Sleep
(But, when you opened your eyes...)
Narration when Kris wakes up in the Dark World after sleeping, Chapters 1, 2, and 5
Sleep (JP: ねむ) is a common mechanic in Deltarune that becomes available once a Chapter has been completed. It allows the player to skip past the Chapter's opening scenes. It is intended for speedrunners or those replaying the game to save time.
It is performed by interacting with a bed or sofa, where the player is warned that if they go back to sleep, they "may miss a lot of important things".[1] If they choose to go to sleep anyway, they are instantly fast-forwarded to the beginning of the main Dark World events of the Chapter. The game's story is unaffected and plays out as if the skipped sections were completed like normal. All missed Completion FILE flags are set to their defaults.
Sleep becomes available once the given Chapter has already been completed and a Completion FILE is present.
Kris may sleep in their bed, which skips the entire school segment and takes them to the beginning of ??????. This option becomes unavailable after leaving the house.
Kris may once again sleep in their bed, skipping the school section as well as Castle Town, and taking them to the beginning of the Cyber World. This option becomes unavailable after leaving the house.
Kris will appear to wake up alone on the first screen of the Cyber World, but Susie is invisibly in the party as indicated by the menu. Once the first screen transition is taken, Susie will automatically reappear.
Kris may go back to sleep on the couch at the beginning of the couch cliffs, prompting an annoyed comment from Susie. The entire section where Ralsei joins the party and Tenna's introduction is skipped, bringing Kris to the game room right at the beginning of Board 1. Kris's name is set to "KRS". This option becomes unavailable once the couch wakes up and begins to walk away, or progressing past the first sliding section.
Kris may sleep "an incredibly long time" in the armchair in the Dreemurr residence, skipping the entire Light World including the church and Noelle's House, and taking them to the beginning of Dark Sanctuary. This option becomes unavailable when Kris walks to the breakfast table after waking up. On the Weird Route, the armchair cannot be interacted with, making the option to sleep unavailable.
Unlike Chapter 2, Susie walks on-screen and joins Kris immediately after Kris wakes up.
Kris may go back to sleep in their bed, skipping the entire Light World and appearing in the first room of Flower Kingdom. This option remains available even after entering Castle Town, but becomes unavailable after Susie joins the party since leaving Castle Town at that point triggers the Festival event. Once again, sleeping is impossible on the Weird Route.
Like Chapter 4, Susie enters the room from the right and tells Kris to get going.
It is also possible to skip the entire opening cutscene of Kris entering their room and putting the SOUL in their body by holding MENU button if a completion FILE is present.
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(It's your bed.)
— Narration upon interacting with Kris's bed, Chapter 1
(If you go back to sleep, you may miss a lot of important things.)
(Will you go to bed?)
