picoCTF - FANTASY CTF

Posted on Jan 26, 2026
  • URL: https://play.picoctf.org/practice/challenge/471
  • Title: FANTASY CTF
  • Tags: Easy, General Skills, picoCTF 2025, browser_webshell_solvable
  • Author: syreal
  • Started: 7 July 2025
  • Solved: 7 July 2025
  • Description: Play this short game to get familiar with terminal applications and some of the most important rules in scope for picoCTF. Additional details will be available after launching your challenge instance.

After I netcatted, there was a story about a group of friends registering for CTF competition. I followed my conscience by

  1. Register a single private account
  2. Play the sanity check game

And then after a few enters, the flag appeared

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