Puzzle hints
Spoiler-safe layers for each prop. More games will be listed here as they release.
Case 1
Final Whistle — hint guide
Choose the printed item you are stuck on. Open one hint at a time.
Player rule: look at the photo first. Open hints only when needed.
Spoilers are hidden: answers stay inside the final reveal for each item.
Thumbnails: photos are pre-blurred files so you can match the prop, not read fine print from
the screen.
Start
Opening Letter
Read first
Open hints
Nudge
This explains the scene and why Kabir hid the password.
Stronger hint
It is not a puzzle answer page. Use it to understand the vault and second envelope.
Answer / purpose
Read it, then begin with the Stage 1 desk photo.
Stage 1
Desk Photo / Sequence
Order clue
Open hints
Nudge
Look at where each printed item sits in the photo.
Stronger hint
The top-most item is solved first. The lowest item is solved last.
Answer
Stage 1 order: Invite → Magazine → Riddle → Calendar → Ledger → ID card.
Stage 1
Escape Room Invite
Box 1
Open hints
Nudge
The paper itself must be used.
Stronger hint
Fold it so mirrored shapes become readable.
Answer
Box 1 answer: CJ
Stage 1
Magazine / Word Search
Box 2
Open hints
Nudge
The paragraphs are clues, not just article text.
Stronger hint
Each paragraph describes a word to find in the word search.
Answer
When solved, the word search forms: 54
Stage 1
Riddle Sheet
Box 3
Open hints
Nudge
This is a maths puzzle.
Stronger hint
Compare the expected ball weight with the actual weight.
Answer
Faulty result: Machine 7. Box 3 answer: 7
Stage 1
Calendar / Timetable
Box 4
Open hints
Nudge
Use the assistant note as an elimination list.
Stronger hint
Cross out events that do not match the live investigation leads.
Answer
The remaining calendar shape reads: CE
Stage 1
Ledger Sheet
Box 5
Open hints
Nudge
Do the travel-expense calculations.
Stronger hint
Look for the number that appears again and again.
Answer
Repeated result: 47
Stage 1
Mumbai Crime Branch ID
Box 6
Vault website (this case): box 6 must be entered as
25 — two digits only. Anything else you might see on the physical ID is
not what this site accepts for box 6.
Open hints
Nudge
The ID has its own symbol language.
Stronger hint
Use “Mumbai Crime Branch” and the markings on the ID as a symbol key—not a calendar year.
Answer
Final reveal — vault website: type 25 in box 6 (two digits).
On paper you may decode other numbers from the ID; for this online vault, box 6 is only
25.
Stage 1 checkpoint / emergency reveal
Stage 1 orderInvite → Magazine → Riddle → Calendar → Ledger → ID
Six boxes (vault site)CJ · 54 · 7 · CE · 47 · 25
Box 6 only25 — not 1947 or any other number from the ID art.
TXT file result223 opens the physical lock
Stage 2
Bogie Arrangement
Final order clue
Open hints
Nudge
This page tells the order of the Stage 2 answers.
Stronger hint
Match each answer to the document/person position in the bogie arrangement.
Answer
Final order used on the QR page: 49 → 11 → 4 → 7
Stage 2
Top Scorer Sheet
Rohan clue
Open hints
Nudge
This sheet belongs to the opponent player.
Stronger hint
Cross out every year where Rohan is not in the top 5.
Answer
The remaining sheet shape is: 7
Stage 2
Football Analysis Sheet
Analyst clue
Open hints
Nudge
Use the player positions exactly as arranged.
Stronger hint
Draw the passes on the formation.
Answer
The drawn pass map forms: 4
Stage 2
ID Card / Terms
Meera clue
Open hints
Nudge
Do not read the terms normally.
Stronger hint
Look at the first letter of each line around the terms and conditions.
Answer
The acrostic reads: ELEVEN. Use 11.
Finish
Final Letter
QR entry
Open hints
Nudge
Scan the QR only after solving Stage 2.
Stronger hint
Enter the four Stage 2 boxes in the bogie-arrangement order.
Answer
Enter: 49 / 11 / 4 / 7. Single-field version: 491147.
Stage 2 checkpoint / emergency reveal
Top scorer7
Football analysis4
ID termsELEVEN = 11
Coastal FootballFORTY 9 = 49
QR entry order49 / 11 / 4 / 7
Case 2
Lost in the Himalaya — hint guide
Progressive nudges only — no final answers or vault codes here. Open one hint at a time.
Player rule: work from the physical props first. These hints only unblock you — they do not spell out Brahmi meanings, case digits, or the final message.
Thumbnails: blurred previews so you can match the right sheet, not read it from the screen.
Start
Intro letter
Read first
Open hints
Nudge
This sets the investigation scene — who vanished, what you received, and what you are looking for.
Stronger hint
It is not a cipher answer page. Use it to understand the nine diary notes and three police case files before you dive in.
Overview
How the case is solved
Flow
Open hints
Nudge
Work in layers: diary notes give you language fragments; police files give you digits; the envelope and final photograph come last.
Stronger hint
Decipher all nine notes (Brahmi symbols → English meaning in the digital case file), close all three police files (one digit each), then use those digits on the sealed envelope. The final photograph is ordered using what you learned from the notes plus what is printed behind the image.
Note 1
Diary note 1
Cipher
Open hints
Nudge
Short and long marks appear in a pattern — they are giving you a direction, not spelling whole words.
Stronger hint
The dots and dashes tell you to move forward or back in the alphabet for each letter.
Open hints
Nudge
This one is about what happens to the paper itself, not just what is printed on it.
Stronger hint
Fold the paper. In the digital viewer, use the fold tool on the bottom half of the sheet.
Note 3
Diary note 3
Anagram
Open hints
Nudge
The letters you see are not in the order you need.
Stronger hint
It is an anagram — rearrange the letters to uncover the real reading.
Note 4
Diary note 4
Boxed number
Open hints
Nudge
One detail on the page is framed or boxed for a reason.
Stronger hint
Find the number inside the box — that value feeds the Brahmi solution.
Note 5
Diary note 5
Reverse
Open hints
Nudge
Try the opposite of your first instinct about reading order.
Stronger hint
Think in reverse — trace or read backwards through the clue.
Note 6
Diary note 6
Draw / directions
Open hints
Nudge
You may need to mark up the sheet — not just read it.
Stronger hint
Work out what counts as the start point, then follow the directions and draw based on the instructions given.
Note 7
Diary note 7
Capitals
Open hints
Nudge
Some letters are emphasised more than others.
Stronger hint
Look for capital letters — they may spell out what you need when taken in order.
Note 8
Diary note 8
Word hunt
Open hints
Nudge
Not every word on the page belongs in the solution.
Stronger hint
Find the words you need — hunt for the specific terms hidden in the text.
Note 9
Diary note 9
Letter count
Open hints
Nudge
Counting might matter more than reading every line.
Stronger hint
The number of letters in a clue may be what you need — try letter counts.
Police
Case file 1
Digit 1
Open hints
Nudge
This file connects to evidence outside the folder itself.
Stronger hint
The audio transmission will help — listen closely to where the letter was sent from. If you scanned the QR in the box, use Cognitive Verification File 01 on the vault site.
Police
Case file 2
Digit 2
Open hints
Nudge
Some entries may not survive to the final count.
Stronger hint
Maybe things cancel out — look for pairs or opposites that remove each other.
Police
Case file 3
Digit 3
Open hints
Nudge
Location and terrain matter here.
Stronger hint
Maps will help — they are crucial for this case file.
Finish
Locked envelope
Three-digit code
Open hints
Nudge
You cannot open this until the notes and police work are complete.
Stronger hint
Take one digit from each police case file, in file order, and enter the three-digit code on the envelope.
Finish
Final photograph
Message order
Open hints
Nudge
The front image and what is printed behind it are both part of the solve.
Stronger hint
Use the language shown behind the image together with the English meanings you recovered from the diary notes to order the final message.
Full answers — symbols & solutions (major spoilers)
Emergency reveal only. Symbol images match the digital case file palette.
Diary notes (Brahmi → English)
Note 2
English: did not flee
Note 3
English: were called
Note 7
English: shiva's refuge
Note 9
English: guardians of the mountain
Police case files
Case file 11
Case file 20
Case file 38
Locked envelope
Three-digit code108 (digits from files 1 → 2 → 3)
Final photograph — phrase order
- 1.We
- 2.did not flee
- 3.We
- 4.were called
- 5.One
- 6.witness
- 7.remained
- 8.Eight
- 9.crossed over
- 10.into / in
- 11.Shiva's refuge
- 12.the lost
- 13.do not search for
- 14.We
- 15.now
- 16.are
- 17.guardians of the mountain
Investigation flow (no answers)
Stage orderIntro → 9 diary notes → 3 police files → envelope → final photograph
Diary notesBrahmi clusters + English meaning each (digital case file)
Police filesOne digit per file → three-digit envelope code
Final photographOrder phrases using note meanings + guide on the back