Can I Beat Cuphead's Impossible Mode In 16 Hours?

In this video I attempt to beat the Cuphead Master Quest Mod for the first time in under 16 hours! Master Quest is a mod that increases boss's hp, adds new boss attacks, and brings Cuphead above anything in the original game in terms of difficulty. Do I have what it takes to beat this insanely difficult In the limited time I'm giving myself?
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[@Slicdslushie]

I literally watch this video every day this is the coolest video of all time with amazing editing

[@SirPilky]

Bro you just made my day I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@Slicdslushie]

Thanks dude you’re amazing

[@Slicdslushie]

Omg thanks for pinning this. It’s a dream come true

[@Random_Poster639]

@@SirPilkyI love this video very time I want to watch cuphead I will watch this!

[@SirPilky]

​@uni_gacha8016 thanks I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@dominikrosiak339]

There is a mod that makes every boss have 10x hp. Not suggesting or anything, just letting you know...that...that exists.

[@SirPilky]

I've heard of that mod! It looks painful just cause of how long it would take, but I'd be interested in trying it out sometime!

[@Mr.Croutons]

​@@SirPilkythis is my first time ever watching your channel and just seeing how amazing your videos and the editing on the videos I would love to see you do that challenge

[@SirPilky]

@CrueCrouton Thanks that means a lot!

[@TheAngrySponge]

Now imagine that with the master quest mod

[@dominikrosiak339]

Basicly a recepie for P.A.I.N.

[@CP_Omri_Feinman]

"The smoke bomb would help me in the final phase" decides to not use it

[@SirPilky]

Lol when I was making the script, I was sure that I used smoke bomb, but it turned out that I totally forgot 😅

[@thebeeking1220]

Final*

[@hmmg_]

​@@thebeeking1220 🤓

[@thecoolkidchannel3568]

Final dumb

[@hmmg_]

@@thecoolkidchannel3568 🤓

[@krishangarora9866]

Well it took me 1 hour 53 seconds to see someone do it

[@inthetemple_28]

Best Cuphead speedrun known to man.

[@SirPilky]

Haha thanks!

[@THECHOSEN822]

I think EAZYSPEEZY might be better

[@InfernoNinja1764]

Nah sir pilky is better

[@Pong-ei7mr]

Fun fact, some of the hazards on bosses like goopy and calamari, are actually unused mechanics

[@inthetemple_28]

Also in case you never knew, in Master Quest, some of the bosses have unused attacks that they wouldn’t even use. (That being Baroness Von Bon-Bon, Cagney Carnation, and some other bosses.)

[@SirPilky]

That was one aspect that made this even harder!

[@salamence6828]

Was it also with that one Cala Maria fish?

[@inthetemple_28]

@@salamence6828 Yes, that being the blue fish attack.

[@The-Doodler]

Goopy too (The mini goopy's)

[@creative1479]

i cant even beat any bosses on simple and this man beat the game on impossible huge respect for this dude

[@SirPilky]

Haha thanks I appreciate it!

[@timonobel615]

@creative1479 yeah true these guys get better scores while not moving for example

[@PizzaHeadoffical]

@@SirPilky if I nearly cried on Goopy, you know that I suck at this game

[@Chickenface20157]

What yeah I’m stuck on Werner on simple

[@XXpl4sma2255]

BRO, I DIED IN THE SHOP!

[@cagneycarnation2524]

this man is underrated af

[@SirPilky]

Thanks I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@nagashtheundyingking4404]

anytime i watch any gameplay of cuphead i always get amazed with the animation and constantly find new visual jokes.

[@SirPilky]

Same here! That's one of my favorite parts about the game!

[@user-ij7nx8jb1b]

pilky you sound like you never wanted to do this

[@flamingpaxtsc]

Cuphead creators making the game even harder is awesome fr fr 👌

[@SirPilky]

Thanks!

[@zacharychavez-levins4287]

1:00:01 I love how cuphead bounces with the beat

[@Tulinx]

U should’ve just said 1:00:00 my ocd is kicking in

[@THECHOSEN822]

2 hours ago?

[@BearGaming1000]

King Dice looking devious LOL

[@dedicategrinder88]

13:44 OH DAMN, I thought after the last couple of years that smoke dash INCREASED your dash length not decrease LOL. Even after S-Ranking the whole game and not playing it for 2 years, I still learnt something new… 18.1.24

[@SirPilky]

The dash length increase is only present in the Master Quest mod, and the dash length stays the same in unmodded Cuphead. Sorry if I confused you or others lol

[@hopepapernacky]

Just found this channel. So glad I found new Cuphead talent to binge!

[@SirPilky]

Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching!

[@Master_Rater]

Very underrated and extremely well made video, good job!

[@SirPilky]

Thanks that means a lot!

[@bakedpotatoman116]

Great video from an underrated creator. You earned a sub.

[@SirPilky]

Thanks I appreciate it!

[@Mediumtiercommenter]

New attacks are crazy + this video is actually good!

[@SirPilky]

Thanks!

[@neorobloxreal]

These were great streams to watch! Glad you did it!

[@SirPilky]

Thanks me too!

[@GalaxyYtIsCool]

what is king dice lookin at?

[@SirPilky]

Lol man what's king dice doing😳

[@Hussain0968]

Your as

[@thesandguardianofthesand]

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[@Hussain0968]

@@thesandguardianofthesand ma boy

[@andryusplay5689]

I cant even beat Goopy. That mod is another level of difficulty.

[@lelandholmquist2467]

You have become the definition of the indominable human spirit

[@SirPilky]

Haha thanks!

[@sarasierra1036]

Some of the new attacks in the boss fights are actually old ones from the old spite of Cuphead

[@hopepapernacky]

I didn't expect a genuinely great and motivational message about perseverance through hopelessness, but you provided

[@SirPilky]

Thanks I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@Coal75]

YOOOO, is that Cala Maria?

[@SirPilky]

😳

[@Coal75]

@@SirPilky lol

[@Sinx52]

Wow this is the best cuphead I have ever the editing and the story telling was so good great job pilky

[@SirPilky]

Thanks I really appreciate that!

[@gaminggek0771]

This was such a great video. It was so much fun to watch. You deserve more subscribers!

[@SirPilky]

Thanks that means a lot!

[@CorinaAtkins-er1tb]

This is AWESOME! Good job! I’m currently trying to beat king dice right now. Cup head gameplay is my fav. I was on the edge of my seat watching this 😂 I’m so happy you pulled it off 😮‍💨

[@SirPilky]

Thanks! Good luck on King Dice! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@ChickenNuggetTangoMangle]

Imagine if he did this with the cursed relic. That would be a hassle

[@SirPilky]

Dude, that would be next level!

[@idunno7790]

I dont even know what the cursed relic dies!

[@ChickenNuggetTangoMangle]

@@idunno7790 cursed relic makes it so you have 3 nerfed charms, every time you press the shoot button the shot is different, and lastly, it sets you to 1 hp

[@ljmre8]

pilky in game: (emotionless) pilky when he gets a knockout:YEEEESSSSSSSS

[@SirPilky]

Haha it's always so hype 😁

[@BENNY_MAC]

Good god that was impressive! Congratulations! I'm about to play this game for my first time and try to get the platinum trophy on Playstation. I'm so scared 😅, just found your channel cant wait to watch your other videos.

[@SirPilky]

Thanks that means a lot! Good luck with the platinum!

[@PKsLabYT]

Super underrated with amazing video editing too! Great work!

[@SirPilky]

Thanks I appreciate it!

[@SLee-kx2er]

Why does this sound like a therapist story

[@TaranVaranYT]

So I was watching the section where you were dealing with dr. kahl's robot phase three and when i was listening to the background music, after hearing a few notes of the background music i found out its actually a song from pizza tower called "Pizza Mayhem".

[@SirPilky]

Yessir that's the one! Pizza tower has some amazing music!

[@TaranVaranYT]

@@SirPilky especially when people make remixes of them like Trizic and others

[@Temlorddadragunkilla]

Ur a monster at this game 😯 Congrats man that was super impressive +1 sub

[@allecandy9508]

This video has great quality and honestly I wish you nothing but success

[@SirPilky]

Thanks I appreciate that!

[@hamada_86]

thats crazy that he beat cuphead master quest in 13 hours

[@SirPilky]

Haha thanks!

[@ultimateincognitus8777]

Your skills have been improving through the challenge, you really stepped up on the finish :)

[@SirPilky]

Thanks!

[@aharrahclan2876]

I absolutely love the mega man music in Cala Maria

[@SirPilky]

Mega Man has such good music honestly

[@that0nlyaxo23]

This video is super entertaining I loved this! You earned a new sub im looking forward to seeing more🔥

[@SirPilky]

Thanks, I really appreciate it, and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@Lloyd00]

SF2 music always gets me hype

[@LeSpearow]

Ngl if the developers of the master quest mod added 1930's style animations like the rest of the game I think it could retain its difficulty without being an eyesore (for example: the disappearing platforms on beppi) The fact you beat this mod is crazy, Im still struggling on expert mode ...any tips?

[@SirPilky]

True that can make it quite difficult to recognize patterns. Honestly, it's a pretty basic tip, but just keep practicing. The more you can make each boss attack muscle memory, the more it'll get significantly easier. I've made some shorts on other general tips if you're looking for other ways to get better as well!

[@LeSpearow]

@@SirPilky ok, thank you for the tips

[@shins.u]

Some of them are reimplemented unused attacks, so they have placeholder designs. It does look pretty weird though.

[@regularpumpkin]

to make each boss harder Root Pack: Make radish come out no matter what Goopy: Make him split in 2 like the demo Mausoleum: make some ghosts not parryable and required to be shot Ribby and Croaks: Bring back the cancelled devil slot where all three would come out. Let croaks spit fireflies in phase 2 Hilda Berg: Make lasers come out on both sides of the twins sun attack. ONLY GREEN BLIMPS. Give her tornadoes all the time, rapid fire HA HA HA Cagney: 2 pink seeds per fall. 3 boomerangs. Cloud explodes bigger. Beppi: No back up warning animation. Roller coaster FASTER. Baroness: 3 heads at a time. jelly beans and baroness gun every phase Djimmi: get rid of phase 3 safe spot. 2 hats. Mugman puppet that shoots shots based on lobber or ring. Chalice puppet that shoots crackshot based attack. Mini Cuppet unavoidable Wally: faster birds, birds shoot eggs. Not always parryable gun shots. phase 4 is already hard enough Grim: every 3rd fire marches jumps. The fireballs break 8 way. (suffering) Rumor: Triangle and ball both same time. Bee bombs coming in during phase 2 and 3 Werner: All of his attacks fast. 5 ghosts. keep rocket attack in phase 2. Brineybeard: Cannonballs and sea creatures all phases. More fireballs. 2 barrels. Cala Maria: You already made this beast even worse. get rid of phase 2 and 3 safe spots I guess? Kahl: I hate you Sally: 2 umbrellas, secret phase 2+3 is unavoidable, mouse bots in phase 1 Phantom Express: Ghost fires some parry eyeballs that can hit your cart. Skeleton never spawns in the middle. Lolipop ghouls cover safe spots. Train has ghost parry things as well as pumpkins. Dice bosses: 1 has more rapid fire. 2. goes faster with harder patterns. 3. switches more often. 4. pip and dot have more spiked floors. 5. trick dont work 6. more ghost riders 7. FASTER ATTACKS 8. 4 chalks, more lasers. 9. No King Dice: more Hp. pink joker card which cannot be parried as a trick. Phase 2 where he has some of his cancelled attacks from the art book. Devil: faster attacks. some bombs are not parryable. henchmen in phase 2. 4 platorms in phase 2, 2 in phase 3.

[@SirPilky]

Now this would be a while other level!

[@regularpumpkin]

@@SirPilky sure would be! to bad idk how to code

[@TaranVaranYT]

You know what would be cruel? Not having any platforms for the Devil's 4th phase, so the player would have to use parries to gain height for some of the attacks (Which means Whetstone should be the best option for dealing damage).

[@regularpumpkin]

@@TaranVaranYT oh gosh

[@regularpumpkin]

im gonna do dlc master quest now. Glumstone: Get rid of safe spots, every platform but 1 goes up with geese. bad breath is faster. gnome spikes on ground stay for phase 2. Gnomes shoot several darts. no more parryable darts. constant spitting fro glumstone Mortimer: have him summon 6 icicles that cover whole screen. Popsicle bats every 2 seconds. when doing whale attack he still moves. buckets blow up into 5 projectiles. eyeball never stops beaming, you have to jump off and dash to survive. 5 pixel space between spikes in phase 2. 5 ice cream cones are multiplied. Howling aces: you know what lets just bully people. ENTIRE FIGHT IS UPSIDE DOWN (just kidding) 5 yarn balls, 5 tennis ball dogs in phase 2. tennis ball attack in phase 1 every 1 second.intense amounts of lasers. blue dog bowls that shoot parryable projectiles. Angel & Demon: 2 platforms maybe? I think they should randomly change every 10 seconds regardless on who you're facing ill do the rest later

[@alanknapp4308]

SirPilky: Buys smoke bomb to win the root pack. Also SirPilky: wins without using the smoke bomb.

[@SirPilky]

Lol I totally meant to use smoke bomb but completely forgot 😅 nice spotting though

[@AshleyHarlan-zm7nr]

4:00 this is a unused animation for goopy le grande

[@logan-oi4gn]

58:46 backround music sounds like Apple ringtone

[@cjk51]

GG!!! Souped Up Mod now 😂

[@SirPilky]

Haha that mod is crazy hard but maybe some day!

[@cowboyhunter0]

I cant belive you beat the hardest mod in only 13 hours wow ur the G.O.A.T

[@SirPilky]

Haha thanks!

[@thegoffynerd5]

boys… we won’t be beating cuphead today.. the final boss (sirpilky) of cuphead is impossible to surpass *career has ended* (sad music plays)

[@SirPilky]

Hahaha (boss music cues)

[@aligx1569]

I really love how dramatic ending in this video good job pro 👏 ❤

[@SirPilky]

Thanks gotta keep it dramatic lol!

[@bacondude9841]

Great video! You should do the 10x mod too. Also, I somehow beat a boss on the same frame it died so I got 0/3 hp lol

[@SirPilky]

Thanks! Lol I've never gotten that glitch that's crazy!

[@BucketFan72]

Man you are underrated! I like your content and think you should have more subscribers

[@SirPilky]

Thanks I really appreciate that!

[@BucketFan72]

@@SirPilky I also think that you are really good at Cuphead because I am not even able to beat Hilda Berg expert😭💀

[@SirPilky]

@mayberedman1373 Thanks! It honestly just took me a ton of practice, and with practice, I'm sure you'd get a lot better as well!

[@DarkSkyVoid]

This video was honestly one of the best videos I have ever seen but how did you get master quest because I would love to play master quest

[@SirPilky]

Thanks, I appreciate that! You need the Steam version of the game to play it. You also have to change the version of the game to 1.1.5, I'm pretty sure. It definitely doesn't work on the newest version of the game. There should be a link to the mod in the description of the video, but let me know if it doesn't work. From there, you'll have to open your game files and add in the files you get from downloading the mod. Make sure you back up your game if there's a save file you wanna keep. When I change back to vanilla cuphead, my progress on the DLC gets erased sometimes, so keep that in mind as well, although there's probably a way you can prevent this. Hope this helps but let me know if you have any other questions!

[@josephbogren444]

29:00 two words, PARRY. RING.

[@chalicetkl]

I would alt f4 soooooo fast on the first boss…and cry myself to sleep….and this man WON EVRY SINGLE FIGHT

[@theno-life]

i cant imagine how long it took to make this video since it's an hour long and a video thats a few minutes takes several days to edit, plus the 16 hours and breaks. 🤯

[@SirPilky]

Thanks! Yeah, it took about 80 hours to fully produce this video(I take a long time to edit lol), but it was 100% worth it!

[@Slicdslushie]

Definitely

[@dsmln24]

Dude, you’re so insane. I don’t know how you do it teach me ways.😂

[@SirPilky]

Haha thanks!

[@DiaperCrystal5590]

LESS GOOOOO WE WERE WAITING FOR THIS FOOTAGE

[@SirPilky]

YESSIRRR

[@user-bt4uv6ty2v]

"I saw the light at the end of the dark tunnel" Those are intense and serious words. And i like it

[@SirPilky]

Thanks! I tried to make the script extra dramatic lol

[@chrishamm9741]

Such a great video also keep up the good work and your underrated

[@SirPilky]

Thanks I appreciate it Chris!

[@user-bh7uh9vu4w]

16 hours I woud have died in the first five secons😵😵

[@youcefgaming6020]

I just realised that I watched an hour,but you played for 13 hours You are patient❤

[@gabegamez1018]

This mod turns every single boss into the difficulty of a final boss

[@SirPilky]

Bro for real!

[@BeetrootDude]

Cuphead but the Bosses actually fight for their souls

[@cordyceps7531]

I remember Justoallday being driven mad by this mod but you finished it less than a day’s time. Impressive. Also a couple challenge ideas *S-Rank every boss with the black and white filter on. *Beat every boss but you must keep your AFK teammate alive before the knockout.

[@SirPilky]

Thanks! Those were some fun streams of Justo! Thanks for the ideas as well! I think I've S ranked a few bosses with the black and white filter, and that second challenge seems like it could be super fun as well

[@unapibarandomxd7129]

Bro had the anime intro play in the background and remembered all his journey during the final fight ☠️ But really, congrats dude!! Cool video!

[@SirPilky]

Haha thanks I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@iLoveBread260]

Congrats man! As much as the airplane bosses are really hard, you made it through, you did it!

[@SirPilky]

Thanks!

[@SuperBlockyBurger]

Dude how underrated can one KZbinr get

[@smithaplavalappil3175]

Ngl its amazing how much effort you put into videos, keep up the good work 👍

[@SirPilky]

Thanks I appreciate it!

[@GameAndKirby]

Master Quest should've gave an X rank for perfection runs and 4 star skill level

[@SirPilky]

Man that would be so sick!

[@Pretzellll]

47:06 I love you for putting Pizza Mayhem in the background.

[@SirPilky]

Bro I love Pizza Tower music!

[@Khaled-122]

“25 minutes into Cagney” Ayooo

[@SirPilky]

😳

[@Worms_Alive]

I’m planning to donate to you if I can’t make the game btw sorry I wasn’t on the stream I didn’t get notified + happy 2k subs

[@MarioLord14]

That was a roller coaster. You earned a sub for this. GG

[@SirPilky]

Thanks I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@DinoSucksAtEverything]

NEW SUB. first vid i watched, AMAZING

[@SirPilky]

Thanks I really appreciate that!

[@lightnings4610]

Man, just hearing the Shovel Knight Music makes me want to play it again

[@SirPilky]

Shovel Knight's music is really good and I gotta get around to playing it sometime!

[@Spaghettiman703]

This guy makes you feel like you just watched a one hour video on each boss. Especially Beppi

[@KniferOSC]

This video was AWESOME! Could you try the souped up mod next? You're my favorite youtuber!!

[@SirPilky]

Thanks so much! I'll definitely consider souped up for the future 👍

[@meaganweaver2246]

Yippee! Good job dude. I could probably only beat the Root Pack. I can beat them and Goopy Le Grande on expert but Hilda Berg was hard on simple for me, but has gotten easier. But no, no, no. Not on expert.

[@ianplays2563]

Fun fact: the blue fish attack in Cala Maria isn’t completely new to master quest because it is in the files of the game but is unused

[@Ribbit3462]

19:28. “ah sh-“ (ad starts playing)

[@maelmcd]

Awesome video man

[@SirPilky]

Thanks I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@user-kg3ll1oc2o]

Good video, you really tried on this video, it was very difficult

[@SirPilky]

Thanks!

[@Pineapple23008]

Fun fact in the devil fight: in the final phase when the devil is crying, the tears that are dripping out of his eyes are not actually tears, it’s in fact blood…😳

[@SirPilky]

Dang that's kind of dark actually

[@Pineapple23008]

@@SirPilky bro I agree!

[@user-wq9rh6pw8i]

your video is amazing I never watch long videos but idk how I watched you're full video

[@SirPilky]

Thanks I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@GiozardI]

I found it funny that when SirPilkey was battling Wally Warbles he said "I has to worry about Wally's heart attack"

[@Goldfighter5]

Wow this video is great! I’m surprised it has so few views

[@SirPilky]

Thanks I appreciate that!

[@samjames4352]

“Not only was this (phase) long, but it was as hard if not harder (than phase one).”

[@SirPilky]

😳

[@Sniper_Nate]

nice! now do it with the 10x boss hp mod too

[@Eevian666]

I dont think ive ever seen less expressive eyes in my life.

[@Demoman_FromTeamFortress2]

congrats!!!!! you did it!!!!! and you got absolutely nothing except the fact, that you didn't have shower for at least 3 days

[@Mrdostuff8]

This man becoming my favorite KZbinr

[@SirPilky]

Thanks glad to hear you're enjoying the content!

[@Jaxx___]

Only 3k?!?! This man deserves so much more just imagine the pain

[@SirPilky]

Haha thanks!

[@Burgersomething663]

wow i thought you at least had 100k subscribers man your underrated

[@SirPilky]

Thanks we'll get there someday!

[@fryy4556]

the new boss attacks in the master quest were actually removed ideas for the main game well some of them

[@SirPilky]

Yeah I love the way Master Quest incorporates so many of the removed attacks!

[@Cheeseman2011]

Gets smoke bomb, OMG this is so useful!proceeds to not use smoke bomb in carrot fight 😂no hate i love your videos ❤

[@SirPilky]

Haha I was sure I equipped it when I was making the script for this video, but when I looked back, it turned out I totally forgot to equip it 😅 thanks for the comment!

[@idunno7790]

Hi i love ur channel❤ thx for makeing the best cuphead stuff i appreciate it :3 i hope u reach 10M subs soon

[@SirPilky]

Thanks a lot!

[@amandadennard3382]

You need to do this again but you have to get S tier on every boss fight and run and gun in under 20 hours

[@Chilli_bean]

Fun fact: in root pack boss fight you can just don't hurt the onion,if you don't deal any damage to him he will just go back underground and you will move to next phase

[@user-bt4uv6ty2v]

+ if you go through potato Man and take a hit, you can head to the far right of the screen and be able to shoot him without jumping

[@Yourlocalmeow]

But there will be a beet during the carrot