Is It Possible to Beat Shovel Knight Without Touching Gold?

my favorite part of shovel knight is when he says "it's SHOVELIN time!" and totally shovels all over those guys

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Chapter List:
0:00 Intro/Rules
1:28 Plains
3:32 Pridemoor Keep
4:48 Lich Yard
11:42 Lost City
14:28 Explodatorium
17:41 Iron Whale
23:59 Clockwork Tower
26:05 Stranded Ship
27:55 Flying Machine
31:31 Finale
34:23 hidden secret (delete later)

#sample #shovelknight #isitpossible

[joshuadee]

Fun fact: When the devs found out about the screen transition trick at 3:00, they decided to implement it as an intentional feature so that it would be 100% consistent.

[Zorgdub]

I love that this "no gold challenge" can only be beaten by judiciously spending what little gold you're forced to gain.

[ChesterPlus]

I'd love to see a version of this as plague knight. He's got some weird movement that I'd love to see exploited

[TrlliPop]

I want this to be a speedrun category. The movement tech is just too crazy to not include in a speedrun.

[CaptainWobbs]

I would say that the Silver Play Button joke at the beginning is comedy gold, but I think that might break the rules of the run.

[kashinoarchive]

I've been on a bit of a Sample binge lately and I just gotta say how much I appreciate your integrity with these challenges, as well as your consistent hubris throughout them all. This is one of the only challenge channels that never leave me wishing they'd done things differently, or that they hadn't bent the rules in one way or another. It's great. Perfectly encapsulates how I would want to approach these challenges should I ever try them myself.

[totallynotarobot]

This guy really went from making a high quality kirby TAS explanation to consistenly putting out some of the best challenge videos on the entire platform AND more Kirby tas explanations. Like bruh this guy is amazing

[fluffybat]

This video is genuinely a masterclass in story telling, musical mood setting and an explanation of the human ability to push through adversity. . . And when to lean back on our creations for a little bit of help (tas) your challenge videos are like little movies and its mind boggling how small your channel is. As a writer im a true fan, please keep up the good work and happy pride.

[nosignal]

The silver plate bit was so genius and seemless. This channel really is super underated. Also the music choice in this video was incredible. The last thing I expected was music from the original escapists

[kratangg-arang]

Recently defeated boss, barely clinging to life as they try to shove their life savings into Sample’s pockets: “WHY ARE YOU RUNNING”

[dazcarrr]

you know a challenge will be rough when within the first five minutes you have to break reality

[TheBlueWizzrobe]

28:34 Dude, there's literally a little sparkle animation that shows up over the gem's exact location every time you collect it. Great challenge and awesome job, it was funny to see you fumble on this very specific little thing though lol

[brandnamepending]

genuinely got chills at tthat ending "what we did to get here" monolgue, and would love to see the other campaigns done moneyless

[gribblegrape]

This was one of the most neatly put together videos I’ve seen in a while. I loved this. I’m personally a sucker for the types of videos that make something that seems boring or monotonous on the surface into an actual story. With its ups, it’s downs, it’s struggles, it’s successes, and a heartfelt love letter at the end to everything we’ve went through to get there.
I’d totally love to see the other campaigns done in this same way

[alloounou]

This game, and the devs, deserve every bit of love. I once streamed some speedruns of this game as a little nobody for a month or two. The devs themselves came to visit and chat with me, a nobody on Twitch. Dudes are awesome.

[TheAdvertisement]

6:09 8:24 Always gotta appreciate the use of some Omori music. :D Love how you use it during the "I have a solution!" parts.
17:47 And for some tense moments too...
32:08 And the Duet for the nostalgic reflection on how far you've gotten?? Beautiful.

[awzumzap]

Bro admitting to TAS'ing a section to not waste an extra hours of his life on this already hard af challenge is valid af

[Pokemonman]

1:28 my excuse is that I am already subscribed

[NotTerravin]

Y'know I usually come into these kind of videos thinking "eh, maybe possible but I wouldn't be surprised if it isn't" but this time I was fully convinced from the start that you'd have to pick up gold somewhere along the line, and that this would become a minimum gold challenge instead, but you absolutely nailed it with a ton of tricks I would have never imagined even existed! Really curious about the other characters, and if you'd be able to floor me once again.







also i can't believe you would use tas tools simply unbelieveable smh (on a slightly more serious note about that though, how exactly did you tas it? last I heard tasing pc games is pretty difficult unless you're on linux)

[_PM_]

Your choices of BGM are impeccable. I could spot Phoenix Wright, 999, Hollow Knight, Danganronpa, Omori, among a few others.