The Puzzler's Pack is the first DLC pack for Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon. The pack have been in the open beta testing on Steam only, with content released periodically as episodes, before being released on June 6th, 2023 for Steam, PS4, Nintendo Switch and Netflix.
Content[]
The pack will feature Spinwulf and Quandary Sage as new playable characters, a few new NPCs, new Relics and enemies, and an unlockable second ability for each character called Refract Ability, with distinct idle sprite models and portraits for them.
In addition, a second hub area, called Castle Quandary, will feature Mod Support (for Steam Workshop only), run modifiers from Mr. Hat's shop, Marathon mode and Quandaries, 4 special quests for all playable characters:
- Legendary Path: "Original quest receives new enemies/mini-bosses/items/relics/and more!"
- Refract Realm: "Play with an all-new ability set with the player." Unlocks Refract Abilities (switchable in the Camp) for normal runs.
- Character Quest: "Master new modifiers to spice up your adventure!" Unlocks modifiers at Mr. Hat's shop
- Trial of Offerings: "Original quest but a wild new modifier is stacked on every stage."
Also, 5 special ribbons for the Guidebook can be unlocked after completing special conditions.
Releases[]
Episode 1[]
- 2 new playable characters with new abilities:
- Puzzle Knight (unlocked by being defeated in the story at least once, his main ability is to rotate enemies clockwise)
- Mona (unlocked by reaching the true ending with Plague Knight or by winning a secret room where you must survive bombs, her main ability is to explode nearby potions)
- 2 new areas inside the Camp:
- Hedge Farm (unlocked by reaching the true ending with any character, occupied by Hedge Farmer, also a secret room found only by Mole Knights' dig ability)
- Castle Quandary (unlocked by helping Hedge Farmer in Hedge Farm)
- 2 Quandary Runs for Shovel Knight:
- Character Challenge Throwback (stages are shorter but each one has a boss fight at the end)
- Refract Ability Challenge Shovel Drop (using Shovel Drop to deal damage increases the damage of the normal attack)
- 2 new relics:
- Citrus Slice (potions heal for one more HP)
- Chester's Map (increases number of chests in the stage from 3 to 4)
Episode 2[]
- 2 Quandary Runs for Specter Knight:
- Character Challenge: Moonlight (moon appears outside the board, gradually changing it's shape and when it turns full, Specter Knight loses his recovery ability and turns into his former self Donovan)
- Refract Ability Challenge: Scythe Slice (as long there is a free spot at the end of the chain, Specter Knight can slice through the enemies, just like a Dash Slash)
- 2 Quandary Runs for Plague Knight:
- Character Challenge: Extra Toxic (enemies have more HP, poison damage is slower but for the entire duration of the stage and enemies defeated by poison won't grant gems)
- Refract Ability Challenge: Bomb Burst (Plague Knight, thanks to a Bomb Burst, can jump across the board and collect potions to store bomb burst charges)
- 2 new relics:
- Super Skeleton Key (other keys burst and damage enemies two spaces in all directions from it and chests/locks are unlocked with this relic)
- Stick of Ram (moving twice in the same direction does more damage, effect cancelled by idling or changing directions)
- General and bug fixes
Episode 3[]
- 2 Quandary Runs for Mole Knight:
- Character Challenge: Well Buried (the board is always full, so beating the stage quickly is a must)
- Refract Ability Challenge: Claw Attack (fewer potions but Mole Knight gets an additional ability to his burrow, where he can attack enemies from below instead of just swapping them)
- 2 Quandary Runs for Treasure Knight:
- Character Challenge: Under the Well (enemies take longer to spawn, but do so in full rows from the bottom of the screen.)
- Refract Ability Challenge: Anchor Hook (Treasure Knight can hook enemies towards him or to hook himself to the edges of the board)
- 1 new relic:
- Cosmic Cupcake: Turns some blocks into cake. Breaking said cake heals for 1 HP. Does not stack with other healing relics.
- General and bug fixes
Episode 4[]
- 2 Quandary Runs for Tinker Knight:
- Character Challenge: Mech Forever (Tinker Knight starts in the mech mode and when he runs out of metal, it's automatic game over.)
- Refract Ability Challenge: Mobile Gear (Metal will be used to build a Mobile Gear instead of a Mech. After it's built, it has 2 functions: it can move and attack on it's own and if Tinker Knight is riding it, he can eject himself out of it to a free space above)
- 2 Quandary Runs for Propeller Knight:
- Character Challenge: Boy, It’s Windy! (a row of fans spawns at the bottom of the board, creating a strong wind that keeps units from falling down, units also spawn in full rows)
- Refract Ability Challenge: Glide Dive (Propeller Knight charges his blade by attacking once in each direction and after moving to highest available space, dives into the opponents, dealing massive damage)
- 1 new relic:
- Underdog Charm: Increases attack by 1 when the knight is surrounded from all sides.
- General and bug fixes
Episode 5[]
- 2 Quandary Runs for King Knight:
- Character Challenge: Total Bash (King Knight must move only by Shoulder Bashing, so penalties from it are removed, also moving only one spot costs 1 HP)
- Refract Ability Challenge: Joustus King (King Knight can collect Joustus cards from chains and use them to attack enemies or gain a temporary effect)
- 2 Quandary Runs for Shuffle Knight:
- Character Challenge: Super Random (all items and relics are randomized every Dungeon)
- Refract Ability Challenge: Identity Crisis (drinking a potion automatically switches selected knight to another)
- 4 new relics:
- Attack Coin (randomly increases damage of an attack by 1)
- Defense Coin (randomly negates damage from an enemy after attacking it)
- Big Bohto Bugle (relics are cheaper and can be rerolled once per Dungeon during the run)
- Relic Box (transforms into any other relic in the next Dungeon from the one it was purchased)
- General and bug fixes
Episode 5.1[]
- General fixes, improvements and balance adjustments
Episode 6[]
- 2 Quandary Runs for Scrap Knight:
- Character Challenge: Spawner Bag (Scrap Knight's bag continuously spawns enemies and blocks, so Scrap Knight needs to empty it, otherwise the enemy/block appears randomly on the board)
- Refract Ability Challenge: Teleporter Bag (Scrap Knight tosses her bag 3 spaces from her and by using the ability again, teleports to it)
- 2 Quandary Runs for Prism Knight:
- Character Challenge: Crystal Chains (when a chain of 3 enemies/blocks is created, it's automatically destroyed, also enemies in the chain no longer take damage when one enemy is attacked, only the attacked one takes damage)
- Refract Ability Challenge: Crystal Clones (Prism Knight creates a clone of herself by spending HP, said clone moves the same way as she does, damaging the enemy/block it hits)
- General and bug fixes
Episode 7[]
- 2 Quandary Runs for Polar Knight:
- Character Challenge: Avalanche (each of Polar Knight's attacks lowers the snow on the top of the screen, which eventually falls, covering the screen, so to avoid the damage and being frozen, Polar Knight has to hide under a block/enemy, also after the avalanche is gone, number of Snow Blocks is left on the board as a result)
- Refract Ability Challenge: Spinwulf Throw (when Polar Knight collects a Potion while having full health, the potion is used to "heal up" one of the Spinwulfs (this can be done so 3 Spinwulfs are ready), afterwards, by using the ability, Polar Knight throws the Spinwulf in one direction and it damages everything it lands on (the amount of damage is same as the Polar Knight's one at that moment))
- New game mode: Weekly (each week a new seed with it's own set of rules is generated)
- Changes to Bag Spawner, Mech Forever, Total Bash, and Well Buried Quandaries
- General and bug fixes
Episode 8[]
- 2 Quandary Runs for Shield Knight:
- Character Challenge: Haunted (during the whole run, the ghost lookalike of The Enchantress named Enchantress? is impeding Shield Knight's progress by attacking her in various ways, such as throwing projectiles from the side, line laser based attack or attacking Shield Knight directly by chasing and exploding near her (before laser and explosion attacks, Shield Knight is able to attack back to disable the attacks for a short while)
- Refract Ability Challenge: Boomerang Shield (Shield Knight uses her shield as a projectile, afterwards the shield is seen floating over a space and if Shield Knight catches it before it falls and returns to her normally, she will get a small boost to her damage to her normal attack)
- 2 Quandary Runs for Black Knight:
- Character Challenge: Terrorpin's Spin (Terrorpin joins Black Knight during a run and acts as an obstacle and a help in one: by bumping into him, he starts uncontrollably spin on the board and damage everything it touches (Black Knight included), after a short while he stops spinning and needs to be bumped again to continue his attack)
- Refract Ability Challenge: Meteor Shower (by using his ability, Black Knight is able to summon meteor shower in a 9 square space around him, damaging everything in its radius (Black Knight included))
- General and bug fixes
Episodes 9 and 10[]
- Trial of Offerings and Legendary Path Quandaries for every playable knight, while Character Challenge and Refract Ability Challenge Quandaries have been renamed to Character Quest and Refract Realm respectively.
- 2 Quandary Runs for Puzzle Knight:
- Character Quest: Pure Puzzler’s Quest (lines and squares of enemies are destroyed immediately after forming and attacks do not chain)
- Refract Realm: Spatial Shift (Puzzle Knight can shift rows/columns of enemies)
- 2 Quandary Runs for Mona:
- Character Quest: Bomb Bombardment Quest (board is full and potions and bombs spawn more than usual)
- Refract Realm: Juxtapotion (Mona can collect potions without healing and can use them either to attack as an explosion or heal herself)
- Changes to From the Depths, Crystal Chains, Terrorpin’s Spin and Spawner Sack Quests
- 41 new feats to be unlocked
- Mr. Hat's shop in Castle Quandary is opened with 92 hats as run modifiers
- General, balance and bug fixes
- ...and more additions to Guidebook and in other places
Episode 10.1[]
- Changes to Trial of Offerings and Foegenerative Cap, Time Capsule and Gremlin's Cap Hats
- Updated descriptions
- Bug fixes
Episode 10.2[]
- General updates, updated art and sound effects, changes for Bomb Seed Bag Relic and Marathon mode
- Updates for The Big Creep, Dozedrake, Lampeeto and Tadguard enemies, Present Hat, Haste Helm, Legendary Foe Helm, Memmec's Kin Cap, Mining Helmet, Needleorb Hat, Wall Hat, Bohto Boater, Red Alert Beret, Toad Totem Topper and Magnetic Morion Hats, Legendary Path and Bomb Bombardment Quest Quandaries and Mona, Specter (when he's Donovan) and Tinker Knights (when he's using his main ability A)
- Bug fixes
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Trailers[]
Episodes 1-3[]
Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon Free DLC - Puzzler's Pack (Early Preview OUT NOW on Steam!)
Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon Free DLC - Puzzler's Pack (Update EP2)
Puzzler's Pack EP3 Update- Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon Free DLC
Episode 4[]
Release and Launch[]
Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon Puzzler's Pack FREE DLC Releases this Spring!
Puzzler's Pack Free DLC Launches June 6th - Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon
Puzzler's Pack FREE DLC is OUT NOW! - Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon
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