The End is the sixth chapter of Super Meat Boy and the final chapter of the main story.
The vaguely-named chapter takes place in the remains of Dr. Fetus' Castle, which has ascended into the sky. This chapter has fewer levels than usual but is longer to test the player's long-term survivability.
Overview[]
Unlike most chapters in Super Meat Boy, The End contains five levels in its Light World and Dark World, and a Glitch Level, with no Bandages or Warp Zones. All five Light World levels must be completed to unlock the final boss level.
This is the only chapter to feature a Dark World boss level, which requires the completion of 85 Dark World levels from all chapters to unlock.
The End is succeeded by The Cotton Alley, the bonus chapter.
Light World Levels[]
Level | Name | Secrets | A+ Time |
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6-1 The Pit | N/A | ![]() | |
6-2 Schism | N/A | ![]() | |
6-3 Echoes | N/A | ![]() | |
6-4 Gently | N/A | ![]() | |
6-5 Omega | N/A | ![]() | |
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N/A | N/A |
Dark World Levels[]
Level | Name | Secrets | A+ Time |
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6-1X Detox | N/A | ![]() | |
6-2X Ghost Tomb | N/A | ![]() | |
6-3X From Beyond | N/A | ![]() | |
6-4X Maze of Ith | N/A | ![]() | |
6-5X No Quarter | N/A | ![]() | |
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N/A | N/A |
Glitch level[]
Level | Name | Secrets | Level found |
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+1% completion | Any level |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Instead of being black and white, like other worlds, the name displayed for the world is white and black. This could be a reference to the TV show "LOST", in which every show ended with a black screen except for the penultimate season finale, which ended with a white screen instead.
- Since there are no Warp Zones in this chapter, the intro cutscene and the glitch level use Rapture's warp zone music. This also applies to The Cotton Alley.
- In another game, The Binding of Isaac, the harbinger Death has a similar face to that of the planet.
- You are forced to play as Meat Boy in this chapter, and you cannot play any other characters - The pause menu character switching is disabled, and the pre-level character select screen is skipped.
- This is the only chapter that has a Dark World Boss. In any other chapter, it's impossible to select the boss battle in the dark world - it doesn't appear on the map.
- On the escape section of the Dr. Fetus boss fight, the music continues to play if you exit to map on the XBOX version.
- The End is the only chapter in Super Meat Boy not to feature "deathless" achievements in the PSN versions of the game.
- This Chapter and Rapture are the only chapters to not be mentioned in any other game or media.
- This Chapter's main theme (in the 2010 OST) is Dr. Fetus' Castle. The Rapture's Dark World theme. This is the only chapter in the game to not use its light world theme for its main theme.
- The palette for this chapter has a lot of unused objects. These objects consist of:
- Buttholes
- Missile Launchers (Not Functional)
- Fully functional Conveyor Belts
- Laser Eyes (Not Functional)
- Blood
In addition to these objects, buttons and switch blocks are also available. While not unused, they were only in the boss fight.
Related achievements[]
Chapters in the Super Meat Boy series | |
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Super Meat Boy | The Forest · The Hospital · The Salt Factory · Hell · Rapture · The End · The Cotton Alley* · Teh Internets** · Super Meat World** |
Super Meat Boy Forever | Chipper Grove · The Clinic · Tetanusville · The Lab · The Other Side · 0xDEADBEEF* |
Dr. Fetus' Mean Meat Machine | The Forest · The Hospital · Salt Factory · Tetanus · Hell · The Lab |
Meat Boy | The Forest · The Salt Factory · Hell · Expert Chapter* |
Meat Boy (Map Pack) | Easy Levels** · Medium Levels** · Hard Levels** · Expert Levels** · Impossible Levels** |
* = Bonus chapter; ** = User-generated content |