The Black Watchmen

The Black Watchmen

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Introduction
Disclaimer: This guide will contain massive spoilers for each mission.

This guide will continue on from The Blackmen Guide that the user: http://gtm.steamproxy.vip/id/xico_2001 created. The link to that guide can be found here: https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=746100647

Tips along the way
1. The "xxxxxx" in the answer field displays how many letters/words are in the answer.
2. Some answers require the first letter being capitalised
3. Make sure there is no trailing space at the end of the submitted answer

What you will need
1. To view documents in the Archive Call: http://archive.blackwatchmen.com/
2. https://forums.aliceandsmith.com/threads/useful-resources-and-tools.32/
Season 1
Mission 19

Unlike the other missions, you have to access this one from the World Map

Front Door Code: A0113
Alpha Lock: 2837
Charlie Lock: 2258
Echo Lock: 2737

Mission 19 Pt 2
Puzzle Piece: 12.02
Confirmation Code: 918TC

Mission 20
Unstable Growth
Hint 1: Chest Gland
> Thymus

Puzzle Piece: 27.2

Adverse Reactions: chrysopoeia

Mission 21
Forensic Investigation
Hint 1: Japanese island of long life
> Okinawa
Puzzle Piece: 13.81
Ground levels > Kadena Air Base

Mission 22
Material Analysis > Granite
Puzzle Piece: 33.29
Abyssal Signature > Cleopatra’s Needle

Mission 23
Containment > Oriental Institute
Puzzle Piece: 17.49
The Persian Gallery > A10
Inscription > Ahura mazda

Mission 24
Homebrew > Serf
Puzzle Piece: 2.27
Cloak and Dagger > Negative Index MetaMaterial
One Shot > Adelphi

Mission 25
Puzzle Piece: 19.79
Blame > Hint 1 NORSAR
Hint 2 > seismic activity
> 12 August 2000

Funding Cuts
??


First Entity > Stolas
Stolas > Beta Aquarii
Local Authorities > Natwest
Second Entity > Amdusias
Amduscias > Hector Berlioz
Third Entity > Focalor
Focalor > SS Montevideo Maru
Emergency Call > Shamrock 407
Abyssal Writing > YHWHYGVFVCOE

Finale confirmation code: CTK5B
Season 1 Secret Missions
The Secret Missions are available after collecting all of the Puzzle Pieces
Season 2
To access Season 2 you will need the following DLC: https://store.steampowered.com/app/396810/

Mission 1
Image Retrieval
hint 1: reverse image search
hint 2: name - arthur edward waite
> Rider-Waite tarot deck

Puzzle Piece: Giotto

Tracking Interest
> Montevideo

Key Links
hint 1: the member lost his faith
hint 2: https://theoddestinkling.wordpress.com/intro/
> The Fellowship of the Rosy Cross

Mission 2
Former Glory
> le trianon akasaka

Puzzle Piece: Phidias

Wind Warning:
Step 1: analyse the second table hint: 2005-08-28 18:00:00
> 26.3

Bloodshed
Hint> Use the filters on the website
> Cortes

Mission 3
Lookup
Hint: a simple whois lookup - https://lookup.icann.org/
> Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

Puzzle Piece: Tolstoj

Technical Origins
Hint: Use https://iplocation.com/
> Hong Kong

Mission 4
Ghost Data
Hint: Download Audacity to view hidden message contained in audiofiles
> Rift

Puzzle Piece: Beethoven

Second Look:
Hint: Open up the image in a hex editor and look for a secret word
https://hexed.it/

> Void

Image Decryption
Hint: Use photoshop/gimp
> Utah data center

Mission 5
Missing Link - archive call W54M1J
> Brandon Rooney

Puzzle Piece: Erinome

Cause and Effect
hint 1: NSW outback
hint 2: https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2009/09/22/2693458.htm
> Dust Storm

Mission 6
Last Seen
hint 1: Compare the dates of the missing persons with the dates of the dust storm events
what do the dust storms have in common ?

Hint 2: intense low pressure system
> 992 hPa

Puzzle Piece: Metis

Strange Origins:
hint 1: dont think about it too much
hint 2: where is calcium phosphate found
> Bone

Mission 7
hint 1: crop the symbol out
hint 2: it is part of a bigger picture
> Elder Sign

Puzzle Piece: Io

Last Breaths:
hint 1: the elder sign
hint 2: read up on the story
hint 3: https://lovecraft.fandom.com/wiki/The_Treader_of_the_Dust_(short_story)
> Quachil Uttaus

Seared Flesh:
> Symbol of Chaos

Mission 8:
Local Help
hint 1: pay attention to the phrasing of the last paragraph in the transcript
hint 2: geoglyph
> Marree Man

Puzzle Piece: Jimo

Buried Warning
hint 1: look into the doctrine of native title
hint 2: the site had a claim against the State government
> Dieri
(this answer relates to the Dieri Mitha people who had a competing native title claim. In 2012, the Federal Court recognised the Arabana People as the native holders of the land

Mission 9
Useful Functions:
hint 1: Killalpaninna Mission
> Toas

Puzzle Piece: Dia

Area of Effect
hint 1: Death rock in Australia
> Kanyaka Station

Into The Darkness
> A4589W

Mission 10
Dark Signal
hint 1: think outside the box
> Arecibo message

Puzzle Piece: Leda

Infestation:
> Labidura Herculeana

Old Scraps
> Charles Carroll Taylor
Season 2 Part 2
Mission 11
OPAL5
hint 1: temperature rise
> 1943-01-22

Puzzle Piece: Le Verrier

Covert Investigation
hint 1: read over the documents carefully
> Malmstrom Air Force Base

Wingspan
hint 1: prehistoric bird
> Overland

Mission 12
Cold Case
Hint 1: the email will give you Archive Call Link FT78HE
> Cherufe

Generous Donor
Note: the blockchain website has changed UI - making this puzzle harder
Hint 1: look into the hashes for the 2 transactions
> 381768

Puzzle Piece
Berlin Obervatory

Background Check
> Ben Rankah

Mission 13
Sysconfig
This puzzle is randomised
> EXO56

Puzzle Piece: Galle

Predicting The Impossible
Hint 1: Koppen classification system
> Caracas

Mission 14
Inside Job
Hint 1: How do people enquire about entering a country with/without a visa
> CARACAS.DIPLO.DE

Puzzle Piece: Voyager 2

Future Forecast
> Parque Tecnologico Sartenejas

Watering Hole
Hint 1: google maps has a nearby function
> Bar y Restaurante El Meson De Cervantes

Bird
> Cartel of the Suns

Ball
> Base Aérea General José Antonio Páez

Mission 15
Map
Note: this level is a dramatic increase of difficulty. A website you need may be down as the domain name expired (try waybackmachine)
Hint 1: What country is this image ?
Hint 2: into the picture in detail
Hint 3: travellers beware !

Puzzle Piece: Jeffreys

Coat of Arms
Hint 1: look into the image in detail
Hint 2: convert the text
Hint 3: pay attention to the difference in spelling
Hint 4: Anna
> Martin Schwegelin

Mission 16
Puzzle Piece: Keeler

Call For Help:
Hint 1: communication
Hint 2: this fictional reference can help identify the location
> Fairfield Inn

Prototype
Hint 1: patent
Hint 2: URL appendage
> Outflow Undercurrent Interaction and Jetstream Adjustment

Mission 17
Puzzle Piece: 1610

Safe House: > National Severe Storms Laboratory

Tamper Proof:
Hint 1: secure hashing algorithm

> 315eff670cfe690798ffb55725e0c860d6ac74f911bd0619f0f85c7561a3e51f1fe7a6c33772bf451d2b4558b5f51c4d67b64bfc4cc46c78f3c9f7b849d359a6

Decoy Message
> Lustre

Dead End
> G07

Mission 18
Puzzle Piece: Roche

Protocol:
> Wiegand

Data Dump
Hint 1: it is not a simple conversion (lookup the protocol)
> 54

Intrusion
Hint 1: it was featured in a DefCon presentation
> Gecko

Mission 19
Puzzle Piece: Sycorax

Trail:
Hint 1: Look for IP Provider in documents
> 344547642

Dirty Secrets
Hint 1: TOR network
> snuffvideocentral.onion

Mission 20
Puzzle Piece: Margaret

Cancellation Policy
> GrandHotel Hessischer Hof

Special Treatment
> A13 or B22 or B24

Excuses
> KFW IPEX-BANK

Mission 21
Puzzle Piece: Portia

Canary
> Humska

Severed Lines
Hint 1: https://www.submarinecablemap.com/
> Gondwana-1

Silent Sky
> Intelsat 18

Mission 22
Puzzle Piece: Cressida

Advanced Persistant Threat
Hint 1: note the OS version
Hint 2: you need 2 id’s to execute the attack
> 114724

Mockingbird
> Korea Ryonbong General Corporation

Dangerous Substance
> ABRIN

Mission 23
Puzzle Piece: Mab

Safety Measures
Hint 1: Time to go shopping
> Glass re-locker

Numbers Game
> 1857

Out of Sight
> Lotus

Mission 24
Rental Car > BTR-80

Puzzle Piece: API

Echoes In The Wind
Hint 1: morse code
Ahnayro Sandbox Campaign
Mission 1
Mark of the Beast
Hint 1: morse code
Hint 2: HHH
> Herman Webster Mudgett

Mission 2
Hint 1: there are two tragedies to investigate
Hint 2: One relates to a famous scene in literature, the other is a real life case
> Albert Jackson Tirrell

Mission 3
Hint 1: dont get bogged down on the details
Hint 2: who led the excavation
Hint 3: Lotus chalice
> Howard Carter

Mission 4
Cururu Toad (Rhinella jimi)
H.P. Lovecraft
Beyond the Wall of Sleep
It’s not Tsathoggua
> Nyarlathotep
Whitechapel
To access the Whitechapel campaign you will need the following DLC: https://store.steampowered.com/app/760340/

Mission 1
Overboard
Hint 1: Triangulate the three valid coordinates
> Glens Falls

Last Words
Hint 1: google maps the coordinates / street view / analyse the bridge closely
Who would meet here ?
> Cooper's Cave

Unsafe (This puzzle is ridiculously difficult)
Hint 1: Manuscripts of the prose edda
Hint 2: You may need to use tent runes: https://www.reddit.com/r/codes/comments/fy1n0f/tent_runes_how_to_read_futhark_runes_x_cross/
Hint 3: Tent runes spells out hewlie
Hint 4: You should call someone for help he wl ie
> 43 95 43


Well Documented
hint - Everything you need is already given to you
> Obicor Pharmaceuticals

Mission 2
Paper Trail
Hint 1: Compare the model to the isolated instance
Hint 2: there are two variables you need
Hint 3: xor.pw
Hint 4: combativeness + ideality
Hint 5:
FFF00
800080


> 7fff80

Living Proof
Hint 1: using same model as pt 1
Hint 2: there are 6 major phrenological modules
> Combativeness

Momentum
Hint 1: leaves work
Hint 2: wife mentions drycleaners
Hint 3: nearby brewery is the answer
> Zero Gravity

Mission 3
Hint 1: H.P. Lovecraft is the author
Hint 2: A collection
7zip works best
password to the PDF: pnakotic

The answer is at the end of the letter
> Elanor Lane

Slipping Away
hint 1: reverse image search
> 13 Depot Square

Trapped
44 61 76 69 64 20 41 2e 20 4b 69 6e 67 20 23 34 goes to
David A King #4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ciphers_of_the_Monks
= https://kevin-horecka.medium.com/fractal-cistercian-numeral-systems-6f760c1d5d69

2 9 1
8 11 1
19 5 7
9 7 6
16 13 8
11 6 2

Next Step: https://clements.umich.edu/exhibit/spy-letters-of-the-american-revolution/gallery-of-letters/arnold-andre-letter-1780-07-12/
https://web.archive.org/web/20100611042144/http://www.clements.umich.edu/Spies/methods-code.html
Alone in the Dark Web
To access this campaign you will need to purchase the following DLC: https://store.steampowered.com/app/569850/The_Black_Watchmen__Alone_in_the_Dark_Web/
Mother Russia
In order to access this campaign you will need access to the following DLC: https://store.steampowered.com/app/397370
Season 2 Secret Mission
Mission 1: Guardians

Hint 1: There are two symbols to investigate
Hint 2: Ancient Jewish curse
Solution Pulsa d'Nura

Mission 2: Chemical Warfare

Hint 1: Lookup America's military use of chemical and biological weapons during Vietnam War
Hint 2: BZ
Solution: Physostigmine

Mission 3: Core

3 Comments
turtleboi  [author] 8 Oct, 2022 @ 12:49am 
It is 's. 2845'
Reckless 21 Apr, 2022 @ 7:58am 
What is solution of Season 1 Secret Missions part 2 Funding Cuts?
YouGotHitByGunner 6 Jun, 2021 @ 6:20am 
:O, thank you, you're a lifesaver!!