 2 in the park (one in a storage container), 1 just outside the park, 1 routing around the building and 1 hidden on the second floor behind a wall.

[unkempt dune]

I think it'll help to know that rob pulled from Curse of Monkey Island when making the Dolphin Charm trigger.. so it's very very possible he pulled from Jack and Beanstalk for the roses

[unkempt dune]

and get this.. this isn't a direct quote from the book. He slightly changed it so it'd fit the clue he wanted

the 2 in within the 3.. or the clue is within the three.. idk something along those lines

[fallen jasper]

I dont think anyone has mentioned this and I dont have the image/thread perms to post yet but on the holtow website https://www.holtow.com/ in the reflection of the insurance card some information is bold particularly (Doe)(St.)(0000). Could be helpful if anyone wants to relay that

[kindred sundial]

I'm new to even looking at this, but I thought it'd be interesting to take a peek and see. Could there be a relation that roses grow on vines and beanstalk is a vine as well? Something climbable maybe? I'm not sure. There are "Climbing" roses. But this could be a stretch...

[unkempt dune]

the whole hunt is about opening our eyes and making the connections that rob wants us to find

which is about the trinity

heck, we even got Trinity this season

[spring thistle]

We believe that it was unlocked by accident. Who did it, and how it was done is still unknown. A bunch of random players might have activated it on accident

[unkempt dune]

the black knight was on a card too.. which would relate back to cardiovascular and blood and red and 3

and better yet..

I finally understand the connection between these and the trinity

even the Fleur-de-lis is used for it because it's three piece of metal for one shape

357, the number I mentioned previously is also found on Las Vegas for ⭐ Steakhouse 357 ⭐

there are two stars around Steakhouse with 357 following

we've had rome in the hunt in the past and I think that was supposed to lead us to 357 since rome was founded in 753 BC

it's all about mirrors too because you get 357 from mirroring 753

and we know reflections are a piece of the puzzle

[unkempt dune]

he even hid those two (2) clues in three (3) places

Anyway, I just wanted to say why he keeps say OYE

it's probably also the reason why hearts all over Kyoto too

on three kinds of objects 🤦

we already knew that CNS represented rob to some degree

and guess what.. we have from CNS with love OR **CNS **& Heart

I don't know the connection between those two besides the obvious, but I don't know how it's related

it could be the amount of valves on a heart is related, which is 4

in fact, the whole hunt could be body-related

maybe we find the trinity within ourselves

3 clues in 1 body

7 3-headed monkeys with 5 white rabbits and 3 dolphins

they all go back to the trinity

the truth is.. he has it EVERYWHERE just hiding in plain sight

and it goes back to the quote he pulled from Curse of Monkey Island #⚡┇the-finals-chat message

"science is fun when you know the secret.!"

easter egg hunting is fun when you know the secret

which is the trinity

and from the dolphin charm we know that order is important

I'm sure we can relate an order back to all the EEs

for the dolphins it was 3 (triangle) 5 (circle) 7 (square)

the password for lvl3activation was seriously 3 words put together to form 1 password: **sliescetaceaasconce **

and if the trinity helped me solve the dolphins.. who knows? maybe the trinity helps with the other ones too

like SLIES on Monaco was red.. which is the color that led me to HEART

and that's the thing.. this big EE is growing every season

rob said there was an EE that would grow for seasons to come that involves multiple people

those people are us

[snow walrus]

atsu becoming new ludo

[unkempt dune]

I digress.. I just think we should OYE when solving these EEs

[snow walrus]

yes especially in Level3 we gotta dig to deeper burrws

[unkempt dune]

fyi.. he hid the trinity/triangle on a sticker for DISSUN which is related to the SUN (3 letters) and RED (3)

and these numbers (357) found are involved with a triangle formed by the Sun, the Earth, and the Horizon with a Sextant

• 3 = sun
• 5 = earth
• 7 = horizon

[unkempt dune]

what's missing from burrw though? O.. which goes back to 3 5 (circle) 7 (square) and for that O is 5

and I just thought of the last and final one that I'll mention today.. give me a second

there's earth (5), a sun (3) flare making a circle (5), three (3) dents on the helmet, horizon (7).. ect.

[hard forge]

prime

[unkempt dune]

yes impervious.. prime numbers are in the hunt

and palindromic (3223) 😂 #1204573219894468648 message

11 x 293 = 3223 (2 distinct prime factors)

knowing this, the beanstalk-related EE goes back to 3223 which is from 11 and 293

[unkempt dune]

this is the one he was probably talking about in that link

even Midas has an EE that involves 3 fantails

and one is in a bell tower that rings.. like a circle

one in a square-like basement or maybe that's the one on the stones.. 🤔

that's the great thing about them, you need to think of more connections and you should somehow reach it.. hopefully

hearts, a bell, and a square yellow temple are on kyoto

And maybe you won't see 357 until you solve an EE but that's the beauty of it

somehow it's connected

the dolphin charm trigger is about the Trinity so rob could easily make a completely brand new EE that involves it like he has done in the past

but he wanted the connection to be found because it's probably killing him that it hasn't been found for so long

and it directly relates to Level 3

3 lines with 3 passwords

this is Level 3

the dolphins trigger was made for lvl3activation so we could understand the concept of The Trinity or else we would probably be stumped for ages to come

that's why we had a pitstop in-between them

you know.. in between 2 and 3

which just goes back to 3223

If we knew of this concept from the start we would have probably solved all these a lot faster

I need to take a break explaining and finding connections, but I just wanted to drive a point home

one last thing.. all his clues somehow relate back to Monkey Island in some shape or form and that's why he calls the hunt The Big Whoop

It's a mega EE that ties back to Monkey Island

that's why we had 3-headed monkeys

he probably wants to share the discovery he made as a kid while playing it

okay done for reals now

just remember ORDER MATTERS (CETACEA)

like how it probably matters with the cannons but we never figured it out

[normal monolith]

Ive never paid much atention but is the dolphin easter egg the only easter egg to have a code for a reward?

[dusk veldt]

No, there was a Cannon Easter Egg charm but we never got that one as it was time-limited. Its due a return soon though

There are also other in-game unlockable rewards in-game, a total of 3, as confirmed by Rob

That are yet undiscovered

[normal monolith]

but the dolphin is the only one the community has gotten so far then?

[unkempt dune]

AND get this.. rob probably planned this from the beginning since we've had clues from the start that go back to the trinity.

he planned the pitstop between the 2 and 3 early

way before the hunt so we could this moment for OYE

he gave us info and EEs to solve, but some of them we couldn't trigger and he knew we probably wouldn't because we didn't know the secret

and that's the beauty too, he gave us a lot of info, maps, and clues over 2 seasons so we could get to this point

could we have solved it before release? I'm not sure, I wasn't there at the start of the hunt, but maybe

It's entirely possible before release there was a clue for 357 like 753 BC

[teal swift]

there are some more codes available apart from the dolphin?

[sweet thistle]

There are no other public codes like that one, no.

[unkempt dune]

Not everything I said is probably true, but most of it is connected I believe

[teal swift]

tnkssss

[lime arch]

Congrats on finding the dolphin charm! Hopefully we can find whoever probably got it 😂

[severe trench]

Man I wish we had more codes to redeem

[spring thistle]

DO NOT REDEEM

[empty plaza]

@rapid mango Hey can you pop in here and pin a message for us? We have no CMs in this thread

#1185727960980922488 message

[cursive spruce]

congrats to all the hunters who found the easter egg and to all who contributed

[spring thistle]

[cursive spruce]

i think don't think it's the end persay

[spring thistle]

We never started

[cold heart]

can you elaborate why? 😅

[cursive spruce]

but it was nice seeing ya'll do the detective work over the months

[empty plaza]

Yeah I’m confused too

[cursive spruce]

you sure?

[spring thistle]

https://youtu.be/cade_xTZeog

[cursive spruce]

i might chime in here

[spring thistle]

Problem is that we don't know how we got it

[cursive spruce]

if there's any more ee's or new ones in the future

[cursive spruce]

yeah, rob was talking about that ya'll activated it, but never specified on what the trigger was

[spring thistle]

For all we know, a bunch of sane and regular players might have activated it during normal gameplay

[cursive spruce]

i heard that it was something to do with having certain gadgets on each class to spell cetacea

[lone wave]

Anyone noticed in the main menu, how there’s just ONE tree trunk starts directly in the water on the right side of the screen?

[spring thistle]

That is the current leading theory, yes

[cursive spruce]

very interesting

[unkempt dune]

The Black Knight is a conspiracy theory and I think it's intentional since you'll act like a conspiracy theorist once you see The Trinity and 357

[unkempt dune]

fyi, this intentional most likely and rob most likely won't eye anything.. because without eyes you guys won't believe me

like a conspiracy theorist

rob said no more eyes at one point

we're on our own

[inner sand]

Thank you (I didn’t help one bit)

[unkempt dune]

#1263921941530677370 message

believe it or not, but rob controls everything we see related to THE FINALS (Discovery) EE related.. most of the time

so it'd make perfect sense as to why these clues are hidden all over

[cursive spruce]

you helped by being frog

[unkempt dune]

when we finish the hunt, if we do it'll probably be a "that's it?"

[fallen summit]

BRO THAT LORE VID IS CRAZY

[quasi snow]

what vids

[fallen summit]

open the game

is there a lore vid thread yet??

[dull marsh]

You are a bit late lol

[fallen summit]

collage uuuuuuugh

[fallen summit]

theard for it link?

nvm found

[marsh wolf]

good job dolphin people heart emoji

[silk flax]

DOLPHINE EE WAS FOUND?!

been away for a fat min but hell yea

[neon raptor]

I think it’s strange that reachthefinals.com/matsuri was made. Does not seem important enough to have its own page, all the information can get shared in game or through different socials like discord. No other small event has its own page.

[naive fjord]

anyone check the numbers on the credit card thats on the holtow website? holtow websote has already changed fropm that screenshot from a few hours ago

i dont have perms to send images yet so if someone else could ss that and put it in here that would be great

[carmine pilot]

In regards to the lore video, is that advertisement in it important at all? Or is it just them trying to tell us to touch grass

[shadow cypress]

Let’s fucking go boys!! Good job!!! https://x.com/thefinalsintel/status/1831742649633816938?s=46

THE FINALS Intel (@TheFinalsIntel) on X

The Dolphin Charm Easter egg in THE FINALS has been unlocked! Players can now claim the charm using the code:

913aeef8-023d-41fd-8993-f114a8f915d7
Redeem it here: https://t.co/fIJhumioQC

📽 RockhoundBlack

Twitter · Sep 5, 2024, 5:14 PM

[naive fjord]

what in the sam hell is the holtow mega insurance card on the holtow site

[spring thistle]

Better ask Sam

https://tenor.com/view/sam-lake-alan-wake-2-alan-wake-max-payne-face-gif-17902173910221051017

[torn swallow]

Not sure if this is an ee, but the vegas ak skin changed

[spring thistle]

How so?

[opal pond]

What changed about it?

[torn swallow]

The ruby gems are gone and replaced by sapphire

[waxen sinew]

#⚡┇the-finals-chat message
more music, Rob is so silly

[rigid adder]

?

[sweet thistle]

It's a "copystrike" joke because they took my footage

and credited RHB I just realized 😂

[rigid adder]

Oh 😅😅

[fallen summit]

i have a theory: multico is a satire of EA and what some embarkers had to deal with during their time there (marcel is big evidence to this!!!!!11111!!!!1!1)

[tawdry zephyr]

Lol i hope this is true! @fallen summit

[bronze wolf]

random thought about this - maybe they're teasing the new pinnacle ranked skin for s4 - sapphire instead of ruby once they kill off TA?

[silk flax]

Sapphire could be the next reward once diamond gets dropped?

[bronze wolf]

pretty confident diamond rewards will always be around, but for like the top 500 of the new cashout ranked system might get a sapphire skin is what I'm thinking

feels very weird and random as hell to just change the gems on the ak skin for no apparent reason

[daring bluff]

getting slightly off topic here but i wouldn't doubt that the only thing that changes next season will be TA being replaced with cashout. i.e., ranked cashout will be bronze-ruby, and WT will still be the same thing, bronze-emerald. I do like having both a casual-competitive cashout option and a competitive cashout option. and they'll be able to do more wacky and crazy stuff in WT next season. (they couldnt do a lot of presumably planned things since it was the only way to play normal cashout and so changing it too much or making it crazy uncompetitve for a week wouldn't fly well with the community. so i'm assuming some things that were originally planned for WT in S3 had to be scrapped for that reason)

[bronze wolf]

I'm just praying that rob activates the cannon gun charm ee for s4 - I'm obsessed with gatewaying cannonballs and I need this thing in my life

[waxen ledge]

Any one measure the static in the holtow image?

[limpid yarrow]

It's an affect over the image I think

[waxen ledge]

thought so too just wanted to make sure

[limpid yarrow]

I think if It was massively important it would be a gif not an image

[waxen ledge]

true that i want to mess around with subdomains and the number in the image tho

[tawdry zephyr]

This would be sweet!

[lethal jackal]

Erm, actually it's called an effect 🤓

[dusk veldt]

Cool as that would be, the thing is the gateway was added after the charm was removed so yeh :/

By the way, since we've got the new Death by Rodent bundle with the rat pet it got me thinking, I found some relatively old and pretty hidden Rob messages regarding them in main:

• "Getter, jag älskar getter, det har jag alltid sagt" Translates to “Goats, i love goats, ive always said that”. #⚡┇the-finals-chat message
• Hidden message in Vegas from “Death by Rodhent” #⚡┇the-finals-chat message

I wasnt speaking Swedish, I was quoting a hidden message from the a concert by "Death by Rhodent"... in Vegas...

I find the second one to be very interesting

[mystic storm]

New art! not sure if its been posted, I think the buildings are back to a fragile mode too lots of triggered building collapses

[fresh quiver]

on vegas?

[mystic storm]

yup

[fresh quiver]

seems to be already known.

But still. Good find! 🙂

if you find any on monaco. that wouldnt be too bad

[mystic storm]

honestly I am done searching at random after the dolphin charm, back to just enjoying the game

[hushed walrus]

have u lads noticed the little bubble of color in the level

[fresh quiver]

which little bubble of color, on which map?

do you have a screenshot?

[hushed walrus]

nope but i can make one

every map almost, like little suns the color of holtow ill post when i play later

[alpine junco]

Not new

[pure sapphire]

GG ester egg team ! ik it took an insane work for y'all, rly gg

i just saw on youtube that you got at least one secret, i guess their are/will be more tho xd

[rigid adder]

Does this channel also talk and discuss the leaks of S4 ?

[sweet thistle]

No genuine leaks whatsoever are allowed on the entirety of the server.

[rigid adder]

Oh ok 👌

[dull marsh]

Depends if you're talking leaks or "leaks"...
"leaks" done directly by Rob or CNS are okay to discuss, genuine leaks that were accidentally released by Embark or that were extracted from files and such are not allowed 😉

Closest you'll find is probably #1276097345657897012

[rigid adder]

Of course i mean the leaks we get from Rob or the ones we find in the game and matches

[sweet thistle]

Yeah, when I say "genuine" I mean something that's like an actual leak. Rob stuff is fine

[cursive spruce]

i'm about to leak season 5

[dull marsh]

I just wanna be clear cuz a lot of people don't get that distinction hehe

[odd copper]

Has anyone else heard what sounds like knocking at a door followed by a siren and talking in the background while Scotty is talking? Heard it while in spectator mode after being team wiped

[hard geyser]

i found leaderboard trophies in th practice range

link to image https://www.imghippo.com/i/Wuuxp1725631838.jpg

[fallen jasper]

🫨

[spring thistle]

In sys?

[hard forge]

Wow

[shadow burrow]

No way?

[dull marsh]

That's been there since forever, just a reward for the best contestants

[fresh quiver]

from: @odd copper

I can’t post pictures in the finals server yet. I saw a few of these yesterday. Just can’t remember if it was on skyway or Seoul

But maybe you want to ellaborate which we are seeing there

[brittle igloo]

https://medal.tv/games/the-finals/clips/iCuMmOm6uqOPIIhNI/d1337rWsfQPL?invite=cr-MSxreTUsODYyNjE5MjMs Had the same thing but without the knocking or scotty talking

[fringe marten]

I also noticed today that if you shoot the generator, turning the light off then wait for a couple of mins it actually turns back on and the lights turn back on, not sure if this is just the generators having their own environment damage system or if its maybe linked? (Also not sure if someone has already pointed this out already, if so sorry!) I've been playing since launch and only just decided to try and join in on the community side mode 🙂 (I've been scrolling through and reading tons on the discord today) I am really interested in all the Easter eggs! All the progress everyone has made is crazy impressive so far!

[rugged breach]

I think they mean the glowy bit on the floor, saw one on vegas the other day as well. 99.9% sure it's the thermal bore particle glitching out

[odd copper]

The little glowing light. There’s was. Nothing else around and it caught my attention during a fight so I took a quick SS. I don’t recall anyone dying in that area either so I don’t think it’s coins. If you zoom in it’s looks 2 circles or an 8

[unique birch]

Hey I'm new so sorry if this has been brought up before, but while anyone has been playing, have you heard a wolf sound? Like a wolf howl or something? I don't hear it often but I have definitely heard it before. Ik about the chants but this is different I think

[opaque juniper]

my question to rob next time he sees this chat (hopefully soon ish) is with there being triggerable ee’s on every map, can they all be done in private ? I know monkeys could and dolphins visual ee could but the dolphin charm ee was not available in private (at least to my knowledge and or not until recently) so would we have to hunt publically for other ee charms, also are they all codes to redeem after the “trigger”. If he sees this lets pray we can search priv, we have Seoul Kyoto Skyway and Vegas yet to find triggerable easter eggs and some general info on them would be nice as i have ideas but dont want to throw WT or Pub games and have teammates rage quit, ty ❤️

[opaque juniper]

what map and where ?

also any photo or video proof ? I can post if you want

[unique birch]

I've heard it on most maps but I definitely heard it on sys horizon while fighting in the modern buidling during a tournament. I don't have any video or anything cause I don't have a good way to record my gameplay

I've noticed it happens at random times or sometimes after killing someone I think but that could have been a coincidence

[cold heart]

are you sure its not one of the equipable sounds? take a look at them i can see 3 which kinda sound like a wolf/ similar, maybe its just one of those

[urban wedge]

found some more of the crowd at 10sec

singing/chanting/cheering

[unique birch]

I looked through them and none of them sound the same as what I heard. I'm not sure how I could record it if it happens again tonight but I can try to find a way to record

[alpine junco]

i have on monaco

[unique birch]

I'm at least glad I'm not the only one lol. Have you been able to record it at all?

[alpine junco]

nope

[lethal jackal]

the new crowd noises scared the shit out of me today

i didn't know 😔

[urban wedge]

just playing at 3am pitch black and hear what sounded like native tribal chants in my left ear lmao. (probs EU fight songs but still)

[naive kernel]

Embark | rob — Today at 17:18
Hi.! What a LOVELY autumn day here in Stockholm... just look at this.!
Embark | Dusty — Today at 17:22
Rob..really?

File titled "s4_autumn_is_coming"

[dusk veldt]

No I have not, could you get a video on it?

[rigid adder]

S4 OST ?

[naive kernel]

That's what it sounds like to me! I wonder if it's in-game at that location

[dusk veldt]

Thats not a very precise question, he generally does only respond to precise matters. For example if he says yes, then thats a very slippery slope. Does it apply to all? For how long? Etc

[dusk veldt]

Is it just me or does that just look like a visual bug? Gods know we have plenty of them…

[odd copper]

Somebody else said it looks like the sparks from the thermal bore and I think that’s the most plausible explanation

[opal pond]

@pure loom Seems like you were right about the variants of Kyoto!

[lone wave]

Yes I've heard it too! And it was definitely coming from the crowd!

[unique birch]

My friends and I are trying to get a recording of it so we can send it in here

[lone wave]

good luck friends

[fresh quiver]

I would like to to advertise https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1204573219894468648 again.
If people are interested. We still are need to figuring out how to solve

We need the cipher key for this
QjtofWEjcml9MhKBubGc4kBvpV+bZzENOIukEMcpglwgbq6ubU944Y8L0mibTU2JhDtcQ/MNGAygC0XL5VOEQICMjPqZ6q0LYWPC2QCqYr0dONuhErv+5cAmOn01uqWWI0VG0Zv5K4Ru9P8aEAMsPxe82pCyh6TosRTlEtyqgTg=

[eternal violet]

rob needs to say "this is not a key, you NEED a key" to get this train moving again

[fresh quiver]

#easter-eggs message

🙂

[eternal violet]

i chose my words carefully, because some people still believe that that string is a key 🙂

[fresh quiver]

damn. im still digging rn. iirc he said that we were close to it but not correct. i need to find that again

found it. #1201288968562552863 message

[blazing nexus]

if its on skyway stadium, monaco or seoul, the siren is from the crane when the wrecking ball drops down but not sure what the knocking is

[lone wave]

There actually is a siren coming from the crowd that sounds different

[blazing nexus]

probably one of those sports fan airhorns that are in stadiums

[lone wave]

Yup! But this one pitches bend from a low to a high note! Sounds VERY COOL

Also I’ve just heard the howling again! It really adds something to the game

[blazing nexus]

thats weird 🤔 i always begged ee hunters to find something in the audience or look for something there and now there finally is something

ah fuck discord is lowering the file limit to 10mb

ee is screwed GG

[lone wave]

I think the actual hints for S4 might be audio hints and not visual hints this time

[cold heart]

this discord server is boosted to lvl3, anything below 100mb is fine

[blazing nexus]

completely forgot server boosting exists

[cold heart]

the 25mb -> 10mb only effects non-nitro users in unboosted servers/ in DMs

[blazing nexus]

10mb is so sad though..

[fresh quiver]

for Level 3?

[torn kiln]

Crowds are singing

[dull marsh]

Maybe the whole flat-earth thing is about the different projections to make a (flat) map of the earth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection

Remember this is the big EE hunt:
Level 1: we got introduced to the game (geocache)
Level 2: we were promised a treasure (golden egg)
Level 3: now I would assume we need a map
Level 4: actually find the thing IRL

[lone wave]

Level 3 = Level-headed = THINK with your head to find the locations first, THEN level 4 = go there ?

[lavish zenith]

haha that would be cool

Just like the Gravity Falls easter egg where you could find the bill cipher statue irl

[lone wave]

Funny you mentionned that, I just learned about it today

[lavish zenith]

Ah I used to watch and try and beat the ciphers back when it aired with my school friends

[lone wave]

And you're new to the finals easter egg? I've nver seen you here

[lavish zenith]

Ye just started playing this season

And just started looking into the easter eggs last week

[lone wave]

Welcome then!

[lavish zenith]

Thanks it's exciting, was also into the BF4 easter eggs back in the days

[fading willow]

Was the dolphin ester egg solved yet i have not played in a bit

[fresh quiver]

yes. check the pin. everyone can redeem the dolphin charm

#easter-eggs message

[spring thistle]

Whoever recorded that is good with a controller

Also they did show a bunch of other variants in the trailer

[naive kernel]

Presumably Rob himself 🤣, controller long shots are underrated

[spring thistle]

Feel like it's a shot from someone who's making an official trailer

[buoyant nymph]

you guys are wizards with this engine

slightly off topic but just wanted to say, love the hunt ❤️

[quasi snow]

the hunt loves you

[magic chasm]

I just noticed in an old image how close chatgpt was with the missing monkey on the curb, how many are we missing now?

this was the cone it found a while ago and at the end there really was one

[naive kernel]

• In addition, using chat programs such as Chat-GPT or Bard to figure out connections, passwords, decoding, etc. is not allowed.

Just FYI if you weren't aware

[magic chasm]

In addition! It does not concern a password

I did not figure out a connection, but a clear result, obviously no password, decoding etc

[fresh quiver]

but tried to figure out locations. thats almost similar.

[magic chasm]

almost

I am working within the given ruleset

So, what monkeys are we missing?

[buoyant nymph]

hm

is there a way to play the maps solo rn or is that something i gotta coordinate in a custom game

[magic chasm]

there is; custom game

[buoyant nymph]

if so can i use sandboxie and geforce now for my match partner lol

[fresh quiver]

@fallen jasper can you tell your other you to add locations to the "no AI" ruleset?

[buoyant nymph]

sweet

[magic chasm]

bruh

Well just have to not mention it right; how would yall know

[naive kernel]

I'm certain that the 'etc' does the lifting, assuming in good faith that people won't try to find loopholes in rules

[fresh quiver]

common sense maybe? you can also read it as no Ai at all.

[magic chasm]

its not disallowed explicitly = I use it

[spring thistle]

I'm with the ai person (name too long and annoying to figure out)

[magic chasm]

To come back to the initial question; what is the most up to date map right now?

[sharp flame]

do you know what explicitly means

😭

[magic chasm]

In a detaled manner, nleaving no rooms for confusion or doubt

[cold heart]

its in the rules - to not use AI... it lists examples, with etc meaning all other reasons

[magic chasm]

Thank you

[magic chasm]

If thats the case then ofc It was not my intention to clearly break them

[buoyant nymph]

honestly it does read like its saying not to use it at all period

but i did use that site to chat about myths and stuff a few times

[fresh quiver]

we are done with https://reachthefinals.com/tfeeactivationlevel3 and are now working on https://reachthefinals.com/tfee-level3

[buoyant nymph]

so i prob disqualified myself. still enjoying watching progress tho. ❤️

[dawn crater]

So basicly how this works, I can just jump in game and search?

[magic chasm]

I always use it, way more competent then the humans I asked

[sharp flame]

np! it's ok if you did before, but as long as you figure things out for yourself, and don't use it for actual solutions or connections lol

[fresh quiver]

if only talking about myths and not directly connecting to the game? why not. but myths etc you should double fact check

[sharp flame]

using it as a glorified google search is whatever

[buoyant nymph]

i mean technically i wouldnt have asked without the context of the hunt 😛

[dawn crater]

?

[sharp flame]

what do you want to find?

[magic chasm]

ofc lol just dont chat about ethically questionable tool use

[dawn crater]

rn I'd go for the graffitis, I'm relatively new to the easter egg hunt thing

[fresh quiver]

@magic chasm oh yeah. the password for the new page is sliescetaceaasconce

now we are needing 9 passwords ._. #1270882064249520198

[buoyant nymph]

are there any confirmed links for tfee-level3's password or eyed comments about hints, etc? im gonna find the - thank you LOL

[spring thistle]

Here's a great idea. Use it all you want. Just don't tell anyone

[cold heart]

all we ask is for you to follow the rules, and to not ruin the hunt for others

[magic chasm]

I do, and I want ingame items

[cold heart]

if you think they should be clearer, ask

[magic chasm]

9 passwords?

[cold heart]

but to hide using it - or to find holes in rules isnt okay thanks

[fresh quiver]

we have a miro board with things laid out. but most work for it is done in #1270882064249520198

[magic chasm]

known length and charset? or complete shot in the dark?

[buoyant nymph]

sliescetaceaasconce

s lies dolphin 'asconce' ie glance/doubt/mistrust but also 'a sconce' for candle?

[sharp flame]

could be, asconce as in glance is the intended solution

[buoyant nymph]

thinking cuz that slot is for the monkey, i also keep mentally thinking of 'absconce' when i read it

[fresh quiver]

asconnce was found out because each of the 7 3headed monkeys could be connected to a letter where they are hidden

[buoyant nymph]

which isnt a word but im thinking of a word for quickly eloping or running away or hiding

edt: abscond lol

[sharp flame]

plus they appear at a glance, like the meaning of the word

[fresh quiver]

we did a lot of trial & error with the last missing letter.

[sharp flame]

latin alphabet, any length, always lowercase. share any ideas you have about what it could be!

[magic chasm]

numbers and symbols?

[sharp flame]

yes, allowed

[magic chasm]

damn

[sharp flame]

we only have the coordinates to go off of rn

72.58514 64.02630
15.70363 23.22150
27.86234 12.98314
81.75162 37.16174
46.69812 55.09871
these ones

if you want to participate further go here! https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1270882064249520198

[buoyant nymph]

its the same coordinate set gif on each column, yeah?

oh sorry hopping into that channel

[magic chasm]

aight let me come up with something

thanks

[spring thistle]

Bro was bout to brute force

[eternal violet]

we only have coordinates because everyone forgot about L3AIM and I_Want_To images lol

[sharp flame]

yep!

[fresh quiver]

as longer as im thinking about it.

theoretically we don't only have the coordinates to go from. But also the last image of L2

[sharp flame]

let "me" come up with something

https://tenor.com/view/side-eye-dog-suspicious-look-suspicious-doubt-dog-doubt-gif-23680990

(JK, welcome to the hunt!)

[buoyant nymph]

these ones jump out at my mind when i read them, i might be more useful around those hints

[odd copper]

Can somebody post a video for me? I’m not a high enough level yet

[buoyant nymph]

cant post in channels lawl. time to lurk

[spring thistle]

Dm me

[spring thistle]

15 messages and you can

[fresh quiver]

you can check your rank in #🏆┇rank-check with -r

[buoyant nymph]

thank you two ❤️

[dull marsh]

Bruh why the heck would you say that?

You're basically implying it's okay which it's not

The point is not for a random new person to come and ruin the hunt for everyone else

[spring thistle]

Honestly, people can be free to use any tool. Chat gpt or other bots are simply too dumb to figure out a puzzle that rob come up with on his crazy board. It's always gonna require a lot of manual work.

[buoyant nymph]

i dont have anything to post in there yet but would you be willing to post smthing in the lvl 3 hunt coordinates channel if i have a contribution?

[dull marsh]

I don't care, it's in the rules, let's not make it okay to break the rules just because some believe that it's fine

[spring thistle]

Sure. Or you could chat around and level up yourself

Potatoes potatoes

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[sharp flame]

completely true. AI has never solved anything just yet. but that's because it's stupid. we have had AI however solve number sequences --> hidden phrases. Any solve through AI is cutting out the actual process of figuring things out, which is the point of the activity!!

[dull marsh]

Sure chatgpt will probably not figure out much, but if it even find one interesting stuff it's just annoying

[spring thistle]

You're right

[dull marsh]

The WHOLE point is to use OUR brain hehe

[spring thistle]

Well yeah then that makes it a tool like any other

[sharp flame]

the whole point of the worldly AI debates of late, is that it's really more than just a tool

[dull marsh]

No, cuz here it's not your brain working hard

[fresh quiver]

https://tenor.com/view/brain-explosion-gif-18355735

[sharp flame]

at some point if you start calling smarter AI a "tool", how close to being a tool is your own brain?

[dull marsh]

"it's not a slave, only a smart tool huh" lol

[sharp flame]

(there are some in the world I would call a "tool" right now already.. hehe)

[buoyant nymph]

id crisis id crisis! ahhhh!

[fresh quiver]

fish get me access to that cia ai tool /j 😄

[spring thistle]

https://tenor.com/view/enhance-gif-10953787

[cold heart]

developing a script/ finding a tool to get 7 letter words made up of the found letters for the 3HM is valid - thats a tool, like image forensics tools etc that we use

yes AI is a tool and is great... however its just something we dont do here

its not the same thing in most peoples mind - and it does remove the human element

[spring thistle]

Fair enough.

I don't use any of those gpts either. Kinda takes the fun away

[fresh quiver]

the tool that checked l2 t3 password for all variations with replacement?

self written iirc?

[rapid mango]

@cobalt bone Hyperlinking isn't enabled, you can post the message without it

[sharp flame]

don't tell people to use AI and not tell anyone they're using it aaaaa

but it's a good discussion to have!

[spring thistle]

Alright alright

[sharp flame]

thin ice

[spring thistle]

Anyways. Gonna hop off now. Got work early tomorrow

[sharp flame]

ANYWAYS, I had some thoughts about Level 3

will put them in the other chat, cya!

[spring thistle]

[cobalt bone]

Can't post to the thread and dunno how to tag it properly, but it's the one about deleted arts, so I'll just leave it here

I suggest that
QjtofWEjcml9MhKBubGc4kBvpV+bZzENOIukEMcpglwgbq6ubU944Y8L0mibTU2JhDtcQ/MNGAygC0XL5VOEQICMjPqZ6q0LYWPC2QCqYr0dONuhErv+5cAmOn01uqWWI0VG0Zv5K4Ru9P8aEAMsPxe82pCyh6TosRTlEtyqgTg=
is a resulting data from AES GCM, 128 bytes without mac verification tag. IV would be 12 zero bytes (000000000000000000000000) and the key could be 128 bits/16 bytes/16 ascii characters, 192 bits/24 bytes/24 ascii characters or 256 bits/32 bytes/32 ascii characters.

If there's a partial key options list somewhere?

[sharp flame]

I don't think so

[fresh quiver]

Im wondering why he said we were close to it?

[cobalt bone]

Meaning the whole thing or the list existing somewhere?

I also ran a quick check of all the embark IPs to see if there are any open ssh servers, and there are none, so I'd drop the idea that it's some ssh-specific private key that will be somehow accepted when trying to access some server

[burnt quest]

Question! So i was looking at the QR code for Holtow under the stickers and it took me to a web page where is a insuance card. the Insurance Number must mean something like dates or something right? has any one figured this out or is just something cool with no meaning

[fresh quiver]

holtow.com has some history already here 😄 you can read it up here #1185727960980922488

but anyway great find 🙂

[silk bolt]

did anyone noticed that all the maps are sponsored by isuel-t not holtow?

[cobalt bone]

Found a pic of this charm from this battle pass from @unborn pilot which can also support the theory that it's AES with 192 bit key, in game it says AES 7680 235AOK2 (or Z35AOKZ, it's low res even if I zoom in)

can't post images either, just imagine it's here then

[fresh quiver]

you can upload it to imgur and send the link here

[cobalt bone]

https://imgur.com/a/Mfid1em

[silk bolt]

Z35AOK2

[cobalt bone]

What's funny is that when I google this, I have zero results, but if I google 235AOK2, I get exactly two thefinals results in images. It might be just a coincidence, but still

[silk bolt]

hmm might be right

[cobalt bone]

235AOKZ gives three for zero apparent reasons, this is not in the page

[cobalt bone]

https://imgur.com/a/H6De1wy
The description just in case

the mecha skin itself says 235AOK2 both on the helmet and the body, but there's something else on the back of the body that's blurry as hell on series s

[hearty meteor]

arena always takes a few days (or weeks) to update

iirc the spawning corridor where you run out had engime written on it till stop 4 or so

[silk bolt]

shouldn't it be vaiiya..

[hearty meteor]

same thing that happened with the engimo text i guess

[cobalt bone]

https://imgur.com/SXv31Ea
https://imgur.com/GnMuY3A
https://imgur.com/iD8ESHT

If there are no rich guys with ultra settings at the moment, I'll go check the resolution on series x

[silk bolt]

in a game rn :(

[fallen jasper]

Have there been any other S4 teasers since Oscar’s stream?

[cobalt bone]

https://imgur.com/EQamjLP
Still blurry, but the two last lines are:
WARNING - USE AT OWN RISK
WARNING - WEAR AT OWN RISK
Will still ask for a better image if anyone is able to get it

[silk bolt]

2K Native

[cobalt bone]

Still the same, I guess

[silk bolt]

i don't think we are supposed to see it anyway i can't make anything out of them

[cobalt bone]

AES7680-235AOK2 two times in the first two lines

[unborn pilot]

Rob pretty much confirmed there is one when I asked and he posted a picture of the login screen

[cobalt bone]

Got a link?

[unborn pilot]

I don’t think it’s on any official embark related ip though.

Umm yeah lemme find.

[unborn pilot]

#1201288968562552863 message

In his usual cryptic manner he neither confirmed nor denied but somehow had a new image quickly we’d never seen before…

[snow walrus]

Warning use at own risk

Or smth similar

[cobalt bone]

might have just spent five bucks on a throwaway VPS, but it's not one of the embark's IP addresses

unless there's another ASN that I didn't see the first time, let's try again

[unborn pilot]

I’ve been looking up & down every puzzle for a potential IP but everything I’ve tried is a dead end :/

We’ve gotten so many number sequences but usually in a set of 3,5, or 7. IP would need to be 4, unless it’s not an IP, but a random URL

[cobalt bone]

maybe it's ipv6 and we need a domain?

[unborn pilot]

For example the one that ends in .PF

[cobalt bone]

However, that does not resolve the issue when the provided base64 sequence is an SSH RSA key that will require passphrase to be used to authenticate ourselves

[unborn pilot]

Which might be something easy like withlove, cns, horizon, etc

[cobalt bone]

I've checked the known subdomains, there's just one that caught my attention

rw1iyxjriele.embark.games

[hearty meteor]

[cobalt bone]

look, I found that cns.fyi at 1% fits the description AND accepts ssh connections

[fresh quiver]

@unborn pilot check that https://cns.fyi

[unborn pilot]

hmmm

[fresh quiver]

when did rob created the hunt? around 2018ish?

[hearty meteor]

hm

[cobalt bone]

whois, right

[hearty meteor]

this is not robs writing style

but its suspicious

[unborn pilot]

wild that it actually prompts a login

[cobalt bone]

If I were doing this, I'd make it only respond to ssh only, no web clients

[unborn pilot]

same

that makes it more fun haha

[hearty meteor]

also it says central neutral system

[fresh quiver]

hunt was mostly planned 2019. domain was registered August 2018

its weird. why do i think i already read PlanB somewhere

[unborn pilot]

rob probably had the cns name in mind, maybe for years before

[cobalt bone]

cns.rocks redirects to some central nervous system bullshit

cns.fyi is just an observation, not even an assumption, just going through taken cns domains in case there's something really obvious

[snow walrus]

Dont think its the finals related website

[cobalt bone]

wait till you find out that the ssh port is not default

[hearty meteor]

wait what is it

[unborn pilot]

Port could be 43 or 4111

[cobalt bone]

basically you got an IP address that serves http data on port 80, https data on port 443, ssh is on port 22. Nothing actually stops you from changing this port to any other, all the client software allows to specify a custom port to make a connection

You can do google.com, or you can do google.com:1234

Wait till you find out that there's a port knocking sequence until you can attempt an ssh connection

the genius is almost frightening

[hearty meteor]

oh mb i meant if its not 22 what is it

[cobalt bone]

1-65535

[hearty meteor]

bruh

[cobalt bone]

the eggs won't find themselves though

[hearty meteor]

does “not default” just mean literally everything or do we have to find it still (i assume the latter)

[dull marsh]

Wait what has changed? Since when the "key" became a valid SSH key? 🤔

Afaik the "key" is not a valid RSA key which means it's unusable as such

[fresh quiver]

someone just found the domain cns.fyi and we are still considering

[hearty meteor]

we just searched for domains that contained cns and found cns.fyi which accepts ssh connections and is very cryptic

[dull marsh]

Oh I see 🤔

[cobalt bone]

I just mean it may not be any productive to bruteforce, it may give results just in case there's any mercy in the author to leave a tiny little hint when the path is right

[fresh quiver]

i mean

[cobalt bone]

There was a screenshot of a, presumably, console that says CNS

[cobalt bone]

here

[cobalt bone]

And here I assume we need a 24-character key to decrypt this base64 string as AES-GCM

[unborn pilot]

It says Central Neutral, rather than Central Neural or Nervous as we’ve seen.

[cold heart]

the only thing that im confused about is that this isnt under the same register as all the other Embark/ TF domains

[dull marsh]

This domain is not registered with tucows.com (like all the other domains) but with joker.com, so I'd assume it's fan-made

[hearty meteor]

it is not

[cold heart]

im not convinced this is official

[hearty meteor]

and the writing style is not rob style

[dull marsh]

Yeah it's too straightforward imo

[fresh quiver]

yeah. not sure either. but still weird

[hearty meteor]

maybe there is some other ee hunt going on that also uses the phrase CNS lol

[cobalt bone]

I marked that there's a 1% chance that it's related, but it's weird and it responds to SSH, in case it's SSH

but I don't believe it's ssh

[sharp flame]

unrelated to THE FINALS

https://open.spotify.com/track/6AV2cfI0a7grNOQhd2u8BS

[hearty meteor]

ohhh

[sharp flame]

cool coincidence though!

[unborn pilot]

lol. Is the beat fire at least??

[buoyant nymph]

'you can call it another lonely day!'

neat coincidence?

[hearty meteor]

i think searching through domain lists may give us some direction for the weird aes string

[sharp flame]

yes

[hearty meteor]

anyways i will continue tomorrow i shall eep™️

[dull marsh]

People almost DDOS'd a random website lmao

[hearty meteor]

[buoyant nymph]

imo that ascii thing rob posted connects to the y on burrw

but thats my observation from cramming around it and might not be there at all

[dull marsh]

Let's bruteforce this CNS website!!
The actual owner: 💀

[unborn pilot]

Oh pretty sure it just got more traffic than it did since 2017

[fresh quiver]

with an old "per traffic" hosting contract (hopefully not)

[unborn pilot]

I’m still curious why 3 rappers would have a BBS in 2017 and not a normal message board or this app called Discord that’s been around since 2015.

[cobalt bone]

a promise of a BBS*

[unborn pilot]

Even better.

[buoyant nymph]

is Iron relevant to this hunt at all or are we sticking purely in gold as the leading elements? i still have that pic of the archer over mare humorum and idk if i should look into it more

[unborn pilot]

Cool find though. Even if it’s not our CNS and the ssh prompt is coincidental 😂

[cobalt bone]

do we know what does CNS even stand for?

[blazing nexus]

Credits to jassom, he wasnt a high enough level to post

thoughts?

[lone wave]

Oh you guys are hearing death by rodents

It’s a metal band that you can hear in this part of the map since Season 1

[blazing nexus]

wheres it coming from??

[lone wave]

Not related to the new audio hints

[lone wave]

Right behind the camera on the first vid

You can hear them say « hey we are death by rodents » with a thick Swedish accent in the video

And the new rat pet bundle is named after them

You can also hear them play music

@odd copper sorry I didn’t check your DM, you have your answer here!

[lone wave]

We think it’s Central Nervous System

[odd copper]

All good. Had no clue about that EE. Seemed off so I figured I’d share and ask about it

[lone wave]

Nice catch anyways!

[pure loom]

I've been trying to link why the roses puzzle is a thing to some of the previous clues (Latin and CaCO3) and found this in the process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nJq1HxbUbs - some interesting possible links here, and also with the inside of the building; there's a statue of the Virgin Mary in the Pantheon and also an oculus which is very similar to the clue we had about the Pisa Cathedral way back near the start of the puzzle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheon,_Rome

[unkempt dune]

there's also a fountain out front

kind of looks like it's to the right

I wonder why it's not centered

[unkempt dune]

guys! I think I solved a Diamond clue! This might be canine!

[copper zodiac]

?

[slender lodge]

yes

[alpine junco]

thats a bear skull

[cold heart]

diamond skull is cool

but like, wasnt the diamond clue the red circle gif?

[alpine junco]

can you not please

[north crag]

i hate atsu he stole my ramen last night

[hard forge]

how?

[north crag]

imperv

[copper zodiac]

Is this for real real, not for play play lol

?

[slender lodge]

ice

[dull marsh]

https://tenor.com/view/yes-what-why-tho-but-gif-13240260

[cold heart]

@fallen jasper ?

[unkempt dune]

good question.. OYE #easter-eggs message

[cold heart]

you quoted yourself hehe 😅

[cobalt bone]

Just scrolled through this once again, later he admits that it might be already down and never confirms it's still accessible #1201288968562552863 message

and if it is, there's a chance it's a different EE since the initial ssh/rsa assumption feels like a major stretch

we need to raise a question if mecha skin, mecha charm or any in-game item has anything to do with the base64 sequence since there has to be an obvious valid decryption key

[mint veldt]

Hey, I found something strange mid match, and was wondering if anyone could post it for me...

It looks l ike a body on the ground, and I don't know how it showed up...

[silk bolt]

is this found?

in las vegas

[vale igloo]

I don't think so, post it here https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1185384293527212052 nice find

[cold heart]

where? i dont remember exactly... but there have been a few found measurements marked on the concrete in the parking lot

IIRC its the measurement of the steal beams inside the concrete

[silk bolt]

there's also something written above it in white but didn't notice it until i took the screenshot and respawned

[cold heart]

ah yeah i just looked at the wiki https://www.thefinals.wiki/wiki/Las_Vegas_Secrets
this set of numbers have been found before (at the bottom)

still nice though

[silk bolt]

oh didn't look at the wiki

[vale igloo]

is it known you can repair the practice range generator after breaking it?

i have no clue how i repaired it, but i did

lights came back on and everything

[waxen sinew]

it's on a timer

[vale igloo]

Ahhh

[vale igloo]

how long is the timer?

[waxen sinew]

I'm pretty sure you can find it somewhere in the firing range roses thread. I don't know the time sorry

[vale igloo]

you're all good, i'll take a look

[hard geyser]

wi have ultra settings

propably useless, but when u enter the practice range why does june say CoHosts instead of cohosts

[unkempt dune]

thanks for sharing.. really good info!

[native orbit]

There's a lot of numbers here, might be worth looking into

[alpine junco]

#1185727960980922488

[native orbit]

Ah I am very late lol

[velvet thicket]

45 seconds :)!

then they turn on again

[gloomy anvil]

[velvet narwhal]

It repairs only once iirc

[fresh quiver]

Yes

[hard forge]

it's a bug

blue outline?

[grand crypt]

Does anyone notice that the crowd says different stuff now?

I think they react more to what happens during matches

Let’s say if your team mates are down or when you kill an enemy

[waxen sinew]

yup they added those in last patch

[grand crypt]

Was those included in the patch notes?

[waxen sinew]

no

[grand crypt]

Ohhh wtf I wonder why they dident, it’s a pretty cool addition tho

I hope they add more or do more on the atmospheric sounds they put in

Cuz it’s a very welcoming update for sure

[waxen sinew]

it doesn't effect the fighting aspect of the game so I guess they didn't see the need to

[grand crypt]

It adds more to the game IMO, honestly having the crowd be more dynamic in the way they react to how you play would be great add ons

It would add more to the games theme

lol I want the crowd to go apeshit when I team wipe a whole team by myself

[sour needle]

in the engimo logo are in the g four 7777,7777 apperantly is a angel number ,though i dont think thats really revelant https://angelnumber.org/7777-angel-number-meaning-and-symbolism/

engimo also has a similar name as Enigma which is a brand that made machines to decode things

[sharp flame]

what does this look like to y'all?

[spring thistle]

Perhaps a stylized eyeball?

[sharp flame]

yellow eyeball.. some infected Koi maybe..

I agree with @lone wave that it looks like some architecture

[lone wave]

Could also look like a tatami for some martial art

Or a boxing ring

With stairs on the left

[sharp flame]

I can see that, with the yellow edge

it basically fits the in-game stuff which is already in

[lone wave]

Or a palace with a red dome

Some kind of Olympics themed map maybe

[sharp flame]

we had an Olympics themed event mid-season, too..

not sure if that was teasing it

[lone wave]

Yeah not sure but they knew since a long time the Olympics would happen and waited for the map to be ready

Maybe*

[cold heart]

i knew it looked familiar..... how you drew it

i dont think it is, but reminded me of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Air_Component

[lone wave]

Oh

[sharp flame]

ooooooo

looking into it

[spring thistle]

It's missing the blue ring but other than that, it's pretty solid

[unkempt dune]

the rocks hit hard with all of these Easter Eggs

[cold heart]

tbh i picked a pretty bad image, the roundel on the wiki page is more similar (without the blue)

But the background of the flag is blue.. not white, youre right

[rigid adder]

So…. Do we have a single clue about S4’s theme ?

[odd copper]

It’s gonna be something to do with a game show that’s for sure

[sharp flame]

Oscar says "the gameshow is back" and Rob says SHOWTIME

and so far the music is pretty retro

[rigid adder]

Oh cool cool

[pure loom]

This pedestrian crossing sign on this body art can only come from Spain or Andorra because of the number of stripes on the crossing (anyone who plays GeoGuessr a lot might know about this).

[sterile depot]

Yes, the pedestrian crossing sign in Spain and Andorra have 8 stripes but they are blue, not yellow. Where is this screenshot taken from?

[cold heart]

its the Rebellious Figures body paint

[pure loom]

Yes, but sometimes Rob might just use the necessary bits of things to convey the clue.

[sterile depot]

Ohh, I see

[pure loom]

Interesting name given the political history in that region

[sterile depot]

You can also see the spanish word 'TRAMPA' tattooed on the neck (Trap, in English)

[pure loom]

Good catch!

I searched “Andorra dragon” based on the dragon being there too, and look what was in the first website I looked at 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[odd copper]

If that’s connected it might have something to do with gas nades/mines considering it says that the dragon could “poison the air”

[sterile depot]

good find. St. Jordi is a Catalonian festive. Also celebrated in Andorra.

[unborn pilot]

there's an S at the start, and the A is actually Ä with two dots over it

[unborn pilot]

check this, i cleaned it up a little. i still have no clue what it is, but it creeps me out like it's staring at me

[rugged breach]

With the cleanup I think it may be a map hint. I see a jump pad on top of a zigurat-esque pyramid

Would also explain the thin yellow circle, especially with the little black ring being revealed in the second image

[sharp flame]

Oh my god that could totally be a pyramid

I think you might be right

It's so obvious when you look at it now 😭

Especially the yellow circle

[sharp flame]

why would the jumppad be at the top of a pyramid though 🧐 kinda defeats the purpose

[rugged breach]

Could also be an inverted pyramid dug into the ground, hard to tell from the perspective. So either a jumpad to get you out of a pitfall or, if it's not inverted, probably in some low ground since it's a vertical pad. With rob mentioning rome a while a go and now a pyramid, I'm wondering if it's some museum of monuments type of situation, similar to how skyway is an exhibit zone

[snow sapphire]

looks kinda like the thing in the middle of vegas

[spring thistle]

I also think that the wall segments might be curved. Kinda Like an inflatable castle

[sharp flame]

Assuming the levels are evenly spaced, surely the "rings" would look closer together when far away from the camera

[unborn pilot]

That’s what I was thinking as well. It’s interesting the pyramid is sorta transparent but has visible edges. Like it’s glass

[odd copper]

The thing about it being monuments in an exhibit actually makes sense considering the pattern at which they release maps. It alternates between real and fictional locations. Our last map was a real location so it stands to reason that our next map will be fictional.

[odd copper]

Could also be a building with a dome roof sitting atop a pyramid

[unique birch]

As an update to this, my friends recording system isnt letting him record it but it seems to happen most often when you are in the finals of a tournament and you get team wiped as the last person alive

[pure loom]

I think this is the other way around with the jump pad at the bottom and a series of terraced balconies going up, a bit like we see in Petronelle Plaza, but this time in a rectangle

I've rotated it to make it a bit more obvious - this view of a building was also used for the library in the SYS$HORIZON map when it was teased

[alpine junco]

isnt that the jump bad in the middle of campus?

or the shiny sphere?

[spring thistle]

Oh I see that too

[hard forge]

does looks like it

[crisp eagle]

in that image to me it almost looks like the red part hangs over the border of the section it's on near the top, almost like it is a pyramid-like structure with a dome on top. also it looks like there is a vertical line on that section the circle is on, as if it's raised there like a truss. then the lighting suggests it's raised to me. the light seems to come from the left side, and the right is shaded.

[fallen jasper]

i wonder if the sand on sys horizon was a hint at kyoto

[lyric stratus]

That’s what I found out a week before lmao but I didn’t say anything

Say I’m lying and that’s ok

[fallen jasper]

wdym you found out?

[lyric stratus]

I made the connection at 2 am in bed

[fallen jasper]

oh cool

wish rob or someone at embark would confirm or deny it

[lyric stratus]

Isn’t the patterns a Japanese art? Sand art? That’s exactly what I was thinking

[fallen jasper]

hmm

i will look into it more later

[fallen jasper]

im pretty sure, seems like a thing with zen gardens

[lyric stratus]

Yeah

[fallen jasper]

so almost certainly a hint

[lyric stratus]

That what I was thinking

[unkempt dune]

Hunters, I think SR.! lies... #1204475718747029535 message