| “ | I'm restin' my toes after a long shift digging for Mole Knight. He's a strict task master, but he gets results. | ” |
— 'Mole Minion', Shovel Knight: King of Cards | ||
Mole Minions are a major enemy in Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove and the Paradox Pack DLC of Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon. A mini-boss variant also appear in King of Cards. Mole Minions are large, gray bulking humanoid minions of Mole Knight with a mole's head. They are clad in a black skin-tight suit with golden armor pieces and with a golden staff. They are only found in the Lost City.
Story[]
Specter of Torment[]
In Specter of Torment, a Mole Minion can be seen attending Creech's bar after Mole Knight's defeat. Another one appears in the ending next to the Lost Bath Tub, holding a towel while Mole Knight and three Molers are soaking in the hot tub.
King of Cards[]
In King of Cards, another Mole Minion serves as a Joustus player in the Cavern of Joustus, having taken a break from work. He has to be defeated in order to challenge the local champion, Mona.
Behavior and Tactics[]
Mole Minions are unusually fragile for a major enemy, having only four hit points, but they do take reduced damage from the Alchemy Coin and the War Horn.
Armed with golden staffs, Mole Minions have two attacks; the first functions similarly to the ranged attack of the Griffoth but it has not one but two streams of fireballs that interweave. The second is to have a blade emerge from their weapon followed by a forward thrust. Since they are usually positioned beneath ceilings, this attack renders them vulnerable to the otherwise inapplicable Shovel Drop.
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Mini-boss[]
In King of Cards, one particular Mole Minion appears as a full-fledged mini-boss in Excavation Station. This Mole Minion hangs from the wall and has nine hit points. As he moves high up along the wall, he uses his staff to attack King Knight from above.
Like the other Mole Minions, this one has two attacks, but they're somewhat different due to the positioning; the first attack with the fireballs is nearly identical, but the fireball stream is doubled (like a Griffoth's) and aimed downward. For the second attack, the Mole Minion has a blade emerge from his staff, jams it into the ground, and then pulls the staff out. If King Knight Shoulder Bash into the blade, the Mole Minion detaches it from his staff and leaves it in the ground. He stabs the ground twice in a row.
As the Mole Minion leaves blades behind, King Knight can Shoulder Bash into them so he can spin jump high enough to be able to bash into the Mole Minion. Doing so destroys the blade in one hit. If King Knight is wearing the Battery Brigandine armor, he can just Shoulder Bash upwards to hit the Mole Minion.
Any Heirlooms that can attack upwards such as the Scorching Saber are also viable options to attack the Mole Minion without leaving the ground.
Joustus Card[]
One of the Joustus cards in King of Cards is a Mole Minion card which has 3 Double Arrows facing left, up, and down.
Joustus Deck[]
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| Mole Minion | Blitzsteed | Torpeeto | Torpeeto |
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| Torpeeto | Hoppicles | Ratsploder | Ratsploder |
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| Moler | Moler | Moler | Moler |
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| Blazorb | Blazorb | Ratsploder King | Ratsploder King |
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