Castle Crashers: how to unlock all characters

Castle Crashers is a 2D side-scrolling video game from Behemoth. As you progress through this arcade game, you will be able to unlock over 28 playable characters. It will take you 7-8 hours to complete this game, but unlocking all the characters may take you a little longer. So here is our guide on how to unlock all characters in Castle Crashers.

How to unlock all characters in Castle Crashers

In order to unlock characters, you need to complete certain levels with certain playable characters in Castle Crashers. While most of these playable characters can be unlocked in normal mode, some characters are only unlockable in insane mode. But which characters to choose to unlock these characters?

normal mode

Here’s how to unlock all characters in normal mode:

• Skeleton: You need to complete the game as the Red Knight to unlock the Skeleton.
  • Bear: Now that you have unlocked the Skeleton, you can complete the game with him to unlock the Bear.
• Fire Demon: You need to complete the game as the Orange Knight to unlock the Fire Demon.
  • Ninja: When you unlock the Fire Demon, complete the game with him to unlock the Ninja.
• Industrialist: You need to complete the game as the Blue Knight to unlock this character.
  • Swordsman: You can complete the game as an Industrialist to unlock the Swordsman.
• Royal Guard: Complete the game as the Green Knight to unlock the Royal Guard.
  • Saracen: After unlocking the Kingsguard, complete the game with him to unlock the Saracen.
• Gray Knight: You need to defeat the Barbarian Boss to unlock the Gray Knight.
  • Stove Face: Now complete the game as the Gray Knight to unlock Stove Face.

• Barbarian: To unlock the Barbarian, you need to complete the Royal Arena level.
  • Beekeeper: Once you unlock the Barbarian character, complete the game with him to unlock the Beekeeper.
• Thief: You need to unlock the thief arena level to unlock the thief character.
  • Snakey: Once you unlock the thief, complete the game with him to unlock the Snake character.
• Peasant: You can complete the Peasant arena level to unlock the Peasant character.
  • Civilian: Now complete the game as the Peasant to unlock the Civilian.
• Iceskimo: To unlock Iceskimo, you need to complete the ice arena level.
  • Brute: You can complete the game as Iceskimo to unlock Brute.
• Conehead: You can unlock Conehead by completing the Volcano Arena level.
• Alien Hominid: To unlock Alien Hominid, complete the Alien Ship stage.

Now let’s take a look at the characters that can be unlocked in Mad Mode.

Crazy Mode

Here are all the characters that can be unlocked in Mad Mode:

• King: You can complete the Cave Stage in Mad Mode to unlock the King.
• Open Face Gray Knight: You need to defeat Catfish in Mad Mode to unlock the Open Face Gray Knight.
• Necromancer: You need to complete the Industrial Castle level to unlock the Necromancer.
• Cult Minion: You can complete the Ice Castle level to unlock the Cult Minion.

If you haven’t unlocked Mad Mode, you can do so by beating the game on Normal Mode with any character.

This is all about how to unlock all the characters in Castle Crashers.