The giveaway has ended. Bellow is the original post(solutions at the end of the post):

Hello all again! Here is the real puzzle I was talking about from my last "puzzle" giveaway. I hope you manage to solve it :) All needed clues are in the puzzle. I will give out more clear clues 1 day before the giveaway ends. The giveaway is already available and will last until the 25th 2PM(GMT+1).
Before I let you get solving I wish you all GOOD LUCK!

I went on a walk through the forest when suddenly I saw a bottle with a piece of paper in it. There were some random letters on it and I just left the paper on the ground. I continued to walk onward when I suddenly thought: "What if this is a treasure hunt?".
I ran back to get the paper and I read what it said on it: "u Ush srhhhpvs rhrsbi cbopo icrpt vvxizueum; v Qehl hav snzxd fyn ckvpz!" .
I thankfully had my Phone with me. When I opened it, it gave me an Error. I Shut it down and started it up again. It worked now. I didn't know what decoder to use so I started them up by alphabet and quickly found out which decoder was needed!
The message was interesting and kept me going on. So I took the paper with me and continued to walk when I found another bottle with a piece of paper.
I opened this one as well and on the paper I saw the following: "- .... . / .-.. ..- -.-. -.- -.-- / -. ..- -- -... . .-. / .. ... / ....." . I started up a decoder again and decoded the message. I then walked on and Played some Relaxing music when I suddenly stumbled on yet another bottle with a paper.
I opened it and saw the following symbols on it. Then I started up another decoding program and decoded the message.
I felt that there are more clues to be found so I kept on going while listening to my music. After 20 minutes of walking I finally saw another bottle.
This one said the following: "You have done well my apprentice. Continue to walk dOWN and collect your well earned reward using the clues from my previous bottles. Your journey ends here........for now."

Solved it? :)

Cheers,
Pur3Bolt

Here is a template of the giveaway URL(there are upper case, lower case letters and numbers): http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/xxxxx

PS: Solution:
-The first clue was cripted using a cipher called Bifid. The keywords used for the alphabet key had the first letter capitalised(Phone, Error, Shut). The alphabet key made from them would be: PHONERSUTABCDFGIJKLMQVWXYZ. The decrypted message came out: a Bad treasure hunter never stops searching; a Good one finds the prize! SOLUTION: BG
-Second text was encoded using Morse code. The decrypted message is: The lucky number is 5. SOLUTION: 5
-Third text was encoded using Substitution->Bionicle images and an alphabet key. The alphabet key could be found with 2 keywords which has the first letter capitalised(Played, Relaxing). The alphabet key came out as: PLAYEDRXINGBCFHJKMOQSTUVWZ. The decrypted text came out as "I WILL NEED LUCK". SOLUTION: L
-Last text has just a lower-upper case word which standed out by itself and the not capitalised letter was the solution(dOWN). SOLUTION: d
-The URL came out with these characters: BG5Ld

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If only time travelling (to the past) is possible...

12 years ago
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I think I've identified the 3 code words, eventhough one is especially confusing since it has more than 1 of the same letters. How am I suppoesed to map the corresponding letters like that?
I've tried arranging them in different locations in regards to the normal alphabet..and it doesnt woooork!

also, the circle things dont decode into anything that makes sense, eventhough those are defenetly the symbols.
I assume that one also uses alphabet code, I must be doing something wrong, eventhough I've identified the codewords for that one too.. I think..

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Hmmm...I'm assuming you're talking about the first bottle in the first part and the third one in the second part. You can decode them only with the alphabet key which is hidden using keywords in the text(look good for them). Each bottle will give you clear solutions which are in English. Solutions from bottles are not connected and you don't need to solve bottle X to be able to solve bottle Y. Hope you manage to solve it!

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Solved the easiest one, then went straight for what seemed to be the hardest one, I think I solved it but im not sure how it gives me a letter or number :S

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There is only one number in the URL. You didn't use the right decoder I guess for the others.

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Solved no. 2 and no. 3, but not sure what the no. 3 clue means. Also still haven't found the right crypting method for no.1. Oh well, this is my first attempt at a cryptography puzzle, so I'm not expecting success xD

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If you don't get what no. 3 means then you ptobably didn't solve it right. You used the right alphabet key? The text you'll get will be in a readable form and not some randomness :)

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I got the readable text, but still don't know what it means. I kinda suck at this, I know xD

12 years ago
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Wow, thank you very much for those last clues. Now I was able to solve the 3rd bottle. So I only need to solve the first one =D

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Good luck! :D

12 years ago
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Solved it.

Great Puzzle mate ! :)

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Any hints on how much similar decoding the 1st and the 3rd are?

12 years ago
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Hmmm, no similarities although you need a decoder and a keyword for both of them(as stated to the added clues).

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Both have an alphabet key which you can get with the keywords in the text. See clues in the post for more info :)

12 years ago
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guess im too stupid.. the second one was way too easy.
but i just cant figure out the 1st and 3rd one =/

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Now don't think like that...if it makes you feel any better a lot of people in this thread also didn't solve it ;) Less than 10 people actually did it

12 years ago
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Finaly, I got it!! Now let's hope for the prize. Thanks for the giveaway, a really good one (difficult, but solvable) =D

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I wish you good luck in the giveaway :D

12 years ago
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I'm still stuuuck! armflails!

I'm obviously doing something wrong with the keywords

How much longer do we have?

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Aprox. 16 hours to go :D

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Is the alphabet key in the story, or the message?

12 years ago
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In the story

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=D

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Since I am human I will take my needed rest. I will try to answer all new comments tomorrow before the giveaway ends but don't take my word on that as I might not have time

12 years ago
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Decided to finally try this, I'm pretty much done, all I need is the circles' clue Dx

12 years ago
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Do I have to manipulate the "keywords" in the text to produce a new keyword to use in the substitution cipher?
I kinda understood how to use one "keyword" which doesn't have more than 1 of the same letters, but I'm not entirely sure how to use more than one keyword to decode a cipher. Should I "decode" once, then pass over the decoded text again with the other keyword?

I assume a word like "Hello" shouldnt be a keyword? Since it has 2 l's? Unless I need to ignore the second l? I'm so confused @.@

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You would have ignored the second l :P

12 years ago
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Probably i will give up... I really have no hope solving the 1st puzzle...

12 years ago
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Forget what i said , i just solved it!

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Finally! I finally did it! Solved the clues and the puzzles. Thank you for this great Puzzle Giveaway!

12 years ago
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solutions?

12 years ago
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gaaa! I was so close!
So.. basic rule for the cipher is - ignore double letters, then continue alphabet without the letters already used? headdesks

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xDD Yeah just ignore double letters for alphabet keys :)

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The one with the bionicle images, I had to brute-force. Everything else I had. Thx for this puzzle :)

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xD

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Closed 12 years ago by Pur3Bolt.