Hacker
I'm the Hacker. I'm going after the blue checksmarks.
Hacker, Chapter 2
The Hacker (JP: ハッカー) is a Darkner and hidden recruit found in Chapter 2 of Deltarune. He offers an optional quest to the party which, if completed, allows him to join Castle Town at the end of the Chapter, and serve as a hint in the quest to battle Spamton NEO.
The Hacker appears as an anthropomorphic aquamarine mouse cursor. He is fully dressed in black and sports sunglasses, referencing The Matrix movie series.[5] He has a small brown nose. Like a real cursor, his head turns into a pointing hand when passing by something that can be interacted with.
The Hacker's personality is based on a stereotypical security hacker. However, despite pretending he knows a lot about computers, he is shown to not truly understand what he is doing. In Cyber City, he mentions trying to encrypt his signature by drawing random squiggles, and in the Queen's Mansion guest hall puzzles, he tries "datamining the answers [to the puzzle] from the console", which just results in a child's toy playing a beep version of nursery rhyme music. He references many popular games and associated terms, such as Minecraft ("Minecrap"), Obsidian ("Bubsidian"), Chex Quest ("Checks Quest"), Terraria ("terrariam"), and Roblox ("Roblucks").
The Hacker is first met in Cyber Field, past the area where Sweet Cap'n Cakes are selling bagels. He requests the party collect three blue checkmarks, which can be found in nearby rooms. If the party collects all three blue checkmarks in Cyber Field and returns to tell him, he sets off fireworks in the shape of Kris, Susie, and Ralsei's faces. The Hacker also starts to appear in other parts of the Cyber World; if the quest is not completed, he only appears in Cyber Field.
In Cyber City, the Hacker can be found in an alleyway, complaining that a store did not like his attempt to encrypt his signature by drawing random scribbles.
In Queen's Mansion, if Kris backtracks after solving one of the light puzzles, the Hacker is present in a corner, stating that he is attempting to datamine the puzzle's solution. However, all he manages to do is get a child's toy to play a beep version of a nursery rhyme.
In a room in Queen's Mansion filled with Queen statues, the Hacker can be found pacing back and forward, looking for a backdoor. When he walks in front of a certain statue, his head changes from a standard cursor to a pointing cursor. Interacting with the object he points to opens a hidden door that leads to the mansion's basement, where Spamton NEO is battled.
At the 2F Dinner Party Section A in Queen's Mansion, the Hacker can be found dining while wearing a blond wig. His table partner complains that he has been telling everyone that he is a hacker. If the Hacker is not present, his would-be table partner instead comments about someone being late due to something to do with blue checkmarks.
When assembling the Thrash Machine mecha to fight GIGA Queen, the Hacker contributes his "strongest JPEGs". If present, he increases the Thrash Machine's maximum HP by 5, capped at 250. If the party does not collect the blue checkmarks, his rollercoaster car remains empty.
If the party collected the three blue checkmarks and informed the Hacker, he travels to Castle Town with the rest of the Cyber World recruits. He can be found next to the cliff on the west side of town. When talked to, he says that the town is almost as good as the one he built in Minecrap, then comments that he needs to "mine ten-hundred blocks of Bubsidian to paint his dog 3 colors".
The Hacker can be found in the enrichment enclosure built inside Lancer's room, and advises Kris to "get a terrariam for [their] computer", so that they can "touch grass as [they] game".[6] He is also found near the cliffside playing a children's game with a Pippins with a notched controller, oblivious to the Pippins's attempts at scamming him, while claiming to be a "progamer", someone who "progams" games.[7]
The Hacker can be found east of Castle Town near Swatch's makeup booth. When talked to, he says that he thinks the booth is to "dressed to impress from Roblucks." If talked to again, he advises Kris to collect "pink coins" for "catgirl time", foreshadowing the chapter's secret boss.[8]
The Hacker was designed by Samanthuel Louise Gillson, better known as Splendidland.[9] Early versions of the Hacker's design depicted him with a different head shape and a keyboard he uses to "hack" by randomly smashing keys and swinging his mouse around in the air. Splendidland describes the Hacker as someone who wants to discover secrets of the world with special abilities that he is unaware of.[4]
- His obsession with "blue checksmarks" likely references the feature of the same name on Twitter, which were generally reserved for public figures prior to late 2022.
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This guy keeps telling everyone at the party he's a hacker. I don't know what to do with this information.
— Wig Robot, Chapter 2 - ↑
i was given a lot of creative freedom for my characters, the only prompt i was given was "it's set in cyberspace". the first guy i designed was the Hacker, i also came up with a puzzle involving him that was so much fun to see implemented! i'm very thankful for this opportunity!
— @splendidland on Twitter, September 27, 2021. - ↑
There's supposed to be another guest here, but they're late.
— Wig Robot, Chapter 2
They called and said something about blue checkmarks... - ↑
he's based on being a badass Matrix Guy
— @splendidland on Twitter, September 19, 2021. - ↑
Psst. It's me, da Hacker. I'm gathering gween gween's for a secret Life's Hack.
— Hacker, Chapter 4
Get a terrariam for your computer, and you can touch grass as you game. - ↑
A progamer is someone that progams videogames, right?
— Hacker, Chapter 4 - ↑
Remember to obby for pink coins. Then it's catgirl time.
— Hacker, Chapter 5 - ↑
drew the characters i created for deltarune chapter 2, thank you to everyone who came together to make a wonderful game, and for letting me be a little part of it!
— @splendidland on Twitter, September 27, 2021.