"The location of the Third Gate is indicated by a single letter "A" on the Crystal Key the letter A is identical to Anorak's logo and is most often associated with Anorak. The final line reveals that the Third Gate cannot be unlocked alone, inferring that multiple copies of the Crystal Key are necessary to unlock the Third Gate. The first through third lines refer to the Copper, Jade, and Crystal Key respectively by their appearance when viewed in the overworld. A user can acquire the Crystal Key without revealing this message, but will be unable to open the Third Gate without the knowledge revealed by the message. Upon discovering the guitar in the waterfall cave, an avatar can play the entirety of 2112: Discovery to unlock a hidden message that becomes necessary to unlocking the Third Gate. The Crystal Key is found by locating the guitar used to inspire the protagonist of the eponymous song, and returning it to the priest's altar. The star is present on the cover art of Rush's 2112 album by travelling to Syrinx, a user could attain the Crystal Key necessary to open the last and final gate. By saying "unicorn", the wrapper will fold into this very shape on its own.Īfter completing the Second Gate, the user is presented with a single five-pointed red star. Although seemingly random, it was found that isolating all the letters with notches in them and placing them in chronological order would reveal a hidden message.īoth the wrapper and line of text are references to the Blade Runner franchise the quote likens to the test administered by a Voight-Kampff machine, and the wrapper mimics a scene similar to the final scene of the original Blade Runner movie, where the wrapper is folded into an origami unicorn. In Anorak's Almanac, many letters throughout Halliday's journal entries had nearly invisible notches made in them.
The Limerick is a second poem meant to aid gunters in their quest. Will reach The End where the prize awaits After completing all the tests put before them, an avatar will reach The End, where The Egg awaits. Wherein the errant will be tested for worthy traits, And those with the skill to survive these straits refers to the two initial tests required before reaching The End: beating James Halliday's high score in Tempest and completing the Flicksync of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Three hidden keys open three secret gates reference the Copper, Jade and Crystal Keys required to enter Castle Anorak, the home of Halliday's avatar, Anorak. Will reach The End where the prize awaits Wherein the errant will be tested for worthy traitsĪnd those with the skill to survive these straits
Three hidden keys open three secret gates In Anorak's Invitation, James Halliday says the following: In order to motivate people to embark upon his Hunt, Halliday defined, albeit vaguely, the ultimatum and goals of his hunt. Although the Quatrain became widely known to the world, it would not be relevant to anyone who had not acquired the Copper Key and opened the First Gate. For example, The Quatrain was hidden to the world until Parzival opened the First Gate. Although two clues, the Original Poem and The Limerick, were publicly accessible, other clues and poems could not be found (nor would they be relevant) unless an OASIS user satisfies a relevant precondition to unlock the next clue. Throughout the Easter Egg Hunt, Halliday left several clues to gunters to aid in their journey to finding the Easter Egg.
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Individuals that spent every free moment of their lives searching for the egg were known as "egg hunters", but this was quickly truncated to the nickname gunters. Should someone pass all challenges presented to them, they would be granted administrative powers over the entire OASIS simulation and the contents of James Halliday's multibillion-dollar fortune. After opening the three gates, one would be tested for their worthiness through unspecified rites and trials. In order to find the Easter Egg, people would need to find three keys and open three gates scattered throughout the OASIS. The Hunt was also a way for Halliday to encourage the entire world to share his passion for the culture of the 1980s era. It was the last game created by James Halliday before he died in an attempt to find an heir for his vast fortune and pass ownership of the OASIS simulation to someone worthy.
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2046 Halliday's Easter Egg Hunt is the central plot of the Ready Player One universe and the catalyst of all the events in both the movie and the book.