The hidden lore glyphs of Noita (early access) 

This game deserves more attention

I wouldn't be surprised if this game was actually the recipe for a real Philosopher Stone disguised as a video game. Magnificent work.

I helped translate these on the Noita Discord. Now my broken Finnish-to-English translations have made it to this video

Some games be like "Hey guys, I have some complex lore that you can find" And Noita be like "Lore? Yeah I have that, but have fun finding that stuff"

I can't even get past the fecking coal pits and this guy is figuring out all this hidden lore and shit.

I dont regret in any moment supporting this game, every bit whorts the buy.

Eggs are reference to Kalevala, where bird lays six iron and one golden egg, witch will hatch and from their shells world is created.

This is rather interesting... Magic and Nature are at war, which may explain why various magical creatures actively fight the creatures who use tech, or Are tech. Although, if we are an Agent of Magic, why would these magical creatures be against Us? Perhaps we aren't an agent of magic at all. Perhaps we are an individual who has learned to Manipulate magic, much in the way that many of the humanoids who use guns can use Wands. Perhaps we are working to use this magic, in order to complete a Machine, which would defy both Magic and Nature, by destroying what they had established and turning everything into Gold. Just some speculation here :P

DUDE WHY IS THIS GAME SO COOL

The first extant mention of Väinämöinen in literature is in a list of Tavastian gods by Mikael Agricola in 1551. He and other writers described Väinämöinen as the god of chants, songs and poetry; in many stories Väinämöinen was the central figure at the birth of the world. The Karelian national epic, the Kalevala, tells of his birth in the course of a creation story in its opening sections. This myth has elements of creation from chaos and from a cosmic egg, as well as of earth diver creation. At first there were only primal waters and Sky. But Sky also had a daughter named Ilmatar. One day, seeking a resting place, Ilmatar descended to the waters. There she swam and floated for 700 years until she noticed a beautiful bird also searching for a resting place. Ilmatar raised her knee towards the bird so it could land, which it did. The bird then laid six eggs made of gold and one made of iron. As the bird incubated her eggs Ilmatar's knee grew warmer and warmer. Eventually she began to be burned by the heat and responded by moving her leg. This motion dislodged the eggs, which then fell and shattered in the waters. Land was formed from the lower part of one of the eggshells, while sky formed from the top. The egg whites turned into the moon and stars, and the yolk became the sun. Ilmatar continued to float in the waters for several hundred years, admiring the results of these events, but she could not resist an urge to continue creation. Her footprints became pools for fish, and simply by pointing she created contours in the land. In this way she made all that is. Then one day she gave birth to Väinämöinen, the first man, whose father was the sea. Väinämöinen swam off until he found land, but the land was barren, so he asked the Great Bear in the sky for help. A boy carrying seeds was sent down to him, and this boy spread plant life across the land.[2] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%A4m%C3%B6inen

Wait so as an agent of magic why would we wanna make everything into gold.

I wonder if the three endings are related to the three gods. Technology is in The Work where you place the Salt gear. The floating island could be Nature's alter. The Moon might be Magic? All of which reward you with infinite gold. I haven't actually played, but I've watched enough to know there are at least 3 ways to turn the whole world to gold, minus ludicrous amounts of Draught of Midas.

The antagonism between magic and technology is a modern trope. Many ancient peoples, including the ancestors of today's Finns, rather believed that technology was a form of magic. In the old Finnic poetry, the blacksmith Ilmarinen and the shaman Väinämöinen often co-operated, and similar supernatural qualities were ascribed to both. Nevertheless, it's great to see a game use Finnic mythology to deepen its background story.

I had found glyphs above the final boss, in were the lava pours out, maybe that will have more information?

What a piece of art. This game is not about beating it, it's about playing it...

Just as I was hoping you'd release something new on Noita! Cheers

Fury! These videos are getting better and better, the commentary and general editing is so smooth and fun to watch, it held my attention the entire way through. Seriously an amazing job, I love it!

Awesome, the game's intro makes much more sense now.

If you go above the boss room after the lava has drained out all the way you will find a big wall of glyphs. I haven't translated it myself yet.

I discovered this channel when i found Noita, im very glad i did, i absolutely love this game

Great video, mate! This was news to me and truly fascinating!

Awesome Video dude. I have played a fair bit of noita and I even browse the discord every so often. But this is news to me. GGWP

The secrets in this game are insane, every time I think I've known it all something else comes up

Bought this game in large part because of you. The other large part was Simo. I'd really love it if you did a new lore video going over everything that's known, as it's exceptionally difficult for me to find things without your help.

Game developer:So how many secrets you want in your game? Community:Yes.

I can officially say that I can read the script. The symbols correspond to the Finnish Alphabet.A D E G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V Y Ä Ö Yes there are more letters in their alphabet but those are for loanwords only.

This is an extremely good (and extremely difficult) game, rife with lore. Not even a Souls ripoff, either. I'm a huge fan, and I hope to see more videos on it in the future.

One thing I am pretty sure is lore related is that one enemy that follows you but dashes backwards when too close and always has a wand. I say this because its body is just like the body of the witch, but without a robe.

I love this game! I also love your videos! MOAR!!!!!!!

I know it's a long shot . But have any one tried using the three alchemical concoctions in any of the or room basins? Like the life juice or the precursor chemical ? Just a thought . I'm not good enough at the game to test any of them myself

Have been wondering where the lore videos for this game are lol seems perfect for it

My current theory about the end of the game is that the player does not know what they are doing. They come across an ancient alchemical artifact and decide to insert it into a slot in a giant machine. Alchemy is likely a mixture of technology and magic, so another possibility is that the player has come to this land to weponize alchemy against nature. By turning the world to gold they defeat nature.

Woop woop! Nice work!

great content

This is amazing. How do you even figure this stuff out?

This game just keeps on giving 😀

Finally the intro makes (some) sense!

Hey FuryForged! I found some more runes hidden behind the (extremely) dense rock just below the entrance to the boss room, under the bridge and under the lava. It's a little hard to see because the characters are pretty small and, but it covers a wide space. I wonder what they say!

If you get a watch that lets you teleport infinitely shoot up into the sky you'll find something cool Plus the cheese moon

My reading of it is that this myth is an examination of the human tendency to attribute meaning to things. Mud is already mud, but it our *distaste* for mud that causes us to percieve it as fetid or . . .inefficient? Maybe that's a translational thing. It's interesting that Technology is suggested to *coexist* with Nature, rather than be at odds with it. It's also interesting that, if Nature represents rules, Magic *is a part of Nature.* The substances you experiment with in-game, the way your spells are constructed, are all governed by rules, and if you know the rules, the process is predictable. In fact, taking advantage of those rules to create new and useful things represents the way your character utilizes Technology within the game, too. A little bit of a ramble, but I find the meta-narrative of this bit of lore really interesting.

3:57 What was that huge square pocket of water under the pyramid, surrounded by bedrock?

Very gnostic. I like it.

How did you get that detailed map? Do you have a link to it?

the glyphs really explain the intro to noita

not sure if this has been gone over yet, but there's a location above the floating platform where you place the emerald scrolls called "The Work" has hell looking monsters including a lava-spewing worm

i m quite certain that Noitas lore has drawn inspiration from the Finnish Tietäjä (wise one or sage) and Finnish Kalevala (folk epic poem book) which says that the world was born from a swans egg :P

Slime mist + cold modifier is a reliable source of snow. Idk if there is a similar one for sand.

thats frikkin spooky

all of the "egg" things are from a finnish story called "kalevala" and it is the most known finish story read it and the entire story might make sense to you too

how did you find out about this and how are you able to translate the glyphs? btw awesome video

#1 noita-boi at it again!

There is some hidden glyphs above the final boss's room, into the pool of lava that flows down from it once you beat him, a bit annoying to go there and you might have to dig a lot, but thanks me later !

There are runes in the moon that are the same styling as the orb room runes, will you talk about those later?

Love this game...

Wow, this game is incredible 👏 😍

this is fricken crazy. hey, how does one decypher the glyphs? is it just a substitution method like commander keen? funny, if we're an agent of magic fighting technology, it kinda makes sense in the world. since we've got these spells, and the enemies (especially in the deeper levels) have guns and tanks and lasers and such. very cool, reminiscent of Arcanum

There are runes in the lava room above the boss. Any idea what they say?

Sometimes I feel like this game was made for me specifically. Like, three Finnish dudes sat down to make a game for me, an American stranger they've never met. I love every single thing about this game.

What about the runes above the boss room? When the lava starts dropping and depletes, you can see runes in the background.

What do the glyphs above the boss room say?

Hey, I found out that you can make snow if you freeze a mist. I froze a mist of spirits and got snow.

Невероятно... good vid

This is an old video but it just occurred to me so I'm gonna slap it down: Remember to nominate for the 2019 Steam Awards! (one of my nominations is obvious, and I hope enough will agree ;) )

Whoa.

What do the glyphs in the laboratory translate to?

I feel like every atmospheric, pixellated indie games of the last 10 years has come with its own coded, pixellated language for players to painstakingly translate. It's basically a glorious unbroken tradition of shamelessly ripping off Fez.

What do the glyphs say which are hidden above the final boss chamber? Wait for the lava to drain out of the chamber above the boss spider thing and you'll find more glyphs up in there.

I don't understand how people discover these secrets. Like who came up with the idea of somehow filling the right pools in the right place with snow and sand to see the glyphs and then being able to tell what they're all about? I'm struggling to get past a couple of levels without dying and have serious doubts of being able to discover any secrets on my own.

where can i find that HD map of all noita world?

las combinaciones de un lado , no afectan el del otro?

How did you translate the glyphs?

You should go to the work it is above the floating island.

I would have never found this in game even when mixing for alchemy you have to fill it to the top so I don't see it happening unless you had that always cast wand and just happen to stumble into this

Alarm going off at 4:41

Alright but who built the machine that turns everything into Gold at the end? And WHY the boss is just WAITING for you to come and sort of start the battle, to then, upon it's death, drop an important part of that said machine so you can do what "must be done", i guess? Nothing about this makes sence to me. Not just this stuff, though, but also who " created" the character we play as? The character is sort of as clueless as we are, isn't it? The shadow that covers it's "face", or whatever there is.

Huh, interesting... Are there any other orb rooms? I mean, I know there’s more orbs, and at least one of them is in a room, right? Like the one in the area under the boss? There’s plenty of materials to use still too!

When is a new fmt video coming out

So the writing is character-swapped finnish?

There are glyphs above the boss fight, where the lava flows from

Did you miss the orbroom on tje right side of the snowy depths?also i think theres sum insode tje tree aswell. If you dig around for it

what kind of glyphs are these from

Yes, I knew it!

So question, what are the glyphs wrote in? Like is it a Conscript for an existing language? It doesn't seem to be a conscript for english, as the glyph order doesn't match the translations.

What about the text in the lava pool that drains upon yourself in the boss room

Fury I also found out something and ask you to make a video about it. if you move up from the Flying Island you find a place called the Work or something. what does that mean and why does this biome exist? Sorry for my english i am from germany.

Do you have a link to that full map by Dregu#6455?

... THE WHAT?

So that's why the Hiisi all wield guns and use jetpacks.

Good grief this is impossible to find!! How did people even find these out??

Hey Fury.

Some post game Environmental Station Alpha right here. Jesus. O.o

map ??? 3:54 - 3:01 - 2:22 - 0:44 How do you do that?

How... On Earth did you figure out what to put in the pools???

This is just advanced kalevala

Top ten games where you actually played the villain. 2019.

Has anyone tried to see if more glyphs are available with milk and beer?

Sounds like the lore of Kalevala

do you have a link for the map?

There's no way this was uncovered any other way than mining the game files. Seriously.

So it's just pure luck/trial and error to know which substance to fill in which basin?