The Importance of Practice — Cuphead Walkthrough

Conquer Cuphead with our comprehensive walkthrough, detailing every boss fight, run and gun level, and secret. Master Inkwell Isles and unlock all achievements with expert strategies.

Welcome to Neoseeker's comprehensive walkthrough and guide for Cuphead. This guide covers all aspects of the game, including a complete walkthrough from beginning to end, strategies for defeating tricky bosses, and locations of all Gold Coins for 100% completion. Video walkthroughs for difficult bosses are included.

Cuphead is known for its challenging platforming, and our strategies and tips will help you achieve 100% completion. Please feel free to edit the guide or contact Sokkus on Neoseeker with any missing information, alternate strategies, or advice.

Use the Table of Contents on the right (or the button at the top on mobile) to navigate. This page links to all key sections.

What this guide will offer:

• Complete walkthrough from start to finish.
• List of boss encounters and strategies.
• Gold Coin locations.
• Achievement/trophy guide.

Walkthrough

Cuphead features a campaign across four main worlds on the Inkwell Isles, each containing boss encounters, run and gun levels, and points of interest. Below are links to walkthroughs for each area, in order.

Cuphead Walkthrough

• Tutorial

Inkwell Isles - World One

• Inkwell Isles - World One

• Botanic Panic (The Root Pack)

• Forest Follies

• Ruse of an Ooze (Goopy Le Grand)

• Clip Joint Calamity (Ribby & Croaks)

• Threatenin’ Zeppelin (Hilda Berg)

• Treetop Trouble

• Floral Fury (Cagney Carnation)

Inkwell Isles - World Two

• Inkwell Isles - World Two

• Sugarland Shimmy (Baroness Von Bon Bon)

• Pyramid Peril (Djimmi the Great)

• Carnival Kerfuffle (Beppi the Clown)

• Funfair Fever

• Aviary Action (Wally Warbles)

• Funhouse Frazzle

• Fiery Frolic (Grim Matchstick)

Inkwell Isles - World Three

• Inkwell Isles - World Three

• Honeycomb Herald (Rumor Honeybottom)

• Shootin n' Lootin (Captain Brineybeard)

• Rugged Ridge

• Junkyard Jive (Dr Kahl's Robot)

• Murine Corps (Werner Werman)

• Perilous Piers

• High Seas Hi-jinx (Cala Maria)

• Dramatic Fanatic (Sally Stageplay)

• Railroad Wrath (Phantom Express)

Inkwell Hell

• Inkwell Hell

• All Bets Are Off! (King Dice)

• One Hell of a Time (The Devil)

Useful Items, Gold Coins, Secrets and Unlocks

• Shots, Charms and Super Arts

• Gold Coin Locations

• Secrets and Unlockables

Achievement/Trophy Guide

• Achievement/Trophy Guide

DLC - The Delicious Last Course

• The Delicious Last Course Walkthrough

  • Inkwell Isles - World Four

  • Gnome Way Out (Glumstone Giant)

  • Bootleger Boogie (Moonshine Mob)

  • Snow Cult Scuffle (Mortimer Freeze)

  • High-Noon Hoopla (Esther Winchester)

  • Doggone Dogfight (The Howling Aces)

  • A Dish to Die For (Final Boss)

• The King's Leap

• How to Unlock & Defeat the Secret Boss

• DLC Shots, Charms and Super Arts

• DLC Gold Coin Locations

• DLC Secrets and Unlockables

• DLC Achievement/Trophy Guide