EncounterThis page contains hints for the puzzles contained in the game Encounter.Ready to open the safe? Go To Safe Camping Essentials Need a hint? Hint 1 Hint 2 Hint 3 Solution Focus on the images down the left hand side. Match them to the items in the list. Match the items on the left to items in the list. Take the first letter of the items you match. The item matches are tent, walking boots, extra sharp knife, light source, vital sunhat and enchanced rucksack. Taking the first letters of these items spells twelve. Close Encounters Need a hint? Hint 1 Hint 2 Hint 3 Solution Focus on the images of the article. "Join Us" is a hint. Join the dots with a straight line. Joining the dots spells THREE. Explore The Wilderness Need a hint? Hint 1 Hint 2 Hint 3 Solution Focus on the border of dots. Count how many dots are in the border. There are 26 dots in the border and 26 dots in the alphabet. Some of these are highlighted. Starting in the top left hand corner (A) work your way through the alphabet and round the border. Taking the letters that fall on the orange dots spells forty. Just For Fun Need a hint? Hint 1 Hint 2 Hint 3 Solution Complete the crossword using the clues below it. Pick out the letters highlighted. Rearrange the letters to spell a number. The number is 8. Perfect S'mores Need a hint? Hint 1 Hint 2 Hint 3 Solution "It's all in the preparation". Take the FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FORTH... From the first set of instructions take the first letters, from the second, take the seconds letters etc... Taking the letters as described gives "count out fudge pieces and double this". There are three fudge pieces in the image, doubling this gives 6. Code Order Need a hint? Hint 1 Hint 2 Hint 3 Solution Each clue contains a code which starts with a letter. These are date codes. The newspaper is dated 22nd May 23 with the code E2223. Another example would be H1223 which would be 12th September 23. Changing all these codes into dates gives you the order to the answers. The letters tell you the month (A=Jan, B=Feb etc..). The next two digits are the day of the month and the final two digits refer to the year. The order is A0223, A1523, B1123, B2823, C0723, C1623, D1723, D2723 E2523. Blue Jay Need a hint? Hint 1 Hint 2 Hint 3 Solution The key is in the sysmbols below the word JAY. J = a dot. J is the 10th letter in the alphabet. So a dot equal 10. Look again at the rest of the word with this new knowledge. J has a dot underneath it and is the 10th letter of the alphabet. A has an asterisk underneath it and is the 1st letter of the alphabet. Y has two dots and a dash underneath it and is the 25th letter of the alphabet. Using the key dot = 10, asterisk = 5 and dash = 1 on the symbols in the top right of the image gives ten. Moon Cycles Need a hint? Hint 1 Hint 2 Hint 3 Solution Focus on the image in the article. Starting at computer and work clockwise. The moon images tell you how much of the word to take. From computer take the first three quarters, from ethics the first half, from rely the first quarter etc... Working your way a round taking the sections of the words indicated by the moon cycle gives "comput eth r e el ots often". Spacing it out to make more sense reads "compute three lots of ten" which gives 30. Pictures Need a hint? Hint 1 Hint 2 Hint 3 Solution Focus on the BBQ. There is an article in the newspaper that will help. Those sausages look like dashes... The sausages are dashes and the burgers dots. Using the key in the newspaper gives the letters e, n and o. These spell one. Weather Need a hint? Hint 1 Hint 2 Hint 3 Solution The wind directions hold the answer. Use these with the compass as a key. Match the directions pointed to by the wind directions to a letter on the compass. Notice one letter is damaged. The arrows match the letters "s e v (damaged w) e n" giving seven.
