Gauntlet Dark Legacy, released in arcades in 2000 and in 2001 for PlayStation 2 and in 2002 for Game Boy Advance, GameCube and Xbox, is an expansion of the previous title in the series, Gauntlet Legends. The expansion adds four new character classes: Dwarf, Knight, Jester, and Sorceress, and five new levels: Dream Realm, Sky Realm, Forest Realm, Forsaken Province, and the Battlegrounds; with the old Town Realm (also known as Twinion) from Gauntlet Legends being broken down into Forsaken Province, and the Sky Realm. It also adds a large number of secret characters, some of which can be unlocked in the game, others only accessible by entering specific cheat codes.
Each set of characters has a special power they can use when they use magic potions at a certain level of experience.
- Wizard/Jackal and Sorceress/Medusa have superior abilities in magic and with magic potions. Their magic potions cleanse poisoned fruit and meat.
- Knight/Unicorn and Valkyrie/Falconess have superior abilities in armor and protection. Traps become disabled or destroyed when they use magic potions.
- Warrior/Minotaur and Dwarf/Ogre have superior abilities in strength. When they use magic potions nearby piles of junk transform into piles of silver and gold.
- Archer/Tigress and Jester/Hyena have superior abilities in speed and reflexes. Walls hiding secret areas are revealed or destroyed when they use magic potions.