Part 4-2
Part 1
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KRYPOSA RYPTSABCDEFGHIJLMNQUVWXZK YPOSABCDEFGHIJLMNQUVWXZKR PTOSABCDEFGIJLMNQUVWXZKRY TOSABCDFGHIJLMNQUVWXZKRYP SABCDEFGHIJLMNQUVWXZKYPTO SABCDEFGHJLMNQUVWXZKRYPTO ABCDEFHIJLMNQUVWXZKRYPTOS BCDEFGIJLMNQUVWXZKRYPTOSA DEFGHIJLMNQUVWXZKRYPOSABC DEFGHIJLMNQUWXZKRYPTOSABC EFGHJLMNQUVWXZKRYPTOSABCD FHIJLMNQUVWXZKRYPTOSABCDE GHIJLMNQUVWXKRYPTOSABCDEF HJLMNQUVWXZKRYPTOSABCDEFG JLMNQUVWXZKRYPTOSABCDEFHI JLMQUVWXZKRYPTOSABCDEFGHI LMNQUVWXKRYPTOSABCDEFGHIJ NQUVWXZKRYPTOSBCDEFGHIJLM QUVWXZKRYPTOSABCDEFHIJLMN |
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KRYPOSA RYPTSABCDEFGHIJLMNQUVWXZK → O YPOSABCDEFGHIJLMNQUVWXZKR → T PTOSABCDEFGIJLMNQUVWXZKRY → H TOSABCDFGHIJLMNQUVWXZKRYP → E SABCDEFGHIJLMNQUVWXZKYPTO → R SABCDEFGHJLMNQUVWXZKRYPTO → I ABCDEFHIJLMNQUVWXZKRYPTOS → G BCDEFGIJLMNQUVWXZKRYPTOSA → H DEFGHIJLMNQUVWXZKRYPOSABC → T DEFGHIJLMNQUWXZKRYPTOSABC → V EFGHJLMNQUVWXZKRYPTOSABCD → I FHIJLMNQUVWXZKRYPTOSABCDE → G GHIJLMNQUVWXKRYPTOSABCDEF → Z HJLMNQUVWXZKRYPTOSABCDEFG → I JLMNQUVWXZKRYPTOSABCDEFHI → G JLMQUVWXZKRYPTOSABCDEFGHI → N LMNQUVWXKRYPTOSABCDEFGHIJ → Z NQUVWXZKRYPTOSBCDEFGHIJLM → A QUVWXZKRYPTOSABCDEFHIJLMN → G |
This implies that we need to decode the text to the right (part 2) with Vigenere, key
Part 2
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AMZJDCGMVUJHTNSBNRBOURBZU DNZGMZNMSCGMSNQMSTVOZNMKM MTPQYKQNUESIGMNZLVOASGUHB PZDLZVZMTNTGINRRCZKWGOURM KKSSRSROZRDUMWZBHCKRBUOQE ODAZUNMKRXMRSFUGWAYCAQSPK REITZMIHKAUKMJOXOACMXHKEY KAKPQTKGMSLSHKHKOQDTRNWQF DTUESGLGAJPTAFHOMHDKBTTNV ZECSOARMJZNNUEQOGZTXDAZVE SOSPGNFIIZVJRBIELIQRXOAVM YEDMGKAWHZPNDZGFTRKXZKYNS OMMJNQEYHVHYDNKNC ZXSZDBNRDNYRQZJXFGHZKTHGG QGLBQCXXXZVKLUMITQMOTSQIJ CEIZLOBMILDLGLATIGMGNKLUE MYUNWOSEKEDFOMIZVMATSMDGR SZGIZRLEOVTRLCEEVIENLOXDQ VBRSONCRQUCXXXZFSHKEAZBAE HKM?ORFOTDMJNMDAMQYYEOAML |
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BETWECANNOWITHTTHECOOSTTH ENTHETANSWHEMARMMUNIMOMEN ENCRYERFORTIANFTYWOUTYOUC PTEDTIAMNOLAVORLDREJHOOSE EXTSLTJIMSDONOTOICESTOBRE IESTHOMESPGETFOHOULDAKTHE EFINAECULAOLEDBYOUDERULES LSECRTEHEMYTHEICIDETLOOKS ETOFKAYHADQLUSIOGIVEOUTHW RYPTOUSEDMONOFIITATRESTIF SITHAAGICANDECIYMAKEYOUWE SREMALSQUAPHERASUREYRELOS INEDARESINBLENEOU MYSTETHEENSSITWYFAIREGIGA RYFORCRYPTILLONANDNONTICW DECADIONIFEDAYBTCHEAALLOF ESHOWITWEREFINATINANTEXTS STHATEMEIWLLYDEYWAYAMOREI POSSIOULDVCRYPTSTHEFSTOBE BLE?IEGONEEDANDUNISLFOUND |
The original text can be extracted if read zigzaggingly:
And after formatting:
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Between the encrypted texts lies the final secret of Kryptos. It has remained a mystery for decades. How is that possible? I can not answer, for I am not Jim. Some speculate he may had[have] used Do not get fooled by the iqlusion[sic] of indecipherableness, it will one day be finally decrypted and the community would rejoice. Should you decide to give it a try, make sure you |
- Magical Squares - Magic squares, "Martian flavor" refers to the Mars magic square.
- Highlighted P - Playfair cipher
- Look southwest - Location of the next part (part 3)
Part 3
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OQHUUVHURXBIVLNAGBCFBXPUF AQPLYMRFRNDQPLQVAFMXVUXBG YNHUNJUXWOMIFMHKSCUXLUNXW PIXVILUAVKCLUOEVNYEMFGSXM EOPSNUNJUXVFNTEROEJHUVCMB VIFBXLUQSFVRXRFCBTPVYXUVF RUPERUSWENXUURUGBCLUMRBGM ON TABVUCNAUXLUFWJLOGLUSXNSQ PBVHUULEPEXPRMONV ERDHANUQHKYNXUMOGSQPCBPCB HVMVNFMXVUXOQHUUVNVHKBCLU VETYCUBGLUOEVNYEMFGSXMDPV BOWLHTJWFBYWFCBCTUXHUMFIX FRCBNHWSHUILLASAQPRYHUBIT YUCMOFUPEIRQLTHYNCHVEUMGS NAMQVJFPRIYJBSFVBDNGHKLUO EVNYXGQMFGSXMMOGSOWNHUCMO IHCBPSNHCPANKXMHHUIXVILUA NJHFRRIRYUCBYQPLQABIXFRKU |
| KXGTC |
| DLYHP |
| QEMUI |
| JRANV |
| WFSBO |
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WITHINTHEFOURPARTSXOFTHIS RIDDLEAREJHIDDENRSECRETST HATHAVETOBEUSEDTOGETHERTO DECIPHERNCTHEFINALMESSAGE IFYOUHAVETROUBLEFINDINGIO NEOFTHEMWOREFERTOCHAPTERO NELINEFOURTEENMTOTHEEASTI SA GNONITARETHEWORDSCHEFGABI DONTHEHILLFLVISAN LEPYRAMIDTHATEISSAIDTOCON TAINASECRETWITHINANDTOTHE RIGHTISTHEFINALMESSAGEPHN OBODYKNOWSHOWTOTGETTHESEC RETOUTOFTHEPYRAMIDALTHOUG HITISBELIEVEDBTHATPRIMESA AREINVOLVEDASFORWHATDTHEF INALGKMESSAGEISSABOUTITIS UPTOYOUTOCRACKUYTHECIPHER ANDREVEALITSHIDDENSECRETQ |
The text contains 25 letters that are not a part of any words.
In order of appearance they are:
After formatting and removing the extra letters, the text reads:
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Within the four parts of this riddle are Nobody knows how to get the secret out of the pyramid, although it is believed that As for what the final message is about... It is up to you to crack the cipher and reveal its hidden secret. |
For part 4:
- Highlighted H - Hill cipher
- Highlighted A - Aztec code.
- Chef Gabid - This is not a real name, but rather the matrix to use for hill cipher, as hinted by "the sign in front of the hill"
- Primes - How to convert the letters to Aztec code
- To the east - Location of the next part (part 4), although this is already deducible from the fact that there is only one part left
- Hidden secrets - Each part of the puzzle contains one set of 25 non-repeating letters that are used in part 5
- Chapter 1 Line 14 - The set of letters to use for part 1
Part 4
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EKHEKHEKHEKHEKHEKHDPBRPQP YBPTQSXQOLNDWUMICTCTMYITU XFWOASLOPBRWQSULGHNZWQVUJ VZSWOYFYXYTLLQSYRJMXBLUXK OSVGEETZKLEKVSCNKHLMQJPXZ WGKIUEQXKGKPPEUWYRPPWINQV XXKXUYAAAAAAAAAMHTNEJENBO NNPIQNINQOPLNLFHKNREUYNMM CGIAHFOAAAFBEHIDOJUKERAGX BKKDHRIHGLNLDGCMZENWZDIHX QUQQMIHJIHGIHJBQRHXKPPNRR VOVZDXUNINIHGIBJDUUTTTVAI IMAQQWDGCAAAUZAXOWAHDQKJU ZQCEXNINQOPLNLRLRCWDXXART XXYCEIUAAAAAAUEQRUXSBAJBI LVJGXKLZXMEGVMONVOUSFEOVC YGNGAJZHZJKMYASWKLJMPRXKA AUJKVQBGEQMVRJVZGPFWJYERF XLGAAQDETSZPQMAYBGFVHIAMA WOQNZTRIRQHUWUXZSNBYJXNFN |
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XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXCUMTI TZQMVJKDCNMVIWGWAKHXEAAAD ZBAQFHRGDKHICPPHMRYXKWABN KQJKMAYNXOFEDOEGDMCXGKBFO UYTQOEJKXWFBQHFGTKMXOPCEU RSAGAAEFWICLESAQEFKXUEGJV IGLZAAAAAAAAAAAWBYKXRMXOC XWDWSABBBBBBBAYGDQEXBVBGQ UMWQSABAAAAABAHLRORXNJBDF DUIJXABABBBABAABIPWXPIDRJ WQCKMABABABABASJBCCXRRCBP KYPGIABABBBABAXWVYMXBEJWA QKCQWABAAAAABATREOMXIDFJN OFFNNABBBBBBBALBQDBXUUXJR CPEKKAAAAAAAAAAEWJHXQLYYB TXGNSBXNEWMWHGGEKFVXRBNVC MGNEEHFAMILYGUYQASQXFNAUW MPKFUNNYQIOBIBRAGLGXABCBY SONMOMENTSLWGMWHALZXWMGQE CKCVKSWPKBBQWGOKBSAXFXOKH |
According to the text in part 3, this part consists of an "Aztec pyramid" and a "final message". The X's in the decrypted text acts as a border that separates the two sections.
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TZQMVJKDCNMVIWGWAKH ZBAQFHRGDKHICPPHMRY KQJKMAYNXOFEDOEGDMC UYTQOEJKXWFBQHFGTKM RSAGAAEFWICLESAQEFK IGLZAAAAAAAAAAAWBYK XWDWSABBBBBBBAYGDQE UMWQSABAAAAABAHLROR DUIJXABABBBABAABIPW WQCKMABABABABASJBCC KYPGIABABBBABAXWVYM QKCQWABAAAAABATREOM OFFNNABBBBBBBALBQDB CPEKKAAAAAAAAAAEWJH TXGNSBXNEWMWHGGEKFV MGNEEHFAMILYGUYQASQ MPKFUNNYQIOBIBRAGLG SONMOMENTSLWGMWHALZ CKCVKSWPKBBQWGOKBSA |
Part 3 mentions that primes are involved, so group the letters into primes and non-primes based on A1Z26 values, then convert the result to a scannable Aztec code.
Prime letters:
Non-prime letters:
When scanned, it gives the string
Part 5
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CUMTI EAAAD KWABN GKBFO OPCEU UEGJV RMXOC BVBGQ NJBDF PIDRJ RRCBP BEJWA IDFJN UUXJR QLYYB RBNVC FNAUW ABCBY WMGQE FXOKH |
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GHIJL MNQUV WXKRY PTOSA BCDEF |
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KXGTC DLYHP QEMUI JRANV WFSBO |
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XJRNC IWOMF LVEPH TBADG KSUYQ |
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MTKHV ADQBG OCUYN IPWSE XJLRF |
Part 1: Line 14
Part 2: Mars magic square
Part 3: Leftover letters
Part 4: Aztec code result
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IFWWK NOWSW HATWA SHIDD ENINK RYPTO SDIDH ETELL THESE CRETT OTHEN EXTDI RECTO RWHOM WOULD HEHAV ETOLD IFHER EALLY DID |
After formatting: (the last 2 letters are padding, thus not needed)
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If WW knows what was hidden in Kryptos, did he tell the secret to the next director? Whom would he have told if he really did? |
WW refers to William H. Webster, then Director of CIA when Kryptos was completed.
Whether or not he knows the solution to Kryptos is debated, but his name was referred to in passage 2 of Kryptos. ("Who knows the exact location? Only WW.")
To answer this question, we need to find the next Director of CIA after William Webster (since Kryptos is located in the CIA).
The next Director of CIA after William Webster is Robert Gates, and thus the solution to the weekly is:
Easter egg
In part 4, after the first decrpytion, the phrase "Family Guy funny moments" can be spotted at the bottom of the Aztec code section.
Changing the url to familyguyfunnymoments.html gives the egg.
This egg wasn't implemented due to file upload restrictions on NeoCities.
In part 3 on line 10 the word "hill flv" can be found.
However since free accounts can't upload videos on NeoCities, this egg was not added to the puzzle.