Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and processes for recovering opaque credentials in deception systems. A plaintext credential is received at a honeypot and a plaintext lookup table is accessed. It is determined that the plaintext credential does not exist in the plaintext lookup table and the plaintext credential is added to the plaintext lookup table and a protocol specific plaintext lookup table. An opaque credential is generated for the plaintext credential and the opaque credential is added to a protocol specific opaque lookup table.