Purple Haired Warrior Maiden achievement in Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

Purple Haired Warrior Maiden

Defeat the Pirate Master's true form and save Scuttle Town in record time!

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How to unlock the Purple Haired Warrior Maiden achievement

  • Jarie SuisenJarie Suisen30,200
    12 Nov 2020 11 Nov 2020 12 Nov 2020
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    To get this achievement you must do the following:

    -Collect all 32 Heart Squids (Your choice if you convert them into Hearts)
    -Collect all 20 Dark Magic
    -Purchase all Skills & Upgrades from the Shop (which will cost you 2300 Gems in total, and you can carry a maximum of 999 at a time)
    ++Shampoo x3 (50, 150, 300)
    ++Silky Cream x3 (50, 150, 300)
    ++Pistol Tune Up x3 (100, 150, 200) (Available from the start of Pirate Mode)
    ++Scimitar Polish (200) (Available from the start of Pirate Mode)
    ++Backdash (100)
    ++Recover (150)
    ++Power Kick (400)
    -Beat the game in under 3 hours. (You get one more hour than for the Any% Speed Run)

    As a rule of thumb, do this one in Pirate Mode (unlocked after clearing the game once) as you'll start with all the Pirate Items, allowing you to save a lot of time by being able to collect anything as soon as you reach it (barring parts blocked by story events).

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    As an alternative method to following this walkthrough, if you have an Any% Speedrun save that has at least 15 minutes to spare then you could just run through and collect the rest of the items & upgrades/abilities on that one. (That's how I got this one, with less that 2 minutes left when I got the achievement!)
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    Walkthrough, minimum path instructions

    Scuttle Town
    -Dark Magic x1 (Story battle)
    -Library Card (from Sky)
    -Heart Squid x1 (In Squidsmith's building)

    West Path (To Lighthouse and beyond)
    -Dark Magic x2 (One requires Boots, Hat, and Cannon)
    -Heart Squid x1

    East Path (to Scuttle Palace)
    -Heart Squid x3 (2 are higher up)
    -Dark Magic x1 (Hidden room, higher up)

    Scuttle Palace Front + Sewer:
    -Get 3 Flesh Pops (Drops from Snakes in Sewers)
    -Dark Magic x1 (Boots needed)
    -Heart Squid x1
    -Get Travel Brochure
    -Turn in Flesh Pops to Bolo for Gate Key
    -Turn in Travel Brochure to Squid Baron for the Squid Oil

    Scuttle Palace:
    -Get Forbidden Isles Map

    Saliva Island
    -Heart Squid x1 (Pistol)
    -Get Metal Ring
    -Get Ham Stink
    -Use Metal Ring to get up to Lummox
    -Dark Magic x2 (First is found by going past the Lummox, second is on the way down to get the Petrify Spell, in a secret room; hold left while falling to enter the wall)
    -Drop down to get Petrify Spell
    -Give Petrify Spell to Man

    Saliva Island Cave
    -Get Key to open door to reach Cyclops Plant
    -Heart Squid x3
    -Defeat Cyclops Plant for Spiderweb Island Map

    Spiderweb Island
    -Dark Magic x1 (Scimitar)
    -Get Fossil
    -Heart Squid x1 (Scimitar)
    -Carry Rottytops through maze; this can be a potential time sink, so make sure to only do it in a single run! (See my guide for that to speed through it: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=......)
    -Heart Squid x1
    -Give Squid Oil to Poe to get the Shriveled Thing
    -Dark Magic x2 (First is long jump across from the Spider's Cave, the other is right by the Spider's Cave)
    -Use Shriveled Thing to gain entry to Spiderweb Island Cave

    Spiderweb Island Cave
    -Key x2 (One to access a Power Unit, one to gain entry to Empress Spider)
    -Activate the three Power Units
    -Heart Squid x3 (One requires a hidden Plant Launcher, found down beneath it)
    -Defeat Empress Spider for Tan Line Island Map

    Tan Line Island
    -Get X-Ray Specs
    -Get Mummy Sketch
    -Get Enchanted Blade

    (Return to Saliva Island)
    -Heart Squid x1 (Along the way to the Mummy Sketch)
    -Get Mummy Sketch

    (Return to Scuttle Island)
    -Get Mummy Sketch (Now you have the Password to the Tan Line Palace)
    -Trade Fossil for Death Mask
    -Give Enchanted Blade to Brandon (Optional, this can be done later when you return to talk to Ammo Baron)

    (Return to Tan Line Island)
    -Enter Password to Tan Line Palace
    -Sneak through the Palace, collect 3 Keys and free Rottytops, Sky, and Risky Boots to get the Golden Pickaxe.
    [After getting your Gear back is a GREAT time to hit the best Gem farm in the game to get to x999 Gems for when you next get to Scuttle Town for shopping]
    -Heart Squid x1
    -Dark Magic x1 (Can't be collected until after you have your Gear)
    -Give the Golden Pickaxe to workers to clear the way on the island and access Tan Line Island Cave
    -Dark Magic x3 (First is a Boots rush, one in a lower area, one accessed by Scimitar)

    Tan Line Island Cave
    -Heart Squid x3 (One is hidden in the path you break through with the Scimitar to reach Squid Baron, it's in the very bottom-left corner)
    -Defeat Squid Baron for Mud Bog Island Map

    Mud Bog Island
    -Heart Squid x1
    -Dark Magic x1
    -Use Death Mask to enter City of Lost Souls
    -Heart Squid x1 (Boots rush)
    -Dark Magic x1
    -Get Green Coin, Red Coin, and Blue Coin
    -Heart Squid x1 (Boots Rush; use the switch to add a platform to get enough distance)
    -Dark Magic x1
    -Give coins and beat the Color Trio to get the Golden Locket
    -Give Golden Locket to "Rottytops" for the Hopeful Flame
    -Use the Hopeful Flame to get the Manly Musk
    -Use Manly Musk to enter Mud Bog Island Cave

    Mud Bog Island Cave
    -Heart Squid x3 (Two are along a very long path, will require Key x1)
    -Defeat Dagron to get the Frostbite Island Map
    (Return to City of Lost Souls)
    -Get Lost Soul from "Rottytops"

    (Return to Spiderweb Island
    -Talk to Rottytops to identify Lost Soul as Spirit of Joe

    Frostbite Island
    -Dark Magic x1 (Boots rush, ram a wall)
    -Meet Ammo Baron and Techno Baron
    -Dark Magic x1
    -Heart Squid x2 (First is in a giant room with three Launcher Plants near the entrance, the pattern is: Middle, Down, Left; the second one is along the way to Bolo and requires Cannon)
    -Dark Magic x1
    -Get the Targeting Module from Bolo
    -Heart Squid x1 (Cannon)

    (Return to Scuttle Island)
    -Talk to Ammo Baron
    -Give Spirit of Joe back to Joe
    -Give Enchanted Blade to Brandon (If you didn't already do it in your earlier visit)
    -Talk to Ammo Baron to fire the cannon and open the Frostbite Island Cave

    (Return to Frostbite Island)
    Frostbite Island Cave
    -Key x1 (by where you enter)
    -Heart Squid x1 (Near a Key)
    -Key x1 (near a Heart Squid)
    -Heart Squid x1 (Use a Key to follow a roundabout path to reach it)
    -Key x1 (Path to the right of the Heart Squid)
    -Enter path to the Steel Maggot, picking up the final needed Key along the way.
    -Heart Squid x1
    -Defeat Steel Maggot for the Lonely Grave Map

    Lonely Grave
    -Witness the unleashing of the Pirate Master kidnapping Risky Boots

    (Return to Scuttle Island)
    -Trade in your Heart Squids for extra Hearts (If you want, it's optional)
    -Do any remaining shopping for the required upgrades and maxing out any needed items for the final battle (especially Bubble Shields).
    -Head to the now-renamed Pirate Master's Palace and enjoy his difficulty-spike maze of death (OR use the Out Of Bounds glitch to just fly up to the final door leading to the big fight).
    -Beat up the Pirate Master, trash his True Form and enjoy the Good Ending and your Achievement!
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