Ranked Knockout Update

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Ranked Knockout Update
Version	18.0
Duration
Start	1 April 2025
End	27 May 2025
56 Days
Chronology
Previous	Fall and Fantasy Update
Current	Ranked Knockout Update
Next	N/A

“	Knockout the competition, climb up the Ranks, and earn exclusive rewards!	„
	~ Blogpost subtitle

The Ranked Knockout Update, also known as the 18.0 update, is a major update that released on 1 April 2025 and will end on 27 May 2025. It proceeded the Fall and Fantasy Update.

This update introduced Ranked Knockout, a version of Knockout where players compete to increase their ranks and claim exclusive rewards at the end of the ranked cycle. The update introduced 5 new Midnight-themed levels to Knockout, having additional April Fool's variants in the Foolish Trios limited-time mode. The 3D Background was changed from Slime Cave to Midnight.

The Foolish Festival and Foolish Mastery live event launched alongside the update and lasted from 1 April 2025 to 22 April 2025.

The Woo-dland Wonders Fame Pass released alongside this update and will last from 1 April 2025 to 27 May 2025.

Ranked Knockout

Ranked Knockout was released as the main highlight of this update, being a highly competitive, ranked-based game where players should perform well to get high points which will increase their rank. The greater the placement players reach, the more points they receive, with players gaining the most points if they win. Being unable to qualify or getting eliminated early will result in points being lost.

The Superstar Rank.

There are eight competitive Badge Ranks: Rookie, Contender, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Ace, Star, and Superstar. Every rank up to Superstar has their own sub-rank, with Rookie through Silver having 3 sub-ranks and Gold through Star having 5 sub-ranks. Superstar lacks a sub-rank, as players have already reached the maximum rewards. However, players can continue to gain and increase the total amount of points added to their rank. All Ranks have their own required minimum points before players enter the next rank/sub-rank. By reaching a new rank, a small animation will play revealing the newly acquired rank, as well as a tiny animation for every sub-rank reached.

The Ranked Rewards are the rewarding system where players can check their rewards based on their current ranked placement: this includes in-game goods and currencies such as Kudos, Crowns, Emoticons, and Costumes. They will receive these rewards at the end of the Competitive Cycle (the first lasting eight weeks/56 days) and all players will have their rank refreshed to Rookie once the cycle ends and a new one begins.

New Levels

The following woods themed levels have been added to Knockout in this update, alongside April Fool's themed variants of these levels that can be found in the Foolish Trios limited-time mode.

Bubbling Brook POINTS	Clumsy Crusade COURSE	Dodge Dive Survive FINAL	Pine Climb FINAL	Rebound Run POINTS
April Fool's Bubbling Brook POINTS TEAM1	April Fool's Clumsy Crusade COURSE	April Fool's Dodge Dive Survive FINAL	April Fool's Pine Climb FINAL	April Fool's Rebound Run POINTS TEAM1

¹ These levels act as a TEAM in Foolish Trios.

Availability Changes

The following level was previously unavailable during the Fall and Fantasy Update and has been re-added to Solos in the Ranked Knockout Update:

• Bounce Party

The following version of this level was introduced in the Ranked Knockout Update and has been added to Squads and Duos:

• Bounce Party (TEAM version)

The following two levels were previously available in Knockout/Ranked Knockout, but were removed from said games due to community feedback on 9 April 2025:

• Bubble Trouble (now only in Classic Games) and Treasure Trove (currently unavailable in the Game Selector)

The following two levels were previously, either unavailable or only in Classic Games during the Ranked Knockout Update, but were added to Knockout/Ranked Knockout on 9 April 2025:

• Slime Climb and Slime Saloon

The following level was previously available in Knockout/Ranked Knockout, but was removed from said games due to an exploit where players with a poor internet connection could teleport to the finish line, on 14 April 2025:

• Tundra Run

The following level was previously only available in Classic Games, but was re-added to Knockout/Ranked Knockout on 14 April 2025:

• Big Fans

The following level was previously available in Knockout/Ranked Knockout, but was removed from said games due to an exploit where players with a poor internet connection could teleport to the finish line, on 16 April 2025:

• Treetop Tumble

The following level was previously only available in Classic Games, but was re-added to Knockout/Ranked Knockout on 14 April 2025:

• Dizzy Heights

Levelpool Changes

Creative Levels in Knockout

The following are the current Creative curation of the tenth Knockout level pool rotation:

Bubbling Brook POINTS	Circle o' Slime FINAL	Clumsy Carnival COURSE	Clumsy Caverns COURSE
Clumsy Crusade COURSE	Dragon Dashers COURSE	Dodge Dive Survive FINAL	Pine Climb FINAL
Rebound Run POINTS	Slime Saloon COURSE	Slippy Slopes COURSE	Top of the Trash POINTS

All Main Games

• Big Fans⁶, Blast Ball, Dizzy Heights⁸, Frantic Factory, Full Tilt, Hex-A-Gone, Hoopsie Legends, Kraken Slam, Lily Leapers, Roll Off, Ski Fall, Slime Climb⁴, The Slimescraper, The Swiveller and Track Attack

Knockout and Ranked only

• Bubbling Brook, Circle o' Slime, Clumsy Carnival, Clumsy Caverns, Clumsy Crusade, Dodge Dive Survive, Dragon Dashers, Pine Climb, Rebound Run, Slime Saloon⁴, Slippy Slopes and Top of the Trash

All "Classic" Games

• Big Shots, Blastlantis, Bounce Party², Bubble Trouble⁵, Door Dash, Fall Mountain, Freezy Peak, Fruit Chute, Gate Crash, Hex-A-Ring, Hex-A-Terrestrial, Hit Parade, Hoverboard Heroes, Hyperdrive Heroes, Jump Club, Jump Showdown, Knight Fever, Lost Temple, Pegwin Pool Party, Perfect Match, Roll On, Roll Out, Royal Fumble, See Saw, Skyline Stumble, Snowball Survival, Space Race, Speed Slider, Stompin' Ground, Sum Fruit, The Whirlygig, Thin Ice, Tip Toe, Treetop Tumble⁹, Tundra Run⁷ and Volleyfall³

Solos, Knockout and Ranked only

• Button Bashers, Leading Light and Speed Circuit

Solos only

• Airtime, Short Circuit and Tail Tag

Duos & Squads only

• Basketfall¹, Egg Scramble, Egg Siege, Fall Ball¹, Hoarders, Hoopsie Daisy, Jinxed¹, Pegwin Pursuit¹, Pixel Painters, Power Trip¹, Rock 'n' Roll, Snowy Scrap, Team Tail Tag and Tip Toe Finale

Notes

¹ Both the TEAM and FINAL versions are present.
² Both the POINTS and TEAM versions are present.
³ Both the POINTS, TEAM and FINAL versions are present.
⁴ These levels were added to (Ranked) Knockout on 9 April 2025.
⁵ This level was initially present in (Ranked) Knockout, but was removed on 9 April 2025 due to player feedback (this also applied to Treasure Trove).
⁶ This level was added to (Ranked) Knockout on 14 April 2025.
⁷ This level was initially present in (Ranked) Knockout, but was removed on 14 April 2025 due to an exploit where players with a poor internet connection could teleport to the finish line.
⁸ This level was added to (Ranked) Knockout on 16 April 2025.
⁹ This level was initially present in (Ranked) Knockout, but was removed on 16 April 2025 due to an exploit where players with a poor internet connection could teleport to the finish line.

Vaulted Levels

The following classic levels are still temporarily removed from all core games (or in case of the INVISIBEANS levels, not in Custom Games), however, some are still available in The Vault:

• Bean Hill Zone¹, Block Party, Cosmic Highway¹, Hoop Chute, Party Promenade, Pipe Dream, Puzzle Path, Starchart¹, Sweet Thieves¹, Treat Thieves¹ and Wall Guys

¹ These levels are not available in The Vault, or anywhere in the game, excluding their level file.

Changes to Fall Guys Creative

• The following objects were added to the Decorations tab; with each of them costing 12 budget:
  • Mushroom
  • Tree
  • Log
  • Lantern
  • Shrub
• The new VFX tab was introduced, containing animated particles/objects. Each of the following objects cost 12 budget:
  • Grass
  • Fireflies
  • Falling Leaves
• The Midnight Background has been added to the background selector.

Miscellaneous Changes

• The Midnight 3D Lobby Background has replaced the Dragon Cave Background in this update.
• Everybody Falls (Chill Mix) has replaced Everybody Falls (Into the Caves).
• The fantasy jingles that were added in the Fall and Fantasy Update have been removed.
• Daily and Weekly Challenges have been updated and the Daily Mastery challenge list has been removed. The Fame rewards for daily challenges have been decreased as well.
  • Daily Challenges now include objectives based on specific games (Solos, Knockout, Explore, etc.) at random, replacing the previous fixed challenges (run for 5000 metres and qualify from 10 levels).
    • Weekly Challenges now include an additional objective requiring the player to win the current limited-time game.
• In the loading screen of a FINAL, the Fame reward that did not calculate victory rewards for winners is now correctly displayed.

Notes

• This is the first update that was teased at the start of another update, with Ranked Knockout being teased on 4 February 2025, or at the start of the Fall and Fantasy Update.
• This is the first major update to have been released in April.
• This is the first update to have a dedicated blog post since the Falloween 2024 Update.
• Curiously, this was the first update to break the pattern established from the Summer Breeze Update, which was for every new update to increase only the decimal number in the game's version (11.3, 11.4, 11.5...). This update instead changed the game version from 11.6 to 18.0.
  • It is speculated that the decimal number was changed to align with the current ongoing fame pass at the time. For example, the Woo-dland Wonders Fame Pass is the 18th fame pass since fame passes were introduced in Creative Construction.
• This is the first update to seemingly unvault Variations, albeit it seems to be unintentional, as these versions are extremely hard to come by:
  • The original split-lane-ending version of Hyperdrive Heroes, which was replaced halfway through Season 2.
  • The original third set Moving Block-variation of Slime Climb, which was removed in the Fall Forever Update.
  • The original Flippity Bippity ending of Hoverboard Heroes, which was removed in the July '24 Update due to not flipping players far enough.

Gallery

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  Key art with logo
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  Teaser artwork for Ranked Knockout
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  Newsfeed teaser for Ranked Knockout
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  Midnight Background, as seen in the update launch newsfeed