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 ROOT CELLAR

🧭 This chain is also a 3D maze

The Root Cellar is the Elite wing of The Gathering: 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 a ramp runs down under the corn to the cellar, where the family keeps what it does not put on the table. Somebody labelled the shelves so that only family could read them.

Three gates. Each answer hands you the key for the next.
  1. 1 Gate One - The Lantern Signal
  2. 2 Gate Two - The Shelf List 🔒 opens with stage 1's answer
  3. 3 Gate Three - The Oldest Bottle 🔒 opens with stage 2's answer

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