Fleetos are large fast moving purple beetle enemies. They were introduced in Specter of Torment.
Behavior and Tactics[]
Treasure Trove[]
Like Beetos, Fleetos lack any kind of attack, opting instead to damage their foes by directly colliding with them, and are just as easily defeated with one hit. Unlike their red cousins however, Fleetos are much faster, making them much more difficult to dodge or strike. An easy way to get rid of them is to use Curios, such as setting Caltrops on their path. They drop 5 gold when defeated.
Other differences from the standard Beetos include their inability to be juggled and always releasing a tuft of Darkness when killed by Specter Knight.
They are encountered in many stages, like Pridemoor Keep, Memories, and Tower of Fate: Entrance.
Puzzler's Pack DLC[]
In the Puzzler's Pack DLC of Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon, a single Fleeto appears in the Hedge Farm. After the Sturdy Bean has been planted, the Fleeto blocks the patch of dirt the vegetable was occupying. It dodges by flying up any attack that deal less than 2 damages. It can be defeated and driven off in one strike, by using Tinker Knight (after building his Tinker Mech), Propeller Knight or Plague Knight (using his poison effect). Alternatively, it can be swapped position with the Sturdy Bean with Prism Knight's Teleportation, which also counts as defeating it.
The Fleeto reappears in the field at the bottom of the Hedge Farm after the Magic Bean has been fully grown. It can now be hit again and again as a distraction, with a counter for the hits briefly appearing, but not only the Fleeto jumps around after each blow and the time-window for keeping the combo going is very small, there is no reward for doing so.
Joustus Card[]
The Fleeto card has 2 Single Arrows: one facing up and the other one right.
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Trivia[]
- In the game's files, Fleeto's model name is "beetleHopper".
- Before version 4.0 of Treasure Trove, Fleetos did not drop any treasure upon defeat due to a minor glitch.
- Fleetos have wings beneath their elytron, as seen in the Puzzler's Pack DLC, although they are never seen using them in Treasure Trove.
- Due to being treated as an NPC, the Fleeto does not appear in the Guidebook. It shared this characteristic with The Big Creep, the Fated Shadow, and Mini Mollusks, which are all actual enemies, before the release of the Paradox Pack DLC, which added the Big Creep and the Fated Shadow to the Guidebook,.
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