Desperados III Easter Eggs

## Picnic on Byers Pass

On Byers Pass, there is a picnic place to the left of where you rescue Doc. Going there triggers a voice line from Cooper. Throwing Doc's bag on the picnic mat triggers a cut scene with Cooper and Doc having a picnic break and eating cupcakes. This awards the achievement *The Picnic*.

## Giant Bee on Byers Pass

On Byers Pass, on the right side after rescuing Doc and climbing up the ladder there is a wooden hut and a bee hive hanging from it. Hovering over the hive with Doc selected shows a Cooper's portrait. Throwing a coin on the hive causes some bees to come out. After throwing a coin on the hive four times in a row the whole hive transforms into a giant bee and flies away.

This Easter Egg was apparently added into the game because of Mr. Blue. He has a history of posting bee memes and jokes on the official Mimimi Discord Server and Twitter which might explain the nature of the Easter Egg. However, the exact meaning of and reason for the Easter Egg is unknown.

## Dentist on Baton Rouge

In the south of Baton Rouge, there is a dentist looking for patients. Knocking out a guard or civilian, bringing them to the dentist and throwing them into his wagon will cause him to start operating on them and award the achievement *Need a Dentist?*. There is a civilian with tooth ache lying on the floor towards the end of the level in a courtyard next to where the Sheriff is talking to another guard specifically for this achievement. But any other random guard or civilian will work as well.

## Sea Monster on Queen's Nest

On Queen's Nest, on the front side of the large ship, to the right of a chest with ammo for Cooper, in the corner between a small wooden hut and a small earth hill, where the large river starts, there is a small skeleton half-buried into the ground. The skeleton shows up as interactable with Isabelle and shows a small portrait of her when hovering over it and having any other character selected. After interacts with the skeleton three times as Isabelle the head of a very low-poly sea monster with green skin and two red eyes suddenly appears in the river next to her.

Another skeleton with the same effect can be found on the other side of the ship at the front, right next to the water and below another small wooden hut.

A third skeleton, again with the same effect, can be found in the corner of the river where the Sea Monster appears, on the side opposite of the large ship and roughly in between the first two skeletons.

It's likely that the developers intended for the Easter Egg to only appear after interacting with all three skeletons but a bug makes it possible to simply interact three times with any skeleton.

## Magull Whisky on Queen's Nest

A Whisky bottle can be found on Queen's Nest, in the area where Hector and Isabelle start. When walking close to it with Hector he will recognize the Whisky's smell and make a comment about it. Interacting with the Whisky causes him to drink and talk more about it. He calls it *Magull Whisky* which is a reference to *Anna-Maria Magull*, Studio Manager of Mimimi Games, the studio behind Desperados III.

## Assassin's Creed Jump (Gunslinger's Creed) on Las Piedras

Performing the jump awards the achievement *Gunslinger's Creed*.

## Exploding Heads

When shooting guards as Doc there is a 0.1% (1 in 1000) chance that the guard's head will explode into a firework. This might be a reference to a similar scene in the movie Kingsman.

## Kate's Shadow Tactics Fan

Kate takes out a fan during one of her idle animations when wearing a disguise. After performing the fan idle animation 3 times, there's a 10% (1 in 10) chance each following time that she will take out a Shadow Tactics themed fan instead of her normal one. When the chance triggers, it repeats from the start, i.e. she's guaranteed to use her normal fan again for the next 3 times, then the 10% chance, etc.

## Minor Easter Eggs

* On Flagstone, in the backyard behind the brothel, there is a coffin. Somebody is trapped inside this coffin and makes noise or knocks on it from time to time: video

* In the beginning of Las Piedras a guard is searching his golden tooth on the track.  The golden tooth can be seen as a golden shimmer further down the track.
* Hector's trap Bianca is named after *Bianca Dörr*, the Head of Art at Mimimi Games, the studio behind Desperados III.
* In New Orleans, there is a restaurant called *Habibi Falafel House*. It's a homage to a real restaurant in Munich, the city where Mimimi Games is located. Felix (one of the devs) thanks it in the Credits.

## Voice lines

* When distracting a guard, Kate sometimes says *Guten Tag* (German greeting, literally "Good day"). This is a reference to the spy from the original Commandos game.
* When pulling out her blinding perfume to aim, Kate sometimes says *Gesundheit* (German for *Bless you* i.e. in response to a sneeze, literally "health").
* When continuously selecting a character for more than 25 times they will start responding with a series of voice lines in response, usually directly addressing the player. Each character has a fixed series of voice lines which they will tell in order on continued selections and repeat after they are done. Some characters have a different series on some maps.
	+ Cooper Standard
		- *Well this is .. ah .. gettin' weird.*
		- *You sure you wanna keep doing that?*
		- *Just sayin' .. I got better things to do.*
		- *Hey. You ever heard the story about the kid who lost a finger?*
		- *Kinda reminds me of what you're doing right now.*
		- *That kid, he should have minded his own business.*
			* Using English voices Cooper actually leaves this line out and instead repeats the next one slightly changed saying  *'stead, he went around getting on everyone's nerves*. This is probably a bug. It is correct when using subtitles or other voice languages.
		- *Instead, he went around getting on everyone's nerves.*
		- *Bam. Just like that. Finger was gone.*
		- *That's food for thought I'd say.*
	+ Cooper on Baton Rouge
		- *Hey now. Hold yer horses.*
		- *Owhhh. I think the headache's getting worse.*
		- *Wha.. Wh.. W.. Who did that?*
		- *Okay .. Keep it together Cooper.*
	+ Cooper on New Orleans Docks
		- *This ain't no joke.*
		- *You better focus.*
		- *I ain't got time for this.*
		- *I'm gonna ignore you.*
	+ Cooper on DeVitt Goldmine
		- *Really? Now?*
		- *Aw .. Come on. This ain't funny!*
		- *Can we do this later?*
		- *Ugh .. Jackass!*
	+ Kate Standard
		- *Oho? What's this?*
		- *How charming. Reminds me of a little poem...*
		- *Let me give you account of admirers I've had...*
		- *Which will prove without doubt that most men are bad...*
		- *Abe was as poet, said his love would not wither...*
		- *But within just a week I caught him with my sister...*
		- *Barry was richer than all men I met...*
		- *But as deep as his pockets, as shallow the rest...*
		- *Charly the trapper gave me pelts to impress...*
		- *But warmth didn't help with the smell of his breath...*
		- *Danny the serpent kept avoiding the truth...*
		- *But sweetheart be certain, the most annoying is you.*
	+ Kate on Baton Rouge
		- *Ugh.. Very funny.*
		- *Are we really doing this?*
		- *Sorry, sweetheart. I'm not in the mood.*
		- *Fetch me a pick-me-up and we can talk, alright?*
	+ Doc Standard
		- *Alright. Time to do inventory.*
		- *Let's see what we have left in here.*
		- *Water hemlock. Seizures until respiratory failure. Beautiful.*
		- *Belladonna. A classic since ancient Rome.*
		- *White snakeroot. Painful. Slow and steady.*
		- *Oleander. First your heart races, then it slows, then it stops.*
		- *The Rosary pea. A small dose is enough.*
		- *By the way, I am the only man alive who can know the contents of this bag.*
		- *So... Which one will it be for you, my friend?*
		- *Griaß Gott. I bin da Bergdoktor.* (German dialect/Austrain for *Greetings. I'm the mountain doctor.*)
	+ Hector Mendoza Standard
		- *Huhuhu. That tickles.*
		- *Hehehe. Alright, enough.*
		- *Oh, Bianca. How you doing my love?*
		- *Me? No, don't worry about me.*
		- *Yes, I missed you too last time we parted.*
		- *But you know. I always come back to you!*
		- *What's that look? What? You think I have another woman?*
		- *Never! There is only one for me and her name is Bianca.*
		- *Yes. You know I'm always there when you need me.*
		- *Hmm, speaking of which, I think you need oil.*
	+ Hector Mendoza on Baton Rouge
		- *Hm? What .. was that?*
		- *Oohhhhhhh.. Ja.. Hmhm.. That feels good. Mmm.. Heh..*
		- *Hmmh. More to the left.*
		- *Ohhh. Oh.. Oh. That is stuff. Ehe.. heh..*
	+ Isabelle
		- *Mhhh... Stop it!*
		- *I said stop it! You think I don't who you are?*
		- *I'm losing my patience with you. Last warning!*
		- *Well, you asked for it!*
		- *Hrrhh... There. You're mine. Now let's see...*
		- *Open the options menu.*
		- *Got to savegames.*
		- *Press delete all... Do it. Now!*
		- *Oops. Hah. Look what you did silly.*
	+ Young Cooper on Devil's Canyon
		- *What? You expect someone taller?*
		- *I'm almost fifteen, you know?*
		- *Heh. You think this is my first rodeo?*
		- *Me and Pa, we've been places.*
		- *El Paso, Rio Bravo, Tonto, Fort Grant...*
		- *Agry Town, Lago, Durango, Sweetwater...*
		- *What was that place we came through on the way here?*
		- *San Michael... That was it.*
		- *Hch shit. Pa's waiting. Gotta go!*
	+ Young Cooper on Devil's Canyon II
		- *What the hell?*
		- *I'm kinda busy here.*
		- *Stop it, jackass!*
		- *Screw you! I gotta help Pa.*

## References

1. ↑ Mr. Blue claiming the Easter Egg was put in for him on the official Mimimi Discord server: Msg1 Msg2 Since no dev denied it it's probably true.
2. ↑ This was confirmed on Discord by Mo, Mimimi's Head of Design: Start of the conversation and Mo's confirmation.