Shovel Knight All Endings in Chronological Order

Endings in Release Order: • Shovel Knight All Endings

[@alkaline3789]

Shovel Knight got his achievement Plague Knight, redemption Spectre Knight, remorse and King Knight a kick in the ass eventually

[@pros_0143]

King Knight got like, 3 kicks on the ass.

[@ethanotoroculus1060]

Technically five or six, really.

[@adraxas13]

Its funny how the tower of fate collapses because of plague knight and not because of the enchantress dying.

[@flipperjr.3822]

If you think about it, it does make sense. The tower of fate existed before shield knight became the enchantress, and it stood just fine. So it would make sense that it could survive without her. Just really good timing on Shovel and Plague's part getting their adventures wrapped up in the same place.

[@The_KingDoge]

plague ending is sketchy given we know all of plague knights campaign is a massive over exaggeration

[@BackflipBrickfilms]

@@The_KingDoge He's a liar, but would he tell a lie that was so easily disproven? He'll say that he blew it up, then you look out the window and the tower's right there.

[@The_KingDoge]

@@BackflipBrickfilms yup

[@rickmartinez3268]

Indeed

[@mrman-rb6dx]

i like how the Iron Whale segments imply that the villagers took their money back, eventually Treasure Knight got his hands on more, and then Plague Knight came in and robbed it all from him again

[@venomasmark154]

That's the difficult part. Since Shovel of Hope and Plague of Shadows take place at the same time (and it's been confirmed that Plague Knight is not a reliable narrator) most of the ending scenes might have been fabricated to more fit with how Plague Knight would tell the story (him being knighted by King Pridemoor, taking the money from Treasure Knight, other than that though, everything seems relatively possible. Tinker Knight helping them with the lifts, Propeller Knight being a wing man, Mole Knight assisting with a bit of research [the outcome could favor him as they create more Shovel Knight Slimes, and he's about digging], and of course: Specter wanting to kill him.)

[@Yes-vx2un]

What's really interesting about the king knight ending is that in addition to revealing him as an ass to the people who helped him along the way, he was also an ass to the enchantress after she literally gave him the power to reign over King Pridemoor's domain. Like the Enchantress had to send specter knight AGAIN into pridemoor keep just to get him back in line. This is an interesting element when discussing why King Knight is one of the most hated characters from a personality standpoint.

[@emiriye]

He has severe commitment issues. His will is there, but he has no real sense of responsibility. If he had those he could literally just conquer the valley the traditional way and clap Enchantress back into Shield Knight along the way. Because when he is in shape he is an Herculean beast.

[@richardchicken923]

​@@emiriyevery well put

[@JurassicReptile]

@@emiriye King Knight's bosses were all super tough, he was definitely a powerhouse. The only reason he became an easy boss is due to his own laziness after becoming king.

[@kingknight_real]

Polar Knight’s scene in Shovel of Hope makes me want a sequel about him

[@ethanotoroculus1060]

I would kill for another campaign with any of these characters that expanded the world even more honestly-

[@rudysarmiento8700]

I think the best way to handle this is to either for polar Knight's tale of the past while he fights together with shovel knight or him setting things right after the enchantress fell, going by himself to free some lands from their own evil

[@gordopendejo944]

considering that king proudmoor was implied to be in love with king knight's mom then king knight could have become a prince and eventually a king if he didn't betray everyone lol.

[@Sakura_Truffle]

King knight just wanted to speed run his way to royalty I guess

[@everybodys_mr._bad_guy]

that's just his character tbh, he'll do what it takes to achieve his goals but if there's a way to do it that takes less effort he will absolutely go for that(fighting joustus judges takes less time and effort than beating them in actual joustus, the enchantress can make him king immediately whereas in order to become prince of pridemoor keep he'd have to accept king pridemoor as his mentor/father figure)

[@pros_0143]

His campaign proved us he hasn't much going on the brain side of things.

[@Madagascar_on_GameCube]

I just realized in King Knights ending King Pridemoor said (You wouldn't leave us here to hang would you?) Then in Shovel Knights King Knight was in the same situation and said the same thing, he's such a pric. I still love him as a character though. X)

[@tear959]

In Shovel of Hope, we atleast have the option of save them lol

[@ls190v2]

I'd redo the last part until I got King Knight last, help the others and then just leave King Knight. The others can help him up if they want.

[@Big_Boss_985]

@@ls190v2Make sure to leave plague too so he can do his potion stuff.

[@yggdrasilsaltar]

i think specter and king’s endings really do make shovel knight’s tagline of “shovel of hope” more hopeful since he was the one who basically stopped and fixed all this mess despite being absent for all of it. hes the hope the kingdom needed.

[@russ6541]

all of the lore of specter of torment is so tragic and sad, meanwhile king knight is off being a prick for no fucking reason at that same time

[@Eclipsed_Embers]

yeah... most of the other knights seem to be massively recontectuallized in their own campaigns... then there's King Knight... Shovel of Hope Plague Knight: mad scientist Specter Knight: loyal servant to the Enchantress King Knight: a prick Plague of Shadows Plague Knight: lovesick dweeb Specter Knight: nihilist bound to the Enchantress's will King Knight: a prick Specter of Torment Plague Knight: class clown Specter Knight: honourbound servant, serving the Enchantress to protect another King Knight: a prick King of Cards Plague Knight: a boss tired of his incompetent underlings Specter Knight: just doing his job, and you are being really difficult about it King Knight: an utter prick

[@mr.j3rs3y]

@@Eclipsed_EmbersSome people really don’t have much going on it seems, he’s as arrogant, prideful, and self-centered on the inside as he is on the outside.

[@taxcollector9543]

I like to think that, in the end, we are just dealing with bad story tellers, who twist the actual version of events to make themselfs seem way stronger or more honorable in the end of things. Except King Knight. He's still shown to be a prick even in his own story.

[@mr.j3rs3y]

⁠​⁠@@taxcollector9543 King Knight probably doesn’t have enough self awareness to even consider he should be ashamed for treating people poorly. He doesn’t see it as a negative, he just thinks it is what it is.

[@taxcollector9543]

@@mr.j3rs3y Wich makes it funnier when he adds the fact that in his own story, him acting bad isn't bad at all.

[@ls190v2]

1. King Knight backstabbed his crew. 2. Specter Knight kept his promise. 3. Shovel Knight rescued his/her loved one. 4. Plague Knight got everything he wanted.

[@freshlymemed5680]

The little nerd deserved it. One of my favorites in the game.

[@helluvagooddrawer2027]

Yea

[@dyltan]

Plague night dancing with Mona makes me cry, and it also gives me a warm smile. So whatever what happens, I always come back to shovel knight and think that I may have my plague knight time 😂 it gives me hope honestly 😂😂😂

[@TrashMan.]

Some notes: -Even though Plague of Shadows may be an alternate take on Shovel of Hope it does still explain how Chester got his hands on the relics. I put it after Shovel of Hope mostly because of the "battle rages on" line. -Some of the events in Specter of Torment and King of Cards take place at the same time and it gets pretty confusing, specifically Cooper and Propeller's story, here's what I believe happened: 1.Cooper and Propeller are BFFs. I assume its because of their common interest in airships. 2.Specter recruits Propeller. 3.Propeller launches his fleet across the land and gives Cooper a small airship that he keeps inside the Glidewing. 4.Cooper tosses Propeller a Rose. Propeller keeps this rose on him at all times, dropping it when he's defeated, and becoming furious when King steals it. 5.King finishes his quest, betraying his crew. 6.Propeller raids the Glidewing and steals it at the Enchantress' Orders, injuring Cooper in the process. 7.The crew recover at King's house. 8.Cooper now walks around with a cane, as an "Airship Enthusiast".

[@am_AZE_d]

I like to think that the rose situations happen like: 1. King steals it (gameplay) 2. Propeller Knight comes back for the rose (intro of KoC ending) 3. Cooper searching for the rose in King Knight house (homestead: caring for the betrayed) 4. Cooper giving the rose back (flying machine: the fleet takes flight) Some fine detail that connect KoC and SoT are: After the event of KoC Specter Knight has only recruited 3 order knight mole knight, tinker knight and polar knight as we see on the background of (tower of fate: the hunt continues)

[@megaplays2748]

@@am_AZE_d It's possible that Plague Knight was recruited even before the other three as he is leading the destruction of all of the Joustus Cards per King Knight and the Enchantress's orders

[@am_AZE_d]

@@megaplays2748 I like to think that it is, since the potionarium has been confirmed build before the KoC ends (the key to potionarium is present in that house of joustus: exploding fad ends). But it still is nothing but a possibility because in the KoC ending when it shows tower of fate, the explodatorium still hasn't lit up yet and Plague Knight's dialogue in SoT didn't really help in this situation. Well maybe King Knight/ Enchantress hire him just for exploding the cards, and later hire him as a member after seeing his abilities.

[@megaplays2748]

@@am_AZE_d Well Specter of Torment does reference the Potionarium twice (first in dialogue from a Plague Minion after Plague Knight is recruited) so it has most likely been built by then but the Decanter (that holds the essences) doesn't get installed there until the end of Specter of Torment. It shows up at the background of the Percy and Plague Knight boss in King of Cards so it most likely was built in the Explodatorium and taken to the Potionarium later

[@am_AZE_d]

@@megaplays2748 Yeah I did knew about the plague minion's dialogue. But that bit where they were just moved the potionarium stuff after SoT, really make this confusing (and I cant believe I forgot that part). I guess there are other way to enter the undervillage without alarming the guards? Really adding up the question here, lol. Either way it's still not answering whether Plague Knight canonically was recruited before or after King Knight. I guess we can only theorize about that.

[@joshuadelministro4954]

Plague of Shadows ending is BEST ending.

[@neilalonso3740]

A tip : watch series on flixzone. Been using it for watching loads of movies recently.

[@westleyarcher2815]

@Neil Alonso yea, been using flixzone} for years myself :D

[@landryayaan5215]

@Neil Alonso definitely, I have been watching on Flixzone} for since november myself :)

[@splat1399]

No its spectre of torment

[@apollyon6855]

there are three "people" who have the same profile picture and talk about the same pirate page to watch movies, this is suspicious

[@hillylabs]

14:34 This ending is beyond satisfying to me after having played King of Cards. King Knight honestly deserves this.

[@horushyperion76]

Play Shovel of Hope first: "Damn they making him scrub the floor , seem kinda cruel compared to the other endings, what did he do to deserve that ending" Play King of Cards : "Ah no wonder they made him scrub"

[@AbdullahKhan-el6xw]

@@horushyperion76 yeah. I was actually shocked at how much of an a hole he was

[@aperson2671]

@@AbdullahKhan-el6xw tbh I liked his character, it was kind of funny

[@adraxas13]

I loved his character, but in the end he was suck a dickwad

[@Naito9874]

@@horushyperion76 I mean, Shovel of Hope does state that he tookover soo

[@guiverme9844]

After I saw the king of cards ending I could't wait play the other 3 campaigns just to beat the shit out of king knight

[@ls190v2]

Same. He's so self-absorbed, he backstabbed his allies. I think he should have been charged with treason.

[@gamedroid2037]

When I saw shield knight walked up to shovel knight sleeps with him, I started to cry! 😭

[@CrazzyJ-iw5rc]

The ending of Plague of Shadows always gives me the warm and fuzzies.

[@dyltan]

EXACTLY, it's a pixelated game but I keep coming back to it, the dance with Mona always makes me happy and warm

[@patricrucker7694]

20:34 anybody else notice the explosion sound effect that transition to plague knights area of the bomb that blew up infront of tesure knight?

[@kingvideogames]

The only thing I would have changed is have Plague Knight's ending part with him destroying the tower play out before Shovel Knight's story.

[@tear959]

But both histories happen at the same time lol

[@supersmashbro596]

yah plague knight was in the background the whole time. the point where shovel and plague knight crosses over happens at precisely the same time, and it's assumed win or lose plague knight got shovel knights essence, shovel knight gets to continue on his way to save shield knight, and both sides got what they wanted win or lose.

[@macford3289]

shovel knigth: normal King knigth: bad specter knigth: bad 2 plague knigth: LOVE

[@ewancook351]

Technically, spectre knight's ending isn't really bad, its more of a tragic and heroic ending. (With the heroic part being that spectre sacrificed his chance at humanity to save reize.

[@MickeyX2M]

@@ewancook351 specter knight the main character of the whole story frfr

[@BruhMoment-qi6vi]

@@ewancook351 ya basically every dlc has a person trying to be good except king knight is just a little shit

[@dooplon5083]

​@lezanji1884nah, king knight _could've_ been a bro but he threw that away when he betrayed everyone lol

[@everybodys_mr._bad_guy]

@@dooplon5083 to be fair king knight didn't ever see them as friends they were really just his "business partners", he had no interest in being a "bro" shovel and plague were each off doing their own quest for their own reasons, specter was the only one who really didn't have a choice in what happened and was still almost altruistic in the end which is what makes him so likable i think

[@tear959]

Im the only one wondering why the Plague Knight's design is more badass in all campaigns? (Except for the Plague of Shadows)

[@wheatleylabs0107]

Yacht Club threw him in the washing machine in his own campaign so his sprite would be the same size as shovel knight's

[@Big_Boss_985]

Something I noticed after reading this comment is that in KoC, Plague knight uses his original design in the boss, but in the ending, the redesign. So I say it’s Mona. I don’t mind though, I prefer the redesign. And also apparently the same thing in SoT WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA.

[@Eclipsed_Embers]

@@Big_Boss_985 I'd say that his usual design probably represents a first impression of him as a menacing mad scientist type. while the redesign represents what people that actually know him see, a dweeb that likes blowing stuff up.

[@ghhn4505]

In Plague of Shadows, you can find his room and the closet he keeps his masks in. You'll see a few including the one he's wearing in his campaign and one closer to his boss design. So the implication is his redesign is a look he puts on to appear more intimidating.

[@confusedcephalopod3496]

So Tinker, Polar and Mole are just upstanding guys before and after the story and we’re only bad via control of the enchantress, they all just help others after the enchantress is defeated Treasure gets most of the gold taken by the townsfolk and then plague knights crew take the following scraps I like how after the party propeller throws he stages a table and hosts as a waiter on plague and Mona’s date Specter knows Black from previous work Black was close friends with Polar Shovel and Shield before falling a falling out of rivalry and love triangle with shovel, to which polar probably felt super awkward about and left on his own after maybe being a third wheel to shovel and shield? Shovel and shield finally have each other in the end and plague and Mona move to the town from the exploditorium which plague left to Percy. And king finally gets what he deserves for being a egomaniac and betraying his friends and family Alls well that ends well

[@sansprobus7209]

I'm pretty sure that Black knight, Shovel Knight, and Polar Knight are friends because they all use a varient of the Shovel blade. Polar knight and Shovel knight go back into the past, but from some lines in KoC, Polar knight has been traveling, and only recently settled in the Stranded Ship

[@Yes-vx2un]

I mean it's arguable about Tinker Knight being an upstanding guy since according to the Specter of Torment ending we see him automating the creation of clockwork rats and clockwork mages, both of which show up in his levels prior to his recruitment. When I see someone throwing sentient beings into an industrial machine to refit their powers to their need it sounds like, I dunno, a bad person.

[@thevenomspino]

​@@sansprobus7209 Probably with that is that Black Knight's official bio mentions that Shovel Knight has no idea who Black Knight is.

[@user-ms5tq1dh7i]

i THANK you for wearing their original costume. It looks very weird if donovan suddenly wears cloak and levitating.

[@romanbondar827]

I love how shovel knight on the thumbnail is just dead

[@milesbaker8866]

Am I the only one who thinks polar knight should get his own game in the series?

[@Eclipsed_Embers]

honestly I'd say all of them could probably carry a game on their own pretty sure that was the whole deal behind the Dig the Vote thing. any of them could've won and gotten an entire campaign to themselves, it just happened that the 3 that did did (Specter Knight came 1st, then Plague Knight, then King Knight in 3rd). all the of members of the Order of No Quarter (including the Enchantress) and Black Knight were options for the vote. personally I'm happy that Specter Knight and Plague Knight won, but personally for 3rd place I'd have picked Tinker Knight, Mole Knight, or Black Knight... King Knight would've probably been last place for me.

[@theivoryguy2476]

3:28 And now, the game shows you how cool a Treasure Knight campaign couldve been but noooooooo you just HAD to vote for King Knight. And now look what happened.

[@richardchicken923]

but king knight's campaign was probably one of the best

[@_antisocialmedia6377]

I still hold the opinion that literally any of the other knights would've been better than King Knight

[@elweegee3575]

King of cards is my favorite campaign.

[@docsterv6765]

Propeller's would have been super cool

[@domiyagi]

funny how he got DEAD last.

[@Uh_Kirbz]

What I'm wondering is what happened to black knight's pet?

[@shybandit521]

I never even considered that, you're right, Terrorpin is only seen in the prequels...

[@adamyusuf1805]

In Shovel Knight Showdown, we see that Black Knight and Polar Knight are friends. So when Specter Knight drops Terrorpin off the tower, Polar Knight would have taken care of him, but maybe the damages were too large and he couldn’t save him, hence why Terrorpin is only in the prequels (my theory at least)

[@jenwingarcia9602]

@@adamyusuf1805 :(

[@putinofficial.]

I like the specter knight ending cuz it's so moving 😭

[@buggy_d_clown-]

In 4:10 how did you get the painting with mom and king knight?

[@awfulanimations6409]

New game+

[@buggy_d_clown-]

Ok thanks

[@amazingmarioforever8706]

Trash Man Productions. You just made the game much more interesting and fun. And I have several things to say l. 1. King Of cards takes place before specter of torment. 2. All four knights deal with the enchantress and have different Final bosses. 3. Because of the store lines if you want to play the game in chronological order, as the title and thumbnail of your video states first king of cards, second specter of torment, third plague of shadows, and the fourth and final story that we both choose to play is Shovel Of Hope, because the enchantress is defeated in the end.

[@N_Masko]

Nice 👍

[@metakirby]

It not as complicated as the Zelda timeline, but the shovel knight timeline gets pretty confusing

[@Lumberjack_king]

Plague knight always confused me the events are slightly different from shovel knight despite taking place at the same time

[@jimazo]

The developers said that Plague Knight is an unreliable narrator, so while the most important plot points did happen, the fine details (like Shovel Knight acting like a jerk and having items he shouldn't) are unlikely to be the real case

[@happytoast7546]

King nights a douch

[@insertnamehere787]

No shit

[@PsychoMadHatter2]

King of cards ending makes me angry of how king knight betrayed everyone else

[@dontlookundermybed]

I think in the specter knight ending when in armor outpost. Mr. hat he would be killing people

[@phorchybug3286]

I think it goes 1: Spectre 2: King 3: Shovel 4: Plague

[@supersmashbro596]

plague knights ending is so wholesome

[@dyltan]

Exactly... I want a plague knight ending in my life

[@extraaccount6249]

Bro i think the first game in the storyline is spectre of torment because in that game we see how did shield knight became enchantress which is already there in king of cards .

[@megaplays2748]

That's what flashbacks are for

[@zeyanhtet9040]

Flashbacks...

[@Sam-er5yk]

maybe so but the king night as we already see is bowing to the enchantress so his story is first

[@shybandit521]

Yeah, Spectre Knights story technically starts first, but King Knight's ends first. After getting King Knight's ending, Spectre Knight still has to get the rest of the knights into the order of no quarter.

[@adamyusuf1805]

Those are flashbacks

[@barrylinklater2224]

such cruel and depressing ways for the game to end

[@McYum.]

20:12 they planned this from the start

[@dooplon5083]

the campaign characters were actually decided by a poll from the original kickstarter so we all knew who was getting campaigns before the first one even came out lol. Essentially, yes, they did do exactly that

[@McYum.]

@@dooplon5083oh wow that’s awesome!

[@dooplon5083]

@@McYum. not as awesome as you think since this was before we knew the knights very well, after the first game came out the general consensus has been that propeller knight should've won over king knight lol, he came in 4th if you wanna look up the results for all the characters it was known as "dig the vote"

[@andrewwojtas8486]

​@dooplon5083 in the context of the endings, I say propeller knight was saved by not being voted as it basically kept him as the chaotic natural wing man we all love

[@dooplon5083]

@@andrewwojtas8486 idk, I still would've loved to have seen him I'm a campaign lol, as long as he remained his lovable self it'd be pretty cool imo

[@amazingmarioforever8706]

Okay maybe my comment was a little off. Sorry I saw the thumbnail, plague of shadows is actually last. 😊😊😊😊 But the point is you made the game more fun when you put it in chronological order

[@Lumberjack_king]

I think plague knight is more a alternate timeline but yeah over all a lot of things are the same

[@a4th0r34]

Plague of Shadows happens parallel to Shovel of Hope

[@everybodys_mr._bad_guy]

the devs confirmed every game is canon iirc(in spite of all the plotholes)

[@Lumberjack_king]

@@everybodys_mr._bad_guy oh

[@ethanotoroculus1060]

I think the answer the team provided was that discrepancies are caused by the nature of alternate narrators giving different accounts of the same events. That's why Tinker suddenly breaks character and starts talking all verbose when you save him in SoH, because that event wasn't supported by Plague Knight's account of the event.

[@Lumberjack_king]

@@ethanotoroculus1060 ok

[@gorchillatheman-gorilla438]

...Why doesn't Specter Knight get any justice?! He lost his life, his freedom, the only thing he had to remember his best friend, and he's still trapped as a goddamn floating corpse?! I swear, as long as Specter Knight is stuck as a skeleton without a soul, and only lingering regrets in place... I deem all the endings of the game shitty.

[@everybodys_mr._bad_guy]

if you look at his character art for SoT, it is pretty clear that specter knight is very much not just a skeleton 💀 that being said he definitely deserves better, if yacht club games ever stops making pre/midquels and makes a sequel he better be done some good

[@oyeh8908]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@everybodys_mr._bad_guySpecter Knight killed his best friend and is the reason Shield Knight became possessed. I think his fate is a fitting penance.