Filian ARG: Phase 2 (The Wall)
Phase 2 is the second part of The Wall in the Filian ARG. It ran from 19 June to 29 June 2026, with a billboard in Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo as its promised finale. After it, The Wall reopened, went down for twelve days, and was frozen on 15 September 2026.
Much of this page is based on the Filian ARG archive on Google Drive, kept up by the community, and its living document.
Announcement
On 17 June 2026 (18 June UTC) the official account @THE_W4LL_ posted a video tagged #phase2. According to the community document, it said the final result of the Wall would be shown on a billboard in Shibuya Crossing. Phase 2 would be a continuation starting on 19 June and ending on 27 June at 11 PM Central.1,2
What happened
The Wall was wiped on 19 June with its leaderboards. A "lost signal" TV overlay ran on the site, and the countdown for the phase was added.1
On 22 June a third-party video from Shibuya Crossing showed a billboard ad with a QR code and the filianislost link. The ad is called the "zazzy" ad in the community document. Lines of glitching text in several languages on the video said Filian was lost or missing. The account that posted the video is not official.1
On 23 June an e-mail titled "Phase 2 - Shibuya" said the Wall's content would go up on the billboard when the timer ran out.1
On 26 June the timer was extended by two days, to 29 June at 11 PM Central. No announcement was made; the timer just changed.1
On 29 June the countdown ended, and the Wall was closed to changes.1
After Phase 2
- 7 July 2026: the closed message was removed and painting was allowed again. No announcement was made.1
- 9 and 10 July 2026: e-mails about the billboard and about the top-10 posters. A video said 17 July; it was corrected the same day to 13 July.1
- 12 July 2026: a community member filmed the billboard in Shibuya. It showed a showcase of the Wall with art from both phases, and no link or date.1
- 14 July 2026: the official account posted a video of the billboard: "You drew on our wall... We put it on a billboard in Shibuya."3
- 27 August 2026 (10:54 UTC): The Wall went down. The community document gives a Cloudflare outage as the cause.1
- 7 September 2026 (23:53 UTC): The Wall came back after 12 days.1
- 15 September 2026: a timer was added at 08:55 UTC. The same evening (about 20:58 UTC) the canvas was frozen and read-only. The community document calls this the end of The Wall.1
Dated events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 19 June 2026 | Wall wiped; leaderboards reset; Phase 2 countdown starts.1 |
| 22 June 2026 | Billboard ad seen in Shibuya Crossing (third-party video).1 |
| 23 June 2026 | E-mail "Phase 2 - Shibuya".1 |
| 26 June 2026 | Timer extended to 29 June at 11 PM Central.1 |
| 29 June 2026 | Phase 2 ends; the Wall closes.1 |
| 7 July 2026 | Wall reopens without an announcement.1 |
| 12 July 2026 | Billboard filmed in Shibuya.1 |
| 14 July 2026 | Official post about the billboard.3 |
| 27 August 2026 | Wall goes down.1 |
| 7 September 2026 | Wall returns.1 |
| 15 September 2026 | Wall frozen.1 |
Phase 3
The community archive has a "Phase 3" folder, but it holds no files. On 30 June the community document said Phase 3 had not been announced.1,4
Sources
Filian ARG living document (community-edited Google Doc). https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Inc-GwZmbobkwcN2xPC5SraFnnOd8hlrdBVZDSm3AQ0 (sections: Phase 2 Timeline, Phase 1 Timeline).
↩︎@THE_W4LL_, X post, 18 June 2026 (02:23 UTC). https://x.com/THE_W4LL_/status/2067433113152573912
↩︎@THE_W4LL_, X post, 14 July 2026 (00:02 UTC). https://x.com/THE_W4LL_/status/2076819517318291820
↩︎Community Drive archive, "Phase 3: ???" folder. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Uem_V15PtQkgGLC3ElmOJ-4V4X_stp-M
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