over 3 years ago - /u/Draco9990 - Direct link

While the extreme desert heats didn't wear you down, the harsh nordic colds might do the trick. You don't feel your toes anymore, but you need to keep going. According to your sources, there's a few bolts buried by the ancients here, and you won't miss a chance to get them. From afar you see something in the endless heaps of snow. A shelter.

As you come closer, you notice nordic inscriptions on the stone wall that makes the building.

ᛚᛁᚷᚺᛏ ᛁᚾ ᚦᛖ ᛞᚨᚱᚲ

You know you're close. You must be. The shelter you thought it turned out only to be a small room with light shining down the middle. There, you find an ancient stone tablet on a pedestal. As you come closer to it, the doors close behind you, leaving you without an escape. What now?

Above the tablet there's an insignia:

https://bit.ly/31K1CV8

Hint: Don't go with plural

Hint 2: Read the insignia

Hint 3: The key is not just 'bolt'. What kind of bolt are you searching for?

Hint 4: The key is _______bolt

Final Hint: https://www.vikingrune.com/rune-converter/

As always, the first person to claim the code will get 1 hint for their codes! Good luck :)

WINNER: Congratulations /u/PaoloMustafini, you were technically first :)

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over 3 years ago - /u/Draco9990 - Direct link

Originally posted by TheBes7

Ngl it still seems broken

You're right, it had some mistakes from updating it. It's still hard tho, so I'll add more hints

For every hour that goes without solving, I'll add another hint

over 3 years ago - /u/Draco9990 - Direct link

Originally posted by WeebOtome

Damn, i was certain i got the answer here, but apparently it was wrong D:

What do you think is the answer? :)

over 3 years ago - /u/Draco9990 - Direct link

Originally posted by WeebOtome

I thought it was bolt, but now i need to give it some more thought lol

What kind of bolt? :)

over 3 years ago - /u/Draco9990 - Direct link

Originally posted by WeebOtome

Probably a lightning bolt xD

What's the synonym for lightning

over 3 years ago - /u/Draco9990 - Direct link

Originally posted by LongestNameRightHere

I am kinda confused about that, as in the form of doing it. Do you have to press them in order and then finish? Is there a text field that my browser is not showing? Or are these questions a part of this puzzle and you're not supposed to answer them?

When you get the key and encrypt it, select the runes that match the word and submit :)

over 3 years ago - /u/Draco9990 - Direct link

Originally posted by TheBes7

Shouldn't there be repeating runes in this case ?

Nope, all uniques. Make sure to use the lowercase word, as the uppercase sometimes bugs out on the translator

over 3 years ago - /u/Draco9990 - Direct link

Originally posted by WeebOtome

When you say that ''The key is not bolt'' does that mean that the answer is not simply ''bolt'', or that the answer does not include all the keys that form the word ''bolt''?

The key includes bolt but has a prefix

over 3 years ago - /u/Draco9990 - Direct link

Originally posted by VannguardAnon

I can't find the rune for the U.

Maybe I am also lost tbh.

Try translate all at once :)

over 3 years ago - /u/Draco9990 - Direct link

Originally posted by WeebOtome

Omg now that you posted the final hint, i think i probably didn't get it because i used a bad script translator. Even for the word ''rune'' the keys were pretty different XD

Thanks for answering though! That was fun

GG! :)