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The '''Riddle Master''' is a mysterious figure who challenges the community to crack his (or her) riddles in order to obtain the components used to craft certain lab experiments. The playerbase does not know who creates the Item Hunts or whether they are the work of a single person or are the product of several 5th Planet developers. Riddle-solving is a community affair. Multiple players post theories and possible solutions to the 5PG forums. The first person on each platform to complete the Item Hunt by crafting the new experiment item is memorialized with a future in-game item.
The '''Riddle Master''' is a "mysterious and possibly insane figure" who periodically challenges the community to crack his (or her) riddles in order to obtain the components used to craft certain lab experiments. The playerbase does not know who creates the Item Hunts or whether they are the work of a single person or are the product of several 5th Planet developers.  


The majority of riddles appear on the components of the Experiment item, usually encrypted. The examples in this section will illustrate the riddle-solving process using the riddles from [[LotS/Advanced Deathmechanics 2|Advanced Deathmechanics 2]] which is part of the [[LotS/Omega Deathmachine|Omega Deathmachine]] lab experiment. There are three steps in the riddle-solving process.
Riddle-solving is a community affair. Multiple players post theories and possible solutions to the 5PG forums. The first person on each platform to complete the Item Hunt by crafting the new experiment item is memorialized with a future in-game item.


*First, the text of the riddle must be decrypted. The pictures associated with the coded riddles are often clues which aid in solving the riddles, and occasionally provide decryption keys. The decryption process ends when the encrypted text is rendered into readable English.
The start to each set of riddles appears on the component items required to complete the Experiment. These initial clues are almost always encrypted and in many cases, lead to additional clues. The riddle solutions direct the player to equip certain items and attack a specific raid. Raid difficulty does not matter. The chance to obtain a particular component is sometimes very low, so persistence is the key to obtaining some of the more elusive Riddle Master items. When you


{{Example}}  
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Encrypted text from Advanced Deathmechanics 2: "''Ydtw wvpzox mmu esa'gl s zfdsriufd clu svwze'u mdky mxuyz iow yvtd ry nta merpeq. Dyz nrg'n ia ziyi azhk urhhlk xe wktpfn ypg pnwt uuy'bt ywtvnlhkyp whsai azl losyxlea gvujuv ffv? Vhm'm epgvz lplo ro odls ajk xu vll ayf ldef dkrpocn... Oof celen fdk jgkvjpkf drr ir Ogpghajv'j tyq? Bh rqrp, ou fgb upx'w fczz!''"
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!colspan="5" style="font-size:140%;"|Riddle Master Item Hunts
In order to decrypt the text, players needed two pieces of information: (1) the picture associated with Advanced Deathmechanics 2 was a distorted picture of [[LotS/Lucia the Cobra|Lucia the Cobra]]; and (2) that the text was encrypted using a [[wikipedia:Vigenère_cipher|Vigenère cipher]] with 'Lucia the Cobra as the key.
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!Item
Translation: "Some people say you're a sociopath who doesn't care about the rest of the galaxy. Why don't we test that theory by seeing how much you've remembered about the universe around you? Let's start with an easy one to get the ball rolling... Who built the favorite toy of Salastro's son? In full, if you don't mind!"
!Release Date
{{Example/end}}
!Hunt Info
 
!Lab Experiment
*Second, would-be puzzle-solvers must navigate any intermediate steps in the puzzles. Many of the riddles are complex -- each crafting component may involve several intermediate riddles, and may include email, links to special pages created by the developers for the Item Hunts, or even a device capable of reading [[LotS/Advanced_Deathmechanics_5|QR codes]]. This process ends when the playerbase discovers the final riddle in the sequence which tells the players what to do in game. This step is optional, as some Experiment components, particularly those from earlier Item Hunts, will not require any intermediate steps.
!5PG Forum Guide
 
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{{Example}}  
|{{LotS/ItemLink|Red Thunder}}
Based on the text of [[LotS/Advanced Deathmechanics 1|Advanced Deathmechanics 1]], the players learned that the riddles assocaited
|4/27/11
{{Example/end}}
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|{{LotS/Labex|redthunder}}
*Finally, the final riddle of each component is also a collection of riddles, which obliquely references the steps a player must take in-game in order to obtain that Experiment component.
|[http://www.legacyofathousandsuns.com/forum/showthread.php?2576-Red-Thunder-Guide]
 
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{{Example}}  
|{{LotS/ItemLink|Antimatter Whip V2}}
{{Example/end}}
|7/27/11
 
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Once the riddle is deciphered
|{{LotS/Labex|antimatterwhip2}}
|[http://www.legacyofathousandsuns.com/forum/showthread.php?3425-Upgraded-Antimatter-Whip-Guide]
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|{{LotS/ItemLink|Dragon Cycle}}
|11/9/11
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|{{LotS/Labex|dragoncycle}}
|[http://www.legacyofathousandsuns.com/forum/showthread.php?4311-Dragon-cycle-Item-Hunt]
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|{{LotS/ItemLink|Mega Multicolored Cloorian Pants}}
|2/22/12
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|{{LotS/Labex|megamulticoloredcloorianpants}}
|[http://www.legacyofathousandsuns.com/forum/showthread.php?5339-Mega-Multi-Colored-Cloorian-Pants]
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|{{LotS/ItemLink|Omega Deathmachine}}
|7/27/12
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|{{LotS/Labex|omegadeathmachine}}
|[http://www.legacyofathousandsuns.com/forum/showthread.php?7374-Omega-Deathmachine-guide]
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Revision as of 22:24, 11 November 2012

The Riddle Master is a "mysterious and possibly insane figure" who periodically challenges the community to crack his (or her) riddles in order to obtain the components used to craft certain lab experiments. The playerbase does not know who creates the Item Hunts or whether they are the work of a single person or are the product of several 5th Planet developers.

Riddle-solving is a community affair. Multiple players post theories and possible solutions to the 5PG forums. The first person on each platform to complete the Item Hunt by crafting the new experiment item is memorialized with a future in-game item.

The start to each set of riddles appears on the component items required to complete the Experiment. These initial clues are almost always encrypted and in many cases, lead to additional clues. The riddle solutions direct the player to equip certain items and attack a specific raid. Raid difficulty does not matter. The chance to obtain a particular component is sometimes very low, so persistence is the key to obtaining some of the more elusive Riddle Master items. When you

Riddle Master Item Hunts
Item Release Date Hunt Info Lab Experiment 5PG Forum Guide
Red Thunder 4/27/11 Lab: {{#varpull:LotS/experiment/redthunder|Experiment|firstreward}} [1]
Antimatter Whip V2 7/27/11 Lab: {{#varpull:LotS/experiment/antimatterwhip2|Experiment|firstreward}} [2]
Dragon Cycle 11/9/11 Lab: {{#varpull:LotS/experiment/dragoncycle|Experiment|firstreward}} [3]
Mega Multicolored Cloorian Pants 2/22/12 Lab: {{#varpull:LotS/experiment/megamulticoloredcloorianpants|Experiment|firstreward}} [4]
Omega Deathmachine 7/27/12 Lab: {{#varpull:LotS/experiment/omegadeathmachine|Experiment|firstreward}} [5]
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