{"id":45543,"date":"2025-03-12T17:12:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T08:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=45543"},"modified":"2025-03-12T17:12:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T08:12:56","slug":"deltarune-testing-team-mistakes-toby-foxs-rotten-tea-items-for-bugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/deltarune-testing-team-mistakes-toby-foxs-rotten-tea-items-for-bugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Deltarune testing team mistakes Toby Fox&#8217;s &#8220;Rotten Tea&#8221; items for bugs\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Despite telling the general population that <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/toby-fox-regrets-to-inform-deltarune-fans-that-character-flavored-teas-will-be-almost-useless-in-future-chapters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the purchasable character-flavored teas in <strong>Deltarune<\/strong> Chapter 2 will turn into \u201cRotten Tea\u201d items<\/a> in future chapters, Toby Fox must have forgotten to mention the change to the game\u2019s bug testing team. According to Fox, the team recently found the Rotten Tea and asked him if it was a bug:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-bluesky-social wp-block-embed-bluesky-social\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:vshnclkqqguyg6xcz6q7g65k\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lk5dlzljpc2b\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreig3qrdjdu2zh6aph5vq2ofudmop5xyflmnzacjotsb6d3g4kxegpq\"><p lang=\"en\">The bug testing team just independently discovered Rotten Tea and asked if it was a bug lol<\/p>&mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:vshnclkqqguyg6xcz6q7g65k?ref_src=embed\">tobyfox (@tobyfox.undertale.com)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:vshnclkqqguyg6xcz6q7g65k\/post\/3lk5dlzljpc2b?ref_src=embed\">2025-03-12T00:36:04.793Z<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Deltarune: The Tea Theory\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/61wsyA-OJXo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To be fair, game elements that change without prior notice usually classify as bugs. The character-flavored teas are complex items that not only restore different amounts of HP depending on the name of the tea and to whom it is given, but also have bits of dialogue attached that are dependent on the aforementioned factors. Anyone unfamiliar with how Toby Fox\u2019s mind works would be forgiven for thinking that a complex item suddenly turning into a simple, 10HP-restoring \u201cRotten Tea\u201d is a bug.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deltarune Chapter 3 and 4 are set to be released sometime in 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems Toby Fox forgot to spill the tea to Deltarune&#8217;s testing team and tell them that character teas will turn into Rotten Teas&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":45547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-45543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Deltarune testing team mistakes Toby Fox&#039;s &quot;Rotten Tea&quot; 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