hk-help

[restive wharf]

that is so annoying

[elfin moss]

Yes

[restive wharf]

good thing it’s easy but it takes time

[plucky ridge]

Trust me u will sooner or later it happens to us all

[frail crane]

I know just not for a long time

[elfin moss]

I Need To Go To Bed Soon Its 11, 30 In British Time

[sage smelt]

lmao

cya o/

[plucky ridge]

Yeah

[elfin moss]

Bye

[plucky ridge]

Bye

[median seal]

Bye

I still cant even get to the bench boss fight area

@plucky ridge

Its so hard

[indigo girder]

The closest bench is near ||cornifer||

[median seal]

Not that one

I mean one above

With the boss

[indigo girder]

Oh

[median seal]

How do i beat all of this am i supposed to get better gear

And charms

[plucky ridge]

Just reply to something no need to tag me

[median seal]

Ok

[indigo girder]

||crystal peaks|| is basically a platforming area

[median seal]

Yeah whatever ill ask ai

[sage smelt]

lmao bruh

[torpid wadi]

thats not a good idea lol

[median seal]

Bro

[median seal]

I haven't even beaten ||Mantis Lords|| i think i skipped then are they optional?

Also haven't gotten a ||nail|| upgrade

[torpid wadi]

i mean theyre not necessary for story progression but id reccomend to fight them

[median seal]

||no wonder crystal Cove is almost impossible||

[median seal]

What do i get then

Is it worth getting even

[torpid wadi]

||some geo, a solid charm and access to another area||

[median seal]

Which area and will it benefit me

U can spoil

Only say if its beneficial

Like i am missing alot of things

Because i dont watch yt guides but this time i am really Stuck

[torpid wadi]

called ||deepnest. its not necessary until later on||

[median seal]

Oh yeah that place?

Fell in there on accident

I think it was between|| queen station|| when i wanted to grab something

[torpid wadi]

yeah theres an entrance somehwere around there

[median seal]

Nah man

I am not ready for this game

I see people literally fighting the sun

I dont know what it is so not a big spoil

Ai says this do i trust

||Short answer:
You can watch it… but I really wouldn’t recommend it.
In Hollow Knight, Deepnest is one of the most powerful “first time” experiences in the whole game.
🕷️ Is it a major spoiler?
Story-wise:
It contains one of the Dreamers (big main objective).
There are important late-game reveals.
Some bosses there are much cooler if you don’t know what’s coming.
So yes — you would spoil:
Atmosphere
Surprise enemy types
A few big “oh crap” moments
Some late-game story beats
🎮 But more importantly…
Deepnest isn’t about mechanics.
It’s about feeling lost and uncomfortable.
If you watch it first:
The fear is gone.
The traps aren’t surprising.
The tension disappears.
And that first blind Deepnest experience?
You only get it once.
🧠 Better Alternative
If you’re worried about difficulty:
Instead of watching a full playthrough:
Ask for general tips
Or ask “what should I bring before going in?”
Or ask “am I strong enough yet?”
That way you stay spoiler-light but prepared.
Honest advice for your current state (5 masks, no nail upgrade):
Don’t go yet. Do:
Nail upgrade
6+ masks
Beat Mantis Lords
Then go in blind.
You’ll be scared.
You’ll hate it.
You’ll love it later.
If you want, I can give you a spoiler-free readiness checklist for when you’re ready to enter Deepnest 👀||

[cold rock]

||help with asc and rad sly?||

[median seal]

Yo

...

Can this bot go away

[cold rock]

Just spoiler tag it

[median seal]

Why cant we create threads

[median seal]

||I cant get past crystal Cove||

What do i do

I haven't beaten man/tis/lor/ds

I also haven't gotten 6ma/sks

And no na/il upgrade

[cold rock]

||crystal cove? You mean the area crystal peak?||

[median seal]

Yes

[cold rock]

Come back to it later

[median seal]

What i get

[cold rock]

you'll know when you get it

a lot of places in ||crystal peak|| require a certain ability

so it's probably fine to come back to it later

[median seal]

But even so

What do i get

The upgrade and masks?

[cold rock]

wdym

[median seal]

And beat the boss?

[cold rock]

what do you get from what

[median seal]

I feel like i am too undergeared

[cold rock]

for ||mantis lords?||

[median seal]

No

For crys/tal /pe/eak

[cold rock]

bro be clear 😭

[median seal]

The whole area

Mb bro this game confusing its my first playthrough

[cold rock]

||the boss at the bench you mean?||

[cold rock]

no worries man, iktf

[median seal]

Yes i cant get past him or even get to him

[cold rock]

enjoy it haha

[cold rock]

do you have ||defenders crest||

[median seal]

So far i really dont

I lost 1800 geo

[cold rock]

how come

[median seal]

Today

[cold rock]

ah you'll get that back easily

[median seal]

At so/ul san/ctum

[cold rock]

geo becomes easier and easier to get the more you play

[median seal]

Soul ma/ster was a pain

[cold rock]

plus you can get it back ||if you go to jiji in dirtmouth and give her a rancid egg for your shade||

Personally I don't bother since it's a hassle and I don't need geo anyways

[cold rock]

did you beat him

[median seal]

Yes it was so hard

[cold rock]

He's can be really really tough

especially depending on when you get to him

[median seal]

It was like hour 6

Into the game

[cold rock]

oh damn

I was still in ||greenpath|| at like 10 hours

💀

[median seal]

Bro what

[cold rock]

I had no clue where to go

[cold rock]

ikr

I spent so long searching everywhere and I got so bored I put the game down

That was like 2 years ago

[median seal]

I really dont wanna search up things but if i know i cant get past a certain part of the game i really have to do so

But do i go to ||deep nest||

[cold rock]

personally since it's your first playthrough I would actually advise you to stay away from this server since you can get spoiled really easily

[cold rock]

yeah sure

Why not

go explore

[median seal]

Ok

[cold rock]

can you send a picture of your inventory

just so I know whereabouts you're at

[median seal]

I dont have the game on rn

But ill see

[cold rock]

oh no worries

[median seal]

Mb it took a while

I have probably missed a ton

[cold rock]

Wrong channel

[autumn pike]

oh i didnt mean to click off silksong

[rich ember]

Unfortunately yes

But thats no biggie

[worldly pawn]

where can i get a ||simple key?||

[acoustic chasm]

Anyone who says ||camp corner for sly in first phase || is the biggest liar on earth and I wish you nothing but misfortune and misery

Hell genuinely has a special place for you

[rich ember]

||store rooms in city of tears||

[worldly pawn]

i have alr got that anyothers?

[rich ember]

||one from sly||

[worldly pawn]

alr got that one 2

[acoustic chasm]

One from the worst boss in the game ofc!

[cyan obsidian]

How do I spoiler mark my messages?

[rich ember]

||

In between a word

[cyan obsidian]

I can't seem to type it

[cyan obsidian]

I see it on my keyboard but it won't work

This is what comes out:

`

or

~

[cyan obsidian]

Also nice pfp

[worldly pawn]

thanks so much 😄

[cyan obsidian]

MD so underrated

[worldly pawn]

you hold shift on \ pretty sure

[cyan obsidian]

it gives me: ~

[rich ember]

Theres another key in || ancient basin||

[worldly pawn]

where?

[worldly pawn]

i think ur typeing on the wrong space

its near the P key

[rich ember]

Did you beat the boss of the area?

[worldly pawn]

yes

not in dreams tho

[rich ember]

Thats fine

You know the underground path to the boss

[worldly pawn]

yes i hate it so much 💔

[cyan obsidian]

I need help with Tra!t0r lord

[rich ember]

Thats where it is

[worldly pawn]

😭 🙏

ofc it is

bc hollow knight hates me

[rich ember]

The other one is in a late game area

[worldly pawn]

charms or tips?

[rich ember]

Its worse imo

[worldly pawn]

https://giphy.com/gifs/instagram-nazoom-half-closed-eyes-yxy69FCE06Ql0Fjk4Z

[rich ember]

Have you been to ||kingdoms edge||

[worldly pawn]

what do u mean by that

[rich ember]

Its a more annoying key to get

[worldly pawn]

yes....?

[cyan obsidian]

Depends on the colour of the tip

[rich ember]

You fight a ||boss there to get another one||

[rich ember]

Middle school type humour

[worldly pawn]

is it the ||dream boss?||

[rich ember]

No

[cyan obsidian]

Chill bro, it was a joke I couldn't resist

[rich ember]

Fair

[worldly pawn]

i HAD to say that

[devout girder]

What happens if I die to ||radiance on steel soul||?

[rich ember]

You lose your file

[devout girder]

||is radiance required for 112%||

i lowk forgot

[cyan obsidian]

Ye

[rich ember]

Im pretty surw

You dont

According to the internet

[worldly pawn]

||charms 4 grimm?||

[median seal]

So?

Is it bad?

What do i do

[cold rock]

You might want more ||notches||

Also will help to get ||unbreakable charms||

If you can

[median seal]

Ok so what i do is

[worldly pawn]

Where that?

[median seal]

Bro

[worldly pawn]

hi

[median seal]

Hi

[worldly pawn]

[median seal]

I can't get past this area

Its simply over

[cold rock]

||Sshadow, sbody and mop?
I'd recommend getting more charms from salubra like longnail, and some more notches, as well as the unbreakable charms whenever you can (get strength first, then heart, then greed. you can go greed first and pair it with gathering swarm to farm geo for strength, but it's up to you)||

meant to reply, oops

[worldly pawn]

alr gotten all the ||charm notches|| i can from them

[cold rock]

||the tent on the left of grimms tent, there's a person called divine who will eat your fragile charms and give them back for huge sums of geo (15k, 9k and 12k iirc, 15k being strength). But it means your fragile charms don't break which is absolutely overpowered, unbreakable strength is used in most charm setups||

[cold rock]

what about from other places

also ||what nail do you have atm||

[worldly pawn]

OH SO SHE DIDNT STEAL MY ONLY GOOD ||CHARM??||

YESSSS

https://giphy.com/gifs/instagram-viral-nazoom-BKw04PbLlfOl2tzrwO

[cold rock]

lmao

||pay her 9k and you'll get it unbreakable||

it's great

[worldly pawn]

9K????? geez

[cold rock]

There's something you need to get in that area before you can leave iirc

it's an ability

[cold rock]

yup

[worldly pawn]

the economy these day ;-;

[cold rock]

it totals to 36k total

🫠

[worldly pawn]

36???????? WHATTTT

[cold rock]

||I did strength first so I thought they'd all be 15k, luckily I was wrong and the other two were cheaper||

[cold rock]

yup

[worldly pawn]

😭

my poor bank

[cold rock]

||again I'd recommend using greed paired with gathering swarm to farm geo, you can get it crazy fast if you go to the right places||

[cold rock]

Ikr

[worldly pawn]

i gotta go back to that bank lady and get my money

[indigo girder]

how much did you put in?

[worldly pawn]

||kingdoms edge?||

[worldly pawn]

max?

why?

[cold rock]

Yup

[indigo girder]

aight

[cold rock]

Shh

[worldly pawn]

what???

[indigo girder]

ay im just curious

[cold rock]

nothing

[indigo girder]

putting all 4.5k is next level

[cold rock]

I did too

[indigo girder]

me too

[worldly pawn]

gng

whta is it

[cold rock]

you'll see

[worldly pawn]

i can feel it from here

[worldly pawn]

oh gosh

im not gunna go to her ill just sell my stuff

[indigo girder]

your loss, your geo just sitting there collecting dust

[worldly pawn]

ur makeing it feel like its abouta be a boss fight

THE ||GEOS|| FIGHTING BACK HELP ahh

[indigo girder]

||each geo you put in turns into a brooding mawlek||

[cold rock]

Oops

[worldly pawn]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[cold rock]

@worldly pawn
||Here's a geo farming thingy, there are other great places too like going from kings station and killing the husk sentrys plus the other mobs, then going into that place with a room of husks and killing those, then benching and rinse and repeat||

||https://youtu.be/C2T7sw-pqYM?si=zi5wU54EJNt6pBzs||

[cold rock]

And they one shot you

you have to fight them all at the same time and they follow you around the map, if you die your save file is deleted automatically

[worldly pawn]

Ok thank you so much this will help

[cold rock]

yw

[worldly pawn]

i would kms lowkey

in the game

[cold rock]

fr

[quaint moth]

i need help with ||p5 markoth|| i got there 5 times and died 5 times what the fuck is that fight

[worldly pawn]

death

[cold rock]

have you practiced in ||hog||

[quaint moth]

idk how cuz ||attuned|| has the easier arena and ||ascended|| has him do double damage

[cold rock]

I'll share a video which helped me a lot

I used it to do ||rad markoth||

[quaint moth]

why would you do that to yourself /j

[cold rock]

also ||nail arts|| are your best friend in this fight

[quaint moth]

ughhh

[cold rock]

he was funnily enough my first ||rad||

[quaint moth]

????

HOW THE FUCK

anyways

😭

[indigo girder]

ok mr perfect

[quaint moth]

i have ||rad pv and rad nkg|| and still cant even do ||markoth attuned||

[cold rock]

||I already shared this in #hk-general but this is my first 3 days of radhog||

[cold rock]

those two are easy though

It's just patterns

Comparatively

[quaint moth]

theyre still two of the hardest bosses in the game </3

[cold rock]

like I did ||rad nkg second try and I did rad pv twice in the span of about an hour since I had to learn his attacks (the first one was hitless ascended so it didn't count)||

[cold rock]

true

[quaint moth]

mind sharing a few 😔

[indigo girder]

fuck man, you are all sorts of weird

[cold rock]

but nevertheless, still pattern based fights

[indigo girder]

||rad markoth is the least of my concerns rn||

[cold rock]

||oblobbles is gonna be a real pain in the ass to do||

[cold rock]

Lmao

he took me three days to do

well not three days

more like three sessions

and the third one was two months after I first tried so I had to relearn the fight

I must've done hundreds of attempts

I follow the thought process that if I do the hardest stuff first it'll only get easier

[quaint moth]

👉👈

[cold rock]

which kind of worked except for a few

[cold rock]

oh sorry I forgot lemme get it rq

Here we go

||https://www.reddit.com/r/HollowKnight/s/GZ92xEpnsF||
@quaint moth

[worldly pawn]

what happends when you die to ||nightmare grimm?||

[cold rock]

Nothing

Wdym

[worldly pawn]

thank gosh

[quaint moth]

ty!

[cold rock]

Yw

[fluid nimbus]

What if I fall In the dream world

[quaint moth]

you fall back into the real world and can try again

[worldly pawn]

i thought that your save file would get deleted 😭

[fluid nimbus]

Ok ok

How do you see the completion percentage

[quaint moth]

who told you that 😭 😭

[cold rock]

my strategy was this video, plus using ||nail arts wherever you feel safe||. I recommend ||soul eater, spell twister, shaman and potentially longnail/mop, but for rad markoth due to his increased health you may have to hit him a few times after using all soul during second phase||

wait

[quaint moth]

interact with the lore tablet in the ||temple of the black egg||

[cold rock]

it's not ||rad it's p5 right||

[quaint moth]

yuh

[cold rock]

that's not toooo bad

it's still really annoying

And stupidly rng based

[worldly pawn]

one of my friends 😔

[cold rock]

but it's manageable

[quaint moth]

@fluid nimbus no it cant

[cold rock]

Lmaoo

[quaint moth]

devious tomfoolery

@fluid nimbus no you need all 3

[worldly pawn]

yea not trusting bro again 🥀

[fluid nimbus]

Ok

[quaint moth]

😭

[cold rock]

You need to get ||world sense||

By ||going to temple of black egg after getting all the dreamers||

Then it shows it in the bottom right corner of your inventory

[untold steeple]

I hate ||COT||

[lyric acorn]

can i fight ||nightmare king grimm|| after beating ||normal grimm|| in the ||hall of gods||? i want to do the quest that ||banishes the troupe||, but i still wanna fight ||nkg||

[acoustic chasm]

I would’ve used ||mark of pride so long ago if I knew it would’ve made me win pantheon 3||

111%

[cold rock]

Yes

[cold rock]

you got this

[acoustic chasm]

||P4 looks like hell on earth ||

[cold rock]

forgot spoiler

||p4 will be a breeze don't worry 🙏 ||

it's no harder than ||p3||, trust

[acoustic chasm]

Do you recommend ||nail or spell build||

[cold rock]

uh

Lemme double check what bosses there are

[acoustic chasm]

The bad the worse and the worst

[cold rock]

Nail tbh

For the first half I recommend equipping ||nmg|| and the second half you want something along the lines of ||strength qslash shaman longnail or sbody and something else maybe, don't want to overcharm||

[torpid wadi]

hybrid is almsot always optimal ngl

[lyric acorn]

wait how do i fight him i dont see the option to dream him

[acoustic chasm]

||nmg||?

[lyric acorn]

do i have to finish the quest first

[cold rock]

after looking back at the bosses I now feel like I could do ||p4|| on my first try because of how long I've spent doing them in ||hog||

[acoustic chasm]

Nah I’d nail

[torpid wadi]

then why ask lol

[acoustic chasm]

I’m joking

[cold rock]

||nailmasters glory||, helps with ||no eyes, not necessary though so up to you||

personally I'd go with a nail build + ||shaman|| for the whole thing

[acoustic chasm]

I don’t use ||my nail art at all||

I feel it helps me more then it hurts me

[cold rock]

It's probably better to learn to at least use them a bit or when you can use them

some fights it's much, much better to use them because of the sparse opportunity for attack and high risk

e.g. ||rad markoth and no eyes||

there's a couple bosses you may want to practice after but I won't say what they are since idk if you've got there yet

[acoustic chasm]

Fighting ||lost kin is a worse punishment then death without defenders crest I swear to god||

[acoustic chasm]

I looked at it on Google idc if it’s cheating

[cold rock]

Oh I did too, it's fine

I knew what the bosses were so I was prepared and even then I died a lot

might go and do ||p4|| again later, not sure if I can be bothered though since I need to practice a few bosses like ||sly and oblobbles, and maybe rad watcher knights||

[static token]

||I need help with path of pain, cuz tell me why it's so hard||

[torpid wadi]

its meant to be the most difficult platforming in the game ofc its hard

theres really no tricks afaik

just practice

[static token]

Okurr

[cold rock]

what charms are you using

[torpid wadi]

honestly charms dont matter much, there are ||totems everywhere anyway||

[cold rock]

true

Except two checkpoints but those are doable

well there are a few charms which really help, especially with the last room

notably ||shaman||

[spiral cosmos]

I’m playing Hollow Knight after trying it 4-5 years ago and I’m coming across a lot of new things. Did they do an expansion update? Granted my last attempt I think I didn’t know how to get past ||the black walls that I think are in Greenpath||

[quaint moth]

oops

||markoth|| is making me want to rip my hair out

[jagged pollen]

||how do I dodge Grimms Spike attack?||

[rich ember]

They had 4 free dlcs which added a lot of new content

[golden flower]

thats just a reaction test

[spiral cosmos]

Thank you that makes a lot of sense. I’ve come across ||Grimm|| and I think I remember seeing promotional material about them somewhere.

[jagged pollen]

||but how am I gonna know if a spike grows to the side?||

[spiral cosmos]

Are there multiple ||endings? The village is wary of them and I feel like if there were to be another ending it would be through them. I haven’t beaten the game though so I’m just going off feeling||

[golden flower]

there are

[rich ember]

There are quite a few

[golden flower]

that shouldnt matter with correct positioning

[rich ember]

Most are very similar

[spiral cosmos]

Were they always in the game or were they introduced after the free DLC

[rich ember]

Im not too sure but most were in the base game

[golden flower]

at least one (maybe two depending on the definition of ||ending||) is from dlc

[rich ember]

Some of these dlcs added close to nothing maybe one ||boss||

[spiral cosmos]

Thank you both. I think I’ll just play the game and what ending I get is what I’ll get

[rich ember]

Alright thats perfect that was the way the game was ment to be played

[jagged pollen]

||is healing without quick focus even possible in grimm?||

[golden flower]

yes

[jagged pollen]

when?

[rich ember]

When ||he does his spikes||

[low escarp]

Yes. ||you can heal during the spikes||

[rich ember]

And ||turns into a ball||

[golden flower]

? what is the window there

[rich ember]

Its very rare

But if you get good rng

||Same thing with the one where he jumps into the air||

[devout girder]

Plz help||How can I get the moss prophet guys journal late game||

[golden flower]

iirc ||interacting with the corpse gives the entry||

[devout girder]

how do I get the ||fool eater|| entry

[golden flower]

are those ever unavailable

[devout girder]

like arnt they the leaf trap guys?

[broken stirrup]

Any good charms for ||trial of the fool||

[indigo girder]

i won with a nail build

[oblique falcon]

||anyone got tips i need them desperately||

[indigo girder]

basically only reaction time and staying calm. not much else there.

the difficulty comes from them being the first boss to actually require high alert the entire time

you should use your ||vengeful spirit|| from time to time if your soul is full

[oblique falcon]

||any early charm that can help||

[indigo girder]

i can recomend NOT using ||thorns of agony|| because they actively lower your dps, but ||longnail and quick focus|| can help

[oblique falcon]

||I'm a newish player all I got.from your list is longnail||

[indigo girder]

||thorn is found in greenpath, quick focus at the same spot as longnail||

[oblique falcon]

👍

[spiral sail]

I love that fight! It’s my favorite one!

[oblique falcon]

||lies||

||that boss is hell||

[spiral sail]

Btw I’d use shawmen stone

[oblique falcon]

||i dont have ot||

[spiral sail]

I’m still on my first play through

[spiral sail]

Do you want me to show you where to get it?

[oblique falcon]

||is it free||

[spiral sail]

No

It’s rather cheap tho

[oblique falcon]

||how much||

||Im broke cheap is expensive||

[spiral sail]

But when your at the bottom of the well in ||dirtmouth|| go straight right, and if you keep going you’ll see this one shop that sells charms that are a must have

[oblique falcon]

||how much is it||

[spiral sail]

Not sure I forgor

[oblique falcon]

-_-

Ok

[spiral sail]

But if you go to the right you’ll see a shop with like some sort of a gas of sorts coming out of it but that’s nothing to worry about

[oblique falcon]

Oh that

Lol

[spiral sail]

And there will a person laughing so go there

[oblique falcon]

I think ik you talkin bout

[spiral sail]

Ok good

[oblique falcon]

The purple girl

The big one

[spiral sail]

Yeah

[oblique falcon]

Ok

[spiral sail]

Btw

Do you have ||grubsong||?

[oblique falcon]

No

[novel burrow]

Wait really? Lemme try it ||hi chat||

[novel burrow]

Base M lords?

[oblique falcon]

👍

[novel burrow]

What do you need help with about it?

[still hollow]

||can somone help me i cant receive the hunters mark. i have all 163 journel entries
but the hunter refuses to give me his god forsaken mark its the last achievement im looking for. i even re did the whole process on a diffrent run but still no mark. im so confused||

[oblique falcon]

Im not doing it rn but in general yk

[novel burrow]

You have ||goam||?

[still hollow]

yea

[novel burrow]

The second phase is tricky but you'll get the hang of it, only hit when they finish attacking

[still hollow]

i have all entries besides the mark

[novel burrow]

Even ||void idol||

[oblique falcon]

There a second phase

[still hollow]

yea

[silent fern]

GUYS

[novel burrow]

Did you fill out each entry, and do you have the ||maskflys||

[silent fern]

help me plz

[covert stump]

||is this a good build for p4? i cant pass markoth||

[novel burrow]

Well the photo you sent didn't me how far you've gotten in the fight previously

[novel burrow]

?

[oblique falcon]

True

[silent fern]

im js tryna get a ||tram ticket|| from the ||failed tram|| in ||deepnest||

[still hollow]

yea

[short kettle]

You're in the wrong spot.

[novel burrow]

Dang, what's going on, cuz i have it

[still hollow]

idk man im confused

[novel burrow]

It's It's the top of ||deepest||

[novel burrow]

Wait,

Do you have ||seal of binding||

[silent fern]

if u have ||soul catcher||, you'll have a lot of excess ||soul|| that u can use for ||vengeful spirit|| so make sure to equip ||shaman stone (you can get at salubras shack for 200 geo)||

[still hollow]

yea

[silent fern]

if u have || soul catcher||, you'll have a lot of excess ||soul|| that u can use for ||vengeful spirit|| so make sure to equip ||shaman stone (you can get at salubras shack for 200 geo)||

[novel burrow]

Bro?

[silent fern]

bruhhh

[novel burrow]

I assume you inspected every corpse of the unkillable enemys

[still hollow]

yea

[silent fern]

but look at my map tho (purple is the path which i wanna travel and the circle is where im at)

[novel burrow]

Every ||godhome|| exclusive boss

If so the ur js cooked

[still hollow]

yea i went through the entries on the hk wiki and have all but the mark

[short kettle]

The route you're trying to take is a shortcut you can only open from the other side.

[silent fern]

nooo

damn

ok ty

for the info tho

[novel burrow]

Kill ||menderbug|| bro

[still hollow]

i did😢

[novel burrow]

Rip the goat

I found him in the first few tries tho

Idk what's happening with ur game tho

If you really have everything

What's not working, greedy ahh ||hunter||

[still hollow]

i didnt know if anybody has had this happen to them before

[still hollow]

real

[novel burrow]

And you're saying you filled out each entry by killing the enemy multiple times for extra flavor text from the ||hunter||

[still hollow]

yup

[novel burrow]

Damn

[silent fern]

guys is the place where im at the place that is circled in the other map screenshot?

[novel burrow]

What are you playing on?

[still hollow]

xbox

[novel burrow]

Latest update?

[still hollow]

yup

[novel burrow]

Cuz there was a recent hk update after years

[still hollow]

i just checked if it was fixed

[novel burrow]

Can't believe they fixed ||Grey prince zotes|| stagger height

[silent fern]

guys is the place where im at the place that is circled in the other map screenshot and in the game?

WAIT

sry for pinging

uh

that was on accident sry

[novel burrow]

It's OK it's ok

[short kettle]

Keep going down until you fall in a hot spring.

[novel burrow]

U lowk got my interest with a map ive alr seen tho

[silent fern]

wat do i do im trapped

[short kettle]

Well I haven't memorised ||Deepnest|| well enough to be able to tell where you are. Why don't you just go back and buy the map?

[silent fern]

i dont wanna goo all the way back to a bench...

to update my map

but ya its fine

[short kettle]

Oh, you do have the map.

Then just explore the room you're in.

There are a lot of floors that break when you step on them. You'll fall down to your destination eventually.

[silent fern]

god damn it

idk where to go now

i've lost my way

[jaunty night]

Quite literally the entire point of ||deepnest||

[silent fern]

damn

why did team cherry do this to me 😭

[tough narwhal]

I wanna || do a steel soul run, any advice? ||

[still hollow]

dont die

[strong anchor]

How to beat ||p5 markoth|| with all ||bindings||

[novel burrow]

That's the neat part, you don't

[polar flicker]

|| nail arts and dodging can't give much more solid tips on him for AB||

[novel burrow]

Just stay away from him tbh

And I mean that as in keep your distance in his fight, not as in don't fight him all together

[spiral cosmos]

Where do I go to ||be able to go through the black walls?||

[polar flicker]

Late game item

[hearty finch]

could someone super duper smart please try and help me figure out why my hk is crashing? i feel like ive tried like so many things to solve the issues but nothing helps

[hasty light]

hi

[jaunty night]

Are you using mods? If so I'd ask #1057825333841240104 or #modding-discussion

[hearty finch]

no

[jaunty night]

Try validating your game files on steam

[hearty finch]

ive done that, updated drivers, ran the game as admin, nothing helps

i can run games that r super demanding just fine

but for some reason hk crashes over and over

[jaunty night]

That certainly is a pickle

Um

[hearty finch]

i treid fixing it a few months back but gave up. i literaly had no clue what the issue was

i got my pc checked and everything is fine too

[jaunty night]

How far into the game are you

[hearty finch]

not far at all

[novel burrow]

What the heck is going on with her bugs recently

Is there a channel to document these bugs?

Cuz I find like 1-2 every time I play

[jaunty night]

I find a lot more bugs than 1-2 when playing the game

I see one almost every time I fight an emeny

[jaunty night]

I would consider just restarting with a fresh installation of the game

[novel burrow]

I was gonna say 2-3 but i didn't wanna be harsh on my fav game lol

[jaunty night]

...

We ain't talking about the same thing are we

[novel burrow]

What

Oh, ur funny

Yes this game is full of bugs

[rain orbit]

any help with this? i got fried 2 seconds into the fight

[orchid flower]

It’s just gonna be a learning curve for ya

Use your DPS charms, learn the attacks, have fun

[coarse vault]

Abuse ||abyss shriek|| and use ||spell build like shaman stone,spell Twister, quick slash and grubsong||

||make sure to uh fill your soul fully using hollow knight, This strat will cakewalk the radiance||

@rain orbit my charm build for ||radiance|| replace ||Long nail with spell Twister||

[shut surge]

Yo I got my ||6th mask||and I cant beat ||fake champion||where should I go

[dull plaza]

can you show inventory and/or map perhaps?

generally ||you will want to get more masks for failed champ, 7-8 is better for that aswell as some other upgrades, 6 is possible but very very challenging||

[flint spoke]

I was playing on latest patch and was healing in this specific area of ||upper crystal peak||
then I saw this weird visual bug with the stalactites. is this a current patch thing or have I just never noticed??? has anyone else encountered this?? Or is my save cooked...

[naive steeple]

||should i explore deepnest or fight the dreamers? im kind of decently far into the game id say so? and i have i guess almost all abilities unless idk of any, should i fight the 3 dreamers or first explore deepnest ?||

[scarlet hull]

its rlly up tro u but u need to do one of them to do the other so like

[naive steeple]

ok thanks i guess ill explore

[worldly pawn]

can i have some help for ||lost kin||?

these are my ||charms||

[polar flicker]

Remove last three

[wet zephyr]

can anyone help me im trying to ||112%|| the game but im missing 1 || mask || and i dont know where to look

[polar flicker]

|| put shaman and steady body ||

[vague fern]

Are you pc

[wet zephyr]

no im on switch

[vague fern]

bro

[worldly pawn]

oki

[vague fern]

just gotta check all spawns in wiki then triial and error potentially missed ones
Most common is || delicate flower quest ||

[polar flicker]

|| lost kin is rlly weak to spells as they get double hit a lot with fireball spell
So using that more is good

Also wouldn't recomend chasing him around too much and focus on dodging and getting hits in
Upgrade ur nail if u haven't ||

[wet zephyr]

FUUUUUUUUUU

[torn vector]

This 112% map might be able to help you figure out what shard you’re missing

[wet zephyr]

thanks you

[polar flicker]

Not following help rules ?

Smh

[vague fern]

Oh dont even start

i got scared it was a || pop || autobot

[hasty light]

hi

[polar flicker]

Hi

[worldly pawn]

i got ||3 nail||

[polar flicker]

Shd be enuff

|| upgrade vengeful spirit if u haven't ||

[worldly pawn]

where?

[torn vector]

||Elegant key door in soul sanctum||

It’s right across from the entrance I think

[polar flicker]

|| upgrade itself is in soul sanctum
But for that u need to get the shopkeepers key from crystal peaks , then give that to sly to get elegant key ||

[worldly pawn]

ok would you be able to send a map of where that is in ||soul sanctum?||

[polar flicker]

I'm not on hk rn

[worldly pawn]

oh ok

[polar flicker]

U have to enter it and go up and left iirc

[worldly pawn]

ok

[stray hawk]

Here it’s around here

[worldly pawn]

ah ok thanks'

[stray hawk]

Your welcome

[cosmic berry]

||is hive blood any good||

||I got 7 notches should i use it ?||

[polar flicker]

Generally bad except for some platforming sections

[wintry monolith]

keep in mind you need ||elegant key from sly|| to get ||upgraded vengeful spirit||

[worldly pawn]

yea i do have it

[wintry monolith]

ok good

[rain orbit]

That would be wrong, its here

[elfin moss]

Hi

[red cairn]

Hi

You need help?

[elfin moss]

Nah I'm here to help

[red cairn]

Ok

[elfin moss]

...

[primal harbor]

Damn

[elfin moss]

||Sharp Shadow|| Is Good For ||Tractor Lord||

[zenith plume]

yeah it does most of the damage but the ||shockwave|| attack keeps killing me

[elfin moss]

Cloak Through It

And Again

[zenith plume]

I try but I just keep accidentally cloaking into ||traitor lord||

[elfin moss]

Or you Could ||Dive|| If Your Insane

Or You Could Move Back

OR You Could Take Off ||Sharp Shadow||

[zenith plume]

so that I don't accidentally go too far because of the ||sharp shadow speed boost||?

[elfin moss]

Y

E

S

What ||Charms|| You Have On Anyway

Show Inv

[zenith plume]

these are my ||charms||

[hasty light]

hi

[twin iris]

hi

need help?

[red cairn]

Irl or in game?

[twin iris]

in game

[red cairn]

Damn

[twin iris]

what why?

[red cairn]

I was jokin, dw

[twin iris]

oh

[elfin moss]

||Quick Focus, Grubsong, Soul Catcher? LongNail?||

[shell wigeon]

Yo

Y'all I'm stuck

[red cairn]

?

[somber hill]

How

Like u mean have trouble beating that boss?

[shell wigeon]

Yeah bro

He's tuff

[somber hill]

What’s ur main problem with him

Like attacks?

[red cairn]

Spoiler the stuff

[shell wigeon]

I can't even stand for 10 seconds bro

[somber hill]

Oooh that’s me initially too

Dw

[shell wigeon]

Bro idk what's this bot

[somber hill]

It prevents ppl from getting spoiled

[red cairn]

Just do || both sides

Or /spoiler

[shell wigeon]

Ohh okay

[shell wigeon]

I need to type this before I send?

[somber hill]

Yes

[native tinsel]

?tag spoilers

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[shell wigeon]

Okay

So how do I beat this boss

[somber hill]

If u can stand up to 10 secs then u alr have a grasp of his attacks

Is there any that u always get hit on

[shell wigeon]

||I wanna beat him so I can fight the radiance||

[shell wigeon]

The only thing that I can do is dodging bro

[somber hill]

That’s good

[shell wigeon]

Do I have to beat him ?

[shell wigeon]

I can't hit him

[somber hill]

Every move is consistent to dodge

Once u know how to dodge u can then attack him

[shell wigeon]

Oh okay

[somber hill]

So if u figure out a pattern to dodge for a certain attack u can just reuse it every time

[shell wigeon]

Yeah

[somber hill]

So slow down

Don’t try go for the kill, but rather try to learn him

[shell wigeon]

Yeah

||what do I do after beating the radiance?||

[somber hill]

That’s end of the game

[shell wigeon]

Oh so I start silk song?

[elfin moss]

Ye

[somber hill]

Sure if u want to

[shell wigeon]

Thank you bro

[cold rock]

no

||do pantheons||

[gusty siren]

What am I supposed to do in this situation

[sly tapir]

||should i avoid modding if i have not gotten all the endings yet?||

[native tinsel]

Hit her

[cold rock]

I think so, but it's up to you

Besides I won't mod it since I play on switch so I'm probably not the best person to ask, and the modding channels have the potential to spoil you

[acoustic sigil]

Which ones have you gotten

I'd recommend getting 112 but after that go wild

[thorny lintel]

What are the ||p3|| bosses in order?

[red cairn]

||hive, old ghost slammer, collector, tamer, Grimm, other ghost with sawblades, gpz, and I can't remember anymore||

[thorny lintel]

Who is ||gpz||

[red cairn]

Don't mind that, you don't have that one

[thorny lintel]

Is it ||gray prince zote||?

[vague fern]

just look at the wiki page for smt like thay

[red cairn]

Yea

[vague fern]

same amount of spoilers and most people would have to search it anyways

[thorny lintel]

If i should look at the wiki then whats this channel for

[red cairn]

Isn't there something like !wiki for that?

[thorny lintel]

Wait i havent beaten him yet how do i have ||p3|| unlockdd?

[vague fern]

Questions you'd ask to avoid spoilers / elaboration or clarification / no wiki content

[red cairn]

Cus he isn't required

[thorny lintel]

So will i have to fight him or not

[red cairn]

If you haven't met him no

[thorny lintel]

Ive fought him

Didnt beat tho

[red cairn]

He might not be there then

[sage smelt]

hi lune

[pliant tree]

I am started playing HK and idk what should i do

[lilac bear]

Any Charm tips for ||trail of the fool||

[foggy turret]

Just explore. If you cant make progress one way you probably need to come back later

[pliant tree]

Ok

[polar flicker]

|| shaman stone , strength , steady body, grubsong , dreamwielder , nailmaster glory is what I used ||

?tag uncspoilers

[languid radish]

🔹 An unnecessary spoiler is a spoiler (even a tagged one!) that was not directly requested by the user being helped, such as help referencing in-game content that the player has not necessarily reached - Charms build containing Charms they haven’t found, for example. These spoilers, though generally good-intentioned, can harm a player’s experience as any other spoiler would. Remember the game is non-linear; Always make sure to know what a player has and where they’ve reached. A simple screenshot of their map and inventory would tell you all you need to know.

[lilac bear]

Lemme delete that

[sly tapir]

Is there any way to ||not cast crystal dash/ super dash or to cancel it somehow when ur holding it down??||

[polar flicker]

If it's already charged no

[deft glade]

If not fully charged, then yes, if fully charged, then no

You can cancel the ||dash|| while it's happening if that helps

[sly tapir]

I found ||dad||

Is this the only thing in this area? Other than ||Pop|| ?

[royal hull]

||some lore tablets||

[sly tapir]

||Found it behind the wall, is there anything else? Maybe a charm for all my efforts??||

[polar flicker]

Sort of ye

[sly tapir]

Wdym?

[royal hull]

||did you outdown dad||

[polar flicker]

|| beat up ur dad's corpse||

[sly tapir]

Ooh aight I love ||beating my dead parents||

[royal hull]

Had too I'm sorry

[polar flicker]

Ironically gaunter o dimm wud say that

[sly tapir]

Lesgoo i got the second part of the ||kings soul||

Doesn't that unlock the ability to ||beat up radiance|| or something?

[royal hull]

||Yeah||

[sly tapir]

What do I do next? ||( Don't say path of pain)||

[royal hull]

||equip the complete king's soul and go to the abyss||

[jagged pollen]

||So i just banished Grimm, is there a way to revert it cuz I feel like im missing out on content now + the charm is gone||

[balmy vessel]

no there isnt

[jagged pollen]

Rip

[royal hull]

||time for a new save||

[jagged pollen]

I am not gonna play another 40 hours for this 😭

Is there at least a benefit in what I have done?

[royal hull]

||you gotten a better charm of carefree melody at least||

[royal hull]

||though question, can you show your charms||

[pliant tree]

Why y'all using || ||

[royal hull]

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[pliant tree]

Ohh

[royal hull]

||well rip||

[balmy vessel]

||is trial of the fool needed for 112||

[royal hull]

||Yeah||

[balmy vessel]

damm im cooked

[jagged pollen]

||are there any other hidden rooms in howling cliff? I cant find the last two dream essence||

[sly tapir]

||Wth do I even do here? I have alr visited the statue that has void in a bowl, I also found a hole in the ground which had a black egg thing that's already broken||

[royal hull]

||Dreamnail the black egg trhing||

[astral cosmos]

Guys how do I enter ||P5||

[red cairn]

Up

[astral cosmos]

wdym up

[red cairn]

Go up

[astral cosmos]

Why tho?

why is that thing there?

[red cairn]

Cus

[astral cosmos]

Ok yes i now see

there it is

BUT WHYY

WHY IS THAT THING THERE

[astral cosmos]

WHY IS THIS A THING

[red cairn]

Because it tells you where to go

[astral cosmos]

no it doesnt

it doesnt tell me to go up

[red cairn]

It does, it shows you

[astral cosmos]

how

there is no arrow

[red cairn]

The light

[astral cosmos]

How by looking at that light am i supposed to think i need to go up?

[polar flicker]

Cuz the light comes from there

So does the sound

[astral cosmos]

tf?

i dont hear any sound

whatever

[jagged pollen]

I got it now

[frosty ocean]

If ur ready to beat all bosses

last boss is hard I would tell you

[jagged pollen]

||what does carefree melody do?||

[astral cosmos]

you mean ||pure vessel?|| cus i beat ||p4||

||ab rad|| is hard yes, but you dont see that light until you beat ||p5||

[balmy vessel]

||has a chance to negate damage||

[astral cosmos]

gambling

[red cairn]

Spoiler that

[jagged pollen]

how big?

[astral cosmos]

1/10 i think

double check cus i aint sure

[sly tapir]

ITA FINALLY HAPPENING

[astral cosmos]

what

[sly tapir]

|| no mind to think
no will to break
no voice to cry suffering||

[astral cosmos]

OOOOOOHHHH

COME OOOON

[balmy vessel]

i think it increases by 10% for every hit it didn’t activate

[jagged pollen]

so every 3-4

[balmy vessel]

ig

[sly tapir]

I got the cutscene, now what?

[astral cosmos]

congrats

Now beat ||rad abs rad||

[sly tapir]

In English ?

[golden flower]

uncspoiler

[polar flicker]

|| head to black egg ||

[jagged pollen]

||how do I get on that thing above howling cliff? I saw something up there||

[astral cosmos]

what

[jagged pollen]

||at the very top I saw like a door or sth||

[astral cosmos]

where

[golden flower]

that's related to ||stags||

[jagged pollen]

brother just tell me how to get there not what I find there

[lean pilot]

Gotta find em all

[balmy vessel]

||u need all the stag stations open for it||

[rich ember]

||when you get all stags youll understand||

[astral cosmos]

WHERE IS IT

ah there

[jagged pollen]

okay

[lean pilot]

Or do something that starts with s and ends with p

[analog ore]

Huh ?

[astral cosmos]

skip

[lean pilot]

Skip

[astral cosmos]

whats ss comp

[lean pilot]

Completion

[astral cosmos]

whats ss

[polar flicker]

Silksong

[astral cosmos]

oh damn

nice

fck

i quit ss at ||widow|| (2 months ago) after 24hours of effort and no progress in ||widow||, and gave myself a word to never play ss again until i beat ||p5 with all bindings||

and 112% ||glass soul||

[crude cliff]

Silksong spoilers regarding what you said ||Widow|| is hard, I think I had the same if not more hours in than you by that point
But its easier than ||p5|| by far
Not even counting ||bindings||

[astral cosmos]

still

[crude cliff]

Just always keep an eye on ||widow|| thats my biggest tip

[urban frigate]

So I'm stuck at ||Grimm's bossfight for days. Any good charm combs I can use?||

[astral cosmos]

whats your current set

[crude cliff]

Its a very consistent fight
The more you practice
You will see progress

[astral cosmos]

i have been stuck at ||grimm|| for days

its just practice

||charms|| dont really matter

muscle memory is all that matters in that fight

[urban frigate]

||Shaman stone, nail master glory, spore shrooms, UB strength||

[astral cosmos]

ok, definitely remove || spore shrooms||, its useless

or well not useless

[urban frigate]

Ah, alright alright

[astral cosmos]

but there are def better options

[crude cliff]

Pretty much

[lean pilot]

Second sentry

[crude cliff]

...

[lean pilot]

Yes its the fangame silksong

[crude cliff]

Are there other charms you would consider using?
Some you might be kinda familiar with, I might be able to say wether certain ones are better here

[rich ember]

Which ones so you have

[urban frigate]

I BEAT HIM
I FINALLY BEAT HIM HOLY HELL

[crude cliff]

Nice

More ||flames||!

[frozen vigil]

What should I use against ||Grimm?
||

[lean pilot]

||strength and qslash trust me||

[urban frigate]

||Unbreakable strength is a must have. Nail master's glory if you use those, and shaman stone for healing||

[frozen vigil]

I'll probably use ||Dashmaster instead of glory because I don't really use arts. ||

[lean pilot]

||Let me cook: strength, quick slash , longnail||

[urban frigate]

Nice nice
I'd say pick ||baldur shell too if you have any remaining space left. Healing is a hard thing in that fight||

[frozen vigil]

I'll get it instead of Dmaster

[lean pilot]

He should be manageble, just try to observe first before just being aggresive

[austere cave]

how do i unlock this door in the ||pantheon? I beat the other 4, and then hit something that caused a light to appear, but now idk what to do?||

[red cairn]

||bindings||

[austere cave]

and those are?

[red cairn]

||pantheon doors||

You'll understand

[austere cave]

okay

how do you ||ascend the pantheon for the "embrace the void" achievement||

[frozen vigil]

I got to phase three on my first try

Is that good?

[red cairn]

Beat all

[golden flower]

finish the last one

[austere cave]

oh so the last one is this one?

[golden flower]

No

[urban frigate]

Should I ||banish Grimm or just go along with his dances?||

[lean pilot]

Hes cool just fight him

[red cairn]

What do you think the last one is?

[wet spire]

up to you

neither is really better than the other

[austere cave]

behind the ||bindings?||

[red cairn]

No

[storm dew]

I'd say fight him personally.

[lean pilot]

Secret level beyond it trust

[austere cave]

i mean i triggered this thing, but i also dont know what it did

[wet spire]

|| its for p5 ||

[austere cave]

but where

[wet spire]

up

[urban frigate]

Would he turn into ||his nightmare variant if I collect the 4th set of flames?||

[red cairn]

Up

[wet spire]

to your left, then up, then through || the roof of the spa ||

[storm dew]

||Go to the wall and climb up to where the light shines down from||

[austere cave]

ahh

am i about to get shat on?

[storm dew]

Once you reach there he will

[storm dew]

You very much are

[urban frigate]

Ah ok ok

[lean pilot]

Nah man i believe in you

You will solo

[urban frigate]

Would I still be able to ||banish him after I collected all the flames?||

[storm dew]

But good luck

[red cairn]

Depends how good you are, but prolly not

[storm dew]

Yes you could still

[lean pilot]

1 time offer

[frozen vigil]

I just second tried ||Grimm||

[urban frigate]

Oh nice nice nice
Thanks

[red cairn]

Cool

[storm dew]

Congrats!

[median seal]

who wanna watch my gameplay and tell me on what to improve? I cant use mic tho for some reason

[red cairn]

Is it selected?

[median seal]

in hollow knight 4 channel

[median seal]

ok can u see if u want

[red cairn]

I'm in work

Is your mic selected

[median seal]

oh nevermind then

yeah but i lowk choose not to speak i am tired

by the way i could be laggy

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[austere cave]

is this fight ||every boss?||

[median seal]

Does anyone see my gameplay?

[storm dew]

If you want to know ||yes it is|| or you can keep it up to surprise

[austere cave]

omg

how long does it take a normal person to do this

cause like

||all the pantheons took 20 minutes each||

[storm dew]

||I mean one attempt can reach around 40 minutes easily||

[austere cave]

...

[polar flicker]

Enjoy

[austere cave]

||are the dream versions in this, or is it only like "main run" bosses||

[polar flicker]

Everything

[median seal]

@tough tree

[storm dew]

It contains all

[median seal]

Yo if u are online do you see my gameplay?

[austere cave]

this is gunna take hours

[polar flicker]

Probably

[storm dew]

It took me many hours too.

[polar flicker]

|| practice in hall of god's ||

For bosses u struggle

[austere cave]

god dammit

[median seal]

Anyone know how to get out of ||crystal peaks||

U can see in hollow knight voice channel

[storm dew]

I would but I'm not available to enter a voice channel right now

[sleek sinew]

guys why cant i get ||dream nail, ive already finished the obby thing to get it and talked to the monarch or smth||

[median seal]

@scenic hound

Can you see my gameplay

[red cairn]

Did you go to the right place?

Or have you pressed up?

[median seal]

Yo can u see if my gameplay works

[red cairn]

Or any interact button

[median seal]

In hollow knight 3

[red cairn]

I'm in work

[median seal]

Mb i forgot

[frozen vigil]

How do I get that?

[sleek sinew]

yeah ive already been to ||resting grounds and im still there, but somehow when i encounter the dreamers and do the entire obby, i still dont get it even though i interacted with the dream nail thing||

[frosty ocean]

You go up

[sleek sinew]

i tried restarting the game but it still didnt work

[frozen vigil]

Yeah but how