Library of Babel Scavenger Hunt
Introduction
https://libraryofbabel.info/bookmark.cgi?scavengerhunt
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...... hello and welcome to the library of babel scavenger hunt ......
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this series of clues will guide you through different books and hexes around the
library
a few rules and tips to start off with
first, there will be links throughout, but since punctuation is not allowed in
the library past periods and commas, anything between commas should be replaced
with the punctuation it represents
second, there will be no capitals in any links, so if you ever have to type a
proper noun, always keep it lowercase
finally, if youre ever stuck, try googling anything you need to, some of these
clues will take you to the image archive as well, so a screenshot paired with
reverse image search might be helpful
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without further ado, round two awaits you at this link
https,colon,slash,slash,libraryofbabel.info,slash,bookmark.cgi,questionmark,roun
donelanguage
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p.s. some links have a random word at the end of them, this is to ensure that
there can be no skipping ahead
p.p.s. all information is accurate as of the start of two thousand and twenty
one, i dont think this will ever be an issue, but just in case, now you know
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have fun,
y
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Round 1
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welcome to round two of the library of babel scavenger hunt
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well start things off pretty easy, first just go to this link, then increase the
value of every number, wall, shelf, volume, and page, by one
https,colon,slash,slash,libraryofbabel.info,slash,bookmark.cgi,questionmark,roun
dtworesponsibility
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hope to see you there,
y
Go to roundtworesponsibility and increase number, wall, shelf, volume, and page by one (w2-s2-v25-p87). To change the values, select the text above the "Single Page" option and you should find yourself at the selection page.
Round 2
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welcome to round three of the library of babel scavenger hunt
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for this round you need to solve this cipher
nineteen, twenty, one, eighteen, underscore, three, twelve, twenty one,
nineteen, twenty, five, eighteen
afterwards, put your answer at the end of this link
https,colon,slash,slash,libraryofbabel.info,slash,bookmark.cgi,questionmark,
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dont forget to include the underscore,
y
Convert the numbers to their corresponding alphabets. 1 is "A", 2 is "B", so on and so forth...
Round 3
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the library of babel scavenger hunt
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for some of these rounds you will need to access the image archives, keep the
same answer from the previous round, but add it to the end of this link
https,colon,slash,slash,babelia.libraryofbabel.info,slash,imagebookmark.cgi,ques
tionmark,
here you will find round four
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best of luck,
y
Babelia URLs aren't stable so it might take several tries (and a good Wi-Fi) before you can get the image to load.
https://babelia.libraryofbabel.info/imagebookmark.cgi?star_cluster
Round 4
You can look up a list of constellation, or reverse-image search the constellation. The constellation in question is the Pleiades. It's actually an open star cluster, but whatever.
Round 5
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welcome to round five of the library of babel scavenger hunt
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find what song these lyrics are from
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oh i thought i have the recipe, but i dont know a thing about love. that all
these things i had would set me free, dont know a thing about love, but please
forget me cause i wont be here this time tomorrow. i want you to be the death of
me, cause i dont know a thing about love. dont know a thing about love. i dont
know a thing about love, yeah. dont know a thing about love, so youre gonna be
the death of me, cause i dont know a thing about love.
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once you have found both the song and artist name, replace them with songname
and artistname in this link
https,colon,slash,slash,libraryofbabel.info,slash,bookmark.cgi,questionmark,song
name,underscore,artistname
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remember to replace words between commas with their correct punctuation,
y
The lyrics come from TOMORROW by HUMAN.
Round 6
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welcome to round six of the library of babel scavenger hunt
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this character has been played by dan aykroyd and daws butler, has a sidekick
with a bowtie, and a campground chain named after him
enter his first name at the end of this link
https,colon,slash,slash,babelia.libraryofbabel.info,slash,imagebookmark.cgi,ques
tionmark,
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remember, there are no capitals in any of the links,
y
Going over the clues:
The unknown character was played by two different actors. So probably a popular one.
A campground chain was named after him. What's a character associated with camping?
Looking up Dan Aykroyd On IMDb doesn't offer much at first sight. I don't think anybody in Ghostbusters fit the other two criterias.
Daws Butler was most known for his role as Yogi Bear. He has his own camp (Yogi Bear Camp) and has a sidekick with a bowtie (Boo-Boo Bear).
Round 7
Reverse-search the image. The frame is from Treasure Planet.
Round 8
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welcome to round eight of the library of babel scavenger hunt
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for this round, start by going to this link
https,colon,slash,slash,libraryofbabel.info,slash,bookmark.cgi,questionmark,roun
deightroad
in this hex, change the wall to the season of psych that first featured yang,
change the shelf to the number of movies in edgar wrights cornetto series, the
volume to the drinking age in burundi, and the page to the number of seasons of
community.
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just click on the big number in the top left to get to the hex if youre having
trouble finding it
best of luck,
y
Hex: Value retained by selecting the text above the "Single Page" option
Wall: Yang first appeared in the 3rd season of Psych
Shelf: There are 3 movies in Edgar Wright's Cornetto series
Volume: The drinking age in Burundi is 18
Page: There are 6 seasons of Community
https://libraryofbabel.info/bookmark.cgi?treasureplanet (w3-s3-v18-p6)
Round 9
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welcome to round nine of the library of babel scavenger hunt
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this man is known for directing films such as inception, the dark knight, and
dunkirk. however before all that, he directed his first tv short in nineteen
eighty nine.
find the name of that short film and add it to the end of this link
https,colon,slash,slash,babelia.libraryofbabel.info,slash,imagebookmark.cgi,ques
tionmark,
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if youre having trouble finding it, check his directing credits on imdb,
y
Christopher Nolan's debut film is Tarantella.
Round 10
You can either solve it (time-consuming) or have a website do it for you.
The solved version of the sudoku puzzle:
Round 11
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welcome to round eleven of the library of babel scavenger hunt
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go to this link
https,colon,slash,slash,lobraryofbabel.info,slash,bookmark.cgi,questionmark,roun
delevenmaintenance
the color is composed of nineteen.six percent red, two.seven percent green, and
forty percent blue...
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oh yeah, remember the word timeline, youll need it later,
y
Convert each percentages to RGB values (255 multiplied by the percentage).
255 * 19.6% = 50
255 * 2.7% = 7
255 * 40% = 102
-> RGB(50, 7, 102) = #320766
It's been established that:
Hex value ranges from 1-4
Shelf value ranges from 1-5
Volume value ranges from 1-32
Page value ranges from 1-410
So it can be reasonably assumed that...
"0" can be excluded from the hex code
The first three digits (327) most likely represents wall, shelf, and volume
then "66" is the only remaining number and therefore the page number
https://libraryofbabel.info/bookmark.cgi?roundelevenmaintenance (w3-s2-v07-p66)
Round 12
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welcome to round twelve of the library of babel scavenger hunt
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this next round will be an image clue, so the link will be
https,colon,slash,slash,babelia.libraryofbabel.info,slash,imagebookmark.cgi,ques
tionmark,
followed by...
the first two hundred digits of pi.
keep in mind that both the three and the period at the beginning count as
digits, so the first four digits are three point one four
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if youre having trouble, try adding or subtracting a few digits to see if you
can find it.
y
The bookmark must take up exactly 200 characters.
https://babelia.libraryofbabel.info/imagebookmark.cgi?3.1415926535897932384...
Round 13
The album in question is "The Human Condition" by Jon Bellion.
https://babelia.libraryofbabel.info/imagebookmark.cgi?thehumancondition
Round 14
Looking up "the internet ruined me" on Youtube gives you "Wilbur Soot - Internet Ruined Me".
Round 15
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welcome to round fifteen of the library of babel scavenger hunt
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first, go to this link
https,colon,slash,slash,libraryofbabel.info,slash,bookmark.cgi,questionmark,roun
dfifteengene
you need to move one wall away, two shelves away, three volumes away, and
seventeen pages away.
this leaves you with sixteen different potential locations for round sixteen,
only one of which is correct.
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good luck and happy hunting,
y
The current URL places you in w3-s3-v07-p79. The modifier values can either be additive or subtractive, leaving with 16 possible combinations. It's a matter of bruteforcing until you reach the next round.
https://libraryofbabel.info/bookmark.cgi?roundfifteengene (w4-s5-v10-p62)
Round 16
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welcome to round sixteen of the library of babel scavenger hunt
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for this round you will need to solve this cipher
hjchwxct
to solve this you will need to shift your thinking a bit...
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after solving, add the result to the end of this link
https,colon,slash,slash,babelia.libraryofbabel.info,slash,imagebookmark.cgi,ques
tionmark,
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good luck,
y
"hjchwxct" shifted by 15 on Caesar Cipher is "sunshine".
https://babelia.libraryofbabel.info/imagebookmark.cgi?sunshine
Round 18
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welcome to round eighteen of the library of babel scavenger hunt
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first, copy and paste this link
https,colon,slash,slash,libraryofbabel.info,slash,bookmark.cgi,questionmark,roun
deighteenagency
now change the wall number to the number of people on earth to the power of zero
next change the shelf number to the number of songs released by gotye in the
year two thousand thirteen
change the volume to the average lifespan of a polar bear in years
the page number should be the last two digits of the year microsoft word was
released
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y
My original guess was that:
Wall: The power of zero of any value is 1
Shelf: Gotye released 2 songs in 2013
Volume: Polar bears typically survive for 15 to 18 years in the wild, although some can live up to 30 years
Page: Microsoft Word was released in 1983
But at least one of my responses weren't correct. I can 100% confirm that the wall and page values are correct, but the questions for the other two can have differing answers depending on who you ask. That's why I bruteforced those two values. Yes, I had to write a script to find the correct values.
https://libraryofbabel.info/bookmark.cgi?roundeighteenagency (w1-s1-v25-p83)
Round 19
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welcome to round nineteen, the final round of the scavenger hunt
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this round is much simpler than many other rounds, for this one all you have to
do is go to this link
https,colon,slash,slash,libraryofbabel.info,slash,bookmark.cgi,questionmark,logb
ook,underscore,xxxxxxxx
a while ago i asked you to remember a certain word, simply replace the x s in
the url with that word and you will reach the end
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see you there,
y
Look back at the farewell message in Round 11.
Logbook
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congratulations, youve reached the end of the library of babel scavenger hunt
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here you may browse entries from other players and make your own
to turn pages in the log book, add a colon and the number two to the end of the
url, keep increasing numbers to keep turning pages.
to make your own entry, search the message you want to leave and bookmark the
page as logbook timeline make sure to use a space instead of an underscore
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finally, thanks for playing, i hope you had fun
all the best,
y