Is it possible for hacking all three codes to be impossible?

[cool skill]

I don't get how the port puzzle game works. I kept trying over and over to get all three correct. But keep failing. Is it just not possible by default (without specials) for some of them to complete all three? Because I have been approaching it as if getting all three was possible as long as you do the codes correct. This is one of the most enjoyable puzzles I've seen as long as the point is to get all three.

[EricHVela]

Possible? Depending on the level of the access point, yes, but even the earliest ones will be difficult without putting some points into buffing up the hacking queue.

[Mei]

It's possible to get codes that are impossible, yes. Probably a bug and not intentional.

[Willow Rivers]

It is possible depending on your cyberdeck(how much buffer you have), the level of the access point (low level are easier) and how the numbers are generated.

I aim for the bottom 2 for netrunner and if I get the 3rd one it is a bonus, the top one is just eddies.

[Ultraviper]

yeah it's possible. I use a phone app to solve them for me. I have 8 buffer slots unlocked and sometimes it can only unlock 2 of the codes. or maybe the app is just stupid lol

[Bjørn]

I think all of them are solvable, at least with the perk that reduces the numbers by 1 per row.

I usually look them over first, doing them in my head without selecting anything until I see the entire solution. If it looks too complicated at first, I exit the device (panel, antenna or whatever) and go back in, then you get new numbers. Very often the new numbers are much easier (or that might just be my imagination or some digital placebo effect).

I love doing these, as they're one of the few (if not the only) things in the game where you get to give your IQ a little workout


Come to think of it, one or 2 of those shards you find during certain missions seem pretty impossible to solve completely, and you just have to pick the row(s) needed for the mission. Not 100% sure, though.

[wendigo211]

It's rare, but yeah, I had one where I needed a E9 followed by a 55, there was only 1 E9 on the grid and no 55 in the same column or row.

[failsafe]

With the codes if i see an easy one i just go for that first if i can get either of the others then all good if not like like it really matters if you don't get all 3

[Nar!]

Are you talking about the breach protocol panels?

If so, remember that you can re-roll the daemons (number/letters) by un-jacking from the panel (or vending machines, etc) and re-jacking in.
Sometimes you will get a bad set that may make it extremely difficult or even impossible to successfully solve all 3 tiers.

Rarely happens for me now, since I have a broader set of buffers ready to go, but there may still be times where I see a high improbability of success, so I simply disconnect from the panel and reconnect again to re-roll the daemons.

You can only do this if you didn't solve a line yet, btw.
If you've already solved a line before getting stuck, then you'll have to take the fail along with whatever you've already successfully solved.

I used to hate doing these things because I had absolutely no idea what I was supposed to do. lol But I finally caught on and now pretty much solve them all without a problem.
Good luck!

[Will]

Originally posted by Mei:

It's possible to get codes that are impossible, yes. Probably a bug and not intentional.

yeah just try it again you dont get locked out anyways, it gets very easy with int perks

[Tokenn]

There's a very basic Intelligence Perk that shortens the hacking strings...it's very helpful. But it is usually possible to get all three lines, after you get a Tier 2+ cyberdeck with 6 buffer slots.

If you run into a panel that gives an 'impossible' set of strings to hack, you can ESC out of it and try again...the game will reroll the strings.

[Entoarox]

It is possible to get all 3 if you are sufficiently geared and specced for a given access point.
But you can still get unlucky and have a bad RNG, generally I exit out and try a second time, even if that costs me some solving time.

[lordclipsus]

I hack every access point I find, and with the perk that shortens the string and 8 slots on the buffer I have never found a puzzle in which I couldn't complete all strings

[Grumphy_Bear]

yup, not all hacks can be solved all 3, might be a bug, might not be.

[Phynrae]

When you first start the game, and you have a buffer of only 4 blocks or so, i do think it's impossible to get all 3 codes on some of them (or atleast close to it, i won't claim to be great at this minigame).

This changes drastically as you upgrade your deck, and buy better ones. And of course, there are Int perks that help a lot aswell.

[Capdaddy]

Bear in mind, not every selection you make has to be part of a sequence. Sometimes you gotta take a dud or two land you in the better position. That might be at the start, might be in the middle.

And as others have said, putting points into Intelligence helps a lot to give you that leeway.