The Memo with Code is a file inFatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipsethat players will obtain upon opening the Engraved Box in Phase 3. While this file may seem incomprehensible at first glance, fans will need to make sense of it in order to solve the intercom puzzle in the Director’s Office and continue making progress. Alternatively, players can simply use this guide, which contains full details on the solution toFatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse’s Memo with Code puzzle.

Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse - Director’s Office Intercom Puzzle Solution

To solve the Memo with Code puzzle, players should begin by focusing on the file’s red text, which reads as follows: Twice seven days makes the new moon full, plus one is the key to the square as well. This text suggests that fans ofFatal Framegamesshould multiply seven by two and then add one, and indeed the number15plays a very important role in this puzzle.

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More specifically, each row of numbers that is displayed on the intercom in the Director’s Office adds up to 15, and the digits that players enter into the third row must make it so that all three columns also equal 15 when added. This means that the solution to the puzzle is276, and a notification will indicate that something has moved behind the bookcase as soon as it has been entered. When that occurs, fans ofsurvival horror gamesare free to interact with the relevant bookcase twice and proceed into the B2F Laboratory.

That said, players may want to spend some time tracking down collectibles within the Director’s Office before they leave it. Indeed,Director Haibara’s Notes (1)and someBlue Spirit Stonescan be found on the bookshelves in this room, and fans ofgames with female protagoniststhat are going for 100% completion should not miss them. There is also aHozuki Dollin a box on one of the bookshelf’s bottom shelves, which players should take a moment to photograph.

With respect to what players will find when they do ultimately move into the B2F Laboratory, it is home to aghost battle during which fans can secure an entry for the Ghost list. To get this entry, players must photograph thisFatal Framehostile ghostwhen it blooms, and indeed it is quite easy to miss. Fans can also pick up someBlue Spirit Stonesand theMoonlight Syndrome Research Filein this room before continuing down the stairs and completing Phase 3.

Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipseis available for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.