Reindeer Story - Endings Guide

Reindeer Story is filled with many secrets! Did you know there's 2 routes through the game and 9 different endings you can achieve across the game?!

In this guide the game's creator will explain how to achieve each ending of Reindeer Story. Because of the nature of achieving the routes and endings this won't be a spoiler free guide.

Introduction - List of Endings and Routes

Hi Deer Gamer! It's Azzie, the developer of Reindeer Story. This is a guide to obtaining the games endings! Though be aware there will be spoilers

When you've completed Reindeer Story once, on the title screen you can view the Records screen to view each of the endings you've achieved across all of your playthroughs (even after overwriting saves)


There are 9 separate endings to unlock. You can complete obtain all 9 endings in 3 full playthroughs of Reindeer Story from the Prologue to the end of Chapter 6! Or potentially two full playthroughs if you make separate save at the start of Chapter 4 of your first playthrough!

Reindeer Route

The Reindeer Route is the typical story the game follows just be progressing through the game normally. It has four endings which can be obtained a single playthrough start to finish.

They all depend on Lux's performance during the final battle with Jack Frost. After completing a save file you can select to continue and be brought back to Chapter 6 before the final boss which gives you the opportunity to get the rest without having to start a new playthrough.

• Heroes Victory
  
• Heroes Balance (Chill)
  
• Heroes Balance (Tiding)
  
• Starflake's Rebirth

Cursed Route

You can get into the Cursed Route of the story near the start of Chapter 4, whether you're in the Cursed or Reindeer Route is determined based on an optional quest in Sweet Street.

These three endings are special from the Reindeer Route endings in that after obtaining one of the endings selecting to Continue the save file will continue the Cursed Route from Chapter 4, and obtaining the Doom Loop again will let you continue that save file from Chapter 4 once again to obtain Doom Breaker!

• Cursed Christmas
  
• Doom Loop
  
• Doom Breaker

New Game Plus

Two endings can only be obtained in New Game+ the first is obtained from a boss battle only available in the Prologue during New Game+ and the second requires you to be playing the Reindeer Route.

• Christmas Comes Early!
  
• Too Late

Reindeer Route - Endings

The Reindeer Route is the typical route through the games. If you want to get all the endings in two playthroughs make sure to make a separate save at the start of Chapter 4.

All these occur during the final battle! During the final battle Jack Frost and Lux will have a beam struggle.

Once you've got one of the endings loading the save will place you outside Jack's Lair and re-doing the final battle will allow you to get the others.

Ending 1 - Getting 'Heroes Victory' Ending

Win descisively in the beam stuggle. The difficulty of the beam struggle is based on Lux's remaining HP. So make sure Lux is at full or near full HP and this will be easy.

In addition turning on Timed Hit Assist will allow you to just hold the action button rather than mash it.

You can tell you get this ending if the centre ball of the Beam Struggle is glowing yellow signalling a definitive victory.

Note: While this is Ending 1 in this guide, Reindeer Story doesn't necessarily have a canon ending.

Ending 2 - Getting 'Heroes Balance (Chill)' Ending

The Heroes balance occurs if Lux only marginally defeats Jack Frost, if the centre of the beam struggle glows green Lux will just above overpower Jack and you'll get this ending.

The spirits of Winter, Bitter Chill will appear as a result of Jack's inplanting into Lux during the battle and Good Tidings will appear. If you choose to inherit bitter chill you'll obtain this ending!

Ending 3 - Getting 'Heroes Balance (Tiding)' Ending

In the above situation if you listen to Good Tidings, you will obtain the Heroe's Balance, Tiding ending.

Ending 4 - Getting 'Starflake's Rebirth' Ending

During the Beam Struggle don't press any buttons, the powers of winter colliding for too long will make a star like being appear. If you remember the game's prologue section you'll have a good idea what this is!

His appearance marks the end of the battle, watch the scene and congrats you've got Starflake's Rebirth! Ending. You'll probably want to go back and defeat Jack Proper though :)

Cursed Route - Endings Guide - Part 1

So Reindeer Story has a branching storyline? Yeah it's the Cursed route! Unlike the Reindeer Route this have more specific conditions and it is possible to lock yourself out of it! So I'll go into more detail.

But I'll also summarise the events to keep it entertaining, and hey if you haven't played Reindeer Story maybe you'll enjoy this little tale.

Up to the cursed route, Lux, Robin and Wendigo have been adventuring through the land of Winters seeking out the 6 Grand Presents. With 3 of the 6 presents collected... the party come across a bustling city, Sweet Street.

How to get onto the Cursed Route

The most important step to getting onto the Cursed Route is that you do NOT progress through to the end of Cool Cool Crossroads! Its best to do all of the following before you head there.


At the start of Chapter 4 in Sweet Street you may have noticed a manhole, this is the Sweet Street Sewers.

If you go back to the Wishlist you can get a quest "Help the Sewer Lady" , take this quest and make your way through the Sweet Street Sewers!

At the bottom after a boss fight with Ikki, you can meet the Sewer Witch after discussion you get the Ghost Ring and a cryptic hint of where to find a soul!

Then you can go back to the Wishlist to "Wish for a Student" quest!
Then you need to get a soul! for Training, it's a pun (sorry :) )

So where have we seen a Train? Oh yeah the Toy town at the Model Town! Return back to the Model Town and you'll get the option to shrink down.

Toy Town

Walk through to railway tracks on the screen where the Mouserinks spoke to a crowd of mice back in Chapter 3, and back to the site of the train crash! You may have found an item prompt with the wrecked train, the Cherub here foreshadows the weird presence!


Use the Ghost Ring and...

The Soul Train attacks, seems it won't give up its soul so easily! It has very high defense so focus on moves that pierce defense, and also try to inflict the Slow Status on it!

Return to the Witch and when she presents Robin the opportunity to learn Falalala's Flame. To get onto the Cursed route you must say yes... you will now through Reindeer Story will take through a cursed path! Though Robin's she won't use the cursed spell like a Toy and it has the power to defeat Jack Frost!

Ending 5 - Getting the Cursed Christmas Ending

If you've done all of the above you can play through Cool Cool Crossroads and continue the games story until the ending...

Make sure to save the Completion file and see Part 2 of the Cursed Route for how to get the remaining endings in this route!

Why only Chapter 4?

The old witch wasn't lying about dying... return to the Sewer post Cool Cool Crossroads and huh? You'll find she has sadly passed away... There's only a narrow window of time where Robin was able to learn the spell.

(If you accept the "Wish for a Student" quest but don't complete it until after Cool Cool Crossroads there's a special scene if Lux, Robin and Wendigo are all in your party, the quest will complete but be aware you'll be on the Reindeer Route at that point)

Cursed Route - Endings Guide - Part 2

Ending 6 - Getting the Doom Loop Ending

After completing the game and saving a completion file look we've got the Purple Star... but look we're in Chapter 4? Not Chapter 6? And at Sweet Street? How odd? Was it all just a dream? It had to be... right?

Continue your way through the game and you find events transpire with a mysterious voice acting in some of the scenes...

Keep playing until the end of Chapter 6 you've now got the Doom Loop Ending! We're back to the title screen again but we aren't finished with this story! Lux is determined to help Robin, and so are we!

Ending 7 - Getting the Doom Breaker Ending

After completing the game, continue your file, but look oh we're in Chapter 4 yet again? This time with a Magenta Star Is this a dream? Lux and Wendigo seem to think so, but Robin knows it wasn't!

We're really in a bind, no matter what Robin does continuing on the quest will not save Christmas. Either the quest fails and Jack Frost enacts an Eternal Winter ending Christmas or Robin's curse will force her to destabilise Winter and then end back in Sweet Street to do it time and time again!

When all else fails it's best to seek advice from those wiser and more experienced! (Be aware this can only be done following Doom Loop!)

Sweet Street Sewers

Return to the Witch in the Sewers first!

She is perplexed by the situation... strange considering she should be cursed too.

Did someone else know the spell? Remember back in Chapter 2 when Frau Percha was confused and left herself open... Yeah, she was gonna cast Fala's Flames on the party (that wouldn't have been pretty!)

Autumn Arena

Frau Percha sheds a bit more light on the Fala's Flames but she doesn't have an answer for Robin.
However she does reference the Abominable Snowman... So let's head back to Mt. Fairesteppe.

Mt Fairesteppe

Go speak to Abominable and he's aware of Fala's Flame but is stumbled by his tragic inability to explain things!

The Adorable Snowoman can give advice, Somewhere comfortable to sleep and the Starry Orb..


Well Where's more comfortable than home?!

Vanilla Village

Return to Vanilla Village, Robin lives there! If you haven't unlocked it, travel through Cringlewood Creek!

In the dream world... Robin's mind... her inner demon Fala's Flame.

Defeating Fala

Fala is a Secret Power of Winter that feasts on the strength of powerful magic users and demons. Robin is a particularly talented mage... the time magic causing the Time Loop was Robin's own powers! If Robin attempts to harm Fala she will only empower him, he revels in it! But remember she's not alone in this fight!

In this fight Wendigo and Lux attack Fala while Robin provides support, support can make the difference! Skills like Energise or the Espresso item can be used by Robin to give your party an extra turn! Wendigo using Taunt or Lux using Spotlight on them can ensure they're attacked by Fala and can hit him with Z-moves.

Attack him enough times (but only with Lux and Wendigo!) and *poof* Fala is depowered... hey may be cute, but he cannot be defeated, only contained! Remember to use the Star Jar Melchior give you.
aim carefully, and you've sealed him, both in the dreams...

and yes... out of the dream! He is sealed!


The party can now continue their quest through the game and the party is closer than ever. In Cool Cool Crossroads despite Fala's temptations and Double's sabotage, and the stress of the Adventure. The party pulls together in a way not even seen in Reindeer Route...

They all decide to go to Pleasure Palace!

Pleasure Palace

An understanding can be expensive! The single ticket Lux had to Pleasure Palace now needs to be three...
but pay the steep price and the party can enjoy their stay at Pleasure Palace... after this series of events they deserve it right?

You do too, and if you're this far I do thank you for playing so much of the game!



Awww... but still the Starry Orb glows...


While Robin's troubles may be soothed, Lux once again enter's the world of dreams...

The series of events stretching chapters 4-6 will still play out somewhat differently with the party together and Fala sealed! To be clear this is still a different route to Reindeer Route at this point you'll earn the Doom Breaker when you complete the game.

There's a fair few changes in the run up to the ending in this route, so I'll leave the rest for you to discover, please enjoy the ending to Reindeer Story's Cursed route!

New Game+ Endings

There's two endings that can be gotten on New Game+ one in the Prologue and one in Chapter 6.

These are novelty endings in New Game+ so be aware they content of the endings aren't taken quite as seriously as the standard endings.

Accessing New Game+

To access New Game+ all you need is to complete the game and then select a save that has a Completion Star. This will start a New Game+ with that files data carrying across all your levels, items, and rescued angels.

The New Game+ playthrough can be saved in any slot afterwards, and starting a New Game+ will not overwrite save file unless you manually save over itself!

Ending 8 - Getting the 'Christmas Comes Early' Ending

At the start in Santa's Workshop... something different happens... in New Game+ your power is higher, Robin and Lux can now face Jack Frost in the workshop!

This is a very difficult battle, because you only have two party members! Beware that if you lose this battle you won't get a gameover or the chance to retry the battle, the games story will continue.

I'd recommend saving before the battle and if necessary turning down the difficulty. Make sure to have good healing skills and to equip baubles (such as Freeze Charms) or equipment (Such as Angel Ribbons) that protects against the Freeze Status.




Defeat Jack and you send him off in disgrace. His plan undone at the first step! You won, be proud! you've earned the Christmas Comes Early Ending!

Beating this ending gives you a hint for the next NG+ one...

Ending 9 - Getting the 'Too Late' Ending

To get this ending in New Game+ lose against Jack Frost in the prologue workshop battle. Then make sure to play on the game via the Reindeer Route, on New Game+ you'll find all the enemies and bosses have higher stats geared towards end game power and/or new attacks or strategies.

Brave you way through New Game+ challenges!


Then on Chapter 6 get to Jack Frosts Lair and... wait why is he outside? Why does he look so different?


Oh look at the time it's the 26th - 31st of the month... that's not good? As hard as you try you can't save Christmas on the 26th ;_;

"But what if it's not actually the 26th ;_;"

It's not? well then you can save Christmas...though we've already done that, we want the final ending right?

Don't worry! go to the screen before Jack's Lair and then press on your keyboard or controller:
down, down, left, right, left, right, [cancel button], [action button], [pause button]

• [cancel button] is default "X" on keybord and the bottom face button on a controller
  
• [action button] is default "Z" on keybord and the right face button on a controller
  
• [pause button] is default "ESC" on keybord and the pause/start on a controller

The menu should open and jingle will play and your game will be set to the 26th of December until you switch the game off. You can also repeat the code to revert the date back to the current date-month!

See the scene play and congrats you've got the "Too Late" Ending! If you've followed this guide sequentially that should be you 9th and final ending! Congrats! If you've unlocked all 9 you'll get an achievement!

Ending

Thanks for reading this guide, I hope it helps you obtain all of the endings in Reindeer Story or perhaps, inspires you to grab some you may be missing, or see if you can get onto the cursed route!

Thanks for Reading,

Azzie

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Take my points. This'll be a big help when I go for 100% completion. Just 1 Month to go before December and a yearly playthrough of the game.