Difficulty Settings: Choosing Your Challenge

Navigate the challenging world of Cuphead's DLC with our guide to difficulty settings. Learn how to choose your challenge and conquer every boss.

This guide section focuses on the difficulty settings and challenges within Cuphead's DLC, 'The Delicious Last Course'. It details how to approach various achievements and objectives that are tied to specific difficulty levels or gameplay conditions.

Key Challenges and How to Approach Them:

• A Vacation In The Wilds: Defeat all five main bosses in Inkwell Isle IV. This is story-related and can be completed by Cuphead, Mugman, or Ms. Chalice.
• Ranger: Achieve an A-Rank or higher on all Inkwell Isle IV bosses. This requires defeating bosses in under two minutes on Regular difficulty, maintaining at least 3HP, and executing specific parry and special attack counts. Secret bosses count, and using Djimmi The Great's wishes for extra HP will void progress.
• Alive And Kicking: Defeat any boss with Ms. Chalice. This can be done on any main boss from Inkwell Isle I-IV, including DLC bosses and original favorites. Equip the Astral Cookie charm to play as Ms. Chalice.
• Decadent: Defeat 10 main bosses with Ms. Chalice. Focus on the main bosses of Inkwell Isles I and II on Simple or Regular difficulty, utilizing new DLC weapons for efficiency.
• The Golden Touch: Defeat a boss using one of Ms. Chalice's Super Arts. Super Art I is recommended for its vertical beam.
• The Latest Sensation: Defeat a boss with one of Porkrind's new weapons (Converge, Crackshot, Twist-Up).
• Checkmate: Defeat all of the King Of Games' Champions. These mini-bosses must be beaten without weapons or charms, relying solely on parries. Ms. Chalice's dash parry is particularly helpful.
• A King's Admiration: Complete 'The Gauntlet' by defeating all five mini-bosses sequentially without failing.
• Compliments To The Chef: Complete the quest on Inkwell Isle IV by defeating all five main bosses and collecting ingredients for the Wondertart, leading to a fight with Chef Saltbaker.
• Cooked To Perfection: Achieve an S-Rank on an Inkwell Isle IV stage. This requires Expert difficulty (unlocked after beating the main game and The Devil) and meeting the same criteria as A-Ranks. The Moonshine Mob is suggested.
• The High Hat: Defeat an Inkwell Isle IV boss without killing any of its minions. Esther Winchester is a good candidate as only one minion can be killed.
• Hearty: Achieve 9HP simultaneously. This can be done by equipping the Twin Heart charm and using Djimmi The Great's wish for 3 extra HP, or by combining the Heart Ring charm with Djimmi and parrying successfully. Ms. Chalice is also beneficial for this achievement.
• A Horrible Night To Have A Curse: Solve the secret riddle on Isle IV using the Broken Relic charm.
• Paladin: Obtain great power by completing 'A Horrible Night To Have A Curse' to unlock the Cursed Relic. Beating seven or more bosses with it transforms it into the Divine Relic, offering increased HP and abilities.