Ragman's First Task

Ragman's First Task

Ragman's first task involves understanding the game's loot mechanics and potentially acquiring specific items. The quest description includes a riddle that, when decrypted, reveals important clues for progression. The first paragraph of the hex-encoded text translates to "At interchange we were at bash zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba pryz1uts8q5onmlkj3hgfe4c2a". The second paragraph translates to "6t th1 1na of 8t 6ll, 2ou must 58ll th1 58ll6 and UrAgCe DEroRRiM".

The first uncovered paragraph indicates an Atbash cipher. Applying this to "zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba pryz1uts8q5onmlkj3hgfe4c2a" yields "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz kiba1fgh8j5lmnopq3stuv4x2z". Using this substitution pattern on the second paragraph of the quest description, "6t th1 1na of 8t 6ll, 2ou must 58ll th1 58ll6", translates to "6t the end of it 6ll, you must kill the kill6". This clue, along with "UrAgCe" and "DEroRRiM", is important for the quest.

The quest reward text also contains encrypted information. Mirroring the text (as suggested by "DEroRRiM" becoming "MiRRorED") reveals "First truth is, at the base you see the sum of 4 and 6, second truth is that thirteen is false number". This indicates that the number 13 should be disregarded in further findings and that the base for numbers is 64, not 10. After removing the used text, discarding 13, and decoding from Base64, the text "thirteen is rot ten number as well, rotate yourself out of it" appears, suggesting a rot13 cipher. Applying rot13 decryption to the remaining text reveals "Affine brought you two of the first numbers" coupled with "vjg pwodgt qh uycp ykvjjqnfu hkxg" and "how many steps should emperor of rome walk, one or three" coupled with "bgufs efbmjoh xjui txbot, zpv xjmm gjoe zpvstfmg jo b trvbsf pg gpvs / wkhuh lv d vshfldo sodfh wr uhyhdo brxuvhoi lq d vkdsh ri wxeh, wkh vkruw zdb wx.eh". These lines indicate the use of Affine ciphers.