| Source | Badge - Liner Notes |
| Puzzle Type | Columnar Transposition, KEY(654321), Reversed Text |
| Puzzle Text | tistFCOnRFoofFioumYrgureoohrDOuntion |
| Decoded | ComeOnFourDotFourisRightinFrontOfYou |
| Notes | Used in a later segment, reference to Side 4, Track 4 of Chuck Berry's "The Great Twenty-Eight" (Come On) |
| Source | Badge - Liner Notes |
| Puzzle Type | Vigenere, KEY(NOMATTERWHEREYOUGOTHEREYOUARE), Quote From Buckaroo Banzai |
| Puzzle Text | Xbaw maek wzme pgty zvxy izwk iwhk lnhy agrl rrlp fsis xadh uflx dsqh rzrg qegu itwb wveq aslo moii xmzx mvea rtil yekd lvks jrbo arvy nmjz wodi gcxe tkrr cyir xbsu rwyf slwr ixyk lrwz sbzr zbpg rrrw hjsi alXX 1o57 |
| Decoded | Know that as in life there is much that many have looked upon but few have seen because as my father told me and his father told him you will come to learn a great deal if you study the insignificant in depth XX 1o57 |
| Notes | Logo on bottom right is from Buckaroo Banzai, see here |
| Source | Lanyard | ||||||||||||||||
| Puzzle Type | Font (Crackly by Zuzana Licko), A1Z26, ROT(24) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Decoded | octovigesimal.com | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes | N/A |
| Source | octovigesimal.com |
| Puzzle Type | N/A |
| Puzzle Text | base-28.com |
| Decoded | base-28.com |
| Notes | Octovigesimal is another name for base 28 |
| Source | octovigesimal.com |
| Puzzle Type | Math Equation, Track Listing/Index |
| Puzzle Text | 4 Σ1.1n n=1 |
| Decoded | 1.1 (Maybellene), 2.2 (Rock And Roll Music), 3.3 (Memphis), 4.4 (Come On) |
| Notes | Referring to side/track numbers on The Great Twenty-Eight |
| Source | Badge - Audio (Tracks "Obelisk" and "NP - Incomplete" Combined) |
| Puzzle Type | DTMF, SMS Predictive Text |
| Puzzle Text | 2633-9673-799949 |
| Decoded | CODE-WORD-SYZYGY |
| Notes | Used in a later segment |
| Source | Badge - Audio (Track: "Lost Lissajous") |
| Puzzle Type | XXY Oscilloscope Image |
| Puzzle Text | FIND A KEY AT LOSTBOY.NET SLASH PALEBLUEDOT |
| Decoded | LostboY.net/PaleBlueDot |
| Notes | Full track available from DEF CON Media Server, located here |
| Source | LostboY.net/PaleBlueDot |
| Puzzle Type | A1Z26, Vigenere KEY(billionsandbillions) for left side; Ghostbusters for Commodore 64 Account Names (left of decimal) and Numbers (right of decimal), A1Z26 Account Balances |
| Puzzle Text | How many Sagans does it take to change a lightbulb? 1057.27710104 416202513071812012408160305.45647604 42606251122151918.40542606 6151804.30542001 21052025192318.31642011 140903041601140412022620.11146300 PaleBlueDot 17230114230601.24542601 1717111109.05506400 1723051202031626090322.10701510 80324.01042101 416161608230711.05140610 3131603.00440006 |
| Decoded | mysteryscience.theater |
| Notes | Refer to the following table for more information (click for the full-size version): |
| Source | base-28.com |
| Puzzle Type | Vigenere, KEY(SYZYGY) |
| Puzzle Text | Ofn yxc qmt eugfe sm iydj? |
| Decoded | Who are you going to call? |
| Notes | Multiple references to Ghostbusters (specifically the video game on the Commodore 64) |
| Source | mysteryscience.theater |
| Puzzle Type | Vigenere, KEY(maybellenerockandrollmusicmemphiscomeon) |
| Puzzle Text | An y QewpFyyvRqd, WehjhwpIclpVtme: Ioqfig oloage. |
| Decoded | On a PaleBlueDot, WrestleWithThis: Things chanue. LostboY.net/PaleBlueDot/WrestleWithThis |
| Notes | Uses titles from octovigesimal for key, original cipher has a misspelling |
| Source | LostboY.net/PaleBlueDot/WrestleWithThis |
| Puzzle Type | TinyURL; Base64 |
| Puzzle Text | y6nk3z9y bFNhZ2FuQExv |
| Decoded | https://tinyurl.com/y6nk3z9y lSagan@Lo |
| Notes | "It's only a tiny problem" refers to using TinyURL for the title portion; B64 hidden in comment in page source |
| Source | LostboY.net/PaleBlueDot/EverythingWasFineWithOurSystem.jpg |
| Puzzle Type | Base64 |
| Puzzle Text | U2VuZCBDb3Nt TG9zdGJvWSBkb3Qgc2xhc2ggSEhI |
| Decoded | Send Cosm LostboY dot slash HHH |
| Notes | HHH is a reference to "Happy Harry Hard-On" from Pump Up The Volume, true URL is /HappyHarryHardOn |
| Source | LostboY.net/HappyHarryHardOn |
| Puzzle Type | YouTube URL; YouTube Comment Base64 |
| Puzzle Text | F1LZuQ9E4JQ b3MgdG8gQ2Fy |
| Decoded | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1LZuQ9E4JQ os to Car |
| Notes | Second string comes from a YouTube comment left on the F1L... video by a user named "NEW SOUND AGENCY" which appears to belong to 1o57, comment is archived here in image form, permalink to comment here |
| Source | LostboY.net/PaleBlueDot/HueyLewis |
| Puzzle Type | Base64 |
| Puzzle Text | c3Rib1kubmV0 |
| Decoded | stboY.net |
| Notes | Page name obtained from the fact that the Ghostbusters theme was possibly stolen by Ray Parker from Huey Lewis and the News' song I Want A New Drug |
| Source | Various Base64 Strings |
| Puzzle Type | Base64 |
| Puzzle Text | U2VuZCBDb3Ntb3MgdG8gQ2FybFNhZ2FuQExvc3Rib1kubmV0 |
| Decoded | Send Cosmos to CarlSagan@LostboY.net |
| Notes | Concatenated Base64 Strings lead to final instructions, email received from 1o57 confirming Badge Challenge completion after sending |