Character Unlock Guide

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OG Simplified Character Chart



This is the og chart i made to show it easily. Includes DLC and Insane mode Characters.

Every GREEN LINE simulates you beating the game (every boss and level, excluding arenas) and defeating The Evil Wizard.

Each character unlock starts on the left side and moves to the right side. Each section represents a different way you have to unlock the characters in that section.


P.S. Swampy Arena Is the Peasant Arena. Mixed the names up. My bad.

The Arenas, Barbarian Boss unlock characters, but in order to get the ones afterwards you have to beat the game
Example: Beat the barbarian boss to unlock Grey knight > Beat the game with the Grey knight to unlock stove fact.

*Some of the names may be wrong and the larger guide has the correct names*
*This section is now outdated due to Painter Boss's Paradise*

Please continue below

Orange Knight > Fire Demon > Ninja

Blue Knight > Industrialist > Fencer

Green Knight > Royal Guard > Saracen

Red Knight > Skeleton > Bear

Bosses / Arena

Characters that are unlocked through defeating a boss or beating an arena.

Kings Arena > Barbarian > Beekeeper

Barbarian Boss > Grey Knight > Stoveface

Thieve's Arena > Thief > Snakey

Peasant Arena > Peasant > Civilian

Icy Arena > Iceskimo > Brute

Single Unlocks

This is for only two characters as they both don't unlock anything after beating the game.

Conehead:

Unlocked from Volcano Arena*

Alien Homnid:

Only unlocked by beating alien ship on remastered OR owning alien homnid + getting an achievment there for the OG game*

Insane Mode

These are characters that are unlocked within insane mode.

Insane Mode Catfish > Open-Faced Gray Knight

Insane Mode Pipistrello's Cave > King

Insane Mode Industrial Castle > Necromancer

Insane Mode Ice Castle > Cult Minion

Extras

Characters that require a DLC or other kinds of similar things

DLC Characters

Pink Knight DLC:



Blacksmith DLC:

Own BattleBlock Theater Or Purchase at Insane Store (Remaster Only)

Hatty Hattington:

Painters Boss Paradise

With the addition of the new DLC you gain access to 3 things majorly:

1. Paint Junior which is an all new character in the game with purchase of the DLC

2. The ability to create your own characters with a paint tool inside the game*

3. The ability to subscribe to the community made plethora of characters on the newly added workshop.

and much more


Time to get crashing



The devs did include a tutorial on how to make them in addition you will have to window the game in order to properly create new characters*

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