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Flight of the Amazon Queen Hints

How do I decode Skip's secret message?

  • 1 of 7: To recap, the message he gave you is: "GSRH RH Z HVXIVG NVHHZTV".
  • 2 of 7: The comic book he's reading is likely to have the code you need to decode this.
  • 3 of 7: In particular, the code is on the back of the page which falls out when you read it.
  • 4 of 7: Once you complete the blueprints and look at them, you see two lines of letters at the top.
  • 5 of 7: The code is a simple substitution cipher where you substitute a letter in one row for the corresponding letter in the other row.
  • 6 of 7: The decoded message is: "THIS IS A SECRET MESSAGE".
  • 7 of 7: In other words, it's useless.