JttTT | Derklake Oasis

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Puzzle Event | Derklake Oasis
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Puzzle Phase: June 6th- June 14th

The goddess puts forth a challenge to those gathered, to build their wits. 'Step forth into my maze and uncover it's secrets.' As daunting as it looks you all decide it would be best to face the maze and its puzzles in groups. Who knows what strange puzzles await you inside the maze walls.

Puzzle Solving Phase

Welcome to the maze, you've chosen your teams and stepped forth into the maze. Walking down the winding ways of the maze you come across a shifting orb and, as you approach it, familiar letters begin to form inside the orb. They seem to need to be decrypted, so give it your best shot.

> Your team will be rewarded 80 runestones for completing this level of the puzzle
> The runestones earnt will be divided evenly amongst you and rounded when the event ends.
> Please try to avoid discussing your puzzles with other teams because while they are separate they all share common hints
> If you get stuck feel free to request a hint in the discord or on this thread. This will, however, give everyone a hint. A team can only request a hint once every two days.
> There is no failing! You simply stay at the current puzzle if you are unable to complete it.

You deduce that this puzzle is an anagram and it reads as follows:

[A] nesu [B] puzioh [C] alied [D] imsmpeh



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We attempt to solve this stage:
[size=85][b]A[/b]:
[b]B[/b]:
[b]C[/b]:
[b]D[/b]:[/size]

[Midnightkitkat]

We attempt to solve this stage:
A: Suen
B: Ophuzi
C: Ledai
D: Memphis

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Previous stage completed!

The maze shifts and the new pathway opens up revealing further mysteries for you to uncover. As you walk down this new pathway you are eventually lead to a large opening, with pieces of strange scenery decorating pieces strewn across the ground. You imagine if you can get all the pieces into the right slots, you will be able to progress.

> Your team will be rewarded 100 runestones for completing this level of the puzzle
> The runestones earnt will be divided evenly amongst you and rounded when the event ends.
> Please try to avoid discussing your puzzles with other teams because while they are separate they all share common hints
> No hints can be given for this stage of the puzzle
> There is no failing! You simply stay at the current puzzle if you are unable to complete it.
> If there are any issues message me immediately to help.
> Take a screenshot of the completed puzzle quickly, I think the site may rng a new one after 8 seconds. [This can be done by pressing print screen on your keyboard and then ctrl paste into any art program.]

This puzzle is a jigsaw puzzle and can be found here [link]. Work together to complete it.




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We attempt to solve this stage:
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[Midnightkitkat]

We attempt to solve this stage:
Screenshot: IMG

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Previous stage completed!

Another pathway opens and your group confidently walks down it. When it opens up into another section after some winding turns you are faced with a wall with words inscribed upon it. It seems you'll have to figure out what these words are referring to if you wish to progress.

> Your team will be rewarded 120 runestones for completing this level of the puzzle
> The runestones earnt will be divided evenly amongst you and rounded when the event ends.
> Please try to avoid discussing your puzzles with other teams because while they are separate they all share common hints
> If you get stuck feel free to request a hint in the discord or on this thread. This will, however, give everyone a hint. A team can only request a hint once every two days.
> There is no failing! You simply stay at the current puzzle if you are unable to complete it.

This puzzle is a riddle and is as follows:
You live in a one story house made entirely of redwood. What color would the stairs be?




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We attempt to solve this stage:
[size=85][b]Answer[/b]:[/size]

[Midnightkitkat]

We attempt to solve this stage:
Answer: There are no stairs.

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Previous stage completed!

No fancy paragraph today sorry, I have to go to work in under 10 minutes so I'm rushing.

> Your team will be rewarded 120 runestones for completing this level of the puzzle
> The runestones earnt will be divided evenly amongst you and rounded when the event ends.
> Please try to avoid discussing your puzzles with other teams because while they are separate they all share common hints
> If you get stuck feel free to request a hint in the discord or on this thread. This will, however, give everyone a hint. A team can only request a hint once every two days.
> There is no failing! You simply stay at the current puzzle if you are unable to complete it.

Today's puzzle is sudoku, I've set up a grid numbers/letters to help you work as a team to fill it out.




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We attempt to solve this stage:
[size=85][b]Answer[/b]:[/size]

[Midnightkitkat]

We attempt to solve this stage:
Answer:

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Previous stage completed!

As you turn down the newly opened pathway you are greeted with a room you swear you've been in before. It's the room where you solved the scrambled words, however, this time the puzzle seems to have gotten harder. Either way, you'll have to solve it if you want to progress.

> Your team will be rewarded 140 runestones for completing this level of the puzzle
> The runestones earnt will be divided evenly amongst you and rounded when the event ends.
> Please try to avoid discussing your puzzles with other teams because while they are separate they all share common hints
> If you get stuck feel free to request a hint in the discord or on this thread. This will, however, give everyone a hint. A team can only request a hint once every two days.
> There is no failing! You simply stay at the current puzzle if you are unable to complete it.

This anagram had words scrambled amongst a sentence. Scrambled words inside the brackets don't respect word length but do respect word count. Words not in brackets are just single word anagrams. The anagram reads as follows:
[weuh nk yovixiclgq] ftda brazes pmuj




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We attempt to solve this stage:
[size=85][b]Answer[/b]:[/size]

[chartrues]

We attempt to solve this stage:
Answer: [How vexingly quick] daft zebras jump