Castle Crashers: Unlock Hidden Heroes Revealed
Unlock Every Character in Castle Crashers: A Comprehensive Guide
Castle Crashers offers a riotous co-op experience with a diverse roster of playable characters. This guide details how to acquire every single one for your collection. Playing cooperatively with friends is highly recommended for maximizing your character unlocks. Remember, each player in a co-op game must select a different character; duplicates aren't allowed. Unlocks are individual to each player's profile.
Castle Crashers boasts a total of 32 characters, unlockable through gameplay achievements and DLC purchases.
The following table lists each character and their unlock method:
Character Name | Unlock Method |
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Green Knight | Starting character |
Red Knight | Starting character |
Blue Knight | Starting character |
Orange Knight | Starting character |
Gray Knight | Defeat the Barbarian boss |
Barbarian | Win King’s Arena |
Thief | Win Thieves’ Arena |
Conehead | Win Volcano Arena |
Peasant | Win Peasant’s Arena |
Iceskimo | Win Ice Arena |
Alien | Complete Alien Ship |
Royal Guard | Complete the game as the Green Knight |
Saracen | Complete the game as the Royal Guard |
Skeleton | Complete the game as the Red Knight |
Bear | Complete the game as the Skeleton |
Industrialist | Complete the game as the Blue Knight |
Fencer | Complete the game as the Industrialist |
Fire Demon | Complete the game as the Orange Knight |
Ninja | Complete the game as the Fire Demon |
Stoveface | Complete the game as the Gray Knight |
Beekeeper | Complete the game as the Barbarian |
Snakey | Complete the game as the Thief |
Civilian | Complete the game as the Peasant |
Brute | Complete the game as 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 | Purchase for 1200 gold in the Insane Store |
Paint Junior | Painter Boss Paradise DLC (to be released in 2025) |
This completes the guide to unlocking all characters in Castle Crashers. For more Castle Crashers news and guides, check out The Escapist.




