Data items are generally found in pcs, laptops and cellphones. They might also be found as random loot on enemies.
Data items can be read in the library after Doug Schultz awoke and set up his decryption system. (Which happens one day after he awoke) He will wake up the day after you tell Davis Cray that you brought back the medicine. (You will receive a quest for that on day 3)
There are 150 data items to be unlocked, but there are way more that can be found. Each 10 unlocked data items are worth experience as a repeatable goal. Therefore they are a source for some Stat / Skill points and additionally all 150 are needed to unlock the achievment "H4ck3r".
Each of the data items is secured with an password. The "software" provides you with the length of the password and some suggestions.
There are 3 stages of password strenght. The first will set you up with the missing letters, which you have to set to the right order like this: The missing letters are "een" and the word has 5 letters. The set letters are Qu_ _ _.
This would naturally lead to the password "Queen".
The next stage is similar to the first but instead has l33t speak in it. That means that some letters are replaced by numbers. 0 = o 1 = i 3 = e 4 = A 5 = s 6 = G 7 = T 8 = B Watch out, in the game the number 1 and the small L (l) look extremly similar.
The third stage is way more difficult. It mixes l33t speak in BUT it won't tell you what the missing letters are. Just some set letters (often in l33t speak) and the right length. This can be quite exhausting but, the missing letters will never be in l33t speak!
Message 146 to 150 contain an encripted message. The exact message is at the end of this page.
The passwords are as following: (further pws will be added later)
- 001 50ng This is written as: FIVE ZERO n g
- 002 sandwich
- 003 savage
- 004 mov3
- 005 wordplay
- 006 Horse
- 007 violent
- 008 irony
- 009 squid
- 010 Queen
- 011 6r34t
- 012 happy:) In this case you need to add the smiley, or it won't work, the spaces are NOT needed
- 013 60053 This is written as: SIX ZERO ZERO FIVE THREE
- 014 hunger
- 015 wooden
- 016 heartless
- 017 cartoon
- 018 83ll This is written as: EIGHT THREE L L
- 019 h155 This is written as: h ONE FIVE FIVE
- 020 receipt
- 021 goofed
- 022 slime
- 023 bride
- 024 quandary
- 025 c4t5
- 026 tortoise
- 027 fleet
- 028 shovel
- 029 thunder
- 030 600d This is written as: SIX ZERO ZERO d
- 031 doctor
- 032 chestnut
- 033 peach
- 034 5h03 This is written as: FIVE h ZERO THREE
- 035 arrows
- 036 33r13 This is written as: THREE THREE r ONE THREE
- 037 t3nt
- 038 sorrow
- 039 caring
- 040 heartache
- 041 houseboat
- 042 history
- 043 sailing
- 044 moving
- 045 shotgun
- 046 spaghetti
- 047 ravens
- 048 reaches
- 049 videogame
- 050 m34t84ll This is written as: m THREE FOUR t EIGHT FOUR L L
- 051 tomatoes
- 052 television
- 053 release
- 054 airship
- 055 chicken
- 056 sparrow
- 057 5oup This is written as: FIVE o u p
- 058 heroes
- 059 Tiger
- 060 Songs
- 061 shopping
- 062 hesitant
- 063 dinosaur
- 064 beaver
- 065 sonnet
- 066 dragon
- 067 otter
- 068 knight
- 069 Chain
- 070 8345t
- 071 Money
- 072 3l3ph4nt This is written as: THREE L THREE p h FOUR n t
- 073 toast
- 074 friendly
- 075 fallen
- 076 6l455 This is written as: SIX L FOUR FIVE FIVE
- 077 invade
- 078 january
- 079 button
- 080 microcosmn
- 081 timer
- 082 4p0c4lyp53 This is written as: FOUR p ZERO c FOUR L y p FIVE THREE
- 083 6h05t This is written as: SIX h ZERO FIVE t
- 084 sanitize
- 085 t0y5 This is written as: t ZERO y FIVE
- 086 heart
- 087 bottled
- 088 submarine
- 089 slate
- 090 h41r This is written as: h FOUR ONE r
- 091 password
- 092 computer
- 093 question
- 094 Beach
- 095 baseball
- 096 animal
- 097 viral
- 098 thursday
- 099 mailbox
- 100 Panic
- 101 74ll This is written as: SEVEN FOUR L L
- 102 because
- 103 booze
- 104 Death
- 105 insisted
- 106 m1nt This is written as: m ONE n t
- 107 wh15k3y This is written as: w h ONE FIVE k THREE y
- 108 800t5 This is written as: EIGHT ZERO ZERO t FIVE
- 109 hammer
- 110 curious
- 111 bluebird
- 112 folderol
- 113 vampire
- 114 partial
- 115 culture
- 116 babbling
- 117 broadcast
- 118 popcorn
- 119 wonder
- 120 modeled
- 121 80085
- 122 84515 This is written as: EIGHT FOUR FIVE ONE FIVE
- 123 h347
- 124 politics
- 125 Apple
- 126 monster
- 127 character
- 128 written
- 129 shark
- 130 soccer
- 131 515t3r5 This is written as: FIVE ONE FIVE t THREE r FIVE
- 132 advanced
- 133 groan
- 134 killing
- 135 xylophone
- 136 flier
- 137 artificial
- 138 bastard
- 139 robots
- 140 Power
- 141 boating
- 142 groom
- 143 february
- 144 candied
- 145 insane
- 146 w41l This is written as: w FOUR ONE L
- 147 nuclear
- 148 weekend
- 149 bookmark
- 150 raining
The seret message: The encription methode is: "Its a shift 1 with some substitutions. You shift everything back 1 letter. You sub the numbers for letters. It's just 733t substitution for the numbers. Simple, but there is a twist. The tricky part to throw you off: If when shifting back 1 letter you land on anything that is replaced by a number you shift back two. For example 3=E so when you shift back an F you have to go back 2 so its a D. "
The message reads: "haRdCoRe! ThedeVSloVeYoU! MoniToR The CaReTakeR The CRoWS MiGhT Be neXT ThankS To kiCkSTaRTeR BaCkeRS BeaR allieS UnloCked!
The capitals are all the things that are just a single shift back. Anything lower case was a number or a double shift. It's just a system to keep track of things and I'm too lazy to clean it up."
This was solved by DrunkZombie, bigbadslog and hothmonster! It was posted on the Irontowerforum. All credit to them, as i did not solve this part at all.