Battlefield 2042 Easter Eggs Compilation [ Edited ]

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57. Top Gun Movie & the Danger Zone 

The "Dangerzone" charm name is a reference to Kenny Loggins' "Danger Zone" song, which was written for and made popular by the Top Gun movie.

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This one may require some dev input, as the BFEE community is not entirely sure.

Usually, when you die due to a non-enemy reason, the top banner will read as "TERMINATED". When killed by an enemy, the kill cam replaces the banner text. Other deaths have unique phrases, such as "YOU LEFT THE COMBAT AREA", or "YOU FELL TO YOUR DEATH".

Yet, when you're crushed to death, instead of a "You Were Crushed to Death" or another similarly specific reason for the death, the banner instead reads as "YOU DIED". That's just as general/vague as a descriptor, and is unnecessarily redundant to, "TERMINATED".

This inconsistency leads me to believe that it may be a reference to The Dark Souls, as the game is known to have a ton of different mechanisms designed to kill you around every corner, and getting crushed to death by an object "out of nowhere" followed by a red "YOU DIED" text on an opaque banner, seems to reflect that theme.

In this video example, my knifing made the vehicle jump up a few inches, which was enough to "crush" me to death: https://i.imgur.com/UoD8Gxm.mp4

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Note to all - the mysterious radios are active as of 10 November 2022. There are 3 interactable radios on each of the 4 maps listed. For a given map, find and interact with all 3 radios to receive 1 credit towards the Norrland charm, and also receive 1 player card (so 4 total player cards).

I recommend that that you all use Mackay and/or a heli to go from radio to radio. Good luck!

60. Mysterious Radios

For a limited time at the end of Season 2, mysterious radios could be found on 4 maps. When you interacted with all 3 "Nordvik" radios on each map, a unique player card unlocked for the respective map. The radios would also transmit communications pertaining to the game's lore.

Video credit: Dan™

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OY7kfXxzs8

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Another secret reload was discovered, this time for the MP443 pistol.

This makes it the 7th gun with a rare, secret reload. This will be added to #36e in the OP.

MP443 - Mag toss up

Discovery & video credit: DANNYonPC

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58. Joel Defense Manufacturer

The "Joel Defense" manufacturer name seen on many of the game's guns, gears, etc., appears to refer to DICE 3D Artist Joel Dabrosin.

Here's his ArtStation page: https://www.artstation.com/joeldabrosin

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The BF1942 data drive label was discovered in HZ. This makes it the 7th BF franchise title to be found as a label. There are a few still missing that we expect to find, i.e. BF1, BF2 / BF2: Modern Combat, and BF4. Though, if the dev(s) added all of the BF titles, we're looking at upwards of 15 or 16 total titles. 

g) BF1942

Discovery & image credit: champidoob

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The 8th BF title label was discovered in HZ. This one's for BF2 - it will be added to #40 part h in the OP.

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This Origin achievement unlock (which is also available on XBox and PS) for Boris' SG-36 sentry gun, is a reference to the "Aliens" (1986) movie and one of the UA 571-C sentry guns placed in the corridor where the Xenomorphs are attacking. You can hear that phrase in the following scene when the first sentry gun "B" runs out of ammo (@2:54 in the clip): https://youtu.be/PL4cXMLfkVE?t=142

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Added to post #6 under Honorable Mentions:

Q. Do-Re-Mi - musical notes w/ multikill kill streaks

Instead of the "Monster Kill", Godlike", or other names given to kill streaks in other games, DICE went in a softer, more musically oriented direction. When you begin your multikill (at 3 kills), faint, high pitched do-re-mi notes will play. It will progress up the scale until the 10th kill, at which point it will play the "do" note one octave higher. Subsequent kills will repeat this "do" sound.

Though, do keep in mind that you have roughly 1.5 seconds or so to make a kill after the last one in order to maintain the multikill status. Revives and assists will temporarily keep your multikill kill streak from ending. An easy way to tell if your multikill status is still active is to look at the kill/revive/assist icons grow into a longer line at the center of the screen - they'll disappear once the multikill status ends.

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This one's added to Honorable Mentions in post #6 under J. 2042 PAC vs 2142 PAC.

The "White Lotus" decal has a strong resemblance to the BF2142 logo for the Pan-Asian Coalition (second image below), and may be a reference to that future faction.