Asgore's Home
Asgore's Home is a location in New Home, and, as the name implies, is the home of Asgore, the ruler of the underground. The house resembles a monochrome version of Toriel's Home, except for the yellow of the potted golden flowers, the red of the gift wrapping and the green of the keys used to unlock the padlocks.
- On the Neutral Route and the True Pacifist Route, the Heart Locket and Worn Dagger can be found here. On the Genocide Route, they are replaced with The Locket and Real Knife.
- On the Genocide Route, a Dimensional Box is present in front of the house.
The protagonist arrives at Asgore's Home after a long walk between the CORE and New Home.
On the Neutral Route, walking through Asgore's Home triggers non-combative encounters with monsters, during which they tell the story of Asriel and the fallen human. In the background, the track Undertale plays.
Examining the objects throughout Asgore's Home gives the protagonist glimpses into the Dreemurr family's life. The present boxes in the house contain the Heart Locket and the Worn Dagger.
When traveling through the house on a second Neutral Route, the monsters' dialogue in the encounters can be sped up.
On the True Pacifist Route, the padlocked chain is absent, making it possible to go straight to the basement.
The items in the present boxes and the descriptions of objects in the house are the same as on the Neutral Route. No monster encounters occur.
On the Genocide Route, the encounters with monsters recounting the story of Asriel and the fallen human are replaced by encounters with Flowey, who is also non-combative. Flowey explains to the protagonist how he now feels about his experiences. His dialogue can be sped up if the protagonist completed the Neutral Route beforehand. In the background, the track Small Shock plays as opposed to Undertale, slower and at a lower pitch.
Examining objects in Asgore's Home can allow the fallen human to talk through the protagonist's narration.
The present boxes instead contain The Locket and the Real Knife, which are significantly more potent (but have better alternatives for the final fight).
A chain initially locks the stairs to the basement in the foyer with two padlocks.
There is a note on the chain that says "Howdy! I'm in the garden. If you have anything you need to get off your chest, please don't hesitate to come. The keys are in the kitchen and the hallway."
To the right is the hallway, leading to three bedrooms (though one is closed for renovations). To the left is the study and kitchen.
The first door on the left of the hallway is the shared bedroom of Asriel and the fallen human.
The room contains two twin-sized beds, the fallen human's bed being on the left and Asriel's on the right. There is a drawing of a golden flower on the wall, a framed picture of the Dreemurr family, and a closet filled with striped shirts.
The room also contains two present boxes containing the weapon and armor of the fallen human, which differs based on the route. On the Neutral/True Pacifist Route, the items are the Worn Dagger and the Heart Locket; on the Genocide Route, they are the Real Knife and The Locket.
Inside Asgore's room is a trophy that reads "Number 1 Nose-Nuzzle Champions '98!", an open journal that has "Nice day today!" written on the current page, a king-sized bed, a closet that contains a "Santa Claus" outfit, macaroni art of a flower, and a clothes drawer that contains a pink, hand-knit sweater with "Mr. Dad Guy" written on it.
The kitchen contains a clean stovetop, a trash can filled with crumpled up recipes for a Butterscotch Pie, a note that says to "Help yourself to anything you want!", a sink with white fur stuck in the drain, and a fridge filled with unopened containers of snails.
- During the encounters in this area on the Neutral Route and the Genocide Route, the name for the fallen human is omitted from the UI. The SOUL, bullet board, and Stats are still visible, however.
- Inspecting the padlock a second time or with one key has shorter, alternate dialogue that does not include Asgore's note.[1]
- Despite Asgore's Home resembling Toriel's Home, there are slight differences in items and dialogue:
- In the foyer:
- The potted golden flower is the only golden flower to have parentheses used in its flavor text.
- The bookshelf has an old calendar at the end of 201X.[2]
- In the kitchen, the fridge has papers with writing and photos tacked onto it, along with a trash can.
- The living room has a table with four chairs, gardening tools, a bookshelf filled with photo albums, scrapbooks, and a book on how to make tea. The coal in the fireplace is described as being warm, and the reading chair is noted as unused.
- The room marked as being "under renovations" corresponds to Toriel's bedroom in Toriel's Home, similar to how the room in her house marked "Room under renovations" corresponds to Asgore's bedroom in his house.
- On the Neutral Route, inspecting the mirror at the end of the hallway has different dialogue from the mirror in Toriel's Home.[3]
- On the Genocide Route, the dialogue is the same as with the mirror in Toriel's Home.[4]
- In contrast to Toriel's small chair, Asgore's small chair is not given a name.[5]
- In the foyer:
- The dialogue for the fallen human's bed alludes to their fate.[6]
- The Santa Claus outfit implies that Asgore is the one to give gifts to the locals at Snowdin, as the gifts at the decorated tree is from "Santa".
- The present boxes in Asriel and the fallen human's room look similar to those in the MOTHER / EarthBound series.
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(You'll need both keys to get through.)
— Narrator - ↑
(There's an old calendar from the end of 201X.) (A date is circled on it.)
— Narrator, upon inspecting the calendar - ↑
Despite everything, it's still you.
— Narrator, upon inspecting the mirror - ↑
It's me, <Name>.
— Narrator, upon inspecting the mirror at Asgore's Home, Genocide Route - ↑
(It's just a chair.)
— Narrator, upon inspecting the chair in Asgore's room - ↑
(What a comfortable bed.) (If you laid down here, you might not ever get up.)
— Narrator, upon inspecting the left bed in Asriel and the fallen human's room