Short answer
At the Office/train entrance, place the telescope beside the sleeping company founder/figure with the wrench and read the resulting number. Call it through the Jobs app, translate the Morse message, then stand below the left stairs beside the vending machine for a full minute. Enter the opened route and apply each displayed symbol rule literally until the secret concludes.
When to do it: After reaching maximum productivity and obtaining the Core Key, but before resolving the AI. This preserves both normal boss options and the Ending C secret.
What you need: Telescope, train-entrance access, the observed phone number, Jobs app, Morse clue, sixty uninterrupted seconds at the hidden trigger, and the displayed logic rules.
Missable or risky: Yes. Complete the secret before finishing the Office. The timer also resets if Mellow leaves the exact waiting spot too soon.
Confirmed details
The telescope placement for this secret is not the Timesville shed. It is at the Office entrance/train platform beside the founder/sleeping mass and wrench, where the observation yields a callable number.
The Morse instruction leads to the space below the stairs on the left side of the vending machine. Remaining in that position for about one minute opens the hidden route.
The early logic rules are literal: '$4' requires four dollar symbols; '* > ^' converts asterisks to arrows; and a filled-circle percent followed by '> !' changes all matching percent marks into exclamation marks.
Later panels use swaps and adjacency: '$↔! | ! > %' swaps dollar/exclamation before conversion; '#! + #^ > #% ' moves the symbols left of ! and beside ^ to the left of %; the sideways eye panel requires turning the screen/view; '^5' asks for the missing element indicated by the room.
This page separates documented requirements from route advice. Names, achievement conditions, platform details, and item counts are checked against the linked Steam records; navigation is cross-checked against recorded gameplay. If an update changes a room, prompt, or trigger, use the verification note below before assuming the save is broken.
Step-by-step solution
Step 1 — Before resolving the Office boss, return to the train entrance, use the telescope at the founder/wrench position, and write down the complete number shown.
Step 2 — Open the Jobs application at the Office workstation and call that number. Record the Morse sequence exactly, including spaces between letters or words.
Step 3 — Follow the decoded instruction to the area below the left staircase beside the vending machine. Stand still there for sixty full seconds and wait for the hidden entrance response.
Step 4 — In each secret room, read the rule left to right and transform only the symbols it names. Complete the four-dollar, star-to-arrow, percent-to-exclamation, swap/conversion, and adjacency panels in order.
Step 5 — For the rotated-eye instruction, turn the screen or view as the notation suggests and inspect the eye. Finish the missing-element panel, allow the secret ending scene to return, and then resume the normal Office route.
Common failures and softlock risks
Using the Timesville telescope spot will not produce the Office phone number. The founder/train entrance is a separate placement.
Wait the entire minute without walking away, opening inventory, or shifting to the vending machine interaction. An early move silently resets the trigger.
Completing the Office secret does not unlock Short Circuit. That achievement requires using a filled water cup on the outlet near the AI box on the ordinary boss route.
Recovery rule: stop before crossing another chapter boundary. Confirm the current objective, cycle every usable inventory item, and retry the interaction from a clean room entry. If the trigger still fails, close the game before restoring a known-good save; copying or replacing live save files while the game is open can overwrite the recovery state.
Version and verification
The telescope position, Jobs call, Morse waiting spot, and symbol rules were checked against the all-endings Steam guide and the Office video segment beginning around 02:29.
Last verified: July 31, 2026, against the launch PC build, Steam achievement records, linked Steam Community guides, and recorded full-game footage. Endacopia can vary some puzzle clues between runs, so follow the clue in your own save when this page explains a method instead of a fixed answer.
Frequently asked questions
Where exactly do I wait for the Office Morse secret?
Stand below the stairs on the left side of the vending machine and remain there for roughly one full minute.
Does the Office secret unlock Short Circuit?
No. For Short Circuit, refill the transparent cup and use the water on the outlet near the AI box after the normal conversation.
