This was a minor update the Japanese creator, Yakiniku-za , released quietly. The official note read: "Fixed issue where Butakoma 300g could be duplicated. Adjusted drop rate from 'Stray Pig' enemy."
That typo became legendary. Players of the English patch to this day call the superboss and the item "Butakoma 300g of Broken Dreams."
But here’s the : A fan translator named Mutton-chan spent six months translating Vitamin Quest v1.06 into English. The day before she finished, the creator dropped v1.06z. She had to re-translate the entire Grateful Pig sequence, the new boss dialogue, and all item names. Vitamin Quest -v1.06z- -Butakoma 300g-
Here is the behind that specific version and item name—a tale of a game-breaking bug, a legendary piece of pork, and a fan translator's nervous breakdown. The Story: "The Curse of the 300g Butakoma" The Game: Vitamin Quest is a comedic dungeon crawler where you play as a malnourished wizard. Your "mana" isn't MP—it's vitamin levels. If your Vitamin C drops to zero, you get scurvy and die. If Vitamin D drops, you get rickets and move at half speed. The game is brutally hard.
This is a niche but fascinating reference. The string points to a cult-classic indie Japanese RPG Maker game (circa late 2000s / early 2010s), known for its surreal humor, bizarre item names, and punishing resource management. This was a minor update the Japanese creator,
So, every time you see , you're looking at a digital tombstone, a translator's caffeine-fueled typo, and one of the strangest cases of a game developer weaponizing a patch to avenge a virtual pig.
Exhausted and sleep-deprived, she mis-translated the new boss's signature move. Instead of "Pork Vengeance," she typed —a typo referencing Metal Gear Rising . Players of the English patch to this day
The real reason v1.06z exists? The creator, Yakiniku-za, later admitted on a deleted blog post that he created the Grateful Pig Easter egg as a tribute to his pet pig who died. When players started routinely murdering the digital pig , he got genuinely upset and patched it into a revenge boss out of grief and spite.