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JAN 25th 2 Trains added: 1 under 5 phase solvers and another under 6 phase (or full event) solvers!! by EinAnderer! From a fellow solver of the event!
Hints for picture match of CW09- what is unique about these animals? Caterpillar has many what? Crocodile has many what? Lion is known for,what around head? Camel known for having what? Armadillo has what and it's compared to what? What is the top part of the sweater called where you stick your head out?
Corrections
CW12 Fixed totally... PHEW! (had a wrong letter before in crossword)
CW10 Fixed totally... ! PHEW! (had a wrong letter before in crossword)
CW06 fixed Q1 to be googleable and spelling of “spines”
Crossword 9- all coordinates fixed
Crossword 7 first coordinate fixed
How to solve Phase 3 and 4 can be found HERE
Hog #5 the second shape is turned from what’s in the picture.
Hog #3 the 3rd shape is in a really dark area, use zoom and process of elimination
How to solve metapuzzles for Phases 1&2 and Phases 3&4:
You need to match each picture you get after solving each HOG ITH to a picture on the metapuzzle ITH.
Put the word(passcode) that is with the HOG ITH picture in the matching place on the meta puzzle ITH.
All the matches follow the same theme to make the match and the words fit with it too.
To discover the theme google some of the words that are unique... like DICKORY
That word will lead to the theme of how to match pics.
If you're not from America then making matches might take more googling.
With all the matches correct you solve the meta ITH and get access to a GA.
Last you can solve the passcode keys since all the words you put in the right places.
The keys refer to the 4 words you put in as answers to make the matches.
Figure out how to decipher the keys applying them to the words.
The goal is to find two hidden ITH codes.
Good luck!
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They are on same angle...
2nd shape somewhat covered in box
5th shape really dark in picture
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Could i have a check on HOG08 please? It's seems to be really easy but the code isn't right :(
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I'm the opposite, HOG08 was really easy for me, yet I've been struggling to find one last object in HOG07. ; A ;
Ended up getting it, but from purely guessing the numbers/letters in order. I still can't visualize how that hint matches up with the one in the picture. x.x
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Ah ok, i knew it was easy. Not sure why the ITH didn't pop up. Will retry again
Edit: yeah the second last letter/clue in HOG07 was crazy lol
Edit2: Phew! Finally got Phase 1&2 phases. TYVM for trains jeffhowe :)
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Yea in the picture it’s not tilted the same and also a lot of it’s shape is hid..
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Eh I tried. Too many objects look the same so that's too many combinations to try.
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I’d like,to help but need to know exact shapes giving you problems...
You,may need to wait for other phases to solve. The other phases are really different so you may be able to solve those.
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Are these inspired by the item-finding puzzles from Artifex Mundi games? I vaguely remember them from Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart. They drove me crazy lol
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Finished the first 8 hogs, phew. Thanks for the puzzle
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Solved all the HOGs but two of the ITH are giving me problem.. (and they're both vowel-less animal ones, guess I have a problem with those^^)
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The animals in each ITH have a common-ness about them if that helps...
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Yeah I realized that ;) I got stuck on the second animal of HOG6 and the 1st animal of HOG11 but I haven't really tried since then so I don't know if it really counts as "stuck" :p
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The animal you’re stuck on in 6;it’s the males that give birth.
The 11th would be what you would call the person in this picture if they were an infant.
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Ok I would've never found that second one lmao.. Thanks for the hints :p
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If you stay stuck let us kno which two you are stuck on so can give hints.
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Bump for phase 1 and 2. Meta confused me.
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Hats off to you sir! You beat me by almost 3 hours. Salute!
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Congrats!
There is a theme to matching all the pictures and even the word matching fits too.
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I was too distracted by that famous swimsuit... BTW are the numbers a clue(s) or are they there for a later purpose?
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There are two things to crack in metapuzzle... picture matching and passcode-key deciphering.
You can get all the questions right in metapuzzle and solve that ITH and get a reward...
Then you can crack the passcode-keys! And get more rewards.
You won’t need the numbers later... just used to crack at that time.
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OMG! That's cracked! And I thought I was just matching passcodes to the pictures. Think I'll pass :(
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You can forget the numbers and just crack first part for a GA...
Look at all pictures and try to find a common theme that will match the hog pic you got to the pics on ITH. To show you got the match you put the word that goes with the matching picture on correct place and question on ITH.
The passcode keys are an extra puzzle you don’t have to do either unless you want to continue the challenge.
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I recognized the theme. Solved the first three questions. The fourth one didn't accept my answer. Can you check that Q?
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Wait, what are the passcodes used for? Do we need to keep them?
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Put each HOG passcode word into the PC-ITH-Phase 1 for 1-8 and receive a phase passcode you need to access trains found listed at end of above.
If you choose to try the metapuzzle you will need them again to solve that puzzle.
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Bump for HOGs <3
Edit: too stupid to solve HOG8 Q3 T.T even looked up full lists of possible words and cross referenced them with animals and nothing works :/
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You just first have to fill in the blanks to make words... the name of the animal happens automatically in order as you read down diagonally...
The first word missing first two letters is a wind instrument...
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Yea I understood what I am supposed to do, the problem is just that there are so many options. So I got a full list of words that end with the last 3 letters of the first line and a list of every animal that is 8 letters long and checked for any matches. There were some but none of them actually worked.
I know exactly what the first word is now and it was on the list I found as well, but I must have missed something somewhere. I shall take another look again tomorrow when I am at my PC. Knowing the first word helps a lot, so thank you very much for the help!
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Phase 1 & 2 done. Will need more time for the meta though. Bump!
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Solved phase 1 & 2, but got lost by the meta puzzle.
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Stump... buck... (stuck+bump, bump+stuck).
Stuck on HOG08.
Shapes in the middle >.<
[Go! Go! Beridok!]
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I got it now, without hints.. problem was in shape 3 and shape 6 :p
I knew it will be like this. It's quite common for me to 'shriek' for help, but manage to do it minutes later.
Thanks anyway - someone will probably use the hints.
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Sure np, I’ll delete hints... thanks for joining in the event!
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Bump for a nice event I hope I'll have time to do!
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Only have one solver of optional challenging meta puzzle... would love to see you crack it too!
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Bump for phases 1 and 2 solved! Looking forward to phase 3 and 4 :)
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3&4 took the most design time... It has about 415 pictures in it that I downloaded, and edited for the puzzles that are part of it...
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Wow, that is some dedication! I can't wait to start solving them :)
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Added notes in reserved area on how to solve meta puzzle!
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I did not save the links to the ITHs nor do I really understand the instructions (my English isn't all that great) so I am happy with just solving the main part of the event. But have a bump instead! I am still very much looking forward to the next phase :)
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I'm stuck at HOG 2. What is the third object? All other objects are pretty clear to me. I've tried nearly everyrhing and I like this puzzle. It would be a shame to give it up. So maybe a hint?
Edit. Nevermind. Got it.
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I can't have any right phase1 passcodes in ITH. Are you sure nothing is broken?
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Did you solve the ITH puzzles (after the HOG picture matching)?
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Yes I enter the passcodes in each ITH slot (I only have the 5 first ones) and every time it's a wrong guess according to ITH.
ITH is not case sensitive so it can't be this kind of error and I'm sure that I found the right objects/letters.
edit: ooops I didn't understand that these HOGs codes were ITH codes themselves......sorry.
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I can't solve HOG 3, it's weird because apparently I found all the objects, but the ITH code is not working..
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Maybe it’s a circular one that getting confused.
Add me on Steam and I’ll see where you’re going wrong..
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Bump for Phase 1 A/B solved! :)
Some of those silhouettes were pretty tough!
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Bump again for Phase 2 A/B and the meta solved!
Good stuff, thank you for the puzzles! :)
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Awesome job on solving and especially the meta!,
You're good and primed for phases 3/4 and their meta!
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Bump for Phase 5 solved (two days ago), and Phase 4 A/B solved, and the 3/4 meta!
On to Phase 6! ...tomorrow... :D
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Did I say "tomorrow"? I meant right the zoologic now!
Phase 6 down like a feather!
Thank you for a very educational and fun event! :)
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Our first summer event was a great success with over 250 people completing 2 phases and over 150 people conquering all phases!!! Lets see if our WINTER event can reach even higher stats! Come join in on the fun!
NOTE:Just for clicking on any puzzle in Phase 5 & 6 and viewing the puzzle you get free GAs... you don't even have to solve them!!
Puzzle Notes: We are releasing Phase 1&2 NOW till Jan 15!
Phases 3&4 Dec 23rd, ACTIVE NOW! Till Jan 22!
Phase 5 Dec 30th ACTIVE NOW till Jan 29!
Phase 6 Jan 6th ACTIVE NOW till Feb 5th!
Trains filled with prizes bundled and unbundled will be continuously added during the event!!
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There are 6 phases of this puzzle event. After solving each phase of this event you will get a passcode-- thus if you finish all 6 phases you will get 6 passcodes.
Submitting two passcodes of the 6 will get you on trains for those that have conquered one phase and those that have solved 2 phases and likewise for 3 solved, 4 solve, 5 solved and 6 solved for a total of 6 potential list of trains to win access to GAs!
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