Whats your point? I obviously know about it too so is it a case of "who cares as long as me and my buddies know... New players can come beg us for our wisdom??" How many times have you HAD to tell randoms about it?? I generally don't bring it up but I've seen a lot of posts that do.
Cheatmode is already listed in the walkthroughs. Knowledge of BB Affection is openly shared. But I didn't know about Affection Decay for months, until someone mentioned it and I asked what they were talking about. So I guess I was a random until that point?
I certainly don't think I have any great "wisdom" about the game. I still learn new things from others, admittedly less often nowadays but still. And it doesn't bug me to share what I do know when someone asks for help. (It's a different story if they're
demanding about it...)
My point is IMO those "secrets" should either be clearer or more obscure. This is a very minor niggle, but it's worth a mention as information about "secrets" the player is expected to use should be discoverable within the game. While "real" secrets should be harder to activate by accident (click 5 times to activate type of thing)
Making it clearer doesn't need to be a clumsy lump of text, it could be an in-game riddle scrawled on a wall, overhearing random villagers talking about rumors or maybe certain bookshelves could reveal tomes of hidden knowledge to those who search.
So making things more mysterious, gotcha. NPCs could certainly comment on recent events and the general state of things, and mention rumors and stories about stuff. For example Cheatmode could be "my grandfather said when he was a boy the Bandit King hid chests of stuff all over, in case he needed them later; the hiding spots were marked with a symbol...see, like this." And then the chest locations have a map star/twinkle, or the MC notices the symbol if he walks over the spot, and he has to dig up/uncover the chest. (Though people would quickly share notes on where, exactly, those spots are.) But you'd have to do something like Ziva's "Small Talk" to learn about them, possibly with a specific person.
BB Affection could indeed be something you have to ask about and research. Erevi: "Ooh, what happened to your hand?" "My pet is being kinda nippy." "Well, the cells are supposed to have an enchantment making anything held in them more docile and compliant. I'm a little busy to look it up but it should be recorded somewhere in the library."
Not sure how the Affection Decay cheat could be worked in, though.