No Man’s Sky Waking Titan ARG Takes Players To New York Office For Update Clues

No Man’s Sky and its Waking Titan ARG continue to amaze and confuse, as recent events brought participants to a secret puzzle room in New York. What might these clues tell us about update 1.3?

As has been the case with past Waking Titan events, most of the recent developments have involved solving ciphers and puzzles buried in emails. Late Friday evening, a message was dispatched with the subject line Azure Voyage. It contained some survey results and a special code at the bottom. That code could then be entered at the new Azure Voyage website to reveal an image of the Atlas statue in New York City.

Below the picture was a set of instructions that read as follows:
July 29
Time: 16:15
Protocol: Use password Atlas and wear a bright color. Hold a black book in your hand.

With these requirements in hand, dozens of No Man’s Sky fans headed to the statue at the right time and were met by a man who lead them to a small office building in Manhattan. Participants were split into teams of six and asked to identify constellations on a complex map while the process streamed live on Waking Titan’s Twitch channel. The reward for their efforts would be a document locked in a briefcase. It took a long time for everyone to figure it out, but you’ll find an image of the solution below.

In due time, five constellations were discovered with the following names: Pictor, Reticulum, Indus, Musca and Equuleus. The first letters of those titles spell out the word PRIME, which compelled players to use the first six-digit prime number to unlock the briefcase. This method ended up being correct, and it revealed the letter shown below.

Clear and readable image of document from briefcase

The bulk of the letter focuses on a simulation called loop 15 and how it can be iterated on in the future. Despite being impressive for its time, the simulation depended too heavily on others for data collection and used too much computing power. While largely unconfirmed, these criticisms might be direct references to past issues with No Man’s Sky. When the game first launched, it had problems with player data collection and performance. Has Hello Games ironed out these kinks for good in the upcoming version of its simulation?

That, however, is only part of the story. Alongside the secret room adventure, players also discovered a brand new lore PDF focused on the nature of free will, reality and worlds beyond our senses. It also features some missing video file paths tied to Berlin. At the end of the document is the following string of letters and numbers: 1DCCAB4. It can be levied against ciphers in the original Azure Voyage email to reveal the seventh glyph solution, “Cafe888.”

With that latest answer, Waking Titan players are left with more questions. What does Cafe888 mean? Is Berlin related to it in any way? It appears the ARG will go quiet for the next couple of days, but what’s coming next promises to be one of its most difficult puzzles yet.

No Man’s Sky is available now on PS4 and PC. Be sure to read our past Waking Titan updates here and here.

What do you think of these latest Waking Titan developments? Do they make you curious about No Man’s Sky’s next update? Tell us in the comments section!