ARRS terminal

 (Automated Radio Relay Service) is a webpage made by the developers of Escape from Tarkov and linked to the lore of the game.

Description
This a webpage appearing like a terminal. The inscription "Automated Radio Relay Service" and "NODE 14-4 KORD" can be seen. For the moment the terminal doesn't respond anything when you try to interact with the little box at the bottom. It is probable it will be reactivated later.



The name "ARRS" can also be seen on a screenshot published by the developers about the Hideout.





The ARRS terminal was connected to riddles also made by the developers of Battlestate Games. The riddles were connected to pieces of the lore of the game and the ones who achieved to get to the end of the riddle earned key for the game.

Riddle : "Intercepted Frequency"
On 27 February 2016, the user "TarkovEscaper" on Reddit, "Escape From Tarkov" on Facebook posted the same message.

''Attention! Attention!''

We've intercepted the following message

01001010 01011010 01010011 01011000 01001111 01001001 01000100 01010101 01001101 01010110 01011010 01000111 00110010 00110010 01001100 01001111 01001101 01000110 01010111 01000011 01000001 01011001 01001100 01000100 01001101 01001110 01010011 01011000 01000111 00110100 01011001 01001110 01000010 01001010 01000011 01011000 01001101 01011010 00110011 01000110 01001110 01011010 01000001 01010101 01010111 01000100 01001001 01001011 01001110 01001110 00110011 01010111 01010101 01001110 01000010 01010100 01001101 01011001 01011010 01001000 01001111

(It is a quest to get one free copy of EFT limited edition, only for one winner

You will get your prize in about 48 hours after finishing quest)"

The solution of the riddle was later posted both on Reddit and Facebook on 28 February 2016.

''One of the Tarkov mysteries solved! Congratulations to winner, who will get free digital copy of EFT Limited edition in couple days! You can try to decode the rest of codes yourself, if you still haven't, but you are not going to get any prize for that.''

For those who want to know all of the steps, here it is ''Thanks for participation! This is not last mystery of Tarkov.''
 * 1) Binary code that was announced with quest - the easiest part
 * 2) After that you get Base32 code which have login and password to ARRS terminal
 * 3) In the profile you can find 3 notes about dark deeds of Evgenue A.K. and last note have hidden ASCII85 encrypted parts
 * 4) It gives us an image, a screenshot from email of this Evgenue, which have hidden Morze code
 * 5) Morze gives us an audio file, from which we find out about new service available at /TARBANK and it also have Morze code
 * 6) You can use EvgenAK login/pass for the Tarbank page and you see that it have safe with password field
 * 7) Morze from step 5 have anogramm for "furious winds" which is login and password for ARRS and it have last bits of riddle
 * 8) Profile have 4 notes, 3 of which got parts of password to safe and the last one is the order of those notes to get password together.

Step 1 : Binary code to BASE 32
The binary code is decrypted as follow in BASE 32 :

01001010 01011010 01010011 01011000 01001111 01001001 01000100 01010101 01001101 01010110 01011010 01000111 00110010 00110010 01001100 01001111 01001101 01000110 01010111 01000011 01000001 01011001 01001100 01000100 01001101 01001110 01010011 01011000 01000111 00110100 01011001 01001110 01000010 01001010 01000011 01011000 01001101 01011010 00110011 01000110 01001110 01011010 01000001 01010101 01010111 01000100 01001001 01001011 01001110 01001110 00110011 01010111 01010101 01001110 01000010 01010100 01001101 01011001 01011010 01001000 01001111

→

JZSXOIDUMVZG22LOMFWCAYLDMNSXG4YNBJCXMZ3FNZAUWDIKNN3WUNBTMYZHO

Step 2 : Base 32 to ASCII (Text) and connection to the ARRS terminal
The Base 32 is decrypted to ASCII and give this :

JZSXOIDUMVZG22LOMFWCAYLDMNSXG4YNBJCXMZ3FNZAUWDIKNN3WUNBTMYZHO

→

New terminal access

EvgenAK

kwj43f2w

So the username is "EvgenAK" and the password "kwj43f2w".

Then the username and the pasword must be used into the ARRS terminal.

Step 3 : Decryption of the 3 notes of the "EvgenAK" profile
You can find 3 notes on the profile page :

Note 203
DATE:: 23.08.2012 ::

Первая ч!t%(N финанcsn(@ания по плану Лесицкого прошла.

Уточнить в@)NIQj11` с по@)лением оборудования.

Присм!t%(Nться к Лесицкому. Ублюдок смы'v#.ный и с гонором. !t%(Nь на карандаш.

Note 205
DATE:: 27.08.2012 ::

5ҏ/xqQ2)I% R"C5ҏить оборудование.

У партии из-за рубежа есть нC^!)9S+EZтельные поврKNIдения.

В пvncYе s{cZ=Rьника лbR\C^!)9ории по поводу заW,"T доп. деталей отказать. Лишний раз {cZ=Ruвать на тамk'v#.Kет смысла.

DATE :: 27.08.2012 ::

Note 208
DATE:: 03.09.2012 ::

При:Jt1_9/KUE:ая группа специалистов.

Во0(4n1eq"L:Jt+икты с рабn5r:>U05krYCNо нужно реsPI0JI!^ос с /oYuNьным входом в лаборатории.

The last one contain some ASCII85 code:



After decryption it give that:



→

ORUGK4TPNVQW4NTTORSXA427/otzkxi000cy.pvm

The first part is encoded in BASE 32 :

ORUGK4TPNVQW4NTTORSXA427

→

theroman6steps_

The "theroman6steps" part is a clue to decipher the second part "otzkxi000cy.pvm". It refers to Caesar Code with a shift of 6 steps. So it give

otzkxi000cy.pvm

→

interc000ws.jpg

It give us a link a link to an image :

http://countdowntoreveal.com/interc000ws.jpg

Step 4 : Image with Morse Code
This is the obtained image :

It contain a Morse Code which is :

wlkdjsnwed.mp3

It lead to the MP3 file located here : http://countdowntoreveal.com/wlkdjsnwed.mp3

Step 5 : Audio File analysis and Morse Code
The audio file instruct about the site http://countdowntoreveal.com/tarbank (this site is unavaiable) and contain a Morse Code which is :

P_RUSIUOF_ P_NDISW_P_RUSIUOF_P_NDISW

Step 6 : Tarbank login
The use of the username "EvgenAK" and the password "kwj43f2w" is required to enter the site. Once entered a new password is required.

Step 7 : ARRS terminal login
A new username and password must be used in the ARRS termianl. They are given by the Step 5 Morse Code. It is a anagram of "Furious Winds".

P_RUSIUOF_ P_NDISW_P_RUSIUOF_P_NDISW

→

P_FURIOUS_P_WINDS_FURIOUS_P_WINDS

Step 8 : Decryption of the 4 Notes of the "Furious Winds" profile
The "profile page" contain 4 notes :

Note 101
shift14_oSRlo3phoyDiKJV0PCa5APslYPU

Note 102
01110000 01100001 01110011 01110011 01110111 01101111 01110010 01100100 01110000 01100001 01110010 01110100 00001101 00001010 00110101 00111001 00111001 00110011 00110000 00111001

Note 103
33 35 30 37 31 31 34 31 20 33 34 30 36 32 31 36 32 20 33 33 36 37 33 35 36 33 20 33 34 36 36 30 35 36 30 20 30 33 32 30 35 30 36 35 20 31 35 30 33 32 30 36 37 20 31 35 30 33 31 34

Note 104
50 49 51

The first part of the note 101 "shift14" give a clue to the Caesar Code with a shift of 14. The second part decipher as follow :

oSRlo3phoyDiKJV0PCa5APslYPU

→

cGFzc3dvcmRwYXJ0DQo5ODgzMDI

This a BASE 64 code which decipher to this :

cGFzc3dvcmRwYXJ0DQo5ODgzMDI

→

passwordpart

988302

The note 102 is a binary code which decypher to this :

01110000 01100001 01110011 01110011 01110111 01101111 01110010 01100100 01110000 01100001 01110010 01110100 00001101 00001010 00110101 00111001 00111001 00110011 00110000 00111001

→

passwordpart

599309

The note 103 is an Octal or Haxadecimal code which give :

33 35 30 37 31 31 34 31 20 33 34 30 36 32 31 36 32 20 33 33 36 37 33 35 36 33 20 33 34 36 36 30 35 36 30 20 30 33 32 30 35 30 36 35 20 31 35 30 33 32 30 36 37 20 31 35 30 33 31 34

→

trapdrowssap

544743

Inverted it give :

trapdrowssap

544743

→

passwordpart

347445

The note 104 contain 3 hexadecimal character who refers to there counterparty in ASCII code.

50 49 51

→

2 1 3

It give the order to assemble the 3 part and give the password "599309988302347445" to redeem the key which is already activated.

Riddle 2 : "Strange Signal"
On 27 June 2016 Escape From Tarkov posted this message on Facebook :

We've intercepted strange signal, that translates into following text.

Y2Vhc2FyNDk0ODQ3NDY0NGNlYXNhcjQ5NDg0NzQ2NDRjZWFzYXI0OTQ4NDc0NjQ0Y2Vhc2FyNDk0ODQ3NDY0NGNlYXNhcjQ5NDg

0NzQ2NDRjZWFzYXI0OTQ4NDc0NjQ0Y2Vhc2FyNDk0ODQ3NDY0NGNlYXNhcjQ5NDg0NzQ2NDRjZWFzYXI0OTQ4NDc0NjQ0Y2Vhc2FyNDk0ODQ3NDY0NA==

Maybe it is related to the ARRS terminal

 http://countdowntoreveal.com/terminal/cmd/ 

(it is quest, to get free Limited Edition preorder)

Step 1 : BASE 64 to Text
This is a BASE64 Code which give :

ceasar4948474644ceasar4948474644ceasar4948474644ceasar4948474644ceasar4948474644ceasar4948474644ceasar4948474644ceasar4948474644ceasar4948474644ceasar4948474644The Login is "ceasar" and the password "4948474644".

After lgging in on http://countdowntoreveal.com/terminal/cmd/ 4 notes are avaiable :

Note 869
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!fS|8YqhAoK;*^Yahk`Q2Hq0dyqJ>xi:_{WC6TG

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g-Ro(BXE"7BZ_X,GVP?un4E7M_%?5nB|Q4a+2xK

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Note 870
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Note 871
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Note 872
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Only a part are useful. This concerned part is encoded with Caesar Code with a certain shift. Each one is linked to a RAR archive, containing two file, an MP3 audio file and a TXT text file. The TXT file are not an exact retrancription of what is said in russian in the linked MP3 File.

uzfqdoqbfqp.txt
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aflwjuwhlwv.txt
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In the "uzfqdoqbfqp.txt" file we can find the word "archive" which lead to the site http://countdowntoreveal.com/archive (This is site is currently unavaible). A page with a username already completed with "caesar" and a password can be seen.

Step 4 : Decryption of the password
The numbers at the end of each RAR file is the number of space to count between the characters from the beginning of each linked TXT file. The order is given by the linked MP3 file.

Following the order the password is "24089460354063017".

Reference
ARRS terminal site

Source of the solution of the riddle "Intercepted Frequency"

Source of the solution for the riddle "Strange Signal"