As a gift to a puzzle-loving friendĪlthough a bit pricy for this use case, the Puzzle Pod Cryptex is a whole lot of fun for both the gift recipient and any audience of the gift recipient (e.g.
Amazon typically sells it for $29.95, although sometimes will lower the price. Notice that the price point of the Cryptex will be either a bit expensive or a great bargain depending on what you plan on using it for. I am listing the purposes below along with my recommendations. This Puzzle Pod can be used for at least three different purposes. Escape room owners can fix this by painting the triangle so that it’s a much more visible color. The dials also don’t lock into place or give any satisfying “clicks”, they just spin freely. With practice, a frequent user of the cryptex will be able to input in the word efficiently.Īn additional small shortcoming is that the “triangle” on the top of the base that points to where the word should line up is the same color as the rest of the base, and can be hard to find initially. Superglue could potentially work, although it’s a bit dangerous since you could render the cryptex non-functional.Īnother smaller shortcoming is that it can be a bit difficult for a first-time cryptex user to input the 5-letter word, as with the wrong hold, the other dials will shift when you try to input a letter into one of the dials. Electrical tape works here since it’s black. However, this can be fixed with a piece of tape stuck on the inside of the base, holding together the cap of the base with the rest of the body. The main shortcoming of this cryptex is that the base of the cryptex can come loose after the container has been removed.
#CRYPTEXT PUZZLE FOR MONEY PDF#
or try to “pick” the dial lock by pulling apart the pod and the base and while spinning the dials in order of tightness until you hear “click” sounds.įull instructions for the Cryptex are available in the gallery right below (and also available in pdf form on the website).break the cryptex (unclear how the best way to break it is).The mechanism is quite simple and the only real moving parts in this whole contraption are the dials themselves, which freely rotate.Īn amusing feature of this cryptex is that if you forget your 5-letter combination, you will be forced to either: The notches lock the pod in place if the right letter combinations are not input into the dial. These arms slide into the base (shown on the left), and are held in place by notches in the outer / inner rings (shown on the center). The “pod” on the Cryptex (shown on the right) contains two arms with 5 notches each. It involves taking apart the cryptex, taking off the outer rings, and then replacing the outer rings in the right configuration.
#CRYPTEXT PUZZLE FOR MONEY CODE#
Resetting the code is fairly straightforward after you follow the instructions carefully. However, you can disassemble the Cryptex to have the code be any 5-letter word you want. Set up the Cryptex You can disassemble the puzzle pod cryptex to set your own combination. You can change the 5-letter word to whatever you want, as we will detail in this next seciton. In the example here, the correct 5-letter word to open the Cryptex is “SWEET”. After inputting the right 5-letter word with the letter dials along the bottom of the puzzle, the user can take out the container, unscrew the bottom, and access the objects instead of Cryptex. The Puzzle Pod Cryptex is a plastic container that can only open after the user has input a 5-letter word.
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