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Shovel Knight is a 2D side-scrolling platform game with an 8-bit graphical style.^[1][2] In the base campaign retroactively titled Shovel of Hope,^[1] players control the eponymous adventurer as he goes on a journey to rescue his partner Shield Knight while fighting the Enchantress and her Order of No Quarter.^[1][3] Shovel Knight can attack with his shovel, dig through dirt blocks, unearth treasure, or use it to bounce upon enemies and objects.^[4][5] Levels are themed around each individual knight of the Order of No Quarter, feature several checkpoints, and end with a boss fight against one of the order's eight members. Each section of the world map contains three knights, and the player must defeat all of them before progressing to the next area.^[1][6] Aside from the main quest, players are encouraged to collect treasure inside levels to improve Shovel Knight's abilities.^[4][7]

By finding a salesman named Chester hidden inside levels, the player can purchase items called Relics with treasure. These Relics provide helpful effects and are powered a resource called magic,^[6] and include a magical locket that grants temporary invulnerability, or a wand that shoots fireballs.^[1][8] The player can also use treasure to buy useful upgrades for Shovel Knight's health, magic capacity, armor, or weapon at villages. For example, an upgrade for the shovel allows it to shoot out damaging projectiles whenever Shovel Knight is at maximum hit points.^[4][6] Some levels contain hidden music sheets that the player can trade to a non-player character called the bard; trading these sheets grants the player treasure and the ability to sound test each of the game's music tracks.^[6][8]

Dying in Shovel Knight will cause the player to a portion of their treasure at the location of death, and the player can return to this location to recover their lost gold. However, if the player dies again before recovering their treasure, it is lost forever.^[6][9] As an optional challenge, players can choose to destroy a level's checkpoints to be awarded treasure at the risk of being sent back to an earlier location in the level should they die.^[1][9] Completing the game unlocks a more difficult New Game Plus mode, which reduces the number of available checkpoints and increases the damage Shovel Knight takes.^[10]