Cast_Away Writeup

solved by : chronocruz.exe

• We are provided with Minecraft world data.
• Extract the files and now we need a tool called the NBT Explorer which can be used to read Minecraft’s proprietary Named Binary Tag (NBT) file format.
• Now the description says three players ran off with the flag.

• So the flag must be split between the three players.

• Opening the first file in playerdata folder we get

• Further expanding and studying the tree we find

• The value of EnderItems > tag > display > Name seems to be the end part of a flag. Note this value down.

• Repeating the process for the next playerdata file

• This time we find a flag like string in Inventory > tag > pages

• For the third playerdata however :

  • There was no relevant information directly visible in the data.
  • Looking at the coordinates of the player we find

• Using the Search > Chunk Finder function

• We input X and Z coordinates but I was unable to find the exact chunk/block values.

• Moving onto a second tool called Universal Minecraft Editor which a wonderful tool available for free at https://www.universalminecrafteditor.com/

• We load the minecraft world data into this tool and using the chunk locator input X and Z coordinates

• We see there is a sign post within the chunk we located.
• Opening this chunk reveals the in-game objects within this region and their attributes

• We clearly see the value of Text2 looks like the beginning of our string
• Concatenating the three parts we get the full string that is our flag

WPI{zaQa4ttIyNo}