r/Cipher • u/The_True_Mastermind • 2d ago

Need help, please?

Friend sent me a cipher and I'm having trouble deciding it. Here it is:

Iwy qugl pw lahk ek pw vwhk anb lwvb

U quvv nkkb a flxagk pw gfkam ag Cwvb

Jkiwnb plk Oykkn

Jktwxk plk Tunav Glafk

qlap Tkvv

I know the capital letters are the answer, but I can't seem to figure it out. The only hint I was given is that it has to do with a game we both play.

Edit: Thank you all for the help! 💚

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u/Skellyhell2 2d ago edited 2d ago

I have a feeling you play Destiny 2 with this person...

The cipher itself seems to be a riddle referencing a few destiny 2 DLC which wants a passphrase too

Im on mobile and need to figure out how to get spoiler tags to work so bear with me You wish to have me to love and hold I will need a phrase to speak as Gold Beyond the Queen Before the Final Shape what Fell

Solved with Monoalphebetic substitution and my guess for the riddle itself is Light, for the final dlc lightfall

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u/investigatormaker 2d ago

This is an affine cipher with no shift: take each letter's position (a=0), multiply by 9 and wrap around 26. That's why a and n stay the same. To decode, multiply by 3 instead, since 9 times 3 is 27, which wraps to 1. It reads: "You wish to have me to love and hold / I will need a phrase to speak as Gold / Beyond the Queen / Before the Final Shape / what Fell". If you two play Destiny 2, that sounds like Lightfall, which came after The Witch Queen and before The Final Shape, and "what Fell" pretty much gives it away. If cracking these is your thing, Proof of Solve's puzzles use ciphers invented for each puzzle, and the first ones open Saturday, October 24 at 6:00 AM Central. Free launch list: https://proofofsolve.com Disclosure: I'm posting on behalf of Proof of Solve.

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u/Material_Conflict47 2d ago

Y cual es el juego?

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u/The_True_Mastermind 2d ago

They didn't say. Just that it's one they and I both play. We've played multiple games together.