Bomb Defusal Manual

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Welcome to the dangerous and challenging world of bomb defusing.

Study this manual carefully; you are the expert. In these pages you will find everything you need to know to defuse even the most insidious of bombs.
And remember — One small oversight and it could all be over!

Defusing Bombs

A bomb will explode when its countdown timer reaches 0:00 or when too many strikes have been recorded. The only way to defuse a bomb is to disarm all of its modules before its countdown timer expires.

Example Bomb

Front

Side

Modules

Each bomb will include up to 11 modules that must be disarmed. Each module is discrete and can be disarmed in any order.

Instructions for disarming modules can be found in Section 1. "Needy" modules present a special case and are described in Section 2.

Strikes

Strike Indicator

When the Defuser makes a mistake, the bomb will record a strike which will be displayed on the indicator above the countdown timer. Bombs with a strike indicator will explode upon the third strike. The timer will begin to count down faster after a strike has been recorded.

If no strike indicator is present above the countdown timer, the bomb will explode upon the first strike, leaving no room for error.

Gathering Information

Some disarming instructions will require specific information about the bomb, such as the serial number. This type of information can typically be found on the top, bottom, or sides of the bomb casing. See Appendix A, B, and C for identification instructions that will be useful in disarming certain modules.

Section 1 : Modules

Modules can be identified by an LED in the top right corner. When this LED is lit green, the module has been disarmed.

All modules must be disarmed to defuse the bomb.

On the Subject of Wires

Wires are the lifeblood of electronics! Wait, no, electricity is the lifeblood. Wires are more like the arteries. The veins? No matter…

A wire module can have 3-6 wires on it.
Only 1 correct wire needs to be cut to disarm the module.
Wire ordering begins with the first on the top.

3

no red	cut 2nd wire
exactly: blue blue red	cut 2nd wire
otherwise	cut 3rd wire

4

≥ 2 red & SN odd	cut last red wire
last yellow & no red	cut 1st wire
1 blue	cut 1st wire
≥ 2 yellow	cut 4th wire
otherwise	cut 2nd wire

5

last black & SN odd	cut 4th wire
1 red & ≥ 2 yellow	cut 1st wire
no black	cut 2nd wire
otherwise	cut 1st wire

6

no yellow & SN odd	cut 3rd wire
1 yellow & ≥ 2 white	cut 4th wire
no red	cut 6th wire
otherwise	cut 4th wire

On the Subject of The Button

You might think that a button telling you to press it is pretty straightforward. That’s the kind of thinking that gets people exploded.

Follow these rules in the order they are listed. Perform the first action that applies:

The button is red and says Hold: tap it
The bomb has 2+ Batteries and the button says Detonate: tap it
The button is blue and says Abort: hold it
The bomb has a lit CAR and the button is white: hold it
The bomb has 3+ Batteries and a lit FRK: tap it
Otherwise: hold it

		Detonate	Hold	Abort	Press
Button Colour is:	White	≥2Batt=Tap	Steps4,5,6	Steps4,5,6	Steps4,5,6
	Red	≥2Batt=Tap	Tap	Steps 5,6	Steps 5,6
	Blue	≥2Batt=Tap	Steps 5,6	Hold	Steps 5,6
	Yellow	≥2Batt=Tap	Steps 5,6	Steps 5,6	Steps 5,6

Releasing a Held Button

If you start holding the button down, a coloured strip will light up on the right side of the module. Based on its colour, you must release the button when the countdown timer has the following digit in any position:

Blue = 4
Yellow = 5
Otherwise = 1

On the Subject of Keypads

I'm not sure what these symbols are, but I suspect they have something to do with occult.

Only one column below has all four of the symbols from the keypad.
Press the four buttons in the order their symbols appear from top to bottom within that column.
Unique symbols are marked.

On the Subject of Simon Says

This is like one of those toys you played with as a kid where you have to match the pattern that appears, except this one is a knockoff that was probably purchased at a dollar store.

One of the four coloured buttons will flash.
Using the correct table below, press the button with the corresponding colour.
The original button will flash, followed by another. Repeat this sequence in order using the colour mapping.
The sequence will lengthen by one each time you correctly enter a sequence until the module is disarmed. (Length 3-5)

If the serial number contains a vowel:

		Red Flash	Blue Flash	Green Flash	Yellow Flash
Button to press:	No Strikes	Blue	Red	Yellow	Green
	1 Strike	Yellow	Green	Blue	Red
	2 Strikes	Green	Red	Yellow	Blue

If the serial number does not contain a vowel:

		Red Flash	Blue Flash	Green Flash	Yellow Flash
Button to press:	No Strikes	Blue	Yellow	Green	Red
	1 Strike	Red	Blue	Yellow	Green
	2 Strikes	Yellow	Green	Blue	Red

On the Subject of Who’s on First

This contraption is like something out of a sketch comedy routine, which might be funny if it wasn't connected to a bomb. I’ll keep this brief, as words only complicate matters.

Read the display & use step 1 to see which label to read.
Using this label, use step 2 to see which button to push.
Repeat until the module has been disarmed.
Marked words require little confirmation on how to spell them if understood correctly.

Step 1 - Read

Step 2 - Push the first one present

	B L
BLANK	M R
C	T R
CEE	B R
DISPLAY	B R
FIRST	T R
HOLD ON	B R
LEAD	B R
LED	M L
LEED	B L
NO	B R
NOTHING	M L
OKAY	T R
READ	M R
RED	M R
REED	B L
SAYS	B R
SEE	B R
THEIR	M R
THERE	B R
THEY ARE	M L
THEY’RE	B L
UR	T L
YES	M L
YOU	M R
YOU ARE	B R
YOU’RE	M R
YOUR	M R

BLANK	WAIT, RIGHT, OKAY, MIDDLE, BLANK
DONE	SURE, UH HUH, NEXT, WHAT?, YOUR, UR, YOU’RE, HOLD, LIKE, YOU, U, YOU ARE, UH UH, DONE
FIRST	LEFT, OKAY, YES, MIDDLE, NO, RIGHT, NOTHING, UHHH, WAIT, READY, BLANK, WHAT, PRESS, FIRST
HOLD	YOU ARE, U, DONE, UH UH, YOU, UR, SURE, WHAT?, YOU’RE, NEXT, HOLD
LEFT	RIGHT, LEFT
LIKE	YOU’RE, NEXT, U, UR, HOLD, DONE, UH UH, WHAT?, UH HUH, YOU, LIKE
MIDDLE	BLANK, READY, OKAY, WHAT, NOTHING, PRESS, NO, WAIT, LEFT, MIDDLE
NEXT	WHAT?, UH HUH, UH UH, YOUR, HOLD, SURE, NEXT
NO	BLANK, UHHH, WAIT, FIRST, WHAT, READY, RIGHT, YES, NOTHING, LEFT, PRESS, OKAY, NO
NOTHING	UHHH, RIGHT, OKAY, MIDDLE, YES, BLANK, NO, PRESS, LEFT, WHAT, WAIT, FIRST, NOTHING
OKAY	MIDDLE, NO, FIRST, YES, UHHH, NOTHING, WAIT, OKAY
PRESS	RIGHT, MIDDLE, YES, READY, PRESS
READY	YES, OKAY, WHAT, MIDDLE, LEFT, PRESS, RIGHT, BLANK, READY
RIGHT	YES, NOTHING, READY, PRESS, NO, WAIT, WHAT, RIGHT
SURE	YOU ARE, DONE, LIKE, YOU’RE, YOU, HOLD, UH HUH, UR, SURE
U	UH HUH, SURE, NEXT, WHAT?, YOU’RE, UR, UH UH, DONE, U
UH HUH	UH HUH
UH UH	UR, U, YOU ARE, YOU’RE, NEXT, UH UH
UHHH	READY, NOTHING, LEFT, WHAT, OKAY, YES, RIGHT, NO, PRESS, BLANK, UHHH
UR	DONE, U, UR
WAIT	UHHH, NO, BLANK, OKAY, YES, LEFT, FIRST, PRESS, WHAT, WAIT
WHAT	UHHH, WHAT
WHAT?	YOU, HOLD, YOU’RE, YOUR, U, DONE, UH UH, LIKE, YOU ARE, UH HUH, UR, NEXT, WHAT?
YES	OKAY, RIGHT, UHHH, MIDDLE, FIRST, WHAT, PRESS, READY, NOTHING, YES
YOU ARE	YOUR, NEXT, LIKE, UH HUH, WHAT?, DONE, UH UH, HOLD, YOU, U, YOU’RE, SURE, UR, YOU ARE
YOU	SURE, YOU ARE, YOUR, YOU’RE, NEXT, UH HUH, UR, HOLD, WHAT?, YOU
YOUR	UH UH, YOU ARE, UH HUH, YOUR
YOU’RE	YOU, YOU’RE

On the Subject of Memory

Memory is a fragile thing but so is everything else when a bomb goes off, so pay attention!

Press the correct button to progress the module to the next stage. Complete all stages to disarm the module.
Make sure you take note of the positions & labels of all pressed buttons.
Pressing an incorrect button will cause a strike & reset the module back to stage 1.
Button positions are ordered from left to right.

Stage 1

1 ⇒ position 2
2 ⇒ position 2
3 ⇒ position 3
4 ⇒ position 4

Stage 2

1 ⇒ label 4
2 ⇒ stage 1 position
3 ⇒ position 1
4 ⇒ stage 1 position

Stage 3

1 ⇒ stage 2 label
2 ⇒ stage 1 label
3 ⇒ position 3
4 ⇒ label 4

Stage 4

1 ⇒ stage 1 position
2 ⇒ position 1
3 ⇒ stage 2 position
4 ⇒ stage 2 position

Stage 5

1 ⇒ stage 1 label
2 ⇒ stage 2 label
3 ⇒ stage 4 label
4 ⇒ stage 3 label

Grid

Stage	Position				Label
Stage 1	2		3	4	1	2	3	4
Stage 2	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4
Stage 3	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4
Stage 4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4

On the Subject of Morse Code

An antiquated form of naval communication? What next? At least it's genuine Morse Code, so pay attention and you might just learn something.

Interpret the signal from the flashing light using the Morse Code chart to spell one of the words in the table.
The signal will loop, with a long gap between repeats.
Once the word is identified, set the corresponding frequency and press the transmit (TX) button.
A short flash represents a dot. A long flash represents a dash. There is a long gap between letters. There is a very long gap before the word repeats.
Gray morse letters don't need to be memorised.
Orange morse letters don't need to be memorised if interpreted optimally.
Marked letters in the frequency table indicate the only required letters from the start to identify the word.

Letter	Morse
a	.-
b	-...
c	-.-.
d	-..
e	.
f	..-.
g	--.
h	....
i	..
j	.---
k	-.-
l	.-..
m	--
n	-.
o	---
p	.--.
q	--.-
r	.-.

Letter	Morse
s	...
t	-
u	..-
v	...-
w	.--
x	.--.
y	-.--
z	--..
0	-----
1	.----
2	..---
3	...--
4	....-
5	.....
6	-....
7	--...
8	---..
9	----.

If the word is:	Respond at frequency:	Right arrow presses:
shell	3.505 MHz	0
halls	3.515 MHz	1
slick	3.522 MHz	2
trick	3.532 MHz	3
boxes	3.535 MHz	4
leaks	3.542 MHz	5
strobe	3.545 MHz	6
bistro	3.552 MHz	7
flick	3.555 MHz	8
bombs	3.565 MHz	9
break	3.572 MHz	10
brick	3.575 MHz	11
steak	3.582 MHz	12
sting	3.592 MHz	13
vector	3.595 MHz	14
beats	3.600 MHz	15

On the Subject of Complicated Wires

These wires aren't like the others. Some have stripes! That makes them completely different. The good news is that we've found a concise set of instructions on what to do about it! Maybe too concise...

Note that if a multicoloured wire is part-white, consider it to only have its other colour. (Example : White-Red = Red)

Follow these rules in the order they are listed. If a rule applies, cut the wire.

Alternatively, use the table below to decide whether or not to cut the wire.

The wire is white and its LED is off.
The wire is red, has a star and its LED is off.
The last digit of the serial number is even, the wire's LED is off and it has no star.
The last digit of the serial number is even, the wire is red-blue and its LED is on and it has no star.
The bomb has 2+ Batteries, the wire is red and its LED is on.
The bomb has 2+ Batteries, the wire is white and its LED is on and it has a star.
The bomb has a parallel port, the wire is blue and its LED is on.
The bomb has a parallel port, the wire is red-blue, has a star and its LED is off.
Otherwise, don't cut the wire.

		None	LED	Star	Both
Wire Colour is:	White	Cut	Don't	Cut	≥ 2 Batt
	Red	SN Even	≥ 2 Batt	Cut	≥ 2 Batt
	Blue	SN Even	Parallel	Don't	Parallel
	Both	SN Even	SN Even	Parallel	Don't

On the Subject of Wire Sequences

It's hard to say how this mechanism works. The engineering is pretty impressive, but there must have been an easier way to manage nine wires.

Within this module there are several panels with wires on them, but only one panel is visible at a time. Switch to the next panel by using the down button and the previous panel by using the up button.
Do not switch to the next panel until you are sure that you have cut all necessary wires on the current panel.
Cut the wires as directed by the following table. Wire occurrences are cumulative over all panels within the module.

Red Wire Occurrences
Wire Occurrence	Cut if connected to:
1st red occurrence	C
2nd red occurrence	B
3rd red occurrence	A
4th red occurrence	A or C
5th red occurrence	B
6th red occurrence	A or C
7th red occurrence	Any
8th red occurrence	A or B
9th red occurrence	B

Blue Wire Occurrences
Wire Occurrence	Cut if connected to:
1st blue occurrence	B
2nd blue occurrence	A or C
3rd blue occurrence	B
4th blue occurrence	A
5th blue occurrence	B
6th blue occurrence	B or C
7th blue occurrence	C
8th blue occurrence	A or C
9th blue occurrence	A

Black Wire Occurrences
Wire Occurrence	Cut if connected to:
1st black occurrence	Any
2nd black occurrence	A or C
3rd black occurrence	B
4th black occurrence	A or C
5th black occurrence	B
6th black occurrence	B or C
7th black occurrence	A or B
8th black occurrence	C
9th black occurrence	C

On the Subject of Mazes

This seems to be some kind of maze, probably stolen off of a restaurant placemat.

Find the maze with matching circular markings.
The defuser must navigate the white light to the red triangle using the arrow buttons.
Warning: Do not cross the lines shown in the maze. These lines are invisible on the bomb.
Naming each maze may help you memorise it. Here are some examples :
Conversation, ???, ???, Alley, Elephant, Gully, Polar Express, The Big L, ???

On the Subject of Passwords

Fortunately this password doesn't seem to meet standard government security requirements: 22 characters, mixed case, numbers in random order without any palindromes above length 3.

The buttons above and below each letter will cycle through the 6 possibilities for that position.
Only one combination of the available letters will match a password below.
Press the submit button once the correct word has been set.
The following letters are never used in the respective slots :
Any : J,Q,X,Z
1 : D,I,J,K,M,Q,U,V,X,Y,Z
2 : C,D,J,K,N,Q,S,U,W,X,Y,Z
3 : B,C,D,F,M,N,J,K,P,Q,S,W,X,Y,Z
4 : B,F,J,K,M,P,Q,V,W,X,Y,Z
5 : B,C,F,I,J,M,O,P,Q,S,U,V,X,Z

A	about	after	again
B	below
C	could
E	every
F	first	found
G	great
H	house
L	large	learn
N	never
O	other
P	place	plant	point
R	right
S	small	sound	spell	still	study
TH	their	there	these	thing	think	three
W	water	where	which	world	would	write

Section 2 : Needy Modules

Needy modules cannot be disarmed, but pose a recurrent hazard.

Needy modules can be identified as a module with a small 2‑digit timer in the top center. Interacting with the bomb may cause them to become activated. Once activated, these needy modules must be tended to regularly before their timer expires in order to prevent a strike.

Stay observant: needy modules may reactivate at any time.

On the Subject of Venting Gas

Computer hacking is hard work! Well, it usually is. This job could probably be performed by a simple drinking bird pressing the same key over and over again.

Respond to the computer prompts by pressing "Y" for "Yes" or "N" for "No".
Failure to respond correctly or within 40 seconds will cause a strike.
Respond to "VENT GAS?" with "Y" for "Yes".
Respond to "DETONATE?" with "N" for "No".

On the Subject of Capacitor Discharge

I'm going to guess that this is just meant to occupy your attention, because otherwise this is some shoddy electronics work.

If left unchecked, this capacitor will cause a strike after 45 seconds.
Discharge the capacitor before it overloads by holding down the lever to increase the timer.

On the Subject of Knobs

Needlessly complicated and endlessly needy. Imagine if such expertise were used to make something other than diabolical puzzles.

The knob can be turned to one of four different positions.
The knob must be in the correct position when this module's timer (40 seconds) hits zero.
The correct position can be determined by the on/off configuration of the twelve LEDs.
Knob positions are relative to the "UP" label, which may have rotated.
The rotation offsets are shown here in this order : UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT

LED Configurations

Up Position (UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT) :

		X		X	X
X	X	X	X		X

X		X		X
	X	X		X	X

Down Position (DOWN, UP, RIGHT, LEFT) :

	X	X			X
X	X	X	X		X

X		X		X
	X				X

Left Position (LEFT, RIGHT, DOWN, UP) :

				X
X			X	X	X

				X
			X	X

Right Position (RIGHT, LEFT, UP, DOWN) :

X		X	X	X	X
X	X	X		X

X		X	X
X	X	X		X

X = Lit LED

Appendix A : Indicator Identification Reference

Labelled indicator lights can be found on the sides of the bomb casing.

Indicators	NATO
BOB	Bob
CAR	Car
CLR	C L R
FRK	F R Kilo
FRQ	F R Quebec
IND	I N D
MSA	Mike S A
NSA	November S A
SIG	Sig
SND	S N D
TRN	T R N

Appendix B : Battery Identification Reference

Common battery types can be found within enclosures on the sides of the bomb casing.

Battery	Type
	AA
	D

Appendix C : Port Identification Reference

Digital and analog ports can be found on sides of the bomb casing.

Port	Name
	DVI-D
	Parallel
	PS/2
	RJ-45
	Serial
	Stereo RCA

Appendix K : Keypad Symbol Reference

"I'm not sure what these symbols are." Well now you do.

Symbol:	Name:	Origin:
	Copyright sign	Symbol used to indicate that a work is protected by exclusive rights to its use and distribution.
	Black star	Simply a filled-in star. Not used as a letter in any writing system.
	White star	Simply a hollow star. Not used as a letter in any writing system.
	Arabic letter Teh with ring	Letter used in the Arabic alphabet, with an old/discontinued diacritic.
	Cyrillic capital letter Zhe with descender	Letter derived from Zhe (Ж) used in the Dungan, Kalmyk, Tatar and Turkmen variants of the Cyrillic alphabet.
	Greek capital letter Omega	Letter used in the Greek alphabet, both modern and ancient.
	Cyrillic capital letter iotified Big Yus	Letter used in early forms of the Cyrillic alphabet.
	Cyrillic capital letter Omega with Titlo	Letter used in early forms of the Cyrillic alphabet, with an old diacritic.
	Coptic symbol Kai	Symbol used to represent “and” in the discontinued Coptic writing system. Similar in use to modern & (ampersand).
	Coptic small letter gangia	A letter from the Coptic alphabet, a discontinued writing system now only used in liturgy.
	Cyrillic small letter Be	Letter widely used in almost all variants of the Cyrillic alphabet.

Symbol:	Name:	Origin:
	Greek letter archaic Koppa	Letter that was used in early forms of the Greek alphabet. Now replaced by kappa (Κ).
	Cyrillic capital letter Little Yus	Letter that was used in early forms of the Cyrillic alphabet. Now replaced by Ya (Я).
	Latin small letter AE	Ligature of A and E, originating from Latin script. Used in modern languages, including French and Icelandic.
	Cyrillic capital letter Komi Dzje	Letter used exclusively in the Komi variant of the Cyrillic alphabet.
	Cyrillic capital letter E with diaeresis	Letter used in early forms of the Cyrillic alphabet. Now replaced by E (Э).
	Combining Cyrillic hundred thousands sign	Used in the (discontinued) Cyrillic counting system, written around another character to multiply its value by 100,000.
	Cyrillic capital letter short I with tail	Letter used exclusively in the Kildin Sami language. Variant of short I (Й).
	Cyrillic capital letter Ksi	Letter used in early versions of the Cyrillic alphabet. There is no modern equivalent.
	Inverted question mark	Used exclusively in the Spanish language to begin a question.
	Pilcrow sign	Symbol formerly used to separate paragraphs in articles or essays. Today used by word processing software to mark paragraphs in a way that won’t be printed.
	Greek capital dotted lunate Sigma symbol	Symbol used in ancient Greek writing to make editorial corrections.

Symbol:	Name:	Origin:
	Greek capital reversed dotted lunate Sigma symbol	Symbol used in ancient Greek writing to make editorial corrections.
	Greek capital letter Psi	Letter used in the Greek alphabet, both modern and ancient.
	Cyrillic capital letter Big Yus	Letter that was used in early forms of the Cyrillic alphabet.
	Cyrillic capital letter Abkhasian Ha	Letter used exclusively in the Abkhazian variant of the Cyrillic alphabet.
	Cyrillic thousands sign	Used in the (discontinued) Cyrillic counting system to represent one thousand.
	Greek small letter Koppa	Letter that was used in early forms of the Greek alphabet. Now replaced by kappa (Κ).
	Greek small letter Zeta	The lower-case letter Zeta (ζ) in the Greek alphabet, both modern and ancient.
	Latin small letter Lambda with stroke	Letter used in Americanist phonetic notation, derived from Greek lambda (λ) and used to represent the voiceless alveolar lateral affricate (t͡ɬ).
	Cyrillic capital letter Yat	Letter used in early versions of the Cyrillic alphabet. In Russian now supplanted by Myagkiy Znak (Ь).

Appendix N : NATO Phonetic Alphabet Reference

Character	Telephony
A	Alpha
B	Bravo
C	Charlie
D	Delta
E	Echo
F	Foxtrot
G	Golf
H	Hotel
I	India
J	Juliet
K	Kilo
L	Lima
M	Mike
N	November
O	Oscar
P	Papa
Q	Quebec
R	Romeo
S	Sierra
T	Tango
U	Uniform
V	Victor
W	Whiskey
X	X-Ray
Y	Yankee
Z	Zulu