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 dolphins normally. Afterwards, Rob revealed that activating the charm would've required 7 players using specific loadouts under specific conditions, and confirmed a retrospective theory by hunter Lockhshot 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
| Image | Name | Rarity | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
POWER PORPOISE | EPIC | CHARM | For contestants who know it's important to stay focused on their porpoise. |
Gallery
Dolphin on the level 3 activation page
The dolphins diving
Dolphin charm
Box and letter placements
Rob confirms a retrospective theory
Hidden Room
In early June of 2024, after hunters noticed a misplaced three-headed monkey on Monaco, Rob promised the group a dedicated hidden room in one of the arenas.[1][2]
In early November of 2024, Rob revealed that the room had been added to SYS$HORIZON.[3] A few days later, he was asked by hunter RockhoundBlack live on stream how hard it would be to access the room, to which he responded: "I would say almost impossible. I can also say science is fun if you know its secrets. That's actually a really good clue for that room."[4]
References
- ↑ https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1211002564015824906/1246792583997423666
- ↑ https://discord.com/channels/1008696016318513243/1211002564015824906/1246795121606000701
- ↑ https://clips.twitch.tv/BreakableCourageousSandstormBloodTrail-pW8K9nsIODPgLPiJ
- ↑ https://www.twitch.tv/waterdance/clip/FriendlyObliqueGaurHeyGuys-pqWnSQf-c2AYk5ek