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

๐Ÿงญ This chain is also a 3D maze

The Crucible is this same chain as a place you walk through. Each stage is a terminal beside a locked gate, and solving it opens the gate. The maze also hides data fragments with a bonus message you can only get there.

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.

๐Ÿ”’ See the maze (Elite) Solve it here as a page โ†“

๐Ÿ“œ Briefing
The forge has not gone cold in three hundred years, and the smiths who keep it do not write anything down plainly. Their working orders are chalked on the walls, each one locked with a word from the order before.

Four gates. Watch "Keys you hold" at the top of each terminal. And watch the lamps beside the floor grates: amber means the steam is coming, red means it is here, and it always stops again.
  1. 1 Gate One - The First Order
  2. 2 Gate Two - The Quench ๐Ÿ”’ opens with stage 1's answer
  3. 3 Gate Three - The Mould ๐Ÿ”’ opens with stage 2's answer
  4. 4 Gate Four - The Pour ๐Ÿ”’ opens with stage 3's answer

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