Sons of the Forest ending explained: What happened to the Pufftons

You can play after you have finished Sons of the Forest The ending is more of a puzzle than a solution. Most of the lore can be found in emails and papers scattered throughout the island’s caves and bunkers. These pages only provide a few pieces of the larger puzzle, which you must then put together in order to understand the entire story. It is almost impossible to learn the entire story by yourself, so we offer some fan theories. Continue reading to learn more. Sons of the Forest Story and the meaning of the end.

Sons of the ForestThis game is still in an early stage of development. The storyline may evolve as more games are added.

[Ed. note: This post contains full spoilers for Sons of the Forest.]

What happens to Sons of the Forest?

The final seconds of Sons of the Forest, you’ll make your way through a bunker to find a golden door with an arm imprinted on it. Use the golden armor to open the door and fight your way through mutant cannibals until you find another human. The ForestBeyond a large golden cube. Your companions run with you as you both enter. The person wearing the silver jacket does not make it in.

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This is where the story takes a big turn (if the huge golden cube buried deep underground wasn’t enough for you).

Timmy presents a laptop to you with a fifteen-second countdown. As the clock winds down, Timmy splits himself into multiple copies. One of the cube’s walls will then disappear, showing you a futuristic city on a different planet with flying cars and advanced architecture. You will see a giant mutant hiding in a cave behind the wall.

You’ll turn to see Virginia, if you successfully befriended her, having a negative physical reaction to the events, and she’ll collapse into your arms. You will see Eric and Timmy, the main characters of the film. The ForestYou have two options: Either join Timmy or Eric to leave the island; or, grab your backpack and remain.

What does the end of Sons of the Forest imply?

To be honest, we’re not 100% sure! The last moments of its existence, Sons of the ForestYour brain is overwhelmed with information. Although the game is in its early stages, there are still some details to be added to the story. Here are some theories to help explain the ending.

Keep in mind that these are theories and they haven’t been verified by the developers of Sons of the Forest. All that you see is speculation. You can choose to believe what you like or to use the information to create your own opinion. Sons of the Forest ends.

Sons of the Forest: Timmy LeBlanc and Eric LeBlanc are back

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You will discover the bunkers and Sons of the Forest, you’ll repeatedly run into two unnamed humans that seem to have an objective of their own. Most people believe that these are Timmy LeBlanc and Eric LeBlanc. The Forest.

One of the main reasons people believe this to be true is because the younger man’s scars in Sons of the Forest match Timmy’s scars from The Forest. Additionally, during a cutscene where you face off against a huge mutant, the older man yells, “Get down, son,” indicating a parental connection. We know of one other father. Sons of the Forest is Edward Puffton, but he doesn’t have a son (Edward’s child is Virginia Puffton, the lady with three arms and legs who can become one of your companions), so all signs point to the duo being Timmy and Eric LeBlanc.

The cube moves between dimensions

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One of the cube’s walls opens to show a futuristic town in the final cutscene. A few documents from the bunker equipped with gold armor support the belief that the cube can travel between dimensions. The email says, “Our records show that more research will be needed regarding — The artifact causes a Brief Dimensional Switch.” Pretty safe to assume that the city you’re seeing is from another dimension. Also, you can find the book entitled Parallel universes and travel between themTim LeBlanc and a number of similar books might convince you that interdimensional travel can be possible. Sons of the Forest universe.

Timmy LeBlanc gets the cure with The Cube

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Eric and Timmy are asking themselves a simple question: “Why are they here?” Some believe that the duo is there in hopes of finding a way to cure Timmy of his inner demons, while others believe that they’ve discovered a way of curing Timmy: entering the cube. You could read that Timmy is exorcising his inner demons when he splits in multiple copies of him.

Some fans believe that it only affects the mutants in its cube, such as Virginia and Timmy. Virginia, however, isn’t cured, as she still has her legs and three arms.

Anyone outside the cube transforms into a mutant

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As you explore deeper past the gold door, you’ll find an email that says “Cube activates every 8 cycles” along with an image of a moon calendar. Reddit user Nabuee found that it takes approximately 27.3 days to complete one cycle of the moon, and eight cycles equal to about 218 days.

Now, the whole reason you’re on the island is to find billionaire Edward Puffton, who has been missing for 31 weeks, or around 217 days. The idea here is that, 31 weeks ago, the cube activated and turned everyone into a mutant — hence why you received no signal or message from the Pufftons — and you make it just in time for the next cycle. Do you remember the man in the black jacket who chased after you until the cube opened? That’s right; they didn’t make it into the cube in time, so when the cube opens and shows the mutant monstrosity, that’sThe silver jacket is worn by the subject.

Edward and Barbara Puffton became mutants

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You are the main reason you’re the protagonist Sons of the ForestYou have come to the Island to locate Edward, Barbara, or Virginia Puffton. It’s easy to know what happened to Virginia — she turns into your companion as you play — but what happened to Edward and Barbara Puffton?

In the Food and Drink bunker, you’ll find a security room that has a wall of camera footage. In the recordings, you’ll see many humans mutating into the enemies that we face off against on the island. However, on camera 2, you’ll see an older woman who looks somewhat similar to Barbara Puffton; she also transforms into a mutant. In the next room that you unlock with the VIP keycard, you’ll find many dining tables that are seated with mutants. The names of missing billionaires are printed on place cards at one of the dining tables. The seats labeled “Barbara Puffton” and “Virginia Puffton” are empty, but Edward’s seat is taken, which leads us to believe that he turned into a mutant.

All of this is just the tip. Sons of the Forest iceberg. For more theories on the overarching story, check out these theories on the game’s religious ties and this incredible YouTube video by Its Shatter that explains the whole plot.