The King is Watching features several Kings, each with their watchful eyes set on the kingdom’s tiles to manage growth, production, and recruitment. As you progress through the game, you’ll have the option to unlock new kings, each with their unique abilities, challenges to complete, and bonuses to claim.
Here is how you’re able to unlock each King in The King is Watching and what their abilities and bonuses are.
How To Unlock Each King in The King Is Watching
You will start with King Baldwin as the first King, and can unlock the following six Kings usingTown DenariiandAscension Crystals.
Youearn Town Denarii by defeating enemy waves and bosses during a run, whileAscension Crystals can be claimed each time you beat a new Threat Levelorcomplete certain challenges.
Each King’s Abilities in The King is Watching
Each King has three unique active abilities that you unlock by completing their challenges, which are generally beating multiple bosses during a run. Here are all the active abilities of each King in the game:
Make sure to claim the ability in the challenges building from the main menu.
How To Unlock Passive Abilities in The King Is Watching
Similarly, each King has three passive abilities as well, which provide different bonuses throughout your run.
Unlocking these is pretty straightforward.
Overall, the active and passive abilities in The King is Watching play a major role in how your selected King influences the progression of your run.
Ali Hashmi
Ali has been writing about video games for the past six years and is always on the lookout for the next indie game to obsess over and recommend to everyone in sight. When he isn’t spending an unhealthy amount of time in Slay the Spire, he’s probably trying out yet another retro-shooter or playing Dark Souls for the 50th time.
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