Nearly four years later and a new cheat code for NieR Automata has been found

In an interview with Famitsu, the NieR Automata development staff said there was something implemented in the code but it hasn’t been found yet, but they think it was something that wasn’t good.

In fact, the staff said they won’t even mention it because it may cause problems. So, it’s a secret.

On Twitter, Lance McDonald posted the following:

I found a cheat code in NieR Automata that allows you to skip to the last ending immediately after killing the first boss and unlock the bonus modes. I’ll do a full video soon. It’s not a glitch, it’s an actual cheat code hard-coded into the engine. @yokotaro pic.twitter.com/FtuNPovq6F

— Lance McDonald (@manfightdragon) January 3, 2021

According to Lance, it took hundreds of hours of reverse engineering.

Yokotaro responded to Lance with the following Tweet:

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3 years 10 months.
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RT: @manfightdragon
I found a cheat code in NieR Automata (snip) https://t.co/2LeNlBguLi

— yokotaro (@yokotaro) January 3, 2021

The NieR Japan Twitter are telling people that the secret has been discovered but it includes spoilers, so for people to please be careful if they have not played the game.