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: 47 → 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: 47 / 11 / 4 / 7. Single-field version: 471147.
Stage 2 checkpoint / emergency reveal
Top scorer7
Football analysis4
ID termsELEVEN = 11
Coastal FootballFORTY 7 = 47
QR entry order47 / 11 / 4 / 7