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** In ''[[Bloodborne]]'', getting the Moon Rune is one of those puzzles where you wonder how in the world anyone discovered it. Only three are in the game, and one of them is obtained by first {{spoiler| defeating Micolash, Host of the Nightmare, an act that causes [[Eldritch Abomination| the Brain of Mensis]] to plunge down a dark shaft. Then you have to descend using an elevator into the gloomy chamber where it landed and confront it (it’s a giant, ''very ugly'' brain-thing with a big eye on the front, but it won’t attack you if you do not strike first) and then make a “Make Contact Gesture” (gestures are usually only used in online PVP to greet other players) and then hold it ''for a full minute'' before it gives you the rune. You can fight it then if you want, [[Bonus Boss| but doing so is optional]].}}

** ''[[Elden Ring]]''. If you are unfortunate enough to accidentally confront [[Eldritch Abomination| the Three Fingers]] (or curious to do do it on purpose), an embodiment of malevolent Chaos that lurks behind an ominous door in the Cathedral of the Forsaken, you will be tainted by the Frenzied Flame, a curse that will eventually turn the player into the [[God of Evil| Lord of Frenzied Flame]], which means your playthrough (likely dozens of hours long) is locked off from all but the [[Bad Ending]] of the game. But don’t despair, there is a cure! {{spoiler|First defeat Commander O’Neil, who drops and Unalloyed Gold Needle. Take it to Gowry who tells you to take it to Millicent, who then tells you to meet here in three locations (all are easy to miss). Do that, and she tells you to get a Valkyrie’s Prosthesis, which is in the Shaded Castle. Then fight and defeat the Godskin Apostle, go find Millicent in more locations, find her Summon Sign in the most difficult optional area of the game (unlocked by defeating a mini boss), help her defeat her four evil sisters, then take the Unalloyed Needle back to her before she dies. Then you must defeat Malenia, Blade of Miquella (the hardest boss in the game), pick the flower that appears to gain Miquella’s Needle, find the hidden trail of rocks in Crumbling Farem Azula, use the portal to get to the lair of Dragonlord Placidusax (the ''second'' hardest boss in the game) defeat him, and then, ''while still in the arena'', use Miquella’s Needle, which will cure the Frenzied Flame. ''Good luck'' figuring all THAT out without a cheat sheet. Of course the irony of all this is, if you ''do'' have a cheat sheet, it would likely also tell you to stay the hell away from the Three Fingers so you won’t have to go through all that.}}

* One of the most innovative and interesting game mechanics introduced in the ''[[Pokémon]]'' franchise was how Mons would evolve when they gained experience. In most cases, a Mon simply had to reach a certain experience level, but many Mons evolved in special ways, like with items (such as Pikacu), being traded (like Haunter) traded with an item (Scyther), maximum Happiness (Chansey), or maximum Happiness at a certain time of the day (Umbreon). Some Mons had weird and/or gimmicky evolution conditions, like Tyrogue, who evolves into one of three Pokemon, depending on how its ATK compares to its DEF, Nincada (which evolves into two Pokemon when it reaches lvl 20, but only if its trainer has a free space in their party and at least one Pokeball in their inventory), or even Inkay, who evolves if the player turns his console device upsidedown when it reaches lvl 30. (Yeah, that’s pretty cool.) But the Mon that really fits this Trope is the Galarian Yamask, introduced in ''[[Pokémon Sword and Shield]]''. Unlike the original Yamask from ''[[Pokémon Black and White]]'' who evolves into Cofagrigus simply by hitting lvl 34, the Galarian Yamask is complicated to say the least. First you have to battle other Pokemon until its hp is lowered to least 49 lower than its total via attacks, without it being knocked out. (Level does not matter, so long as it has enough hp to survive, and losing hp via means other than Pokemon attacks, like weather conditions or the move Curse ''do not count''.) Then you must take the wounded Yamask to the Dusty Bowl (an area not even close to where you can catch a Yamask) find an unassuming arch-shaped rock formation, and run under it; if that is done, your Yamask evolves into Runerigus. Naturally, most players evolve Yamask after looking the solution up online, but it’s hard to imagine just how anyone discovered this in order to post it online. There’s not a single clue in-game that suggests the arch is important, there's no clue that this alternate evolution of Yamask even exists (no trainer, not even Ghost Pokémon specialist Allister uses it) and it’s almost impossible to discover this by accident, seeing as once you catch a Yamask on Route 6 there’s really no reason to take it to the Dusty Bowl to level-grind it.

== [[Alternate Reality Game]] ==