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Almost all the easter eggs were gathered from the official forum; I am mostly just providing explanations. :)

About Space Rangers:
You can ask Kitano the fisherman for "errands or at least some coffee" (A quote from Space Rangers: "What do you want, some coffee, or a secret mission?").
When choosing a character, you can take the ranger badge as a coat of arms. (The KR letters from the second part).
Swamp toad-things with foul tempers and ambitions... something familiar... (the pelengs will take over this world)!
Swamp witch Chvakha....
The dwarf capital is called Taron. (One of the secondary systems).
If you kill shaman Karrah, a message appears: "The life of the great shaman has ended." (In KR: "The life of the great ranger has ended").
In Demonis, there is a Merchant named Lou Clisan. (Clisans are enemies of the United Coalition in the first part of Space Rangers).

About Dune:
By the way, regarding Atreides' griffon chick (obviously from "Dune"), but here it's a double easter egg: a reference to Dune + the Atreides coat of arms actually depicts a griffon.
The griffon is actually the Harkonnen coat of arms (Atreides have a hawk), but Paul Atreides happens to be the grandson of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen.
Regarding the griffon — that's correct, but later this was distorted based on the surname Harkonnen, which in Finnish means "iron bull" (at least close). As a result, we have a bunch of "coats of arms" with bulls.
Lina mentions the "sands of Arraris" in one of the dialogues. The planet Arrakis is Dune itself. And not just the sands of Arraris, but the sandworms of Arraris.

About Pratchett:
Trolls made of stone who love to hit everyone on the head with stones (Are their teeth diamond too?).
As for implicit similarities — the story with the witches. One was in love with a wizard, a hint at Vetrin and own-weirdness ("Ladies and Gentlemen"). The youngest married the King, even if he wasn't a successful one ("The Witches' Sisters").
This is especially noticeable in the text quests. For example, what the captain calls his submarine is a reference to Leonard Shchebotansky!
In the pirates' dungeon, there is someone called Blind Hugh — a character from "The Colour of Magic".

I don't know about the devs, but as a big fan of Terry Pratchett, I chuckled at the dwarves in the mines: the "gold, gold" song and roasted rats are great.

Essentially, the Reaper is a reference to Pratchett (Death — an anthropomorphic entity, strangely enough, male). From another side, he speaks like Master Yoda...

About Cartoons:
There is such a Soviet cartoon — blue ear blue belly. (About a blue puppy that no one wanted to be friends with because he was, essentially, blue. Naturally, there was no talk of any non-traditional sexual orientation back then). So, honestly, I laughed for a long time at the blue dragon who also didn't want anyone to be friends with.
In the Verlon Forest, in the house near the castle with the spirit, you can take a quest to find the Talking Bird. When you find it, it says: "The Talking Bird is distinguished by its intelligence and ingenuity." Even its avatar looks cartoonish.
At the dwarves' underground lake, a huge fish eats the boat (Wonder-yudo-fish-whale?).
Neuron (a child giving +5% combat experience) — as the developers admitted, is a reference to the "Jimmy Neutron" cartoon, which survived a typo and spawned a double easter egg.
In the lands of the dwarves, there is an enemy hero called Puppeteer; it's written that this creature is from another world, enslaving consciousness. (Possibly a reference to the anime/manga "Ghost in the Shell"). By the way, the cartoon was shown on the first channel in the program "Closed Screening," ended almost with swearing, and the program was taken off the air.
Homer (a child giving +3 Attack) — according to the developers, is named after the Simpsons.
The legend of the flying ship from the beginning until the moment it turned into black gold reminds me of the anime "Ghost Ship".
Rezo's Tower, mage Rezo, spirit-mage Lina — all this is a clear reference to the famous anime Slayers. (Although in the anime Lina Inverse possessed many magics, including Death and Fire, the ubiquitous fireball clearly didn't pass her by. Moreover, according to DoTA, Lina Inverse is specifically a fire mage. The devs admit they made Lina as an antipode to the fire mage).
And has anyone heard from the dwarves in the mine: "Put me in a bag, dig me up..."?
From a cartoon where a tiger cub, a monkey, and a mole looked for treasure.

About Pirates:
Pirate Jimmy Doggins is a reference to Stevenson. In "Treasure Island," there was Jimmy Hawkins. Especially since Stevenson himself sails nearby...
Upon arriving at the Free Islands, a pirate ship stands near the shore, whose captain is Bill Murray.
In the middle of the Eastern Islands stands the ship "Black Eye," whose captain tells that this ship and its crew were cursed for their pirate atrocities and every night the crew turns into living dead. He also gives a quest for an indulgence that will absolve their sins and lift the curse. Well, I think it's simply impossible not to recognize the "Black Pearl" and its crew from the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean." The giant squid Kraken, by the way, appeared in the second part of the same movie.
I don't remember if it was on the Western or Eastern Islands — pirate Bill Kill sails the sea. (Kill Bill).
The dying captain who gives the map to the Tear of Titan tells a story about how they searched for treasures for a long time but found nothing, and as a result, the crew mutinied and left him alone on this deserted island — very similar to Ben Gunn's story from Treasure Island.
The name of the dying pirate Cook itself is an obvious mention of the captain eaten by natives. And while you fulfill his request, lines keep popping up in memory:
"Father had 3 sons:
The eldest was a smart fellow,
The middle one was this and that,
The youngest was just a fool..."
Many monsters (or rather their names and prototypes) are taken from such a forgotten board game as "Enchanted Land" (the first Soviet tabletop RPG from the distant 90s).

About Developers:
In the Arlania location, on the island of griffons, there is the house of artist Alex. If you talk to him, he will tell you that he was once the lead artist in Catauro.
This is own Alexo de Artisto — AlexArtist aka Alexander Yazynin. Lead artist of Catauri. (He was also spotted in Igromania's "Developers Forum" section).
Also in the Verlon Forest, there is a quest about saving Ilik. This is Ilya Plusnin, PR manager for Space Rangers. Now he is the director of Hot Lava Games.
Ivan (a child giving +30% mana) — nickname of one of the developers.
On one of the coats of arms — where there is a knight's gauntlet clenched in a fist — the motto is "ironFist". This is the nickname of one of the developers. (And, as we know, a tribute to our heroes).

About Literature:
What about the quest for the ring from the zombie miller's graveyard and the bandit's wife turned into a zombie? My precious... My precious..
One of the available coats of arms during generation is a direct reference to Belyanin and the "Sword Without a Name" trilogy.
The flag with a white tree and 5 stars on a blue background is missing 2 stars to be the flag of Gondor; I don't know if it was intentional or an accident.
"The Secret of the Abandoned Castle" — the sixth novella by Alexander Volkov about the Emerald City.
The already mentioned "My precious" has a continuation. Not only is the ring cursed and slowly poisons the soul of the wearer (a hint at Lord of the Rings), but also a mage from the school of sorcery refuses to touch it until the curse is lifted. (A clear hint at Gandalf and the episode where he refused to take the ring from Frodo, which Bilbo had left him). After lifting the curse from the ring, the mage says that he will now melt the ring so that it causes no more harm to anyone (a hint at the fate that eventually befell the ring in the depths of Mount Orodruin).
Also on the Eastern Islands, you can find an island with Monte Rodriguez — I don't know if it's an easter egg, but it seems clearly like Monte Cristo.
If you avenge the ghost and kill Baron Norzh, the castle begins to be ruled by the underage Faramir — imho the name is a variation of Faramir from Lord of the Rings.
I'm not sure, as I only heard about the dwarf capital in passing, so I might be wrong, but it seems its name is similar to Mahakam — if so, then it's a clear reference to Andrzej Sapkowski and his series of books about the witcher Geralt of Rivia. In Sapkowski's books, Mahakam is the capital of dwarves and gnomes — first mentioned by the dwarf Zoltan Chivay in the 4th (or 5th) book about the witcher "Baptism of Fire".
One of the opponents in the arena at the royal castle is called "Robin from Greenwood." Greenwood = Green Forest (literally), so we get "Robin of the Green Wood," which is a clear reference to Robin Hood.
Titan Seth, by his actions and description, strongly resembles Morgoth from Tolkien's "Silmarillion." As well as the name of the Frog Princess — Feanor; Feanor was the smith-sorcerer who created the Silmarils.
When you defeat Baal, his ghost delivers a magnificent monologue, very similar to Voldemort's monologue from Harry Potter.
The mage on the Free Islands (who gives the scroll to raise the Lunar Ghost) mentions ancient Wanderer mages who traveled through worlds and left their strange and incomprehensible spells in some places. This is a reference to the Strugatsky brothers, whose Wanderers are mentioned in many works.

About Antiquity:
Inside there is a dwarf Diagen who lived in a barrel — the ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes suffered from this.
Giant turtle Gaia. Gaia is the goddess of earth for the ancient Greeks.

About Games:
In the mines, dwarves offer to try a rat delicacy: its appearance reminds one of that from Fallout.
There is also Geffen castle; in Ragnarok Online there is such a city, only written with two "f"s — Geffen.
Near Geffen (City from RO), a hero runs — Eggira (Monster from RO).
---Dev quote:

Yes, we are fans of Ragnarok! It's a great game. Some names are slightly changed.

Crag the Destroyer's Axe — well, this is a reference to Heroes. The description, by the way, is also pleasant.
The "Miner's Tokens" quest reminded me of Baldur's Gate. Especially since it's given by a dwarf named Baldur; too bad the reward is gold and magic crystals, not boots.
In Lower Hadar, the dwarf Babur asks you to get a gear for the lift.
IMHO, a hint at Cursed Lands, where we begged master Babur for a gear for the drawbridge.
Velbevull says: "...but it was destroyed by the sorcerer Kerus and he killed the head of Baal's Sixth House himself, who had to be reborn anew."
I don't know if it's a coincidence or not, but this is a direct reference to TES 3: Morrowind. Lord Nerevar killed Voryn Dagoth, Lord Dagot Ur, head of the Sixth House Dagot. There are 6 houses in total — Hlaalu, Redoran, Telvanni, Dres, Indoril, and the sixth House Dagot (excluding the destroyed Dwemer). After death, Voryn "was reborn" and was called the "Devil of the Red Mountain" by the Temple.
By the way, Baal is very similar to Molag Bal, one of the Daedra princes from there too.
Steam Armor (which is sold in Mechgard) came from Arcanum; moreover, it's a double easter egg — there it was a reincarnation of Power Armor from Fallout.
Continuity of generations — items "Dragon Tooth Necklace" and "Scale Armor" came from Heroes of Might and Magic.

About IT:
The castle where Enemem lives is called Karmag (John Carmack, creator of DOOM, Quake and generally a prominent person at ID software).
One of the children "with an understanding look," the one who gives 5 intelligence, is named Googlik.
A hint at the Google search engine.
At the start of the game, the default warrior's name: Bill Gilbert. Those who played on ZX Spectrum back in the day cannot not know this name: Bill Gilbert — a legendary hacker and programmer involved in cracking protection for official versions of games in the late 1980s - early 1990s. In cracked games, he left the inscription Cracked by Bill Gilbert or Disk version by Bill Gilbert. Such versions of games often reached Russia. In some works, he signed as Hacker Bill Gilbert.

About Movies:
One of the answer options to the mage's question about what he was talking about — "about how pirate ships roam the expanses (I can't vouch for the exact phrasing further) either of seas or great seas" Immediately brings to mind a famous movie by Gaidai. There was also a phrase (I don't remember where, but probably during a conversation with Lina) very similar to Ivan the Terrible's phrase "So go buy these... your... transistors" from another Gaidai movie.
Fisherman Kitano aka Takeshi Kitano — Japanese actor and director who makes rather violent movies about yakuza.
Another moment was at the orc embassy on the islands: "Don't come here! A catapult will hit your head — you'll be completely dead!" — the quote is not exact, but it does remind one of an old Soviet movie...

About everything else:
In the Verlon Forest stands a castle guarded by a knight who asks to retrieve treasures. When you enter the castle, Headless Skeleton Morse sits at the entrance, and since he has no head, he communicates in Morse code. The skeleton tapped out SOS.
On the same swamp, in the undead castle, lives a naughty child Enemen. Maybe he's also into rap besides necromancy?
I laughed for a long time after practically "I am a shrimp." In the original, the phrase sounds something like: "I am this.. what is it... a shrimp"
The spell Armor of God — movie with Jackie Chan
Gremlins in the castle for 3k gold — Ramsh and Jamsh. They are doing renovations.
By the way, the artist on the island claims to have thoroughly studied Malevio's technique.
In the mines, there is a dwarf named Taganrog.
In the movie The Omen, the main character was called Damien (666 beast of satan); in the game Enemem is also a supporter of dark forces.
Thorn Digor mentions the mineral christaline — this is either a slightly altered crystallin from the first "Rangers," or chrysoline from the "Tomorrow War" trilogy, or something in between.

Does anyone know what is written around the magic fountain before the first castle? It seems to be Latin...

My improvised translation, extremely rough: "To live one's life valuing opportunities above desires and bringing goodness to people — means to have lived it twice."

From the movie "Commando" - "I eat green berets for breakfast!" - "I eat these green dragons for breakfast!"

The castle where Enemem lives is called Carmag (John Carmack, the creator of DOOM, Quake, and a prominent figure at ID Software).

I disagree with that. I mean, it all seems logical, but... But in the work "Chronicles of Hawkmoon. The Rune Staff" by Michael Moorcock, there is a castle around which a significant part of the events revolve, and the main character's thoughts are focused on it. The castle, strangely enough, was called "Carmag."

This is not a criticism, but an interesting fact that I decided to share. Here you go ^_^

(By the way, the song "Eternal Warrior" by the band Epidemia was written about the book series under the general title "The Saga of the Eternal Warrior," which includes "Chronicles of Hawkmoon.")