40 Fun Facts About Bug Fables: the Everlasting Sapling

Bug Fables models its art and battles on the first two games of which Nintendo series?

Paper Mario and its sequel The Thousand-Year Door were the model, because the developers felt later entries had strayed too far from that formula.

The entire land of Bugaria in Bug Fables turns out to sit inside what ordinary human-world location?

A backyard of an abandoned house holds all of Bugaria: its vast desert is really an old sandbox, and its lake is fed by a leaking pipe.

Kabbu, the chivalrous warrior from the far North in Bug Fables, is what kind of insect?

Beetle warrior Kabbu fights with the horn on his head, landing single heavy blows while Vi the bee favours rapid multi-strike attacks.

In Bug Fables, what does TP, the shared pool the party spends on special attacks, stand for?

Teamwork Points belong to the whole party rather than to each bug, and a rank-up can raise the pool by 3.

What punning name does Vi give the boomerang she fights with throughout Bug Fables?

Beemerang is Vi's own name for it; officially the weapon is the A.D.B.P., one of a professor's Automated Drone Boomerang Prototypes.

In Bug Fables, the mosquito Shades sells medals in the Underground Tavern for which collectible?

Crystal Berries number just 50 across Bugaria, which is exactly what it costs to buy out all 13 medals Shades sells.

Which Bug Fables medal adds 3 attack but stops its wearer using skills, items or blocks?

Berserker costs 6 MP and leaves only the basic attack, so it suits a bug whose plain hit can still reach its target.

What default name does Bug Fables give the baby carnivorous plant that joins as a fourth fighter?

Chompy hatches from a seed won from an optional boss, and the player can rename her at birth.

What rare power does the moth Leif discover soon after Vi and Kabbu rescue him in Bug Fables?

Ice magic surprises Leif as much as anyone: he instinctively freezes a creature sneaking up on the group and says the power is new to him.

Queen Elizant II of Bug Fables secretly wants the Everlasting Sapling so she can revive whom?

Her mother, Elizant I, lies in an enchanted sleep, and the queen planned to wake her and hand back the throne, believing herself the lesser ruler.

Which Explorers' Association accountant hands out the Hard Mode medal in Bug Fables?

Artis gives a unique medal the first time each boss falls in Hard Mode; miss that chance and the same medal has to be bought from the travelling caravan.

Which Bug Fables merchant runs the medal stall in the commercial area of Ant Kingdom City?

Merab swaps his stock whenever the party leaves the area, and his stall gains new medals as the chapters go by.

Which Bug Fables medal makes poison heal its wearer each turn, at the price of 1 defense?

Reverse Toxin turns poison into 1 HP of healing per turn, so pairing it with medals that reward being poisoned can make the status a real advantage.

Which Bug Fables medal, costing 3 MP, puts a fallen ally back on their feet after two turns?

Miracle Matter revives its wearer with 2 HP at no cost in items or TP, and wearing two copies cuts the wait to one turn.

Which zero-cost Bug Fables medal raises enemy attack but doubles the berries dropped after battle?

Hard Hits makes enemies hit 25% harder, a trade that only pays off for berry farming if fights end before too many items are used up.

Which Bug Fables medal, won from the B.O.S.S. simulator, beeps when unfound collectibles are near?

Detector shows an icon and makes a sound in any room that still hides a medal, key item or discovery the party has not found.

Where in Bug Fables are Leif's Empower+, Fortify+ and Break+ medals bought for 120 tokens each?

Termacade prizes are paid for in tokens, earned by playing its two arcade machines or simply bought at 3 berries apiece.

Which Bug Fables gauntlet of enemy waves in Bugaria Outskirts awards the TP Saver medal at wave 40?

Cave of Trials pays a first-time prize every ten rounds, including the Defense Exchange medal at round 30, and losing there never causes a Game Over.

Which Bug Fables medal eases running from battle and is the Hard Mode reward for the Chapter 1 boss?

Quick Flea halves the button presses needed to escape, from six to three, so fewer berries spill on the ground and are lost.

Which Bug Fables medal from the Golden Festival eating contest makes healing items poison the user?

Weak Stomach looks like a pure drawback, but it lets a bug poison itself on demand to switch on medals that reward being poisoned.

Which two-person studio based in Panama developed Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling?

Moonsprout Games is just two people: Panamanian writer and programmer Jose Fernando Gracia and Brazilian programmer Marcio Cleiton Jr.

The two developers of Bug Fables first met on a fan forum for a challenge run of which game series?

Pokémon brought them together: the pair met on a forum for the Nuzlocke challenge, then began work on their own role-playing game in 2015.

Which crowdfunding site hosted the Bug Fables campaign that launched with its name reveal and demo?

Indiegogo hosted the campaign in January 2018, the moment the project dropped its working title and took the name Bug Fables.

Which company published Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling for its two-person indie developer?

Dangen Entertainment released the game in November 2019, four years after its two developers began work on it.

On which platform did Bug Fables first launch in November 2019, half a year before any other?

Windows PC players got it first; the Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions followed on May 28, 2020.

Which site of Vi and Kabbu's first mission gives the heroes of Bug Fables their team name?

Snakemouth Den nearly kills them: taking the ancient artifact at its end springs a trap that floods the chamber, and the survivors are named after the place.

What kind of creature guards the Ancient Mask and is fought as the Chapter 1 boss of Bug Fables?

Spider encounters come three times in the chapter, and the first two cannot be won: the boss sits at 999 HP and 99 defense until the full trio is together.

Leif of Bug Fables learns he is really which fungus, carrying a dead explorer's memories?

Cordyceps is the twist: ancient immortality experiments produced an advanced strain that inherited the original Leif's memories, and he chooses to carry on that legacy.

Which insects were the first in Bug Fables lore to gain sentience, leaving ruins across Bugaria?

Roaches hid the Everlasting Sapling long ago, and a surviving tribe is later found still guarding it.

What is the real name of the Wasp King, the flame-wielding usurper and main villain of Bug Fables?

Hoaxe was a once-impoverished bug who chanced on an ancient crown able to control Wasps and command fire, which is how he seized a throne that was never his.

After his defeat as the Everlasting King, the final boss of Bug Fables is transformed into what?

A tree is all that remains of him: the withered Sapling's last fruit gave him vast power, he burned the Sapling down, then lost control once beaten.

What vehicle do the Termites give the heroes of Bug Fables to strike the Wasps' staging base?

A submarine is handed over only after the heroes convince the more advanced Termites with their combat skills.

Which mantis, the queen's Royal Blade, tests Vi and Kabbu in the opening fight of Bug Fables?

Maki only ever uses one predictable overhead slash in that tutorial, and the bout ends by itself before either side can run out of HP.

Which vain celebrity leads a rival explorer team in Bug Fables alongside the wasp warrior Zasp?

Mothiva acts kind and loving for her fans but would rather perform than explore, even begging the heroes to let her team claim the Chapter 2 artifact.

Which Bee Kingdom workplace, where Vi once worked unhappily, hosts the third chapter of Bug Fables?

Honey Factory machinery is powered by the Ancient Key, which is why the hunt for that artifact leads the heroes there in the chapter Factory Inspection.

Which Bug Fables minigame, first taught by Carmina in a tavern, has its tournament on Metal Island?

Spy Cards decks hold fifteen cards drawn from enemies the party has scanned: one Boss card, two Mini-Boss cards and twelve Battle cards.

Which Bug Fables menu code, typed when naming a save file, caps every medal's cost at 1 MP?

RUIGEE comes with a catch: the party can no longer earn Exploration Points, so extra MP has to be bought from Eetl with berries.

Which Bug Fables medal from the Lost Sands grants Sturdy, a skill giving a turn of status immunity?

Tardigrade Shield unlocks Sturdy, which costs 3 TP, adds 3 defense and blocks every status for a turn, though it uses up the rest of that ally's turns.

Which Bug Fables medal gives Kabbu a ranged skill that strikes an airborne enemy for 1 damage?

Mighty Pebble grants the 1-TP Pebble Toss, handy for knocking a flier to the ground when Vi cannot attack or for finishing off a high-defense enemy.

Which Bug Fables medal, sold by Shades from Chapter 6, has the game's steepest equip cost at 8 MP?

Front Support adds just 1 defense, but it always protects whoever stands at the front, the spot enemies hit most, and it moves with the party order mid-battle.