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The Royal Mint - Great British Treasure Hunt

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  • Comping_Rich
    Comping_Rich Posts: 29,757 Forumite
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    5.1 . Genius

    The Final Flame

    PART I

    You’ve braved the dark, you’ve played the game, And now you seek the final flame. Through mirror, map, and whispered lore, You’ve passed through every secret door.

    But now, the final lock remains – A riddle bound in hidden chains. Three clues to name, and words to bind, A light to leave the gloom behind:

    •••

    In suits they stand, on squares they sit, On notes they lie, with clubs they hit.

    •••

    Inside a reef I can be found, I’m like a bird, my chains unbound.

    •••

    In foreign tongue I’m to be mixed, Within my veins, a flame is fixed.

    •••

    Now take the answers, clear and true, And keep them close – they’ll guide you through. Though what they form is yet unknown, The path ahead will soon be shown.

    All lines converge, all puzzles cease, The fractured frame reveals its piece. Unite what’s held with what is sown – Another key is now your own.

    And if your thread is tightly drawn, Then gold shall light the breaking dawn. Where learning lives and tools align, The compass points towards the sign.

    Not far below, yet not the floor, A number rests within the lore. Now take it in, and hold it tight – It turns the key. It sparks the light.

    A single truth, but not the whole, One half of some far deeper soul. The lock is loose, the veil is thin, Part II awaits – now step within. 


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  • Coder42
    Coder42 Posts: 18 Forumite
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    I think the hint today is trolling.

  • Coder42
    Coder42 Posts: 18 Forumite
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    Has it become unavailable for anyone else?

  • Puzzler1963
    Puzzler1963 Posts: 12 Forumite
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    I’m having issues with the Royal Mint website

  • Puzzler1963
    Puzzler1963 Posts: 12 Forumite
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    Ok I’m in but it says 5.1 available in 23 hours?

  • Comping_Rich
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    Looks like problem with Royal Mint. It went live at 10am now saying available in 23 hours.


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  • Coder42
    Coder42 Posts: 18 Forumite
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    It was available briefly.

  • the key is a QR code that leads to: www.royalmint.com/roygbiv

  • I think site has gone down.
    I got the key and clicked for part 2 and it just kicked be out of the quest?

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