Talk:Deltarune

Why is the Sword Route not mentioned?

The sword route is a huge part of ch 3. If I’m blind, it’s at most vaguely mentioned. It is important to the weird route and the knight and a bunch of other important plot points. Eversoulforever (talk) 17:08, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

Also there is no mention of some things, and just plain being wrong about others. For example, in the Alternate Route section, it mentions Spamton as an “Optional side quest.” You are forced to fight him after Queen forces you to go get the cars out of her way. Eversoulforever (talk) 17:15, 11 August 2026 (UTC)

In the normal route, you are forced to fight him, but you aren't forced to fight him as Spamton NEO or to get the ShadowCrystal. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 16:12, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

Huh. It's a while since I've played Chapter 2, so I must have misremembered. Mir Novov (contribs | talk) 01:50, 13 August 2026 (UTC)

See Talk:Deltarune/Archive 1#Merge Chapter 3's alternate route- Sword Route into the Deltarune alternate route section? or Chapter 3 "Sword Route" alternate route section? for discussion on the Sword Route. I disagree that it's crucial to a brief summary of the plot; yes it alludes to and is connected to some important stuff but one can describe the basic plot of Deltarune without mentioning it.

Spamton is described as optional since he's optional outside the Weird Route. Mir Novov (contribs | talk) 03:57, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

He is not an optional fight, you have to fight him at least once in the events of chapter two. Eversoulforever (talk) 01:10, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

His Shadow Crystal fight is optional. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 04:24, 19 August 2026 (UTC)

It is not related to the plot in any way at this point in time. However, it is theorised that this is foreshadowing for a potential route, accesible by aborting the weird route after obtaining the thorn ring, letting you get the twisted sword in chapter 6. If that is the case, the 'Sword Route' you are mentioning will be mentioned in a potential second Alternate Route section. Fireflame888888 (talk) 19:24, 15 August 2026 (UTC)

Should reference be added to main body?

I feel a reference should be added to the main body citing a source for the claim that the idea for Deltarune came to Toby Fox in a fever dream. Would like to hear more opinions first. Swisschwse (talk) 01:17, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

Huh? That part is cited. If there's something not cited outside of plot summaries and such it should be removed. Ringtail Raider (talk) 02:43, 24 August 2026 (UTC)

"YOUR TAKING TOO LONG" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Reference for "fever dream" detail?

This article says that "The inspiration for Deltarune came to Fox in a fever dream in 2011." I've heard this a lot, but it has no citation in the article. Does that need a citation? Plutooonium (talk) 16:52, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean, that part is cited. If there's something not cited outside of plot summaries and such it should be removed. Ringtail Raider (talk) 19:47, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

I just realized this is the second time in a month someone has asked this about that same part, despite it being cited. Ringtail Raider (talk) 19:49, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

My apologies; you're right. The trouble spot is that it's mentioned early on (in the second paragraph) and has no citation for that mention of it. The citation is way further down under Development and Release. That's what's causing confusion. Plutooonium (talk) 20:05, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

Well, it is allowed by policy (WP:LEADCITE). Maybe we can add the same citation there since it has been "challenged". 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 20:37, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

I don't think it's a specific problem with this article, there are a lot I've seen in the last several months where random editors (sometimes IPs, sometimes established accounts) try to add sources or challenge leads claiming they're unsourced, despite the info already being cited later in the article, or even remove whole paragraphs saying they didn't need to be there since the info was already in the article body. I think the way Wikipedia does leads is unfortunately becoming unfamiliar to a lot of editors, who then try to "fix" it. Ringtail Raider (talk) 02:04, 29 September 2026 (UTC)

Is Deltarune part of the Undertale franchise?

I’d like to ask a question today: Is Deltarune a game that’s part of the Undertale series—like a spin-off—or is it a standalone game that uses Undertale characters, similar to a crossover like Fortnite or The King of Fighters? Marisoft69 (talk) 23:46, 13 September 2026 (UTC)

I do not believe that Deltarune is a part of the Undertale "series" (it's in a different universe, even with sharing some characters), and I wouldn't say it's exactly a spin-off (as defined in the article). It's a different universe, again. They are related, but more in a standalone type of way. At least, that's my thoughts.

I would revert your change, but I don't know how it works with "content in dispute" or... something. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 00:02, 14 September 2026 (UTC)

deltarune.com actually does call it the "next adventure in the UNDERTALE series" as well as a "parallel story". But I think the current way the article describes it in the lead is less confusing to readers. If Fox decides to make a third game with elements from Undertale and/or Deltarune then I’d support changing it to say that it’s part of the Undertale series (or whatever else becomes the common way to describe it), and then clarify that the games don’t have identical settings. Mir Novov (contribs | talk) 01:25, 14 September 2026 (UTC)

Undertale and Deltarune are both seperate games that happen to share characters but calling Deltarune a spin-off of Undertale isn't right. Toby Fox calls them "parallel" stories. I reverted your edit on the matter. FishandChipper 🐟🍟 00:43, 14 September 2026 (UTC)

In my opinion, they are completely different, despite them sharing characters. Fireflame888888 (talk) 21:21, 14 September 2026 (UTC)

Hey, don't you think that since the title includes "Undertale," it's part of the franchise? Marisoft69 (talk) 21:49, 17 September 2026 (UTC)

Anagrams are not the same as it "being in the title". FishandChipper 🐟🍟 03:49, 18 September 2026 (UTC)

Yes, it's referred to in promotional material as such, such as on https://deltarune.com/ or the description of the Nintendo Switch version Proplayen (talk) 17:38, 29 September 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 September 2026

Change the name of The Knight to The Roaring Knight XaloPZ (talk) 18:45, 20 September 2026 (UTC)

 Not done: The shortening in the article is used for simplicity, and the Knight itself in-game is referred as the shortened version. 🫀 Crash // Organhaver ( it / he | talk to me, maybe? ) 19:10, 20 September 2026 (UTC)