Cut and Unused Content

This page contains a list of concepts and unused assets that aren't seen in the release versions of Castle Crashers.

Unused Assets

Weapons

Weapons take up the bulk of all the unused content. All of them appear to be beta versions of weapons that were changed before the game's release.

Image Comparison	Difference
	The Gladiator Sword is a lot rustier in the final cut.
	The Dual Prong Sword Gains a much deeper separation between the two halves, and a differently designed hilt.
	The Zigzag has the curve much closer to the top of the blade, and the dull side of the blade is much thicker. The bottom part of the sword is also much blockier in the final cut.
	The Playdo Pasta Maker has its holes centered in the middle of the blade, as well as having more of them.
	The Staff is a lot straighter in the final version, and the shading is more complicated.
	The Wooden Spoon was noticeably made of gold instead of wood, and the resolution is WAY lower in the beta version.
	The Bone Leg looks very similar to its final version, but the resolution is much lower, and the beta version is tilted at less of an angle.
	The Unicorn Horn got a larger amount of curves on it in the final cut, as well as a slight recolor from gray to white.
	The Ribeye got a completely new design in the final version.
	The Kielbasa has been recolored brown instead of bright red.
	The Lobster got a new smiley face, and a much more detailed body. It's also a darker shade of  brown.
	The current version of The Umbrella is blue rather than gray, and has a curved handle.

Unused Items

These are items that exist in the game's files, but are only able to obtained through modding or glitches. When selected, they are shown beside the player icon, taking up the same slot as items such as Health Potions and the Bow and Arrow.

Battleaxe

Shuriken

Switchblade

Blade

Mittens

Banana

Scrapped Characters

Playable Characters

The only known scrapped playable characters, as stated by the developer of the game, Dan Paladin, are as follows:

• Troll: A playable Troll was planned for addition, but did not make it to production stages.
• Princesses: Playable versions of the Princesses were planned to be added, but also did not make it to production stages. In Dan Paladin's words, "There are 250+ animations and we ran out of time".

Barbarian Boss

The Barbarian Boss was originally a Beefy Barbarian with unique properties. Codes relevant to this unused boss still exist within the game's files, and screenshots dating back to 2006 of the boss fight have been archived from early versions of the official Castle Crashers website.

Castle Crashers Gameplay Movie 3

A video of the boss fight originally uploaded to GameSpot.

Tiger Boss

An image of what seems to be an unused tiger enemy can be found on the front page of earlier versions of the Behemoth's official website. According to Dan Paladin, this character was used for a pitch document.

Later on, the developers had plans for a boss which was a giant tiger arm that came out of a well. It was to be battled before the Ice Castle, and it would've had fake princess finger puppets on its claws to lure the players in. Due to time constraints, this boss concept never came to fruition.

Player Death Animation Concept

An unused concept of a player character's flesh bursting off the skeleton upon death. It was scrapped in favor of the CPR mechanic.

Scrapped Scenes

Impaled Orange Princess

Tom Fulp revealed that, originally, an impaled painting of the Orange Princess would fall from the rising castle in Wizard Castle Takeoff. This would cause the knights to fly up into the air out of rage, only to arrive at the castle and see the real princess in the hands of the Painter. Although this scene did not make it into the final product, several paintings of the Orange Princess with a knife in her back can be seen in Painter's Room.

Bear Castle

In an interview, Dan Paladin mentioned an unused scene where the Bears fought against Industrialists, who were chopping down the trees in their region. The ongoing battle would result in piles of dead Bears, and the player would walk past the corpses right into the Bears' castle and fight the Bears in it. This scene never made it into the game, although it had already been drawn.

Old Home Castle Intro

An early version of the intro to the Home Castle level. On top of the event playing out somewhat differently from that in the release version, the King's stolen crystal used to be an orb, and the Evil Wizard had a different color scheme.

The Behemoth's Next Game (Castle Crashers Prototype)

Main article: The Behemoth's Next Game

The Behemoth's Next Game was a prototype of Castle Crashers, first shown at Comic Con 2005. It was also known under the name of Ye Olde Side-Scroller. It ran on the GameCube as the game was originally meant for a GameCube release. Notably, the designs of the protagonists had much different proportions from those in Castle Crashers, and it featured enemies not seen in the final game.