The Hidden Moon Base

The hidden base upon its discovery from Ph1LzA's point of view

**The Hidden Moon Base** was first discovered on Day 45, post-dragon battle during the SMPEarth Moon Landing. The base was located on the west side of the Moon central island where the Moon Octangula is located above the void.

It is accessed through a waterlogged obsidian pipe and barred with an iron door. Behind the door is a chamber that contains a campfire in the middle, a bed and two chest on the right side of the wall, a massive note of clue on the central wall, more parchment of scribbles, sketches and diagrams by the wall where the bed is and on the floor next to the campfire.

## History

After defeating Big Bertha - the Second Ender Dragon - Ph1LzA was called upon by WilburSoot to accompany him in the exploration of the obsidian pipe west of the main island. Together, Wilbur, Phil and Sneegsnag ventured into the waterlogged pipe and discovered an iron door to a chamber. Phil broke the door with his pickaxe and they breached the hidden base where they found Chip, who was already inside it.

As the other two explored the map arts of notes on the wall and the floor, Phil immediately checked the chest for loots and found a rotten flesh, 2 cooked porkchops, 3 diamonds and 4 ender pearls in a chest by the bed.

    He then opened the other chest which contained an ender pearl, 2 cooked porkchops, 5 rotten flesh and an enchanted notebook named "Commit" by Warren.

Meanwhile, the 4th Ender Dragon Egg was spawned by Chip in the room. It was first obtained by Sneegsnag, who gave it to Phil for the Minecraft 'The Next Generation' achievement. Phil then gave it to Wilbur, who then logged himself out from the game and Discord after obtaining the item, preventing the two players to take it from him. This caused the Antarctic Empire and Marioloogi to declare Newfoundland as an enemy and the breakout of the Dragon Egg War.

After arguing about the egg, Phil read aloud the contents of the four-pages book to his Twitch chat, which primarily contained references and clues to the ARG quest, specifically concerning the search of Mariah Camrey.

Upon finishing reading, KaraCorvus and CaptainSparklez joined them in the hidden base and inquired to see the book as well. Phil proceeded to attempt to store the book in the chest, but he accidentally clicked the bed instead, which caused the bed to explode, killing both Phil and Jordan. The destroyed parts of the base was immediately rolled back to existence, either by Chip or Josh, to allow further explorations by other streamers.

The codes on the central wallParchments of sketches and scribbles on the floor next to the campfireAnother group of scribbled notes and sketches found on the wall by the bed, the most visible symbol is the octangulaThe SMPEarth ARG community then focused on decoding the codes on the central wall. The code was*:*

```
ANV EHV GNUMRZFAELS
ATIJ AYTNOC UAF GNCWCR
FHV UYZFEIQEZ AF
BZIMMRZQ.
```

Using Vigenère cipher and 'mariah' and/or 'hmaria' as key, the code revealed the following sentence:

```
ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS
THIS SYMBOL MAY UNLOCK
THE MYSTERIES OF
UNIVERSE.
```

## Connection to the ARG

So far, no further progress can be made based on the clues given here. Others have started to look for any hints or clues in the SMPLive Map Download (as it was hinted in the Commit book about SMPL node), but to no avail. However, it is clear that Warren (the author of the book) is aware that other people are also participating in the cross-dimensional search for the missing former Laramie Online employee.

*History, lore and theories* •
*Chip* •
 Southwest Octangula | Octangula Disc •
Vigenere totem of undying •
 Northeast Octangula | Nietzsche villager •
Tetrahedron book •
 Antarctic Wilderness Sundial | First Warren Book •
Red Herring Book •
Second Warren Book •
 Laramie Online Office | The Stella Countdown •
Sheridan Disc •
Laramie Online (company) •
Laramie Online Books •
BIGPRISM Computer •
BIGPRISM Archived Files •
Mariah Camrey •
 The Moon | The Moon Octangula •
**The Hidden Moon Base**

Big Bertha •
The Dragon Eggs •
 Wars
 Landmarks & Locations
The Outer Moon Cities •
The Moon Octangula •
**The Hidden Moon Base** •
The Enderman Farm