Endings

''These are the endings for Fear & Hunger. To see the endings for Fear & Hunger 2: Termina, see Termina Endings.''

In classic RPG fashion, Fear & Hunger has multiple endings. There are 9 in total - 5 normal (A-E) and 4 character-specific endings (S).

Normal Endings
Normal Endings (A-E) are common endings that can be achieved with any character on any difficulty.

Ending A - "The god of Fear & Hunger"

To achieve this ending, the player has to keep The Girl alive in their party, travel through the mouth of the God of the Depths and reach The Heart of darkness, an area built out of corpses at the very bottom. A battle will initiate against The God of Fear &  Hunger, winning which achieves Ending A.

Ending B - "The Older one"

Same as the Ending A, you need to reach the pile of  corpses through the mouth of the God of the Depths. This time however, you cannot have The Girl in your party. Reaching the bottom will instead trigger a battle with Traces of Gro-goroth.

If the battle is won, the god will ask the player why he persists to fight - whichever answer is given, Ending B is achieved.

Ending C - "The Yellow King"

For this ending, the player must find Le'garde alive and keep him in their party. It is required to reach the city of Ma'habre, get tormented, endless, enlightened souls, еnter the Golden Temple, and kill Francois the Dominant One, after which, the player can sit on the Throne of Ascension - doing which teleports the squad to The Void.

Once in the Void, and finding a team (optional), after a brief exploration bit, the player is suddenly forced to battle with Older One god - Sylvian.

After the battle, the player must reach the Yellow King, then reject his offer, and fight him. After winning you will get Ending C.

Ending C-II - "The prophecy"

Ending C-II is achieved with the same path as Ending C, but instead of fighting Le'garde, the player must kneel before him once in The Void. Doing so will let the player escape the dungeons of Fear & Hunger and achieve Ending C-II.

Ending D - "A new god"

Same as the Ending C, the player needs to reach the city of Ma'habre, get tormented, endless, enlightened souls, kill Francois, and sit on the Throne of Ascension. However, the player must not have Le'garde alive in their party.

After falling into The Void, and battle to the Sylvian, the player will come to face a new, godly version of their character. It will ask a few questions. There are several ways you choose to rule as a new god, but whichever answer is chosen, it achieves Ending D.

Ending E - "Escape?"

To achieve this ending, the player needs to find Le'garde, dead or alive. After this event, it is possible to simply leave the dungeons through the starting gate. This triggers Ending E.

S Endings
S Endings are special, character-specific endings that can only be achieved in hard mode and are not possible if the player becomes The Marriage or The Abominable Marriage.

Ending S - "Happy ending"

To get the S Ending for the Mercenary, the player must find all three treasures from the maps of Isayah in Ma'habre, last of which lets the mercenary obtain the King's crown. (Guide)

Ending S - "The true god of Fear and Hunger"

Playing as The Knight, the player must find Le'garde dead and then resurrect him with the Rebirth spell. (Guide)

Ending S - "The enlightenment"

With the Dark Priest, the player must befriend Nosramus and acquire the Soul Anchor, then continue the path for Ending D. (Guide)

Ending S - "The god of ultra-violence"

To achieve this rather difficult ending, the player must use the Outlander and obtain every single specific soul in the game, meaning having to face almost every difficult encounter possible, needing several empty scrolls, and having to solve the tomb statue puzzle. (Guide)

Events Connected to Fear and Hunger 2: Termina's Canon
Although Fear and Hunger has multiple endings, several of these endings may be considered non-canonical because they contain events and details inconsistent with the canon present in the second game, Fear and Hunger 2: Termina:


 * The God of Fear & Hunger exists in Fear and Hunger 2: Termina, meaning that The Girl must have been brought to the Heart of Darkness to ascend to godhood.
 * By extension, it is impossible for all four protagonists of Fear and Hunger to have canonically survived: at least one of them would have died during The Girl's ascension to godhood.
 * Various details in Fear and Hunger 2: Termina suggests that Ragnvaldr may have survived and escaped the dungeons of Fear and Hunger:
 * One of the Festival of Termina participants, August, may be a descendant of Ragnvaldr:
 * August's family hails from the Kingdom of Oldegård; August says that he is 1/4 Oldegårdian. Ragnvaldr also hails from Oldegård.
 * Ragnvaldr has been described as a wanderer; August describes himself to be nomadic, travelling often and never settling down.
 * August bears a resemblance to Ragnvaldr.
 * August shares the Tormented Soul with Ragnvaldr.
 * August is proficient with the use of a bow, like Ragnvaldr.
 * In Fear and Hunger 2: Termina, if August is still alive when the player enters an encounter with Moonless, he will intervene during the battle to end the conflict. He will then explain that Moonless is an "old family acquaintance". If August's mind is read, it's revealed that August considers her to be "more of a sibling". As Moonless only becomes a friendly ally in Fear and Hunger when recruited by one of Fear and Hunger's four playable protagonists, this suggests that August is related to one of them, as it would otherwise be unlikely for August's family to be acquainted with Moonless.
 * August appears to be aware of Kaiser's true identity, is hostile toward Kaiser, and possesses knowledge about the Festival of Termina and other arcane details surrounding it. Given the limited access most people have to this knowledge, and August's hostility toward Kaiser, it's likely that he was granted access to this information by a third party who's also hostile toward Kaiser.
 * By the time of Fear and Hunger 2: Termina, many people have stopped believing in the existence of supernatural creatures. This suggests that, for one reason or another, the prevalence of these creatures has declined, to the point that most people have never seen any and believe them to be myths. One potential reason for the decline of these creatures is Ragnvaldr exterminating many of them: in Ragnvaldr's S ending, he dedicates himself to stopping the spread of evil creatures.
 * Enki survived and escaped the dungeons of Fear and Hunger, as in Fear and Hunger 2: Termina he wrote the Skin Bible describing the God of Fear & Hunger.
 * Le'garde, in one way or another, survived and escaped the dungeons of Fear and Hunger.
 * In Fear and Hunger 2: Termina, when fought in the White Bunker, if the spell Rot is cast on Le'garde (as Kaiser) his true form will be revealed: a bloody, skinned creature. This suggests that the events of D'arce's S-ending are canon to the Termina canon, as in D'arce's S-ending Le'garde is resurrected as a skinned creature.
 * The beast Moonless survived and escaped the dungeons of Fear and Hunger
 * Nas'hrah survived and escape the dungeons of Fear and Hunger.