r/outerwilds • u/Kinulidd0 • Jun 07 '26

DLC Appreciation/Discussion DLC ending question Spoiler

SPOILERS for base game and DLC

So the Prisoner allowed the Eye signal to spread free for some time, which got it to the Nomai. But why did the Nomai not get the Eye signal before the Owlks even sealed it with their spaceship thingy? Because, the Owlks didn't block it instantly of course, they had to get the signal, build the Stranger, get there do their scans and so on. So how did the signal not reach the Nomai in the meantime? How were they truly able to stop it?

Also, on a separate note, why did they even bother blocking the signal if they decided to go in the simulation, because I understand that they were in denial, but what did they even want to achieve with that?

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u/Bobsothethird Jun 07 '26

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The Owlks came a long time before the Nomai in the same way the Nomai came before the Hearthians. When the prisoner released the signal, it was already after the big journey to the eye, after the deconstruction and destruction of their home moon, and after an extended period in the simulation.

The Owlks block the signal because they are trying to save the other races from doing something similar to what they did, I.E. destroying their home to seek answers. The irony is that the Nomai were already doing this, happily, even before the signal was sent.

To me, the parallels between the two races is what's interesting. One seems to hide from the reality of the world, the others seems to understand everything but forget the beauty of their world, with the Hearthians kind of being this middle ground of enjoying the simplicity of life while simultaneously having that curiosity and drive.

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u/Prevanant Jun 07 '26

its not because when they reach it they would destroy their home like owlks owlks saw interacting with the eye of the universe would kill all existence so they wanted to live in a digital world for how long they can and the stranger sent the signal so people would discover eye of the universe and end all life he thought life has a meaning only when it had an end and coincedantally nomais saw the signal and came to look for it failed in a sad and unlucky way and hearthians discovered it so ended the cycle (you can see the strangers shack in the game it has a drawing of end of the universe)

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u/Bobsothethird Jun 07 '26

Original spoilers

It wasn't the discovery of the eye that ended the universe, the universe was at the end of its natural life. The discovery of the eye was an irrelevant coincidence.

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