The hunter community refers to the welcoming community of people working together to find Easter eggs, solve puzzles, and uncover secrets left behind by THE FINALS' developers.
Church of the Holy Hunters
The "Church of The Holy Hunters" is a group of Easter egg hunters belonging to the lore of the official THE FINALS Discord server. It originally stemmed from people calling Embark Studios CCO Rob Runesson "Saint Rob" based on his "SR" signature, but eventually grew into involving multiple members of the Embark team. Hello Hunters.! Welcome to the Church! Sit down and relax for a while...
Saint Praying Circle
The praying circle depicts an egg (namely Nama Tama) in the center, symbolizing new life or rebirth, surrounded by five candles arranged in the shape of a pentagram. Praying circles are used to attract new findings or presence from clue-givers such as Saint Rob.
At the corners of each praying circle are two letters: on the left side S, to represent "Saint", and on the right side the initial of the saint you wish to honor. Examples are "SR" for Saint Rob, "SD" for Saint Dusty or "SE" for Saint Esbjorn.
The praying circle was first used by Giriko on October 2022.
Example of a praying circle
Remixed version for WR hunting
The prayers actually working
Saint Rob
Rob Runesson, affectionately known as Saint Rob by members of the hunter community, is the mastermind behind THE FINALS Easter Egg Hunt (TFEE) and most other Easter eggs in the game. He previously worked on the elaborate Easter egg projects of various Battlefield titles, such as the Phantom Program and Peacekeeper Chain.
The Saint Rob, or SR meme started in late 2022, when Rob posted "soon... ._." in response to Oak asking for more EEs, and Snowblind realized that ... .-. translates to SR. But it didn't get that much attention until hunter Serpenger asked Rob a month later if SR stood for Saint Rob. There are multiple times where rob has acknowledged the meme both directly and indirectly.
Praying to SR usually results in something... ._.
SR.! spray on Monaco
Rob yelling "STIIIIISSON.!"
The Holy Chariot of our Saint Rob
Get wisdom from Saint Rob! "Take a Screenshot to see what wisdom Saint Rob has for you.!" -Duh
Rob holding an IRL Robatama
Rob as The Riddler (The Robbler) by Resk
Rob acknowledging the SR meme
Some EE hunters choose to add "SR" to their name for extra guidance during the hunt
Hunters summoning SR for guidance on the EE hunt
Hunters praying to SR for enlightenment during the hunt
Hunter asking SR for more images
Saint Dusty
Saint Dusty is the co-conspirator of Saint Rob and oversees the EE. She hails from the United States of America but can be found in Sweden for some time now!
Dusty drew the original white rabbit on a birthday card for Rob, which he later added to the game. The white rabbit (WR) Easter egg became integral to activating Level Three of TFEE. There is also a Dusty graffiti hidden somewhere in the game that hunters are yet to find.
Excerpt from the Dusty Sea Scrolls:
0++åp
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Saint Esbjorn
Esbjorn Nord (loosely translated: Godly bear of the North), also known as Esse, hailed upon us many moons ago. He is known as the Patron of Artistic License, but more importantly, he is a concept artist with a wide variety of work across the years. His ArtStation shows his talent was previously well utilized, and it seems that his adventure at Embark has only reaffirmed his talent to all of his fanbase (and beyond).
Saint Dusty and Saint Esbjorn guiding hunters
Ode to Tier 1C
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Rob of Embark, He's done it again We're all in the dark, Awaiting friend_you_need number ten |
The answer is in sight.! Surely it will be done Sorry my friend Giriko, But we've only just begun... |
Information in DNA, Protiens bundled together Not a thing of my foray, Plantarum Leviosa or whatever |
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Engravings on AKs Bullets made of candy The clues to the puzzle, Have us momentarily dandy |
Lambda makes the scene, No not Half-life 3 That would be obscene, Just more spectroscopy |
So many species of Iris.! But which is our flower.? Iris foetidissima, The one which smells sour |
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Cyrillic symbols forebode, Roman numerals too I used them in tapcode, And thought it was blue |
Wave wave waves.! Light, Sound and Matter Swa needs to behave, Else beget the hammer |
Saam.exe, Whos arrrival was recent Crafting websites already, Far more than decent |
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A user named Fish(xw), Tho their pic is a cat.? Receptive as a sattelite dish, No doubt about that.! |
Charity of Justice, knew the Cistercian number Revealing 1869 (nice), Keen as a cucumber.! |
Ships with something to say, Beyond the bounds of heaven To be found another day, Pioneers ten and eleven |
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Spectrum of light Not day, but of night Our instruments in tune, For the Dark side of the moon |
Ignore the infrared, Violets are blue To Atlas we pray, Forgiveness of you |
Delivering the message, Past the A ring of Saturn To the best of our knowledge, A discernable pattern |
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SPEAR of little time, A wizard of media design Hunts eggs when he can, Soon to be back again |
RockhoundBlack of NZ, Penning scripts of egg and game Putting dates on trailers yet to be, but they weren't quite the same.! |
The red panda Darnoux, Always Royally memeing Puts on quite a show, Of Namatama, they must be dreaming |
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Strange numbers abound, Shoelace with no shoe Still more clues to be found, Another image for you.! |
Iris of rainbowed sky Some trouble she's in Bring water and fly Make light of her sin |
Like a Floydian record, My head is spinning backwards Wear n' tear on my keyboard, To input these passwords |
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A discovery to amaze.! A.Å. from Uppsala A Swede of great praise, Like many that will follow |
Flex3d toils away, Scribing the doc with haste Scrolling posts of yesterday, No time to waste Dodging gifs, emoji spam, And Jokes in poor taste |
Tier 1C we will solve, Just waiting on Serpenger Solution better not involve, The fuckin' Julian Calender |
TFEE Omelette Showdown
Easter egg hunters' THE FINALS tournament, AKA Omelette Showdown, is a private tournament organized by hunters Beanmilk and Dread.
The first tournament (TFEEOS #0) was held with 18 hunters from around the world at CEST 12AM Sunday / EST 6PM Saturday, April 13–14, 2024, and was sponsored by THE FINALS Season 2 sponsors, VAIIYA and OSPUZE. Similar to THE FINALS Season 0, this tournament was used to gain feedback and prepare for a larger tournament.
| Position | Player | Player | Player |
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| 1st | Lulz | DJLuck89 | Pocolap |
| 2nd | CathRTic | Atsuhiro | Erleyah |
| 3rd | Reuben | Kyne | RCade |
The second tournament (TFEEOS #1) was held with 15 hunters at CEST 7:00PM Saturday / EST 1:00PM Saturday, May 4th, 2024.
| Position | Team Name | Player | Player | Player |
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| 1st | THE EEPIES | Ludonope | Ezra | Erleyah |
| 2nd | THOMAS (yes) | Snowzy | Smashel | BlackHoleSuuun |
| 3rd | THE CHRISTIAN CRUSADERS | Nova | rOGER | FRUT |