Deltarune Insert Chapter 7 Side B Explained

Spoilers for Deltarune Chapter 5’s Weird Route ahead. “Insert Chapter 7 Side B” is the screen that appears if you keep choosing Proceed during the Chapter 5 lake scene with Noelle. It does not mean you missed a normal Chapter 5 ending. It means you reached the current stopping point of the Weird Route, also known by many players as the Snowgrave Route or Side B.

After the message appears, the game resets to chapter select. That is confusing on purpose. The screen seems to imply that this version of the route will not continue normally in Chapter 6, and may instead be waiting for Chapter 7’s Side B path.

What Does Insert Chapter 7 Side B Mean?

“Insert Chapter 7 Side B” means you reached the end of the currently playable Weird Route content in Deltarune Chapter 5.

The phrase appears on a CRT-style screen after Kris and Noelle keep walking into the lake and the player keeps choosing Proceed. Instead of continuing into a normal Chapter 5 Dark World, the game cuts off and sends you back to chapter select.

The important part is the wording. It does not say “Chapter 6.” It says “Chapter 7 Side B.” That makes it feel less like a normal ending and more like a placeholder for a future alternate route chapter.

My read is simple: the game is telling you that this route is not done yet, but it is also not going back to the normal Chapter 5 path.

How To Get The Insert Chapter 7 Side B Screen

You get the Insert Chapter 7 Side B screen by continuing the Weird Route into Chapter 5.

The basic sequence is:

Start Chapter 5 with the correct Weird Route completion data.
Reach the lake scene with Noelle.
Keep choosing Proceed when the game gives you the option.
Continue even as the scene gets worse and the screen begins fading out.
Keep choosing Proceed until the game cuts to the “Insert Chapter 7 Side B” screen.

This is not part of the normal Chapter 5 route. If you are playing a normal save file, you should not expect to see this message.

If you want the broader route context, use our Deltarune Chapter 5 Snowgrave Route explained guide. That article covers how the Chapter 5 Weird Route scene fits into the larger route.

Did It Delete Your Save?

The Insert Chapter 7 Side B screen can make it look like your save disappeared, but it is better understood as the route ending and returning you to chapter select.

Players have noticed that after reaching this point, some save data can be marked with “_b” in the files. That matters because it suggests the game is still tracking the route state, even if it does not let you keep playing that path right now.

So no, I would not treat this as a random crash or a mistake. The reset is part of the scene. The game is deliberately cutting the route off after the Chapter 7 Side B message.

That said, do not overwrite saves carelessly if you are experimenting. This is alternate route content, and Deltarune has a habit of making save behavior part of the story.

What Is Side B?

Side B is another way the game refers to the Weird Route.

Players often call the route the Snowgrave Route because of Chapter 2, but by Chapter 5, “Side B” becomes the more important phrase. It makes the route sound like an alternate version of the main story rather than just one Chapter 2 event.

That is why “Insert Chapter 7 Side B” is such a big message. It is not only telling you to wait for a later chapter. It is labeling the future continuation as a separate side of the story.

I would not overcomplicate it for now. Side B means the alternate route. Chapter 7 Side B means the alternate route may continue in Chapter 7.

Does This Mean Chapter 6 Is Skipped?

Maybe, but it is not fully confirmed yet.

The obvious implication is that the Weird Route might skip Chapter 6 and continue in Chapter 7. That is why the screen says “Insert Chapter 7 Side B” instead of “Insert Chapter 6 Side B.”

But there is a difference between implication and confirmation. Until later chapters are playable, we do not know exactly how Chapter 6 fits into this route. It could be skipped, locked, replaced, or handled in a way the game has not revealed yet.

For now, the safest answer is this: the message strongly points toward the route continuing in Chapter 7, but it does not fully explain what happens to Chapter 6.

Can You Continue After Insert Chapter 7 Side B?

No, not in the currently playable Chapter 5 content.

Once you reach the Insert Chapter 7 Side B screen, the game sends you back to chapter select. There is no normal next room, boss, Dark World, or secret continuation after that screen right now.

That is why the message feels like a cliffhanger. It is not asking you to find another door in Chapter 5. It is telling you that this branch of the route has hit its current endpoint.

If you keep trying to continue from the same spot, you are probably going to keep running into the same cutoff. The route is waiting on future content.

What If You Stop Choosing Proceed?

If you stop choosing Proceed near the end of the lake scene, the route can appear to break back toward the normal Chapter 5 path.

This is different from reaching the Insert Chapter 7 Side B screen. Instead of pushing all the way through, you let the screen fade out without making the final choices. After that, scenes with Noelle and Susie can appear, and the route continues from a changed version of the normal Chapter 5 story.

That branch is important because it makes the lake scene feel less like a simple yes-or-no choice. If you keep pushing, you hit the Side B cutoff. If you stop near the end, you get a different continuation with its own weird changes.

So if your goal is specifically to see Insert Chapter 7 Side B, keep choosing Proceed. If your goal is to explore the altered normal route, stop choosing near the fade-out instead.

Final Blurb

Insert Chapter 7 Side B is Deltarune Chapter 5’s Weird Route cutoff screen. You get it by continuing to choose Proceed during the lake scene with Noelle until the route ends and the game resets to chapter select.

The message seems to imply that the alternate route will continue in Chapter 7, possibly skipping or bypassing Chapter 6, but that part is not fully confirmed yet. What is clear is that this is not a normal Chapter 5 ending and not a puzzle you solve inside Chapter 5.

If you saw “Insert Chapter 7 Side B,” you reached the current end of that route. The game is not telling you to search harder. It is telling you to wait for Side B to continue.

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