When you first set out in the underworld in Crypt Custodian, all you have is your trusty, dusty broom. As you progress, you unlock new powerful attacks and Upgrades to make your journey less perilous.
Upgrades and Special Attacks are similar in several ways: They need to be equipped at a shrine, they’re found throughout the underworld, and they let you customize your playstyle to become stronger. But that’s where the similarities end. Special Attacks need to be activated, while Upgrades are passive effects that boast a variety of bonuses, like increases to your health or movement speed. Unlike Special Attacks, Upgrades cost Upgrade Points, which you can collect around the world, but you can have as many Upgrades as your total points will allow.
Here are all the Upgrades and Special Attacks in Crypt Custodian.
All Upgrades and their locations in Crypt Custodian
There are 32 Upgrades (not including Roy’s offerings) you can equip in Crypt Custodian, with bonuses ranging from damage boosts to an effect that causes enemies to explode upon death. Many of the following Upgrades can be purchased from Marla at The Sinner’s Inn, the first major location you discover after being banished to the underworld. Each time you purchase an Upgrade from Marla, a new one takes its place, so it’s worth purchasing the cheaper ones even if you don’t think you’ll get much use out of them.
Here are all the Upgrades in Crypt Custodian, their effects, how many Upgrade Points they cost, and where you can find them.
Image | Name | Effect | Required upgrade points | Location |
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![]() | All Seeing Eye | Allows you to see invisible platforms and markings | Four Upgrade Points | Weeping Wastes, to the right of where Grizz is digging a path into the Palace |
![]() | Better Broom | Increases your attack damage by 30 percent | Five Upgrade Points | The Sinner’s Inn – Purchased for 4,300 Garbage |
![]() | Better Broomerang | Increases damage caused by Broomerang by 50 percent | Three Upgrade Points | In the room north of the first The Tower shrine behind a locked gate |
![]() | Bigger Broomerang | Increases the size of your Broomerang attack | Three Upgrade Points | From the giant Cat Spirit after rescuing enough cats |
![]() | Bigger Buffer | Increases invincibility time after taking damage | Four Upgrade Points | The Sinner’s Inn, spawns in the room after you defeat the game |
![]() | Bite Back | Releases a circle of spikes when you take damage | Four Upgrade Points | Neon Crest, two rooms west of the shrine closest to Mira’s Basement |
![]() | Confident Crawl | You run slower, but with more confidence | Five Upgrade Points | Roy’s Shop – Purchased for 97,683 Garbage |
![]() | Dash Blaster | Dashing through enemies causes damage | Four Upgrade Points | Sculptor’s Peak, in the fourth room north of the entrance from the Weeping Wastes |
![]() | Desperate Swing | Increases attack speed at low health | Four Upgrade Points | Between Moldstone Path and Demon’s Point |
![]() | Ditch Effort | Makes attacks 30 percent stronger at low health | Three Upgrade Points | East of the first shrine in the Pearl’s Shrine region |
![]() | Eternal Puddle | Makes a splashing sound when you walk | Five Upgrade Points | Roy’s Shop – Purchased for 27,683 Garbage |
![]() | Feet First | Falling no longer deals damage (except in boss fights) | Five Upgrade Points | The Sinner’s Inn – Purchased for 5,100 Garbage |
![]() | Final Flurry | Increases damage of Special Attack at low health | Three Upgrade Points | The Back, in the room west of the area’s first shrine. Use the dirt-dig ability after defeating The Imposter to get there |
![]() | Flawless Bounty | Get bonus currency when you kill 10 enemeis without taking damage | Four Upgrade Points | Sculptor’s Peak, two rooms east of the eastern-most shrine |
![]() | Fresh Start | Makes attacks 30 percent stronger at full health | Five Upgrade Points | The Sinner’s Inn – Purchased for 1,400 Garbage |
![]() | Haunted Helper | A small spirit will follow you and attack nearby enemies | Four Upgrade Points | The Sinner’s Inn – Purchased for 3,100 Garbage |
![]() | Heart Capsule | Gives you one additional health point | Five Upgrade Points | The Sinner’s Inn – Purchased for 3,200 Garbage |
![]() | Heavy Hitter | Reduces cost to use Special Attack by 30 percent | Four Upgrade Points | In Neon Crest, in the room before the area transitions into Mira’s Basement |
![]() | Hoarder’s Reward | Increases damage relative to how much Garbage you have | Four Upgrade Points | Received from the giant Spirit Cat after rescuing five Spirits |
![]() | Hopping Hazard | Create a damaging spike trigger when you jump | Four Upgrade Points | Pearl’s Shrine, behind a gate in the middle of the area, reached by using the dig ability |
![]() | Item Tracker | Emits a signal when an uncollected item is in the area | Six Upgrade Points | In the Neon Crest, two rooms west and two rooms south of the shrine at the entrance from the Weeping Wastes |
![]() | Little Bug | A small bug follows you around to keep you company | Five Upgrade Points | Roy’s Shop – Purchased for 80,183 Garbage |
![]() | Quick Block | Special Attacks destroy flying projectiles | Four Upgrade Points | Behind a puzzle gate in a room in between the two Frosty Ridge shrines |
![]() | Quick Draw | Increases attack speed | Five Upgrade Points | Neon Crest, three rooms south of the shrine closest to Mira’s Basement |
![]() | Quick Foot | Increases your movement speed | Four Upgrade Points | The Sinner’s Inn – Purchased for 2,600 Garbage |
![]() | Power Surge | Increases damage of Special Attacks by 30 percent | Five Upgrade Points | In a chest three rooms west of The Cellar shrine closest to Mira’s Basement entrance |
![]() | Sharp Sweep | Performing a Broom Dash will create a line of spikes | Three Upgrade Points | The Edge, in the room north of the easternmost Neon Crest shrine |
![]() | Slime Scrapper | Causes enemies to drop more garbage | Five Upgrade Points | The Sinner’s Inn – Purchased for 6,000 Garbage |
![]() | Spiky Demise | Enemies explode upon death | Four Upgrade Points | Weeping Wastes, two rooms east and one room north of the Sinner’s Inn shrine |
![]() | Spirit’s Buffer | Creates a circle around you that hurts nearby enemies | Four Upgrade Points | The Sinner’s Inn – Purchased for 900 Garbage |
![]() | Steady Flurry | Attacking 6+ times in a row creates a flurry of attacks | Five Upgrade Points | Reward for saving all 20 Cat Spirits |
![]() | Super Slam | Slamming creates projectiles | Four Upgrade Points | In a chest southeast of the west Frosty Ridge shrine |
![]() | Trash Basher | A small creature will follow you and break up nearby garbage piles | Three Upgrade Points | In the room southeast of the Pearl’s Shrine entrance from the Weeping Wastes. Needs Broom Boomerang to reach |
![]() | Well Dressed | Turns your cloak a different shade of purple | Five Upgrade Points | Roy’s Shop – Purchased for 35,983 Garbage |
![]() | Whirling Reaper | Killing enemies creates a large damaging projectile | Four Upgrade Points | In a chest that requires you to kill a horde of enemies without taking damage in an eastern room of Sculptor’s Peak |
![]() | Wide Reach | Increases attack distance | Four Upgrade Points | In a room where The Back meets Demon’s Point |
All Special Attacks and their locations in Crypt Custodian
Special Attacks are active effects that must first be charged by hitting enemies before you use them. You can only have one Special Attack equipped at a time, and like Upgrades, you can only equip them at shrines.
There are a total of eight Special Attacks in Crypt Custodian. Two of them can be purchased from Mira at the Sinner’s Inn—one being the Super Sweep, the first Special Attack you’ll get at the beginning of the game. You’ll have to find the other Special Attacks around the underworld, some of which will be locked behind puzzles.
Here are all eight Special Attacks in Crypt Custodian, their effects, and where you can find them.
Image | Name | Effect | Location |
![]() | Aimless Archer | Shoots a barrage of arrows in all directions | The Tower, in a room between the northern two shrines |
![]() | Constellation | Attacks every enemy visible on the screen | Behind the gate with the floor light puzzle in Neon Crest |
![]() | Fireball | Shoots out a barrage of projectiles in the direction you are facing | Mira’s Basement, southeastern entrance from Weeping Wastes |
![]() | Land Mines | Leaves a trail of mines behind you that hurt enemies who step on them | East of Pearl’s Shrine, after a room with fire traps and a monster totem |
![]() | Locked On | Releases a circle of homing projectiles | One room north and four rooms east of the Demon’s Point shrine |
![]() | Mystery Shot | Randomly combines two of your Special Attacks | Reward for saving all 20 Cat Spirits |
![]() | Spirit’s Shield | Briefly gives you invincibility | The Sinner’s Inn – Purchased for 3,500 Garbage |
![]() | Super Sweep | Creates a spinning circle of brooms around you | The Sinner’s Inn – Purchased for 1 Garbage |