Controls:
- Jump
- Use item
- Light attack
- Heavy attack
- Shield
- Magic
or 
- Movement
or 
- Scroll through items
Picking a knight
Upon selecting story mode, you are prompted to select a knight. You should know that every knight has a different type of magic. Magic can be very good if you choose to upgrade it. Out of the four basic knights, I would recommend the red knight who has lightning magic. The orange (fire) and green (toxic) knights are solid options after that. However, you can also be like me and pick the blue knight, the worst of the four (ice). You can unlock different characters as you play, but you would have to level them up from scratch again, so I wouldn't recommend switching.
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What to upgrade
Honestly, you can upgrade whatever you want and be fine with it. However, my advice would be to take either one of the following two strategies.
Strategy 1 - this is the one I used. As a magic player, I focused most of my points into magic early on, with the occasional strength and defence upgrade to be able to advance smoothly. Get to a magic upgrade, then pump a few points into strength or defence on the next level-up, preferably defence. You should ignore agility completely, because you're not going to use your bow. As for weapons and animal orbs, this is the way to go - the first animal orb you should go for is Snoot, which is obtainable in the Cyclops' Fortress. Snoot gives you +4 strength, which is a big boost to your base damage. Then, when you unlock the Volcano store, buy the Clunky Mace, this weapon gives you +5 strength, which is another big boost. The only downside to this weapon is that it removes -2 agility, but since we don't upgrade that stat anyways, this weapon is amazing. From there on, it's smooth sailing. With +9 strength, you only have to worry about upgrading your magic and defence. It's up to you which one is more important. Alternatively, you could buy Spiny from the Volcano Store as well. Spiny gives you +4 defence. So you can either balance it out, with +5 attack from the Clunky Mace and +4 defence from Spiny, or go for a huge +9 strength boost, alternating your upgrades between defence and magic only.
Strategy 2 - this is the one my friend used. My friend decided to ditch magic completely and only upgrade strength and defence. This worked out better than I thought, making him a powerhouse early on. You see, my friend liked to juggle enemies and got quite good at those crazy air combos. As you may know, you gain xp in this game based on your damage, not your kills. As a result, my friend leveled up super quickly because he simply dealt way more damage than me because of his strength stat. This, contrary to me who spent most of my points on magic, because magic doesn't last long enough to deal a lot of damage early on. Just like in the first strategy, the Clunky Mace is an amazing weapon, with Snoot being a solid option to increase your damage. My friend ended up using Spiny though, because he needed the extra defence. He was lacking because of all his strength upgrades after all.
Both strategies work well, though the second one takes effect earlier on and relies more on skill.
Weapons
Earlier on, you can basically use any weapon. I recommend you pick a weapon that doesn't give any negative attributes until you find a good one. When you start to upgrade your character, it'll come in handy to compensate for certain attributes by picking a specific weapon and Animal Orb like described in the strategies above. A full list of weapons and their locations can be found on the Miscellaneous page.
At level 1, your weapon doesn't really matter. You can stick with your first one.
At level 5, I'd recommend the Carrot overall, because it doesn't have any negative attributes and offers a strength and defence boost. If you're a magic player, the Leaf is a viable option. If you don't care for magic, the Half Sword might be good for the extra defence.
At level 10, a lot of good weapons become available. Most weapons will give a big boost for one stat, while taking away from another. If you don't care for agility, the Clunky Mace and Zigzag are great options. For magic, the Staff is good if you've got defence to spare. And if you don't care for magic, the Pumpkin Peeler is a solid option. Overall, the Falchion and Fencer's Foil are good options if you don't want any attributes to be taken away.
From level 15 onwards, I'm pretty sure you've got your own playstyle going on. You should know which attributes you need and which ones you don't. Scroll through the weapons list and see if you find a better one. There are too many to recommend at this point.
Farming gold
If you need gold at any point in the game, the easiest level to farm loot is the Barbarian Boss level. Once your strength or magic is at a decent level, you can practically kill the boss within 3 seconds, spawning a treasure chest. This method is very quick and nets you about 150 gold per minute. It's also recommended to do this solo, so you get more loot and don't waste time battling for the princess.
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