Puzzlemania #7 [03.07] Finished, solution posted

Hello all,

The previous big Puzzlemania event was held almost a year ago. Since then, I made a couple of mini puzzles and a teaser for this event. I also contributed to the amazing Down the Rabbit Hole group event. And now I finally feel like it is a good time for a new large Puzzlemania puzzle.

I would like to dedicate this event to the memory of my Grandma who passed away two months ago at the age of 75. She was an amazing woman and I will never forget time spent with her. There is really the endless number of moments to remember. Rest in Peace, Grandma.

Besides this truly sad fact, some good things are also happening in my life. First of all, I finally moved to my new awesome house! Then, I am switching jobs, so that I am starting my new job from the 1st of July. I will be working at an awesome position in a really well-known company, and I feel very excited about it!

This event is also to celebrate several big milestones related to Steam and SG:

• Last month I added a 2000th game to my Steam library.
• By the end of this event I will probably win my 1000th game at SG.
• By the end of this event I will give away my 250th game at SG.
• By the end of this event I will be level 9 at SG.
• By the end of this event there probably will be 100 people who whitelisted me.
• By the end of this event there probably will be 100 people who blacklisted me.

Hints and updates

• UPD #1 [17.06] Hint = 51
• UPD #2 [20.06] 51 = hint
• UPD #3 [21.06] 2 giveaways were added to the piggy bank
• UPD #4 [23.06] To open the red door you need to use all 7 keys from brutal doors. Also, pay attention to the structure of the dungeon and to clues about directions you may find on some walls.
• UPD #5 [23.06] To open the elven door you need to insert a space in the previous answer. The word 'elven' was already pretty much obsolete by the beginning of the 20th century and was revived by J. R. R. Tolkien in his works..
• UPD #6 [23.06] To open outer doors you need to pay attention to the structure of the dungeon.
• UPD #7 [23.06] 4 giveaways were added to the piggy bank.
• UPD #8 [25.06] 2 giveaways were added to the piggy bank.
• UPD #9 [26.06] Hints will be revealed when the piggy bank reaches 150/250/300 points instead of 300/500/600.
• UPD #10 [26.06] 3 giveaways were added to the piggy bank. We reached 150 points in the bank meaning that new hints will be reveled later today!
• UPD #11 [27.06] Here are the hints, I am sorry for the delay!
  • Hint for the brutal doors: as the name of these door suggest you should just brute force the answers. The numbers written on these doors are quite helpful though. They represent the sum of letters for corresponding answers. For example, the previous hint that was given can be re-written as follows: h + i + n + t = 51.
  • Hint for the red door: the dungeon before this door is a crossword! Except for the rooms with treasure chests.
  • Hint for the elven door: rings of power really had their own names.
  • Hint for the outer doors: try to apply word 'outer' to the structure of the dungeon again when you know that it is a crossword.
• UPD #12 [30.06] 1 giveaway was added to the piggy bank.
• UPD #13 [01.07] 1 giveaway was added to the piggy bank.

Overview

In this puzzle, you will have to return into the Game of sWords and solve the riddles of a new dungeon I created for you. There are multiple doors in this dungeon and trying to open each door will consume energy if your answer is wrong. The amount of energy wasted varies from door to door, so please pay attention to the door descriptions!

Good luck and have fun!

Rules

This is individual event meaning that normal rules apply: you must not share answers, give hints, ask for help anywhere. I reserve the right to blacklist users and ask for rerolls in case I find out that the rules are not respected.

Almots all giveaways are for lvl1+ users. The last two however require lvl2+. All GAs end on the 3rd of July, 18:00 CEST.

Hints piggy bank – 187 points gathered

Hints will be revealed once we reach 150/250/300 points. To put points in the piggy bank you should create invite only GAs and send links to me. I will then add them to the treasures. Your GAs must finish on the 1st of July or earlier. 1 SG point = 1 piggy bank point. Only games please, no software.

You are eligable for the piggy bank GAs only if you opened at least one brutal door. If it is the case, follow the link and enjoy those extra GAs.

The following GAs are now in the piggy bank:

• Mushroom Wars (10 points, from me)
• Splice (10 points, from ABoss)
• Corrosion: Cold Winter Waiting (8 points, from yukulele53)
• Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night (6 points, from yukulele53)
• Fergus The Fly (6 points, from yukulele53)
• Cubicle Quest (5 points, from yukulele53)
• Maize (20 points, from urbanus)
• Her Story (6 points, from urbanus)
• Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition (20 points, from kinkami)
• Sins of a Solar Empire®: Trinity (40 points, from kinkami)
• Space Hulk Ascension (30 points, from kinkami)
• Her Story (6 points, from Cornpops)
• Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor GOTY (20 points, from DarkX13)

The list of the games that are given away

• Hitman: Absolution
• Kimmy
• Steamworld Heist
• HoPiKo
• Okhlos
• Flat Heroes
• Morphblade
• Western Press
• Neon Chrome
• GoNNER
• Slime-san
• Steel Storm
• Kingdom: New Lands
• PixelJunk Eden
• Mother Russia Bleeds
• Ashes of the Singularity
• Project Highrise
• Space Run Galaxy
• RIVE
• Plague Inc: Evolved
• Mordheim City of the Damned
• One Piece Pirate Warriors 3
• Undertale
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
• Dark Souls III

Solution

Please see the attached image that contains the answers for all the brutal doors. These answers form the word 'herring', which is the answer for the red door. If I insert a space into this word, I would get 'her ring', therefore the answer for the elven door is 'Nenya' (it is one of the rings of power from Tolkien's legendarium and the only one that belonged to an elven woman - Galadriel). To open the outer door you needed to pick the most outer letters from the crossword (SSIDEAE) and anagram them. Actually, there are two ways to do it: seaside (terrain) and disease (not terrain). To open the third door you needed to pick third letters from each of brutal answerd (TAOALEM) and again anagram them: oatmeal.

View attached image.