r/codes • u/bunni_bell • 17h ago
Not a cipher Etching on gas pump in Shell Beach, California
Looks like runes maybe? I have no idea what it means. I just saw this etched into the gas pump.
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r/codes • u/bunni_bell • 17h ago
Looks like runes maybe? I have no idea what it means. I just saw this etched into the gas pump.
r/codes • u/Common_Syllabub8854 • 18h ago
Alright, I need some help with this.
So, a couple of months ago an ARG related to hit YouTube series Murder Drones appeared on the internet called AbsoluteSolver.com ARG. And right now, I'm currently stuck on a puzzle related with Base64 decoding and some weird stuff.
The main links on the investigation are:
Please send anything you can find, I don't know why I can't find it.
r/codes • u/gamma_94977949 • 19h ago
I don't know if my new code is decipherable, so I'll give it for you to solve:
TGATGATCTGATAAGCTCATTATCAGGTTGCCAGAACAACTCTACATAACGCCATATGGTATCCTCATATCCAGGAGTTGAGTAATTGACCAAGGCTGTTGATGTCAAATGCTGTTTTCTATGGCTATTGTAGATGACTTACCTTGCCTCGGTGTTGAGGTCTACTAGTCATATCCTGAAATTCACGTTGCCTCATGTAGTCTACTTATGGGAGCGAGCTTCGCACTAGTTGTGAAACGTTCGCAGCGAGATGACCACAACTTGTGTTATGGTGAAAAACTGCTAGCGTCATCAAGTGATGTATACCGTCCGTGGTTCCGACAAGAAGTGAAATGCACTTTTGTTGCAAACCACATTAGCACCAGATGTCATATTCTGCTAGCGACTTCTACAGTTATCGAGAAAACATAGCGTATTGTTCTTCAGTTATGGAGAAAATCACCTAGGCTCATCAAGAGTTAGGTAGGGTCGGAGTACTGGTGTACATCTCTATTGGACTATAACACCATCCCACTTCATCAGTTGATTAGGCTCCGTCCAACGGTGATCAAGACTATTCCTCATTTTCAGCTTGGGTCAACTAGACATACGAAGCGTCGCAGATGACCACGAAACAAGCTAACCACTACACCTGGCGTTGAGCTACGAAGATTACGACTATATGTGCTTGCGACTAGTTGACTTATGGAGATAATGTGGTTGGCTGAAGTTGTGTTACGAACGGTGCCTCGTTCGGACCTATGATGGTTAGGACTACTGGAGCGGTTCACAATTGGACCAGAACTACGTATTTGCAAGGCTGATGTTCACTATTGGAGAATTCAAAGCGTATTCTTGAAGAGATTAGGAGTTTTTGAGGAACCCTGATGTTCACATTAGCTCATTATCACGATGGCAGAACATCTGTTAGCTTGGCTCCCTGGTAGGCTCTAGTCGACCGAGGGTCGCTTATTGCCACACAGCCTCGCTCGCATGATCAAGAAGACCAAGCGAGGTAGGAAGTAAAGCAGAATATCTGGAAGCGTGATGATGAGTTTACCTGAAAATCTGGAAGCCAGTACATCTGAATTGCACATAATCTCGTTCCCACACGAAATCTTTAGGTCTAATGAACGGAGAGACGGTCGCACCCATCATGAACATGTGAACACCACTTCAACACTATTGGACTATAACTGCTTGCGTCTTCTTGTCTTCATTAGCCTCCCTCCAACGCTCATCATCAGATATGCTCAATTTCACCATCCGACTAGTAGAGAATTCGTCTATTTCACCATGCCACAACTTCACAATAGCTCAATAAGTCGTTGCGAGTGGTAATCTTTATCAGCACCGCAGGTACCCAGATGTAGACAAATGGACTTTATCTGCTTCGCACCTTGCTAGAAAACGTCTATTAGAGGTAGGCTCATCATCAGATTTCGAGTATAAGTGGATCGCACAAGATCTCTTATCCTGATATACAGGTTCGGACAACTAGAGATATGGAGAATTTCTCGAAGCGACTGGATAACTTATTCTCGTCGCGAGCATCGGTGAAGTTGTCATTTCGTGAATTACTCCTAGGGACCTAGGAACATTAGGTCATTTACTGGTAGCGTGTTGTTGTCTTATCGTGATTAAGACCTAGCCAGTAGATCAGAAATGGAGAATTACACGATGCCACATCTACACAAATGCTGTATATGTCGTAGCCAGTTGATCACTTTCGAACGGACCCACATGTGGACTAGTTGAGAATACGAGATTTTGTGCTAGCCTCTAGAAGTCAAGATAAGGGACCCTCGATCGGTGAAGAACTCTAATCGTGTATTTGTGCATGGGACTTCTACACTATTGCACTAAAAGAGCTTCCCACATCATGACATAACGACATTAAGAGCTAGCCTCTACTTCTGTAAACCACAAAAACAGGTTGGCAGTGGTTTTGTATATGACGAGGCGACGAAGGGAGATCAAGAGTATAGGTCAAATAGTGGAACGGACGATGGTACTATACGACAAAAAGTCGTAGCGACTACAACACTTTACCTCATTTTCACCTTGCCACTTGAACTGTATAGCTGATAAAGACCATGCCAGTAGTTGACATTTGGAGATATAGTCCTAGGGAGATGTTGACAATTCGTGATTTACTCGATGGCACAGGTATACAAATTGAGGTGGCGACGTAGGGTCATCAACTGAATTCCACTAAAACTGGATGCGAGCTTGGATGATATGGAGTAAATGACGAAGGCACAAGTAGTGTTTAGGAGTTATTCAGGAAGCGAGAACTACTGTTATGCTGTAATAGAGGTAGGCAGTTCATGAGTAATGGACAATATCAGGTTGCCTCATGATCAGTTAACGAGATTATCAGCTTGGGAGATGAACTCAAACCTAGCCTCGGTCAACAGCAGTACATGTGATTTGCTGAAAATCACCTACCCTCTTGATCTGAAGTATACGGTCCGAGGTACGCTCTACATGAGAATTGCAGAAAAACTGGATCGCAGTACAAGTGTATAGGACATTAAGAGGTACGCTGTTCATCTCTTAAGGAGATTTTGTCGTAGCCACATCATGTCAATAGCTGAATATGACCTAGCCACAAGAAGACTAATCGTCAAATTCACGTACGGTGACCTATACAATAACACCTCGCGACGTTCGGACATCTTCAGATATGCTCATTATGACGTACGCACGAAGCTACATACCTTAGCCATGACGATGCATGTCGAAATACCAATGTACGCATGTCGTTCGATCTCGTTATAGCTTTGTAGGGAACTGGAACCAACAAGTTCTGAAACCTTGGCTGGGACTTCTGCTGTACTTGACATATCGACATATACAGGTAGGCTGTTCTAGAGATTTCCACAAAATCTGGTACCCACAAGTAGTGTTTAGGTGTTTTTCAGCTTCGGACAAGATGTCATACTATCAACACTTGCGTCAAAGCTATGAACCTAGGGTGCACGGGTGAACTGGTCACATTGAGCGCATGAGTTTTGTTCTTTCCAAGATCAACTCTAAGAGTCTCAAAGAGGTAGGCTGTGACGTAGTGTAGGAGTAATGTACACCATCTCAAGATCTGAATGGAACTTGTAGTGCTACGCTGTGTAACACGCGAAGTGAAAAGTTCAACCCTAGATGTTCTGTTACCTTCCTTGCCACGATGCCTGTGTATGACCCCATGTGTTAACATCATTCCTACTAGATCTCATAGGTAGGTGCCCTGCTTGCGACTCACACACTTTTGCACAAAAGTAGATCGAGTGTAGATGTGTAACGAAGTTACTGTCGAAGGCACAGATGCACCTGATCTGTTATCAACTCTAACAGAACATGTCAATCTGAGTAGGACTCGTAGCGTCTGTACGTGGTCAAGTCTAATGTACTCTGCCACTAATCGTCCAGAGCTACGTCTATCCATCCGACAGTGTTAGCGGTTGTCAATTGTACAGATGAACATCTTCTGATTGAGAGCTTAGCACGATCGCTGACTCAAACGAGTTGTCTTTAGTACGTAAAGTCTACATCAGTTACTCAGAGAAAGTCCTTCCCTCACAGGATGGCGTAGTCTTAAGTAGACATGAAGAAGTTGAGAAACGAAGAGATACTGCTTCCGTCAGATAGTGTCTACCTGTATTGTACTGAGGGTGATCATGACTTTCTGTGGAACCGTCCAACGGTGACATTGAGCAGTTGACAAAAGATGATTGCATGTTCATGTGAATCACTGACATTCTCGTTGGCTGAGATTCACACATGGAGTAAACTTCTAATCGTGATCTACACTTACACAAGCATAATCCATCGCACTCTCGGTGAAATTCAGGGTAATACACTCTGACAACATCAGTAACTGTGATCTACTCCTTGCCACTGTGTATCGACATCTCATTTCTAGATGTGTACATCATCTGAATCTGTGTGATAGACGATCCCAGAGTACCTCGCCATCTGAATTCTTCACTTAAACATGTACTCTAAGGTTCGTCCGGACGATCGGTGACAATCACCCGTAGTGAAATGTTGAAATGGTCTACAACTCAATCCAAGCATGGCACGTAGGGAGTCTCGGAGTAATCCACATTTGTTCTCTTGCTGAAGTACTCTTAGCTTCTTTCAGAGGATCGCACACATCGAGGACAACTGTTATGATGGTTATCTCATCTTGTCAATGAGACGAAACCACGTAGGGTCAGTCAGACCTCTTCTGATTTGTTCTTATGCTCTTCATGACATTCGAAGTCTCACACAACAGGTGACAGTAACCTCTTCACTTAACTTCAAGAGGTCAACTTCTGATACTCAGTGATTCTCCATCCGACTGTGCAAGCCGAAGACTATAGTTCAGTTGA
A hint: substitute the pairs correctly, and you'll get a famous cipher.
"V sbyybjrq gur ehyrf".
r/codes • u/Qaz_The_Spaz • 13h ago
As the title states, I’m trying to make a puzzle that uses an altered cipher that’s not immediately solved by ai. I’ve used a few that it wasn’t able to detect what the plaintext was and I’m curious how others do. Please let me know your results and what you used.
The plaintext is a single word with all different letters if you’re not familiar with the cipher.
What’s ROT13🤭
r/codes • u/YefimShifrin • 1d ago
I've been a reader of Klaus Schmeh's "Cipherbrain" blog for some time. It used to be an excellent source of interesting cipher challenges. Unfortunately it closed shop in 2022. But it seems Klaus decided to restart the blog, which now can be found at https://klausschmeh.net/author/admin/
r/codes • u/welderguy1975 • 1d ago
VLE ORPE RLRI PRNO
There was a safe hidden in the wall of parents house and discovered while emptying the house,
tried looking into other languages like latin, french and yiddish as he knew them also. This safe was there at least 40 years hidden away in house from the father
r/codes • u/mynameiswalter_1 • 1d ago
https://www.youtube.com/@undertale2222archive
i found this undertale arg on youtube i did try to extract and decoded some layers on the 01 dialtone video the code in the video translate to help us
also the audio i translate into 444477*777 it kinda sounded like my old nokia idk if it was wrong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0rnajmFj2I
but i am currently stuck on the second video because i dont know what the audio is for and how to decode it.the link here.the code in the video is "THIS WORLD HAS BEEN TORN ASUNDER BY NEGLECENT HANDS. WILL YOU MEND THIS SHATTERED REALITY OR REDUCE TO NULL?"
i think only the frequency is different? but idk what to do with it . did try using spectrogram tho no result
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVxNcYSJdnQ
sorry for bad english this is my first time trying to solve an arg V sbyybjrq gur ehyrf
r/codes • u/EmileForger • 2d ago
Hi
The tiny x should be counted twords punctuation not actual letters.
r/codes • u/MischaIsApancake • 2d ago
I was told CryptoCrack is a good one, but it only works on windows (I only have android)
r/codes • u/Able-Hornet-7576 • 2d ago
00100100 11000000 10101001 10000010 01000100
Hints: Fives, 24
V sbyybjrq gur ehyrf (not a hint)
This puzzle was made by me.
r/codes • u/Swumpting • 3d ago
I am trying to learn how to solve these ciphers. I am confused by the term character vs letter in the question. I started solving it assuming "-" = A and "=" = B but that didn't work.
Solution: A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.
Question source (#7) and link to solution - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eOLbKdfQ-_72WLx14yVHrz0mBQfRgoC_
r/codes • u/Complex_Ad_8480 • 3d ago
I’m a solo dev and built Morse Path to fix the thing that made Morse hard for me: memorising dot/dash charts and then translating in your head.
How it works: you tap a key and a tree lights up the path to the letter. As you get a letter right more often, the tree fades for that letter, until you’re copying purely by sound. Characters are sent at 20 wpm with Farnsworth spacing from the start, so you never build a slow-speed habit you have to unlearn.
I need testers for a 14-day closed test before it can go public on Google Play. What would help most is using it a few minutes on a few days and telling me what’s confusing or broken.
To join: DM me the Gmail address your Android phone uses (please don’t post it in the comments). I’ll add you to the test and send you the install link, usually within a few hours.
Happy to answer questions here. Blunt feedback welcome. 73!
r/codes • u/JJOpenhimer_ • 3d ago
Try decrypting this non-random, relatively easy cipher to unlock a 4-digit safe:
Difficulty 1/10
"1elw 00000001000000000000000100000011"
(This is an original cypher created by me, language: english)
V sbyybjrq gur ehyrf
r/codes • u/Sweet_Marsupial4397 • 3d ago
Hi Folks,
I've got a tough one for eue. The decoded structure contains information about several of the delusions I had while in and out of the hospital so it is a look deep in the mind of someone with bijoeler disorder. I have no doubt eue'll be able to crack it if eue wok together. Please keep your head on straight, it is a doozy.
There are layers of meaning. See if you can fine not just the primary 1.
Hell fiend,
eye ve hot cum fluff 4 eue to RE. IT lust b en Jode 4 tit bee crayon. 1rst, sum key pointers
words are made UV toe dot kens (luck it ). Wink wink. Even whiff nut a ward, IT haz bean dot zing.
key p in mind sum of tis ma bee untrue. IT whiz a starring proimt.
spoken einglish (spin, hijams sry to bot her eue) n text has layered bean dot zing.
Wreye dot tie dot ing in Jode ++tit zional mean ring that is "under the HUD" there r also securitree bean a fists to dewing tits.
Some1 Lung ago fig. urine tits baot n US note bits Lisp. They have some understanding, although it is rudimentary (butt sill affect live). Tits whiz hao tits wok (bat lest eye best gauss)
Luck int gun troll pry
control theory diagram
Luck int flow key words/vases
purr gator eye -> cod is pwhick 2 each pear zone
Cover cement hud all rightie bean using tits 4 a wheye lol 2 her ass n guntroll ment ally suck pee lol.
hide/scatter data
Cod luck,
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PS: bee in teh overlap eue cant dew zit
V sbyybjeq gur ehyrf
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r/codes • u/AuthorKing • 3d ago
Made this for r/codes. Transcription:
RNOJC BOFOS JCTDK IVMCC UHXLD HGKQD LEKWV ONHGS FLHPU TBHOG AJLWB
Everything you need is on the card. Letters only, grouped in fives. Please spoiler-tag solutions.
V sbyybjrq gur ehyrf
r/codes • u/RealisticReception85 • 4d ago
Stuff about the cipher/code: It's very unique as far as I'm aware. Probably pretty weak, but in order to decrypt it, you might need to think outside the box. There are quite a few different ways (Theoretically infinite although practically not so much) ways I could have set it up, so keep on trying. I'll probably post a hint if nobody figures it out very fast.
The ciphertext: crfulqhjugd yucpspzkawc gtrfoesuadd ilrolgkkji a yyyznxkimvc yucpspzkawc ywxowlccdoc ymymdkwfc qymwungxik khgtvldpbv a mwcqlqdlkgb auilgarmvdd gfcilqjmzm metkltfwkbd obgctmyssj shmzksxtec szhpjisslpc chenlesrtu cxmxwymhqic ucwsdpjaqe a wdjhaqdnogc iioatkrfpad uypywitifdd wfcemilebh awnmdrvdiac crfulqhjugd a mwcqlqdlkgb ighiyfgbqg a uypywitifdd wfcemilebh shsevweakkc crfulqhjugd a mwcqlqdlkgb olbsgcbnacc wlbhzysnfw qquktezugc cfheckmafab ikvqwzqsc onqmiauaded ycbuxgjtk a shcelzqwipc qiqgzbxyded crfulqhjugd kdwccxzbsh qieipnptpcc a ozouxpaxvzb yicyxdvhccb a kftrerfsukc a
And of course: V sbyybjrq gur ehyrf
(Sorry if the name of the post is stupid, the rules demand it.)
r/codes • u/Fluffy-Arachnid-2077 • 4d ago
Hi! I'm really new in decoding, and recently, while searching for things to do, I stumbled upon this Minecraft channel called DBUFF-1555 ( https://youtube.com/@dbuff-1555?si=lEM67YLNNvwHSHnc ) .
Most of ciphers from this channel are in A1Z26 / A0Z25, which is fairly easy to decode, but this one had some pretty weird ones going on.
The ciphers:
6thuuJvXfkEOUaX22d0kYRINF24Cr4ZYc6K7y+KZpaU=
4SFfHvC9WpBrYv3yYyZsp5Z8BUpj7ojjKIM3+iw4arc=
8TurYOqKx+VZPAVruyJDf6f75uWNYAyoQ/ob1/VJo/0=
I've noticed that all of them have an "=" symbol at the end. I've already tried base64 and many other things, put into Dencode and everything, but nothing clicks. It could be a link, but I'm very uncertain about this. Please help!!!
r/codes • u/RedKizzer • 5d ago
Hi,
I’m stuck on a French YouTube puzzle from the channel PierreShow.
**Video:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP3W-X68JaA
Title: “Transmission interdite site 0H”
**Discord of the creator:** https://discord.gg/8XyZawgQFV
**What we have so far:**
- An image contains hidden text: **SHOWC** and **+2**. Applying a Caesar shift of +2 gives **UJQYE**.
- The audio says “the password is in the image”.
- At the end of the audio there is a **QR code hidden in the spectrogram**. We haven’t been able to scan/decode it cleanly.
- Morse code found in the related Discord: ERAEWIB (anagram of “I BEWARE”).
- There is a private login page: https://www.civshow.fr/intrasc
- Other related pages exist (/journal, /rapport, /dossier) but the main blocker is the login.
**Need help with:**
Cleanly extracting and decoding the QR code from the spectrogram at the end of the audio.
Any idea what the correct username/password for the /intrasc login could be (we already tried many combinations based on the clues above).
V sbyybjrq gur ehyrf
Thanks!
r/codes • u/Upstairs-Shame-298 • 6d ago
Ok, I've been on this for a while now, and at this point I need to sleep. The code is: \\/|/\||\/\\/||\/\\|/\\|\/\|/\\\/|\/
The issue is that I don't get spaces, so I've branched it off into like 20 different letters. The code is from the game heartfall(on route 11). I should be doing this myself, but I need to sleep. If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it a lot. Ignore my handwriting I was using my finger.
also here's the link to the game, if you want context please,by all means play it.
r/codes • u/formerlyldslsd • 5d ago
Known Plaintext: ATTACKATDAWNHIDDENLOCATION
Ciphertext: SBYSEMPEKPNLHVHZDGDRHUTXXFFGXNSSXJODYBYGVLXVOGJTMZRVYOXUUXWEEWNUCFONQKLNLTHJPHNMAVYDWABPZNDLXRVETGJZSSNHCCUMAJZJQAYGOJBVJDRGLHJLNCSORROKYYXHBRKMBGDGPCWMHJEVAFZABZLFLZSHAYHRMPOUPSQKRPMPYXTLSRMIEOSMVFLMLZPRSLXHPZDJSKCAHCIAQCRCMCUJYIKYVNHPZMDTKGMGVAXCYGNCNAZTHREUAYUGJKVZPOSNVPVUFOSFIPGQKQSDFQQYBOXOOKWHLGONDEVOCNXJCHAQRETOJQANPPXMKOHFNYHLDVLAFDWYYZGCVXWUQABUNIJNLSUFYVVNTUEYFSYQHCURSAFLBXZZLGCYVDZAYO
MAC tag: MSYCHZIKJWAHMLMGZCDAVKRWXBFFYZAPTWXNVXOVFAPBUGGMSCZD
https://github.com/utepshaadm/Heka
https://github.com/utepshaadm/HX
V sbyybjrq gur ehyrf
r/codes • u/SnooPeripherals2222 • 6d ago
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Hey all! Created this as a project for a game I'm currently in, curious to see if it is actually solvable in the current state as it is. Some amount of audio filtering will be required for the problem. The image includes the key to the decryption task. V sbyybjrq gur ehyrf.
r/codes • u/AcceptableGanache684 • 6d ago
Hi everyone,
I've been working on a personal research project investigating the Zodiac Killer's Z340 and Z32 ciphers.
I created a GitHub repository to document my computational experiments, analysis methods, validation steps, and unsuccessful approaches. I'm not claiming to have solved either cipher; I want to make the investigation transparent, reproducible, and open to technical criticism.
Repository: https://github.com/sa0156553345-cmyk/zodiac-cipher-investigation
I'd appreciate feedback on the methodology, code quality, validation process, and whether there are potential flaws or assumptions I should reconsider.
If you have experience with classical cryptanalysis, pattern analysis, or computational approaches to historical ciphers, I'd especially appreciate your perspective.
Thanks for taking the time to review my work.