Music Sheets (left: not collected, right: collected)
Music Sheets (Also called Song Scrolls) are extra collectibles found scattered across the Valley in both Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope and Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows. They are usually hidden in secret areas or alcoves within the main Stages but sometimes act as rewards for completing bonus stages, with every Music Sheet redeemed unlocking a new song from the soundtrack. Similarly to the other collectibles, once a Music Sheet is collected it will be replaced with a grayed out version to mark its former location, and re-obtaining will not increase the total number of them.
In Shovel of Hope, they act as the main and only collectible and Shovel Knight can redeemed them for 500 gold each to the Bard in the Village. The first five of these songs are already unlocked upon talking to the Bard, and the remaining 41 need to be found. Completing the Battletoads fight exclusive to Xbox One, Windows 10 and Windows versions will unlock 5 additional scrolls, while completing the Kratos fight (exclusive to the Sony version) will unlock 1 extra scroll. Each scheet has a description, plus the Bard has some colorfull dialogue regarding each one of them. After beating the Tower of Fate: ???? stage or starting New Game Plus the Items Totals Menu becomes avayable. By pressing [SELECT] while hovering on a stage in the map, the menu is accessed revealing which Music Sheets are missing in said stage. Alternatively, accessing the stage and checking the Gear tab will also reveal if a sheet is missing in that area.
In Plague of Shadows, the 41 scrolls are a secondary collectible, coexisting together with Cipher Coins, and are instead known as Scrap Sheets. The one seeking them this time is Percy, who needs paper to continue his research in the Potionarium, and he will reward Plague Knight 500 gold for each and offer romantic advice of questionable usefulness. They are mostly in the same locations as the Music Sheets with the exception of the Village, Armor Outpost and Relics/Arcana stages. After certain amounts of Scrap Sheets redeemed, Percy will find a sheet with music scribbled on both sides and, deeming it useless, he will discard it into Oolong's head, unlocking a new song for him to play, for a total of 11 new tracks. Similarly to the Bard, Oolong also has the first four songs already unlocked, and he has a description about each music track in his usual broken speech. While checking the Gear tab inside a stage will bring the same results as in Shovel of Hope, unlike the latter in Plague of Shadows the Items Totals Menu can be always accessed and it will reveal not only which Scrap Sheets are missing but also the number of Cipher Coins collected.
The only campaign where the Music Sheets don't make an appearence in any shape or form is Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment, as no character fills the role of the Bard. Instead, after collecting every Curio, the extra Red Skulls can be similarly sold to Red for 500 gold each.
All the music tracks with their respective names can be found in the Sound Test unlocked upon beating each respective campains.
List of Scrolls in Shovel of Hope
| Scroll | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Theme | N/A |
| 2 | Steel Thy Shovel! | N/A |
| 3 | One Fateful Knight | N/A |
| 4 | A Decisive Blow | N/A |
| 5 | No Weapons Here | N/A |
| 6 | Pastorale | Village, Room 3 (roof of a house at right end) |
| 7 | The Local Happenstance | Village, Room 6 (right cellar) |
| 8 | Courage Under Fire | Armor Outpost, Room 1 (roof of a house) |
| 9 | Bucklers and Bonnets | Armor Outpost, Room 5 (top of airship) |
| 10 | Waltz of the Troupple King | Troupple Pond (Fishing Rod/Bait Bomb) |
| 11 | Watch Me Dance! | Village, Room 5 (after beating King Knight and Specter Knight, ask the dancer) |
| 12 | Spin Ye Bottle | Village, Room 4 (score over 150 in Mona's game) |
| 13 | Fighting with All of Our Might | Defeat Reize |
| 14 | The Donor's Despair | Hall of Champions, Room 5a (left hidden room) |
| 15 | Backed Into a Corner | Hall of Champions, Room 8a (right hidden room) |
| 16 | The Starlit Wilds | Knuckler's Quarry/Bottomless Quarry, Goal room |
| 17 | The Requiem of Shield Knight | Frozen Flight/Shivering Sprint, Goal Room |
| 18 | The Adventure Awaits | Forest of Phasing/Forest of Fishing, Goal Room |
| 19 | End of Days | Tower of Fate: Entrance, Room 7 |
| 20 | Strike the Earth! | Plains, Room 9a (hidden room behind second Skeleton) |
| 21 | The Rival | Plains, Room 12a (hidden room to the right of second Divedrake) |
| 22 | The Defender | Tower of Fate: Ascent, Room 8 |
| 23 | In the Halls of the Usurper | Pridemoor Keep, Room 1a (go left from the start) |
| 24 | The Decadent Dandy | Pridemoor Keep, Room 16a |
| 25 | La Danse Macabre | The Lich Yard, Room 15 |
| 26 | The Apparition | The Lich Yard, Room 9a |
| 27 | A Thousand Leagues Below | Iron Whale, Room 8a |
| 28 | The Bounty Hunter | Iron Whale, Room 14a |
| 29 | Flowers of Antimony | Explodatorium, Room 9 (before mid-boss) |
| 30 | The Vital Vitriol | Explodatorium, Room 4a (hidden room above first checkpoint) |
| 31 | An Underlying Problem | Lost City, Room 7a |
| 32 | The Claws of Fate | Lost City, Room 11a |
| 33 | Of Devious Machinations | Clockwork Tower, Room 10a |
| 34 | The Schemer | Clockwork Tower, Room 6a |
| 35 | The Destroyer | Clockwork Tower, Room 13b |
| 36 | A Cool Reception | Stranded Ship, Room 17 |
| 37 | The Stalwart | Stranded Ship, Room 17a |
| 38 | High Above the Land | Flying Machine, Room 15a (after mid-boss, go all the way up) |
| 39 | The Spin Controller | Flying Machine, Room 13b (below Chester room, from sparkling pit) |
| 40 | The Fateful Return | Tower of Fate: Entrance, Room 13 |
| 41 | The Inner Struggle | Tower of Fate: Ascent, Room 10 |
| 42 | The Forlorn Sanctum | Tower of Fate: ????, Room 4b (after long fall, go left and find the rest 5) |
| 43 | The Possessor | Tower of Fate: ????, Room 4b |
| 44 | The Betrayer | Tower of Fate: ????, Room 4b |
| 45 | A Return to Order | Tower of Fate: ????, Room 4b |
| 46 | Reprise | Tower of Fate: ????, Room 4b |
| Sp.1 | The Blades Of Chaos | Kratos Fight (Sony exclusive) |
| Sp.1 | Meet the Toads | Battletoads Fight (Xbox/PC exclusive) |
| Sp.2 | The Wookie Hole | Battletoads Fight (Xbox/PC exclusive) |
| Sp.3 | To the Turbo Tunnel | Battletoads Fight (Xbox/PC exclusive) |
| Sp.4 | Battle the Battletoads | Battletoads Fight (Xbox/PC exclusive) |
| Sp.5 | Pause | Battletoads Fight (Xbox/PC exclusive) |
List of Scrolls in Plague of Shadows
| Scroll | Title | Sheets Required |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steel Thy Shovel | N/A |
| 2 | A Decisive Blow | N/A |
| 3 | No Weapons Here | N/A |
| 4 | The Alchemist's Haven | N/A |
| 5 | Prime your Potions! | 3 |
| 6 | Flowers of Antimony | 6 |
| 7 | Waltz for One | 10 |
| 8 | Disturbing the Peace | 16 |
| 9 | Art Through Adversity | 22 |
| 10 | Tango of the Troupple King | 28 |
| 11 | The Vital Vitriol | 32 |
| 12 | Battling the Burrower | 36 |
| 13 | The Battle Within | 39 |
| 14 | Out of the Shadows | 40 |
| 15 | The Final Note | 41 |
See also
- Cipher Coins
- Red Skulls
- Crown Coins