Level 2

Level 2 - The Promise
Level 2 - The Promise
Start	October 2/4, 2022
End	March 22, 2024
Previous	Level 1
Next	Level 3

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Level 2 - The Promise was the second level of THE FINALS Easter Egg Hunt. It was activated on October 4, 2022 and ended on March 22, 2024, leading into Level 3 - The Hunt.

History

Activation

On October 2, 2022, Embark Studios CCO Rob Runesson posted an image of half of a QR code and a messageː "HERE WE GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO0O"^[1]^[2] (this has been edited for brevity, the full message was over 400 characters long). Later that day, hunters noticed that the 19th character in "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO0O" was the number 0, not the letter O.^[3] Soon afterwards, hunters separately decoded the original half-QR code and found a new URL on the official THE FINALS website: reachthefinals.com/tfee_level2^[4] (this address was later replaced by reachthefinals.com/tfee-level2). On the page was a GIF of Nama Tama saying that "Level 2 - The Promise" was loading. Just one minute later, the URL reachthefinals.com/gooooooooooooooooo was discovered using the first 18 characters of "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO0O" in Rob's earlier message.^[5] It contained the image "sneakyQR", a new quarter of the QR code that led to the Level 2 URL, although this was no longer needed. It was also found that reachthefinals.com/tfee redirected to the Level 2 URL.^[6]

On October 4, hunters noticed that reachthefinals.com/tfee-level2 was active. It contained links to 9 tiers, all locked and marked with an X. Tier 2ABC and Tier 2DEF were originally separated like the others, before being moved to share the same row. After completing a tier, its X would turn red and its password would appear below it.

Tiers 1A-1C

Tiers 1D-1F

Tiers 2ABC-3

Gallery

The Level 2 page after all tiers had been completed
The gif on the Level 2 page before it was active
The half-QR code
sneakyQR

References

[1] ttps://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1011929497139953744/1026198249721311402

[2] ttps://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1011929497139953744/1026198808582951084

[3] ttps://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1011929497139953744/1026262979051802685

[4] ttps://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1011929497139953744/1026274296751980614

[5] ttps://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1011929497139953744/1026274599576543263

[6] ttps://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1011929497139953744/1026274991827853413

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-== Level Two: 'THE PROMISE' - A History Of Solving The Easter Egg ==
+{{Infobox EE Hunt Stage
+|image = THE_FINALS_Concept_Fire_1920x1080.png
+|name = Level 2 - The Promise
+|start = October 2/4, 2022
+|end = March 22, 2024
+|solutions =
+|previous = [[Level 1 - The Commence|Level 1]]
+|next = [[Level 3 - The Hunt|Level 3]]
+}}
+'''Level 2 - The Promise''' was the second level of [[THE FINALS Easter Egg Hunt]]. It was activated on October 4, 2022 and ended on March 22, 2024, leading into [[Level 3 - The Hunt]].
+==History==
+=== Activation ===
+On October 2, 2022, Embark Studios CCO Rob Runesson posted an image of half of a QR code and a messageː "HERE WE GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO0O"<ref>https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1011929497139953744/1026198249721311402</ref><ref>https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1011929497139953744/1026198808582951084</ref> (this has been edited for brevity, the full message was over 400 characters long). Later that day, hunters noticed that the 19th character in "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO0O" was the number 0, not the letter O.<ref>https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1011929497139953744/1026262979051802685</ref> Soon afterwards, hunters separately decoded the original half-QR code and found a new URL on the official THE FINALS website: <nowiki>reachthefinals.com/tfee_level2</nowiki><ref>https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1011929497139953744/1026274296751980614</ref> (this address was later replaced by [https://www.reachthefinals.com/tfee-level2 reachthefinals.com/tfee-level2]). On the page was a GIF of [[Mascots|Nama Tama]] saying that "Level 2 - The Promise" was loading. Just one minute later, the URL [https://www.reachthefinals.com/gooooooooooooooooo reachthefinals.com/gooooooooooooooooo] was discovered using the first 18 characters of "GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO0O" in Rob's earlier message.<ref>https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1011929497139953744/1026274599576543263</ref> It contained the image "sneakyQR", a new quarter of the QR code that led to the Level 2 URL, although this was no longer needed. It was also found that <nowiki>reachthefinals.com/tfee</nowiki> redirected to the Level 2 URL.<ref>https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1011929497139953744/1026274991827853413</ref>
-== Overview ==
+On October 4, hunters noticed that [https://www.reachthefinals.com/tfee-level2 reachthefinals.com/tfee-level2] was active. It contained links to 9 tiers, all locked and marked with an X. Tier 2ABC and Tier 2DEF were originally separated like the others, before being moved to share the same row. After completing a tier, its X would turn red and its password would appear below it.
-In early September 2022, after the Gamescom teaser trailer for THE FINALS was released (late August 2022), a series of related cryptic Easter egg clues started to be presented through concept art released via [https://twitter.com/reachthefinals THE FINALS Twitter account]. Several additional clues to help the community solve the puzzles were also posted exclusively on THE FINALS Discord. The initial Easter eggs (which, following it being solved, became known as Level 1 or 'The Geocache Easter Egg') indirectly prompted members of the community to add specific words to THE FINALS website URL, as a suffix, which was a way of providing answers to the puzzle to see if they were correct. From Level 2 of the Easter Eggs ('The Promise') onwards, prospective answers were input as passwords via a specific [https://www.reachthefinals.com/tfee-level2 password page] created by the Embark Studios art team, led by Embark's Chief Content Officer and [https://www.embark-studios.com/about Co-founder], Rob Runesson.
+===Level 2===
+====Tiers 1A-1C====
+{{InfoGridCards
+|header1=[[Level 2: Tier 1A|TIER 1A]]
+|image1=[[File:THEFINALSWIKI_TakeCover.png|link=Level 2: Tier 1A]]
-__TOC__
+|header2=[[Level 2: Tier 1B|TIER 1B]]
+|image2=[[File:THEFINALSWIKI_THE_FINALS_OSPUZE.png|link=Level 2: Tier 1B]]
-== Tier One A: The "1064 Aethusa" puzzle ==
+|header3=[[Level 2: Tier 1C|TIER 1C]]
+|image3=[[File:THE_FINALS_Promo_ISEULT_Candy_.png|link=Level 2: Tier 1C]]
+}}
+====Tiers 1D-1F====
+{{InfoGridCards
+|header1=[[Level 2: Tier 1D|TIER 1D]]
+|image1=[[File:THE_FINALS_Wallpaper_Brown_Eyed_Girl_2880x1620.png|link=Level 2: Tier 1D]]
-=== Overview ===
+|header2=[[Level 2: Tier 1E|TIER 1E]]
-Level Two: The Promise was originally teased on October 2nd with a fragment of a QR code and a loading page that the QR directed to; however, it didn't go live until October 4th when the [https://www.reachthefinals.com/tfee-level2 TFEE_Level2] site was updated.
+|image2=[[File:THE_FINALS_Wallpaper_CB_Up_We_Go_2880x1620.jpg|link=Level 2: Tier 1E]]
-=== Clues ===
+|header3=[[Level 2: Tier 1F|TIER 1F]]
-On Oct 6, 2022 Dusty posted a new image titled, Oriri ex cinere, which depicted a man in iron working gear holding a revolver in a garage which is on fire. A couple minutes later Dusty posted another version of it. Comparing the two versions of it revealed a hidden Griffin, the Pisa Griffin specifically. The Pisa Griffin was placed at the Pisa Cathedral, which started construction in 1063, or 1064 in the Pisan calendar.
+|image3=[[File:THE_FINALS_CB2_Guns_and_Namas.png|link=Level 2: Tier 1F]]
+}}
+====Tiers 2ABC-3====
+{{InfoGridCards
+|header1=[[Level 2: Tier 2ABC|TIER 2ABC]]
+|image1=[[File:T2_ready_.gif|link=Level 2: Tier 2ABC]]
-On Oct 7, 2022 Dusty posted another image titled, TakeCover, which depicted the Cathedral in the map Monaco, getting obliterated by a meteor shower. The day afterwards a slightly larger version was posted to the Press Google Drive, presumably to make it easier to find the clues hidden within:
+|header2=[[Level 2: Tier 2DEF|TIER 2DEF]]
+|image2=[[File:T2_ready_.gif|link=Level 2: Tier 2DEF]]
-* The greek letters Αἵ θου σα were found, these translate out to Aethusa
+|header3=[[Level 2: Tier 3|TIER 3]]
-* Aethusa flowers were present in the image.
+|image3=[[File:tfee_ques.jpg|link=TFEE_T3]]
-* The trident referencing Poseden’s daughter, Aethousa.
+}}
+==Gallery==
+<gallery mode="nolines" class="scroll-gallery" widths="244" heights="156">
+Level_Two_page_completed.png|The Level 2 page after all tiers had been completed
+TFEE_loading_level_2.gif|The gif on the Level 2 page before it was active
+Level_Two_half_QR_code.png|The half-QR code
+SneakyQR.jpg|sneakyQR
+</gallery>
-On Oct 11, 2022 Rob posted a new image titled, friend_you_need_02, which depicted Nama Tama dressed as Galielo looking at an asteroid with a telescope. This led us to 1064 Aethusa, an asteroid in the inner asteroid belt. Putting 1064 into the T1A page unlocked a new image.
+==References==
+<references />
-=== Summary ===
-The first clue, the Pisa Griffin, pointed to the year 1064, which would be important to seeing the asteriod was relevant to the search.
-The second clue(s) all were about Aethousa and meteors, letting us know that Aethusa and Meteors might be relevant to the search.
-The third clue was the telescope looking at a asteriod, which lead us to 1064.
-==== Credits ====
-'''Solver''' - Serpenger
-'''Documentation'''  - Flex4d ,Ralliden, RockhoundBlack
-'''Various Contribution'''s - Buunuu, Darnoux, DashGames, Duh, Fishxw, Giriko, OrpheusHEI, SPEAR, Swa, Tragic
-Further Reading:
-RockhoundBlack's Video:  [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg2GLDdzMEA THE FINALS: A Fistful Of Easter Eggs + New Concept Art!]
-[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CLzGtj2w2elVkqEdPV6NgqRiszNAxnwIANXHK-Pa1Bk/edit?usp=sharing Flex4d's Document]
-=== Tier 1B: The "79" puzzle ===
-=== Tier 1A: The "Mendeleev" puzzle ===