# Thoughts on Mission 3: Meta Puzzle

**URL:** <https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-mission-3-meta-puzzle/57748>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [October 3, 2022, 3:43am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-mission-3-meta-puzzle/57748 "2022-10-03T03:43:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![zygopteran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@zygopteran](https://community.rapyd.net/u/zygopteran)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-mission-3-meta-puzzle/57748/21 "2022-10-05T21:49:09Z")

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Yes, I imagine throwing out one tenth of the cells in the grid does indeed help… 😛 (In all seriousness, @Yvette7, the hint is kind, but it strikes me as a little strong. Just my opinion, perhaps.)

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**Author:** ![MayChant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/maychant/32/18874_2.png) [@MayChant](https://community.rapyd.net/u/MayChant)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-mission-3-meta-puzzle/57748/22 "2022-10-06T02:25:14Z")

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I missed the poetry one and the hidden message one, so I had to solve those two first without the ability to verify my answers. It felt like a boss fight with three stages. Luckily it all worked out in the end.

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**Author:** ![slymonke](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/slymonke/32/19772_2.png) [@slymonke](https://community.rapyd.net/u/slymonke)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-mission-3-meta-puzzle/57748/23 "2022-10-07T18:00:56Z")

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The time has come

![200w](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/rapyd/original/3X/1/9/1930a0be9a1cbf6716d15011e435ad32c1388181.gif)

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**Author:** ![InkEssence](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/inkessence/32/3394_2.png) [@InkEssence](https://community.rapyd.net/u/InkEssence)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-mission-3-meta-puzzle/57748/24 "2022-10-07T20:22:26Z")

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finally finished the meta puzzle after 4 hours of focus :') my brain needs a break. Glad the last puzzle was nice and challenging though, I will miss this.

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**Author:** ![JaiinaK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.rapyd.net/jaiinak/32/18733_2.png) [@JaiinaK](https://community.rapyd.net/u/JaiinaK)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-mission-3-meta-puzzle/57748/25 "2022-10-08T15:00:35Z")

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I haven’t been able to solve the Metapuzzle because there were two puzzles for which I haven’t found the solution.

But those puzzles were really fun to do! I’ll try to solve them anyway, even tho the event has ended 😊

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**Author:** ![matej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@matej](https://community.rapyd.net/u/matej)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 9:31am UTC](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-mission-3-meta-puzzle/57748/26 "2022-10-09T09:31:49Z")

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> [@JaiinaK](#):
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> I haven’t been able to solve the Metapuzzle because there were two puzzles for which I haven’t found the solution

As was spoiled by @Yvette7, the solution route went around #37 and #41.

Again, with this thought in mind:

> [@Thoughts on Puzzle 37: Tidying Up](https://community.rapyd.net/t/thoughts-on-puzzle-37-tidying-up/57523/9):
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> _backtracking is something humans should never ever have to do_

this is the [brute-forcing C code](https://privatebin.net/?484ea2911bcb4998#3qeDcQm6NSereQgmMEq6kJ5ra8UiDXTBiKHG5TNmwdzo) I used, pw to open: “hack the galaxy” (no quotes).

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