Are there instances where you must attack enemies?
I'd really like to keep this as spoiler free as possible. I'm fairly early on in Undertale. I've just gotten to Toriel's home. I'm not sure where to go, but it
"doesn't seem like talking is the solution"
and I'm not sure how to
"show mercy without running away"
Are there instances where you must attack in order to advance?
A little bit more blunt:
I reset, exited, and re-entered my game after trying everything I could to not kill Toriel. However, it seems like the game saved anyway as the game makes reference to how "You thought about telling Toriel that you saw her die." Is there any way to recover from this state? I'd really like to move forward without killing anyone.
Best Answer
Keeping as spoiler free as possible, yes. There are instances where you must attack to progress through the game. This isn't the same as killing however, and Toriel is not one of these instances.
The way to save Toriel:
Go to the Mercy menu and keep sparing her (about 20 times). Eventually she will relent.
As far as I know there's no way to make the game forget you failed to save her the first time.
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Are you supposed to fight in Undertale?
If you choose violence you "fight"; if you choose non-violence, you "act." The terminology feels meaningful. Refusing to attack your opponent isn't a passive decision, but an active one that requires just as much strategy to execute successfully, if not more.Is it possible to not fight Toriel?
Toriel has four attacks, although the fight is rigged so that if you're in danger of dying the attacks will avoid hitting you - the only way to lose is to deliberately run into them. Keep opting to Spare her - never attack - and eventually she'll give up the fight.Do you have to attack Toriel Undertale?
I want to go for the best ending. No. You don't have to hit her once. Stay determined, and never take the easy way out.How do you not fight in Undertale?
If you have played the game before, and started by killing Toriel, you will need to select "Act", then "Talk." If you have played the game before 11 times, she will not hurt you at all, sending out a completely harmless attack. If you've played 12, and spared her all 12 times, she will not attack at all.How to successfully attack the enemy King with advanced Pawns | Attacking Chess | GM Dejan Bojkov
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Answer 2
There are two instances where you must attack to proceed with the game.
The first instance in the game where you must attack to progress:
Towards the end of game when you fight Asgore Dreemurr in the neutral story route, he starts the battle by destroying the 'MERCY' option. You still have the 'ACT' option, but while this helps lower Asgore's stats, you have to attack him until his health gets low. Once you've weakened him enough, you'll do a critical hit that will put him a single hit away from dying, and the fight effectively ends here.
The one other time you must fight:
Is the fight against Flowey. You don't choose the 'FIGHT' option in the menu as you do in a standard fight, but the option appears on the field towards the end of the fight where you can use it by selecting it with your heart over the icon.
Answer 3
There is no need to kill anyone in Undertale.
Undertale's tagline is: The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone and of course because of this they ensure that there is always some option to advance without killing.
Common kills:
Toriel is the one that most players think that there is no way to advance without killing her but even with Toriel there is no need to kill.
The dummy at the beginning of the game also counts as a kill which is commonly thought by players to not count.
Another common kill used to be the Vegetoids, eating them was regarded as a kill in the demo but is no longer counted as a kill.
Answer 4
From my experience so far of not killing any of the characters, there are some instances where there is no way getting around having to attack the characters, but even then with each of those characters, the game gives you the option to spare or kill them at the end of the battle anyways. The game only really makes you do this with a couple characters at the end of your adventure.
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