The official ASYLUM hint sheet

Typed and sent to me by Michael Cross and by Matthew Reed (thanks a lot!)

HTML version by Magic Chris (click on the coded answer and read the first line on the following page!)


  1. Are you still in the first room? IGV ITGPCFG. RWNN RKP HTQO ITGPCFG. GZCOKPG RKP. WPNQEM FQQT YKVJ RKP.
  2. Are you in the straight-jacket room? TQNN. GZCOKPG MGAJQNG. UNKFG RCRGT WPFGT FQQT. RQMG MGAJQNG. IGV RCRGT WPFGT FQQT.
  3. Are you stuck at the second guard? VKRVQG. RWPEJ IWCTF. GZCOKPG IWCTF.
  4. Have gotten past the hideous face? QRGP FQQT.
  5. Are you being pushed from behind into the big mazes? PGXGT QRGP VJGUG FQQTU WPVKN AQW JCXG CNN AQW PGGF.
  6. Are you stuck at the mirror? YGCT PQXGNVA PQUG. UJQXG TQWPF RGI KPVQ USWCTG JQNG.
  7. Are you being hacked to bits by a crazed axe murderer? UJQY PQVG VQ KPOCVG.
  8. Are you with the fly fisherman? IKXG HNKGU VQ DNCMG.
  9. Are you with the guru? AQW OWUV DG ECTTAKPI VJG DWTTQ.
  10. Does the 'water closet' keep washing you away? YGCT DQQVU.
  11. Have you met Exodor? VTCFG DQQVU HQT NCPVGTP.
  12. Are you stuck at the glass wall? UYKPI DCV CV DCNN.
  13. Does the gorilla give you a frustration headache? VJTQY OCTDNGU. DGCV IQTKNNC YKVJ DCV.
  14. Have you encountered the insidious 20 doors? IQ VJTQWIJ CNN 20 QH VJGO.
  15. Does the roadster constantly run you down? NKIJV NCPVGTP YKVJ OCVEJ. FTQR NCPVGTP (KP FTCIUVTKR). FTQR PCKNU.
  16. Have you just met the hanger man? VTCFG EKICTGVVG HQT JCPIGT. VTCFG EKICTGVVG HQT RCUUMGA.
  17. What to do with the computer alarm system? UOCUJ EQORWVGT YKVJ DCV.
  18. The fool prevents this? GZCOKPG IQNF. IKXG IQNF VQ HQQN.
  19. Are you at the professor's office? IKXG TGIWNCVQT VQ RTQHGUUQT.
  20. Are you at the catapult? UKV QP ECVCRQNV YKVJ ETCPM. DWTP UVTKPI YKVJ OCVEJ.
  21. Do none of the characters talk to you? FTQR WPKHQTO.
  22. Are you always caught in the office wing? YGCT WPKHQTO.

Choose the hint corresponding to the place where you are stuck, as indicated by the questions in English. To decode a hint, find each letter in the top row of the key, and substitute the letter in the bottom row. KEY A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Y Z A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X