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AoC #01 - Geocaching Elves! Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/25/2024
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Welcome to Advent of Caching! This series is comprised of 25 caches, each with a coding puzzle to get the coordinates. It was inspired by Advent of Code by the amazing Eric Wastl. Each day from the 1st December 2024 until Christmas Day, a new cache will be published, with the puzzles progressively increasing in difficulty. All the puzzles were generated and solved in Python, but they should all be solvable in a variety of different languages and softwares (including Excel!) Each of the puzzles can be found on the website, and will be unlocked (all going smoothly) when each cache is released, at 7am GMT. Have fun!

Today, the elves have started their geocaching adventures. Can you help them? Go to the website for the first puzzle: Advent of Caching

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Va gur purpxre

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)