The Hollow – 4-Stage Cipher Puzzle

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

🧭 This chain is also a 3D maze

The Hollow 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.

▶ Play it in the maze Solve it here as a page ↓

📜 Briefing

Something in the Hollow is trying to talk to you. It taps on the walls, it writes in the dust, and it never says anything plainly. Each message gives you the word that unlocks the next.

Four gates. Keep an eye on "Keys you hold" at the top of each terminal, and keep moving: you are not alone in here.

1 Gate One - The Tapping
2 Gate Two - Writing in the Dust 🔒 opens with stage 1's answer
3 Gate Three - The Guest Book 🔒 opens with stage 2's answer
4 Gate Four - What the House Says 🔒 opens with stage 3's answer

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