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 + Stage 1

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 + Finish

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.

Stage 2

Coastal Football Magazine

Vikram clue
Open hints
Nudge

Pair the six images with the six paragraphs.

Stronger hint

The images contain very tiny letters/numbers. Use the paragraph order.

Answer

The ordered tiny clues form: FORTY 9. Use 49.

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

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.

Diary notes

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.

Note 2

Diary note 2

Fold
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 files

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

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 1
𑀳𑀫

English: we

Note 2
𑀪𑀸𑀕𑁂𑀦𑀳𑀻𑀁

English: did not flee

Note 3
𑀩𑀼𑀮𑀸𑀬𑀸𑀕𑀬𑀸

English: were called

Note 4
𑀏𑀓

English: one

Note 5
𑀕𑀯𑀸𑀳

English: witness

Note 6
𑀆𑀞

English: eight

Note 7
𑀰𑀺𑀯𑀓𑀻𑀰𑀭𑀡

English: shiva's refuge

Note 8
𑀔𑁄𑀏𑀳𑀼𑀏

English: the lost

Note 9
𑀧𑀳𑀸𑀟𑀓𑀻𑀭𑀔𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀻

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. 1.
    𑀳𑀫
    We
  2. 2.
    𑀪𑀸𑀕𑁂𑀦𑀳𑀻𑀁
    did not flee
  3. 3.
    𑀳𑀫
    We
  4. 4.
    𑀩𑀼𑀮𑀸𑀬𑀸𑀕𑀬𑀸
    were called
  5. 5.
    𑀏𑀓
    One
  6. 6.
    𑀕𑀯𑀸𑀳
    witness
  7. 7.
    𑀭𑀳𑀕𑀬𑀸
    remained
  8. 8.
    𑀆𑀞
    Eight
  9. 9.
    𑀧𑀸𑀭𑀳𑁄𑀕𑀏
    crossed over
  10. 10.
    𑀫𑁂𑀁
    into / in
  11. 11.
    𑀰𑀺𑀯𑀓𑀻𑀰𑀭𑀡
    Shiva's refuge
  12. 12.
    𑀔𑁄𑀏𑀳𑀼𑀏
    the lost
  13. 13.
    𑀓𑀻𑀢𑀮𑀸𑀰𑀫𑀢𑀓𑀭𑁄
    do not search for
  14. 14.
    𑀳𑀫
    We
  15. 15.
    𑀅𑀩
    now
  16. 16.
    𑀳𑁃𑀁
    are
  17. 17.
    𑀧𑀳𑀸𑀟𑀓𑀻𑀭𑀔𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀻
    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