Grab your potions and don your mask, it’s time to play as Plague Knight! The Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows free update is now here!
When you complete the game as Shovel Knight, Plague of Shadows will be unlocked! To start as Plague Knight, create a new profile and choose Plague Knight from the Character Select menu.
There may be a way to unlock Plague of Shadows without finishing the Shovel Knight campaign…
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•Plague Knight is now playable! Clear the game as Shovel Knight to unlock.
•Challenge Mode is now available! Clear the game as Shovel Knight to unlock.
•Plague Knight challenge modes are ready to take on! Clear the game as Plague Knight to unlock.
•All new Feats/Achievements for Plague Knight's campaign.
•Victory cinematics and end-game credits can now be skipped by pressing the Start button.
•Change: Feats Menu has been re-designed to support multiple characters.
•Change: Relic Quick Select is now enabled by default when starting the game for the first time on systems that do not support second screens.
•Fix: Rapidly using the fire wand no longer causes both fireballs to collide with one another.
•Fix: Using certain weapons when transitioning to a boss encounter causing issues
•Fix: “Boom!”, “Flying Feat” - No longer unlocks when used to defeat projectiles.
•"Get The Point" feat description changed to indicate that the level needs to be completed too!
•New: Collectable totals can now be checked on the Level Map by pressing Select while on a stage. Displays Song Scrolls and for Plague Knight: Cipher Coins. For Shovel Knight: this menu is only unlocked after having cleared the final stage.
•For Speedy Knights: Wandering encounters on the Level Map will not encroach on the Village if playtime is less than 14 minutes.
•Fix: Options menu sometimes not showing that a controller was present
•Performance improvements (~20% @ 1080p)
•Fix: DPI scaling in Windows
•Fix: Gameplay inconsistencies while playing with vsync disabled. Adding a new vsync option "legacy" which maintains the previous versions "off" behavior.
•New: Moddable post processing!
New known issue: Mouse cursor displays over game. (We'll get this fixed shortly!)