To be honest, there were a lot of things I already knew before listening to the 70,000+ files but there were also some things I was unaware of. So here’s what I really learned or am glad I got confirmation on:

Contrary to popular belief, Whitehorse didn’t just turn a blind eye on what Eden’s Gate was doing. Even though, before the Reaping, they were peaceful and just stockpiling, he was suspicious and decided to write a report he sent to the state and to the FBI. Nobody did anything. Whitehorse did try to do something but no one helped him.

The bombs that destroyed the USA at the end of the game were most likely North Korean.

Absolution and New Dawn’s canonicity is… debatable. For Absolution, it makes total sense because the book was written months before the game’s release by someone who was not part of the dev team and who had to write a story based on an unfinished scenario but, for New Dawn, I really don’t understand what happened.

The Book of Joseph is mostly canon. No information about Inside Eden’s Gate, though. It kind of contradicts the game’s cinematic intro but this intro is not canon to me anyway.

Peaches was spayed. I secretly hoped she was the mother or grandmother of New Eden’s cougars in New Dawn but it’s impossible. Unless they retconned that too, of course. And she does bring dead animals as gifts.

Dutch can’t hunt or be in the woods because it reminds him of Vietnam. Grace used to be afraid of heights but managed to get over her fear by climbing a tower a little higher each day. May May says Merle drinks because his girlfriend left him but Grace thinks it’s because his high school friends died in an accident at the reservoir. Either way, it’s pretty sad. Sharky is lactose intolerant and has “ADD” but he wasn’t a furry before New Dawn. Wheaty is allergic to “pretty much anything with fur” and never washes his clothes. As a consequence and since he showers only once a week, he smells really bad.

Charles, Tweak, and Virgil are all cinnamon rolls in their own way. If Charles changes the subject every time Virgil asks why he hasn’t started a family yet, it’s not because he’s shy. Tweak might be left-handed. Casey, Chad, Sarah, Skylar, and Walker are underrated characters. According to Adelaide, whom I consider an expert in this area, Zip is a terrible, terrible lover.

We already knew about the infamous watery mac-n-cheese but Sharky also says he ate the worst potato salad in his life at one of the cult’s barbecues. Eden’s Gate members truly can’t cook.

Joseph isn’t your typical cult leader and doesn’t take advantage of his followers. He genuinely believes he is the good guy and cultists think they are doing the right thing. The Judges were his idea. Or God’s, I guess, since he got this idea in a “vision”.

John is the best interrogator and knows Jerome’s most secret secrets (whatever they are). He is also an efficient lawyer. Sadly, civilians have no respect for him and fear him less than they fear his siblings. They also say he is a “control/neat freak”. His bunker is the cult’s pantry.

John’s obsession with the Deputy is not just a figment of the fandom’s collective imagination. I’m not saying he really is “in love” or “attracted” to them because that’s still speculation but he canonically can’t function properly because of them.

And last but certainly not least, Faith is not in danger. She is the danger.