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Apartment Complex (KPC2020) Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is not located at the given coordinates. Solve the puzzle below to determine the real location of the cache.

The NSA has tracked down a lot of foreign criminal activity to this single apartment complex. Various nefarious groups have staked out bases near this surveillance location. So far, most of these shady organizations are only known by code names, but these thieves are responsible for stealing billions of dollars for their governments and terrorist agendas. You will probably want to avoid emails or unknown websites after you research further into their activities. You might want to make sure you have saved all your data to an offline backup before you even start your research. Or, better yet, just disconnect from the internet altogether once they realize you're investigating them. Good luck!

  • Holmium
  • LuckyMouse
  • UPS Team
  • Manganese
  • Anchor Panda
  • Cozy Bear
  • Leviathan
  • Comment Crew
  • Calc Team
  • OceanLotus
  • Lotus Panda
  • OilRig
  • KeyBoy
  • Wisp Team
  • Deputy Dog

Special Notes about the 2020 Puzzle Challenge: To be considered for Fastest Solver points, you must verify your solution with Certitude. Finders will receive Top Finder points when submitting Found It logs to the cache page. All "point" scoring is arbitrary, subject to change, at the discretion of the cache owner, and probably completely meaningless (unless you just want to be announced sooner at the celebration party, if one even happens in 2021). The real challenge is to see whether I will have enough time to create a puzzle each month this year! To maintain fairness, hints should not be offered by the cache owner or other solvers until the fifteenth of the month.

Special Notes about this month's puzzle: Parks are too busy nowadays; so I avoided hiding a cache in a park this time.


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

First To Solve: fizzymagic (12 minutes)
First To Log: cachbefound (338 minutes)
Named pre-hint solvers: 45
Pre-hint finds logged: 12
KPC2020 Solvers Scoreboard
KPC2020 Finders Scoreboard
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Hint added May 1`5th.] Lbh arrq gb svaq gur NCG ahzore sbe rnpu bs gurfr tebhcf.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)