[SPOILERS] Are there more than 3 endings?

[Fishytza]

So, I have finished the game with the conditions that Byron is mayor and Miranda is alive again and as far as I can tell I could choose 3 different endings: 1) "I want the truth" where 1k uses The Machine, 2) The Machine gets shut down but not destroyed and 3) The Machine is destroyed.

I'm wondering had I somehow ended up with someone else besides Byron being mayor, would I still have returned to the pyramid to save Athena?
Or what if I didn't resurrect Miranda?

If I start a fresh playthrough and pick different dialogue options would I always end up with the same 3 endings? 1) Use The Machine, 2) Shut it down, 3) Destroy it

[sussaro22]

Thats the 3 I did as well, so the save Miranda, save Athena also if you refuse to go on the mission there is a small hilarious ending, but I think there are more from what I have read here but it's all to do with the dialogue so may mean playing through again.

[MASTAN]

Additional ending: refuse to go to the expedition in the very beginning.

[Chika Ogiue]

There a three main endings:
Leap of Faith
Momentum Deferred
Certain Fathoms of the Earth

Details within those endings (visual and dialogue) will change depending on a few things. Such as saving Miranda or having a different mayor. But the basics of those endings will remain the same.

[skf_mikeweber]

There seem to be 3 main endings, depending on the final choice; each ending has a different 'Mayor reaction' scene depending on who is mayor in the end game, and some extra scenes with or without Miranda, depending on if you save her before going in to free Athena. In addition, there is one extra post credit scene with Trevor's grave if you find all 12 Trevor terminals and choose the optimistic ending.

And, yes, the 'joke' ending where you 'just say no' at the VTOL the first time with a quick credit scroll and a return to game.

[playful_tux]

Originally posted by MASTAN:

Additional ending: refuse to go to the expedition in the very beginning.

I'll have fries with my chicken, thanks.

[Liam Pope]

Originally posted by skf_mikeweber:

There seem to be 3 main endings, depending on the final choice; each ending has a different 'Mayor reaction' scene depending on who is mayor in the end game, and some extra scenes with or without Miranda, depending on if you save her before going in to free Athena. In addition, there is one extra post credit scene with Trevor's grave if you find all 12 Trevor terminals and choose the optimistic ending.

And, yes, the 'joke' ending where you 'just say no' at the VTOL the first time with a quick credit scroll and a return to game.

There's three post credits scenes - one for each main ending. And I think you get them regardless - don't need to trigger them e.g. collecting all Trevor's recordings to get his grave scene after the learn the truth ending.

[Chika Ogiue]

Originally posted by skf_mikeweber:

In addition, there is one extra post credit scene with Trevor's grave if you find all 12 Trevor terminals and choose the optimistic ending.

You don't need to listen to a single one of Trevor's audio logs to see this. It is ALWAYS a part of the Leap of Faith ending.

Momentum Deferred's end credit scene is one of the bots searching the Megastructure (I personally like to think it's Melville in there). Certain Fathoms of the Earth has the saddest one, Byron reaching for the stars he'll never touch.

[Fishytza]

Related to the endings, are Byron, Rand, and Hermanubis the only candidates to become mayor at the end?

[The Sojourner]

Originally posted by Fishytza:

Related to the endings, are Byron, Rand, and Hermanubis the only candidates to become mayor at the end?

I have the same question too. I also heard that it's possible to get Jeremy or no one elected, but i don't entirely know how. Kinda makes me wonder if someone's peeked into the game files (using whatever tools necessary...) to figure out the cause and effect of the dialog choices (e.g. on the social media posts).

[Klobby]

Kinda late but I compiled what I assume to be all possible cutscenes you can get in the ending sequence. There might be some missing but this is what I got on my 100% savefile.

Leap of faith: main cutscene (prometheus monologue, with or without miranda) + 1k scene with byron monologue (apparently there exists two variations of this scene: one with ghosts of humans and one without. No idea what determines it but I got the one with ghosts) + bonus scene with miranda and yaqut going out on a date, features melville commending pellegrino and a scene showing athena and cornelius in the new advanced society (both only play if miranda was saved) + post credits scene of athena bringing flower to trevor's grave.

Momentum deferred: main cutscene (sphinx monologue, with or without miranda) + scene with mayors arguing (byron, rand, hermanubis) + athena scene with 1k (cornelius and miranda are also present if she was saved) + post credits scene of a unknown human entering the disabled megastructure.

Certain fathoms in earth: main cutscene (pandora monologue, with or without miranda) + mayor speech scene (mayor is who was elected in act V, so either byron, rand or hermanubis (jeremy or no mayor elected might also have their own cutscenes but I haven't seen them anywhere) + scene of 1k kneeling down to a deer + bonus scene with yaqut and miranda (same as in leap of faith (miranda has to be alive), except this time pellegrino fails his task, scene with athena and cornelius in the current society also plays) + post credits scene of byron reaching for stars in the night sky.

There's also the joke ending that others had mentioned.

EDIT: Turns out the third scene (with athena) in the momentum deferred ending also has extra variant. The person who gives the monologue is dependant on what you said to neith after waking up in act V. If you say you will shutdown/destroy the machine, alcatraz will be the one speaking. Otherwise, athena is the one talking.

[Chika Ogiue]

Originally posted by Klobby:

Leap of faith: main cutscene (prometheus monologue, with or without miranda) + 1k scene with byron monologue (apparently there exists two variations of this scene: one with ghosts of humans and one without. No idea what determines it

Byron as mayor. If he isn't mayor, you don't get the purple ghosts.

[Tenrec772]

Originally posted by Chika Ogiue:

Originally posted by Klobby:

Leap of faith: main cutscene (prometheus monologue, with or without miranda) + 1k scene with byron monologue (apparently there exists two variations of this scene: one with ghosts of humans and one without. No idea what determines it

Byron as mayor. If he isn't mayor, you don't get the purple ghosts.

There's also one with and without grass, apparently? Don't know what triggers that.

[Chika Ogiue]

Originally posted by Tenrec772:

There's also one with and without grass, apparently? Don't know what triggers that.

I've just checked and endings are stitched together from pre-rendered videos. There is no video featuring a lack of grass. So there are only two versions of the Leap of Faith ending -- with or without purple ghosts. There is always grass. So I don't know how the idea of a no grass ending started, but probably just down to someone remembering wrong.

[Klobby]

Originally posted by Chika Ogiue:

Originally posted by Klobby:

Leap of faith: main cutscene (prometheus monologue, with or without miranda) + 1k scene with byron monologue (apparently there exists two variations of this scene: one with ghosts of humans and one without. No idea what determines it

Byron as mayor. If he isn't mayor, you don't get the purple ghosts.

Interesting, I assumed it was something to do with finding all the remnants. Good to know

[Chika Ogiue]

Originally posted by Klobby:

Originally posted by Chika Ogiue:

Byron as mayor. If he isn't mayor, you don't get the purple ghosts.

Interesting, I assumed it was something to do with finding all the remnants. Good to know

Yeah my first thought was a 100% save, then all stars, then all echoes. But nope, it was simply Byron as mayor. I extensively tested that out over 20+ playthroughs.

It's going slow, but I'm now trying to pin-down how to get each of the specific variations for the other endings, etc.