Question 1

True or false: The 'Plague Knight' campaign was originally a stretch goal that was funded during the Kickstarter campaign.

Accepted Answer

True. Yes, 'Plague of Shadows' was a $300,000 stretch goal, adding a full campaign with Plague Knight as the protagonist.

Question 2

True or false: The game's soundtrack was composed by Jake Kaufman, who also made music for 'Mighty Switch Force!'.

Accepted Answer

True. Jake 'virt' Kaufman composed both, using chiptune styles. He also did soundtracks for 'Shantae' and 'DuckTales Remastered'.

Question 3

True or false: Shovel Knight's pogo mechanic was directly inspired by the 'Down Thrust' from the original 'Castlevania'.

Accepted Answer

False. It's actually inspired by DuckTales' pogo stick jump, not Castlevania's downward stab. Yacht Club cited DuckTales as a key influence.

Question 4

True or false: Shovel Knight's designer originally planned for him to wield a pickaxe instead of a shovel.

Accepted Answer

True. Early concept art shows a pickaxe, but the team switched to a shovel for its unique digging and pogo mechanics.

Question 5

True or false: The game's final boss, 'The Enchantress', can only be damaged by using the 'Phase Locket' item.

Accepted Answer

False. You damage her with Shovel Knight's shovel or other relics. The Phase Locket only makes you invincible, not a weapon.

Question 6

True or false: The 'Mona' character from 'WarioWare' makes a cameo as a shopkeeper in the game.

Accepted Answer

False. Mona is not in Shovel Knight. The shopkeepers are the Troupple King and the Chester, both original characters.

Question 7

True or false: There is an unused boss in the game code named 'The Chevalier', a knight with a lance.

Accepted Answer

True. The Chevalier was cut during development but exists as a data-mined sprite and boss pattern, later referenced in a stretch goal.

Question 8

True or false: The game includes a hidden boss fight against a character named 'Reize' from the game 'Knytt Stories'.

Accepted Answer

False. Reize appears, but as a wandering miniboss, not a hidden boss from Knytt Stories—he's original to Shovel Knight.

Shovel Knight Trivia Questions