Free Steam Red Herring badge + 100 XP (Steam Holiday Sale 2015)

MiniMoo on 01/01/2016 - 23:28
Last edited 03/01/2016 - 12:06

I think this will expire at the end of the Holiday Sale 2015, i.e. 4/1/2016 PST. Do this as soon as you can.

EDIT: SPOILERS! (if you're trying to solve the ARG yourself)

Get the "hidden" Steam badge, Red Herring, and 100 XP by completing the following steps:

  1. Open Steam in your web browser: http://store.steampowered.com/
  2. Log in to your Steam account.
  3. Turn off Adblock Plus or any other ad blockers.
  4. Open the store page for Ikaruga: http://store.steampowered.com/app/253750
  5. Type in the Steam search box: search
  6. Press Enter
  7. A text box appears. Type: 1v7531
  8. Click OK.
  9. The page will refresh and you'll see your new badge.

If the page doesn't refresh then try again but at Step 7 try typing in the code, don't copy/paste from here.

It seems that some people are having issues with it working on Firefox. Try another browser. Others reporting works in Google Chrome.

Don't forget that increasing your Steam XP increases your booster pack drop rate.

Source: How to get the Red Herring Steam Badge (Holiday Sale 2015 ARG)

Background
Valve is running a hidden mystery game in the form of an ARG (alternate reality game) in conjunction with the Holiday Sale 2015. The clues are in the pages on the comic. Some very smart people in the /r/steamsaledetectives reddit have found and solved all the puzzles.

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Comments

  • dylanando on 02/01/2016 - 00:05

    im lost at step 4

    • sjp1808 on 02/01/2016 - 00:12
      +1

      when you're on that page go to the steam search bar and plug in 'search'

      • MiniMoo on 02/01/2016 - 00:23

        That works too. Updated steps. :)

        @dylanando,
        I mean, just start typing when you get to that page.

        • dylanando on 02/01/2016 - 00:28

          Now i seee, Forgot password. Couldnt be bothered now lol. Almost though!

  • MiniMoo on 02/01/2016 - 00:27
    +3

    So who's been able to get the badge?

    • djkizz on 02/01/2016 - 01:00
      +1

      I did. Followed the instructions and it was easy as.

      Proof: http://steamcommunity.com/id/djkizza/badges/24

      • MiniMoo on 02/01/2016 - 02:31
        +1

        Good job. Now go do 7 more tasks in your Community Ambassador badge to level it up to Lvl 3 and +500XP. :)

    • Vortex99 on 03/01/2016 - 00:30
      +1

      Confirm it works.. And used iPad!

  • Domingo on 02/01/2016 - 01:58
    +1

    Worked, thanks OP

  • maybe a bot on 02/01/2016 - 02:44
    +1

    Thanks OP. This is some spooky stuff Valve have got going on here

  • Ghosteye on 02/01/2016 - 05:34

    nope, not working for me, comes up with a page that tells me results of 'search'

    • MiniMoo on 02/01/2016 - 06:30

      Make sure you're logged in to your Steam account, and ad-blockers are disabled. If still no go then instead of typing in the Search box, just type "search" when you reach that page (i.e. you won't see the text as you type) and then press Enter key.

    • indium on 02/01/2016 - 08:54
      +1

      Same thing with firefox but worked in chrome

      • MiniMoo on 02/01/2016 - 09:16
        +1

        Worked in Firefox for me.

        • Ghosteye on 02/01/2016 - 13:36

          Yeah I installed chrome and it worked, didn't for firefox even though ad blocker was disabled, I even got the window to type in the code…it just didn't link me to the badge page

  • kaiden on 02/01/2016 - 08:51
    +2

    Hi, This did not work for me when using Firefox v39, however it did when using Google Chrome v47.0 (Up to date)

    • MiniMoo on 02/01/2016 - 09:15
      +2

      Update your Firefox, if only for the security fixes! Currently v43.0.3.

  • scrimshaw on 02/01/2016 - 10:40
    +1

    This doesn't work if you have Adblock installed, make sure it's not running when attempting.

    Also the full list of clues that have been discovered is here

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l1Ojpyu2NAw8oLk0Hqmm91sg…

    • MiniMoo on 02/01/2016 - 11:33

      I already noted that at step 3: Turn off any ad blockers.

      I'll edit it to mention Adblock, just to be sure.

  • ajh on 02/01/2016 - 10:57
    +1

    Thanks op!

  • Empharand on 02/01/2016 - 13:58
    +1

    Thanks OP.
    Only worked with Google Chrome, tried a few times with the latest Firefox + Adblock disabled (Everywhere).

    • MiniMoo on 02/01/2016 - 22:42

      It seems quite a lot of you are having issues with Firefox. (Just tried again and still worked. Weird.) I'll update OP about this.

  • Vlaka on 02/01/2016 - 15:40

    never turning off adblocker…especially for some gimmicky steam stuff.

    • indium on 02/01/2016 - 16:27
      +1

      Your time must be precious

    • MiniMoo on 02/01/2016 - 22:37
      +1

      You must really hate all the ads for games they keep serving up. ;)

      Seriously, Steam doesn't have any ads on their site, Vlaka. But each to their own.

  • GhostZero on 02/01/2016 - 17:31
    +3

    +1 Op, those redditors must have a scary amount of free time to work all this out.

  • [Deactivated] on 02/01/2016 - 18:00
    +1

    never realized I was level 9.

    • MiniMoo on 03/01/2016 - 02:51

      Quickly get to level 10 to increase your booster pack drop rate. If you haven't already done them, the Pillar of Community/Community Ambassador/Community Leader tasks will get you there.

      • [Deactivated] on 03/01/2016 - 09:54

        I have no idea what language you are speaking.

        • MiniMoo on 03/01/2016 - 12:18
          +1

          Hahaha! :)

          In the Steam client, go in to your Badges page. There will be a badge called either Pillar of the Community or Community Ambassador or Community Leader, depending upon how many tasks you have performed. Click on that badge. You will see there's a list of tasks to perform. Do them to complete/level up that badge and gain some pretty easy XP. From memory you need only a max of 100XP to level up from 9 to 10. Completing the lowest level of that badge will give you 100XP.

  • [Deactivated] on 03/01/2016 - 11:44
    +1

    Not sure if this is the reason why it wasn't working for me but when I copied and pasted 1v7531 it didn't work (and I didn't copy any spaces) but when I typed it manually it did.

    • MiniMoo on 03/01/2016 - 12:07

      Thanks, updated OP.

  • Angrytoosh on 03/01/2016 - 15:40
    +1

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlB1eI-qBKQ

    Here is a video tutorial that i made if anyone needs help :)

    • MiniMoo on 03/01/2016 - 18:02

      Turn your mic up. Apart from that, "I'm lovin' it". ;)

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