Difference between revisions of "The Secret World"
| [unchecked revision] | [unchecked revision] |
m (Moved some text around to make WIP/spoiler tag more obvious) |
m (→First Chapter: Fixed wording to correspond to the tip) |
||
| Line 77: | Line 77: | ||
2nd tip, more obvious: | 2nd tip, more obvious: | ||
| − | <spoiler>The tarot deck consists of the [[wikipedia:Major Arcana|Major Arcana]] and the [[wikipedia:Minor Arcana|Minor arcana]], which can be divided up in four suits. A trump card from the Major Arcana and cards of three of the four suits of the Minor Arcana are present, although they | + | <spoiler>The tarot deck consists of the [[wikipedia:Major Arcana|Major Arcana]] and the [[wikipedia:Minor Arcana|Minor arcana]], which can be divided up in four suits. A trump card from the Major Arcana and cards of three of the four suits of the Minor Arcana are present, although they all have lost something. What has lost even more however is the fourth suit of the Major Arcana, the [[wikipedia:Suit of coins|Suit of Coins]], which has no card present at all.</spoiler> |
Solution: | Solution: | ||
Revision as of 09:06, 18 June 2017
| The Secret World | |
|---|---|
| The Secret World: Legends puzzle trail, also known as "Kiss of the Revenant". | |
| Type | [[List_of_Investigations#Official|Official]] |
| Creator | Alice & Smith / Funcom |
| Discovered | 2017-06-16 |
Main Page > List of Investigations > The Secret World
The Kiss of the Revenant puzzle trail is a promotional series of puzzles linked to The Secret World: Legends. It was created by Alice & Smith, who also created the Waking Titan and Dawn Bloom ARGs.
If you want to discuss the puzzle or get live updates on it, then there are three places where you can do so:
- This Discord channel on the Game Detectives Discord.
- This thread on reddit.
- This thread on the Secret World forums.
This page is a mirror of this page on the Cry Gaia Wiki.
This page is a work in progress, and will be updated as new developments emerge.
This page documents the Kiss of the Revenant puzzle trail. Be warned - there are puzzle spoilers on this page (behind spoiler tags)!
Initial Announcement
The puzzle began when the official twitter for The Black Watchmen posted a link kissoftherevenant.com[1]. It had already been hinted at during the Developer stream on 16 Jun. 2017, the day before the announcement, that there would be something coming up.
It's started... http://kissoftherevenant.com #SecretWorldLegends
Following the URL redirects to mmorpg.com/puzzle.cfm where the puzzle is located.
It was quickly discovered that some letters were bigger than others, spelling out AHEOET. Examining the page's source code, every big letter's HTML tag also had a number. The numbers are 98 105 116 46 108 121, which is the ASCII decimal representation of bit.ly. Using AHEOET as a bit.ly link, people would end up at cdn.kissoftherevenant.com/shadow-bound-anim.gif.
Furthermore, on the puzzle page a 'cursed soul' can randomly appear at a random position within the frame. When clicked, the text '+1 cursed soul' pops up, but outside of that nothing seems to happen.
People on reddit started analyzing the page's javascript code. This made clear that a server decides when a soul shows up, and is notified when that soul gets clicked on. Outside of that there isn't anything immediately useful to be found in the code, only some references that likely will be used in later parts of the puzzle, as well as that the puzzle will consist of multiple chapters.
First Chapter
At approximately 12:18GMT 2017-07-17 the first puzzle unlocked. Clicking on the puzzle would play a short video, after which the hint 'Draw first upon the ground' is displayed. A secret page was given as well, containing four tarot cards with the hint 'That which is lost more than others'.
The Henderson mentioned in the video likely is Archibald Henderson. The video only provides some context however, and doesn't contain any clues. The Russian text seen in the video are Film leader. Here's a transcript of the narrator in the video:
Step closer. Let me see you. Mmmh. You'll do, you'll do. So then, let me tell you a story. Timewise? a family lived around here. Tragic. But someone like you? I'm sure you have heard it all before. Old man Henderson tried to walk away from power. Instead he lost everything... he ever built, everyone he ever loved. But this story isn't about him, but about his younger daughter, Samantha, and her struggle to be free of him. I see you found Sam's notebook. Maybe you can finish her work in binding the revenant. Hangs around here, y'know. Takes a lot of brains and a lot of guts. But the weapon you make sure'll be worth it. Come on, see if you can make heads or tails of it.
1st tip: SPOILER
2nd tip:
SPOILER
2nd tip, more obvious:
SPOILER
Solution:
SPOILER
Rewards
After the first puzzle was unlocked, the rewards screen became available, giving a preview of all the rewards. These rewards include:
- A 'Shadow Bound Weapon' which has a 20% chance to summon a revenant with every hit. The revenant will cast raven blade which deals physical damage. The preview video is the same as the gif found at the start, except with a higher quality.
- Weapon/talisman distillates.
- Black Watchmen hoodie
- +5 AP and +5 SP potion
- Black Watchmen jacket
Only the weapons were unlocked when the rewards screen came available. The rest of the rewards had to be unlocked by collecting souls.
The second reward was unlocked at 19:27GMT 2017-06-17, when 2500 souls were reached.
Media
The full background, only the center is visible in the frame.
The first puzzle is unlocked.
The reward of the first puzzle. The image shows The Black House in the Savage Coast, and is also a loading screen in TSW. According to the file's metadata, this image was created 2012-05-01.
The 'home' screen after the first puzzle is complete.
The screen shown when clicking on the second puzzle.
An image showing various icons used. Note that the chapter numbering isn't correct.
The rewards page as of 08:39GMT 2017-06-18.
