Halloween at the Portal. The Hollow, a haunted cipher maze, is free to play until 2 November. Enter The Hollow

3 stages · Hard · Premium

THE CRYPT

🧭 This chain is also a 3D maze

The Crypt is the Elite wing of The Hollow: a side corridor behind a gold door, with one terminal for each stage.

Your progress and score are the same either way, so you can start in one and finish in the other. If you want the maze to be a surprise, start there.

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📜 Briefing
Behind the gold door the stairs go down. The Crypt is older than the house above it, and whoever was laid here left instructions: an epitaph, a bell, and a last word for whoever came looking.

Three gates. Each answer hands you the key for the next. The ghosts do not come down here, but something is listening.
  1. 1 Gate One - The Epitaph
  2. 2 Gate Two - The Bell Rope 🔒 opens with stage 1's answer
  3. 3 Gate Three - The Last Word 🔒 opens with stage 2's answer

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