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Easter eggs and other secrets found in the [[Horizon|SYS$HORIZON]] arena. | [[Easter Eggs|Easter eggs]] and other secrets found in the [[Horizon|SYS$HORIZON]] arena. | ||
== Cornell Box == | == Cornell Box == | ||
One of the rooms on Horizon is modeled after a [[wikipedia:Cornell_Box|Cornell Box]], which are used to test realistic 3D rendering. | One of the rooms on Horizon is modeled after a [[wikipedia:Cornell_Box|Cornell Box]], which are used to test realistic 3D rendering. | ||
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==Dolphins== | ==Dolphins== | ||
Added in Season 2, the dolphins | Added in [[Season 2]], the dolphins were one of the three Easter eggs required to activate [[Level Three: THE HUNT|Level Three]] of [[THE FINALS Easter Egg Hunt]]. They can be activated by 7 players standing on tiles marked with letters on the sunset variant of Horizon. | ||
On April | On April 4, 2024, Embark Studios CCO Rob Runesson first hinted at the dolphins by telling hunters "don’t forget to watch the sunset…". The next day, the activation page for Level Three was released. Alongside two other Easter eggs, it featured a dolphin made of voxels associated the 2.0.0 update, which suggested the Season 2 arena Horizon. | ||
On April | On April 7, hunters frösty, R.Cade and RockhoundBlack noticed letters on some tiles in the arena's sunset variant. Hunter CEO_Reuben found that collectively these spelled "cetacea", the infraorder to which dolphins belong. Soon afterwards, hunters tried standing on each tile simultaneously, while looking towards the sunset, which triggered three dolphins to emerge from the water in front of the sunset. Once activated, the dolphins continue swimming in circles and porpoise out of the water until the round ends. | ||
In May, Rob revealed that a unique dolphin charm could also be unlocked in some way. It | ===Dolphin Charm=== | ||
In May, Rob revealed that a unique dolphin charm could also be unlocked in some way, and told hunters: "play the game... what would a dolphin do...". It originally required activation in a public match as opposed to private, although this was later changed. | |||
At some point on September 4, 2024, an unknown group of players either knowingly or unknowingly activated the dolphin charm Easter egg. The code to redeem the charm could then be revealed by activating the regular dolphin Easter egg. Afterwards, Rob revealed that activating the charm would've required 7 players using specific [[Loadout|loadouts]] under specific conditions, and eye'd a message suggesting that each loadout item would've needed to correspond to a letter in "cetacea". | |||
{{Quote|It's insane if 7 people actually triggered this and accidentally did this the right way without knowing... well then I will have to admit... "There ARE coincidences in this world"|source=Rob}} | |||
{{Quote|We spent days to set this up... 7 people need to trigger the dolphins on sys horizon in a very specific loadout and condition...|source=Rob}} | |||
<gallery mode="nolines" class="scroll-gallery" widths="424" heights="256"> | <gallery mode="nolines" class="scroll-gallery" widths="424" heights="256"> | ||
File:200_D.png|Dolphin on the level 3 activation page | File:200_D.png|Dolphin on the level 3 activation page | ||
Revision as of 23:17, 14 November 2024
Easter eggs and other secrets found in the SYS$HORIZON arena.
Cornell Box
One of the rooms on Horizon is modeled after a Cornell Box, which are used to test realistic 3D rendering.
Dolphins
Added in Season 2, the dolphins were one of the three Easter eggs required to activate Level Three of THE FINALS Easter Egg Hunt. They can be activated by 7 players standing on tiles marked with letters on the sunset variant of Horizon.
On April 4, 2024, Embark Studios CCO Rob Runesson first hinted at the dolphins by telling hunters "don’t forget to watch the sunset…". The next day, the activation page for Level Three was released. Alongside two other Easter eggs, it featured a dolphin made of voxels associated the 2.0.0 update, which suggested the Season 2 arena Horizon.
On April 7, hunters frösty, R.Cade and RockhoundBlack noticed letters on some tiles in the arena's sunset variant. Hunter CEO_Reuben found that collectively these spelled "cetacea", the infraorder to which dolphins belong. Soon afterwards, hunters tried standing on each tile simultaneously, while looking towards the sunset, which triggered three dolphins to emerge from the water in front of the sunset. Once activated, the dolphins continue swimming in circles and porpoise out of the water until the round ends.
Dolphin Charm
In May, Rob revealed that a unique dolphin charm could also be unlocked in some way, and told hunters: "play the game... what would a dolphin do...". It originally required activation in a public match as opposed to private, although this was later changed.
At some point on September 4, 2024, an unknown group of players either knowingly or unknowingly activated the dolphin charm Easter egg. The code to redeem the charm could then be revealed by activating the regular dolphin Easter egg. Afterwards, Rob revealed that activating the charm would've required 7 players using specific loadouts under specific conditions, and eye'd a message suggesting that each loadout item would've needed to correspond to a letter in "cetacea".
“It's insane if 7 people actually triggered this and accidentally did this the right way without knowing... well then I will have to admit... "There ARE coincidences in this world"”Rob
“We spent days to set this up... 7 people need to trigger the dolphins on sys horizon in a very specific loadout and condition...”Rob
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Dolphin on the level 3 activation page -
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