Other In-Game Easter Eggs
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Easter eggs and secrets found throughout THE FINALS but not specific to cosmetics or singular arenas.
Glitch Clusters
After update 1.10.0, clusters of white voxels with a glitchy animation were discovered in each arena. In terms of lore, this was the direct effect of the hacking group CNS, who had been increasing the frequency and magnitude of their hacks during late Season 1. These glitch clusters disappeared after the launch of Season 2.
Nearly one year later, after update 5.8.0 of Season 5, a new glitch cluster was discovered in Skyway Stadium. This indicated the return of CNS. During CNS's World Tour stop that began a week later, more glitch clusters could be found in each arena.
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Monaco glitch locations (S1) -
Seoul glitch locations (S1) -
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Las Vegas glitch locations (S1)
Death By Rhodent
There are two posters advertising a metal band called "Death By Rhodent" near the edge of Las Vegas and Las Vegas Stadium. The band can be heard faintly playing a song on the other side of the wall, with the words "Hey! We are Death By Rhodent, all the way from Sweden, this one is called - DOMINATE!" audible before the band starts playing. This is likely an inside reference to one or more members of Embark, as they are a Sweden-based studio.
Vegas Graffiti
Various different graffiti tags can be found on the walls in Las Vegas and Las Vegas Stadium.
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THE FINALS logo -
"OSPUZE" -
"PSOD", most likely a reference to Patrick Söderlund, CEO of Embark Studios -
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"ACE" or "SACE"
New Zealand Fantails
Graffiti of the New Zealand fantail bird can be found in Kyoto and Fortune Stadium. During development of Season 3, Embark Studios level designer Midas got engaged in New Zealand and took a liking to the bird.
The first three graffiti were added with Season 3 and found on Kyoto in August of 2024. On the launch day of Season 4, Midas revealed the addition of three new hidden fantails,[1][2] and a few months after that, implied that they could be found in a different arena.[3] In December, Midas confirmed that the new fantail graffiti were hidden in Fortune Stadium,[4] and next month on January 15, 2025, all three were found on billboards in the arena.
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A fantail on Kyoto -
The first fantail to be found -
A fantail on Fortune Stadium
Money Flies
In some arenas, there are fly swarms around various trash bags and dumpsters. In Kyoto, fireflies appear around lamps. Upon closer inspection these flies and fireflies are actually small dollar bills with wings. They use the same sprite as the 'EASY COME, EASY GO' emoticon from the Season 1 Battle Pass.
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Money flies in Las Vegas -
A money fly in Bernal -
'EASY COME, EASY GO' emoticon
Door Sound Effect
When opening a door by sprinting into it, there is a small chance to hear a chicken "cluck" sound effect. This is a reference to an Easter egg of the same nature in the Battlefield franchise, as many ex-DICE developers have worked on THE FINALS.
Nama Tama's Farewell
Upon selecting 'quit to desktop' in the options menu, there's a chance of hearing Nama Tama exclaim "bye bye!" just before the game closes. This was added in Season 5.
RockhoundBlack's Drawing
While inspecting the image "THE_FINALS_powe_i_powe" for clues during Level 3 of THE FINALS Easter Egg Hunt, hunter RockhoundBlack drew an interpretation of a five-pointed shape in the corner as a blob like figure with a crudely drawn cartoon face.
Rob was amused by the drawing and replied with "Can you sign over the rights of that image so I can add it to the game, brilliant... ._.", before then suggesting it would be hidden somewhere after update 5.6.0 of Season 5.[5][6] The update released on January 22, 2025. The drawing has not yet been found in-game.
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RockhoundBlack's original drawing -
The drawing extracted and recolored
Hidden Charm
On October 30, 2025, Rob revealed that a new in-game charm could be unlocked in some way. He began by writing "Leaking lore here… sorry Dusty..!"[7] followed by "ok here we gooooooooo" and then an image of a character looking at treasure map with a dotted trail leading to an X.[8] He then followed up with "(Hi chat.! i managed to borrow Mickes phone… There is a charm you can unlock… it is a LEEK… (and YES dusty stole my phone, but she can NEVER stop me.!)".[9]
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The image shared by Rob
Demoscene References
Numerous assets in THE FINALS make reference to the demoscene, a computer art subculture that gained prominence in Europe throughout the 1980s and 90s and involves making audiovisual "demos" for systems such as the Amiga and Commodore 64. Some members of Embark Studios, such as Chief Content Officer Rob Runesson and Creative Director Gustav Tilleby, have strong historic ties to the scene.
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The credits sequence of each season is designed to reflect a demo
Credits
References and lore clues may appear in snippets of the credits of each season.
Season 1 Credits
“A new dawn, a new era, a new scroll text.!!!Starlight from the devs heart, This is not a cheesy poem, This is simply raw text fueled with pure passion and tons of love .
Greetings fly out to all the gamers around the world, Thank you for everything, You give us a reason to keep going, Keep building, Keep growing.!!
We will tour the world with you Build the future together.. Drop the floor out from under you and keep surprising you like you keep surprising us with your love, Your kindness and your support.
You make it all worthwhile You inspire us Thank you for playing and supporting the finals.!!. Thanks to all the people on our discord, Thanks to all the people that are streaming and creating content for our game, We love you.!
End of scroll text..?
Haha, did you really think this scroll was over and that we forgot where we came from..? Ofc not, So massive mega shout out to all the passionate gamemakers that dedicate their life to making games, to all the awesome game studios around the globe that build epic games that make the world a better place, And respect to all modders, computer geeks and old demosceners wherever you are remember to stay curious and rock on Let s live forever From embark with love.!
Is this the end of this scroll..?!
Perhaps it is, people will never know See you in the finals Take care of each other out there We have said it before and we will say it again From embark with love.
Until next time Respect in every aspect
GG out..!
Still here..!! Press play and jump into the game instead ..end of scroll for season 1 2024 Here we gooooooo.!!!”
Season 2 Credits
“we are CNS... our journey unfolds in the unseen... our imagination breaches the path... the thread guides us through the passages... Even spotlights cast shadows... Remember who you are... Remember why we did this... the greatest treasures are not found in vaults... 4111 - seek the truth beyond the walls...”
Season 3 Credits
“Copyright (C) 1982MultiCo All rights reserved. Version 76.4.01 Thursday 26-May-24 03:00:00
>SYS.ROLLBACK S1.SAV --VERIFY --NOTIFY >VAIIYA.FRONTIER_DEFENDER DEPLOY --SCOPE=SYSTEM_WIDE
>LOADING...
yes we are back, a brand new season filled with tons of love, straight from the bottom of our dev heart... yes a new season filled with passion from everyone at embark to you, our gamers, our everything.! question, what would a new season be without a new scroll text. ?! the answer is, well, still great but not as perfect.! so get ready... pop a soda and grab the left over popcorn from yesterday... here we go... let s start with the most important thing first... a huge thanks to all our gamers out there, you inspire us, you fuel us, you make the sun shine even when the rain is pouring... thanks to all the amazing content creators that post your amazing videos art songs drawings streams thoughts poems that make us smile and laugh.... love it... thanks to all of you who make amazing fan art, funny memes, thank you for sharing your love..! thank you all and see you in the arena, from embark with love.!
... ohh, did you think we were going to forget all of you on our discord, all the amazing computer geeks, modders, sceners etc... well of course not, thank you.! time to end this text and press play... see you in the arena.!
wait, are we not forgetting something.?! haha never.! as always, a mega big shoutout to all our fellow gamemakers out there, keep it up.! ...but now it is time to end this scroller... you should not waste more time here... glhfgg.!
...ok to all of you EE hunters out there... missing discs...
...ok now its wrapping time for reals... see you in the finals.! and same as last time... take care of each other out there... and yes we have said it before and we will say it again and again from embark with love.!
...hey still here.? seriously leave the credits now, press play and jump into the arena instead... ggout...
end of scroll for season 3...
scroll restarting in 5 4 3 2 1”
Season 4 Credits
“Copyright (C) 1982MultiCo All rights reserved. Version 76.4.01 Thursday 26-Sept-24 03:00:00
>LOADING...
welcome to the new era of entertaintment proudly brought to you by multico. participation is subject to the terms and conditions set forth by multico entertaintment holdings. contestants should be aware that any perceived enjoyment or sense of achievement may vary and is not guaranteed. all aspects are meticulously designed to meet the rigorous standards set by multico. by participating, you actively support the continued growth and success of multico and its affiliated entities. iseult, holtow, and engimo are wholly owned subsidiaries of multico. all trademarks, intellectual property, and brand identifies are the exclusive property of multico and its subsidiaries.
thank you for your participation.”
Season 5 Credits
“TRANSCRIPTION OF S5 CREDITS SCROLL TEXTCopyright (C) 1982 MultiCo All rights reserved. Version 76.4.02 Thursday 12-Dec-24 0 3:00:00
LOADING...
Start of S5 scroll text Welcome to the Ultimate display of pure pixel power in the world of the finals... we strike back with a new season and a new scroll text filled with pure love from the devs at embark. ! welcome to the next stage... yes here we go again and we will never stop pushing the boundaries and breaking new ground.! thanks to all you gamers out there who made it possible, thank you for everything.! you give us the energy to continue to push, push and push and tbh, without you it would not have been possible... so shoutout to all the gamers, partners, all streamers, everyone on our discord, all content creators, well thx to every single one of you who made this first year possible,a huge w and thanks from all of us at embark, we love you all.! together we have travelled around the world, we have built the game together with you and made it the most dynamic and unique fps gameplay experience in the universe.! without you we are nothing and we are your biggest fans, respect in every aspect.! together we will enter the next stage... together we will climb to the top... together we will have fun and together we will dance... so again welcome to the 1st anniversary, the first amazing year of the finals where we learned how to crawl, we built an amazing community... we tried things we never thought we would dare... and yes... we dropped the box a couple of times but thats how we learn and get better... and we learned thanks to you, we got better, we had fun, and we cried, but we made millions of friends and fans all over the world.! thank you all for all the support,, your honest feedback, crazy and amazing games, and all the love... season 5 marks the start of a new chapter... from embark with love... 2025 here we goooooooo.! end of scroll text..? you know us better thank that... we know where we came from, so an epic massive mega shout out to all the competitive players out there. to all the casters, all passionate gamemakers that never stop pushing, to all the amazing game studios who make the world a better place, respect to all computer geeks, all the modders, all old demosceners... never stop chasing your dreams, rock on, let 5/S live forever and always stay curious... from embark with love.! getting really close to the end of this scroll text and also every byte counts... ...remember that you are awesome stay strong, repect and take care of each other... together we are unstoppable.! the finals is our love letter to all gamers all over the world... you are the true rockstars... we will never step down we are here to build the best game ever built expect nothing else, accept nothing else... we are embark this is the finals... see you in the finals... and until next time... from embark with love... gg out..!
end of scroll for season 5... get your teams together...
2025 lets goooo major ftw.!”
Season 6 Credits
In Season 6, Credits was not updated.
Season 7 Credits
“Copyright (C) 1982MultiCo All rights reserved. Version 80.12.27 Thursday 12-June-25 03:00:00
> LOADING...
..start of emotional text.. before we kick off the scroll text we just want to say thank you for all the support, all your love, all your feedback, all your passion... without all of you this would be impossible... from embark with love.! ..end of emotional text..
we are back.! a brand new season is here filled with love, passion, fun and ofc another scroll text and credits.! ...season 7 is insane, we are back happier and better than ever, we have learned so much... we have tried things, we fell, we got back up, we laughted, we cried, but most important, we got better, we built a better game together with you,our rockstars, our herdes, our gamers... thank you.! Now, chill and lean back, pop a soda and grab the left over popcorn from yesterday and let s go... A huge thanks to all you gamers out there, we said it before and we will say it again you inspire us, you give us energy, you make it worth jumping out off bed every morning and smile all the way to embark, you make the darkest sky absolutely clear blue... thank you for all the love, all the memes, all the amazing fan art, for all the streams, for all the videos, thank you for sharing your love and support the finals and us devs, thank you from the bottom of our dev-hearts.! Jump in to the game now and we will see you in the arena...
... and no, we did forget about all of you people on discord, all the love you send in chat... all of you on reddit, all modders, fellow game makers, old sceners and random geeks out there, keep it up and rock on.!
...and to all EE-hunters enjoy the new arena GLHF...
...time to stop this insane-ity... this is the wrap for S7 text... see you in the finals nad take care of each other out there, be nice and have fun... from embark with love.!
...seriously, leave the credits now friends, there is nothing more here to see, promise.! press play instead jump to the arena, see you in there..! the actual end of scroll for season 7, and the sroll restarting in 5 4 3 2 1
glhf.”
References
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