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It took an embarrassing amount of time to understand why my own application of the hint was incorrect, especially as it fit with most of the in-game hints.

As extra clues:

Hint 1

Later hints may look like +10202010. Would your understanding work with that clue too?

Hint 2

Ever hear of a Caesar cipher?

Super Hint

There's two elements to this puzzle. The first is knowing which password is the correct one, which is covered at the first gate, but if it changes after a certain amount of steps there'd have to be a pattern?