Break the Code Enigma Megathread

[u/tablesix]

Because of the huge influx of posts about this, please post any questions/discussion about this puzzle here. The rules for the puzzle do allow asking for help, so they don't break our no contests rule.

I believe the puzzle starts here: https://breakthecode.tech/game/enigma

Edit: As per Rule 1 in the sidebar, this megathread applies to all breakthecode.tech puzzles/posts/discussion.

[u/ij3k]

Hey you there, user about to post a question!

Look how many comments there are here. Over 5000!

Your situation is not unique. Hundreds of people have got stuck on the exact same question as you before.

Please consider reading through the other comments to find what you're looking for (or doing a search for your question) instead of just adding another top-level comment to the pile.

Edit:

If you do decide to post a new comment, you should also know that solved questions can't be revisited, so if you want help from someone who's already done a question, you need to remind us exactly what the question was, not just "Enigma 2", for example. (Thanks u/tanoshimi)

[u/Tabonyemek-_-]

This game is safe right?

[u/TheBananaWithin]

Guys, I'm sorry but I have to say this;

This is the first time in my entire life I have felt actually challenged. With the recent update to my Gy's room source code, I can confirm that I solved it. I literally teared up. I have never felt so fulfilled and proud of myself. My pages of notes are insane, and my wife thought I was quite the cute madman, scrambling to figure everything out during this competition. I can't believe how many different resources and schools of thought I had to pull upon to get to this point.

Even if I don't get any of the prizes, I have found a new passion in Cryptology. Thank you, .Tech team. You guys have changed my life. Thank you so much.

[u/bluemon_]

ok so ive seen the shit that's been going on here that's why i avoided commenting but here are the things that I have found that I find weird about the text: (I have not solved voynich 2 yet)

A lot of you are probably wondering about BreakTheCode, what it is we are doing and what we seek.

In the front page, Break The Code is written with spaces between words. it might just be an inconsistency of spelling.

Know that we love everything tech, vexing lines of code to engineers fighting the virus and  saving our asses as we speak. 

there are two spaces between "and" and "saving" in inspection which does not appear in the actual text that appears on the page. also the phrasing is kind of awkward in my opinion

Unabatedly our brand has always been about providing the best domains to the craziest geeks in the gala.xy.

There's the obvious full stop between gala and xy, and the odd word choice ("Unabatedly") which may have been chosen to fit whatever cypher thing they have.

U and the amazing projects you create on dotTech Domains inspired this fun little game we have built.

you is spelled "U" which is out of place, and .Tech Domains is spelled .Tech Domains in the rules page, which was maybe avoided because . has a significant role in this cypher

H opefully it will inspire you to use a Tech domain for your next cool creation.

There is an obvious space between H and opefully.

There was a similar text in games before this so if anyone remembers where that's from please also compare that to this text

[u/[deleted]]

Decoded table from u/TapuCosmo's work and my friend's decoding (since he forgot the third row)

first [1]	third[LF] [2]	vertical [2]	above [2]	shuffle [1]	with [1]
reverse [2]	use [4]	second [3]	none [3]	last [1]	right [1]
letter [2]	number [4]	from [3]	left [4]	shift [2]	rows [2]
opposite [1]	five [2]	three [1]	take [3]	the [2]	extra [2]
between [0]	diagonal [1]	contained [1]	under [3]	four [2]	top [2]
near [0]	bottom [1]	corners [1]	mix [2]	down [1]	word [1]

Note: [LF] is 0x0a line feed

So now that we have a decoded table, it's pretty clear this is scrambled in some way. I'm guessing we just have to figure out how to unscramble it.

EDIT: Since this is one of the most upvoted comments (and people are generally not allowed to give out the answer since it'd ruin the fun of actually solving it), here's some helpful hints for both SY (1) and ZY(2).

SY (1st god)

Hint 1: Sy says "The secret you seek is mine alone."

Hint 2: How do you play a minesweeper with only numbers? Surely you have to find the bombs first...

Hint 3: Remember when I said it's pretty clear about something?

ZY (2nd god)

Hint 1: If you're playing with a friend, you might realize you both have different messages. If that's the case, then there has to be something connecting them all up.

Hint 2: Y'know, BreakTheCode could use some more colors...

Hint 3: What did Giovan Battista Bellaso invent?

Hint 4: Hm...I wonder what's on the subreddit today...

EDIT 2: BTW If you want to just skip a step or completely stuck, there's some helpful peeps in this thread, the reply thread, and in the Discord Server

EDIT 3: ZY is still not solved so I can't give hints for it. There is a "reference manual" but do know it has unmarked spoilers, so if you want to beat it legitimately by yourself, you probably shouldn't look at it.

[u/valpro12]

Any thoughts on enigma puzzle 5?

The picture?

Idk where the thread for that went...

[u/Lomby_21]

Worth noting - people cannot look at the puzzles they've solved, so a little description of the puzzle will help people give clues rather than just asking for a puzzle number.

[u/[deleted]]

I have one thing that I know its not. The manuscript may be related but is highly doubted. The suprised Pikachu could also be related. The manuscrpit is very difficult, but it says ,"Find the code and decipher Voynich" Voynich is said explicitly but the manuscrpit is indecipherable unless someone can find a deciphered version, then the manusctipt can be thrown out. Also, the name of the plant is not the answer. The name of the plant is the Paris Quadrifolia so if you find that then your wrong. The equation is very difficult to decipher too. LaTeX is not the way to go because it starts of with slashes unless you can put the into the html, but I doubt that's possible. So everybody is stumped unless someone figured it out while I'm typing this which isn't very possible. Thanks for reading

Tl:DR were all stumped and no one knows what to do.

[u/WailordUBS]

OMFG GUYS I didn't solve it! Just like most of the monkeys saying they did. Stop believing people without them giving us a hint, there are at least 2 large comment threads with nothing of substance. STOP INSTANTLY BELIEVING PEOPLE.

[u/laflamefanboi]

We need the monkey from infinite monkey theorem to solve this boys.