Old School RuneScape's Hardest Clue Took a Year to Solve

In 2016, the Old School staff released four clues that together would form a fifth, extremely difficult clue. Little did they know about the nightmare ahead before anyone could claim the fame and glory of Crack the Clue.
Massive thanks to everyone involved in the video;
Writer - CS1
Voiceactors - Neth, Kathaar, CS1 and Skyzah
Body actors - Gentleshen, Seravail, Armanyte and Socks
Mayan art by Timortien
Sources - Woox, Shankkyy, Pikachu Yip, Schmiddy. Mat K
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[@1Sky1]

Dude finds the helmet, tries to tell people, gets instabanned from some chats and ignored from others. gets called a fake when he makes the video and when jagex reveals that no, he actually did find it, people are salty that he doesn't wanna share? I wouldn't either after i got treated like that

[@nathanhurst3192]

Act like a prick, get treated like one.

[@ultratronger]

@@nathanhurst3192 he didnt, he was called a liar and banned from everywhere, im glad he didnt tell anyone, wish no one else got it because they didnt deserve it

[@stevenreid2571]

@@nathanhurst3192 look in the mirror, friend.

[@MegaDysart]

@@stevenreid2571 what is this response even supposed to mean my man

[@stevenreid2571]

@@MegaDysart it would help with context, i can't fully remember what the first comment said. But he was, i guess, butthurt about the whole video topic. Made a stupid insult, if i recall correctly. Again, would help if said person i was responding to didn't cop out and delete his reply.

[@TangibleGoods]

If Yip didn't get kicked from the chat he probably would've shared more info right away. I would've done the same thing if they treated me the same way they treated him. Good on him for keeping it secret for so long. He cracked the code, everyone else were just amateurs.

[@SinisterJr]

exaaaactly

[@galleo9462]

Yup fuck everyone butt hurt about it yall dissed him and he said ok then fuck u lol

[@jaxstacks1253]

I was thinking this. Like, everyone was so mad for him keeping secrets. But he tried to tell them right away but no one listened The villain they all needed and the hero the rest of us are proud of

[@anonymous5701]

Pikachu Yip is a friend of mine from Castle wars. Yet he has never told me about crack the clue since I never showed interest in CTC

[@ScoobyZoFEvil]

@@anonymous5701 A lot of the best players in the game are extremely humble. I've met quite a few being part of the BA community for a couple years. The best players are generally the quietest.

[@TempestTemple]

I find it extremely ironic everyone was salty at him for getting it by brute force when that was what literally everyone else was doing for the past year

[@Twitch_Fox]

"HoW DaRe He BrUtE FoRcE iT!" -Players who dug every single spot in the entire game world.

[@prawngravy18]

Runescape players are scum, ignore them.

[@l0lan00b3]

@@DelPlays lol I might be... is this gear still obtainable?

[@Klayperson]

@@l0lan00b3 yeah you can just go dig and get it, i did when i found out it looked neat and counted as warm clothes for wintertodt

[@matthewcallus]

He was going to tell them, but he got kicked. It’s their own hubris which is why he didn’t reveal. But that’s osrs clan chats for you, it took me ages to find a group that wasn’t racist or elitist.

[@AdventurerOfOblivion]

How did I know the RS community was going to be incredibly salty over him finding it lol He definitely took it well, though. He had every right to just flex the helm and say nothing after that

[@mainchannel1891]

Surprised they didn't go into everyone's favorite pastime, protesting in fally

[@AImighty_Loaf]

@@Jimbothegreat53 Just sounds like he was trying to have fun and was his way of giving back to the community. If i were him I'd just flex the helm and not say a word. He didn't have to do anything so I don't get the hate.

[@BloodReaper95]

Honestly, I don't blame him. When he tried to tell everyone he got kicked and wasn't believed, If that were me I'd just keep it to myself after that.

[@vhuyjgvyj]

@@DelPlays "Well he *probably* joined the chats..." Did you just make something up and then based your opinion on that? Wow...

[@buurak2211]

@@DelPlays You are the worst type of people btw

[@GrumpyIan]

If I was Yip I would have personally would have kept my mouth shut finding it, just so Jagex could say to the second person "Congrats you're actually the second person not the first."

[@lilamee7447]

Especially after joining the cc to only be called a troll and removed 🤣

[@rmlgaming2091]

The only reason the second person found it was due to Yip's hints though, according to the video...who knows how much longer it would've taken otherwise.

[@mikecrapse5285]

@@rmlgaming2091 Literally why universal education is so important. It could always be the random dude that puts things together different orders that will have the biggest effect

[@nathanhurst3192]

@@lilamee7447 Well when you join and say "I found it but im not telling you guys how to find it" you're gonna get kicked. Stop acting like a child and accept the fact you can't poke bears without being eaten.

[@gooblop]

@@nathanhurst3192 He didn't say that though, they kicked him before he had a chance to say how he found it.

[@wooplaw1080]

Imagine the mass hysteria he woulda caused if he just went to the GE with the helmet on and just afk’d

[@The_Nametag]

I totally agree with the first finder NOT revealing how he did it. He tried to tell people, and they ignored him. At that point, fine, they're on their own. Glad he was able to solve it! Interesting little quest. :)

[@vcrbetamax]

"Hey I found it" Gets kicked from the group. That's the best part. I would rub it in peoples faces as well. He was about to tell everyone, then they acted rude.

[@nathanhurst3192]

He joined and said he wouldn't tell anyone bro. Get your shit straight.

[@vcrbetamax]

@@nathanhurst3192 It didn't show that in the video lol. Also calm down, don't have to immediately cry about it.

[@matthewdomeika1837]

Dude, this was put together REALLY well, you held my attention the entire video.

[@nathanhurst3192]

Really? I had to skip so much.

[@HashishFTW]

The add was great too :D

[@MeanBeanComedy]

I like that Woox normally looks fairly well put-together, but all the images you choose while talking about him working on the clue make him look like Charlie trying to find Pepe Silvia.

[@BxrHavik]

29:00 This is literally every scientist ever. Every scientist builds upon others work which came before them

[@JohnSmith-kb4re]

"What fucking losers not starting over from the wheel every time they want to invent something lmao" -Gamer McEinstein, Protagonist of the Universe

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

Everyone treating Pikachu like shit at the end is just pathetic and sad. I don’t understand the hate, he kept the clue alive for everyone else to try and enjoy and spent ample time thanking the people who laid out the groundwork. If they didn’t want anyone else to take their glory they should have hidden their secrets like the ancient sith.

[@koofdome]

They should have given a lifetime membership, signed original artwork by all the creators of RuneScape, and like a personal zoom call from Zezima. Wtf this was crazy difficult to solve.

[@AndyKPOV]

Zezima doesn't play osrs much. I don't even think he has a 99. He's a admin on rs3 and they get a Lil salty if you play both. Reasons you don't see rs3 mods playing osrs and osrs mods playing rs3.

[@princesscarlos]

zoom call from Zezima is hilarious

[@ggaming8999]

@@gregwaisso6838 hes talking about if you know the solution from a fresh spawn in lumbridge not the time it took to solve it don't be so naive

[@lobsters12111]

@@gregwaisso6838good thing nobody once said that

[@MaineQuest]

Incredibly easy, OSRS are just a bunch of grown kids… You can tell by the way they behave.

[@doubletapazh9081]

The people that were mad at Yip are full-time dorks. LMAOOO, imagine being like that.

[@Chair991]

they're mad they spent months trying to solve it only for a gigachad to swoop in and solve it in 2 days

[@thomasrial4444]

What makes it worse in my eyes is they’re mad he used the information they already knew. Especially after the three items hint

[@hardboiled2987]

Certified reddit user moment

[@Galimeer5]

"The solution is obvious" -someone who already knows the solution

[@ChristopherGray00]

- someone who literally made the solution

[@Tempusverum]

It was not obvious at all. After combining all the yellow lines, I would’ve been transfixed at the lava island thinking there was some sort of magic bridge

[@CheshireCad]

@@Tempusverum - Don't be silly. A magic bridge doesn't make any sense at all. The solution is *clearly* an invisible teleportation circle hidden somewhere, that's activated by casting a specific teleport-to-city spell on top of it. The first place to check is definitely Tutorial Island, as evidenced by the two lines on one of the maps, as well as a conspicuous grammatical typo in one of the clues that...

[@BobDiot]

I would have done the same as YIP, after getting kicked for just saying you found it. F-them figure it out yourself

[@schmiddy8433]

There was no hard feelings about it, we were being trolled constantly by people mocking us for not figuring it out yet and others claiming they solved it and he understood that. He didn't release the solution because he wanted to give people the opportunity to figure it out for themselves with some additional help.

[@boovez5504]

@@schmiddy8433 Still pretentious as fuck to kick him haha.

[@Gilsworth]

It is a lot of fun to revisit this event, I had to do a double take when you said 2016. What great fun it was, I remember being convinced that you need ten nature runes and five water runes.

[@rswillmissit]

Hahah, funny how time flies

[@arklife99]

@@rswillmissit can we still get this on osrs ?

[@EleanorDahlia]

i love how pissed rs players get when anyone does anything, especially when they try to help others lmfao

[@aarons6935]

We're a unique breed.

[@aarons6935]

@DNO 100% 🤣

[@tribbybueno]

osrs community is almost as toxic as overwatch community. almost.

[@Outwardpd]

@@tribbybueno No one matches the toxicity of the WoW community though, not even overwatch.

[@GorillaBorg]

@@Outwardpd Dota 2 community says hi.

[@scpdatabase969]

This was a really well produced video. Had me enticed the whole time.

[@Hephaestus_God]

If I said I found it, got immediately banned from a chat, and then have someone ignore and not believe me I would keep it a secret as well. DIdn't even give them a chance

[@CIubDuck]

*Easily finds extremely rare item that people spent a year trying to find* *questioned about it* *refuses to elaborate* *leaves* True Sigma

[@hare5179]

I actively played during this time but never took part in Crack the Clue, so it is nice to have such a well-made video about it. Thank you.

[@finbombur7121]

This was some of my favourite ever content to hunt. Countless hours of trying to figure it out with the cc's

[@nathanl5070]

Silence, br*tish

[@SwartFrancois]

Another game, Tibia, has quests that people still don't know how to complete after over 10 years in some cases. Lots of people dedicated to mysteries like that.

[@haakoncj6887]

Thank you for this amazing content. This must have taken a long time to edit and narrate. I wanted to say i was hooked from start to finish. Absolutely beautifully made! Well done mate.

[@rmlgaming2091]

Same, I think this video speaks to a larger audience..not much is actually OSRS-specific in terms of understanding the clue progress.

[@arertiux3680]

I’m glad a solo player cracked it at the end

[@Jalebi_bae]

This video… was amazing! Literally I was more and more interested in it and wanted to watch the whole thing throughout! So well made and told! Love this video a lot! Wish there were more events like this in the RS3!

[@rswillmissit]

Thank you so much! So do I :(

[@ShankOSRS]

Absolute banger of a video man, it was a blast to watch from start to finish. I hope this entices Jagex to make a CTC3! We're all going to stay ready regardless.

[@rswillmissit]

Thank you for the help getting the facts right. :-) Been a blast looking into your community

[@comicdude1996]

Probably be for the best if they don't make it too soon. As the first one seemed like a needed a lot of planning.

[@Glaciatio]

They won't. Mod mat k was the curator, hiring cambridge experts in cryptology.

[@DuvalRypr]

@@rswillmissit you don’t play OSRS?

[@MellowFelloh]

Wow amazing video. Never knew this existed but had a blast with how you presented it.

[@Aeshur]

Being part of the CCs when CtC1 was in full swing is so memorable, some of the most fun I've had on OSRS. Margins CC was good times.

[@A_Goat]

Lol people would come in, start to share their theory in chat and instantly get kicked. xD

[@schmiddy8433]

@@A_Goat no one got kicked for sharing a theory unless it was deliberate and obvious trolling.

[@mrJorisje]

@@schmiddy8433 and how do you know its bs when the clue is never found in a year? 😂 Thinking out of the box makes things happen ;) and the reason you guys didn't find it the same day yip did was becus being toxic af 😁

[@nasetheboss]

One of the best made vids about osrs hands down, 30 mins well spent

[@Damaardk]

I don’t even play RS and that hunt was extremely fun to watch let alone be part of. I wish more games did this.

[@schmiddy8433]

An amazing coincidence that came out of this was the fact that if you take the coordinates of the real burial mound of Raedwald and put it into OSRS it took you to the nature altar lmao

[@spideypng]

thats so cool lmao

[@dikoproz]

or was it a coincidence hmm

[@Outwardpd]

@@dikoproz I feel like he had to have chosen the nature rune as an item because of it lol

[@schmiddy8433]

I highly doubt it was intentional, it pointed you to a spot that's inaccessible in the nature altar chunk.

[@Yippaah]

This video just showed up as recommended but i loved looking at it. Well put together!

[@Gunschilli]

inspirational editing and production , love this

[@iRGrundle]

Ya know I gotta say great way of putting in your sponsorship I normally skip right over stuff like that but that was honestly like gold keep on keeping on B’s and G’s

[@terminusest9179]

Can I just appreciate how the intro narrator sounds like Sephiroth telling us a story?

[@BuddyRIP]

Good transition into the add lol gave me a good laugh. Love the way you edit the videos and the details of having the characters "say" the words is a small but much enjoyed detail!

[@lubu4u312]

Damn i got that outfit in 20 minutes having no idea it had actual lore behind it.

[@tarnished8807]

I can’t believe this was 8 years ago. I had so much fun checking the sub everyday to see our progress. Time flys man

[@Muklova]

Really good video, well done! First video i've seen on ur channel, hesitated when I saw it was over 30 minutes but i'm very glad I clicked it. 30 mins went by in no time, great story telling, good edits, just an awesome video! Subscribed ;)

[@rswillmissit]

Thank you! :D

[@Muklova]

@@rswillmissit no, thank you! Played this game for years never heard of it

[@Wc3ProElimZ]

This is the first 30min+ video I think I've ever sat through and thoroughly enjoyed. Well done!

[@venrakdrake]

Lamb of God \m/

[@zain4019]

This was like a professionally made documentary video. Well done friend!

[@mlabre01]

Awesome video. I've previously looked for something just like this to get the whole story.

[@ppackers0430]

I had to pause this video for a phone call half way through and literally was ITCHING to get off the phone to finish the video. Now THAT'S a KZbin video done well. Great job man.

[@CodiTC]

This video is awesome, seriously well done. I was playing OSRS around that time and had no idea there was even a clue to crack.

[@RspsKingKhagon]

this video was amazing. Everything stood out. The voice, the acting, the music, the way you presented everyting. Emotional.

[@Jamgwarn]

So glad I got round to watching this. Great video!

[@microaggressions]

I love stuff like this. Things like this don't happen anymore. It reminds me of things like secret ways to get on to developer island or the secret interrogation room with the chair in the middle in world of warcrafts or the rumor that you could fish the ash bringer out of a specific creek fb

[@ChaseLancaster]

This video is incredible. 33 mins of true rs entertainment. I had no idea the clue hunter outfit was wrapped around this entire clue hunt from Mod Mat K.

[@fafalina56]

Ive been playing RS since 2002/03, now on Legacy. OSRS is fun, but the thought of redoing quests keeps me only dabbling there. I had no idea how exciting OSRS evolved - this was a great interesting and informative video! I may have to spend more time there!

[@danieln6700]

only just found this channel after seeing another video, never of this crack the clue before, really interesting. this channel has good stuff to binge

[@SympleSyn]

Can't wait for the video on Woox's Crack The Clue 3.

[@TheJacobGantz]

Great video! Very interesting process of discovery from the community; glad I got this well after this whole deal.

[@sentinel359]

Your production value is insane. Love your vids

[@rswillmissit]

Thank you!

[@Jrakula10]

I was curious what the solution was, thanks for giving the story and solution justice

[@theaccountant8043]

Great vid. I've known Pika for around 1 and a half years, met at C wars.. never knew he was the first to find this helm lol

[@andrepessoa]

This was really nice to watch! I was out of RS in 2016 so I never knew this has happened :) Ty!

[@clownymoosebean]

I remember feeling like a genius after solving the first Cryptic Clue Fest puzzle in RS3, even though it wasn't very hard. When the second and third cryptic clue events came around, I was like: "Yeah, I'm just gonna wait for someone else to do it." I really wish those cryptic clue rewards were still obtainable after the fact, like the Crack The Clue items are. I love the chicken rock. Really wish more people had the rock so we can mass spawn chickens from the sky and confuse noobs.

[@pc617]

Wow this video is top notch. Editing is really good stuff. I must of been afk for a year because I have never heard of this or even seen the armor before. Either way...That ad segway was the best I've seen.

[@rswillmissit]

Thank you!

[@AaronFu]

Such a well made video. Ended up watching the whole thing in one go

[@ZEZlMA]

Definitely need another event like this!

[@migglemaggle9500]

Thank you. I didn’t know any of this. I like that all came together and worked hard. And, kept at it. I usually end up throwing my crossword puzzles across the room.

[@rswillmissit]

Phew! Been throwing some all-nighters to get this done in literally a week. It's been super fun though, and it's thanks to sponsors like NordVPN I'm able to do this full time these days. They're offering us the Cyber Month Deal! Go to nordvpn.com/rswill to get a 2-year plan plus 1 additional month with a huge discount. Supporting them supports me. :-) Thanks for watching!

[@caremond2718]

nice vid man keep up the good work, keeping the game's history alive :)

[@TheInnerSession]

yeh man this vid is going to blow up over the week trust me.

[@sluming2672]

[@SkullModder]

the thumbnail reminds me of wojack

[@patscapep11]

Am x

[@ThirtyNein]

I absolutely love all of the people wearing random helms with the outfit throughout the video. 🤣

[@wayew1411]

Imagine how Oda feel when he outsmarted Mod Mad (k)clicks.

[@armanzakwan1898]

This is a really good video. While I didn't know who you meant when you said his name was immortalised in-game(maybe because I am F2P), it made me wonder who it the first guy could be. I like puzzles and I like the way you explained the timeline from the start of the video all the way to the reveal. The editing is nice too

[@Astrovite]

At the time, messing around with the maps, I had thought the monastery was too simple of a "Where" Then Crack the clue 2 was just out of my capabilities lol.

[@jcg702]

Ancient days of 2016 made me chuckle. Used to play back in 02-03.

[@Mr_Pickles_]

A really cool time in the community. Matt K is a legend

[@d.b.hemlock]

OK I'm really late to the party here, but I just wanted to say I've been enjoying your Runescape videos immensely. I played RS Classic and spent most of my childhood / teen years playing RS2. I lived and experienced some of the most amazing times in RS history and yet never knew we were actually making history lol. Now I'm older, have a family of my own and haven't played in years. But your videos inspired me to start over and make a new osrs account and try it again. The nostalgia brings tears to my eyes and enraptures my children. Thank you for these videos!

[@MeanBeanComedy]

Incredible ad. Internet Historian-tier. 😤😤💪🏻💪🏻✊🏻💯

[@Chris-rw7zh]

That advertisement placement was so good I didn't even skip it.

[@UselessHumanBeing]

This is so well done... I haven't watched a Runescape video in ages!

[@MetroAndroid]

Wow, I had no idea this was going on despite playing OSRS back then. Would've loved to have participated.

[@J_Games_1996]

Such great video work man!

[@SnowyCocoon]

Great video! One of the best in rs community. Would love to see more!

[@beware_ofdogg]

That was a great story. You put it all together very well

[@syrenet]

The real treasure of crack the clue is that sweet sweet warm gear for fresh wintertod bots.

[@Braindead154]

Really enjoyed your video and I don’t even play osrs. Amazing how hard it is for people to think outside of the box. They never needed anything other than a shovel previously and it doesn’t look like the thought even crossed anyones minds until the devs said as much. Life lessons

[@agnaldomestrado1351]

great video! they're always like documentaries to me

[@itsalwaysdarkestbeforethes1198]

The best part of this video is the screenshots of the sweaty nerds absolutely seething that they didn’t find it themselves

[@laytonaschauer3675]

“Wood had made a significant step towards the Final Solution”

[@MPD_1633]

Me shouting WOOX at the scream - this is SUCH a good video

[@gerben7106]

Really loved this video! Very nice man.

[@scottybuenites]

Cant blame pikachu yip, after they'd kicked him from the chat I wouldn't have told them either 😂

[@ErikGsson]

I loved woox streams around these times, thank u mod mat k 👍

[@LaVieBAOIM]

having flashbacks to doing this without a guide.. i still hate this freaking treasure hunt with all my soul.

[@user-fz3sz2dj4r]

Mod Mat K is a genius, was choked when he left.

[@fabricatedlightning1158]

Wow what a great video, i watched you a few months ago and ive got to say youre video quality has improved so much in such a short.time, big props

[@rswillmissit]

I appreciate that, thank you!

[@fabricatedlightning1158]

@@rswillmissit no problem keep up the great work

[@T19OPH]

Loved the video, great story telling, I don't even play OSRS, but I was gripped!

[@Hobby_Technology]

Imagine thinking Pikachu Yip "Brute Forced it" among hundreds of thousands of dig spots in the game and thousands of available items He had the right 3 in 26 inventory slots (-1 for spade and empty space for helm) and dug in, what, 30 spots? These people don't know real brute forcing lmao

[@danshakuimo]

Brute force would be using bots loaded with every possible combo of items digging ever single diggable tile on the map

[@christophermcghie2690]

Very well made brother keep it up!

[@notaflightreactsfan3706]

"omg you into that?! I'm never looking you into the eyes again... 😂 😂 😂

[@austinhall3937]

Just further proof sometimes fresh eyes are all you need to solve a monster of a problem

[@bnb2407]

I hope they do another one of these. Didn't get to participate at the time, but I love these things

[@numair49]

AMAZING video!! Great job!

[@KineticSymphony]

I love difficult puzzles, but mods giving fake hints, that feels scummy. I don't like that part. No hints or small hints, not fake hints.

[@ElectricAlien577]

Yeah, a puzzle with fake hints that have nothing to do with anything isn't a good puzzle.

[@Ivy_Panda]

ARG's often have red herrings. If you think this one was hard and drawn out, look at the Frog Fractions 2 ARG writup on the game detectives wiki

[@caesar485]

@@ElectricAlien577 yea, it kind of devalues the whole: everything on the map is important thing.

[@Tempusverum]

I dislike Jagex, the mods and the community. Stopped playing years ago

[@nigoulenoblehiboux9812]

@@Ivy_Panda it still a bad way of doing it. If you want to make red herrings you need to either make it possible to be identified as such if you think about it or have something at the location the red herring to tell you were wrong. Just giving fake hints like that is disrespectful, a cheap way of increasing the difficulty and all around make the whole thing worse.

[@sod4769]

You are truly an incredible story teller I love this content

[@rswillmissit]

Thank you!

[@xpkresxlost2264]

They need to release another one. A really difficult one, one that will potentially last 5+ years to crack

[@2014Alm]

boy do I have news for you

[@xpkresxlost2264]

@@2014Alm what

[@Rohgamu]

​@@xpkresxlost2264 its not coming