20 HIDDEN Secrets In Deltarune

20 Hidden Secrets in Deltarune

Welcome to MojoPlays, and today we’re looking at some of our favorite Easter Eggs, secrets, and other hidden details found in the first five chapters of “Deltarune.”

Befriending Onion

In Chapter 1, by the lake in Kris and Susie’s hometown in the Light World, standing on the brown patch for a certain amount of time causes a giant octopus named Onion to emerge from the water. If you choose to be friends with the lonely creature, they will reappear in Chapter 2, though nothing will happen if you missed the initial encounter. Upon meeting a second time, Onion will tell Kris that they can hear music coming from beneath the lake at night, something they will investigate and report back on. However, Onion is absent from Chapters 3 and 4. In the latter, if you try to visit during the day, Susie will remark that they must be busy. And later, you’ll find a striped bird NPC, who tells you not to wait. At night, Susie can also hear music coming from the other side of the lake. Somewhat tragically, in Chapter 5, you can find this same bird NPC selling fried octopus balls, which Susie remarks tastes like raw onion.

Unlimited Cake

Another recurring element you can miss out on in Chapter 1 comes when Susie destroys the Top Chef’s cake. This adds the Broken Cake to your key items. Later, at a bake sale, a smith named Malius will humorously repair it, turning it into the Top Cake, which heals the whole party for 160 HP. But if you hold onto it, and backtrack to the Top Chef, he’ll be so overjoyed that he’ll give you the SpinCake. While this consumable starts as a low HP heal, 80 instead of 160 in Chapter 1, the Chef will appear in your Castle Town where you can get another one for free, after each time you use it. The amount it heals also increases with each chapter. Although the Chef doesn’t appear in Chapter 3, by the fifth, the SpinCake heals the whole party for 180 HP.

The Tiny Car

By playing the pacifist during battle, you can spare any enemy you come across. Spare a certain amount of each type, and they’ll appear next time you visit your Castle Town. But there are some recruitable characters that are easy to miss because you never actually fight them. One most probably miss comes in Chapter 2. While navigating Cyber City, players will eventually be put into a car with Queen, the chapter’s villain. During this section, red cars with legs known as Electro-Dashers will come barreling towards you from the other direction. You have to hit fewer than three of them. But you must also have already recruited Tasque Manager OR not recruited Tasque, Popup, or Maus yet. If done properly, a tiny Electro-Dasher will join the rest of the NPCs that populate your little village.

The Original Starwalker

Another easily missed recruitable NPC comes in Chapter 1, but plays a bigger role than the Electro-Dasher. In Chapter 1, you can find a path with a Starwalker Bird, which shoots at the party until you ring a bell to scare it off. If you then backtrack to the beginning of the path, you’ll find the Original Starwalker, who says the birds are pissing him off. He’ll appear again in the Card Castle towards the end of the chapter. But he’ll also start showing up during certain key moments in later chapters. If you didn’t backtrack to meet him, he will never, ever appear.

Not Suitable for Television

At the beginning of Chapter 3, we’re introduced to Mr. Tenna, who puts the party through various game show antics and mini-games. He starts by having you enter a name into your podium, with a limit of three characters. Different combinations get different reactions. KRI or KRS for Kris gets a normal reaction, while trying to put SUS for Susie or RAL for Ralsei causes him to remark about how things will get confusing. You can also input minor dirty words, like POO, PEE, or TIT, which will get you scolded by Tenna. If you try to go harder by entering a variation of the F word, it actually won’t let you go past FU…unless you edit the game’s files. Still, Toby Fox planned for this, coding a specific scene that flashes to a technical difficulties screen, before returning with your name changed to FUN.

Jockington’s Prophecy

At the heart of “Deltarune” lies a prophecy, about a group of adventurers tied to the fate of both the Light and Dark worlds. In Chapter 4, we see a lot of key elements of this prophecy depicted across stained glass windows. And while this is mostly treated as seriously as it should be, one image depicts Jockington, a popular snake classmate of Kris and Susie’s, growing a beard. Many probably laughed it off as a silly gag. But in Chapter 5, released a year later, you can find Jockington during the opening festival, where he sprouts a beard before our eyes. Yes, it is a goofy scene. But it also serves as a sign that the rest of the prophecy will soon come to pass.

The Actual Easter Eggs

Within each chapter, you can find areas hidden between other sections in the Dark World. Here, Kris will find a lone tree. Behind each one is a mysterious man, who we have yet to get a glimpse of. If you answer his questions properly, he’ll give Kris an egg. In Chapters 1 and 2, these hidden areas only have a small chance of appearing, requiring you to backtrack multiple times until they do. In Chapters 3 and 4, they require multiple steps to reach them, and so can naturally be missed if you don’t know what you’re doing. Interestingly, their purpose is a mystery. The eggs found in Chapters 1 and 2 can be placed in the Light World, in Asgore’s fridge and the egg basket in Sans’ store respectively. Those found in Chapters 3 and 4 appear in the school during the latter. And the egg found in Chapter 5 is the final one, and their true purpose will likely be explored in a future chapter.

Eating Moss

In Chapter 1, after Kris and Ralsei are imprisoned in Card Castle, you can find a patch of moss in the cell. Interacting with it comes with the line “Even the moss drinks water.” This is a reference to “Illusion of Gaia” on the Super Nintendo. While locked in a cell, the protagonist is told the very same line by a guard. But this was a mistranslation from the Japanese version; the line is meant to be “Suck moss if you want water.” Furthermore, Kris can eat the moss, which refills their health and starts a running joke across all chapters. Ralsei will place decorative moss inside Kris’ room found in your Castle Town in Chapter 2, and you can eat more moss in Cyber City. You’ll find more inside one of Mr. Tenna’s video games in Chapter 3, and sacred moss to eat in Chapter 4, at the end of a long hallway inside the 2nd Sanctuary. Doing all of this causes a moss trophy to appear in Kris’ Castle Town room in Chapter 5. And finally, you’ll find some more moss to eat inside a different jail cell in Flower Castle.

Alphys’ Review

A ton of “Undertale” characters reappear in “Deltarune,” often with different roles but similar personalities. It can be fun to spot the slight differences in them, such as one obscure fact about Alphys, Kris’ teacher. Much like her counterpart in “Undertale,” she is a massive anime fan. At the library, you can read a review of a movie called “Mew Mew Kissy Cutie 2,” left by ‘The Anonymous Yellow Lizard,’ clearly Alphys. The review gushes about how good it is, calling it much better than the first. Funnily enough, in “Undertale,” one of the many status updates you receive from Alphys is of a review of the same movie, but much more negative, even claiming that if anyone thinks it’s better than the first, it must be a joke.

The Skeleton and the Robot

While there are a lot of “Undertale” characters in “Deltarune,” there are also a few who have yet to appear. Notably, Papyrus and Mettaton. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t hints towards them. Papyrus’ brother, Sans, lives in Kris’ Hometown and mentions having a lonely younger sibling who just moved there in Chapter 1. Knocking on their door, you can hear the distant trousle of bones, a nod towards Papyrus’ theme song, “Bonetrousle.” There are more references to him in later chapters, with Sans mentioning we probably won’t meet him until Kris’ brother, Asriel, returns from college. As far as Mettaton is concerned, the glamorous robot can at least be spoken to, if not seen. You can find his “Undertale” house in the Light World and speak to him through the door.

Muting Ralsei

Ralsei is usually pretty calm and carefree, despite the dire circumstances of the main plot in “Deltarune.” But that starts to slip when we’re introduced to Flowery in Chapter 5. The villain humorously comes with a LOT of voice clips, although players are told they can turn those off in the Config menu. Later, when the party comes across a puzzle they can’t solve, Flowery appears again. And Ralsei, distinctly disliking the character, reminds Kris they can turn his voice lines off. Flowery then mentions to Kris not to “turn Ralsei’s off in the thingy.” Sure enough, after this dialogue, you can go into the Config menu, and there will be an On/Off option for Ralsei. Switching it off makes Ralsei incapable of speaking, which causes the next couple of scenes to play out differently.

The Annoying Dog

Similar to “Undertale,” players may periodically come across a small, white dog that solely exists to troll you. It’s long been known that this is a stand in for creator Toby Fox. He can appear in your stats menu, with the stat labeled as ‘Dog.’ While trying to find the hidden Egg in Chapter 2, the dog will run you over as a scripted death. He appears if you manage to beat an optional mini-game in Chapter 3, destroying the statue you’ve been trying to protect. In Chapter 4, he races you up a climbable wall, only to be completely disinterested in the prize at the top. And in Chapter 5, he appears in the puzzle room before you can collect the final Egg. These are just some of the best appearances, but that’s hardly all of them.

The Gacha Machine

Instead of letting you spend money in Chapter 3, players use points gained through Tenna’s various minigames. One of the places you can spend these points is a room with a giant gacha ball machine. There are some pretty good consumables to earn, as well as joke items like our old pal Lancer, and the Annoying Dog, which gets you one Dog Dollar, an item whose value decreases with each chapter. Thanks, Toby. But the most interesting thing to do with this machine comes when you enter 1,225 points. This takes Kris to a secret room, with a smaller machine. Interacting with it gets you a small, dark triangle that Kris drops and is unable to find again, before they’re transported back to the normal room, with the regular gacha machine now gone. The amount of points and item are references to December, or Dess, older sister to Noelle, Kris’ childhood friend. Noelle and her family are holiday-themed reindeer, with 1225 being Christmas Day, and with the small triangle being a guitar pick, which she played. Her death, or disappearance, has been alluded to throughout all chapters, with the exact circumstances still a mystery.

The Hidden Big Shot

Chapter 2’s secret boss, Spamton, is quite the interesting character. But he doesn’t just appear in Chapter 2. He makes a small cameo in Chapter 3, though only inside a hidden area and only if you have a proper item equipped. During the section where the party is being hunted by Tenna, you come across a maze of TV screens, kept in groups that require passing quick quizzes to progress. Interacting with the single green screen leads to Tenna’s secret wardrobe, which holds a pipis, an earlier enemy, that he treats like his child. Only if you have the Dealmaker or the Puppet Scarf equipped, two items linked to Spamton, will the former boss make a cameo in a rather comical scene.

The Creator’s Hands

Toby Fox is a pianist, but has spoken openly about chronic pain in his hands, and how it has affected both his ability to play piano as well as program his games. Interestingly, Kris, the protagonist of “Deltarune,” is also a pianist, but is very clearly frustrated with the player being in control of their body and how it affects their ability to play. In Chapter 4, during a lengthy segment in Noelle’s house, Kris removes the player, or the SOUL, from their body. During this section, you can travel through the vents and witness a few important story scenes. You can also head into the kitchen, where you’ll hear them playing music across different chapters. While Fox has enlisted several composers to help, we can presume this is him playing. Since these versions don’t appear on the soundtracks, it’s also a nice touch to Kris’ characterization; these songs are only for them.

The Physics of Quicksand

In Tenna’s first “Zelda”-like mini-game in Chapter 3, Susie will eventually get the Power Croissant item. This is a reference to “Undertale,” an item sold at Muffet’s bakery. And THAT is a reference to the Power Bracelet from the “Zelda” series, which does indeed look like a croissant and lets Link pick up heavier objects. But it goes much deeper in “Deltarune.” Susie will begin picking up nearby pots and tossing them in excitement, before picking up Ralsei and throwing him into the nearby water. However, if you drank from the healing fountain a total of eight times, the water will have been drained from this oasis, and Susie will instead throw Ralsei into quicksand. Tenna will say something about the class paying attention to the physics of quicksand, while Ralsei asks, “Won’t someone please help me?” This is in reference to an old tweet from Toby Fox in 2014, pre-“Undertale,” where a college professor placed Sakuya from “Scarlet Devil Mansion” in quicksand during a lecture, accompanied by the same question asked by Ralsei.

The Colorful Flowers

This may be something that a lot of “Undertale” players picked up on, but it’s really cool nonetheless. During Chapter 5 of “Deltarune,” players meet Darkner versions of flowers kept in Asgore’s shop, now humanoid and with different personalities. The color of each flower, and the items each Darkner version uses, are references to the children that died before “Undertale” takes place. They were each killed and had their souls taken by that game’s version of Asgore, in an attempt to free his people. Since you can also find the items linked to them at various points, you can assume how far they made it before being killed. For example, Aqua from “Deltarune” wears a ribbon and fights with a knife, two items found very early on in “Undertale,” signifying that she died early on. Yellow, on the other hand, wears a cowboy hat and uses a gun, two items found late in “Undertale,” signaling he made it pretty far.

Organ Songs

At a certain point in Chapter 4, the party will need to obtain sheet music for Kris to play on an organ so that they can make it further into the Sanctuary. However, because you can change the organ’s octave, you can also play multiple songs from “Undertale” and “Deltarune.” Each one will prompt a reaction from Susie and Ralsei. Noelle’s theme, “Lost Girl,” which Susie enjoys and wonders if she could learn it on guitar, is a nod to their budding romance. Toriel’s boss theme from “Undertale” is called emotional by Ralsei, while Susie says Kris should play it for their mom, since she hasn’t heard them play in a while. You can even play Flowery’s theme from Chapter 5, which Susie thinks sounds annoying, much like the character. However, the funniest option is “Megalovania,” Sans’ boss theme from “Undertale,” which became a meme. After the opening four notes, the Annoying White Dog crashes into Kris, ending the performance.

Spamton’s Backstory

Piecing together Spamton’s backstory is one of the more enjoyable, optional things to do in “Deltarune.” A lot of it can only be learned after you’ve already defeated him in the basement of Queen’s castle during Chapter 2. After doing so, players must backtrack all the way back to his shop, where they’ll now find all the various Addisons that used to be his friends, which each give a piece of tantalizing information about his rise in fame, and his quick fall. His backstory is explored even further in Chapter 3, but only in another hidden section in which Tenna details their partnership. Despite his comical dialogue, Spamton is a somewhat tragic figure, the full nature of which is lost on players that don’t dig into “Deltarune’s” nooks and crannies.

A Hint of Gaster

W.D. Gaster is the most enigmatic character in the “Undertale” lore. Known as the royal scientist before Alphys, he never appears. However, references to him, even followers of his, do appear, but only very rarely and depending on a random number known as the ‘fun value,’ which varies between different save files. In “Deltarune,” players have picked up on small nods to Gaster, hinting at his nefarious nature and possible inclusion in later chapters. Mostly, a sound effect linked to him in “Undertale” is heard whenever Kris tries to use their cell phone while in the Dark World. Many players believe him to be responsible for Spamton’s rise and downfall in Chapter 2. And one of Gaster’s followers in “Undertale” is the Striped Bird NPC we mentioned at the start of the video, who might have killed the friendly Onion for investigating the lake mysteries too closely.

Those are just some of our favorite hidden details and Easter Eggs we’ve spotted, but there are obviously a ton more. Let us know what some of your favorites are in the comments, and we’ll see you next time!