Act III

The Gnomes want to transform the neighborhood so that it’s frozen solid year-round, an environmental disaster. But who is the mastermind behind the Gnomes’ wickedness?

Act III adds seven more objectives to my badge, and a final boss challenge once I’ve completed all the others. These range from ❅❅❅ to ❅❅❅❅❅ in difficulty:

Gnome Tea

Difficulty:❅❅❅❅❅
Enter the apartment building near 24-7 and help Thomas infiltrate the GnomeTea social network and discover the secret agent passphrase.

Hack-a-Gnome

Difficulty:❅❅❅❅❅
Davis in the Data Center is fighting a gnome army—join the hack-a-gnome fun.

Snowcat RCE & Priv Esc

Difficulty:❅❅❅❅❅
Tom, in the hotel, found a wild Snowcat bug. Help him chase down the RCE! Recover and submit the API key not being used by snowcat.

Schrödinger's Scope

Difficulty:❅❅❅❅❅
Kevin in the Retro Store ponders pentest paradoxes—can you solve Schrödinger's Scope?

Find and Shutdown Frosty's Snowglobe Machine

Difficulty:❅❅❅❅❅
You've heard murmurings around the city about a wise, elderly gnome having a change of heart. He must have information about where Frosty's Snowglobe Machine is. You should find and talk to the gnome so you can get some help with how to make your way through the Data Center's labrynthian halls.

Once you find the Snowglobe Machine, figure out how to shut it down and melt Frosty's cold, nefarious plans.

On the Wire

Difficulty:❅❅❅❅❅
Help Evan next to city hall hack this gnome and retrieve the temperature value reported by the I²C device at address 0x3C. The temperature data is XOR-encrypted, so you’ll need to work through each communication stage to uncover the necessary keys. Start with the unencrypted data being transmitted over the 1-wire protocol.

Free Ski

Difficulty:❅❅❅❅❅
Go to the retro store and help Goose Olivia ski down the mountain and collect all five treasure chests to reveal the hidden flag in this classic SkiFree-inspired challenge.

Snowblind Ambush

Difficulty:❅❅❅❅❅
Head to the Hotel to stop Frosty's plan. Torkel is waiting at the Grand Web Terminal.