Too hard???

[MsRolf]

I have played this game for a total of 46 minutes and I'm still playing even while I'm typing this. And I have been enjoying myself a lot. there is only one problem, I think its way to hard, it's probably because I am TERRIBLE at platformers, this is the only reason I have stopped playing after just dying over and over again. I know it's probably going to be a no for an answer but is there a way to make it easier? or am I playing the wrong mission or something, I'm playing the mission below the village.

Again I do enjoy this game a lot for its story and stupid but still fun humor. The only problem is the difficulty for me at least. also, I can't get that feeling of completing a hard part after dying over and over again. I will only get the feeling of being done with that part and never have to look at it again.

[Halfshell]

An easier stage to start with is King Knight's stage, thats above the first village. You can also go into the cellar of the village and purchase a cup, take the cup to a fish to the Northeast of the village and he gives you free ichor (potions). There are two things to help with the platforming itself, in Specter Knight's stage (below the village) theres an item called Phase Locket which makes you invincible for ~5 seconds. This includes spikes, but not falling into pits. If you miss the Phase Locket you can buy it in town after beating Specter Knight's stage. The other is once you beat 3 Knights you can visit the second town and get an armor upgrade to lose less gold on death, it may have other effects (the other "lose less gold" armors do but I never tested Shovel Knight's).

[MsRolf]

Thank you so much for the help beated specter Knights's stage gave it all i got and i finaly did it. after that i missed the phase locket so ill buy it later at the town.

[Sixtyfivekills]

What makes this game hard to me are those damn instant death spikes. But that aside, I'm having a blast.

[MsRolf]

Originally posted by Sixtyfivekills:

What makes this game hard to me are those damn instant death spikes. But that aside, I'm having a blast.

mostly falling down pits and yeah besidse it being hard sometimes, i still love the game

[Halfshell]

Originally posted by Sixtyfivekills:

What makes this game hard to me are those damn instant death spikes. But that aside, I'm having a blast.

Yeah thats why the Phase Locket is so important. I would use it every stage until I had no MP left, as I hate instant death mechanics myself (makes me tense up and play worse). You can get two full MP (and HP) refills from the fish so you shouldn't ever run out of MP.

[✨goeywong✨]

seriously getting thru to the boss is so annoying and hard for me while the boss itself is cheese easy...I just beat tinker knight after so many tries..game is super fun yet hella annoying..

[Mr.R]

The later stages have topscrolling and sidescrolling which is reallly frustrating and a littlle unfair in my opinion.

[Citronvand]

I think the problem is the instant death pits/spikes. The normal difficulty seems quite unbalanced since 99% of all deaths comes from pits/spikes and not 0 health. I think for normal difficulty, you should be able to survive 1 instant kill if you have enough health, similar to spectral knight's armor. Obviously you should take major damage when this happens and if you make another mistake before healing you'll die.

Keep the instant deaths for new game+ though, since in NG+ you already take twice the damage so health already matters in that mode.

[Don_ko]

people, have you played platformers prior to 2000's at least?
Shovel knight isn't hard at all.

Super mario brothers is harder

[SonicBoomNFA]

Originally posted by GFC-club M@R!O:

people, have you played platformers prior to 2000's at least?
Shovel knight isn't hard at all.

Super mario brothers is harder

I think the toughest platformer challenge I've gone through is Cave Story+ on Hard Mode; that was a freaking nightmare.
I think the only difficult part if Shovel Knight's campaign is when an enemy with an unpredictable path is standing on the next platform (knocking you off when you time the jump poorly) or when those ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ green propeller guys appear.

[MarkDarkness]

Rush to Spectre Knight's level and get the Phase Locket. Abuse that item once you get it. Done.

[LaChouette]

Originally posted by SonicBoomNFA:

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ green propeller guys appear.

Shovel Knight: war horn
Plague Knight: bomb burst the instant they start blowing and then throw your bombs
Specter Knight: lots of curios can kill them easily and even dash slashing will kill them most of the time.

[Flagbearer]

There are a ton of codes you can use to make the game easier. DEYAGLTE lets you use the phase locket wheneved you want, so try it if the game's giving you a hard time.

To use it, make a new save and name it DEYAGLTE. Press yes, and name your character whatever you want.

[mongi]

If you want easy mode, use the phase locket
If you are me, beat the whole game without realizing it exists

[MsRolf]

I kinda gave up on the game 3 years ago... forgot about this post i made