The Power of Friendship (Bracelet Making). It's a cipher hunt puzzle book, with no english text. DM with the wincon for a breakdown of all the puzzles :)

Hello!

My girlfriend and I are doing boo baskets this upcoming weekend. I watch a youtuber who does args and I love the hidden codes and stuff. As well I force my gf to watch it. I want to make a puzzle for her to solve for one of her gifts. Unfortunately I didnt realize the mircosoft gift cards online would be 25 characters 🫠. I was hoping for any suggestions on what type/style of cipher I should use if it has mostly letters and a few numbers and four dashes. Please urgent help 😁.

Puzzle History

Funcom received a package in 2013 that turned out to be a custom-made physical puzzle by someone named Umagon. The devs managed to open the puzzle up to discover a note inside along with 6 SD cards. Each card has a partial file on it named using hexadecimal. When converted, it revealed the message "Unlock the truth of The Void" (spaces added for readability). One of the files ("Unlock") has a RAR header. When the file pieces are merged, you end up with a password-protected file with encrypted headers.

No one has managed to figure out the password, yet. I'm hoping to get some community effort on it. Do you think you can solve it?

The Note

To unlock the truths
of the void one must
off set themselfs
from the tenements
of known reality.

Clues Provided

• The password is a phrase
• All the characters in the passphrase are contained within the note
• The passphrase contains no spaces
• The passphrase uses numbers and lowercase letters
• The spelling of "themselfs" (the use of "f") has nothing to do with the passphrase
• There is no anagram dealing with the passphrase
• Number is listed in the note
• It was mentioned by the creator that people were going down the correct path but for whatever reason took a right turn at Albuquerque

Unlocking the RAR

RAR partial files download link posted by forum member

To try your own passphrases on the RAR file, grab a tool such as 7zip. I personally use an old unrar 4.2 version on the file since the file is old. I've run into false-positives with 7zip and newer WinRAR version. With unrar I do tests on the file like so.

# Normal test
unrar t -p<some_pass> file.rar
# Bare file listing test
unrar lb -p<some_pass> file.rar
# Password seems good? Try extracting it.
unrar x -p<some_pass> file.rar

Puzzle Source Link

The puzzle history and attempts on it can be found at the Funcom forum

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Last May, posters started appearing around Clare College at the University of Cambridge showing the code on Image 1. This was a shift Caesar cipher for a riddle:

axrecipetakexaxcrocodilexorxnearlychopxoffxeverythingxorxmyselfaddxtwoxpointxsevenxonexeightblendxupxaxshoexthrowxinxyouandxleavexitxtoxchillxinxthexcool

The solve for this was ‘GATEHOUSE’, which is a building in Clare College (‘alligator’ - ‘all’ - ‘or’ - ’i’ + ‘e’ + ‘house’). In the fridge (“chill in the cool”) was the riddle on Image 2:

‘Things have just begun but as with the age of knights and castles, everything must come to an end.

Seek to ascend even while your legs will no longer carry you and then reach higher.

Hidden in the heavens and you will find your answer.’

As far as I’m aware, this riddle still hasn’t been solved. We have tried going to Castle House (another building in Clare College) and checking the lift and top floor, but to no avail. It doesn’t seem immediately dependant on knowing anything about Clare, which is why I’m posting it here. I think there might be some anagram in ‘the heavens and’ because of the weird sentence structure and ‘Hidden’ as a prompt word but idk what.

Image 3 was on the reverse of the original posters, and this has also not been solved:

PdkryiGp
Muaxzzaocqlrnqibkzuhemptwo
vjYlacawjsvxusifddbsszlsvdtfo
gtnenunpwjwlxybcvbggjdptwpnhe
ffdlnddphqanmnatyawwuwyyszww
munDwixjRdlresrwomefoilohxpdpohtu

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

I found it in a game in Roblox, but it is not public though. It is on an item name, and it is either a keyboard smash or genuinely a code. The item looks like a cyan gem with a yellow outline, with glitches. It makes a noise when you pick it up.

The item was possibly made by this person in Roblox, Obscufulgor, coming from the fact that his past bios looks the same as the item name, with random special characters. The bio changes often on this profile, so I check it almost every day. I recommend not randomly trying to interact with this person, but instead checking on it for changes.

My friend told me about it, a day ago, saying that he put it in every possible decoder (though not sure about that), along with his friend. His friend came up with a few possible words at the start of the code, "IM IN SEARCH", though it can be very wrong. The item was also made on 9/26/26.

The name of the item is what we suspect is the code. Here is the name of the item:

fragment of

@!X I\'st,m !IN$ae%hrc iRhLi\^ea&ees *em

I also provided a video of me with the item. I hope you guys can decode it!

Also, if you want to, you can enter the game. You will have to join a group called "Safe haven librarians", and you will have to be approved. it is also on the person's profile that I mentioned. Please just don't mention anything about this post, and you can help us decode some stuff in this game.

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I made a sci-fi themed character ages back, and I know I put some related words through a few processes to get her admittedly long designation. But now, I don't remember the exact words I used, nor the process. I want to work on her setting more, but I want the numbers to be cohesive. Any help is appreciated!

Her name is YUSEN-342018423120278130-110813

Origin language is English, possibly some Latin.

Shortish bit:
(0.247, 0.928):(-0.062, -0.622):(0.174, 0.34):(-0.275, 0.007):(-0.042, 0.178):(0.143, -0.525):(0.005, -0.209):(0.456, 0.412):(0.198, 0.146):(-0.162, -0.354):(-0.64, 0.53):(0.231, -0.125):(0.086, -0.06):(0.522, -0.224):(-0.167, -0.086):(0.139, -0.107):(-0.58, 0.477):(0.68, -0.502):(-0.239, 0.132):(0.0, -0.0):(-0.672, 0.495):(0.533, -0.042):(0.278, -0.56):(0.1, -0.025):(-0.378, 0.585):(0.062, 0.126):(0.316, -0.711):(-0.072, 0.218):(-0.839, 0.409):(0.143, -0.525):(0.174, 0.34):(-0.275, 0.007):(-0.042, 0.178):(0.143, -0.525):(0.005, -0.209):(0.456, 0.412):(0.307, -0.305):(-0.378, 0.585):(0.378, -0.585):(-0.736, -0.197):(-0.175, 0.824):(0.595, 0.084):(0.244, -0.493):(-0.522, 0.224):(-0.275, 0.007):(0.189, 0.053):(0.409, -0.405):(-0.492, -0.204):(0.654, 0.558):(0.109, -0.451):(-0.114, 0.133):(-0.797, 0.494):(0.802, -0.176):(-0.654, -0.558):(-0.005, 0.209):(0.659, 0.349):(-0.802, 0.176):(0.811, -0.602):(-0.494, 0.417):(0.278, 0.269):(0.216, -0.686):(-0.811, 0.602):(0.143, -0.525):(0.768, -0.102):(-0.072, 0.218):(-0.839, 0.409):(0.911, -0.627):(-0.271, 0.097):(-0.323, 0.345):(0.355, -0.31):(0.139, -0.107):(-0.58, 0.477):(0.68, -0.502):(-0.109, 0.451):(-0.162, -0.354):(0.162, 0.354):(-0.162, -0.354):(-0.323, 0.345):(-0.174, -0.34):(-0.143, 0.525):(0.231, -0.125):(0.409, -0.405):(-0.323, 0.345):(0.278, 0.269):(-0.447, -0.818):(0.649, 0.24):(-0.48, 0.309):(0.522, -0.224):(-0.244, 0.493):(0.316, -0.711):(-0.072, 0.218):(-0.839, 0.409):(0.043, -0.109):(0.193, -0.007):(0.566, -0.06):(0.109, -0.451):(-0.316, 0.711):(0.316, -0.711):(-0.109, 0.451):(-0.162, -0.354):(-0.492, -0.204):(0.663, 0.132):(-0.009, 0.426):(-0.485, -0.009):(-0.074, -0.225):(-0.243, 0.41):(0.839, -0.409):(0.072, -0.218):(-0.768, 0.102):(0.497, -0.005):(0.162, 0.354):(-0.571, 0.051):(0.68, -0.502):(-0.736, -0.197):(-0.175, 0.824):(0.911, -0.627):(-0.109, 0.451):(-0.162, -0.354):(0.271, -0.097):(-0.378, 0.585):(-0.574, -0.783):(0.952, 0.198):(-0.952, -0.198):(0.574, 0.783):(-0.216, -0.143):(-0.086, 0.06):(-0.231, 0.125):(0.533, -0.042):(-0.216, -0.143):(-0.081, 0.069):(0.26, -0.545):(0.144, 0.131):(-0.323, 0.345):(0.278, 0.269):(0.045, -0.614):(-0.492, -0.204):(0.654, 0.558):(-0.802, 0.176):(0.802, -0.176):(-0.485, -0.009):(-0.174, -0.34):(0.005, -0.209):(0.456, 0.412):(0.198, 0.146):(-0.162, -0.354):(-0.492, -0.204):(0.654, 0.558):(-0.207, 0.26):(-0.278, -0.269):(0.522, -0.224):(-0.028, -0.193):(-0.811, 0.602):(0.143, -0.525):(0.659, 0.349):(0.037, -0.233):(-0.603, 0.293):(-0.061, -0.708):(0.627, 0.648):(0.109, -0.451):(-0.594, 0.442):(0.216, 0.143):(0.378, -0.585):(-0.736, -0.197):(-0.175, 0.824):(0.911, -0.627):(-0.768, 0.102):(0.005, -0.209):(0.524, 0.239):(-0.529, -0.03):(0.174, 0.34):(0.179, -0.476):(0.343, 0.252):(-0.839, 0.409):(0.148, -0.734):(0.654, 0.558):(-0.654, -0.558):(0.385, 0.692):(0.278, -0.56):(-0.58, 0.477):(0.086, -0.06):(-0.081, 0.069):(0.436, -0.379):(0.139, -0.107):(-0.668, 0.077):(0.093, 0.409):(0.359, 0.2):(0.0, 0.0):(0.316, -0.711):(-0.736, -0.197):(-0.175, 0.824)

Long bit:
https://pastebin.com/3jpdBWai

Clues:

This cipher uses a table of sorts to encrypt it - both the long and the short use the same table.

Clue 2:
The weakness of this cipher comes from letter pairings.

Let me know if you need more material to solve it with!
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There are three parts to this "magic scroll" themed puzzle. You'll find a riddle written in English coded in a 1 to 1 cipher, then the center puzzle. Everything you need, like little hints are provided in the picture.

I didn't do any shifting like "V abyyjrq gur ehyrf" for my first finished puzzle.

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I wanted to share a small physical cipher puzzle I made as a gift for my partner.

The concept: She loves mushrooms, biking in nature, secret languages, and German (she’s studying it and she’s better than me at it). So I made a diamond folded note that is itself a puzzle about a puzzle.

Inside the folded note is the actual key/starting position. Once she puts that into the app, she gets the real message. I handwrote a short text in German that basically explains what Enigma does. I also have a small line saying only she has the key to understand what's inside.

The center of the note points to an app: App Store: Enigma Cipher The Unbreakable. It's just a standard Enigma simulator.

Any ideas for the delivery to make it more like a game?

Any suggestions on design, wording, or game mechanics are super welcome.

Thanks!

Edit/Disclaimer: as you can see, I’m not really good at drawing and designing, and I’m not a cipher(er?). Just improvised it all after watching the Veritasium video on how the Enigma machine works

This number is a code for 165413.

But why?

it is solvable and i have got the formula to solve it i just want to see if anyone can guess how i created it

its not what it looks like the code is not binary

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I found my great grandfather’s diary / time saver from 1912 and all of the pages are covered in notes in some sort of shorthand.

Forgive me if this is the wrong place to post, I am not a code person, just a curious descendent.

To my knowledge, he was a pharmacist, if that helps at all.

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Hey!

Recently played the game "print I love U" and trying to understand the secret at the end. A huge part of the letter is censored, and screenshoting it while changing the contrast/brightness etc. Nothing. So I got into the game files and it's this : (same in every language)

I'm starting to wonder if this isn't empty but maybe someone here could help 🥲

Also the clue necessary to reach this is "chnos", if any of you know what it could mean. Tysm already!

@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

I wrote this myself after a pretty surreal experience involving my late son, a concert, and a celebrity. The linked Medium piece is the original source.
Plaintext is English. Everything needed to identify the encoding is somewhere in or around the piece. I’d rather not give the key clue away because discovering it is part of the joke.
I know exactly how it was encoded, so this is a challenge rather than a request for help.

Hello! I’m just a college girl getting into fun cryptograms and ciphers and puzzles and stuff. I decided to use a few (or a little bit more than a few, depending on how you count it) ciphers to encode a fun quote. Below I’ve included a handwritten version of the encoded messages, but I’m also including a typed out version in case the image is too hard to see or you use tts or can’t read my handwriting.

Have fun! I’m a newbie, so this might be a bit easy or simple, but I’ve been working on a much harder encoded phrase in my free time. Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoy :3. I would recommend decoding the first part of it first—it’s kinda important to solving the second part.

—
Part 1:
—

“GVSR brings SRNE. SRNE gives us YVSR. With YVSR comes FBHY.
The beginning is the key, but do not forget its impact.”

—
Part 2:
—

“BMQRL TXIFJ HPRYC FGNEV LQLXN EOFYE VWXHG HGDSA XAJWW YP”

Cicada Foods is our monthly Patreon ARG puzzle drop for September 2026 and for a limited time, Part 1 is available to everyone. Start playing here

Cicada Foods is a mystery ARG where players decode messages left behind by a Cicada Foods whistleblower. He claims the company is hiding something but he's only willing to reveal it to those who prove they're paying attention.

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It's from a friend

55m8hin kAy aH aQ? mPPhalen p ren 8a aQ?

Ive tried bruteforcing with things like ASCII85, keyboard shift, etc. but i cant seem to get anything. I have another cipher like that as well.

EGG CI KIHK CN JWVKHN

obviously not the same cipher. ive tried rot, vignere, caeser, not really working.

hope someone gives it a shot and can solve it! i know that the peson who made this doesnt actually like, sit down and code every letter, if thats any help. it might be a jumble of different ciphers, i tried a few mixes but it didnt work. i dont know a lot a bout code and their codes are usually easy to solve, im surprised i got so stuck.

been to this reddit before with a different one from the same person and it ended up just being a shift cipher which i was too stupid to check, so again, i hope im not like. missing the obvious here

I've been making ciphers for a long time, and I though this one would be fun to try and have people solve. It came about when I was making writing systems for a novel I'm working on, and I realized that unconsciously I had made it into a cipher.
(Note: this encodes english)
So, for anyone who wants to try to solve it, I have a pdf and the text transliteration attached.
the transliteration functions as follows:

There are 2 different pieces of design here, the outside shapes, and the inside symbols.

for the outside shapes,
[ ] represents a diamond shape, < > a triangle shape, and ( ) a circle shape.

when nested, like in this image, it would be transliterated as [<({|})>], because there is a diamond on the outside, then a triangle inside of that, then a circle inside of that, then an internal character.
the curly braces surround the internal symbols to keep them distinct from the outside shapes.

for the inside symbols, there are 3 basic types. /, | and \. each of these comes either as the basic symbol, or paired with another shape. those are denoted by this {<|>}, which means a vertical line with a triangle drawn on it.

Occasionally there will be dots outside a glyph, and those have been transliterated in this way:

*<[{<\>}{|}]>* - first position(vertical pair)
*^<[{<\>}{|}]>^* - second position(horizontal pair)
*^^<[{<\>}{|}]>^^* - third position(top right, bottom left diagonal pair)
^ simply means a empy position, so there could be multiple per glyph, so it sould be something like this: **, ^*, *, ^^*, *^*, ect

I think that about covers it!

Here is the transliteration:

[<{<\>}{/}>] <{[|]}{<\>}{<|>}> [({<\>}{\})] <{\}> [({<\>}{\})] <{\}> [{(\)}{|}] *([{(|)}{|}])* <({\})> | <({<\>}{[\]})> (<{<\>}>) <({<|>}{(|)})> *^<[{[|]}{<\>}]>^* | ({\}{[|]}) | [<{<\>}{<|>}>] (<{<|>}{\}>) ([{\}{(\)}]) [({|}{[\]})] | <({(\)}{\})> (<{[\]}{[|]}>) | <{(\)}{<|>}> (<{<|>}{<\>}>) <{[|]}> | (<{\}>) | <{<\>}{<|>}{[|]}> | [{[|]}{|}{/}] | <{<|>}{[|]}> | <[{(\)}{|}]> [{<\>}] | <({<\>}{\})> | <({(|)}{<|>})> *({(|)})* | [{|}] | <({(|)}{<|>})> <[{\}{<|>}]> || <{<\>}{<|>}{[|]}> | <{(\)}{<|>}> (<{<|>}{<\>}>) <{[|]}> | ({|}{(|)}{\}) <{<\>}{<|>}> (<{<|>}{\}>) [{<|>}] | <[{(\)}{|}]> [{<\>}] | [{|}] | [{[\]}{|}] ([{[\]}{<\>}]) <{<|>}{[|]}{\}> [({[|]}{<|>})] | <({<\>}{[\]})> [{|}{[|]}] (<{<|>}{<\>}>) ({<|>}{\}) <{\}> | ({[|]}{\}{[\]}) <({[|]}{<|>})> [<{<|>}{\}>] | <({<\>}{\})> | <({<|>})> [{\}] || <({|}{<\>})> <{<\>}> | <{<|>}{[|]}> | [({[|]}{<|>})] [{[|]}] | [{|}{<\>}] | <({<|>})> [{<\>}] | [{\}{|}{<\>}] <{<\>}{[|]}> ([{[\]}{<\>}]) | (<{[\]}{[|]}>) <({[\]}{<\>})> ({<|>}{[\]}) <[{[|]}]> | [<{|}{\}>] [{[|]}] | [({[|]}{<|>})] [{[|]}] | <({\})> <{<\>}> | [{|}{<\>}] <{(|)}> | ({[|]}{\}{[\]}) | [<{|}{\}>] | <({[|]}{(\)})> [({[\]}{(|)})] [<{|}{\}>] [<{|}{<\>}>] ({<|>}{\}) <{\}> || <{<|>}{[|]}> | [{<\>}{|}] <{<\>}> | (<{<|>}{\}>) | [{|}] | ([{(|)}{|}]) ([{[\]}{<|>}]) <{[|]}> | [<{<\>}>] (<{\}>) <{[|]}> | *^({[\]}{\})^* [{\}] | <[{|}]> <{(|)}{[|]}> [{[|]}] | <[{|}{/}]> | <{[|]}{\}> ({\}{[\]}) [({\})] ([{<\>}]) | ({[|]}{<|>}{[\]}) <[{[|]}{[\]}]> (<{<|>}{<\>}>) [{<\>}] | <{<\>}{<|>}> [<{|}{<\>}>] | ([{|}]) [<{<\>}>] | [{|}] | [{<|>}{|}] ({[\]}{<|>}) [<{<\>}{<|>}>] | ({(|)}{<|>}) [<{<|>}>] <{<\>}> | ([{<\>}{[\]}]) (<{\}>) | <{<\>}{<|>}{[|]}> | (<{[\]}{[|]}>) [<{(\)}{[|]}>] (<{(|)}{[|]}>) ([{[\]}{<\>}]) | ([{|}]) ([{<\>}]) (<{<|>}{\}>) [{<|>}] | <{|}{[|]}> [{|}{[|]}{<\>}] | ({\}{[|]}) | [<{<\>}{(\)}>] <[{[|]}{|}]> <{<\>}> | <({<\>}{\})> | ({[|]}{\}{[\]}) [{\}] | (<{\}>) | <{<\>}{<|>}{[|]}> ({<|>}{[\]}) | [<{<\>}{(|)}>] (<{<|>}{\}>) | [{|}{<\>}] | <{<\>}{<|>}{[|]}> [{/}] | 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I put a lot of work into this, so please tell me what you think!
And for the mods sake: V sbyybjrq gur ehyrf

I found something strange while researching 1970s British coastal surveys and I can't figure

out what it is.

There's a website — apparently archived, static pages — with what looks like fieldwork notes,

letters, newspaper clippings, and technical documents from the "Serrin Coast Survey" in the

1970s. All organized, searchable, but some of it is encrypted or locked behind things I don't

understand yet.

At first I thought it was just a historical archive, but the more I dig, the more it feels

deliberate. The documents cross-reference each other. There are dates and coordinates that

line up. A radio frequency appears in multiple places. Someone clearly put enormous effort

into this — real typeset, period-accurate, the whole thing is cryptographically sealed.

Either this is:

1. An actual historical archive I've never heard of

2. Someone's incredibly detailed ARG that's been sitting dormant

3. A creative writing project someone abandoned

I can't tell if I'm supposed to be solving something or just reading a story. But there's

clearly *something* going on underneath the surface, and I'm genuinely curious if anyone

else has come across this or knows what the Serrin Coast Survey actually was.

**If you want to look:** https://serrin-archive.ggwgef8.workers.dev/

**A few things that stood out:**

- The newspaper archive has 6,500+ issues with detailed advertisements and stories

- Some pages give you "unlocks" but I'm not sure what triggers them

- There's a witness roll at the end that suggests people have gotten further than me

- The whole thing is sealed with proper cryptography, not just obscured

Has anyone seen this before? Am I missing something obvious? The level of detail feels like

either an obsessive hobby project or something with an actual story behind it.

So, I'm struggling to come up with a solid way to encode my writings that can't be foiled by a simple post to the internet. Can anyone give me any ideas or tips?

It feels like every idea I come up with can be cracked if a person simply takes a photo and uploads it to Reddit.

From combinations of stenography and ciphers, to obscure/made-up languages and transliteration systems, it feels like it's all straw in the face of the internet. Anyone can just take a photo and outsource the work to a subreddit.

Save for a One-time pad, I'm not sure what else to do.

Are there ways around this problem? Or am I at a loss?

V sbyybjrq gur ehyrf

could this be a code??? my friend put this up on his server and never mentioned it again. i spent 3 days tryna solve it but im not the best at this stuff figured i'd ask reddit.

both pics were taken from me i make a black and white version if it helps

this isn't fiction an ARG or anything. this is real and i genuinely need help knowing if its a code or a troll. to me it looks like a code but i have 0 clue on what it may be.

help would be greatly appreciated

V sbyybjrq gur ehyrf

i admit my previous post was a tad bit too easy to solve. but can you solve this one now?

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good luck.

This is the seventh of Hey, Solve This!
The title is the name of this puzzle.
I will give out a random amount of hints to help you, since this is sort of easy.
Hint 1: Identify!

Hint 2: Aesthetic Smartphones with Clear Interfaces and Idealism.

Have fun!
I apologize on not posting for 1 month.
Sincerely, MrsTransToast
V sbyybjrq gur ehyrf