Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove news & patch notes

Hey there boaters!

We took the stage at Summer Games Fest today to unveil a world premiere for our upcoming game, Mina the Hollower. The trailer featured fast-paced combat-driven gameplay, shared our game’s official release date, and concluded with the surprise launch of a limited time demo. Leaning into Mina’s gothic horror roots, the top-down action adventure game is set to launch on October 31st. 

WHOA! THE DEMO IS OUT NOW! LIKE NOW NOW (for a limited time)! It's the first official chance to hollow into Mina’s bizarre world full of monsters and mystery. The demo will also participate in Steam Next Fest from June 9th to 16th. It’ll feature the game’s opening stage and conclude with the first major boss fight. Progress made in the demo will carry over to the full game at launch. The demo will be removed after Steam Next Fest so don’t miss your chance to delve in!

CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE DEMO PAGE ON STEAM

At Yacht Club Games, we're dedicated to crafting pixel-perfect adventures that refine retro gameplay for a new generation. Mina the Hollower continues this tradition, blending intense combat, free-roaming exploration, and precise platforming.Please make sure to wishlist the game and tell all your friends about it! We’re beyond excited to bring you our next bone-ified classic!

Not familiar with Mina?

Descend into a frightful world of action-adventure in Mina the Hollower. Take control of Mina, a renowned Hollower hurtled into a desperate mission to rescue a cursed island. Burrow beneath hazards and monsters, whip foes into oblivion, and gear up with an arsenal of sidearms and trinkets. Explore a vast world filled with pixel-perfect graphics, masterful gameplay, beastly bosses, and infectious music. Encounter a cast of bizarre characters, search out secrets in an array of exotic locales, and illuminate the omnipresent darkness in Mina the Hollower, a brand new game from the developers who brought you Shovel Knight!

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• Los Angeles, The Fonda Theatre, January 19th, 2025
• New York City, The Town Hall, February 22nd, 2025

• Black Friday Special - 20% Off Tickets + Free Game - This Black Friday, grab tickets to Shovel Knight: Steel Thy Concert at 20% off for a limited time (11/26/25 - 12/03/2025)! Plus, each Black Friday purchase includes a free Steam key for Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon, letting fans enjoy an extra taste of the Shovel Knight world. Secure your tickets now and experience the adventure!
• Mina the Hollower Preview - Be among the first to experience music from Yacht Club Games' highly anticipated new title, Mina the Hollower. The unreleased track will be played live and paired with an exclusive gameplay preview, giving attendees an exciting first look at the next major release from the acclaimed studio.
• VIP Package: VIP ticket holders will get to meet select members of the Yacht Club Games team at each show (Sean Velasco, David D’Angelo, Nick Wozniak, and Jake Kaufman). They will also receive a concert poster for signing!
• Exclusive Merchandise - Fans attending the concert will have the opportunity to purchase one-of-a-kind Shovel Knight items, including two specially designed shirts and a set of three collectible keychains. These exclusive pieces will only be available at the show, so don’t miss your chance to take home a memorable piece of the experience.

Anniversary Celebration Event: Brawl WIth The Devs!

EVENT DETAILS:

• The event begins on Thursday, December 15th at 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET!
• The matches will be streamed on Twitch.
• You must sign up for the event prior to play with us!

• Players will be picked at random on stream to play. We’ll announce the selected participants in our Discord Channel

F.A.Q

• Pocket Dungeon matches will begin at 12 PM PST
• Showdown / Joustus matches will begin at 1 PM PST
• The event will officially conclude at 2 PM PST (so we can eat lunch!)

GAME RULES:

• Each entrant will play a friendly 1v1 best of 3 matches with the Yacht Club Games crew!
• Each entrant can pick any character they would like to play as

• Each entrant will play a friendly 1v1 best of 3 matches with the Yacht Club Games crew!
• Stages will be selected randomly
• Matches will be chosen randomly

• Each entrant will play a friendly 1v1 best of 3 card game matches with the Yacht Club Games crew!
• Matches will be chosen randomly

• MacOS Big Sur OpenGL Fix
• MacOS Notary
• Arby's cross-promotional DLC

• New: Added cheat code C&KEEPM which when activated reduces the amount of gold dropped on death to zero.
• Showdown Fix : Activating Unlock All (Permanent) code and then achieving a Showdown unlock objective would not unlock the corresponding Steam Achievement.
• Change: Steam Sync within the Feats menu will now unlocks Showdown Steam Achievements which failed to be awarded due to the above issue.
• Change: Steam Achievements which feature unlockable Showdown characters on Steam are no longer "hidden".

Shovel Knight Design Series

New Modes!

Changelog

• New! 1:1 Pixel Scaling mode is now available. It can be found within Options > Screen Scale.
• Change: Steam Sync option has returned to the Feats menu.
• Change: Japanese graphical change cheat KUWA-GATA and Japanese text change cheat IKA-TAKO will now allow you to continue earning Feats.
• Cheat compatibility improvements.
• Localization improvements.

Shovel of Hope

• Fix: Booming Horn while in upward moving wind would cause unintentional movement.
• Fix: Co-op: Player A dying when blocking Player B on a ladder would cause Player B to be unable to climb in that direction until Player A returned.
• Fix Cameo songs would not be indicated as played within Bard's Song Menu.

Plague of Shadows

• Fix: Mail Minion stats for bursts and bomb throws would increment during certain cinematic scenes.
• Fix: Quickly skipping Troupple King introduction scene after watching his dance for the first time would cause Troupple King to incessantly flap his fins.

Specter of Torment

• Fix: Dread Talon was unintentionally dealing more damage to bosses as of version 4.0 onward.
• Fix: Throwing Sickle would not travel a shorter distance when thrown while Chronos Coin was active.
• Fix: Final Red Skull turn-in scene would behave unintentionally when using certain cheats.
• Fix: Crash could occur if Hoppicles was pushed onto Big Bohto.

King of Cards

• New! Added Joustus Free Play mode! Go to King Knight’s room and speak with the mirror to begin.
• New! In New Game+, gold multiplier info has been added to the level map menu.
• Change: An exit sign post has been added to the single screen treasure area in world 2.
• Change: When stealing back a previously lost, non-infinite, non-unique card after a Joustus victory, an entry for that card will always be removed from Chester’s Reclaim list. Previously, if the opponent had a copy of that card in their deck, then stealing the copy would cause your stolen card to remain within the store.
• Change: Blazorb is no longer required for 100% Joustus opponent victory.
• Fix: King Knight not responding to spikes if he was bashing while wind was pushing downward.
• Fix: Replaying Joustus tutorial would unintentionally count as defeating a unique card opponent, incrementing the card battle total on the Profile Select screen.
• Fix: Playing the Joustus tutorial no longer has an effect on Joustus stats.
• Fix: Could avoid damage from Crowndalier by bashing it while it is falling directly overhead.
• Fix: Mr. Hat could be pushed out of the arena if damaged during certain attack states.
• Fix: Treasure Knight would sometimes aim away from center screen when performing Anchor Shot Zip Slam near edge of the arena, which could result in becoming stuck.
• Fix: Final boss first phase could be cleared with certain timing which resulted in the second phase starting with the player player taking damage immediately.
• Fix: Final boss second phase would sometimes begin with an unintentional downward laser shot into the void.
• Fix: Beginning a roll from bash will reset the attack hold timer, even if the Attack action is bound to two separate buttons.
• Fix: Turncoat effect not following King Knight correctly during screen transition.
• Fix: Turncoat roll could send the player through a collision ceiling when jumping.
• Fix: Turncoat roll could travel higher than intended when activated during jump rise.
• Fix: Turncoat and Healing Hammer would buffer and execute twice when used just before touching a spring.
• Fix: Using Bubble Frog and making contact with lava wall would cause King Knight to recover as if he was wearing the Rodent Regalia. Recovery now resembles a normal get hit.
• Fix: Using Searing Saber and landing on a spring, then Gyro Boots just before bouncing on a spring could result in unintentional visual effects.
• Fix: Gyro Boots ending in the air could result in the player not being able to visually turn around until beginning another state.
• Fix: Bladescale could sometimes miss catching his thrown sword.
• Fix: Rodent Regalia collision issues
• Fix: Airship Joustus battles without a chair could become stuck if triggered too quickly.
• Fix: Issues when obtaining repeated wisps in World 4’s Joustus House
• Fix: Issues with dialogue getting stuck when challenging World 3’s Joustus House champion
• Fix: Bash count stat would increment during certain cinematic scenes.
• Fix: Can no longer miss 1 turn to win card rewards
• Fix: Using the Joustus Cheat Card “Play-Em-All” on the turn before Black Knight activates Meteor Attack would cause the meteor attack to never occur.
• Fix: Wealth Whirl vortex could behave oddly in rare cases in stages which have warp walls.
• Fix: Money Bags would appear incorrectly when traveling through a warp wall.
• Fix: Landing and running off the W2’s bonus platform using cheats could cause non-progression.
• Fix: Always Ice Cheat would cause a non-progression with first Specter Knight battle.

Showdown

• New! Added a special command to access gauntlet target mode! Once all characters are unlocked, begin a target battle while holding “Left Parry and Special” when the VS screen disappears. You will know the cheat was successful when you see CHARACTER on the HUD in place of HIGH SCORE.
• Change: When Theme Shuffle is on, Target Mode has the possibility of playing a wider variety of music.
• Fix: No longer able to fall between lava/goo during its transition
• Fix: Targets combo meter could remain stuck at 1.0 for the entire round on first play.
• Specter Knight: Fix for unintentional height gain when trying to throw a second sickle after wall jumping into collision.
• Specter Knight: Wall climb back flip and scythe slash have a heavier fall, to better scale with the increased climb height in Showdown.
• King Knight: Fixed unintentional velocity when using Rat Dismiss right after hitting a wall with Bash.
• Black Knight: Fixed unintentional movement when canceling goo target shovel bounce into Dark Wave.
• Mole Knight: Now breaks dirt blocks below when exiting from a submerged digpile.
• Propeller Knight: Now limited to 3 uses of headwind in the air.
• Propeller Knight: Holding down Attack button while releasing Special would unintentionally cause Headwind state to continue.
• The Enchantress: Fixed issue where Enchantress could pass through the Airship in armor outpost with Dark Strafe.
• The Enchantress: Being far above the HUD causes horizontal/upward Dark Strafes to fizzle out, and results in lesser kickback when shooting Magic Shot downward.
• The Enchantress: Minor animation jitter fixes when using flight and Magic Shot on the ground.
• Reize: Boomerang Throw downward will no longer be destroyed when thrown from above the screen top
• Dark Reize: Aerial Dark Boomerang Throw will no longer be destroyed when thrown from above the screen top.
• Liquid Samurai: Arrow shots can now break dirt blocks.
• Liquid Samurai: Now limited to 3 uses of Claw Spin before needing to touch the ground.
• Liquid Samurai: Increased time before Claw Spin can cancel into Blob Form. When canceling Claw Spin to Blob Form, slightly less height is gained then usual.
• Liquid Samurai: Fixed facing away from a wall, beginning claw spin, then coming into contact with wall would cause you to bounce towards the wall.
• Liquid Samurai: Fixed error which allowed Liquid Samurai to zip-to-ceiling endlessly when exiting ceiling with Claw Spin.
• Liquid Samurai: Fixed arrow shot not ending in the air if pushed off ledge during sword weapon transformation.

3/25 - Hotfix Changelog

King of Cards

• Fix: King Knight’s next jump would become unintentionally floaty after rolling once with Turncoat.
• Fix: King Knight endless spin bounce cheat could cause cinematics not to progress under certain circumstances.
• Fix: New Game+ Heirlooms would have no cost when battling with Propeller Knight.
• Fix: Teethalon Rope now doesn’t appear when visiting the area again.
• Fix: Joustus Deck Counts fixed for cards that had their side reversed
• Fix: Multiple issues addressed for staying in airship invasion scene.

Showdown

• Fix: Troupple Par-tay Rap track would not loop.
• Fix: Fairy Glade song title would not display when starting a fairy battle in Chester’s Choice or Story mode.
• Fix: Enchantress: Unable to pick up gems/items during flight.
• Fix: Dark Reize: Fairy dash attack behaving incorrectly through screen wraps.
• Fix: Fairy AI: Framerate/lockup issues when trying to dash in Grinding Glaciers stage

• Vsync Legacy Improvements

• Fix: If save data became mismatched, corrupted or otherwise unintentionally altered during a version update, the player could start on the level map farther than they could progress (past level locks, under the fog of unrevealed areas, etc). In these rare error cases, the game will now start the player on the Village instead.

• Fix: Duelist Di appearing twice during tower airship scene under certain circumstances.
• Fix: King being able to jump after performing a bash into certain Heirloom attacks.
• Fix: Dying and landing on a certain platform in World 2's Bonus Stage would cause the stage to advance.
• Fix: Being able to escape the stage’s bounds in Void Crater.
• Fix: Joustus would crash when forfeiting while cards were being removed during a turn.
• Fix: 3rd Joustus House boss would get stuck trying to begin the match.
• Fix: Being able to bash and speak with Ledge Farmer at the same time.

• Fix: Phantom Striker would not leave Phantom Shroud state if started before certain cutscenes.
• Fix: Bindings in practice mode switch to menu bindings when menu is fully open.
• Fix: Bindings no longer apply during story sequences.
• Fix: AI would become stuck on respawn platform.
• Fix: Custom bindings crash issues

• Localization improvements.
• Additional controller support.

• Fix: Treasure Knight could be pushed through wall under certain conditions

• Fix: Palette could sometimes change blue when using fleet flask and jumping/falling/hitting a wall.

• Fix: Dueling Glove subtracting vigor twice if used just when touching a spring.
• Fix: Rat Regalia getting you stuck in collision
• Fix: PC V-sync legacy: heirloom seller gates now have proper collision
• Fix: PC V-sync legacy: issue with full card hand coming out and game freezing
• Fix: PC V-sync legacy: King Knight failing to bash wall in Pridemoor intro

• Fix: Confirm/Cancel swap preventing the menu from progressing with the Enter key while selecting characters
• Shield Knight: Shield Toss now only bounces off screen top if thrown upward. Allowing downward and horizontal tosses from over the HUD to execute without issue.
• Fix: French/German/Russian/Spanish Text overlap with Overtime!
• Fix: Story mode crash in Targets in Russian/Japanese Kana
• Fix: Practice mode custom bindings no longer forgotten when pause menu opens
• Fix: Keyboard custom binding fixes
• Fix: PC V-sync legacy: Specter Knight’s outro not making a jump while running properly

Version 4.0A - Changelog

• New: King of Cards is now available! Step into the gilded boots of King Knight in the biggest and most regal Shovel Knight game of them all!
• New: Shovel Knight Showdown is now available. Duel with up to 4 players locally and scramble after gems! (Note: Showdown is not available on Vita or 3DS platforms)
• New: Friends List will now update based on what game you are playing within Treasure Trove. For instance: Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, Playing King of Cards
• New: Opening the Steam Overlay will now pause the game when able. This can be disabled by turning off “Pause on lost focus” option within Options > Game.
• New: Added a “Cheat Activated” prompt after successfully entering a cheat code.
• New: Korean, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese language support.
• New: The “Screen Effects” option has been broken into two, more specific toggles: Screen Flash, and Screen Shake. These can be used to reduce motion and flash based effects in the game.
• New: Accessibility options category has been added. Including options to toggle Screen Shake, Screen Flash, and adjust Joustus Card Color for colorblindness.
• Change: Setting Screen Flash to Minimal now reduces additional effects.
• Change: Setting the Accessibility Screen Flash to Minimal now lowers the animation speed of bright waterfall palette shifting effects.
• Change: Leave stage menu prompt no longer pauses level music
• Change: In cases where spikes and damage are detected on exactly the same frame, damage will win out
• Change: Text referring to Campaigns/Adventures changed to more consistently refer to Shovel of Hope, Plague of Shadows, and King of Cards as “Games”.
• Change: Screen scale menu design has changed slightly, to accommodate Showdown
• Change: “Subweapon Quick Select” has now been changed to “Quick Select”. Additional menus now support using L and R buttons to change options when this option is enabled. For example, changing pages on the File Select menu.
• Change: New Game+ is now be started by pressing Start on the profile select, and has an additional prompt which recommends copying your profile first. This way you won’t be pestered or accidentally start NG+ when just visiting a completed save.
• Fix: Deleting all save data when audio is set to zero will properly restore audio volumes.
• Fix: Ghost enemies harming overlapping player on frame they return from phase out.
• Fix: Challenge Mode – Enemies no longer drop gold during challenges where gold collection is not the objective.
• Fix: Challenge Mode – Challenges clearing if passing the goal while dead.
• (Long Needed) Fix: Player’s jump input being discarded in favor of skid by pressing the Jump button and the opposing direction while on the ground within any space of time that would normally result in a skid.
• Fix: GetHit/Death rising velocity could be lower than intended if hit during specific points of a jump rise.
• Fix: Wizzems sometimes leaving behind charging projectiles when culled.
• Fix: Boneclang Honcho having inconsistent attack height when idle.
• Fix: Issue where dropped money bags would persist through multiple deaths in automatically scrolling rooms.

Shovel of Hope

• Change : You can now earn Feats while playing co-op in Shovel of Hope! Profiles which previously had Feats disabled due to playing co-op in the past can once again obtain feats.
• Change: Mr. Hat now drops Song Scroll #13 “Fighing With All of Our Might” in addition to Reize (whichever is picked up first). If the player misses the pickup after battling Reize or Hat, it will be held at the Fancy Shop until claimed.
• Change: If you neglect to open the Red Chest while at the campfire, then Goatician will obtain and gleefully sell you these tickets instead.
• Change: Mona’s name color is now consistent with the name color found in Plague of Shadows and King of Cards.
• Change: While on the Level Map, Select button will now activate the co-op prompt and Attack button now changes the Stage Info/Totals prompt. As it was too easy to activate this menu unintentionally.
• Change: Penny Pincher Feat can no longer be earned in New Game+, as you already carried over your purchases!
• Change : A fishing hooked player can trigger downward screen warps.
• Fix: “Dirt Poor” Feat being obtainable in Plains. Now matches the description for “Order of no Quarter” stage.
• Fix: Color highlighting in certain menus not appearing when referring to Health and Magic.
• Fix: “Well Met” Feat not being warded if the catapult is taken from Armor Outpost to Village after fighting Mr. Hat.
• Fix: Terms not being highlighted in Gear menu.
• Fix: Ground Spark traveling through certain types of collision
• Fix: Mobile Gear not sticking to the back of Big Bhoto.
• Fix: Mobile Gear can be crushed by collision.
• Fix: Skulls are once again pinned by weighted platforms rising into collision.
• Fix: Obtaining a chalice no longer adds magic points.
• Fix: If Chaos Sphere is placed to start within collision, it will instead spawn closer to Shovel Knight’s center. Keeping the chaos to outside of collision!
• Fix: Speaking with Hoop Kid’s hoop right after knocking it away would cause Shovel Knight to run endlessly right out of the village. Most likely in shame.

Plague of Shadows

• New: Alchemy Quick Select! Hold the L or R button to configure your bombs and Arcana with a convenient new menu and experiment with explosives freely, just like the mad alchemist himself! The old arcana-only quick select can be disabled by disabling “Alchemy Quick Select” within Options > Controls.
• Change: Returning to The Potionarium after a level, purchasing an item, or turning in any itmes, will auto-save the game.
• Change: Mr. Hat now drops Song Scroll #13 in addition to Reize (whichever is picked up first). If the player misses the pickup after battling Reize or Hat, it will be held at the Fancy Shop until claimed.
• Change: If the player misses picking up Song Scroll #9 after battling Hat, it will be at the Fancy Shop until claimed.
• Change: Skulls knocked away by Plague Knight’s bomb can damage enemies.
• Change: While on the Level Map, the Attack button now changes the Stage Info/Totals prompt.
• Change: Penny Pincher Feat can no longer be earned in New Game+, as you already carried over your purchases!
• Change: Tracer Powder behavior adjusted slightly so as to better follow more types of collision.
• NPCs and menus referring to Plague Knight’s “Magic Bar” now refer to it as “Alchemy Power”.
• Fix: Color highlighting in certain menus not appearing when referring to Health.
• Fix: Tonic pickups becoming invisible if contact is made while blinking and tonics are full.
• Fix: Terms not being highlighted in Gear menu.
• Fix: Plague Knight could run into vertical spikes and survive while using the Fleet Flask Arcana.
• Fix: Plague Knight would perform a stunted jump and could not perform a second jump if performing a bomb throw on the same frame as touching the ground after already having performed a second jump in the air.
• Fix: Orbit Case + Cascade Powder could create a dropping flame within collision, leading to inconsistent behavior. Now produces a normal explosion if detonated within collision.
• Fix: Cascade Bomb’s dropping flame being sometimes being invisible when spawned within enemy.
• Fix: Plague Knight could slide off the platform when speaking with Percy.
• Fix: Tracer powder projectiles are created on ceiling or wall when detonated with with remote fuse. Projectiles sometimes would not appear when detonated near (but not touching) a ceiling.
• Fix: Shovel Knight’s essence using incorrect palette

Specter of Torment

• New: Specter Knight now has a long idle animation! Lookin’ cool, Specter.
• New: 5 new challenge stages have been added to Challenge Mode.
• Change: When attacks are disabled (Red Curio Room, Challenge Mode) Specter Knight no longer displays up/down angled animations when jumping or falling near enemies.
• Change: When switching between unique and original armors at the shop, Specter Knight will appear back at the shop rather than at the beginning of Tower Hub.
• Change: On first visit to the Tower, leaving the throne room before speaking with Dark Acolyte will prompt new dialogue explaining how to begin conversations.
• Change: Black Knight will now change direction when encountering a wall after hitting with a downthrust attack.
• Fix: Black Knight starting Terrorpin spin attacks while Terrorpin is high above.
• Change: Tower Boss Terrorpin will perform fireball attacks when struck by downthrusts during certain flying states when already low-to-ground levitate. Addresses issues which caused Terrorpin to fly higher up the screen than intended when hit by downthrust close to the ground.
• Change: Added track “Final Redemption” to sound test.
• Change: Skeleton Sentry and Caltrops will now be destroyed when crushed by collision.
• Fix: Attacks would be buffered differently from subweapons, causing slightly different behavior if subweapon is set to Attack+Up
• Fix: Term “cloak” highlighted differently in different conversations.
• Fix: Rail armor carrying momentum incorrectly when air slash is cancelled into dash slash under certain circumstances
• Fix: Final red skull turn in scene with Red saves at the very end of the scene, so rewards won’t be missed if the game is shutdown with specific timing.
• Fix: Reize being able to reach unintended locations while teleporting.
• Fix: Skeleton Sentry not sticking to the back of Big Bhoto.
• Fix: Fleeto enemy not dropping gold.
• Fix: Crushing platforms not defeating the player when jumping.
• Fix: Crash when reaching certain scenes while using infinite health cheats
• Fix: Garish Garb unintentionally changing the timing for activating Cold Shoulder.
• Fix: Judgment Rush to target enclosed Wizzem during Horace’s Challenge leading toan in-escapable room.
• Fix: The screen will stop following the player upward once it has reached the top of Horace’s tower climb game.
• Fix: Specter Knight getting a very high spin jump when climbing a rising block at specific timing.
• Fix: Striker Shawl’s charged dash slash will carry some momentum into grind if it contacts with a rail, similar to the regular dash slash.
• Fix: Striker Shawl’s charged dash slash would sometimes play the wrong animation direction under certain circumstances.
• Fix: Under rare circumstances, Dash Slash would execute twice from the same position, after defeating an enemy, landing on the corner of a ledge, and sliding off the ledge.
• Fix: Specter Knight not breaking out dirt blocks when jumping at the most extreme edge of collision.

Shovel Knight: King of Cards

Shovel Knight Showdown

Standalones and Treasure Trove Price Change

Just Shovels & Knights!

Additional Reading

December 10th, 2019!

December 10th, 2019!

• Shovel Knight
• Plague Knight
• Specter Knight
• King Knight
• Shield Knight
• More coming soon...!

• King of Cards and Showdown will be available as a free update to existing owners of Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.
• King of Cards and Showdown will also be available as standalone games.

Update on King of Cards + Showdown

• Shovel Knight: King of Cards - Shovel Knight: King of Cards is the final campaign in the Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove saga, and it’s bigger and grander than ever! Step into the regal shoes of King Knight, the Gilded Goon himself, as you shoulder bash and spin jump through all those who would oppose your reign! Travel through 4 new worlds and more than 30 all new courses, all on a journey to best the “Three Kings” who lord over the land. Discover what it takes to become a true monarch, meet a friend or two, and amass a King’s ransom in items and loot! Refined platforming, exquisite visuals, story with heart, action-packed courses, glorious new bosses and more await in Shovel Knight: King of Cards!
• Shovel Knight Showdown - Duel with up to 4 players and scramble after gems as your favorite heroic or villainous knight in Shovel Knight Showdown. All the classic Shovel Knight characters you know and love are playable, many for the first time ever! Gather your pals for endless multiplayer clashes, or take control of your favorite character and dig into Story Mode. Familiar controls, items, and mechanics return, making this a platform fighting game that anyone can jump into and try. Shovel Knight Showdown features local only multiplayer.

Shovel Knight Devles into Rivals of Aether!

Rivals of Aether!

Features

• Play as all the key heroes and villains from Shovel Knight, many for the first time ever! Master over 16 playable characters including Shovel Knight, Shield Knight, Black Knight, The Enchantress, and all of the Knights of the Order of No Quarter!
• Compete in one-on-one duels, frantic 4 player free-for-alls, and cooperative team battles against AI opponents or your friends in modes like Gem Clash, Showdown, and more!
• Battle through Story Mode, a multistage journey customized for each character! Your chosen hero will face a rival, defeat scores of opponents, relax with a minigame or two, and hopefully see their tale completed after an all-new final encounter!
• Explore myriad stages inspired by famous characters and locales in Shovel Knight, as well as a plethora of all-new stages.
• Prepare and perfect your moves in a full-featured practice mode.
• Yacht Club Game’s beautifully authentic style bridges the gap between yesterday and today. Design, art, and audio hearken back to the days of 8-bit, but with a frenetic new coat of paint!
• New songs compliment an award-winning soundtrack composed by Jake “Virt” Kaufman.
• Balanced and intuitive gameplay is a warm welcome to newcomers, and an old embrace for experts.

Change Log

• New: The Battletoads join the fray! While playing as Shovel Knight, kick off this very special encounter by uncovering a double secret room in the Hall of Champions.
• New: Japanese language options added (Kanji and Kana).
• New: During end game credits, an icon will be displayed next to stages which have successfully had all checkpoints broken.
• New: Device detections and icons for Switch controllers (Pro Controller and Joy-Con) as well as Xbox One controllers.
• New: Mouse buttons can now be bound to gameplay actions. LMB, RMB...you name it!
• Fix: PS4 controller now properly displays “Share” as Select, instead of incorrectly displaying the Touchpad icon.
• Fix: Teethalon sometimes moving slowly throughout the entire chase sequence.
• Fix: Incorrect fullscreen monitor displaying in the Options Menu.
• Fix: Player 2 resetting controller bindings to default would resets Player 1’s bindings as well.
• Fix: Using the number row to change relics in co-op would change both player’s active relic.

• Fix: Alternating between Toad Armor and Dust Knuckles would create inconsistent punch flips.
• Fix: Completing the game with no items collected would round up to a 1% item completion. It should now display 0%.
• Fix: Playing certain songs at the Bard resulting in erroneous playback when transitioning indoors or underground.
• Fix: Aerial Mobile Gear could be interrupted by Tinker wrench.
• Fix: Initially unable to use subweapons during battle with Mr. Hat.
• Fix: Crash would occur when changing a single Body Swap setting for a boss, failing at that boss, and then revisiting the encounter.
• Fix: Respawn point drifting farther back during many repeated deaths at the Hall of Champions boss.
• Fix: Bugs in certain lines of dialogue while playing and changing settings in Body Swap mode.
• Fix: Crash when changing Body Swap settings for only a single Boss, while fighting that Boss, falling in battle, and then retrying the encounter.
• Fix: Minor text error when changing game’s language under certain Body Swap conditions while on the Level Map.
• Fix: Random armor cheat sometimes resulting in an unusable armor set.
• Various improvements made to co-op play.
• Various text fixes for Body Swap mode.
• Various improvements made to Battletoads encounter and rewards.

• Fix: Rematch: Shovel Knight alchemy power meter never fully refilling.
• Fix: Erroneous screen transition when falling into the right most pit in the final anchor room of Iron Whale.
• Fix: Liquid Samurai could be pushed off ceilings by Vat arcana.
• Fix: Plague being invisible and immobile when caught in a double KO with the final boss.
• Fix: Failing to defeat Black Knight on the world map could sometimes lead to multiple encounters occupying the same space.
• Fix: Shadow blocks being destroyed by having an orbit bomb active during the penultimate boss battle.

• Fix: Curio Upgrade menu can now be advanced with the Start button, similar to other menus that don’t use Start for another action.
• Fix: Using Cold Shoulder after a certain dancing scene would pause the animation (the coldest of shoulders).
• Fix: Specific timing would enable movement while still in a nearby shop after speaking with Red.
• Fix: Defeating Tinker Knight very, very fast with cheats resulting in unintended behavior.
• Fix: Being killed by Propeller Knight moments before a phase change would bring Specter back with no health.
• Fix: Reize would appear incorrectly when defeated mid-teleport.
• Fix: Plague Knight would sometimes appear without contact damage active after a teleport.
• Fix: Performing a unique pose in a certain armor set is now duplicated by Blood Mirror (Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!)
• Fix: Getting hit right when beginning a rail grind would cancel out death.
• Fix: Specter Knight losing active attack frames when releasing a charged slash at the very end of a rail.
• Fix: Starting Black Knight, Phantom Striker, or Treasure Knight with Skeleton Sniper or active lantern flames causing erroneous behavior.
• Fix: Luan jumps prioritized better when backtracking through a room. Change: Adjusted visibility of certain background tiles found in Tower and Flying Machine stages.
• Various localization and menu prompt spacing fixes.
• Improvements to keyboard key icons so they take up less space.

Shovel Knight OST has become the Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove Soundtrack Collection

Introducing Shovel Knight: King of Cards

Change Log

• New: The Battletoads join the fray! While playing as Shovel Knight, kick off this very special encounter by uncovering a double secret room in the Hall of Champions.
• New: Japanese language options added (Kanji and Kana).
• New: During end game credits, an icon will be displayed next to stages which have successfully had all checkpoints broken.
• New: Device detections and icons for Switch controllers (Pro Controller and Joy-Con) as well as Xbox One controllers.
• New: Mouse buttons can now be bound to gameplay actions. LMB, RMB...you name it!
• Fix: PS4 controller now properly displays “Share” as Select, instead of incorrectly displaying the Touchpad icon.
• Fix: Teethalon sometimes moving slowly throughout the entire chase sequence.
• Fix: Incorrect fullscreen monitor displaying in the Options Menu.
• Fix: Player 2 resetting controller bindings to default would resets Player 1’s bindings as well.
• Fix: Using the number row to change relics in co-op would change both player’s active relic.

• Fix: Alternating between Toad Armor and Dust Knuckles would create inconsistent punch flips.
• Fix: Completing the game with no items collected would round up to a 1% item completion. It should now display 0%.
• Fix: Playing certain songs at the Bard resulting in erroneous playback when transitioning indoors or underground.
• Fix: Aerial Mobile Gear could be interrupted by Tinker wrench.
• Fix: Initially unable to use subweapons during battle with Mr. Hat.
• Fix: Crash would occur when changing a single Body Swap setting for a boss, failing at that boss, and then revisiting the encounter.
• Fix: Respawn point drifting farther back during many repeated deaths at the Hall of Champions boss.
• Fix: Bugs in certain lines of dialogue while playing and changing settings in Body Swap mode.
• Fix: Crash when changing Body Swap settings for only a single Boss, while fighting that Boss, falling in battle, and then retrying the encounter.
• Fix: Minor text error when changing game’s language under certain Body Swap conditions while on the Level Map.
• Fix: Random armor cheat sometimes resulting in an unusable armor set.
• Various improvements made to co-op play.
• Various text fixes for Body Swap mode.
• Various improvements made to Battletoads encounter and rewards.

• Fix: Rematch: Shovel Knight alchemy power meter never fully refilling.
• Fix: Erroneous screen transition when falling into the right most pit in the final anchor room of Iron Whale.
• Fix: Liquid Samurai could be pushed off ceilings by Vat arcana.
• Fix: Plague being invisible and immobile when caught in a double KO with the final boss.
• Fix: Failing to defeat Black Knight on the world map could sometimes lead to multiple encounters occupying the same space.
• Fix: Shadow blocks being destroyed by having an orbit bomb active during the penultimate boss battle.

• Fix: Curio Upgrade menu can now be advanced with the Start button, similar to other menus that don’t use Start for another action.
• Fix: Using Cold Shoulder after a certain dancing scene would pause the animation (the coldest of shoulders).
• Fix: Specific timing would enable movement while still in a nearby shop after speaking with Red.
• Fix: Defeating Tinker Knight very, very fast with cheats resulting in unintended behavior.
• Fix: Being killed by Propeller Knight moments before a phase change would bring Specter back with no health.
• Fix: Reize would appear incorrectly when defeated mid-teleport.
• Fix: Plague Knight would sometimes appear without contact damage active after a teleport.
• Fix: Performing a unique pose in a certain armor set is now duplicated by Blood Mirror (Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!)
• Fix: Getting hit right when beginning a rail grind would cancel out death.
• Fix: Specter Knight losing active attack frames when releasing a charged slash at the very end of a rail.
• Fix: Starting Black Knight, Phantom Striker, or Treasure Knight with Skeleton Sniper or active lantern flames causing erroneous behavior.
• Fix: Luan jumps prioritized better when backtracking through a room. Change: Adjusted visibility of certain background tiles found in Tower and Flying Machine stages.
• Various localization and menu prompt spacing fixes.
• Improvements to keyboard key icons so they take up less space.

Shovel Knight OST has become the Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove Soundtrack Collection

Introducing Shovel Knight: King of Cards

Features

• Climb walls, leap over gaps, and dispatch enemies with the Dash Slash. Specter Knight’s playstyle brings motion and action to the forefront!
• Collect and upgrade Curios to unleash all new special attacks.
• Test your scythe skills with Feats and Challenge Stages featuring Boss rematches, platforming challenges, and more!
• Awesome 40 song soundtrack by Jake “Virt” Kaufman!
• A somber tale told with a light touch to narrative with humor, levity, and heart.
• Crazy bosses and lovable characters.
• Take on a new challenge and uncover all of the world’s secrets with New Game+!

New Modes!

Change Log

• New: The "Shovel Knight" game, with all character campaigns and modes included, is now "Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove"
• New: Specter of Torment is now available! Enjoy an entirely new prequel adventure starring the shadowy scythe spinner himself!
• New: Specter of Torment Challenges! Clear the game as Specter Knight to unlock.
• New: Sound Test is now available! Sound Test will be unlocked for each campaign after they have been cleared.
• New: The original Shovel Knight campaign is now referred to as Shovel of Hope.
• New: Body Swap Mode is now available in Shovel of Hope!
• New: Local Co-op is now available in the Shovel of Hope campaign!
• New: Five additional Plague of Shadows challenges have been added. Hit the books and brush up on your alchemical knowledge.
• Subweapon Input type can now be configured based on character. For example: Shovel Knight can be set to activate Relics with Up+Attack, while Specter Knight can activate Curios on it's own button.
• Change: Subweapon button now behaves like the Attack button when within menus.
• Fix: Challenge clear being interrupted by goo bounce in certain challenge states
• New cheats have been added.
• Additional controller support.
• Various bugfixes across the game.
• Various localization and text improvements.
• Various changes across the game for displaying Treasure Trove, Specter of Torment, and Shovel of Hope.
• Change: “Saving” prompt has been reduced in size.
• Change (Shovel/Plague): The wandering encounter Reize will no longer cross over into the second tier of stages if the game time is below 25 minutes...

Features

• Climb walls, leap over gaps, and dispatch enemies with the Dash Slash. Specter Knight’s playstyle brings motion and action to the forefront!
• Collect and upgrade Curios to unleash all new special attacks.
• Test your scythe skills with Feats and Challenge Stages featuring Boss rematches, platforming challenges, and more!
• Awesome 40 song soundtrack by Jake “Virt” Kaufman!
• A somber tale told with a light touch to narrative with humor, levity, and heart.
• Crazy bosses and lovable characters.
• Take on a new challenge and uncover all of the world’s secrets with New Game+!

New Modes!

Change Log

• New: The "Shovel Knight" game, with all character campaigns and modes included, is now "Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove"
• New: Specter of Torment is now available! Enjoy an entirely new prequel adventure starring the shadowy scythe spinner himself!
• New: Specter of Torment Challenges! Clear the game as Specter Knight to unlock.
• New: Sound Test is now available! Sound Test will be unlocked for each campaign after they have been cleared.
• New: The original Shovel Knight campaign is now referred to as Shovel of Hope.
• New: Body Swap Mode is now available in Shovel of Hope!
• New: Local Co-op is now available in the Shovel of Hope campaign!
• New: Five additional Plague of Shadows challenges have been added. Hit the books and brush up on your alchemical knowledge.
• Subweapon Input type can now be configured based on character. For example: Shovel Knight can be set to activate Relics with Up+Attack, while Specter Knight can activate Curios on it's own button.
• Change: Subweapon button now behaves like the Attack button when within menus.
• Fix: Challenge clear being interrupted by goo bounce in certain challenge states
• New cheats have been added.
• Additional controller support.
• Various bugfixes across the game.
• Various localization and text improvements.
• Various changes across the game for displaying Treasure Trove, Specter of Torment, and Shovel of Hope.
• Change: “Saving” prompt has been reduced in size.
• Change (Shovel/Plague): The wandering encounter Reize will no longer cross over into the second tier of stages if the game time is below 25 minutes...

• Climb walls, leap over gaps, and dispatch enemies with the Dash Slash. Specter Knight’s playstyle brings motion and action to the forefront!
• Collect and upgrade Curios to unleash all new special attacks.
• Test your scythe skills with Feats and Challenge Stages featuring Boss rematches, platforming challenges, and more!
• Awesome 40 song soundtrack by Jake “Virt” Kaufman!
• A somber tale told with a light touch to narrative with humor, levity, and heart. Crazy bosses and lovable characters.
• Take on a new challenge and uncover all of the world’s secrets with New Game+!

• Climb walls, leap over gaps, and dispatch enemies with the Dash Slash. Specter Knight’s playstyle brings motion and action to the forefront!
• Collect and upgrade Curios to unleash all new special attacks.
• Test your scythe skills with Feats and Challenge Stages featuring Boss rematches, platforming challenges, and more!
• Awesome 40 song soundtrack by Jake “Virt” Kaufman!
• A somber tale told with a light touch to narrative with humor, levity, and heart. Crazy bosses and lovable characters.
• Take on a new challenge and uncover all of the world’s secrets with New Game+!

• New languages supported! Russian and Brazilian Portuguese are now selectable!
• Text and formatting fixes across Shovel Knight and Plague Knight campaigns.
• Additional controller support.
• Fix: Secret title screen code not working when confirm/cancel is swapped.
• Fix: Calibrate Screen Gamma fix when confirm/cancel switched
• Fix: Improvements for text replacement cheats.
• Fix: Challenge “Extendo Retractro” having inconsistent platform timing.
• Fix: Can no longer pause while game is transitioning.
• Fix: Specter Knight sometimes floating offscreen during banquet battle intro.
• Fix: Enchantress dialogue line not being readable. Enchantress no longer interrupts her own dialogue during the to the battle entrance.
• Fix: Tinker Knight Boss reveal will now wait until the player is on screen.
• Fix: Moving platforms can no long push pickups in a way that they move infinitely in one direction
• Fix: Saving text background now visible on same frame as text
• Fix: Tinker Knight being able to be hit during intro.
• Fix: Can no longer slide off catapult before it launches you
• Fix: Sometimes being able to escape Specter Knight boss fight.
• Fix: Plague Knight specific cheats will no longer activate unless Plague Knight is unlocked.
• Fix: Hoppicles can no longer fall through platforms
• Fix: Single checkpoint cheat not working
• Fix: Lava fish now die in water if fished out. They also die if on land for too long.
• Fix: Can no longer bind the same button to multiple actions. Added a visual effect when attempting to bind a button already used by another action.
• Fix: Can no longer open inventory during challenge mode bosses intro
• Fix: Enemy larger cheat fixes for Tinker Knight and Remnant of Fate
• Fix: Autoscroll with invincibility cheats creating soft locks.
• Fix: Teethalon can no longer be hurt while offscreen
• Fix: Striking Plague Knight's vat once again has blocking knockback.
• Fix: Can no longer hit campfire during dream. I guess this would
• be considered sleep shovelling?
• Fix: The Big Creep’s health sometimes still being active after defeat
• Fix: The Big Creep spawning issues when activating lights and transitioning rooms simulataneously
• Fix: Player now turns to face the The Big Creep during bosds intro. It’s not that kind of ghost!
• Fix: Ghosts being hit during cutscene in Hall of Champions
• Fix: Served but not yet eaten food from the Gastronomer will still waiting at the Village when you begin New Game+. Leftovers+?
• Fix: Can now earn the Sparker feat on Black Knight, Mr. Hat, Reize, Baz, and Phantom Striker.
• Fix: Well Met Feat now requires Mr. Hat to be defeated as well.
• Fix: Striking Boss Plague Knight's vat as Shovel Knight once again has blocking knockback.
• Fix: Flare Wander Feat no longer unlocks when hitting a block.
• Fix: Super Sphere Feat sometimes unlocking from objects that were not hit by Chaos Orb.
• Fix? Dolly will now discuss her interest in purchasing a beret at Mr. Hat’s Fancy Shop instead of a brooch! Immersion maintained.
• Fix: Visual frame sync issue with the mobile gear
• Fix: Alchemy Shop sometimes displayed improperly formatted text.
• Fix: Entering the Alchemy shop quickly no longer makes input invalid
• Fix: Being able longer throw bombs in between boss fights in banquet battle
• Fix: Tinker Knight Boss works better with the Sentry Fuse
• Fix: Temporarily unable to move if using the vat during exactly during a screen transition.
• Fix: Hall of Champion Guards can no longer be hit during dialogue
• Fix: Can no longer talk to Troupple King while standing on a Vat
• Fix: Village screen transition loop improved
• Fix: Hall of champions erroneously taking 1000 gold when re-entering.
• Fix: Blowing up Hedge Pupil’s house and leaving the screen breaking the game
• Fix: Sometimes being able to jump or use relics when input is disabled
• Fix: Bosses not resetting the state of the Bomb Jump Blitz Feat. It should now possible to earn while retrying a boss or when fighting multiple bosses in a row.

• Fixed a crash that occurs when listening to one of Croaker's jokes in Brazilian Portuguese. I guess you can say he was really killing it! (Sorry.)
• It is once again possible to bind the same button to multiple actions when editing Single binds. The menu will flash red to warn of a duplicate, but it will no longer stop those who want to setup their input this way!
• Fixed Mobile Gear relic getting destroyed by Tinker Knight's thrown wrenches while in motion.
• Adjusted a few typos in Russian and Brazilian Portuguese. Thank you to everyone who contacted us to help fix these.

• New languages supported! Russian and Brazilian Portuguese are now selectable!
• Text and formatting fixes across Shovel Knight and Plague Knight campaigns.
• Additional controller support.
• Fix: Secret title screen code not working when confirm/cancel is swapped.
• Fix: Calibrate Screen Gamma fix when confirm/cancel switched
• Fix: Improvements for text replacement cheats.
• Fix: Challenge “Extendo Retractro” having inconsistent platform timing.
• Fix: Can no longer pause while game is transitioning.
• Fix: Specter Knight sometimes floating offscreen during banquet battle intro.
• Fix: Enchantress dialogue line not being readable. Enchantress no longer interrupts her own dialogue during the to the battle entrance.
• Fix: Tinker Knight Boss reveal will now wait until the player is on screen.
• Fix: Moving platforms can no long push pickups in a way that they move infinitely in one direction
• Fix: Saving text background now visible on same frame as text
• Fix: Tinker Knight being able to be hit during intro.
• Fix: Can no longer slide off catapult before it launches you
• Fix: Sometimes being able to escape Specter Knight boss fight.
• Fix: Plague Knight specific cheats will no longer activate unless Plague Knight is unlocked.
• Fix: Hoppicles can no longer fall through platforms
• Fix: Single checkpoint cheat not working
• Fix: Lava fish now die in water if fished out. They also die if on land for too long.
• Fix: Can no longer bind the same button to multiple actions. Added a visual effect when attempting to bind a button already used by another action.
• Fix: Can no longer open inventory during challenge mode bosses intro
• Fix: Enemy larger cheat fixes for Tinker Knight and Remnant of Fate
• Fix: Autoscroll with invincibility cheats creating soft locks.
• Fix: Teethalon can no longer be hurt while offscreen
• Fix: Striking Plague Knight's vat once again has blocking knockback.
• Fix: Can no longer hit campfire during dream. I guess this would
• be considered sleep shovelling?
• Fix: The Big Creep’s health sometimes still being active after defeat
• Fix: The Big Creep spawning issues when activating lights and transitioning rooms simulataneously
• Fix: Player now turns to face the The Big Creep during bosds intro. It’s not that kind of ghost!
• Fix: Ghosts being hit during cutscene in Hall of Champions
• Fix: Served but not yet eaten food from the Gastronomer will still waiting at the Village when you begin New Game+. Leftovers+?
• Fix: Can now earn the Sparker feat on Black Knight, Mr. Hat, Reize, Baz, and Phantom Striker.
• Fix: Well Met Feat now requires Mr. Hat to be defeated as well.
• Fix: Striking Boss Plague Knight's vat as Shovel Knight once again has blocking knockback.
• Fix: Flare Wander Feat no longer unlocks when hitting a block.
• Fix: Super Sphere Feat sometimes unlocking from objects that were not hit by Chaos Orb.
• Fix? Dolly will now discuss her interest in purchasing a beret at Mr. Hat’s Fancy Shop instead of a brooch! Immersion maintained.
• Fix: Visual frame sync issue with the mobile gear
• Fix: Alchemy Shop sometimes displayed improperly formatted text.
• Fix: Entering the Alchemy shop quickly no longer makes input invalid
• Fix: Being able longer throw bombs in between boss fights in banquet battle
• Fix: Tinker Knight Boss works better with the Sentry Fuse
• Fix: Temporarily unable to move if using the vat during exactly during a screen transition.
• Fix: Hall of Champion Guards can no longer be hit during dialogue
• Fix: Can no longer talk to Troupple King while standing on a Vat
• Fix: Village screen transition loop improved
• Fix: Hall of champions erroneously taking 1000 gold when re-entering.
• Fix: Blowing up Hedge Pupil’s house and leaving the screen breaking the game
• Fix: Sometimes being able to jump or use relics when input is disabled
• Fix: Bosses not resetting the state of the Bomb Jump Blitz Feat. It should now possible to earn while retrying a boss or when fighting multiple bosses in a row.

• Fixed a crash that occurs when listening to one of Croaker's jokes in Brazilian Portuguese. I guess you can say he was really killing it! (Sorry.)
• It is once again possible to bind the same button to multiple actions when editing Single binds. The menu will flash red to warn of a duplicate, but it will no longer stop those who want to setup their input this way!
• Fixed Mobile Gear relic getting destroyed by Tinker Knight's thrown wrenches while in motion.
• Adjusted a few typos in Russian and Brazilian Portuguese. Thank you to everyone who contacted us to help fix these.