HELP NEEDED: MYSTERIES, SOLVED AND UNSOLVED

[Eren Hinger]

Hi there! I'm planning on putting together a rather large guide that will also serve as an updating archive of all the strange little secrets in this game I love so much. It would be a HUGE help if I could compose a list of all the secrets, easter eggs, and mysteries, both solved and unsolved, that this game has to offer. Everything that's already on the list will be in the first comment, which I will update accordingly as responses come in. This is a project I'm really passionate about because I love the ENA franchise and the community surrounding it, so anything you could provide would be extremely helpful! I'll also link the guide here once the walkthrough, achievement, and collectible sections are completed, and will update it accordingly. Thank you!!!

Edit: Oh my god so many responses so fast. You guys rule.

[katzrkool]

Originally posted by turantulaDOM:

ok... so something really odd I'm finding with this is that the right island symbol never changes (at least it hasn't changed for me thus far) but the left island does, and can have the SAME SYMBOL as the right island!

Mines usually the one on the bottom left corner but i think ive had it change once or twice

[turantulaDOM]

they COULD be base 10 numbers, given that there are 10 total symbols here

[turantulaDOM]

there are a lot of curves, straight edges, and dots between the symbols, so that could mean something

[Miyuki]

Originally posted by turantulaDOM:

Originally posted by Drewb:

For me its symbol 7 on the further island that never changes.

just to be clear, yours is the backwards dirty lowercase 'j'?

I also have this one never changing

[turantulaDOM]

they're also all different materials

[katzrkool]

what save file do yall usually use?

[turantulaDOM]

Originally posted by katzrkool:

what save file do yall usually use?

I've kinda been all over the place honestly

[katzrkool]

Originally posted by katzrkool:

Originally posted by turantulaDOM:

ok... so something really odd I'm finding with this is that the right island symbol never changes (at least it hasn't changed for me thus far) but the left island does, and can have the SAME SYMBOL as the right island!

Mines usually the one on the bottom left corner but i think ive had it change once or twice

I looked back at the recording and i definitely only got this symbol. I wonder if something triggers it to be different for people.

[Eren Hinger]

Originally posted by starwargs:

Bell guy tells us that the key to entering the bathroom to the genie, 2 is not enough, and that if we can hear 3 we can see it.

This is likely referencing the Purge Event. While getting eaten by the monster, you can hear a bell (like one you'd find in a bell tower, not a tiny jingling one) chime 3 times. Immediately after this you end up in the Core, where the Bathroom is located.

[Miyuki]

maybe i'm seeing this with a too simplistic approach but the symbols kinda looks like letters and numbers, with a LOT of imagination (a lot)
https://imgur.com/a/FBATJlo

[Eren Hinger]

Originally posted by Miyuki:

maybe i'm seeing this with a too simplistic approach but the symbols kinda looks like letters and numbers, with a LOT of imagination (a lot)

They could also be characters/runes/hieroglyphs from various cultures and/or time periods.

[Eren Hinger]

Originally posted by Jet Uppercut:

Then if you go from that building and run straight towards the forest of black trees where the tree man is wandering, the kill field disappears and you can walk straight towards a 2D version of froggy holding a datamatrice way at the back of the map.

I made a separate post for any current/future datamatrices, so I've included the out of bounds Froggy there and credited you. Thanks for letting me know about this!

[GrimReaper99599]

Not sure if it's been discovered already, but there are a bunch of fake walls inside the ship

[Drewb]

Originally posted by turantulaDOM:

Originally posted by Drewb:

For me its symbol 7 on the further island that never changes.

just to be clear, yours is the backwards dirty lowercase 'j'?

this is correct

[Drewb]

Originally posted by Eren Hinger:

Originally posted by Miyuki:

maybe i'm seeing this with a too simplistic approach but the symbols kinda looks like letters and numbers, with a LOT of imagination (a lot)

They could also be characters/runes/hieroglyphs from various cultures and/or time periods.

I have attempted to reverse image search every single one individually and got nothing. Maybe if I change the image to black and white then solidify the colors I'll get something more accurate considering the reverse search was more focused on the textures than the shapes.

oh i just realized the symbols in game appear flipped/mirrored than they do in the picture. maybe I should flip the image and search that?