There are several Easter eggs in Obduction, and they are divided into two categories: (1) traditional Easter eggs, which are parts of the game that reference past Cyan projects or other things, and (2) Easter egg codes, which can be used to view images on the slide projector in Farley's Community Center. Several of the latter were placed in the game for Kickstarter Backers in the "Egg-sibitionist" tier.
Traditional Easter Eggs[]
- Locomotive valve
- Myst linking book
- Manhole advertisement
- Moula Cola
- "Who the devil are you?"
- Villein video ciphers
- LostBoy poster
Easter Egg Codes[]
NOTE: There was a bug in version 1.5.2 of Obduction that prevented it from accepting Easter egg codes. Please update to at least version 1.6.0 before following the instructions in this section.
To use these codes, you must first break the Box of Infinite Complexity. Enter the Box of Infinite Complexity code into it while it is up in the air, and it will fall to the ground. Then enter the code 0118-9998-8199-9119-7253. (This is a reference to a comical commercial featured on The IT Crowd, a British sitcom.)[1] If it is entered correctly, the lights on the box will begin to blink randomly. Then you may enter any one of the following codes, which, if entered correctly, will cause the lights on the box to turn green for a moment. You may view the image associated with each code by visiting the slide projector in Farley's Community Center. Doing this for the first time will grant the Eggcellent! achievement.
(It is recommended that you switch to point-and-click movement to minimize errors whenever interacting with the Russian light box.)
| Image | Code | Backer | Description |
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9496-3302-3839-5258-6419 | Unknown | A dog. |
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8911-8429-6171-2792-8948 | Unknown | A drawing of a world supported by one giant tree trunk. The word "T'TREANA" appears at the top. |
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2079-6280-5977-9148-3927 | Ainia | A stylized screenshot from Uru showing a hiker with the words "HIKE THE CANYONS OF TOMAHNA" at the top. Ainia created several potential images and asked for input in this post. |
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6208-5360-6792-9848-4072 | Jeremy Sachs a.k.a. "rezmason" a.k.a. "Scrybe" |
An open file dialogue box from System 7 (Mac OS 7) that lists several adventure games from the early 1990s: 3 in Three, At the Carnival, Castle of Dr. Brain, Cosmic Osmo, Spelunx, System's Twilight, and The Fool's Errand. Also listed is Hypercard, the software used to make Myst. |
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1090-3640-4109-7776-8000 | Unknown | A man smiling jokingly. |
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4247-3318-7154-8125-0036 | Unknown | A cat lying on a tie dye bean bag. |
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8767-7157-6414-8717-4867 | Unknown | White flowers. |
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9732-2106-3214-2076-1459 | Scott Benton | A collection of Myst-related games and merchandise. Originally posted online here. |
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3124-6700-1451-9422-4615 | Unknown | A happy man on a tractor. |
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6510-0045-4454-5746-6787 | Unknown | Three small children playing with wood chips. |
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3277-3205-7757-7992-3923 | Unknown | A man and a woman posing for a photo while it is snowing. |
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2154-5483-2862-3548-3289 | Unknown | A man and a woman outside. |
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1545-6788-7963-2426-5526 | K'febi | A collection of photos by K'febi. |
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4884-2383-4238-9892-3563 | Unknown | A comparison shot between the a mushroom and the Hive in Tay from Riven. |
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0020-0546-5021-5510-3247 | Unknown | A couple taking a photo in a bedroom. |
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8387-6904-0234-7427-8393 | Unknown | A stylistic drawing of different birds, including chickens and a peacock. |
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2132-4166-4544-6568-6551 | Unknown | Two Azawakh, a dog breed from West Africa. |
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5454-6987-9819-8187-9666 | Unknown | A tree with a man in the background. |
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8489-2365-3453-7820-1910 | Unknown | A cat sitting next to pumpkins and walnuts. |
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0020-3893-8940-4839-0028 | Unknown | A family photo. |
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2210-2154-4862-1011-5444 | Chuckles58 | A beach on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii in 2010. |
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2900-9384-7489-2038-7456 | Unknown | A man and a woman holding hands while walking down a dirt road. |
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0125-2157-4565-8541-2211 | Unknown | A dedication to a dog named Snowball. |
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8797-2348-2363-2823-8649 | Unknown | A man playing tennis. |
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2146-6547-9805-3445-4441 | Unknown | A collage of photos including a man, two small girls, two cats, and a dog. |
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7857-8945-7895-7845-1457 | Unknown | Obduction art director Erc A. Anderson and a woman staring creepily into the camera while a boy in the background goes down a slide. |
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8437-6475-7808-2154-2542 | Unknown | Two dogs. (One is yawning.) |
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0145-8547-9625-4132-0475 | Unknown | A still shot from an old video of a boy. |
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3472-9207-6458-3902-0234 | Unknown | Several Cyan employees standing outside Cyan headquarters in Mead, Washington. |
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5454-8751-1345-4354-3543 | Unknown | Richard (RAWA) and Angela Watson with their family at Carlsbad Caverns National Park. |
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7322-3923-5021-5488-4681 | Unknown | A road sign that says "EXHIBIT AHEAD". |
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0132-4679-8240-4245-4008 | Unknown | A straight road surrounded by snowy hills. A cartoon rhino head is superimposed on the road. |
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0424-5457-8791-0544-4589 | Unknown | A girl and a boy in a car. |
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4367-5745-7445-6257-8587 | Unknown | A girl with a Bratz doll. |
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7600-5004-0050-6062-6003 | Unknown | A home office with a computer displaying a 3D modeling program. |
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4455-4548-4511-0440-2443 | Unknown | A boy and a girl in a car shopping cart. |
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0021-2154-1554-4551-1424 | Unknown | Five women posing down an outside staircase. |
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0554-5754-3283-0572-3902 | Unknown | Rand Miller and a woman in a ski lift. |
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0465-1842-8973-1240-4516 | Unknown | Three boys and a girl on a couch. |
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4124-6654-4227-0104-0404 | Unknown | A small child on a dog. |
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5457-4574-5449-4978-2146 | Blake Bjerke | A shot from Blake Bjerke's portfolio, which he used to get hired at Cyan. Photo posted online here. |
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4465-1424-0224-1621-4145 | Unknown | Ryan Warzecha's head in a campfire from the Forest. |
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4545-6140-7079-7977-6647 | Unknown | Two papier-mâché sculptures: a Seed and an Arai beetle, both from Obduction. |
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1542-4219-9824-2440-0451 | Unknown | A cat. |
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9878-4763-4896-3629-2992 | Unknown | A man and a woman. |
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0214-5467-8794-5720-5467 | Unknown | A girl on a rope swing over water. |
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0548-1851-1148-4139-8347 | Unknown | An older man sitting and holding a cat. |
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0124-0457-0454-5757-4444 | Unknown | A woman and a young boy. |
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8347-9348-3458-7348-9344 | Unknown | Ryan Warzecha with a man, two women, and a young boy. |
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0000-0000-0000-0000-1017 | Unknown | The phrase "Thank You Backers". |
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8169-2257-6125-9651-3996 | Unknown | Cyan employee Michael "Dog" Dogherra on the cover of a fictional record: "cyan burger club GRILL SESSIONS". |
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4647-1464-9707-4589-9589 | Unknown | Two men on a beach. |
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0305-9912-1536-9415-2926 | Unknown | A paper craft with the words "I LOVE YOU MOM." |
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6001-1617-1179-8210-4067 | Unknown | A girl kissing Cyan employee Hannah Gamiel. |
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4624-4204-0282-4563-6138 | Unknown | Rand Miller, Hannah Gamiel, 4 other women, and 1 other man. |
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4729-7039-0462-8528-9665 | Unknown | A man. |
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5230-7083-3128-5533-3931 | Unknown | A man in a hospital bed wearing a silly hat. |
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2360-8245-1122-9917-7601 | Unknown | A man and woman walking down the aisle during their wedding. |
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7911-3886-9641-6740-6703 | Unknown | A woman and 3 men wearing silly clothes. |
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3916-6488-7116-4185-1871 | Unknown | An "I WANT TO BELEIVE" poster likes those from the X-Files. |
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9854-0222-2843-6225-4836 | Unknown | A black-and-white portrait of a newborn baby taken on 26 January 2014. |
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7718-9501-2499-9830-7770 | Unknown | Ventriloquist Jeff Dunham, his wife, and their 2 children. |