The final clue is not an alphabet cipher but a triangulation puzzle: each number means the answer lies N stops in the direction of a given station, solved by brute force to yield an answer on the Piccadilly Line.
The crew realizes the cheeseboard clue isn't a cipher but requires counting stops toward indicated stations; after brute-forcing nearby options, Scott lands on the answer Charing Cross, noting the key was understanding the "direction of" mechanic. ✦ AI generated
EJ · Syntax · 2026-08-03 · original ↗
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It wasn't an exact letter extraction cipher puzzle. It was triangulation by stop count. Each line means the answer is N stops away from this. ... the unlock for me was that you had to write out like street or road when I was testing them. ... I got lucky. ... So the resulting station would have been on the Piccadilly Line and Leicester Square, but it says that didn't open until 1906. ... The answer was Charing Cross Lane. That was the answer.
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18:37like >> Bank Aldgate, yeah. >> the last one. Yeah. You're right. You're right. >> So what does it mean? >> So Highbury, two stops. What what What is the output that they're looking for here? >> name of the station. >> the name. >> Yeah, just the name of the station where he ends up. It could be Baker Street, Old Street, Victoria, for example. >> Should we brute force it?
19:00>> Just a list of every single >> What are the map names? >> It's all the station names, right? >> We don't have any more. >> Return Old Street. additional clues anywhere. >> Mhm. >> Um >> Is there are there any other indicators of where he might be? I think the the note that popped out of the chessboard is our best bet, but what does it mean?
19:22I I just think that we somehow misinterpreted the these numbers. >> Yeah. Maybe it's two from >> I have the numbers. >> It is four from Euston. >> Yeah. Highbury two Moorgate four, Euston three, Leicester two Bank Aldgate >> Bank >> Maybe we need to triangulate it. So, like if you look at Bank Aldgate, two stops away >> That's what I was thinking, right. >> It should two stops away from Bank
19:56Aldgate is the answer, but which which direction? >> But, it's also two stops away from Bank Aldgate, four stops away from Euston two stops away from Moorgate, right? >> Yes. >> So, I'm looking at City R City R O four and then one two to Moorgate, three or is it how many from Bank Aldridge? >> two >> two Leicester Square, what the hell is that? >> Wes has uh Claude found a list of
20:33station names? Cuz I'm at the point where we do just brute force it if >> [laughter] >> Uh Let me ask >> Wait, wait, Scott Scott has a guess. City City R? >> Well, I'm just I'm just going to start uh guessing. >> Okay. >> I don't know the answer, guys. >> Yeah, I we're not smart enough to figure out this clue that popped out of the
20:56chessboard, like >> Hold on, you might not be. >> [laughter] >> Can I give you a prompt cuz I don't have AI open? Wes, but if I give you give you >> [laughter] >> Yes. Yes, please give me a prompt. >> Okay. Hello, Claude. Thank you for talking to me today. >> No, that's unnecessary. Erase us. Claude is on fire. >> [laughter] >> Um we we're trying to solve a puzzle. We
21:20have a map of all subway stations in London. >> It It knows that. >> No, no, no, but I'm I'm about to get you there. I'm about to get you there. Did you Did you already plug in the clue? >> Yeah. Yeah, it's uh it has has access to everything we've done so far. >> All right, I'm going to prompt it myself then cuz you don't seem to like my my
21:39>> No, no, no, like I Like what What are you trying to figure out here? >> I think it >> Prompt sucks, EJ. >> Well, I think it can solve it without um needing any other context except for the map of London stations in 1884. >> Okay. It's currently OCR-ing the map of London from [music] the game. >> Yeah, we don't need to do that. >> Which is very, very slow. I wonder how
- ·Not an exact-letter extraction cipher puzzle
- ·Each clue: answer is N stops away from a station
- ·Solved by brute-forcing nearby options
- ·Unlock was understanding the 'direction of' mechanic
- ·Resulting station: on the Piccadilly Line
- ·Near Leicester Square, which opened in 1906
- ·Final answer: Charing Cross Lane