How to find Beam’s messages to Mr. Hill. Solve Step 1 first. Use its answer to decode Step 2. Use Step 2’s answer to crack Step 3. The final answer will give you the password to Beam’s message trail.

Step 1 — The Banner with a Bite

“They reject the dusty old label and rally under a sharper banner.
It wears a hyphen and ends in a lone i.
Name their banner.”

Step 2 — Follow the Letter that Doubles

From your Step-1 answer, take the letter that appears twice in a row.
Let that letter be your compass: hunt in the story for a place that begins with it—
the far-off partner the Team chooses. Name that place.

Step 3 — The key is in the code

From your Step-2 place name, take its middle three letters. They spell the obstacle Bean and Chi must pass. Beyond that shimmering guard, one singular object is found. Name the object.