How to Unlock All Characters in Castle Crashers - News

Ready to unleash the full hilarious potential of Castle Crashers? This guide shows you how to unlock every single one of its zany characters. With dozens of unique fighters to choose from, building your ultimate roster is half the fun! This guide covers all the ways to add these characters to your collection, from conquering challenging levels to snagging DLC.

Castle Crashers Characters

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Castle Crashers boasts a whopping 32 playable characters! Unlocking them all requires a mix of skillful gameplay, completing challenges, and maybe a little DLC. Playing with friends in co-op mode is the fastest way to build your roster. Remember, each player in a co-op game needs to select a different character; you can't have two Green Knights in the same game. Also, characters are unique to each player profile; you can't share unlocked characters.

Here's the complete list of characters and how to unlock them:

Character Name	How to Unlock
Green Knight	Starting character
Red Knight	Starting character
Blue Knight	Starting character
Orange Knight	Starting character
Gray Knight	Defeat the Barbarian boss
Barbarian	Beat King’s Arena
Thief	Beat Thieves’ Arena
Conehead	Beat Volcano Arena
Peasant	Beat Peasant’s Arena
Iceskimo	Beat Ice Arena
Alien	Complete Alien Ship
Royal Guard	Beat the game with the Green Knight
Saracen	Beat the game with the Royal Guard
Skeleton	Beat the game with the Red Knight
Bear	Beat the game with the Skeleton
Industrialist	Beat the game with the Blue Knight
Fencer	Beat the game with the Industrialist
Fire Demon	Beat the game with the Orange Knight
Ninja	Beat the game with the Fire Demon
Stoveface	Beat the game with the Gray Knight
Beekeeper	Beat the game with the Barbarian
Snakey	Beat the game with the Thief
Civilian	Beat the game with the Peasant
Brute	Beat the game with the Iceskimo
Pink Knight	Pink Knight Pack DLC
Blacksmith	Legend of the Blacksmith Pack DLC
Open-Faced Gray Knight	Complete Catfish on Insane Mode (Remastered version)
King	Complete Pipistrello’s Cave on Insane Mode (Remastered version)
Necromancer	Complete Industrial Castle on Insane Mode (Remastered version)
Cult Minion	Complete Ice Castle on Insane Mode (Remastered version)
Hatty Hattington	Buy in the Insane Store for 1200 gold
Paint Junior	Painter Boss Paradise DLC (to be released in 2025)

There you have it! Now go forth and conquer, and unlock every character in Castle Crashers! Check back with The Escapist for more guides and news.