With Deltarune chapters 3 and 4 out last week, players have been eagerly mining the new episodes for more of Toby Fox’s characteristic secrets and mysterious plot threads. In the process, they’ve found an absolutely fascinating bit of dialogue that’s almost impossible to get, as it requires beating all four chapters of Deltarune on PlayStation without earning a single trophy.
Warning: While this article won’t spoil any of the major plot moments of Deltarune, it will talk in vague terms about some of the more common and low/no-spoiler trophy achievements. If you’re someone who doesn’t want to know a single piece of information about Deltarune before going in, probably better skip this one!
As shared by Reddit user millsbuddy, there’s a special, hidden bit of dialogue that appears in Deltarune Chapter 4’s credits sequence if, and only if, the player has completed all four chapters without earning a single trophy. This allegedly checks the player’s PSN account, so if you try to get this text, fail by accidentally getting a trophy, delete your file and try again, no luck. You still have the trophy, so it won’t appear.
This is an even more ridiculous task than it sounds on its face, as some of the achievements are so laughably easy to get that you’re almost certainly going to get at least a few by accident just through playing normally. There are achievements for taking damage a certain number of times, for using or equiping items, for getting a Game Over, equipping armor, opening too many treasure chests, interacting with chairs, and a lot more. Some achievements have multiple possible triggers. There are also four achievements simply obtained by completing a chapter, but you can avoid getting those by finding a certain secret item in each chapter that will nullify the achievement.
Trophies were added to Deltarune with the addition of Chapters 3 and 4 last week, but they’re PlayStation-exclusive. Fox noted in a newsletter that this was because trophies were a requirement to shipping a paid game on PlayStation, and alluded to the challenge of finding this special text in his announcement:
“We were required to have TROPHIES! This time, they give rise to a pretty hard-core challenge. But – and PLEASE listen – I make no endorsement that you actually attempt it! Even knowing of its mere existence will only bring you frustration and anguish! Honestly, it may be one of the worst ideas I’ve ever had. Perhaps no one will even try. Maybe that’s for the best after all… I think it will be too late for most of you anyway…”
For the vast majority of us who either aren’t playing on PlayStation or like retaining our sanity, here’s the text that appears when you accompish this. WARNING: If you consider this text a spoiler, don’t keep reading below the trailer!
INTERESTING.
YOU FAILED
TO ACHIEVE
ANY MARKS.
WHAT
ARE
YOU?
“(playername)”
I VERY MUCH
LOOK FORWARD
TO THE NEXT.
This text seems to be spoken by the same voice that addresses the player in the opening of the game and in a few other places, as well as the same voice that speaks in the end credits with a different message if you finish under any other conditions. Fans, of course, have plenty of theories on who this is, but we’ll leave that to the community for now.
With chapters 3 and 4 finally out, we’ve reviewed Deltarune so far, giving it a 9/10 and saying that its “incredible story is already bursting with hilarious charm, unforgettable characters, and an iconic soundtrack that make it worth investing your time in,” even though its story is only halfway done.
Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a story tip? Send it to [email protected].
