Amulet

The amulet, as seen in Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment.

“	I can already sense its power... over life and death. It shall be ours soon.	”
— 'Donovan', Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment

The amulet is a magical artifact said to contain powers beyond control. A tool of dark magic, it is the prison in which the spirit of the evil Enchantress is trapped inside, and the main means through which she manifests her malevolent will.

History

Background

According to the images in the room containing the Omega Driver in Shovel Knight Dig, long ago, an amulet fell from the sky and landed in the Valley, containing within an evil spirit who, with nothing to bind it, was quick to wreak havoc. Soon enough, a hero rose and, with the Omega Driver itself, as well as the six Stones of Fate, bested the fiend and sealed it away in a room on the top floor of Tower of Fate. Furthermore, the room and it's above treasure vault, were detached from the tower, and embedded into the planet's Crystal Core as another precaution, even adding a hidden locking mechanism to block the way to the amulet. The only traces left were the Liquid Samurai, left alone to guard the dark fortress itself, as nothing more than an extension of her immense malevolent power and will.

Dig

Unfortunately, in Shovel Knight Dig, while holed up in the Tower of Fate, the criminal duo of Drill Knight and Scrap Knight, thanks to a map found by Scrap Knight, discovered the existence of a supposedly "great weapon", buried deep underneath the earth. Wishing to receive notoriety and riches by obtaining it, Drill Knight and Scrap Knight recruited four other individuals, Spore Knight, Tinker Knight, Mole Knight, and Hive Knight, forming a specialized team of burrowers, planning to begin the process to reconnect the lost rooms of the tower to the original structure, as the treasure's room could only be reached after doing so, unknowingly beginning to lift The Enchantress's imprisonment. They began stealing the Stones of Fate from their owners across the Valley, one of which being personally retrieved by Scrap Knight herself, as they had learned that the artifacts were the key for the success of their operation.

They obtained five of the six Stones of Fate and, while heading for the treasure room where their final prize is said to be in, they dug through Shovel Knight's campsite in order to retrieve the last Stone from his loot bag. On their way, they made a massive tunnel network that connected many underground areas, which destabilized the structural integrity of the valley, causing violent tremors. The massive hole also unintentionally attracted fortune-seekers from all over the land, who gathered around a campsite in the surface.

The main purpose of the Stones of Fate was to open the secret passage in the treasure vault to the Tower of Fate's now descended amulet chamber. However, the Hexcavators, unaware of that, as per Tinker Knight's suggestion, harnessed their power to hold up the Well's structure. In the end, thanks to Drill Knight's massive drilling castle, they reached out the vault; Shovel Knight tried to stop them from making a terrible mistake, but during his fight with Drill Knight, he used the Omega Driver, disabling the Omega Saw and accidentally revealing the secret opening Drill Knight was not aware of, which opened up due to Shovel Knight possessing all six Stones of Fate. After making their way through the Crystal Core, Shovel Knight and the Hexcavators found the amulet's chamber, with the artifact cocooned in dark magic tentacles. Drill Knight violently broke this last seal and the artifact, due to the tower's descent, did little to keep The Enchantress trapped inside, releasing her into the world once more. As Drill Knight realized that she was, in fact, the weapon they were searching for, she commanded the group to kneel and serve as her minions, to which they refused. As they got ready to fight her, she easily trapped them in the stones and transformed their leader into a giant monster, which Shovel Knight was forced to defeat with the help of Shield Knight and Altius.

With the monstrous Drill Knight defeated, The Enchantress is once again trapped in the amulet. Without the gemstones, which were keeping the well stable, the hole starts to collapse and the Tower of Fate, which in the meantime had sunk into the ground all the way to the Crystal Core, begins to re-emerge to the surface, the two chambers now reattached to the original building once again. Shield Knight suggests securing the amulet before it falls in the wrong hands, and Altius attempts to do so, but only gets hurt in the process. She hurries to grab him, and the three escape in Drill Knight's own Rocket Drill, leaving Drill Knight himself behind to escape on his own. After managing to get away and reach the surface, Shield Knight states that she and Shovel Knight need to hurry to the Tower of Fate and destroy the amulet before it's taken by anybody else, to which he obliges.

Specter of Torment

In Specter of Torment, as seen Specter Knight's memories, this plan did not work out.

With the way towards the Amulet now open for anyone, two adventurers, Donovan and Luan, as seen in the Memory of Adventure, having found the same map that Scrap Knight had, entered the Tower of Fate searching for it, as Luan believed it would have protected his son, Reize, from all harm. In the Memory of Conflict, the two found it, at the top of the Tower, at the same time as Shield Knight, who had ran ahead of her partner. With her objective to destroy the Amulet in clash with the duo's own desire, She and Donovan fought, but the conflict causes the room to destabilize, plummeting both Donovan and Luan to their deaths and allowing Shield Knight to be possessed by the amulet's dark influence, turning her into a living vessel for The Enchantress.

Shovel of Hope

In Shovel of Hope, after The Enchantress was defeated, the amulet shattered and unleashed the Remnant of Fate, her completely unrestrained form. Fortunately, the combined efforts of Shovel Knight, Shield Knight, and the indirect aid of Plague Knight and Mona, the monster, alongside the Tower of Fate, were destroyed for good.

The Bard's dialogue for the Music Sheets "The Possessor" and "The Betrayer" imply that, as payment for composing her theme, The Enchantress had tried to give him the amulet, which he initially found pretty but soon regretted accepting it for unknown unpleasant reasons. Presumably, he returned the item back to her, as it is in her possession during the final boss.

Pocket Dungeon

In Pocket Dungeon, the amulet appears in the border of the screen when in the Tower of Fate.