Artwork of Madam Meeber with the four fairy companions.
The Fairy Companions are small fairies which can be summoned by scanning their respective amiibo in Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove, Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon, and Shovel Knight Dig, as well as Cyber Shadow, a game published by Yacht Club Games.
The fairy companions do not appear in Shovel Knight Showdown, because every character can potentially transform into a fairy thanks to the effects of the Fairy Wand.
Description[]
The fairies are purely cosmetic and don't affect the gameplay whatsoever. They each resemble one of the playable characters of the four campaigns of Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove:
- The Fairy of Shovelry is summoned with the Shovel Knight amiibo
- The Fairy of Alchemy with the Plague Knight amiibo
- The Fairy of Torment with the Specter Knight amiibo
- The Fairy of Royalty with the King Knight amiibo
- and the Gilded Fairy of Shovelry (named for the first time in Dig) is summoned with the Golden Edition Shovel Knight amiibo
The fairies interact with the environment around them in various ways, while mimicking their non-fairy counterparts mannerisms and flying around characters with some sort of story-related connection to them; for example, the Fairy of Torment shows a visible dislike of Shield Knight, while the Fairy of Alchemy is lovestruck when around Mona.
Accessibility[]
Treasure Trove[]
In Treasure Trove, just scanning each amiibo once, is enough to forever enable Madam Meeber to summon the respective fairy in a given playthrough. The fairies summoned through each amiibo are available in all campaigns, though some of the environmental interactions of each fairy may be exclusive to a specific campaign; for example, the Fairy of Alchemy in particular can get stuck inside Mona's Dynamo Decanter while she's processing an Essence, the Fairy of Torment broods alongside Specter Knight on the Tower of Fate's edge, and so on.
With the Custom Knight's Special FX, the special effects that summons a small companion character, like a Fairy or an Invisishade, cannot co-exist at the same time with a Fairy companion, with the fairy disappearing if a character FX is chosen, but they will reappear as soon as the Special FX character is deselected.
Pocket Dungeon[]
Despite the fact that her Fairy companions appear, Madam Meeber herself does not in this title; instead the summoning feature can be accessed from the options menu at the title screen, resulting in the selected amiibo needing to be scanned each time a Fairy companion is to be summoned. All the fairy companions go unnamed in this title.
Their interactions are also much more limited than in the other titles, being limited to just cheering after a stage victory, or if the current playable knight is defeated.
Unlike with the previous games of Treasure Trove, in Pocket Dungeon the Gold Edition amiibo functionality is now not identical to the normal Shovel Knight amiibo, as it will summon a golden Shovel Knight-themed fairy, instead of the standard blue one.
Dig[]
Added in the Nintendo Switch Version of Dig on June 26, 2023 alongside the Fate and Fortune expansion, Madam Meeber and the Fairy Companions once again appear offering their services; found at the Surface, Madam Meeber is once again able to Scan one of the compatible amiibo, then Summon their corresponding Fairy companion, the same from both Treasure Trove and Pocket Dungeon, whenever wanted, or Dismiss said companion when unwanted. Once again, the Gold Edition amiibo functionality is not identical to the normal Shovel Knight amiibo, as it will summon a golden fairy instead of the standard blue one, now named the Gilded Fairy of Shovelry.
When summoning, a complete list of the possible Fairy Companions will appear, with a series of "?" hiding the name of any fairy whose compatible amiibo has yet to be scanned, as well as a description indicating which amiibo is required to scan to unlock said fairies; however, to see this list, first at least one Fairy Companion must be made available, otherwise Madam Meeber will protest.
Unlike Treasure Trove and Pocket Dungeon, in Dig leaving the save file does not de-summon the chosen Fairy companion, which will remain until dismissed or exchanged for another one.
Cyber Shadow[]
Scanning any of the Shovel Knight series amiibo in the Nintendo Switch version of Cyber Shadow will summon a cosmetic small robotic companion version of each corresponding amiibo's knight (the Gold Edition amiibo counts as a regular Shovel Knight amiibo). Additionally, the color palette of the protagonist, the ninja Shadow, will change to reflect the respective robotic fairy if he stands still for a few moments, donning the colors of Shovel Knight, Plague Knight, Specter Knight, or King Knight.
While these robotic companions can be directly summoned by just scanning the amiibo, they can also be accessed by speaking to the hidden "Mecha fairy", a mechanical counterpart of Madam Meeber.
Unique Interactions[]
Treasure Trove[]
- Fairy of Shovelry
- Follows Shield Knight.
- Follows Shovel Knight.
- Attempts to dig out Dig Piles.
- Fairy of Alchemy
- Flies around the Magicist.
- Flies around Plague Knight and the Plague Minion at the banquet hall of the Tower of Fate hub.
- Flies around Plague Knight aboard the Glidewing.
- Lashes at Percy/the Scholar.
- Gets lovey-dovey with Mona.
- Lashes at Shovel Knight.
- Lashes at Mr. Hat.
- Rides uncollected, spinning Cipher Coins.
- Gets stuck inside the Dynamo Decanter when a new Essence is collected, ending up being processed alongside it, and end up floating inside the main vat.
- Throws bombs at Dig Piles.
- Fairy of Torment
- Flies around the Troupple Acolyte in the Village, on the Glidewing and in cutscenes, and the Dark Acolyte in the Tower of Fate hub.
- Flies around Reize, Dark Reize and the Specter Knight impersonator at the Tower hub, and Luan in Memories.
- Lashes at Shield Knight.
- Lashes at Plague Knight when stealing the Phase Locket in the Lich Yard and for trading it to Chester for the Leech Liquid.
- Lashes at The Enchantress, Shovel Knight, and Mr. Hat.
- Broods alongside Specter Knight when the latter exits one of the stages, and perch himself on the balcony of the Tower of Fate, while staring at the Keepsake Locket, reminiscing.
- Performs Scythe Slashes at Dig Piles and Scythe Dashes on Lanterns.
- Rides rails on its scythe along with Specter and King Knight.
- Hides inside Horace's armor.
- When using the Skeletal Sentry, spawns a Boneclang fairy to mimic Specter Knight.
- Performs the Cold Shoulder like Specter Knight, and when watching the Dancer dance at the Tower of Fate.
- Fairy of Royalty
- Flies around the Bard in the Village.
- Flies around the Airship Enthusiast in the Armor Outpost.
- Flies around King Knight at the banquet hall in the Tower of Fate.
- Lashes at Shovel Knight.
- Lashes at Mr. Hat.
- Rides some enemies (Beetos, Blorbs, Divedrakes, Mantars, Torpeetos, Birders, Fiery Divedrakes, Fairies, Ratsploders, Electrodents, Icedrakes, Spinwulves, Floundairs, and Flareys).
- Rides Propeller Rats and Propeller Ratsploders.
- Performs a drill jump into Dig Piles.
- Sometimes uses a small Rat Rope when King Knight uses his to ride out of a stage.
- Hides in a small bubble when King Knight uses the Bubble Frog.
- Kisses the flying Troupple when using the Decree of Rejuvenation.
- Sits on a small throne with wings when King Knight uses his throne emote.
- Contemplates King Knight's portrait in the Glidewing.
Gallery[]
Treasure Trove[]
Pocket Dungeon[]
