This first set of missions will focus on the basics of TBW and get you acquainted with the game and its requirements such as needing to be able to google and think outside the box.

This section contains 3 missions, each with multiple parts.

This guide is meant to be used as a resource and will contain hints in order to help you solve the missions, but it will not contain the actual answers.

If at any time you feel like you need more help please go to either the discussion board or the Discord channel[discord.gg] and there will be fellow agents happy to help you.

The missions and parts are the following:

1. Basic Training
   
   • Hidden Meaning
     
   • Look Closer
2. Training Ground
   
   • Voice in the Ether
     
   • Orders from HQ
3. Advanced Preparation
   
   • Merchant Missing

This is the first mission in the TBW Series. In this mission you will be given 2 simple tasks to introduce you to how TBW works as a game and what it expects of you.

• Hint 1 – There seems to be something hidden in the text.
  
• Hint 2 – Several Letters in the Image have been underlined.
  
• Hint 3 – Could they be hiding a message?

• Hint 1 – Hawaii seems like a nice place.
  
• Hint 2 – This one is Plainly Visible.
  
• Hint 3 – That’s not a normal stamp.

This is the second mission in the TBW Series. In this mission you will be given 2 simple tasks to introduce you to some of the ciphers and codes you might encounter in TBW.

• Hint 1 - The string of numbers seems to implicate a code.
  
• Hint 2 - I wonder if the decoding method is on one of the given links.
  
• Hint 3 - Which method uses only numbers?

• Hint 1 - These letters seem jumbled on purpose.
  
• Hint 2 - Maybe it can be decoded using one of the methods on the site.
  
• Hint 3 - Which method uses only letters?

This is the third mission in the TBW Series. In this mission you will need to apply what you have learned thus far to the given puzzle to solve the case of a missing antique dealer.

• Hint 1 - The Antique Dealer was searching online for an item on auction.
  
• Hint 2 - Who originally owned the item on auction?
  
• Hint 3 - Remember that you are looking for a culprit.
  
• Hint 4 - Remember, this mission is the usage of the skills you learned in the first two missions. Do any of the photos have something that would be like the first two missions?