Shovel Knight Dig Cheats -

Not a cheat, but it acts like one. Grind Mode (unlocked after beating the first Drill Knight fight) lets you replay early stages with all your upgrades. Use it to memorize enemy patterns, farm health tonics, and—most importantly—learn that you can shovel-bounce on lanterns to reach hidden gem caches. Knowledge is the cheat code that can’t be patched.

Technically a glitch, practically a lifesaver. If you pause the game mid-air and then unpause while holding the dash button, your momentum resets, allowing for an extra dash toward a ledge. It’s frame-perfect, but once mastered, it turns impossible chasms into mere hops. (Use sparingly—Yacht Club Games may patch this in a future update.) shovel knight dig cheats

On the title screen, press: Up, Down, Left, Right, Shovel Drop, Shovel Drop . You won’t unlock god mode, but you will trigger a secret chiptune remix of the original Shovel Knight title theme. It doesn’t help you win, but it’s the closest thing to a classic cheat code vibe in the game. Not a cheat, but it acts like one

No cheat can save you from the final boss’s second phase. But if you find a way to pause-buffer through that drill tornado? Send it to the forums. You’ll be a legend. Knowledge is the cheat code that can’t be patched

Happy digging—and may your gem pouch never hit zero.

In version 1.0.2, digging straight down while spamming the relic switch button caused your drill to fire without spending mana. Most platforms have fixed it, but offline players report it still works if you hold both shoulder buttons while landing from a bounce. Consider this a rumored fossil of a cheat.

Here’s the cheat: die on purpose early in a level. Why? Because the game’s pity system secretly boosts rare gem drops from enemies if you start a run with under 100 gems. Burn your cash at the Hub’s “Miser’s Hole” (talk to the rat behind the tavern three times), then dive back in. Suddenly, chumps are dropping emeralds like candy.