Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove News

The Shovel Knight saga is almost complete! Soon, the final Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove games will finally be released! How soon?

All of these arrive next year on the very same day: April 9th, 2019.



That’s correct- the complete Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove has a release date! This massive update includes:

• 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.
  

All arriving on the same day as a free update to Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove owners on Steam!

During the release of Specter of Torment we received many requests to synchronize the update across each and every platform (there are quite a lot…!). For this most grand finale, we are going to do our best to make that happen! We hope everyone enjoys jumping into King Knight’s adventure and battle mode together at the same time! You can find out more over at our website!

Until then, there’s plenty left for us to do across all of these games! If you were looking forward to some shovel-based combat today... well you are in luck!


The wielder of the legendary Shovel Blade joins the Rivals of Aether roster in a collaboration between Dan Fornace LLC and Yacht Club Games! Digging, treasure hunting, fishing, and even some shopping! This knight brings a huge selection of tools into battle.



Shovel Knight is available right now! We hope you enjoy sharing the shovelry in an all new world of fighters!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/930660/Rivals_of_Aether_Shovel_Knight/


RIVALS OF AETHER is an indie fighting game set in a world where warring civilizations summon the power of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth. Choose a Rival to bring into the battlefield and manipulate the powers of the classical elements and animal movement. Praised for its competitive gameplay and intensive training tools, Rivals of Aether is the perfect entry to the Platform Fighter genre. Play with up to four players locally or up to two players online.

It's a perfect time for newcomers to enter the fray too! You can pick up Rivals of Aether for 50% off today!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/383980/Rivals_of_Aether/

Good day, brave shovel fighters! We are very excited today to pull back the curtain and announce Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove’s final game!



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, and arrives as a free update to all existing versions of Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove! It will also be available as a standalone game!

• 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.
  

That’s just a taste! There’s much more to come. For even more details and screenshots, check out our website!

After having finally saved up enough jet fuel, the intergalactic journey of the ‘toads has brought them to Steam! After all that space travel, they’re just dying to get out and stretch their frog legs. Oh, that’s right. We’re very excited to announce that you can now brawl with the best of them! Rash, Zitz, and Pimple are all dropping in for an extra radical encounter!

• 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.
  

Shovel of Hope

• 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.
  

Plague of Shadows

• 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.
  

Specter of Torment

• 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.
  

Our immense and most enthusiastic “Thank You!” to everyone at Rare, Microsoft, and Xbox for not only making this most unexpected dream mash-up a reality but for also sharing the fun with players everywhere.

We hope you all got a mighty big kick out of the update!



http://store.steampowered.com/app/339330/Shovel_Knight_Original_Soundtrack/
We keep making Shovel Knight even better! New characters, campaigns, modes, and especially new music too! Today we're updating "Shovel Knight Original Soundtrack" to become "Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove Soundtrack Collection". It now includes the original soundtrack for Shovel Knight, Plague of Shadows, and Specter of Torment! That's a lot of music and now you won't need to find Oolong just to hear your favorite alchemical tunes!


By decree, you are royally invited to the unveiling ceremony of Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove’s final adventure! Be sure to check out our Shovel Knight: King of Cards preview! We can’t wait to tell you more about it!

Summon Thy Scythe! The next adventure in the Shovel Knight saga is here!

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment is a free update to Shovel Knight! Along with this update Shovel Knight is now Shovel Knight:Treasure Trove!

What's Specter of Torment? It's the action-packed prequel to Shovel Knight! With his scythe and preternatural agility at the ready, he can glide across the ground, clamber up walls, and command an arsenal of curious weapons.

If he carries out his duties to the Enchantress, Specter Knight may have a chance at regaining his lost humanity and breaking his chains of servitude. But what cruel tricks might the Enchantress have up her sleeve?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRwP0P5j05g
Create a new profile to begin! We hope you enjoy this all-new adventure!

• 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+!
  

Shovel of Hope Body Swap Mode: Did you ever wish Shovel Knight was a lady, or Shield Knight was a guy? Well, now you can change them all around however you want, with brand new designs for all of the main characters in Shovel of Hope!
Shovel of Hope Local Co-op! – Grab a friend and play through Shovel of Hope as a fully cooperative adventure!
Sound Test! Listen to all your favorite tracks all in one place!
New Challenges! Five new Plague of Shadows challenge stages and all new Specter of Torment challenge stages!

• 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...
  

Blight the Earth! The next adventure in the Shovel Knight saga is near! Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment be arriving as a free update on April 5th! Along with this update, Shovel Knight will automatically become Shovel Knight:Treasure Trove!

What's Specter of Torment? It's the action-packed prequel to Shovel Knight! With his scythe and preternatural agility at the ready, he can glide across the ground, clamber up walls, and command an arsenal of curious weapons.

If he carries out his duties to the Enchantress, Specter Knight may have a chance at regaining his lost humanity and breaking his chains of servitude. But what cruel tricks might the Enchantress have up her sleeve?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRwP0P5j05g

• 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+!
  

Also arriving in this update:

Shovel of Hope Body Swap Mode: Did you ever wish Shovel Knight was a lady, or Shield Knight was a guy? Well, now you can change them all around however you want, with brand new designs for all of the main characters in Shovel of Hope!
Shovel of Hope Co-op! – Grab a friend and play through Shovel of Hope as a fully cooperative adventure!
Sound Test! Listen to all your favorite tracks all in one place!
New Challenges! Five new Plague of Shadows challenge stages and all new Specter of Torment challenge stages!

Want to learn even more? Check out the Specter of Torment Instruction Manual