Overarching

1 # Uncovering Cicada Wiki This wiki documents the puzzles.

2 # iddqd Archive of miscellaneous puzzle assets.

3 # idkfa A toolset for working with the Liber Primus book.

4 # OutGuess Steganography software used extensively by Cicada 3301.

7 # 2016 Message In 2016, Cicada released another cryptic message which appear to encourage a closer examination of the Liber Primus.

8 # 2017 Message As of the making of this video, this is the latest public message from Cicada 3301.

10 # U.S. Navy Project Architeuthis A similar puzzle developed by the US Navy.

14 # Cicada: Solving the Web's Deepest Mystery Interview with two winners of the first puzzle. One goes by the username Tekk while the other uses his real name, Marcus Wanner.

16 # Subreddit A subreddit dedicated to the mystery.

The First Puzzle

18 # Original 4chan Thread This appears to be the original 4chan thread posted to /b/ on the 4th of January, 2012. a # Archive This screencap seems to be the only surviving "archive" of the original 4chan thread.

20 # Weird Code Found on 4chan... Maybe Nothing but Seems Interesting A Reddit thread about the first puzzle was posted mere hours after the original 4chan thread.

22 # 4chan /sci/ Thread The earliest archived 4chan thread about the first puzzle that I was able to find.

26 # The Mabinogion The subreddit lead to this book. Specifically the story titled "The Lady of the Fountain". It's interesting to note that the author of the submissions on the subreddit "CageThrottleUs" is an anagram for the woman who first transcribed the book into English "Charlotte Guess".

28 # 845145127 Website This page initially contained a countdown but was later updated with a list of coordinates. a # Archive Technically, this is an archive of an archive of the original website.

30 # The Everywhere Image The QR codes on the posters linked to this image. a # Rehosted

33 # The Leaked Email This is allegedly a leaked email which finalists received at the end of the first puzzle.

34 # 3301:Cicada A wiki which detailed the first puzzle as it was unfolding. a # Bibliotheca Anonoma: Cicada 3301 Archive of the original wiki article.

The Second Puzzle

37 # Original 4chan Thread One of the original 4chan threads posted to /b/ on the 5th of January, 2013. a # Archive This Pastebin dump seem to be the only surviving "archive" of the original 4chan thread.

38 # Original 4chan Thread One of the original 4chan threads posted to /x/ on the 5th of January, 2013. a # Archive This Pastebin dump seem to be the only surviving "archive" of the original 4chan thread.

41 # The Disk Image This downloadable .ISO disk image consisted of a number of files as well as a bootable Tiny Core Linux distribution which some solvers have dubbed Cicada OS. a # Archive b # Cicada OS Video of the boot sequence. c # The Instar Emergence Video of the recording found within a folder titled "AUDIO" on the disk image.

43 # Gematria Primus Through a process known as XORing, this image of a gematric rune table was uncovered.

45 # The Questionnaire An archive of the 19 questions which finalists supposedly had to answer in order to progress through the final stages of the puzzle.

The Third Puzzle