Boolos 3 Reference Manual

Maintained by BreakTheCode Help and Sheet Peeps

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Grit is the stubborn refusal to quit.

-- Jonah Lehrer / Gy

Found Clues/Hints

Gy’s Chamber (86a8)

Link: https://breakthecode.tech/game/boolos/86a8

Mynolbokuob, S rkfo coox iye yx bonnsd kxn nscmybn. Iye kbo cwkbdob drkx dro bocd, led dro wyn
sc dro wycd swzybdkxd, sbboczomdsfo yp grkd iye ny dy cyvfo droco 6 byyw

Plaintext: Codebreaker, I have seen you on reddit and discord. You are smarter than the rest, but the
mod is the most important, irrespective of what you do to solve these 6 rooms
Cipher: Vigenere, key = k

Source: HTML Comment

Maze Filesmod

https://www.cdnfiles.host/v24/assets/img/boolos/maze-{n}.svg

Ten maze files in source code, URL is above with n = 1 ... 10

https://www.cdnfiles.host/v24/assets/img/boolos/maze.svg was found to exist as well, matching

Each maze is a dot on the Gy’s page, 5 on each side

Purpx PFF qrsvavgvba sbe guvf ryrzrag

Plaintext: Check CSS definition for this element

Cipher: Caesar, k = 13 (ROT13)

Source: HTML Hidden Input

X-Ref: See Final Form, below.

Final Form

Link: https://thisisntevenmyfinalform.tech/

127 127 127 056 103 117 116 123 110 111 120 111 116 103 056 124 105 103 110 057 123 105 103
122 105 124

Plaintext: WWW.CONSHIPINC.TECH/SECRET

Cipher: Octal Encoding - solve on cyberchef

Source: Present directly on page

QR Code Pikachu

Plaintext: https://www.brokethecode.tech

Cipher: QR Code

Source: HTML comment, wrapped in <pre> tags.

HTML comments links to https://go.tech/pika, which is an image of the same QR code.

Metadata basic steganography done but nothing.

Broke The Code

Link: https://www.brokethecode.tech/
ee realla bcde acc'de ebdcaed dlaacba … and so on

Colors and the full ciphertext are not included here for brevity. Check the actual page if you want to
see the full puzzle.

Plaintext: We really hope you've enjoyed playing breakthecode.tech because we have loved building
it. We love our tech community and all the creators in it. We can't wait to see what you build on
your dottech domains next year. But before we start a new chapter, we must close this one.. This
quest began with a simple mission, to find the best codebreakers in the world and test their mettle.
You have surpassed every challenge in front of you, all that is left now is to solve one last one... the
endgame. The answer to what you desire lies here, it lies in the genesis of what we do, why we do it,
and hence what better way to end this game than this..

Cipher: Custom cipher similar to A1Z26. Shift colored letters up by following values, mod 26 (new =
(old + colorDelta) mod 26).

Green (Fa): +6

Blue (La): +12

Yellow (Ra): +18

Cyan (Xa): +24

Source: Directly on page

X-Ref: Colors are mapped to a name by the clue from CSS, name is mapped to age by Sy room clue.

Hu dsud= PL Vpfrntrslrt/ Upi ,sfr oy yjod gst/ Niy mpe yjsy upi str jrtr. str upi ditr upi jsbr rbrtuyjomh
upi mrrf yp nrvp,r s eptyju YOYSM| Er pgyrm pbrt;ppl yjr yomordy pg fryso;d imyo; oyd ypp ;syr/ Hp
nsvl yp yjr pyjrt Hpfd smf drrl yjrot vpimvo; gpt yjru vsm dyo;; hiofr upi

Plaintext: Gy says- OK Codebreaker. You made it this far. But now that you are here, are you sure
you have everything you need to become a worthy TITAN? We often overlook the tiniest of details
until its too late. Go back to the other Gods and seek their counsel for they can still guide you

Cipher: Keyboard shift, QWERTY left 1

Source: HTML Comment

Conship Secret

Link: https://www.conshipinc.tech/SECRET/

Rickrolled

Link: https://www.cdnfiles.host/r4/clue.mp3

Source: HTML source

Contents: 8-bit chiptune of Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick Astley

No notable analysis run yet (?)

Spectrogram (In Audacity)

No notable data when read as a text file

Ships SVG

Link: https://www.cdnfiles.host/r4/rrflagsrr.svg

Source: Present directly in page

Contents: Appears to be the ship puzzle from a previous room, but without flags.

Nothing notable in SVG file yet (?)

Top right ship is missing a pixel at the top of the flag.

“Condoto” Is a municipality in colombia

Application CSS v7

Link: https://www.cdnfiles.host/v24/assets/css/app.css?v=7. Referenced across all chambers.

b86771b9d48852a6fca61a123704e29ad5623859ba73713ef5acb8dc711f9116

Plaintext: lightsaber

Cipher: SHA256(SHA256(p)) - solve at cyberchef

Source: CSS class could-this-be-a-clue

edocehtkaerb ot detelpmoc uoy selzzup fo rebmun eht

Plaintext: the number of puzzles you completed to breakthecode

Cipher: Reversed String - solve at cyberchef

Source: CSS class maybe-a-clue

Zuz U jyrr eoi, U vchy 4 pubrupwk: Xc, Rc, Lc, Fc, ycav ox gvoq uk ox c zuxxylypj aorol. Xc uk wlyyp, Rc
uk briy, Lc uk eyrrog, cpz Fc gvo uk aecp. Wyj jo spog jvyq, cpz jvye quwvj tikj vyrn eoi gujv We’k
avcqbyl.
Plaintext: Did I tell you, I have 4 niblings: Fa, La, Ra, Xa, each of whom is of a different color. Fa is
green, La is blue, Ra is yellow, and Xa who is cyan. Get to know them, and they might just help you
with Gy’s chamber.

Cipher: Beaufort (?), k = c

Source: CSS class why-would-this-be-a-clue

Sy’s Chamber (7a65)

Link: https://breakthecode.tech/game/boolos/7a65

Fgvyy pyhryrff? jjj.tb.grpu/tl zvtug whfg uryc lbh.

Plaintext: Still clueless? www.go.tech/gy might just help you.

Cipher: ROT13

Source: HTML Hidden Input

Links to Simpsons GIF: “you tried your best and you failed miserably”. From S5E18. File name is
taskfailedsuccessfully.gif. After finding the clip that leads the gif leads to, Homer says, “The Lesson is
to never try.”

No metadata but there is a weird frame glitch if anyone can get just the frame of the glitch that
would be cool please upload and paste the link here. (you can use https://ezgif.com/split to split into
frames and if you select as split options “Ignore optimizations it will show only differences between
frames, but I couldn’t find anything noteworthy)

(been done and no noteworthy clue were found)

dggff dxdgx adaff afffa gxgga xxagx gagag dgagd fafg – cargo

Plaintext: WHAT DID VOYNICH TEACH YOU

Cipher: ADFGX, k = cargo , g = ABCDEFGHIKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Source: Found as an HTML comment

Wrw R gvoo blf, R szev 4 xsrowivm: Uz, Oz, Iz, Cz. Uz rh mld zoo lu 6 bvzih, Oz rh 12 bvzih low, Iz rh
gfimrmt 18, zmw gsv nlhg ivhklmhryov lu gsvn zoo rh Cz dsl rh mld 24. Tvg gl pmld gsvn, zmw gsvb
nrtsg qfhg svok blf drgs Tb’h xsznyvi.

Plaintext: Did I tell you, I have 4 children: Fa, La, Ra, Xa. Fa is now all of 6 years, La is 12 years old, Ra
is turning 18, and the most responsible of them all is Xa who is now 24. Get to know them, and they
might just help you with Gy’s chamber.
Cipher: Atbash Cipher

Source: HTML comment

User Observations

Ages are found by numbering the alphabet. Fa is 6. F is 6th letter etc.

Doha ohz rlfz iba uv svjrz, zwhjl iba uv yvvt huk fvb jhu lualy iba fvb jhuuva nv pu zpkl?

Plaintext: What has keys but no locks, space but no room and you can enter but you cannot go
inside?

Cipher: Caesar, k = 19

Source: HTML hidden input

Riddle Solution: Keyboard (UNCONFIRMED)

ucbwedndgmhcnnocrsaxryomsogs

Plaintext: SY AND GY HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON

Cipher: Bifid, no key

Source: HTML Comment

User Observations

In the thumbnail for zy you can see a representation of an eclipse, while sy seems to represent the
moon, and gy seems to represent the earth (the moon belongs to him).

Sy and Gy both have staffs/staves

Sy and Gy both have 3 stars around their heads in the exact same position

The moon in Sy and Gy are exactly the same - waning gibbous, while Zy has a crescent moon

Both puzzles have the same background image

Zy’s Chamber (415b)

Link: https://breakthecode.tech/game/boolos/415b

.-.. .. ... - . -. / -.- .. -.. / .. / -.. --- -. - / .... .- ...- . / -- ..- -.-. .... / - .. -- . --..-- / - .... . / .- -. ... .-- . .-. / - --- / -...
--- --- .-.. --- ... / ...-- / .. ...

Plaintext: LISTEN KID I DONT HAVE MUCH TIME, THE ANSWER TO BOOLOS 3 IS

Cipher: Morse Code

Source: HTML Hidden Input

nhtafe dagh pag ohc isi n?thhflte mh denndekhi hitei - 6|0

Plaintext: what do breakthecode and kim kardashian have in common? They both had stuff leaked.
The leaked image might have a deeper meaning

Cipher: Railfence, Rails = 6, Offset = 0 (Keep punctuation and spaces)

Source: HTML Comment

Could be referring to either to gys image that was leaked prior to opening or to the hash that led to
the library of babel

Za ualjc zrwu feddlc, yae qwmrz oivz za laag iz yaep scllfravc

Plaintext: To solve this puzzle, you might want to look at your cellphone.

Cipher: Substitution cipher. K = OQEZUPKFAVJLGDWRMHCBSNIXYT

Source: HTML Hidden Input

RG8gbm90IHdhdGNoIHRoaXMgaHR0cDovL3d3dy5jZG5maWxlcy5ob3N0L3YxMC9hc3NldHMvY2ljYW
RhNDA0Lm1wNA==

Plaintext: Do not watch this http://www.cdnfiles.host/v10/assets/cicada404.mp4

Cipher: Base64

Source: HTML Comment

Video Meta: Not yet analyzed, though reports say nothing present.

Exiftool report available - Link

Raw text: https://pastebin.com/fpzp4Ezi

Note: this looks like hex that has transforms done to it. Maybe Java functions? “>>>” function in
Java:

check to see if those dots are wrong?

641 -> 6f1

35b -> e5b Found from

Frequency analysis
what does ">>>" mean in java?

Potentially we need to convert the hex to binary, then run the Java functions on it and convert the
binary back to text to decipher it.

The Cicada 3301 puzzle multiplied the 3301 by the dimensions of the image to get to a .com domain

For the video, Cicada 404, the dimensions of the video are 1280 * 720 (Standard High Definition)

Could also correspond to colors? See colors here

Chess (from tunafisher#1862)

Avatar/chess piece icon has part of its border removed. (mobile) Image is also the same size as letter
grid & mazes.

This chess stuff could be a connection to an “endgame”, as a popular chess endgame database is
called “Syzygy.”

Avatar icons can be found in these links:

https://www.cdnfiles.host/v24/assets/img/avatars/avatar-0.svg(pawn)

https://www.cdnfiles.host/v24/assets/img/avatars/avatar-1.svg(knight)

https://www.cdnfiles.host/v24/assets/img/avatars/avatar-2.svg(bishop)

https://www.cdnfiles.host/v24/assets/img/avatars/avatar-3.svg(rook)

https://www.cdnfiles.host/v24/assets/img/avatars/avatar-4.svg(queen)

https://www.cdnfiles.host/v24/assets/img/avatars/avatar-5.svg(king)

https://www.cdnfiles.host/v24/assets/img/avatars/avatar-6.svg(also king)

#5 and #6, are, for all intents and purposes, perfectly identical files (do view source and check for
yourself)

Gods Images

Does anyone know what are the symbols on gods canes? Symbol on Condoto shipping inc. is also
interesting.

Gy - Heqa Sceptre

https://egyptianocculthistory.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-scepters-or-staves-flail-mace-ureas.html
Also Gy is holding almost a full moon but Sy has a dark moon. Also Gy’s moon is similar to the moon
on 25th of this month, when voynich was released.

Maze Analysis

Might not mean anything - if you take the image and replace colour there’s some sort of pattern

Not Conways

Possibly an old Artari game

Image

Text

Other Images

https://www.cdnfiles.host/v24/assets/img/boolos/maze.svg

Outside:JR;;PJP[RUPIJSFGIM[;SUOMHNTRSLYJRVPFRPMSFPYYRVJFP,SOMDRRUPIMRCYURST

Inside:jaspb];gifsecbky,cituq88pogwlil/
xoxnbjjoculnoxpqnbrgigivnytawgtvadeviaelabstrculnoxvpfnbrgigivntawgtvadeviaelabstr

Inside:

jaspb];gifsecbky,cituq88pogwlil/xoxnbjjoculnoxpqnbrgigivnytawgtvadeviaelabstr

Outside:

jr;;pjp[rupijsfgim[;suomhntrslyjrvpfrpmsfpyyrvjfp,somdrrupimrcyurst
Plaintext

(QWERTY Shift):

Hello hope you had fun playing breakthecode on a dot tech domain see you next year

Inside Maze:

jr;;jgip[ecbukyi,cijsftq8[8gwlm/btcurlojrvpbrgipmispyyrwtjvadp,aodrrluptrd

Outside Maze:

asppb]j; rfs p g imu ;s upo o i hl nxo xn jjo sln xy p fq nr g vnfy tva g f evi s me a ibsmrcyurs t

Inside maze:

J JASPPB ; [RFSEC P ,CI I [; UPO OGWL MH NXO XN J OTCURSL NL X JRPVPFQ NR R IPGMIS NF P

Outside maze:

r;; ]j gip bu kyi jsftg muq8 s8 i l/ b j o y b g y y g v df evi,s aom dr pi rt

Outside Maze:
JR; PP J ; SE U P I UP OGWLIMHL/N XNBJJOTCUR L Q V NFYPYYRTVA G S OMEDRRLUAPI

Inside Maze:

;JASB]GIP[RFCBKYI,CIJSFTGMUQ8[;S8OXOSNLOXYJRPVPFNRBRGIPGMISWTJVADFPEVI,ABSMRCYURS
TRT

Inside Maze:

r;;ppgiprfsepkistgimq8[;8poglimh/nxxnjsloyrpvpfrbggminfypyawvavi,mrrluapmrcyr

Outside Maze:

jjasb]j;[cbuti,cjfusuowlobjotcurlnxjqnripsvyrtvgtjdfpesaoedibsurstt

Inside Maze:

R;;J P[RFS IJSFT MUQ P G LIMHL XO N CURSL LOXY RBRG PGMIS Y R W TJVADFP V , UAP BSMRCYURS

Outside Maze:

JASPPB]J;GIECBUPKYI,CGI8[;S8UOOW/NXBJJOTNJRPVPFQNIVNFPYYTVAGEISAOMEDRRLITRT

Inside Maze:
;jasb]jgip[rcbukysftuq8s8uml/nnbjjornlpfnrbipgsfyytvawjfpeiomedrrlapit

Outside Maze:

JR;PP;FSEPI,CIJGIM[;POOGWLIHXOXTCUSLOXYJRPVQRGMIVNPYRGTVADV,SAUBSMRCYUSTR

Inside Maze:

J;;JPI[RFSECPKY,CIJFIUPOOGWIML/OBJOCURLOJPPFQNRBIGINYYTVAWTJVFI,MDRRLUABSMRST

Outside Maze:

RASPB]J;GPBUISTGMUQ8[;S8LHNXXNJTSNLXYRVRGPMSVFYPRGADPEVSAOEPIRCYURT

Inside Maze:
JJASPP;ISECBPYI,JSTIU8;SPOWIHXXBJTSNOYRPVFNBGMNYYYVATVDFPEIAOMDRLUAPIBT

Outside Maze:

R;;B]JGP[RFUKCIFGMQ[8UOGLM/NONJOCURLLXJPQRRIPGISVFPRTWGJAV,SERSMRCYURSTR

10

Inside Maze:

RASJGIP[RFSECBPKYI,TM[8UPGWLIM/NURSXYJPFQBRIPGMIFYJVFPEVI,MEDRPMR
Outside Maze:

J;;JPPB]U;CIJSFGIUQ8;SOOHLXOXNBJJOTCLNLORPVNRGSVNPYYRTVAWGTADSAORLUAIBSRCYURSTT

AS IO VG (S?) RCY RS

All the mazes coloured in

Answer Reference

NOTE: The Answer Reference is not meant as an authoritative source. Information in this section
may be extremely out of date and/or intentionally misleading. It is against puzzle rules to post a
confirmed valid answer. Please do not include “joke” answers like rats or similar here - if the answer
isn’t reasonable, it should not be in this list.

Possible Answer Ideas

Submitted Answers

guess

challenge

Mortal

Apollo

Black Friday

keyboard

moondust

Determination

spacedust

KvK

Subhash (a lot of people tried bhowmich so maybe its that guys first name) cipher

helios

Gaming/Games

radium

staff/stave

algorithm
Domain Names For The New Tech Revolution

Monday night

pikachu

George Boolos

Gy

chaos

invention

innovation

Lunar/solar eclipse

dottechdomains

Failure

Memes (due to the presence of so many memes in the clues)

Metzii - mayan goddess of moon

hyperion

aries

charity

breakthecodedottech

Ra

συζυγια

Leaking Energy

Uranus

atari

See you next year

sun

persistence

deepblue

2020

help

success
get.tech

Theia

source

earth

aurora

tablebase

fame

marketing

glory

Gaia

enjoyment

greed

phase4

25

Thank you

information

.tech domains

nova

guess

codebreaking
data

marketing

Conscientiousness

planet

puzzle

queen

mystery

riddle

game

Waxing crescent (from Kim Kardacian’s birthday and the start date of BreakTheCode)
Confirmed Wrong Answers

thanos

bhowmick

boolosad

checkmate

code

titan

saturn

keyboard

endgame

moon

domain

syzygy

logic
genesis

prithwiraj

codebreaker

eclipse

Force

answers

love

stalemate

star

pokemons

Tech

Beaver moon

fun

23

.tech

this

heir

The chosen one

create

Never gonna give you up

$5000 gaming rig

Barium

victory

chess

answer

BuildTheFuture

dione

pleasure

Perseverance

Curiosity

creation
turing

Kronos

luna

cryptography

Iron Man

Tony Stark

42

yes

atari

stubborn

stalemate

curiosity

future

This

22

username

Rick astley

creativity

dontbreakthecode

Eros

I love you 3000

Zugzwang

revolution

stubborn

community

Selene

Harambe

Hammurabi

mercy

KnowledgeStalemate

lies
present

Grit

universe

Endgame

enigma

Hell

Nalimov

cicada 3301

lie

decrypted

energy

humanity

Selene

snap

supernova

big bang

breakthecode

radix

breakout

heir

breakout

exodus

Origin

infinity

heart

Nebula

nothing

radium

computer

cryptography
energy

answer

Exodus

Technology

George Boolos

Dolos

.tech

tech

Truth

enjoy

enjoyment

Random

Gaea

time

Singularity

Ankh

Puzzle

Your answer

wonder

unsolvable

bobux

Innovate

Good game

21

happiness

Rickroll

is

theory

Computer

success

techwiz
Additional information and guesses provided by The Naysayers Discord and tunafisher#1862 (from
the Sheet Peeps Discord ).

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