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− | | creator = [http://www.aliceandsmith.com/ Alice & Smith] | + | | creator = [http://www.aliceandsmith.com/ Alice & Smith] & [https://www.pubg.com/ PUBG] |
| type = Official | | type = Official | ||
− | | status = | + | | status = Discontinued |
| discovered = 2020-10-07 | | discovered = 2020-10-07 | ||
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− | {{ambox|type= | + | {{ambox|type=notice|text=<center>'''''This page contains spoilers! Proceed at your own caution.'''''</center>}} |
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− | On October 7th, the main | + | * Update with the site's return on October 21st. |
+ | * Update with the shipment and Tythonic's website. | ||
+ | * Update with the pillar website and email interactions | ||
+ | * Update with the earnings call and RogueScout23}} | ||
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+ | On October 7th, 2020, the main Twitter account for the video game ''PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS'' [https://twitter.com/PUBG/status/1313736073516920832 shared a post] with a YouTube video link and the caption: | ||
<code>On tonight’s episode of Mysteries Unknown we explore the dark history around a plateau in Peru with some perplexing properties.</code> | <code>On tonight’s episode of Mysteries Unknown we explore the dark history around a plateau in Peru with some perplexing properties.</code> | ||
− | + | The Tweet also included a link to a new [https://lore.pubg.com/ 'PUBG Lore'] website. | |
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+ | ==Pre-website== | ||
+ | Before the [https://lore.pubg.com/ PUBG Lore] website opened, 9 popular PUBG influencers were sent packages containing several items, including one of nine mysterious fragments of a stone tablet, supposedly originating from Paramo, appropriately named the "Paramo stone". The other items included were a letter from one "Dr. Burton A. Northrop", the key to decipher the stone's text, and an image of the complete stone showing the layout of the fragments. Some of the fragments ended up stuck in customs, and the complete stone was never assembled. Parts of what was deciphered and the key to the mysterious text can be seen in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK14HyG-txY this YouTube video]. | ||
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==October 7th== | ==October 7th== | ||
− | + | [[File:PUBG_Staging_Area.jpg|thumb|Staging area]] | |
− | + | At first, the website showed a collection of several photos and objects, with a "Get Notified" box allowing an email address to be entered, a button to allow browser notifications, and a share button for Facebook and Twitter. This form of the website is what was later called the Staging Area. While the staging area could no longer be accessed on the main website after the full site was released on October 15th, a copy of it was later found on [https://vhs-staging.com/ a separate domain]. | |
− | After | + | |
− | + | After a user entered an email address, 6 objects in the background image would start glitching and become clickable. On clicking one, a very short audio-less video of a few seconds would play, and a prompt would appear to enter a passcode. | |
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<spoiler> | <spoiler> | ||
− | Each | + | Each of the six objects corresponded to a specific map in the PUBG game. |
− | Entering the proper map name would | + | Entering the proper map name would display a specific quote from a PUBG lore video, and the image corresponding to that map would cease to be interactable. |
− | + | The passcodes and what they were attached to are as follows: | |
+ | * Erangel - The chess pawn - <code>Will you embrace who you are meant to be?</code> - Quote from the [https://youtu.be/H6SKmGj_-f0 Season 4 Cinematic Trailer] (2019-07-16) | ||
+ | * Miramar - The lighter - <code>What do you know about him? What has he told you about his plans?</code> - Quote from the [https://youtu.be/9e-xLSUl6Fw Season 5 Cinematic] (2020-01-02) | ||
+ | * Karakin - The broken figurine - <code>Every secret. I know it all.</code> - Quote from [https://youtu.be/FNnnwEKNn5c Season 6 Motion Comics – Here Comes The Bride (Issue #3)] (2020-04-02) | ||
+ | * Vikendi - The dinosaur stickers - <code>But I found a new father. And I like his game much better.</code> - Quote from [https://youtu.be/cylLASrWu_U Mysteries Unknown - Tragedy at Dinoland] (2020-05-06) | ||
+ | * Sanhok - The burrito - <code>Do you know how much these people pay to watch this?</code> - Quote from [https://youtu.be/-uPNQnyHlnA The Sanhok Tapes] (2020-07-20) | ||
+ | * Paramo - The photo of the volcano - <code>But what if the good didn't have to die at all?</code> - Quote from [https://youtu.be/FVzE9zHxd74 Mysteries Unknown - Paramo] (2020-10-07) | ||
− | + | Once all 6 passcodes were entered, a new message appeared in the background: | |
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− | + | <code>You have proven yourself. Magna Venari.</code> | |
− | <code> | ||
− | You have proven yourself. Magna Venari. </code> | ||
</spoiler> | </spoiler> | ||
==October 15th== | ==October 15th== | ||
− | On October 15th, it was noticed that the website had been updated and the staging area had | + | On October 15th, it was noticed that the website had been updated and the staging area had disappeared. The new version of the website contained several lore articles, such as characters' lore, journals, and other stories. One article of significant note was "The Journal of Dr. Burton Northrop", consisting of a transcript of the eponymous journal – this journal would later become of significant relevance to the ARG. |
+ | |||
+ | Some of the locked lore entries, seen on the main page of the website, each displayed a date upon clicking on them, speculated to be their unlocking date. | ||
+ | |||
+ | <spoiler> | ||
+ | The following line was discovered in the website's source code, included with the other meta property tags: | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | <meta property="Yes, you!" content="Ubj bevtvany, n Pnrfne plcure... Trg ernql sevraqf, guvf vf bayl gur ortvaavat."> | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | The text was identified as a ROT13 Caesar cypher, decoding to the following:<br> | ||
+ | <code>How original, a Caesar cypher... Get ready friends, this is only the beginning.</code> | ||
+ | </spoiler> | ||
==October 16th== | ==October 16th== | ||
− | On October 16th, the website was | + | On October 16th, the website was placed in an apparent maintenance mode, displaying the message: |
− | < | + | <pre> |
− | Updating Coming back online shortly...</ | + | Updating |
− | + | Coming back online shortly... | |
− | + | </pre> | |
+ | |||
+ | No way was found to access the articles from the previous iteration of the website while it was in this "Updating" phase. | ||
+ | |||
<spoiler> | <spoiler> | ||
− | + | The ROT13 text from the previous iteration of the site remained in the source. A new line also appeared an hour after this was found: | |
− | + | <pre> | |
− | + | <-- Status: 1% --> | |
− | + | </pre> | |
− | + | ||
− | + | And again changed a few hours later to: | |
− | + | <pre> | |
− | + | <-- Status: 3.14159265359% --> | |
− | + | </pre> | |
− | + | ||
− | A new line also appeared an hour after this was found: | + | This new status number consisted of the first 11 digits of pi, although no significance to this was found in relation to the website. |
− | < | ||
− | <-- Status: 1% --></ | ||
− | And again changed a few hours | ||
− | < | ||
− | <-- Status: 3.14159265359% --></ | ||
− | This new status | ||
</spoiler> | </spoiler> | ||
==October 18th== | ==October 18th== | ||
− | On October 18th, the [https://d1x1dwimk2qkzk.cloudfront.net/maintenance/weekend-event-starting-now.gif background image] for the | + | On October 18th, the website's [https://d1x1dwimk2qkzk.cloudfront.net/maintenance/weekend-event-starting-now.gif background image] changed. This new image showed four short braille texts, three of which were shown as 'locked'. |
− | < | + | |
− | ===1st unlock=== | + | ===1st Unlock=== |
+ | <spoiler> | ||
+ | At the same time as this update, the 'Status' comment in the source code was also updated: | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | <-- Status: 11% --> | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | The first braille text was translated to a difficulty level and a link: | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | Beginner | ||
+ | OVG.YL/#5468753 | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | The second, third, and fourth braille texts (the 'locked' ones) translated to only the difficulty levels: | ||
+ | * <code>Medium</code> | ||
+ | * <code>Hard</code> | ||
+ | * <code>GDBeginner</code> or <code>74Beginner</code> | ||
+ | |||
+ | The first five letters in the 'Beginner' link used the same ROT13 cipher that had been used previously (translating to <code>BIT.LY</code>). The # indicated that the following characters were numbers and had to be removed, as was also indicated by the braille character being yellow. Thus, the decoded link was [https://bit.ly/5468753 bit.ly/5468753], which led to [https://imgur.com/a/1LLOjUM an Imgur post] consisting of an image of a journal entry and a caption. The caption below the image was as follows: | ||
+ | <pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"> | ||
+ | XxxxxxxXXxxxx did discover the method used by the Dr... | ||
+ | letting us know when skeletons expired | ||
+ | XxxxxxxXXxxxx never did he have an email address | ||
+ | since 1980 did he himself rest | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | Notably, [http://mysecretwebmail.com mysecretwebmail.com] redirected to the PUBG lore website. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Combined, the journal entry and the caption pointed towards the process of radiocarbon dating, a method used to determine the age of an object containing organic material. The credited inventor of this method was chemist Willard Frank Libby, who died in 1980. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Condensing this name to "<code>WillardFLibby</code>" would fit with the formatting used for the email address in the caption, and indeed, sending an email to <code>[email protected]</code> would result in an automated reply: | ||
+ | <pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"> | ||
+ | Hi friend! | ||
+ | |||
+ | Thanks for contacting Willard Libby. Unfortunately, he died in 1980. To continue your quest for knowledge, reach out to our office directly. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Phone: 1 346-766-2103 | ||
+ | Toll-Free: US: +1 833-877-5048 | Canada: +1 833-345-0727 | UK: +44 808 169 4350 | FR: +33 805 08 08 99 | ||
+ | More branch opening Soon... | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | The quoted phone numbers, when called, all brought the caller to a menu with several options, spoken by a woman with a sourthern USA accent<!-- if anyone can place the accent more accurately, feel free to update this. i am far from an expert. -->. [https://clyp.it/5l1cf2qx?token=47a611e2397ae8304b7eb67aa324bedc This menu] is transcribed as follows: | ||
+ | <pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"> | ||
+ | Welcome friends! | ||
+ | Please be advised that our menu has changed, so listen carefully. | ||
+ | For journal entry number 1, press 1. | ||
+ | For journal entry number 2, press 2. | ||
+ | For journal entry number 3, press 3. | ||
+ | For journal entry number 4, press 8. | ||
+ | Yeah, I know. IT sometimes are like that. | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | Pressing 1 to reach [https://clyp.it/hiep4tc5?token=2181affa043a8e2506629ca3e57b47cf journal entry number 1] gave the following entry from Dr. Northrop's journal, narrated by the same voice as the menu: | ||
+ | <pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"> | ||
+ | June 13th, 1982 | ||
+ | |||
+ | The proud warrior people of Paramo had no words in their language to mean “sickness” or “health.” They simply lived and died. I have seen references to the same individuals over unnaturally long stretches of time – longer than any normal human lifespan. Perhaps they passed their names down to their children, generation after generation? Yet, even in the modern day local village at the base of the mountain, there is no hospital, no medic, no doctor. A strange coincidence. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The answer to this riddle is here, somewhere, beneath my feet. We begin our first excavation in one week. | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | Pressing 2, 3 or 8 gave the following: | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | This entry is not yet unlocked. | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | Pressing 4, 5, 6, 7, or 9 gave the following: | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | This is not a valid option, but we admire your curiosity. | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | Pressing 0 gave the following: | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | All our offices are closed right now, there's no one to talk to. | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | Pressing * or # would just loop back the phone menu. | ||
+ | </spoiler> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===2nd Unlock=== | ||
+ | Around an hour and a half after the first braille text was made available, the second was unlocked with an updated [https://d1x1dwimk2qkzk.cloudfront.net/maintenance/739174901.gif background image]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | <spoiler> | ||
+ | The 'Status' comment in the source code was also updated alongside this: | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | <-- Status: 13% - uploading new audio entry --> | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | The second braille code was translated as follow: | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | Medium | ||
+ | OVG.YL/V6239245 | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | While the yellow character was different this time, it could still be removed, producing the link [https://bit.ly/6239245 bit.ly/6239245]. This led to a [https://pastebin.com/aPaVC3QR Pastebin post], transcribed as follows: | ||
+ | <pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"> | ||
+ | The key is constant, irrational, calculated as men breathe or as eagles sustain themselves in the wind: with ten fingers only. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Answer: bit.ly/entry_XXXXXXXXXX | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | Searching up the first part of the riddle revealed it was a reference to Euler's number, represented in decimal as <code>2.71828...</code>. The second part of the riddle, referring to "ten fingers only", was taken to refer to the first 10 digits of the number. Combined with the partial 'Answer' link, this produced the link [https://bit.ly/entry_2718281828 bit.ly/entry_2718281828]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | This second bit.ly link led to Imgur for another [https://imgur.com/a/eRPElmQ journal entry], and at the same time unlocked [https://clyp.it/ys3xkm10?token=959ae8f1e7f3411a0de05bc3c4238247 journal entry number 2] in the phone menu: | ||
+ | <pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"> | ||
+ | December 21st, 1983 | ||
+ | |||
+ | Wheeler has been pressuring me to come to a conclusion about the mass disappearance and whether there is truly anything extraordinary about this city. He mentioned something about an advanced timetable, about how things will soon be “out of his hands.” | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | About 30 minutes after the second braille was solved, the 'Status' comment in the source code was once again updated: | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | <-- Status: 26% - Entry updated --> | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | </spoiler> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===3rd Unlock=== | ||
+ | [[File:PUBG_3rd_Unlock.jpg|thumb|Third unlock background image]] | ||
+ | [[File:PUBG_End_of_Oct_18.jpg|thumb|A screenshot of the site at the end of October 18th]] | ||
+ | Almost 2 hours after the second braille was solved, the third was unlocked with an updated [https://d1x1dwimk2qkzk.cloudfront.net/maintenance/909198746.gif background image]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | <spoiler> | ||
+ | The status in source code changed to update to the following: | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | <-- Status: 61% - Status: 8 unique ID calls received. Activity Low. More resources required for the next unlock. --> | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | Notably, the yellow character in the second braille was corrected to be a <code>#</code> instead of a <code>V</code> in the updated background. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The third braille code translated to: | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | Hard | ||
+ | OVG.YL/#1259437 | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | This third braille link followed the same principal has the other two, translating to [https://bit.ly/1259437 bit.ly/1259437], which in turn led to a [https://pastebin.com/UKf3jm3n Pastebin post] with the following text: | ||
+ | <pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"> | ||
+ | Climb a tree whose roots are logs, from its single trunk to the sixth level, and count the branches along the way. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Answer: bit.ly/entry_XXXXXXXXXX | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | The solution to this riddle involved the used of a binary tree with logarithmic roots, leading to the numbers 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64. The solution was thus [https://bit.ly/entry_1248163264 bit.ly/entry_1248163264], which led to Imgur for [https://imgur.com/a/hGD1zce a new journal entry] and unlocked [https://clyp.it/2amqgwbx?token=98b50f070769999dfe559549d1f0195d journal entry number 3] in the phone menu: | ||
+ | <pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"> | ||
+ | July 9th, 1983 | ||
+ | |||
+ | Very, very good news today. And, unexpected. We have located a massive burial site just north of the residential area. Too busy making preparations to go into further detail just yet. | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | The source code changed several time during the day, though the fourth braille link remained locked. The following is the progression of the changes to the 'Status' message: | ||
+ | * <code><-- Status: 61% - Status: 8 unique ID calls received. Activity Low. More resources required for the next unlock. --></code> - When the third lock opened. | ||
+ | * <code><-- Status: 61% - Status: 12 unique ID - 61 calls received. Activity Low. More resources required for the next unlock. --></code> - About an hour after the third lock opened. | ||
+ | * <code><-- Status: 61% - Status: 15 unique ID - 87 calls received. Activity Low. More resources required for the next unlock. --></code> - About two hours after the third lock opened. | ||
+ | * <code><-- Status: 62% - Status: 18 unique ID - 96 calls received. Activity Low. More resources required for the next unlock. --></code> - About three hours after the third lock opened. | ||
+ | * <code><-- Status: 70% - Status: 21 unique ID - 113 calls received. Activity Low. More resources required for the next unlock. --></code> - About six hours and a half after the third lock opened. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The final thing that was noticed was a slight change to the website, with the maintenance message returning to its initial appearance. | ||
+ | </spoiler> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==October 19th== | ||
+ | <spoiler> | ||
+ | The status message continued to be updated: | ||
+ | * <code><-- Status: 70.1% - Status: 27 unique ID - 137 calls received. Activity Low. More resources required for the next unlock. --></code> | ||
+ | </spoiler> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==October 20th== | ||
+ | ===4th Unlock=== | ||
+ | [[File:PUBG 4th Unlock.jpg|thumb|Fourth unlock]] | ||
+ | On October 20th, the [https://d1x1dwimk2qkzk.cloudfront.net/maintenance/09017412-A.gif background image] was updated, revealing the fourth braille link. | ||
+ | |||
+ | <spoiler> | ||
+ | The status message in the source code was also changed, to: | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | <-- Status: 85% - Status: 71 unique ID - 297 calls received. --> | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | When calling the phone number, the resulting message had also changed. It now stated the following before the usual menu: | ||
+ | <pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"> | ||
+ | Hi, please enter a unique 7 digit code to continue. Do your best to keep this code nearby – You have no idea when you're gonna need it. You can also attach it to your tail, you know; if you prefer body bag and stuff. Press # at the end of your code. | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | The fourth braille code was translated as: | ||
+ | <pre> | ||
+ | GDBeginner | ||
+ | OVG.YL/V9534561 | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | The first line could have been either <code>GDBeginner</code> or <code>74Beginner</code> - this was subject to debate as both GD and 74 use the same braille characters. | ||
+ | |||
+ | This fourth braille link, [https://bit.ly/9534561 bit.ly/9534561], led to [https://pastebin.com/DXg4Wc2Z another Pastebin post] with the following text: | ||
+ | <pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"> | ||
+ | In an anomaly of magnitude, find the frequency of these leaders: 2196 | ||
+ | |||
+ | Answer bit.ly/entry_XXXXXXXXXX | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | |||
+ | The solution was Benford's law and the wiki page specifically<!-- Clarification/elaboration needed. What wiki page? How did it relate? -->. Using the percentages associated with the 4 numbers found in the example led to the solution of [https://bit.ly/entry_1763014667 bit.ly/entry_1763014667]. This redirected to an Imgur post of another [https://imgur.com/a/oOlSMAD journal entry] from Northrop's journal. No new phone entry was unlocked and no 7 digit code was found. | ||
+ | </spoiler> | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ==Journal Entries== | ||
+ | {{todo|Update (or merge into the above sections), given the fact that a transcript of the entire journal is available on the website.}} | ||
+ | This is a list of the current entries from the journal of Dr. Burton Northrop discovered as part of this ARG's second phase. They have been placed in chronological order and include their source. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===June 13th, 1982=== | ||
+ | Entry from [https://clyp.it/hiep4tc5?token=2181affa043a8e2506629ca3e57b47cf pressing 1] when calling the phone number. Refer to the [[#1st Unlock|first unlock]] for details on the number. | ||
+ | |||
+ | <spoiler> | ||
+ | <pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"> | ||
+ | June 13th, 1982 | ||
+ | |||
+ | The proud warrior people of Paramo had no words in their language to mean “sickness” or “health.” They simply lived and died. I have seen references to the same individuals over unnaturally long stretches of time – longer than any normal human lifespan. Perhaps they passed their names down to their children, generation after generation? Yet, even in the modern day local village at the base of the mountain, there is no hospital, no medic, no doctor. A strange coincidence. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The answer to this riddle is here, somewhere, beneath my feet. We begin our first excavation in one week. | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | </spoiler> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===February 14th, 1983=== | ||
+ | [[File:PUBG_Milestone_2.jpg|thumb|Milestone 2]] Entry from [https://imgur.com/a/eRPElmQ milestone 2] after solving the second braille puzzle. Refer to the [[#2nd Unlock|second unlock]] for details on the puzzle. | ||
+ | |||
+ | <spoiler> | ||
+ | <pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"> | ||
+ | February 14, 1983 | ||
+ | |||
+ | Third straight week of excavation in the upper residential section. There is much to decipher and translate. Ceramics, baskets, cookware. It is exhilarating, to be so close to the everyday lives of these long departed ghosts, to imagine one’s self sipping from a carved wooden ladle, or relaxing by a mud and stone hearth. Perhaps if I could think like them I could [REDACTED] | ||
+ | |||
+ | Received a distressing letter from Evelyn today. Miranda has lost the ability to speak. Perhaps permanently. The physician could not determine if it is physical or psychological, but it is not uncommon when approaching the advanced stages of her condition. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Is it possible I will never hear my child say “I love you” again? | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | </spoiler> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===July 9th, 1983=== | ||
+ | Entry from [https://clyp.it/2amqgwbx?token=98b50f070769999dfe559549d1f0195d pressing 3] when calling. Refer to the [[#1st Unlock|first unlock]] for details on the phone number. | ||
+ | |||
+ | <spoiler> | ||
+ | <pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"> | ||
+ | July 9th, 1983 | ||
+ | |||
+ | Very, very good news today. And, unexpected. We have located a massive burial site just north of the residential area. Too busy making preparations to go into further detail just yet. | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | </spoiler> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===July 14th, 1983=== | ||
+ | [[File:PUBG_Milestone_1.jpg|thumb|Milestone 1]] Entry from [https://imgur.com/a/1LLOjUM milestone 1] after solving the first braille puzzle. Refer to the [[#1st Unlock|first unlock]] for details on the puzzle. | ||
+ | |||
+ | <spoiler> | ||
+ | <pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"> | ||
+ | July 14, 1983 | ||
+ | |||
+ | Astonishing! There are skeletons here that are, unthinkably, far older than any human being in our modern world could imagine. We have carbon dated four skeletons so far. Two of them, ordinary citizens, were in their nineties when they died – a ripe old age. But the other two, the warriors – Frisell has estimated their ages to be at least one hundred and thirty and one hundred and fifty years old! Both warriors were buried with armor, emblazoned with this symbol: | ||
+ | |||
+ | ["TEMPLE SPRING"] | ||
+ | |||
+ | I have sworn Frisell to secrecy. Can’t risk this getting back to Wheeler before I [REDACTED]. | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | </spoiler> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===December 21st, 1983=== | ||
+ | Entry from [https://clyp.it/ys3xkm10?token=959ae8f1e7f3411a0de05bc3c4238247 pressing 2] when calling. Refer to the [[#1st Unlock|first unlock]] for details on the phone number. | ||
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+ | <pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"> | ||
+ | December 21st, 1983 | ||
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+ | Wheeler has been pressuring me to come to a conclusion about the mass disappearance and whether there is truly anything extraordinary about this city. He mentioned something about an advanced timetable, about how things will soon be “out of his hands.” | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | </spoiler> | ||
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+ | ===March 4th, 1984=== | ||
+ | [[File:PUBG_Milestone_3.jpg|thumb|Milestone 3]] Entry from [https://imgur.com/a/hGD1zce milestone 3] after solving the third braille puzzle. Refer to the [[#3rd Unlock|third unlock]] for details on the puzzle. | ||
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− | + | No – they can’t buy me. I will stay here until I finish what I started. | |
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− | === | + | ===March 5th, 1984=== |
+ | [[File:PUBG Milestone 4.jpeg|thumb|Milestone 4]] Entry from [https://imgur.com/a/oOlSMAD milestone 4] after solving the fourth braille puzzle. Refer to the [[#4th Unlock|fourth unlock]] for details on the puzzle. | ||
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+ | <spoiler> | ||
+ | <pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"> | ||
+ | March 5, 1984 | ||
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+ | the sky . . . goddess. . return ...will not die | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
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+ | The version of this entry as transcribed on the website reads slightly differently: | ||
+ | <pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"> | ||
+ | March 5th, 1984 | ||
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+ | [REDACTED]…to the peak [REDACTED]…gateway to the sky [REDACTED]…goddess [REDACTED]…return [REDACTED]…will not die | ||
+ | </pre> | ||
+ | </spoiler> |
Latest revision as of 23:41, 22 July 2024
PUBG Lore | |
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https://lore.pubg.com/ | |
Type | Official |
Creator | Alice & Smith & PUBG |
Discovered | 2020-10-07 |
Main Page > List of Investigations > PUBG Lore
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On October 7th, 2020, the main Twitter account for the video game PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS shared a post with a YouTube video link and the caption:
On tonight’s episode of Mysteries Unknown we explore the dark history around a plateau in Peru with some perplexing properties.
The Tweet also included a link to a new 'PUBG Lore' website.
Contents
Pre-website
Before the PUBG Lore website opened, 9 popular PUBG influencers were sent packages containing several items, including one of nine mysterious fragments of a stone tablet, supposedly originating from Paramo, appropriately named the "Paramo stone". The other items included were a letter from one "Dr. Burton A. Northrop", the key to decipher the stone's text, and an image of the complete stone showing the layout of the fragments. Some of the fragments ended up stuck in customs, and the complete stone was never assembled. Parts of what was deciphered and the key to the mysterious text can be seen in this YouTube video.
October 7th
At first, the website showed a collection of several photos and objects, with a "Get Notified" box allowing an email address to be entered, a button to allow browser notifications, and a share button for Facebook and Twitter. This form of the website is what was later called the Staging Area. While the staging area could no longer be accessed on the main website after the full site was released on October 15th, a copy of it was later found on a separate domain.
After a user entered an email address, 6 objects in the background image would start glitching and become clickable. On clicking one, a very short audio-less video of a few seconds would play, and a prompt would appear to enter a passcode.
October 15th
On October 15th, it was noticed that the website had been updated and the staging area had disappeared. The new version of the website contained several lore articles, such as characters' lore, journals, and other stories. One article of significant note was "The Journal of Dr. Burton Northrop", consisting of a transcript of the eponymous journal – this journal would later become of significant relevance to the ARG.
Some of the locked lore entries, seen on the main page of the website, each displayed a date upon clicking on them, speculated to be their unlocking date.
October 16th
On October 16th, the website was placed in an apparent maintenance mode, displaying the message:
Updating Coming back online shortly...
No way was found to access the articles from the previous iteration of the website while it was in this "Updating" phase.
October 18th
On October 18th, the website's background image changed. This new image showed four short braille texts, three of which were shown as 'locked'.
1st Unlock
2nd Unlock
Around an hour and a half after the first braille text was made available, the second was unlocked with an updated background image.
3rd Unlock
Almost 2 hours after the second braille was solved, the third was unlocked with an updated background image.
October 19th
October 20th
4th Unlock
On October 20th, the background image was updated, revealing the fourth braille link.
Journal Entries
To do: Update (or merge into the above sections), given the fact that a transcript of the entire journal is available on the website. |
This is a list of the current entries from the journal of Dr. Burton Northrop discovered as part of this ARG's second phase. They have been placed in chronological order and include their source.
June 13th, 1982
Entry from pressing 1 when calling the phone number. Refer to the first unlock for details on the number.
February 14th, 1983
Entry from milestone 2 after solving the second braille puzzle. Refer to the second unlock for details on the puzzle.
July 9th, 1983
Entry from pressing 3 when calling. Refer to the first unlock for details on the phone number.
July 14th, 1983
Entry from milestone 1 after solving the first braille puzzle. Refer to the first unlock for details on the puzzle.
December 21st, 1983
Entry from pressing 2 when calling. Refer to the first unlock for details on the phone number.
March 4th, 1984
Entry from milestone 3 after solving the third braille puzzle. Refer to the third unlock for details on the puzzle.