Shovel Knight Complete Guide (40 Sections) | AntMag

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Shovel Knight is a charming 2D action-platformer where you play as the titular knight, wielding a shovel not just for digging, but for bouncing on enemies and deflecting projectiles. You’ll traverse a vibrant world, battling the nefarious Order of No Quarter and their bosses, like the formidable Plague Knight and Specter Knight, all while searching for your lost love, Shield Knight.

This guide will help you master Shovel Knight's core abilities, uncover every hidden secret, and maximize your gold. We'll cover strategies for conquering every stage, including tough boss encounters, and ensure you find all the collectibles to achieve 100% completion across all campaigns.

Part 1

Welcome to Shovel Knight! This guide is designed to help you through your first steps in the game, covering the initial area and fundamental mechanics. We'll get you ready to take on the bosses and explore the world.

What's Covered:

Navigating The Plains
Basic combat and movement
Interacting with the environment and NPCs
Preparing for your adventure

Part 2

Alright, let's get into Part 2 of our Shovel Knight adventure! This section is going to cover the entirety of Act III, which is a pretty significant chunk of the game. We'll be navigating through some really memorable stages, facing off against some tough bosses, and ultimately making our way to the Tower of Fate.

Here's what we'll be tackling:

Stranded Ship
Encounter: Phantom Striker
Clockwork Tower
Flying Machine
Frigid Flight
Tower of Fate: Entrance
Tower of Fate: Ascent
Tower of Fate: ???

We'll also touch on the conclusions, including feats, version history, and credits, but the main focus is pushing through these challenging levels. So, grab your shovel and let's get digging!

Part 3

This section covers the basic controls for Shovel Knight and provides general gameplay tips. It also details the gold values of different gems and offers advice on managing checkpoints and relics.

Controls:

Action	Button
Move Shovel Knight	Analog Stick / Direction Button
Jump / Charge Attack / Confirm	B Button
Attack / Go Back	A / Y Button
Inventory	X Button
Open Menu	START

Game Basics and Tips:

Phase Locket: A relic that grants about 3 seconds of invincibility, allowing survival on spikes. Recommended as a default relic.
Chalices: Similar to bottles in Zelda. Buy them ASAP and use them at the Troupple Pond. The Renewal Ichor (restores all health and magic) is highly recommended.
Always dig up campfire dirt.
The fishing pole is a worthwhile investment.
Checkpoints: Can be broken for more money, but removes the checkpoint. The guide will sometimes advise on this, but it's your choice.
Gold Values: Grey Gem (1), Blue Gem (5), Green Gem (10), Yellow Gem (20), Red Gem (50), Pink Gem (200).
Always spend money when possible to avoid losing it.
The downward shovel attack can be canceled into a normal attack.
Many projectile attacks can be repelled with the shovel.
Missed relics can be bought from the village relic shop or re-obtained by replaying the level.
The game is full of hidden items, often indicated by icons on walls.
Feat Grouping: Some difficult feats can be grouped into single runs. For example, 'Hurry up!', 'Impossible!', 'Perfect Platformer', and 'Checkpointless' can be done together as dying would reset the run anyway. 'Penny Pincher' and 'True Shovelry' can be grouped by not buying any relics.

Part 4

Walkthrough

1
Use bubbles to reach ledges you cannot jump to.
2
Head up the ladder after the first (minimap (the small circular map in the bottom-left corner of your screen)) (checkpoint (an auto-save point you restart from on death)) and use the platform to continue, collecting gems.
3
Kill the enemy and proceed to the next screen, repeating the process over spikes.
4
Destroy the dirt on each side of the screen to collect gems.
5
In the next screen, a giant dragon will spit bubbles; destroy them and jump on its head repeatedly to defeat it.
6
Defeat the skeleton below by jumping on its head and destroy all its heads.
7
Destroy the dirt and continue downwards.
8
Free gems from a pile and hit the right dirt wall to reveal more gems.
9
Follow the path up and hit the next dirt wall, which has two slimes; defeat them and head down.
10
In the next screen with spikes and two enemies, kill them but do not go right.
11
Instead, hit the left wall to find a secret room; collect gems and the first [_MUSIC SHEET_].
12
Note the deposit on the wall by the secret room entrance.
13
Head back right and hit the deposit off the wall before destroying the dirt in the next screen.
14
Destroy the dirt and the monster.
15
Grab the gem in the air by using the dirt on the right and jumping off a small dragon.
16
Climb the dirt and hit the wall at the top for a PINK GEM, which grants 200 GOLD.
17
Destroy the dirt here and collect [_TURKEY_] from the plate to restore health if needed.
18
Use a bubble to jump the gap in the next screen.
19
Let the slime kill itself and dig the dirt to continue up.
20
Use the first platform and the dragon to hop to the second platform, then jump to the far right ledge.
21
Hit the wall to uncover another secret area with two big gaps; use rising bubbles to cross.
22
Destroy the dirt in the middle if desired and collect another [_MUSIC SHEET_] at the far end.
23
Head back and hit the bottom right wall to uncover a skeleton and gems; kill it.
24
Jump to the ledge and hit the right wall again to uncover another skeleton and a deposit; kill it and collect the deposit.
25
Jump up to the uncovered right ladder, which leads to a closed [_CHEST_]; break the lock and collect the gems.
26
Head back down, kill the dragon for money, and head up.
27
Head right, jumping over gaps with flying dragons and a slime by the grass.
28
Break the dirt and defeat the large bubble dragon near the pit by bouncing on its head, erring to the right to avoid the pit.
29
Watch for gems heading to the pit after the dragon dies.
30
In the next screen with pits and a skeleton, stand near the edge to let the skeleton suicide, or perform a tricky one-space jump to reach the ladder.
31
Head up and get the dirt to the left, using a shovel swipe after bouncing to stop bouncing.
32
Head down, kill two slimes, and get the deposit.
33
Hit the floor under the ledge to find another big pink gem, then take the ladder up.
34
Bounce on the left dragon and head left to a new screen with a one-space platform.
35
Head left, use a bubble to jump the gap, and find another [_CHEST_].
36
Head back right to the last (minimap) (checkpoint).
37
Proceed to the boss battle against The Black Knight.