
If you want to kick up a cool trail or maybe befriend a floating companion, you’ll love Special FX! Gesture Whoa, nice armor! Costumes can completely change the look of Shovel Knight! When you change your costume in the field, the change will not be shown until you die, complete the level, or return to the level map. You earn a new color palette for every level you gain! Stylin’. Change Custom Knight Appearance!Ĭhoose the Shovel Knight avatar to edit your appearance. Choose this option to customize your Shovel Knight to look amazing! AbilitiesĬhoose Relics, Charge moves, and Special moves to outfit Shovel Knight like never before! Save Custom KnightĬhoose this to save your progress to your amiibo. This shows what your Custom Knight looks like. It takes more and more gold to reach each new level, so keep at it! Custom Knight Appearance The blue bar shows your progress to the next level. The upgrades are somewhat randomized, so you never know what you are going to get! But don’t worry – by the time you are level 50, you will have everything. When you level up, you will earn a new upgrade, and a message will appear to let you know. You can see your level progress on the Custom Knight Edit Screen. Even if your co-op partner grabs the gold during play, it will still count toward your total. Your Custom Knight will level up as you earn gold, all the way up to level 50. TIP: Custom Knight is not supported by Plague Knight’s campaign, Plague of Shadows. Once scanned, choose to set P1 or P2 as a Custom Knight (Player 2 only available on Wii U)! Now you are ready to choose a profile and get going! When the menu appears, scan your amiibo by tapping it to the Wii U™ GamePad, New Nintendo 3DS™ Touch Screen, or Nintendo 3DS™ NFC Reader/Writer. On the Profile Select or Level Map screen, press the button to bring up the amiibo scan menu.

Let’s dig in and take a look! Activating Custom Knight These upgrades range from visual flair to all-new relics. What is Custom Knight? It’s a new way to play Shovel Knight! Instead of earning upgrades from Chester or purchasing them in the village, you will automatically unlock upgrades when your amiibo levels up.
