On the Subject of Table Madness

The flavor text must be lost in one of these tables...

This module consists of a display with a coordinate, and two bigger displays which can be changed using arrow buttons to select a final coordinate.

Introduction

  • In order to solve this module, you must navigate a mess of tables to find a final coordinate. The arrows can be used to display this final coordinate, and then the screen at the top can be pressed to submit the answer.
  • If you try to submit when the displays are not set to the correct coordinate, you will receive a strike, and nothing will reset on the module.
  • The tables are nested. This means that sometimes a cell in a table refers to a table, and sometimes it refers to a coordinate in a table.
  • In these tables, letters A–E are used as the rows from top to bottom, and numbers 1–5 are used as the columns from left to right. The top left cell of each table is located at position A1.

Untangling the mess

  1. First, find the starting table and cell. The small display in the top left (which is also the submit button) displays the coordinates of the first cell. To get the starting table, use the first letter and first number of the serial number. If the letter is out of the range A–E, convert to the corresponding value A1Z26 and subtract 5 until it is in the range 1–5 then convert back to the corresponding letter A–E. Convert the first number of the serial to a number in the range 1–5 in a similar way. This letter number pair is your starting table.
  2. You will also have to determine the number of iterations. To do this, take all the digits in the serial, and add them together. Subtract or add 3 to the sum until it is in the range 3–5. This is the number of iterations you will have to make through the next section of the manual before you are finished and have a solution.

Down the Rabbit Hole

NOTE: Make sure you perform this series of steps a number of times equal to the number of iterations you found in the previous section.

  1. Find the starting cell in the starting table. Move to the table with the name in this cell.
  2. Look at the same cell in the new table as you did in the starting table. Move to the cell with the coordinate this cell refers to in the same table.
  3. The cell you ended up in the previous step tells you the name of the next table. Head to this table now.
  4. The name of the starting table is the coordinate of the cell you should locate in your current table.
  5. If this is the final iteration, the value of this cell is the solution, otherwise, the value of this cell is the new starting table, and the name of your current table is the coordinate of the new starting cell.

The Pit of Tables

REMINDER: These tables use letters A–E as rows from top to bottom, and values 1–5 as columns from left to right.

Table A1
E4A3C5A1D5
C4A5D1E3E1
A4D2E2D4B2
A2B4B5C3B1
B3E5C2C1D3
Table A2
E1B4E3D5E4
D3B3E2C2A4
A1D2A3C4B5
B2B1D1A2C5
C1D4C3A5E5
Table A3
C4A5C5E2C2
D2A4E4D1E5
B1D5D3B5A1
B3B2C3A3B4
E3C1E1D4A2
Table A4
A2E4E5C4B3
D3D5A1D2C5
E2A5B4E1C2
A3A4D1D4C1
E3C3B5B2B1
Table A5
B3B1D3B2E2
C3E3A2D1C2
A1E1C5D5D4
B4E4E5B5C1
C4A4D2A3A5
Table B1
C2D4C5A1C1
E4D5D1B4C3
A4A2D3C4A3
E1A5E3B1B2
D2B5B3E2E5
Table B2
B2A3D3A4C3
C1E4B5D5A1
E2C2D1E5B3
C5E1C4A5B1
D4A2D2E3B4
Table B3
B4B5D5E2C5
E4C1A3D2D3
E1E3D1E5C3
A1D4B3A4C4
B2C2A2B1A5
Table B4
E5A5D5C2C4
E4B5A1A2C3
D4D1D3B2E2
C1E3D2A4E1
B1B3B4A3C5
Table B5
A1A3C2C1D3
B2E1D4A2C4
C5E3D1B3E4
D2B1A5C3E5
D5B5B4E2A4
Table C1
D5A5C3E5A1
E2E4B3E1D4
C5B5A2A3C2
D2A4D3E3D1
B2B1B4C1C4
Table C2
E1A3C2B1C1
C5B2B4A2E5
D3A1E3E2E4
A5D5A4C3D4
D2B5D1C4B3
Table C3
A1D2E5D4D3
B1B4E1A5D5
D1B5A3C4C2
B2E2A4C1C5
E3C3A2E4B3
Table C4
B2D4E1A2B3
E2D5A3E3C3
C1E5D2D1D3
A1E4B5B1A4
C5B4C4C2A5
Table C5
A1E5D5B3D4
C5A4A3A5C4
D2A2B1D1B5
E1E3C1C2C3
B2B4D3E2E4
Table D1
D2D5A4B1E3
E5E1A2E4C2
A3C5A1C4C1
D3A5E2B5B4
B2D4B3D1C3
Table D2
B1A1C4B3C2
A2E1B4D2D4
C3A4E5E2D1
C1A3B5E4E3
D5D3B2C5A5
Table D3
E4C5B3B1A3
C2C4D4E2D1
D2B5E5D5A2
C1A4B4A5E3
B2A1E1C3D3
Table D4
B2B1D2B3A1
D3D5C4D1A5
A3E3A2D4C5
E5E2C3E4E1
B5B4C2C1A4
Table D5
A4D5B4D4B2
E4B1E1C4A5
A1E3B5C3D3
A2C2B3E2C1
D2C5D1E5A3
Table E1
D4E3D5B3E2
C4D3A4A1C2
C3A3D2B4E1
D1E4A2B5B2
C5A5C1B1E5
Table E2
A2E2A3C3A4
D3B3E1B2E4
E3B5D1A5D4
B4C5D5B1C2
C1C4E5D2A1
Table E3
D2D1A3C4E3
C3B1E1B4D4
D3C5C1B2A5
A2D5E4B5B3
A1E5C2A4E2
Table E4
A2B5A1C1B2
E1D4A4C3B4
C5D5B3A3E4
E5E3D1D2C2
C4D3E2B1A5
Table E5
B1D5C2B2D2
D3B4C3A2C1
B5E5A4C4A3
A5B3E3E1A1
E2E4C5D4D1