Shovel Knight Relics and Upgrades: Acquisition and Uses | gemelog

Edition: Shovel of Hope within Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove for PC Steam (app 250760), normal single-player main campaign. New Game+, co-op, other campaigns, Showdown, DX, Dig and Pocket Dungeon are treated separately.

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Before checking prices and uses

The following tables are collapsed because relic names, locations and prices give acquisition clues. Prices use in-game currency, and magic costs are for one normal use. Prioritize the display in your current game.

English names are included for identification. Unofficial translations are not presented as fixed names from the current Japanese PC UI.

Solution 01

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Buying rules and recovering from a missed purchase

Find Chester in a blue chest inside the stage and check your money and his stock. Opening the chest alone does not complete a purchase
If you cannot buy the item, completing the stage adds it to Chester's stock beneath the Village. The price is higher than inside the stage, so compare this with revisiting to buy it there
Do not confuse Chester's Village relics with the chalices sold by another resident
After purchasing, select the relic in the subscreen and use it once on flat ground. Check its magic cost and movement direction before taking it into a difficult section

This covers normal campaign shop and stage purchases. Custom Knight amiibo items and other protagonists' exchange items are excluded.

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Village Relics and Healing Containers

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Village Relics and Healing Containers: 3 entries
Item	Purchase location and requirement	Price / magic cost	How to use it	Uses and cautions
Fishing Rod	Chester beneath the Village	1250／6	Use it at a pit's edge and reel in at the reaction cue	Fishing and recovering reachable money bags. It does not create platforms
Chaos Sphere	Chester beneath the Village	2500／6	Throw a ball toward the enemy	Attack with a bouncing ball. Check the ground because small ledges can throw off your aim
Troupple Chalice (up to two)	Troupple Acolyte in the Village	1,500 each / no magic cost	After purchase, have it filled at Troupple Pond, then select and use it	An empty container does not heal. Return to refill it after use

The pond offers three kinds of contents: full health and magic restoration, brief invincibility, or treasure attraction. Full restoration is the beginner preparation example, but check the container you own and its contents separately.

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Relics in the First Region

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Relics in the First Region: 2 entries
Item	Location landmark	Price / cost	How to use it	Use and failure check
Flare Wand	Pridemoor Keep: cross the rising and falling platforms to the left, then enter Chester's room through the human-shaped wall opening	1,000 in stage / 2,000 in Village / 4 magic	A straight projectile in the direction you face	For distant enemies. Use an anchor or another method for vertical differences
Phase Locket	The Lich Yard: beyond the platform lowered with a helmet, find Chester by circling left from below	1,000 in stage / 2,000 in Village / 8 magic	Activate for brief invincibility	Useful against contact and spikes. Does not save you from bottomless pits, and activation changes your airborne momentum

You do not need to repurchase relics you already own. Village prices apply to missed purchases after completing the corresponding stage.

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Relics in the Second Region

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Relics in the Second Region: 3 entries
Item	Location landmark	Price / cost	How to use it	Use and failure check
Alchemy Coin	Explodatorium: use a green bounceable object to reach the upper area, then find Chester along the right passage	3,000 in stage / 3,500 in Village / 8 magic	Roll it along the ground	A relic for earning gold from enemies it defeats. Shields and ledges can stop it, so income is not guaranteed
Throwing Anchor	Iron Whale: attack the glowing chest on the large underwater enemy that pursues you, then find Chester after defeating it	3,000 in stage / 3,500 in Village / 6 magic	Throw it in an upward arc	Aim at enemies above. Its hit location differs from the straight-firing wand
Dust Knuckles	Lost City: descend to the bouncy-floor room and break the left wall to find Chester	3,000 in stage / 3,500 in Village / 2 magic	Punch forward horizontally; use it repeatedly along a row of blocks	Keep striking breakable targets to chain airborne movement. It does not let you move forever through empty space

You do not need to repurchase relics you already own. Village prices apply to missed purchases after completing the corresponding stage.

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Relics in the Third Region

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Relics in the Third Region: 3 entries
Item	Location landmark	Price / cost	How to use it	Use and failure check
Mobile Gear	Clockwork Tower: break the left wall past the red knight and cross the conveyor detour	3,000 in stage / 3,500 in Village / 6 magic	Immediately jump onto the gear you launch in front	For crossing spikes and short gaps. It does not cross every huge pit
War Horn	Stranded Ship: climb near the second checkpoint and go beyond the left wall	4,000 in stage / 5,000 in Village / 20 magic	An area attack around you	For clearing space when surrounded. Expensive to use; it does not defeat every boss in one hit
Propeller Dagger	Flying Machine: after the second checkpoint, clear the jellyfish above, return below and enter the right passage before the wind starts	4,000 in stage / 5,000 in Village / 4 magic	Dash horizontally through the air in the direction you face	Helps with long horizontal movement. Watch for enemy collisions, height lost between uses and the ceiling at the exit

You do not need to repurchase relics you already own. Village prices apply to missed purchases after completing the corresponding stage.

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Health and Magic Upgrades

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Health and Magic Upgrades: 5 entries
Upgrade	Requirement and cost	Effect and practical use	Shortage and New Game+ cautions
Purchased Meal Tickets	Goatician in the Village: 1,000, then 4,500, then 6,000	Give one to the Gastronomer to gain one health bubble. Purchasing alone is not enough	Health and magic are not mutually exclusive choices
Meal Tickets earned through progression	For example, camps after completing the normal main regions	Increase health alongside purchased tickets	Do not generalize the specific camp requirements into a reward from every stage
40-70 magic	Magicist in the Village after obtaining a relic: 1,500 / 2,200 / 2,800 / 3,400	Expand by 10 from the initial 30 to 40 / 50 / 60 / 70	Distinguish increasing capacity from restoring the current amount
80-100 magic	Then 4,000 / 6,000 / 8,000	Capacity of 80 / 90 / 100, leaving room for expensive relics	The normal base cap; distinguish it from armor effects
New Game+	Select after completing the normal campaign	Carry over purchased equipment and upgrades	Enemy damage and healing conditions differ from normal

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Shovel Upgrades and Inputs

Use rooftops and ladders at the Armor Outpost to reach the upper smithy. Different shopkeepers sell shovel upgrades and armor.

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Shovel Upgrades and Inputs: 3 entries
Upgrade	Cost	Input and effect	Useful situations and cautions
Trench Blade	3000	Dig up a dirt pile in one swing	For gathering while travelling. It does not unconditionally increase attack damage
Charge Handle	4000	Hold Attack, then release a powerful strike	Charge before approaching. Walking is slower while holding it
Drop Spark	6000	At full health, shovel attacks send a spark along the ground	Helps against enemies at the same height. Stops working after you take damage

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Choose Armor by Both Its Benefit and Its Drawback

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Choose Armor by Both Its Benefit and Its Drawback: 6 entries
Armor	Cost	Purpose	Tradeoff and when to reconsider
Stalwart Plate	Starting equipment	Normal equipment used as the baseline	Learn inputs and terrain with this first
Final Guard	3000	Halves the money normally dropped on death	Does not prevent damage or falls
Conjurer’s Coat	4000	Emphasizes magic capacity and replenishment	Increases damage taken. Do not treat it as a beginner defensive upgrade
Dynamo Mail	6000	Produce a powerful slash after two consecutive Shovel Drops	Requires switching inputs from bouncing to a horizontal slash
Mail of Momentum	6000	Reduces the impact of knockback when hit	Makes stopping harder. Be careful with adjustments at pit edges
Ornate Plate	8000	Visual and movement flourishes	Not a purchase intended to improve combat strength

Do not reorder armor prices into an attack-power ranking. Fine-grained formulas, including the Conjurer's Coat magic increase and Final Guard fractional rounding, are withheld because they have not been checked in the current game.

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When a Relic Does Not Get You Through

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When a Relic Does Not Get You Through: 5 entries
Symptom	Check first	Input adjustment	Alternative or recovery
Falling while invincible	Is it a bottomless pit, or has the effect expired?	Plan activation together with returning to ground you can stand on	Reassess the gap using normal-jump landing points
Airborne punching stops	Next block to hit and remaining magic	Face the row of targets and confirm each hit	Stop while you can still return to a platform
Horizontal dash falls short	Takeoff height, enemies and ceiling	Use only over short sections with a visible landing surface	Review the starting position rather than the run-up
The gear rolls away without me	Did you get onto it after launching?	Practise launching and boarding on flat ground	Do not chase a missed ride into a pit
Meal Ticket or chalice has no effect	Has the ticket been exchanged, or the container filled?	Check the cook for tickets and the refill location for containers	Distinguish acquiring an item from preparing its effect

Frequently asked questions

Can I recover a relic I missed buying?

Some normal relics can be obtained by revisiting or buying in the Village. Check solution 01 for requirements and price differences, then the following solutions for each item.

Is more expensive armor stronger?

Price alone does not decide. Some equipment changes handling or damage taken in exchange for its effect; compare both sides in the armor table.

Can other protagonists use the same relics?

Each campaign handles different equipment systems. This table is for Shovel of Hope only.

I used the relic but still failed

Check selection, magic, platforms and the target you need to hit, in that order. Specific adjustments by symptom are in the final collapsed solution.

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