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Transmission Tower puzzles are a game mechanic.

NmsMisc Transmission Tower Puzzle

An example of Puzzle 3

Summary[ | ]

Transmission Towers contain an interactive terminal that provides the player with a numerical puzzle to solve, along with some (random) flavor text.

The Options for solving a puzzle are randomly sorted, but in this article the correct solution will always be the first entry, and will be Bolded.

The puzzles are sorted in order of the first number in the puzzle sequence.

Puzzle 1[ | ]

This puzzle is the Fibonacci sequence starting from 1,3 :
1 + 3 = 4
1 - 3 - 4 - 7 -11 - 18 - XX

  1. 29
  2. 28
  3. 27

Puzzle 2[ | ]

This puzzle is two interleaved sequences:
an+1 = n + 2 with a1 = 1 :
an+1 = n + 2 with a1 = 5 :
The next term will be the next term of the first sequence, which is 7.
1, 3, 5, 7
5, 7, 9,
1 - 5 - 3 - 7 - 5 - 9 - X

  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 6

Puzzle 3[ | ]

This puzzle is the sequence of factorials multiplied by two, an = 2 * n! :
*2, *3, *4, *5, *6
2 - 4 - 12 - 48 - 240 - XXX

  1. 1440
  2. 1240
  3. 1540

Puzzle 4[ | ]

This puzzle is the sequence of factorials, an = n! :
*2, *3, *4, *5, *6
1 - 2 - 6 - 24 - 120 - XXX

  1. 720
  2. 620
  3. 180

Puzzle 5[ | ]

This puzzle is the Fibonacci sequence starting from 3,5 :
3 + 5 = 8
3 - 5 - 8 - 13 - 21 - XX

  1. 34
  2. 32
  3. 35

Puzzle 6[ | ]

This puzzle is the sequence an+1 = 3 * an - 1 with a1 = 5 :
5 * 3 - 1 = 14
5 - 14 - 41 - 122 - XXX

  1. 365
  2. 355
  3. 356

Puzzle 7[ | ]

This puzzle is the sequence an+1 = 2 * an - 1 with a1 = 17 :
17 * 2 - 1 = 33
17 - 33 - 65 - 129 - XXX

  1. 257
  2. 258
  3. 261

Puzzle 8[ | ]

This puzzle is the sequence an+1 = 2 * an - 1 with a1 = 23 :
23 * 2 - 1 = 45
23 - 45 - 89 - 177 - XXX

  1. 353
  2. 186
  3. 392

Puzzle 9[ | ]

This puzzle is the sequence an+1 = an + (2 + n) with a1 = 56 :
+3, +4, +5, +6, +7
56 - 59 - 63 - 68 - 74 - XX

  1. 81
  2. 80
  3. 83

Puzzle 10[ | ]

This puzzle is the sequence an+1 = an - (9 + 1 - n) :
-9, -8, -7, -6
80 - 71 - 63 - 56 - XX

  1. 50
  2. 49
  3. 48

Puzzle 11[ | ]

This puzzle is the sequence an+1 = an - (7 + 1 - n) :
-7, -6, -5, -4
99 - 92 - 86 - 81 - XX

  1. 77
  2. 79
  3. 95

Puzzle 12[ | ]

This puzzle is the reverse sequence of factorials, an = (8 - n)! :
/7, /6, /5, /4
5040 - 720 - 120 - 24 - X

  1. 6
  2. 8
  3. 12
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