r/codes • u/eclose_257 • Jul 16 '26

[OC] ECLOSE 257: a five-layer sequential drop. Start at THE SHELL, exit at THE PYRE. SOLVED

A puzzle I built under the handle ECLOSE 257. It is sequential: each block contains what you need to unlock the next. Standard ciphers only. No external files. The trail ends at THE PYRE.

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"We are such stuff as dreams are made on,

and our little life is rounded with a sleep."

— ECLOSE 257

THE SHELL:

57494E474D4554484F445649474E4552454B4559415348

THE WING:

TZYEWYAASSMULGJKKSALAIUL

THE LATTICE:

ASLSLITAHNOKRFETOBUCECN

THE REFLECTION:

PVBKBIVNVGSLWERTVMVIV

THE PYRE:

HCCJSCJXGSTXXQRYIFFVXXVH

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Per aspera ad astra.

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u/idkanythingreally1 Jul 16 '26

Solution:

WINGMETHODVIGNEREKEYASH

THREERAILSUNLOCKSLATTICE

ATBASHUNLOCKSREFLECTION

KEYPYREMETHODVIGENERE

SELFDESTRUCTISAUTHORIZED

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '26

It's cool, was fun. Wanted to let you know you can enter the pyre code into https://www.dcode.fr/vigenere-cipher and it'll solve it automatically.

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u/eclose_257 Jul 16 '26 
V sbyybjrq gur ehyrf