Hunt for the Lembas

[farmchamp]

I will be giving Lembas to whoever can find me the 2 digit password. I will give you but 3 bits of information and the rest must be solved. Not to be taken seriously, just a fun little game. If you think you found it, PM me.

First clue:
The Code is J to L, the clue is "Uyji sn rm rfc lmprfcpl qrmlc ylb uyji rm rfc lcvr. Amlrglsc slrgj uyrcp gq slbcpdmmr.

Second clue:
"Iehho je sqbb oek whuud xuqt Aqaq. Qdomqo, vebbem jxu hyluh dehjx kdjyb jxu ruwyddydw syjo xqi sbqycut jxu bqdt oek ijqdt ed."

Final Clue:
The password lies in the numbers of emptiness of the noob's friends that stand in plain sight.

[theTrav]

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a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
y z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x

Uyji sn rm rfc lmprfcpl qrmlc ylb uyji rm rfc lcvr. Amlrglsc slrgj uyrcp gq slbcpdmmr.
Walk up to the northern stone and walk to the next. Continue until water is underfoot.

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z a b c d e f g h i j

Iehho je sqbb oek whuud xuqt Aqaq. Qdomqo, vebbem jxu hyluh dehjx kdjyb jxu ruwyddydw syjo xqi sbqycut jxu bqdt oek ijqdt ed.
sorry to call you green head Kaka. Anyway, follow the river north until the beginning city has claimed the land you stand on.

I'd have to be in game to confirm but I assume the password is in something that noobs love like wicker baskets or something a new player is able to craft, probably arranged into a negative pattern.

For future encryptions, you should avoid repeating words, and you should avoid using high frequency count for common letters like t, e and r. Makes it way easy to crack

[farmchamp]

That code isn't right. It's J to L, not L to J.

[lithos]

09

[Potjeh]

You should've used a multi-table substitution cypher at least. Let's say you pick a 3-number code, 12-2-8. First character in your message shifts by 12, second by 2, third by 8, and then it returns to start (so 4th shifts by 12, 5th by 2, etc.). With a long enough code, it'd take quite some effort to decrypt such a short message.

[farmchamp]

I didn't want this to be to hard. It's great that your ahead of the class, but let the rest of the kids have a chance too, dear. Anyway, the Lembas is still up for grabs! Also, it's not 09.

[niltrias]

I used to like cryptology a bit in high-school and uni. Here is one that might be harder to solve. It is a cipher, not a code, and a fairly common type that you can find in any cryptology book, but I could never get a handle on solving this type. I can provide longer text if needed.

Hint: this is not a cipher of the type potjeh mentioned.

KU LVOPLFUH UQ ZXVU LG IH KZECSQS LZ UCQG LXQ LU BWQJKP HC ATWUAB GP CXLNPP QTH VB
Fixed, sorry

[farmchamp]

I have no answer yet. Stop correcting my code and solve it. Congrats, 'yall smarter then me. Now could you play the dang game?

[g1real]

I have no enjoyment in the repititive works of code deciphering.