Easter Eggs & Real World References (Spoilers!)

I read the article and my FF misses that option.
I do have the "padlock" icon left of the URL, I can click it to see Connection secure -->
but when I follow that arrow it only shows that I´m securely connected to the site and that it´s verified by Digicert inc.
Yet the option "Disable protection for now" that in the article is shown right below that is missing for me.

 

My Firefox - 113.0.1 (32-bit) - has "Enable HTTPS-Only Mode in all windows" switched on, and the images load fine for me, in the thread and as separately launched tabs.

 

The Memorial to the Seven is almost due west, a bit southwest to west from the Pagoda to Sequanna on the map.
From the Pagoda to Sequanna I had first to go a bit south instead of north to get to the first hanging bridge, then west. A bit of warning perhaps: Both bridges contain some rotten planks that might break and fall down if you go too slow.

 

Someone on the forum mentioned a lost cow in Jaanaford and someone gave me a hint where to find it - and after some jumping puzzle I made a photo of her:

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Has that cow already been mentioned in Jaanaford? It´s in a place where it could not possibly have walked to on it´s own. You have to jump over 4 rock columns to even get there...

The private lot at the sea with the wooden building tower has a telescope with which the cow can be seen from a distance (rather small, but visible)

 

ask her name. we were on a stream talking about it and i insisted it needed a name, so the cow is named after the two people sannio heard on stream talking about it: coswald and oop, and he added the POI then.

 

What stream would that be ? @Alley Oop

 

Coswoop? Alleywald?

 

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The secret room in the Castle in Central Britanny that opens when the right music is played is in the easter eggs.
However I found no reference to the "private lab" secret room in the same castle. Is that common knowledge or did I not find it in the eastereggs?

Or the tunnel in the castle to Brittany Wharfs?

 

i don't think rinaldi was counting secret rooms as easter eggs.

 

As Alley Oop said, I think many players do not consider the secret lab and the tunnel to Brit wharfs as Easter Eggs. As far as i know, they are just hidden areas without a reference to anything specific, just like the many other ordinary areas that are hidden behind a secret door or breakable wall.

FYI, there are a fair number of rooms and passages hidden behind bookcases throughout the SOTA world, for examples, see this post.

 

The elven children of Leafling (in Crooked Shank zone) shout out "Peace and Prosperity" which is the standard vulcan greeting in Star Trek.

 

If it´s already mentioned I missed it. Similar to the already described "Skeletons Picnic in Bloodbay" I found two skeletons with Rusty Daggers who seem to have murdered each other on top of the hill in the middle of the Epitaph.

Area: Desolis (Novia_R4_City_Desolis) Loc: (-137.394, 164.587, -113.131) DBG: Tm92aWFfUjRfQ2l0eV9EZXNvbGlzfHwoLTEzNy4zOTQsIDE2NC41ODcsIC0xMTMuMTMxKXwoMCwgLTAuMDQ0LCAwLCAwLjk5OSl8LTc0My43MTQ2fDMzLjI2NTg4fDIuNjk=

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On a mesa two steps lower than that:

 

In Aerie at the docks:

In Princess Bride "Dread Pirate Roberts" was the acting title of the captain of the pirate ship that later was captained by Cary Elwes who "inherited" the title from his predecessor.

 

Pink Flamingo!
Zone: Jotungrund

Spoiler: Where to Find the Flamingo

To see the Flamingo, you have to get to the highest point atop the mountain in the middle of Jotungrund.
At the top of the mountain is a point of interest called "High Peak", where the pink flamingo stands looking out across the tundra!
The flamingo does not have a label/title and it does not move (maybe it is frozen? )
You can't interact with it, nor can you kill it.

Spoiler: Picture of top of mountain

Spoiler: Close-up pic of flamingo

Sometimes there is also a gold node on a rock outcropping near the top of the mountain, which is just a standard node that gives 5,000 adventure XP.

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Spoiler: Getting to the top

I equipped a necklace with +0.5 jump strength, a rare frogkin ring, and a legendary frogkin ring, and then simultaneously used fleet flute and a 5 stack of dash (dash level 110) to jump high enough and far enough to make the journey to the top.
It can also be done with just a very high movement rate and no jump buffs.

Go to the tallest mountain near the middle of Jotungrund (shown by red circle below).

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Then go to the highest point that you can reach on the East side of the mountain (location shown by green arrow below; the map below is zoomed-in and only shows the mountain & its immediate surroundings).

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Then jump onto the ledges in the order shown below. When you get onto the final ledge, you can run up the snowbank to the top of the mountain.

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Hidden Skeleton
Zone: Mistrendur Overworld

Spoiler: If you want to try to find the skeleton yourself, here are a series of hints

Spoiler: Hint #1

The skeleton is on the overworld map in Mistrendur.

Spoiler: Hint#2

The skeleton is on the snowy island to the northeast (the same island as The Breach, Jotungrund, and Well of Aldur).

Spoiler: Hint #3

The skeleton is located close to the head of the stone serpent. In the second pic below, the head area is circled in red on the overworld map (shown next to Garriott's serpent necklace, which is the inspiration for the shape of Mistrendur).

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Spoiler: Hint #4

The skeleton is in the serpent's mouth.

Spoiler: If you just want to know where the Skeleton is

On Misterendur, go to the northeast island (where The Breach is located), and go into the mouth of the huge stone serpent (shown by the red markers in the pics below).

Spoiler: Pics showing path to mouth

When you get into the serpent's mouth, you will find a small cave in the rocks (the cave is about as wide as the typical avatar, and about twice as tall). Jump inside the cave and look around to find the skeleton. The skeleton does not have any loot, but it does show up as a Point of Interest on the compass (called "Frozen Skeleton").

Spoiler: Pic of the Skeleton

Spoiler: How did this Skeleton get here?

In late 2023, I was running around Mistrendur and found this cave (which was empty at the time), but when I jumped into the cave, my avatar became permanently stuck. I reported this as a bug. A little while later, I got the "fix needs testing" reply to my bug report. When I checked in-game to see if the bug was indeed fixed, I discovered that whichever developer fixed the bug, also added the skeleton in the cave and the point of interest.
I guess this frozen adventurer was "swallowed" by the serpent.
I am not sure if the skeleton is a reference to something, or if it was just added for fun.
Also, it is worth verifying that your reported bugs have been fixed...you may find an unexpected surprise

Addendum: see Sannio's post below about this Easter Egg.

 

@Rinaldi My gut feeling is that it's the remains of an unlucky avatar who didn't know about /stuck.

 

Whilst it is that in the German dubbed version of the show, the original greeting is 'Live long and prosper', and before you ask I have no clue why it was changed in the translation