Training Missions

It's your very first mission which is pretty easy. You will have to find a hidden message on a postcard. Well, It is pretty obvious because it's not coded. But the game is creating an awareness that you should be careful with the details. So in this guide, I won't directly give the solutions, but instead I will give hints. So if you couldn't figure out what is the first message:

• First tip, to make it easier to see:Zoom the photo or open it in your browser to see closely.


• Second tip, if you didn't understand what you are looking for:Focus on the left side of the postcard. You don't need to read the whole text.


• Third tip, relax:If you still couldn't figure out, take a look at elsewhere for a second and stop overthinking.

It's also associated with the same postcard. More than one message may be hidden within a single document. So pay attention. Second one is a bit harder to see than the last one, just watch closer. If you couldn't figure it out:

• First tip, what you should to first:Zoom closely and make sure that you checked the whole postcard.


• Second tip, where to find the answer:Focus on the right side of the postcard. You don't need to make any browser searches for the answer.


• Third tip, it's not complex:It's not even a puzzle, you just have to look carefully.

That was all about the basic training. Nothing so interesting yet, but it will be much more fun as you proceed. Let's take a look at the second training mission.

From now on you will be introduced to the codes and cyphers. You should check the case files from the archive. First of all, if you have no idea about code breaking, you can check the archive call number: BTM4A17
After checking that, you can go to the ASCII to Hex website and see how it works. You will use this for our mission. Once you understood what codes and cyphers are, go to the third section in the mission page and there should be a voice recording, a woman telling random numbers. "105 110 32 112 111 115 105 116 105 111 110". Now, rest is your job to do. If you couldn't understand how:

• First tip, where to look first:Check the ASCII to Hex website if you can find similar numbers in any of those coding systems.


• Second tip, what is it you are looking for:It obviously is a code to solve.


• Third tip, can't you see?Only one of those coding systems has 3 digit numbers.

Hope you didn't close the ASCII website yet, you are not done with it. Now there is a text code " VAGREPRCG GNETRG VA FUNATUNV " , which is easier than the last one. You know what to do. If you don't know:

• First tip, where to look first:Check the ASCII to Hex website if you can find similar letters in any of those coding systems.


• Second tip, c'mon!It's another obvious code to solve.


• Third tip, look closer:Only one of those coding systems has random letters without numbers in it.

It's the end of the second training mission. There are no such interesting stories in them, just to show you the basic ideas of the game. So let's do the last one and finish them asap.

In this mission, there is a little story! Now you will apply everything you've seen so far (only decoding actually, lol). So your mission is to find the culprit of a missing antique dealer. This mission is actually a bit complex at some point. It's only one part mission, and get ready to break the wall between the game and the real life. Archive call number of this case is : GH73Q3 . ASCII website is required too. And there is a document explaining you how to do searches in your browser effectively. It's really cool, there are some info even I completely forgot about. For example, if you search in quotes "like this" , you will only get result which include the exact same phrase. And * this will act as an unknown variable "I am * variable". There are some other stuff you can read.
When you go to the archive, you will see 6 photos. Your mission is to find something solveable to determine an occult group of interest to the antique dealer prior to his dissapearance. If you didn't understand what to do with the photos:

• First tip, photos are cool:Check all the photos, you don't have to pay attention to all of them. Find something readable.


• Second tip, avoid Einstellung:Don't try to focus on the auction posters on the wall


• Third tip, hehe:I think you saw it already, it's red like the blood in your veins

You are not done yet as you see, maybe you are though. Well after you find what you are looking for you should decode it, obiously. Here the things get a bit messy after you get the text results from your decoding. Don't panic and get my tips:

• First tip, do what should have been doneThere are 2 different codes. Put them to the right decoder. And don't worry if the result seems meaningless, you are on the right track


• Second tip, how pastebin works?Hope you found the website, go to pastebin and check it out a bit. This website creates links for texts that you post.


• Third tip, read, my child.When you find the right link, make a wikipedia search for that item. You will directly see the answer

Congrats. You finally completed the training missions and it will be a lot fun from now on. If you read this page, then you are a little bit overthinking and missing the big picture. Just have fun, this game has cool missions and you will learn a lot of things through making searches.