Kryptos Quick Reference

K0

Method: Morse Code

First Slab

E E VIRTUALLY E E E E E E E INVISIBLE
E E SHADOW E E FORCES E E E E E
LUCID E E E MEMORY E
RQ
SOS

Second Slab (with compass)

DIGETAL E E E INTERPRETATIT
T IS YOUR POSITION E

K1

Method: Vigenere

Keyword

PALIMPSEST

K1 Ciphertext

EMUFPHZLRFAXYUSDJKZLDKRNSHGNFIVJYQTQUXQBQVYUVLLTREVJYQTMKYRDMFD

K1 Plaintext

BETWEEN SUBTLE SHADING AND THE ABSENCE OF LIGHT LIES THE NUANCE OF IQLUSION

K2

Method: Vigenere

Keyword

ABSCISSA

K2 Ciphertext

VFPJUDEEHZWETZYVGWHKKQETGFQJNCEGGWHKK?DQMCPFQZDQMMIAGPFXHQRLGTIMVMZJANQLVKQEDAGDVFRPJUNGEUNAQZGZLECGYUXUEENJTBJLBQCRTBJDFHRRYIZETKZEMVDUFKSJHKFWHKUWQLSZFTIHHDDDUVH?DWKBFUFPWNTDFIYCUQZEREEVLDKFEZMOQQJLTTUGSYQPFEUNLAVIDXFLGGTEZ?FKZBSFDQVGOGIPUFXHHDRKFFHQNTGPUAECNUVPDJMQCLQUMUNEDFQELZZVRRGKFFVOEEXBDMVPNFQXEZLGREDNQFMPNZGLFLPMRJQYALMGNUVPDXVKPDQUMEBEDMHDAFMJGZNUPLGEWJLLAETG

K2 Plaintext

IT WAS TOTALLY INVISIBLE HOWS THAT POSSIBLE ? THEY USED THE EARTHS MAGNETIC FIELD X THE INFORMATION WAS GATHERED AND TRANSMITTED UNDERGRUUND TO AN UNKNOWN LOCATION X DOES LANGLEY KNOW ABOUT THIS ? THEY SHOULD ITS BURIED OUT THERE SOMEWHERE X WHO KNOWS THE EXACT LOCATION ? ONLY WW THIS WAS HIS LAST MESSAGE X THIRTY EIGHT DEGREES FIFTY SEVEN MINUTES SIX POINT FIVE SECONDS NORTH SEVENTY SEVEN DEGREES EIGHT MINUTES FORTY FOUR SECONDS WEST X LAYER TWO

K3

Method: Transposition

K3 Ciphertext

ENDYAHROHNLSRHEOCPTEOIBIDYSHNAIACHTNREYULDSLLSLLNOHSNOSMRWXMNETPRNGATIHNRARPESLNNELEBLPIIACAEWMTWNDITEENRAHCTENEUDRETNHAEOETFOLSEDTIWENHAEIOYTEYQHEENCTAYCREIFTBRSPAMHHEWENATAMATEGYEERLBTEEFOASFIOTUETUAEOTOARMAEERTNRTIBSEDDNIAAHTTMSTEWPIEROAGRIEWFEBAECTDDHILCEIHSITEGOEAOSDDRYDLORITRKLMLEHAGTDHARDPNEOHMGFMFEUHEECDMRIPFEIMEHNLSSTTRTVDOHW?

K3 Plaintext

SLOWLY DESPARATLY SLOWLY THE REMAINS OF PASSAGE DEBRIS THAT ENCUMBERED THE LOWER PART OF THE DOORWAY WAS REMOVED WITH TREMBLING HANDS I MADE A TINY BREACH IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER AND THEN WIDENING THE HOLE A LITTLE I INSERTED THE CANDLE AND PEERED IN THE HOT AIR ESCAPING FROM THE CHAMBER CAUSED THE FLAME TO FLICKER BUT PRESENTLY DETAILS OF THE ROOM WITHIN EMERGED FROM THE MIST X CAN YOU SEE ANYTHING Q ?

K4

Method: ???

Clues

FLRVQQPRNGKSS (22 - 34) = EASTNORTHEAST

NYPVTTMZFPK (64 - 74) = BERLINCLOCK

K4 Ciphertext

OBKR

UOXOGHULBSOLIFBBWFLRVQQPRNGKSSO

TWTQSJQSSEKZZWATJKLUDIAWINFBNYP

VTTMZFPKWGDKZXTJCDIGKUHUAUEKCAR

K4 with Clues

OBKR

UOXOGHULBSOLIFBBWEASTNORTHEASTO

TWTQSJQSSEKZZWATJKLUDIAWINFBBER

LINCLOCKWGDKZXTJCDIGKUHUAUEKCAR

OTHER

Other random reference items.

Kryptos Alphabet

KRYPTOSABCDEFGHIJLMNQUVWXZ

Full Text

Decoded, Sculpture Layout*

Note that "XLAYERTWO" has been corrected here, so this line is one letter longer than on the actual sculpture

BETWEENSUBTLESHADINGANDTHEABSENC

EOFLIGHTLIESTHENUANCEOFIQLUSION

ITWASTOTALLYINVISIBLEHOWSTHATPO

SSIBLE?THEYUSEDTHEEARTHSMAGNET

ICFIELDXTHEINFORMATIONWASGATHER

EDANDTRANSMITTEDUNDERGRUUNDTOANU

NKNOWNLOCATIONXDOESLANGLEYKNOWA

BOUTTHIS?THEYSHOULDITSBURIEDOUT

THERESOMEWHEREXWHOKNOWSTHEEXACTL

OCATION?ONLYWWTHISWASHISLASTMES

SAGEXTHIRTYEIGHTDEGREESFIFTYSE

VENMINUTESSIXPOINTFIVESECONDSNO

RTHSEVENTYSEVENDEGREESEIGHTMINU

TESFORTYFOURSECONDSWESTXLAYERTWO

SLOWLYDESPARATLYSLOWLYTHEREMAINS

OFPASSAGEDEBRISTHATENCUMBEREDT

HELOWERPARTOFTHEDOORWAYWASREMOV

EDWITHTREMBLINGHANDSIMADEATINY

BREACHINTHEUPPERLEFTHANDCORNERAN

DTHENWIDENINGTHEHOLEALITTLEIIN

SERTEDTHECANDLEANDPEEREDINTHEHOT

AIRESCAPINGFROMTHECHAMBERCAUSED

THEFLAMETOFLICKERBUTPRESENTLYDETA

ILSOFTHEROOMWITHINEMERGEDFROM

THEMISTXCANYOUSEEANYTHINGQ?OBKR

UOXOGHULBSOLIFBBWFLRVQQPRNGKSSO

TWTQSJQSSEKZZWATJKLUDIAWINFBNYP

VTTMZFPKWGDKZXTJCDIGKUHUAUEKCAR

Cipher, Sculpture Layout

Note that "XLAYERTWO" has NOT been corrected here, this is as the sculpture actually appears

EMUFPHZLRFAXYUSDJKZLDKRNSHGNFIVJ

YQTQUXQBQVYUVLLTREVJYQTMKYRDMFD

VFPJUDEEHZWETZYVGWHKKQETGFQJNCE

GGWHKK?DQMCPFQZDQMMIAGPFXHQRLG

TIMVMZJANQLVKQEDAGDVFRPJUNGEUNA

QZGZLECGYUXUEENJTBJLBQCRTBJDFHRR

YIZETKZEMVDUFKSJHKFWHKUWQLSZFTI

HHDDDUVH?DWKBFUFPWNTDFIYCUQZERE

EVLDKFEZMOQQJLTTUGSYQPFEUNLAVIDX

FLGGTEZ?FKZBSFDQVGOGIPUFXHHDRKF

FHQNTGPUAECNUVPDJMQCLQUMUNEDFQ

ELZZVRRGKFFVOEEXBDMVPNFQXEZLGRE

DNQFMPNZGLFLPMRJQYALMGNUVPDXVKP

DQUMEBEDMHDAFMJGZNUPLGEWJLLAETG

ENDYAHROHNLSRHEOCPTEOIBIDYSHNAIA

CHTNREYULDSLLSLLNOHSNOSMRWXMNE

TPRNGATIHNRARPESLNNELEBLPIIACAE

WMTWNDITEENRAHCTENEUDRETNHAEOE

TFOLSEDTIWENHAEIOYTEYQHEENCTAYCR

EIFTBRSPAMHHEWENATAMATEGYEERLB

TEEFOASFIOTUETUAEOTOARMAEERTNRTI

BSEDDNIAAHTTMSTEWPIEROAGRIEWFEB

AECTDDHILCEIHSITEGOEAOSDDRYDLORIT

RKLMLEHAGTDHARDPNEOHMGFMFEUHE

ECDMRIPFEIMEHNLSSTTRTVDOHW?OBKR

UOXOGHULBSOLIFBBWFLRVQQPRNGKSSO

TWTQSJQSSEKZZWATJKLUDIAWINFBNYP

VTTMZFPKWGDKZXTJCDIGKUHUAUEKCAR