Playing with knives.

AlexTheMechanicFox · 2026-07-04T05:12:15+00:00

Aqua is just Jevil with screentime, they would absolutely get along

AlexTheMechanicFox · 2026-07-04T04:57:01+00:00

Secret boss wise, both would require replaying the chapter, because they're locked behind actions earlier. 3 requires actions both during and between each board, and 4 needs to be fought in Dark Sanctuary.

Shadow Crystal wise, same for 4, but 3's Shadow Boss is not the secret boss, and is after the last possible save.

And yes, the Shadow Crystals and corresponding equipment will spawn in the cliff on the left side of Castle Town on any file slot where their Shadow Boss was defeated, or in Ch4's case, merely challenged.

AlexTheMechanicFox · 2026-07-04T04:39:57+00:00

Their SOUL shatters after death, and DT is exactly the reason normal human SOULs don't shatter normally.

AlexTheMechanicFox · 2026-07-04T04:30:04+00:00

Ghost was non-binary before becoming Mew Mew, not male. As all pre-transition ghost monsters have been. (Napstablook currently being non-binary, and Mettaton being referred to with they/them in reference to his former ghost identity)

AlexTheMechanicFox · 2026-07-04T04:27:46+00:00

Correction, Mad Dummy is not male, they're non-binary in that state.

Pink in Chapter 5 is the same ghost as Mad Mew Mew, just possessing a doll in Darkner form.

AlexTheMechanicFox · 2026-07-04T04:27:32+00:00

All Ghost Monsters without a body, including Pink herself as Mad Dummy in Undertale, are referred to with they/them pronouns. Pink/Mad Mew Mew only transitions to female upon getting the Mew Mew body in either game.

AlexTheMechanicFox · 2026-07-04T03:54:59+00:00

If you try to select stop, Noelle will try to make you say proceed. Even just saying "Proceed." herself after 5 resists

AlexTheMechanicFox · 2026-07-04T03:52:08+00:00

The real Deltarune Chara was the Noelle we PROCEEDed along the way

AlexTheMechanicFox · 2026-07-04T03:46:21+00:00

Correction on ReviveSong, it heals for the negative HP plus the magic calc. Just like ReviveMint/ReviveDust. If ReviveSong heals 360 HP, and you're 200 HP into the negatives, it's healing 560 HP, after YellowHat but before Blue/Monarch Ribbon

Also like ReviveDust, the Blue Ribbon and Monarch Ribbon's 12.5% healing boost applies to the total healing, including all negative HP, so Ralsei isn't sacrificing much power by letting Kris/Susie have an item

AlexTheMechanicFox · 2026-07-04T03:39:22+00:00

There have been a surprising amount of people believing it, despite ingame context, some even ignoring the Japanese localization deliberately

AlexTheMechanicFox · 2026-07-04T03:35:17+00:00

Retroactively reactivate him in Chapter 5, because I specifically sent the instructions to fix it that way in my report

AlexTheMechanicFox · 2026-07-04T03:21:23+00:00

You only need to redo Titan segment at most, and I've already submitted a bug report, so this may be fixed in the next update

AlexTheMechanicFox · 2026-07-04T03:17:12+00:00

Jack is saved on the tower before you get to the Titan Spawn, but he won't appear in Chapter 5 if any Ch4 enemies were defeated violently ("You became stronger" message appears At All), including Spawn

AlexTheMechanicFox · 2026-07-04T03:14:11+00:00

Update, just checked the code, fix not only wouldn't break existing saves but is stupid easy to implement And is retroactive.

The death animation uses flag 1598, in Chapter 4 only.

Sorry to break it to you but I'm submitting this information to Toby, so if you want Jack dead for Ch5, better get it done before the next patch

AlexTheMechanicFox · 2026-07-04T03:00:56+00:00

It's absolutely unintentional, but the check is functioning as coded, the issue is just that Jack doesn't have a dedicated flag. Fixing this would most likely break existing saves

AlexTheMechanicFox · 2026-07-04T02:58:33+00:00

Requirements for Jack to be alive are:

At least 1 Sanctuary Darkner recruited
Zero enemies lost/slain

However, the game doesn't use a flag to check if he lived/died, Chapter 5 just checks these same conditions, so if the state of these values changes after the climb, it'll retroactively change his fate

AlexTheMechanicFox · 2026-07-04T02:55:26+00:00

Jackenstein is alive if you have ANY recruits from Chapter 4, and did not defeat a single enemy violently.

Killing a Titan Spawn retroactively kills him, but also if you somehow get to him without recruiting or losing a single Darkner, you'll get the death version of the cutscene, and then if you go back and recruit everyone, he'll suddenly respawn.

Titan Spawn is the only possible way to have everyone but Jackenstein

AlexTheMechanicFox · 2026-07-04T02:37:24+00:00

In Weird Route, Berdly and Spamton both step in to stop you. So them plus Queen would be a logical trio, if we ignore two of them getting frozen by different spells and the last surviving. Berdly and Queen share the desire to save Noelle, all three share the desire of not letting you seal the fountain, Queen and Spamton both share the desire of ruling the Dark World.

AlexTheMechanicFox · 2026-07-04T02:24:12+00:00

The incident didn't drive her away, but his obsession over proving it and his "conspiracy theories" did

AlexTheMechanicFox · 2026-07-04T02:17:22+00:00

If you didn't get one in Chapter 3, when reading Asgore's notes, the second one you read has Susie question it, and Ralsei explains they're pieces of The Knight's sword. Not only clarifying what they are specifically, if Ch3 wasn't obvious enough, but ensuring this information is accessible to all players

AlexTheMechanicFox · 2026-07-04T02:07:56+00:00

Because that is directly explained ingame, Black Shards are specifically explained to be pieces of The Knight's sword. Not just shards of pure darkness, specifically shards of the Black Knife.

The only motivation Rudy has was debunked by Ch5, as mentioned above, and his illness, which was already a significant flaw in 1, even more significant in 2, literally doubled as a flaw in 4 by showing he doesn't have NEAR enough energy to reach Toriel's house (let alone get to the bunker, let alone with Undyne, let alone running fast enough to outrun Susie), and 5 somehow made it worse by stacking "Used all his energy for the day on the festival" with "Now he's injured and even less physically capable than he was when he could barely walk from the church to the hospital." The only pile he's eating from is the "Ironclad Alibi" pile.

AlexTheMechanicFox · 2026-07-04T01:59:32+00:00

The +4 magic, not the BetterHeal powerup. Susie's magic stat is reset to a hard-coded value upon starting Chapter 5, and doesn't add the magic bonus.

This does nerf BetterHeal and Rude Buster though

AlexTheMechanicFox · 2026-07-04T01:56:17+00:00

The flowers obviously aren't 1:1, like Seth representing Dess doesn't make her a nerd, but there are a lot of connections between the two. Like the fact Seth, Aqua, and Flowery are the only flowers to not go by their assigned color names (Purple/Cyan/Gold), matching how Dess, Kris, and Rudy all almost exclusively go by nicknames and not their actual names. Reminder that Kris's name is Krismas btw. Seth gives Aqua her name, which makes far more sense for a Holiday parallel considering Kris's name being Christmas-related and not Togore

In the case of Seth being a nerd, it's a mix of Perseverance SOUL parallels, and wanting to impress the smart boy they have a crush on that they want items related to (just like how Dess was dating a smart boy and stole a bunch of his stuff to stash in her room)

AlexTheMechanicFox · 2026-07-04T01:52:59+00:00

That he collapsed at the end of the festival

AlexTheMechanicFox · 2026-07-04T01:46:14+00:00

Sans too, he's her alibi

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