Paladin Achievement: All Solutions

Cuphead540 views8 favorites4 min readby StarbearUpdated 18 May, 2025View on Steam ↗

Step 1:

Acquire the Broken Relic via Porkrind's emporium.

Step 2:

Speak to the fellows standing on the podiums and take note of their dialogue.
After that, head down to the lower part of Inkwell Isle IV to the graveyard.
Once you've made it there, equip your broken relic and interact with the graves based on your dialogue (it will be different for each person). The order is always 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Here is a list of all possible solutions:

1st Place
All I Can Do Is Throw My Hands Up. Left To Wallow In Third Place - Up Left
As A Winner, I Never Gave Up! Left ’em Looking Foolish. - Up Left
I Always Win! I Am Downright Awesome! - Bottem Right
I Can't Believe I've Won! Things Are Looking Up! - Up Middle
I May Have Won But I Don’t Look Down On Anyone For Trying To Complete - Bottom Middle
I Was First To The Top And Those Losers Were Left At The Bottom - Bottom Left
I Was The First To The Top, And Those Losers Were Left Down At The Bottom - Bottom Left
I'm The Winner And All Is Right In The World - Middle Right
Leave It To An Upright Citizen Like Me To Win The Whole Thing! - Up Right
There’s No Way The Others Could Have Caught Me! I Left ‘Em In The Dust! - Middle Left

2nd Place
Down Here It Seems To Me Everything Less Sinister I'm Happy With Second Place! - Bottom Middle
I Got Up Right At The Crack Of Dawn Just To Come In Second! - Up Right
I Left Downtown In A Hurry And Forgot My Gear, Ill Settle For Second - Bottom Left
I May Of Gotten Second Place But I Think I Did All Right - Middle Right
I've Been Down All Morning, But This Second Place Finish Has Me Smiling! - Bottom Middle
I’ve Been Down All Morning, But This Second Place Has Me Smiling! - Middle Down
If The Judging Was Left Up To Me, I Wouldn't Be In Second Place - Up Left
Second Place Just Ain’t Right! Down One Place From Last Year. - Bottem Right
Second Place! The Only Thing Left To Do Is Get Better For Next Year - Middle Left
Second Place? I've Had It Up To Here With Second Place! - Up Middle

3rd Place
It Ain’t Right! I Trained Too Hard Only To Come In Third - Middle Right
All I Can Do Is Throw My Hands Up. Left To Wallow In Third Place - Up Left
I Can Only Raise My Hands Third Place! What A Lefty Shot - Middle Left
I Thought I Had Left Behind Being A Bum, Third Place! What A Joke - Middle Left
It Ain't Right! I Trained Too Hard Only To Come In Third! - Middle Right
It’s Downright Criminal They Let These Other Jokers Compete - Bottem Right
My Pals Cheered Me On But I Let Them Down, Left The Race In Third - Bottom Left
They Think They're Better Than Me? They Can Stick It Right Up Their Nose! - Up Right
Third Place? I Guess Things Can Only Go Up From Here - Up Middle
Worse Than Last Year! Down To Third Place. - Bottom Middle

After inputting the correct sequence, you will fight a secret boss and acquire a divine relic.

Here is a photo of the graveyard and its surroundings.

Step 3:

After defeating the secret boss and acquiring the divine relic, equip the divine relic and defeat multiple bosses. You are only able to do each boss once and any completions after will not count towards your total. To get the paladin achievement, you need 16 points total. Here is a list of how many points each boss gives.
Inkwell Isle 1: 2
Inkwell Isle 2 : 2.5
Inkwell Isle 3 : 3
Inkwell Isle 4: 3
King Dice and his minions : 1
The Devil and Chef Saltbaker : 4
After getting all 16 points, you will be rewarded with a fully upgraded divine relic and the Paladin achievement! Congrats! Also I highly suggest fighting all of king dices minions since they give a point each.
If there is any errors with this guide please let me know in the comments, thank you.
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