Quest for the Scroll Walkthrough!
Added 2023-07-21 23:47:29 +0000 UTCWe had a lot of fun building this and we hope many of you have had fun playing; and still are for those jumping into seek out Spirit Hoppers! We learned a lot from the Quest for the Scroll and we are keen to take what we've learned and roll all that into future quests. So keep your eyes wide for another puzzling adventure in October! We wanted to show a walk through now that the quest has ended so everyone can get the collectible Spirit Hopper.
A few things we will change for the next one are below.
1. We will launch on a weekend to be considerate to people with work during the weekdays who wish to get the jump on the quest.
2. We will announce in advance so that people know before hand when the first clue will go live.
3. As with this one no clues will be behind a paywall but likely will use our various social media accounts.
If you have any questions feel free to ask them below.
The Solution!
All the quest links/websites are still active and running. If you've not been able to make it all the way through yet, you can use the following guide and get all the way to the end to get your very own Spirit Hopper. Don't tarry as this currently is the only way to get the Spirit Hopper.
1) Our Quest began with a cryptic message in an image and a post below that set the scene with a slight hint in the text itself. Many of you picked up on the hints and leapt into our DISCORD, where you used the command
!quest
2) Entering the text and pressing enter gave you a new user role "Quest Seeker" and granted access to a new channel "Quest for the Scroll.
3) Upon entering the channel the first posts (which were also pinned) showed you a cryptic clue and an image. The key was to recognise that the image was some concept art, which we post in a discord channel, thus sending you to find the particular bit of concept art the cropped image related too.
4) The artwork was buried high up in the Concept Art Channel! Upon finding the concept art of Kahnu there was link which took you to our Direct Me website.
5) Once on the Direct Me Website the next step was to look around and see something related to the quest - the icon of Kahnu at the bottom. Clicking that opened up another brand new page - our Newsletter.
6) On the Newsletter if you scrolled down you not only found an image with some text, but also a short phrase underneath to help out.
7) Translating the text on the image would give you the words "Ice" and "lore"
The hint here was to work out that we release much of our lore through our IceDrive website. A place linked too from our Direct Me page that you'd already visited
8) Once in the Ice Drive there was a single folder marked "Info" clicking that opened up the following image
9) The text here didn't send you anywhere obvious, however if you took a moment to look around you'd see two faint text phrases on the page.
The text translates to "You" and "tube" whilst the latter text is a string of characters typically seen as part of a youtube link.
Creating a youtube link yourself for this took you to a hidden video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xp6eYezYsKQ
10) Playing in the video were 4 notes which were also shown by their musical notation. The notes spell out the following
F A C E
Which was a double hint. First to head to our Facebook website (after visiting all our other sites through other parts of the quest) and also to look for a bit of artwork of a face. Which would eventually lead you to the following image
11) The description of which had some lore and the following riddle and link
I am known by all and free of lies.
I am you without your disguise.
The mundane know me as I am.
The mad and the grieving think me a sham.
For the down on their luck I am an excuse.
For men of truth I am but produce.
What am I?
https://questforthescroll.github.io/questforthescroll/
12) Clicking the link takes you to a password protected website where you had to enter the solution to the riddle to gain entry. The answer is:
reality
Completing the final step in the quest and releasing to you the reward! A unique prize of our entire MMF library for the first; and a Spirit Hopper for EVERY person who made it this far.
Remember, this is all still active. You can go there right now and obtain your very own, totally free Spirit Hopper!
⚔️ May Your Blades Stay Sharp and Your Flesh on Your Bones!
Comments
Can't say I'd have picked up half of that. Was never good at ARGs, just loved reading about them after they ended.
Vinnie Simonetti
2023-07-25 10:33:10 +0000 UTCI think there were a lot of cool aspects to this. My only problem is that I don't know enough about Discord and the other relevant websites.
Krozber
2023-07-22 17:24:44 +0000 UTCI love the effort you put in for your patrons/tribes folk. Been subscribing since your second month and many times over the years I have cancelled and subscribed to many patreons, but I've never left DTL! Thanks for the fun. Additionally, thanks for laying out the solution like this. Having a job with lots of homework and a very busy toddler, I just did not have the time to put in the hard yards in solving all the riddles and finding all the clues. So thank you for putting out the cheat sheet. Looking forward to the next one!
Sean McInnes
2023-07-22 10:58:53 +0000 UTCOh dear. The only unwell thing here is your opinion on this topic mate. It’s not woke to include a range of body types, especially in pinups. Have you heard of a game called Kingdom Death? Regarded as one of the best TTRPGs of all time and it features pinup models across most of their female models. They also feature a wide range of sizes AS WELL AS (and I’m not sure you’re ready for this one, considering the rest of your takes) male pinups. This game was out and thriving well before
Sean McInnes
2023-07-22 07:57:12 +0000 UTCBless you for posting the walkthrough, the ARG is great but I suck at these things so seeing the full path and still getting to get the Hopper is great for me. Congratulations to the winner!
Eric Cottle
2023-07-22 01:44:28 +0000 UTC
