Fate: Undiscovered Realms

Lore & Background

The hero of the town of Grove has completed his quest and celebrates his victory. During the festivities an unusual old man appears and convinces the hero to come with him, telling him that another great evil has arisen. The old man has tricked the hero, and opened the Book of Fate, gaining its powers. The hero must now stop this new foe by exploring the dungeons of Druantia, a realm of mossy forest and dry tunnels, and Typhon, a frozen tundra and arctic wasteland. In this game, the town of Grove has been replaced with three new realms: the Outpost of Druantia, the Outpost of Typhon and the Temple of Fate. Each realm features new randomized dungeons, shopkeepers and non-player characters (NPCs). Each dungeon is only about half the size of the original dungeon in Fate. Players start in the Temple of Fate where they are given quests to enter and complete the dungeons of Typhon and Druantia. There are also two statues in the Temple: in specific levels the player will find missing equipment which they must then put on the corresponding statues. When all the missing clothing has been put back on, the statue will release a prize, and a potion which will turn the player's pet into the hero that the statue depicts. The statue will release the potion as many times as the player wants, but the prize is only released once. Once the first two realms have been completed, the player must return to the quest-givers in the Temple of Fate, whereupon a new dungeon is unlocked and the player tasked with defeating the lord of the dungeon and final boss in the game, Kaos. It is a mystery what happened to the evil old man from the introduction, but it is possible that Kaos and the old man are the same being.

Reader's Guide

Fate: Undiscovered Realms is significant as a stand-alone expansion that extended the life of the original Fate while introducing new realms, a mod-inserting system, and a remastered re-release in 2025. Its legacy lies in its role within the Fate series, bridging the original game and its sequel The Traitor Soul. The expansion received fairly positive reviews, with a score of 7.0 from both GameSpot and IGN. GameSpot's Brett Todd praised the simple charm and addictive gameplay carried over from the original Fate but criticized the limited new features, calling it more of an extension than an expansion. IGN's Jimmy Thang called it a solid addition to the hack and slash genre, albeit hindered by uninspired dungeon design. The game introduced a new mod-inserting system where users could move mod folders into a specific 'REALMS' folder, allowing manual removal and changes without increasing loading times. This system was more stable than the previous mod manager. The game's dungeons are fully randomized for each level, and it is advertised as having infinite dungeon levels, though at level 2,147,483,647 the game runs into computing problems. The remastered inclusion in Fate: Reawakened in 2025 ensured continued access for modern audiences.

Did You Know?

• The game is advertised as having infinite dungeon levels, but at level 2,147,483,647 (2^31-1) the game runs into computing problems and the character can go no further.
• The retail version sold in stores includes the original Fate game as well.
• The game introduces a new mod-inserting system where mods are placed in a folder called 'REALMS', and the number of mods does not increase loading times.