How to Complete Hollow Knight 112%

Leg 01 - King's Pass:

Leg 01 - King's Pass:
1. Spike pogo for Fury of the Fallen charm [1/40]
2. Fall into Dirtmouth (Optional: talk to Elderbug) -> enter the Crossroads via the well

Leg 02 - Forgotten Crossroads:

Leg 02 - Forgotten Crossroads:
1. (Optional: Quirrel encounter in Black Egg Temple)
2. Buy map from Cornifer [30 Geo]
3. Grub [1/46] in acid room
4. Aspid Hunter enemy gauntlet
5. Open Forgotten Crossroads stag station [50 Geo]

Leg 02 - Forgotten Crossroads:

6. Collect Grub [2/46] behind breakable wall -> (Optional: Myla encounter in mines section)
-> collect 2 Grubs [4/46] (behind Husk Guard, spike pogo)
7. Gruz Mother boss [1/17] -> talk to Sly in hut
8. False Knight boss [2/17], collect City Crest and Geo chest -> Ancestral Mound ->
Vengeful Spirit spell [1/6] -> Soul Catcher charm [2/40] after Elder Baldur mini-boss
9. Grubfather visit for Geo
10. Return to Dirtmouth and buy Wayward Compass charm [3/40], Quill, and Bench Pin
from Iselda's shop [440 Geo]
11. Beat Elder Baldur mini-boss for Greenpath entrance

Leg 03 - Greenpath:

Leg 03 - Greenpath:
1. Buy map from Cornifer [60 Geo]; get Grub [5/46] by cutting down hidden platform
2. (Optional: Hunter's Journal); Grub [6/46] in room next to Hunter
3. Bench [50 Geo]
4. Moss Knight mini-boss
5. Save Zote from Vengefly King
(Alternate path: Don't save Zote and get the "Neglect" achievement by coming back at
any point after getting Mantis Claw and hitting Zote's skull. Note that not saving Zote locks
you out of optional Grey Prince Zote boss)

Leg 03 - Greenpath:
6. Grub [7/46] guarded by Moss Knight
7. Open Greenpath stag station [140 Geo], sit at bench -> collect Wanderer’s Journal relic
behind breakable wall from flower trap -> Hornet boss [3/17] -> Mothwing Cloak ability [1/9]
8. (Optional: Head left to Lake of Unn for Quirrel encounter in building)
9. Backtrack for Thorns of Agony charm [4/40]

Leg 04 - Fog Canyon:

Leg 04 - Fog Canyon:
1. Drop straight through two rooms
without exploring side passages.

Leg 05 - Fungal Wastes:

Leg 05 - Fungal Wastes:
1. Queen's Station (Quirrel encounter) -> open Queen’s Station stag station [120 Geo]
2. (Optional: Dirtmouth visit for Zote encounter if Zote saved in Greenpath)
3. Buy map from Cornifer [75 Geo]
4. Hallownest Seal relic -> Two Shrumal Ogre mini-boss for charm notch [1/8]
5. Cloth encounter -> Grub [8/46] in bouncy mushroom room -> open shortcut

Leg 05 - Fungal Wastes:

6. Bench in lower right -> Mantis Village -> Mantis Claw ability [2/9]
7. Pick up Wanderer’s Journal relic in room above Mantis Village after climbing a vertical
shaft with wall jump -> take right path and use City Crest on statue

Leg 06 - City of Tears:

Leg 06 - City of Tears:
1. Bench (Quirrel encounter)
2. Nailsmith for Sharpened Nail upgrade [250 geo, 1/4]
3. Collect Hallownest Seal relic on scaffolding -> Relic Seeker Lemm visit for Geo
4. Grub [9/46] guarded by Winged Sentry -> Bench [150 Geo] & buy map
from Cornifer [90 Geo]
5. Head left into City Storerooms (If Zote saved in Greenpath: Zote encounter) ->
open shortcut -> Pick up Wanderer’s Journal relic -> open City Storerooms stag station
[200 Geo] -> travel back to Dirtmouth

Leg 07 - Forgotten Crossroads:

Leg 07 - Forgotten Crossroads:
1. Buy Mask Shard [150 Geo, 1/16], Gathering Swarm charm [300 Geo, 5/40] from Sly;
(Optional: Tiso encounter next to well)
2. After dropping down into the well, pick up the Hallownest Seal relic from wall
jumping up the well -> Grub [10/46] in middle passage using dash
3. Grubfather visit for Geo, Mask Shard [2/16], Grubsong charm [6/40]
4. Use wall jump to get to Brooding Mawlek boss [4/17] -> rewards a Mask Shard [3/16]
5. Get Mask Shard [4/16, +1 HP] from Goam challenge under hot spring room
6. (Optional: New Myla dialogue) -> Take stag to City Storerooms (Tiso encounter if Tiso
talked to in Dirtmouth)

Leg 08 - City of Tears:

Leg 08 - City of Tears:
1. Enter Soul Sanctum after Soul Twister mini-boss
2. Open breakable wall shortcut back to bench -> Soul Warrior mini-boss
at top of first room
3. Collect Spell Twister charm [7/40] from top of area -> Soul Master boss [5/17]
for Desolate Dive spell [2/6]
4. Collect Geo chest, Hallownest Seal relic, and the Grub [11/46] along the
way out of Soul Sanctum
5. Take stag to Dirtmouth

Leg 09 - Forgotten Crossroads:

Leg 09 - Forgotten Crossroads:
1. Buy Lumafly Lantern [1800 Geo] from Sly
2. Take stag to Crossroads (Tiso encounter) -> Buy charm notch [120 Geo, 2/8] from Salubra
3. (Optional: New Myla dialogue) -> Use dive spell on crumbling floor

Leg 10 - Crystal Peak:

Leg 10 - Crystal Peak:
1. (Optional: enter dark room and pay gate fee [50 Geo] for exit back to Crossroads) ->
Get bench to bottom right
2. Climb up left vertical passage -> Grub [12/46] in conveyer challenge
3. Buy map from Cornifer [112 Geo]
4. Crystal Guardian boss, gives bench
5. Go back to previous room -> find Shopkeeper's Key

Leg 10 - Crystal Peak:

6. Climb up further (Quirrel encounter), go right, then drop down -> collect Wanderer’s
Journal relic -> Crystal Heart ability [3/9]
7. Collect 2 Grubs [14/46] (Crystal Heart room, central crusher room)
8. Deep Focus charm [8/40] after laser challenge room
9. Grub [15/46] in shortcut passage back to Dirtmouth (behind mimic and breakable wall) ->
unlock elevator back to Dirtmouth
10. Head back to bench (or reload save to skip some backtracking if you sat at the bench)
and go down past crusher room to get Grub [16/46]
11. Pass through dark room in bottom right of area and drop into big pit

Leg 11 - Resting Grounds:

Leg 11 - Resting Grounds:
1. Pick up Dream Nail ability [4/9]
2. Whispering Root for 20 Essence [20/2400]
3. Pick up Dreamshield charm [9/40] behind fake wall
4. Hit lever to unlock Resting Grounds stag station
5. Take stag to City Storerooms

Leg 12 - City of Tears:
1. Whispering Root for 28 Essence
[48/2400]; get Simple Key

2. Relic Seeker Lemm visit for Geo

3. Drop to manhole -> use Simple Key

Leg 12 - City of Tears:

Leg 13 - Royal Waterways:

Leg 13 - Royal Waterways:
1. (Optional: Open breakable wall to find Tuk for Rancid Eggs)
2. Use dive spell on crumbling floor -> sit at bench
3. Head up and left -> buy map from Cornifer [75 Geo] after Hwurmp enemy gauntlet and
open Fungal Wastes shortcut
4. Short trip to Fungal Wastes for Dashmaster charm [10/40], rescue Bretta after wall jump
challenge behind fake wall
5. Drop into water and go all the way left -> Mask Shard [5/16]

Leg 13 - Royal Waterways:
6. Collect Grub [17/46] in hidden alcove
7. Head right -> Dung Defender boss [6/17] drops Defender's Crest charm [11/40] ->
hit pump switch -> Use dive spell under pump switch for secret room with King’s Idol relic ->
open shortcut into broken elevator shaft
8. Head back and go down right -> super dash -> collect Isma's Tear ability [5/9]
after Sentry enemy gauntlet
9. Get Grub [18/46] behind Isma -> take shortcut past Eternal Emilitia

Leg 14 - City of Tears:
Leg 14 - City of Tears:
1. Open shortcut to left side of city; fountain cutscene, Hornet encounter
2. Head right -> Gorgeous Husk for 420 Geo in building with several husk enemies
(behind fake wall that’s slightly above ground on right) -> King's Station stag station
[300 geo], sit at bench
3. Collect Grub [19/46] guarded by Great Husk Sentry in building (quit and load after
freeing the Grub to avoid killing the Sentry)
4. Take stag to Queen’s Station

Leg 15 - Fungal Wastes:

Leg 15 - Fungal Wastes:
1. Collect Mask Shard [6/16] after wall jump challenge
2. Collect Wanderer’s Journal relic -> head down left for Grub [20/46] and Spore Shroom
charm [12/40] after bouncy mushroom challenge
3. (Optional: Moss Prophet encounter)
4. Fall into Deepnest for brief visit, collect Grub [21/46] from mimic room behind
breakable wall (real one is 3rd from left)
5. Unlock rest of Mantis Village by hitting lever -> bench in bottom right of area

Leg 15 - Fungal Wastes:

6. Mantis Lords boss [7/17] -> Mark of Pride charm [13/40], Hallownest Seal relic,
Geo chest, and bench in unlocked room
7. Enter Deepnest past Mantis Lords

Leg 16 - Deepnest:

Leg 16 - Deepnest:
1. Buy map from Cornifer [38 Geo]
2. Collect Hallownest Seal relic -> Circle around and fall down to hot spring, bench
3. Super dash -> breakable wall for Grub [22/46] -> Nosk boss [8/17] ->
collect Pale Ore [1/6]
4. Circle up/left -> collect Grub [23/46] using super dash -> Failed Tramway bench
(Cloth encounter)
5. Open shortcut back to first part of Deepnest; get Tram Pass from far left of Failed Tramway

Leg 16 - Deepnest:

6. Corpse Creeper enemy gauntlet -> King’s Idol relic pickup
(If Zote saved in Greenpath: rescue Zote)
7. Go back down past hot spring (Quirrel encounter) -> Take tram to Ancient Basin

Leg 17 - Ancient Basin:

Leg 17 - Ancient Basin:
1. Left tramway room -> collect Grub [24/46] using dive spell
2. (Optional: rescue Cloth by killing all enemies in top left of room) -> collect Pale Ore [2/6]
after Lesser Mawlek enemy gauntlet
3. Go back to room with tram, fall down lit hole -> buy map from Cornifer [112 Geo]
4. Bench [150 Geo] -> super dash, collect Simple Key
5. Open shortcut, Broken Vessel boss [9/17] -> collect Monarch Wings ability [6/9]

Leg 17 - Ancient Basin:

6. Collect Grub [25/46] in passage leading to Broken Vessel requiring double jump
7. Double jump up to Palace Grounds, and open up Hidden Station stag station [300 Geo] ->
take stag to Dirtmouth

Leg 18 - Upgrades:

Leg 18 - Upgrades:
1. Buy Elegant Key [800 Geo] from Sly (automatically turn in Shopkeeper's Key) ->
collect Mask Shard [7/16] from Bretta's hut
2. Take stag to King’s Station; (Optional: collect Hallownest Seal relic using nail pogo on stag
station roof spikes) -> Relic Seeker Lemm visit for Geo -> buy Channeled Nail upgrade
[800 Geo, 2/4]
3. Head back up to Soul Sanctum and use Elegant Key -> get Shade Soul spell upgrade
[3/6] after Soul Warrior mini-boss
4. Go to City Storerooms and take stag to Hidden Station -> take tram further right to
Kingdom's Edge

Leg 19 - Hive:

Leg 19 - Hive:
1. Open breakable wall for entrance to Hive -> get bench
2. Whispering Root for 20 Essence [68/2400]
3. Collect Grub [26/46] using super dash & double jump
4. Use Hive Guardian (big bouncing bee) to open wall to Mask Shard [8/16, +1 HP] ->
open shortcut
5. Hive Knight boss [10/17] (Optional: Hive Queen Vespa spirit) -> Hiveblood charm [14/40]

Leg 19 - Hive:

6. Exit Hive and head up into passage back to Waterways, collect Grub [27/46] with
double jump -> (Optional: Open breakable shortcut back to Waterways at end of passage)
7. Use dive spell before breakable wall shortcut for Grub [28/46] in Hive sub-section

Leg 20 - Kingdom's Edge:

Leg 20 - Kingdom's Edge:
1. Open shortcut to rest of Kingdom's Edge -> after short climb buy map from
Cornifer [112 Geo]
2. Head right until you reach Nailmaster Oro's hut for Dash Slash nail art [800 Geo, 1/3]
3. Dive spell to access bottom right room of area, Grub [29/46] after Great Hopper
spike room
4. (Optional: Several dive spells to reach 420 Geo rock)
5. Head left and up to collect Quick Slash charm [15/40]

Leg 20 - Kingdom's Edge:

6. Use dive spell to collect Wanderer’s Journal relic -> collect Grub [30/46] on way to
bench behind breakable ceiling -> Wanderer’s Journal relic next to bench
7. (Optional: In center vertical passage, use double jump to reach Bardoon encounter)
8. Whispering Root for 51 Essence [119/2400]
9. Open shortcut back to City near Colosseum of Fools and grab Colosseum bench
10. King’s Idol relic behind breakable wall with Giant Hopper -> Enter Tower of Love
and open shortcut

Leg 20 - Kingdom's Edge:

11. Collect Grub [31/46] in watery passage, head left back to King's Station
12. Take stag to Greenpath

Leg 21 - Greenpath:

Leg 21 - Greenpath:
1. Hallownest Seal relic pickup -> Complete super dash/nail pogo challenge for
Nailmaster Sheo's hut -> Great Slash nail art [2/3]
2. Go past Hornet boss room for Lake of Unn, enter secret passage on left side for
Shape of Unn charm [16/40]
3. Head up past Vengefly King room (If you didn't save Zote in Greenpath, hit skull for
achievement) to right, hit open chest and jump into it for 2 Elder Baldurs mini-boss ->
collect Baldur Shell charm [17/40]
4. Wall jump up vertical passage, collect Grub [32/46] before entering Howling Cliffs

Leg 22 - Howling Cliffs:

Leg 22 - Howling Cliffs:
1. Collect King’s Idol relic -> Whispering Root for 46 Essence [165/2400] ->
collect Wanderer’s Journal relic -> Dream Nail corpse -> activate the Nightmare Lantern
2. Buy map from Cornifer [75 Geo]
3. Continue past Cornifer into dark room for Joni's Blessing charm [18/40] (Joni spirit)
4. Find Nailmaster Mato's hut for Cyclone Slash nail art [3/3]
5. Super dash off cliff to return to Dirtmouth

Leg 23 - Dirtmouth:

Leg 23 - Dirtmouth:
1. Enter large tent and get Grimmchild charm [19/40] from Grimm
2. Get Nailmaster's Glory charm [20/40] from Sly in basement
3. (Optional: Gravedigger spirit right of well); Grubfather visit for Geo, Rancid Egg,
Hallownest Seal relic, Pale Ore [3/6]
4. Buy Resting Grounds map [75 Geo], Stagway & Vendor pins [200 Geo] from Iselda
5. Take stag to King's Station

Leg 24 - City of Tears:

Leg 24 - City of Tears:
1. (Optional: Use Simple Key to open Pleasure House; Wanderer’s Journal relic,
Poggy Thorax/Marissa spirits, open shortcut)
2. Relic Seeker Lemm visit for Geo
3. Upgrade nail to Coiled Nail [2000 Geo, 3/4]
4. Unlock elevator back to Crossroads [150 Geo] and take it up to Crossroads

Leg 25 - Infected Crossroads:
Leg 25 - Infected Crossroads:
1. Collect Vessel Fragment [1/9]
2. Head to Salubra's Shop to buy the Lifeblood Heart, Longnail, Steady Body, Shaman Stone,
and Quick Focus charms [1690 Geo, 25/40]; buy 3 charm notches [2800 Geo, 5/8]
3. (Optional: Check up on Myla) -> go to Crossroads stag station and take stag back to
Dirtmouth and buy 3 Mask Shards [2800 Geo, 11/16], 2 Vessel Fragments [1450 Geo, 3/9, +1
Soul Vessel], Stalwart Shell, Sprintmaster, and Heavy Blow charms [950 Geo, 28/40] from Sly
4. Enter well -> breakable ceiling in platform room gives Whispering Root for
29 Essence [194/2400]
5. Use double jump in Ancestral Mound near lifeblood cocoon to get Whispering Root
for 42 Essence [236/2400]

Leg 25 - Infected Crossroads:

6. (Optional: Use dive spell for Fossilized Goam for Hunter's Journal)
7. Visit Leg Eater in Fungal Wastes, pay 86 Geo to see his stuff, and buy the Fragile Heart,
Fragile Greed, and Fragile Strength charms [960 Geo, 31/40] with Defender's Crest equipped
for the Geo discount
(BUG: If you have Defender’s Crest equipped when you first talk to Leg Eater and you pay
the 86 Geo for him to sell you stuff, prices will be at original level even though he claims he’s
giving a discount. You must exit the room and re-enter to actually get the discount.)
8. Whispering Root in the connector leading to Fog Canyon gives 20 Essence [256/2400]

Leg 26 - Fog Canyon:

Leg 26 - Fog Canyon:
1. Collect Hallownest Seal relic -> charm notch [6/8] in exploding egg challenge room
2. Explore left passage under challenge room -> buy map from Cornifer [150 Geo]
3. Backtrack, drop to bottom and take last left passage -> super dash from elevated ledge
on right side of Teacher's Archive room for Grub [33/46]
4. Enter Teacher's Archive (Quirrel encounter outside Archive) and fight Uumuu boss
[11/17] -> (Optional: Charged Lumaflys entry for Hunter's Journal) -> put Monomon the
Teacher dreamer [1/3] to rest after Quirrel encounter
5. Open shortcut back to rest of Fog Canyon, take upper left passage -> Hallownest Seal
relic pickup -> complete Squit enemy gauntlet in Overgrown Mound for
Howling Wraiths spell [4/6]
6. Climb back up to Greenpath

Leg 27 - Greenpath:

Leg 27 - Greenpath:
1. Collect Wanderer’s Journal relic -> Head left; Massive Moss Charger mini-boss
2. Collect Geo chest, Grub [34/46], cut down platform, and collect Vessel Fragment [4/9]
3. Head right to Stone Sanctuary -> first collect Mask Shard in top right [12/16, +1 HP] ->
challenge No Eyes warrior's grave [1/7] for 200 Essence [456/2400]
4 Drop back down through Fog Canyon to Queen's Station; collect Hallownest Seal relic by
double-jumping next to Willoh -> Take stag to King's Station

Leg 28 - City of Tears:

Leg 28 - City of Tears:
1. Collect Wanderer’s Journal relic ->
Collect Vessel Fragment [5/9] after
Sentry enemy gauntlet room above
King's Station
2. Climb up elevator shaft to Colosseum

Leg 29 - Kingdom's Edge:

Leg 29 - Kingdom's Edge:
1. Complete Trial of the Warrior (If Zote saved in Greenpath & Deepnest: fight Zote as
final boss - "Rivalry" achievement) & Trial of the Conqueror [550 Geo, 2/3] for a charm
notch [7/8] and Pale Ore [4/6] respectively
2. Descend to bench in tent, head right for Hornet boss [12/17] -> collect King's
Brand ability [7/9]
3. Wanderer’s Journal relic above breakable planks -> Use King's Station shortcut to go
back to City and enter broken elevator shaft

Leg 30 - Royal Waterways:

Leg 30 - Royal Waterways:
1. Pass through Dung Defender's room (Dung Defender encounter) -> use dive spell in
room under bench to enter sub-area of Waterways -> beat Flukemarm boss for
Flukenest charm [32/40]
2. Return to broken elevator shaft to fall down into Ancient Basin; (Optional: Whispering
Root for 35 Essence) -> Collect Wanderer’s Journal relic

Leg 31 - Ancient Basin:

Leg 31 - Ancient Basin:
1. Bench and equip Fragile Heart & Joni's Blessing & Lifeblood Heart (1 Lifeblood mask
safety margin) -> head down and unlock the Abyss
2. Go past Lifeblood door (15 Lifeblood masks to open) to acquire Lifeblood
Core charm [33/40] (Note: At fork, take left path for permanently missable Arcane Egg relic
[not required for completion]; door cannot be re-opened after charm pick-up)
3. At bottom of Abyss, head left until dead-end room -> use Howling Wraiths to receive
Abyss Shriek spell upgrade [5/6]
4. Head right and climb up to top of lighthouse to turn light on
5. Continue right and acquire Shade Cloak ability [8/9] -> Arcane Egg relic pickup using
Shade Cloak -> (Optional: Void Tendrils entry for Hunter's Journal behind fake ceiling
and black barrier)
6. Climb back up to top of Abyss (Hornet encounter), call tram
(re-equip regular charm set) and go to Deepnest

Leg 32 - Deepnest:

Leg 32 - Deepnest:
1. Head down to get Sharp Shadow charm [34/40] after shade dash i-frame challenge room;
(Optional: Garpede entry for Hunter's journal behind fake wall)

2. Head up for garpede nail pogo challenge room to get a Vessel Fragment
[6/9, +1 Soul Vessel]

3. Take tram back to Ancient Basin -> take stag from Hidden Station to Dirtmouth ->
use elevator to get up to Crystal Peak

Leg 33 - Crystal Peak:

Leg 33 - Crystal Peak:
1. Collect King’s Idol relic -> Double jump up passage in upper room with bench
for Crystal Guardian boss round 2, collect Mask Shard [13/16] as reward
2. Head to upper right of area and follow ground level of room to Grub [35/46]
3. Return to previous room and hit Whispering Root for 21 Essence [477/2400]
4. Climb up to reach Hallownest's Crown and collect Pale Ore [5/6]
5. Drop all the way down to bottom right and super dash across to Crystallised Mound
6. Dive spell to enter mound, collect Grub [36/46] and Descending Dark spell upgrade [6/6]
7. Fall into Resting Grounds

Leg 34 - Resting Grounds:

Leg 34 - Resting Grounds:
1. Challenge Xero warrior's grave [2/7] and collect 100 Essence [577/2400]
2. Visit Seer to collect a Hallownest Seal relic, unlock the Glade of Hope, collect Pale Ore
[6/6] and collect the Dream Wielder charm [35/40]
3. Whispering Root in top right of Glade of Hope behind fake wall gives 34 Essence
[611/2400]; King’s Idol relic in hidden room at top of waterfall; (Optional: 19 spirits in
Glade of Hope [Warning: Revek will attack you if you Dream Nail them])
4. Use dive spell to open up crypts from broken coffin -> collect Soul Eater charm [36/40],
Wanderer’s Journal relic, Grub [37/46], and Hallownest Seal relic
5. Take elevator down to City

Leg 35 - City of Tears:

Leg 35 - City of Tears:
1. Relic Seeker Lemm encounter next to fountain -> Relic Seeker Lemm visit for Geo
2. Nailsmith for final nail upgrade to Pure Nail [4000 Geo, 4/4]
3. Kill the Nailsmith ("Purity" achievement)
(Alternate path: Spare the Nailsmith -> visit Nailmaster Sheo's hut in Greenpath, see Leg
21 step #1 to get "Happy Couple" achievement)
4. Head up middle building under Dreamer using double jump, grab bench,
5. Complete Lance Sentry/Great Husk sentry room to unlock doors; head up and open
shortcut in left passageway to Soul Sanctum building

Leg 35 - City of Tears:

6. Continue up and grab the Grub [38/46] guarded by the Great Husk Sentry and
Lance Sentry
7. Fight the Watcher Knight boss [13/17]
8. Collect Hallownest Seal relic & Geo chest -> put Lurien the Watcher dreamer [2/3] to rest
9. Take stag from King's Station to Queen's Station

Leg 36 - Queen's Gardens:

Leg 36 - Queen's Gardens:
1. (Optional: If you have more than 3400 Geo and you used a Simple Key to open the
Pleasure House in the City of Tears, use 100 Geo to open account with Millebelle & put in
at least 2550 Geo -> sit at Queen’s Station bench -> return and knock down cardboard bank)
-> enter Queen's Gardens; (If Cloth saved in Ancient Basin: Cloth encounter) -> buy map from
Cornifer [150 Geo] and take bench after Mantis Petra enemy gauntlet
(Optional: Caelif & Fera Orthop spirit)

2. Collect Love Key and open shortcut back to Fungal Wastes;
(Optional: Inspect Moss Prophet)

3. Backtrack and get Whispering Root for 29 Essence [640/2400]

4. Get bench [150 Geo] -> (Optional: side-trip to Deepnest for Mask Maker encounter,
dive spell on Mask Maker for extra dialogue) -> Mantis Traitor/Mantis Petra/
Spiny Husk enemy gauntlet -> collect Grub [39/46] behind fake wall

5. After room with jumping bugs, head up through hidden passage with
many booby-trap plants for Grub [40/46]

Leg 36 - Queen's Gardens:

6. Hallownest Seal relic pickup -> unlock Queen’s Gardens stag station [200 Geo],
hit lever to open shortcut, and use bench
7. Challenge Marmu warrior's grave [3/7] for 150 Essence [790/2400]
8. Continue up in area -> open shortcut -> get Grub [41/46] after super dash challenge room
9. Take a quick side-trip to collect the Whispering Root in Greenpath for
44 Essence [834/2400]
10. Backtrack and head left to fight Traitor Lord boss [14/17] (If Cloth saved in Ancient Basin:
Cloth joins fight) -> White Lady gives White Fragment [36.5/40]
11. Take stag from Queen's Garden to Queen's Station

Leg 37 - Fungal Wastes:

Leg 37 - Fungal Wastes:
1. Challenge Elder Hu warrior's grave [4/7] on the right side of the area for
100 Essence [934/2400]
2. Get the Whispering Root in the room above Mantis Village for 18 Essence [952/2400]
3. Use double jump to access Fungal Core, fall all the way down to collect the Mask Shard
[14/16] at the entrance to Deepnest

Leg 38 - Deepnest:

Leg 38 - Deepnest:
1. Walk to the Failed Tramway bench
2. Challenge Galien warrior's grave [5/7] for 200 Essence [1152/2400]
3. Head down left to enter big room on the left side of Deepnest ->
(Optional: Whispering Root for 45 Essence) -> get the Grub [42/46] -> pick up
Weaversong charm [37.5/40] in Weaver's Den (entrance is behind a breakable wall
and Stalking Devout)
4. Continue left into Distant Village (Optional: side-trip for Mid-Wife encounter) ->
complete the Beast's Den for Grub [43/46] and to put Herrah the Beast dreamer [3/3]
to rest (Hornet encounter)
(Note: Must get trapped to access permanently missable Hallownest Seal relic
[not required for completion])
5. Unlock the Distant Village stag station [250 Geo] and travel to the newly
unlocked Stag Nest

Leg 39 - Howling Cliffs:

Leg 39 - Howling Cliffs:
1. Collect the Vessel Fragment [7/9]; (Optional: inspect the broken egg shell in
top left of Stag Nest)
2. Fall down outside Stag Nest and challenge Gorb warrior's grave [6/7] for
100 Essence [1252/2400]
3. Super dash to Dirtmouth and take stag to King's Station

Leg 40 - Kingdom's Edge:

Leg 40 - Kingdom's Edge:
1. (Optional: If Geo was given to Millebelle, climb up to the Pleasure House’s hot spring
and whack your nail on her to get what you deposited x 1.5 Geo back) -> enter the Tower
of Love using the Love Key and fight The Collector boss [15/17] for last 3 Grubs [46/46]
and Collector's Map (check overall map to see if there are any missing grubs)
2. Head right into Kingdom's Edge -> go past a shadow barrier to challenge Markoth
warrior's grave [7/7] for 250 Essence [1502/2400]
3. Head left back to the City and take the King's Station stagway to Dirtmouth to collect
King's Idol relic and Grubberfly's Elegy charm [38.5/40] from the Grubfather
4. Take stag to Resting Grounds

Leg 41 - Resting Grounds & Delicate Flower Quest:

Leg 41 - Resting Grounds & Delicate Flower Quest:
1. Visit to Seer gives you a Vessel Fragment [8/9], the Dream Gate ability,
an Arcane Egg relic, and a Mask Shard [15/16]
2. Open breakable ceiling above Geo chest -> Grey Mourner
3. Start Delicate Flower quest; 2 suggested routes mapped below - dotted path has fewer
environment hazards, but slightly longer (Optional: clear path of enemies without using
benches before starting quest to make journey safer) -> (Quirrel encounter at Blue Lake -
"Witness" achievement; Tiso encounter at Blue Lake if Tiso talked to at both previous
encounters; Optional: give flower to Elderbug, but must restart quest) -> place flower
at Traitor Lord's child's grave in Queen's Garden and take stag back to Grey Mourner
(or reload save if no benches were used during quest) for final Mask Shard
[16/16, +1 HP] - "Solace" achievement
4. Use stag to go to Crossroads

Leg 41 - Resting Grounds & Delicate Flower Quest:

Leg 42 - Infected Crossroads:

Leg 42 - Infected Crossroads:
1. In passage to False Knight boss room, use super dash in passage behind breakable wall
and beat Aspid Hunter/Aspid Mother enemy gauntlet for Glowing Womb charm [39.5/40]
Note: At this point you will have exactly 100% completion, so you can visit the Black Egg
Temple get the normal ending and 100% completion achievements if you want.
2. Open breakable wall above False Knight boss room and fight Failed Champion
dream boss for 300 Essence [1802/2400]
3. Take stag to Resting Grounds and visit Seer to get Awoken Dream Nail ability [9/9] ->
take stag to King's Station

Leg 43 - Ancient Basin:

Leg 43 - Ancient Basin:
1. Go down broken elevator shaft to Dung Defender room -> fight White Defender dream
boss for 300 Essence [2102/2400] (Optional: Refight multiple times for extra dialogue)
2. Continue down broken elevator shaft -> (If Cloth not already saved, optional: Save Cloth
in left tramway room now -> ends up in Dirtmouth) -> pay 3000 Geo to Fountain for final
Vessel Fragment [9/9, +1 Soul Vessel]
3. Ancient Basin bench -> Fight Lost Kin dream boss for 400 Essence [2502/2400]
4. Use Awoken Dream Nail to access White Palace from dead Kingsmould in
Palace Grounds -> complete White Palace for other White Fragment to complete
Kingsoul charm [40/40]
5. (Optional: head into Abyss after equipping Kingsoul to unlock a hidden sub-area;
Arcane Egg relic in bottom left of sub-area; use Dream Nail on the cracked black egg at the
end of the sub-area to transform Kingsoul into Void Heart for alternate endings;
Note: Locks you out of the "normal" ending achievement [The Hollow Knight])
6. Go to Hidden Station and take stag to Resting Grounds -> talk to Seer for Ascension
after collecting 2400 Essence; (Optional: Super dash across Blue Lake to Salubra's shop for
Salubra's Blessing [800 Geo; "Blessed" achievement] and go to Crossroads stag station) ->
take stag to Dirtmouth

Leg 43 - Ancient Basin:

Leg 44 - Grimm Troupe Ritual:
1. (Optional: Equip 3 Fragile charms and talk to Divine in smaller tent to convert them to
Unbreakable versions [12,000, 9,000, and 15,000 geo for Heart, Greed, and Strength
respectively]; sell extra relics at Relic Seeker Lemm for lots of quick Geo)

2. Equip Grimmchild charm and set Dream Gate next to bench

3. Collect first set of 3 flames (using Dream Gate to get back to Dirtmouth after each one)
and talk to Grimm

4. Collect second set of 3 flames (using Dream Gate to get back to Dirtmouth after each one)
and fight Grimm boss [16/17] for charm notch [8/8]

5. Collect final set of 3 flames (using Dream Gate to get back to Dirtmouth after each one)
and fight Nightmare King boss [17/17] - "Ritual" achievement
(Alternate path: Visiting the flame (carried by Brumm) in Deepnest and then going to the
Nightmare Lantern in Howling Cliffs allows you to banish the Grimm Troupe [17/17] ->
talk to new bug in Dirtmouth (Nymm) who gives you Carefree Melody charm [40/40] to
replace the Grimmchild charm you lose by banishing the Troupe - "Banishment" achievement)

Note (Fragile charms): Divine disappears if you choose to banish the Grimm Troupe,
but you can pick up any Fragile charm she still had from the ground where her tent used to be.

6. If Zote saved in Greenpath/Deepnest and Zote fought in Colosseum: fight Grey Prince
Zote dream boss at least once in Bretta's hut's basement ["Dark Romance" achievement].

Leg 45 - End-Game:

Leg 45 - End-Game:
1. Take stag to King's Station -> climb up elevator to reach Colosseum
(Tiso encounter if Tiso talked to at all 3 previous encounters), complete Trial of
the Fool [800 Geo, 3/3]
2. (Optional: If you used a Simple Key to open the Pleasure House,
collect King's Idol relic -> defeat Pale Lurker for Simple Key)

Leg 45 - End-Game:

3. Go to King’s Station -> take stag to City Storerooms; Soul Tyrant dream boss in
Soul Sanctum
4. Drop down to Royal Waterways -> use Simple Key on coffin in Junk Pit, pick up
Godtuner -> Dream nail to enter Godhome and defeat Pantheon of the Master, Pantheon
of the Artist, Pantheon of the Sage, and Pantheon of the Knight;
(Optional: if have Void Heart, complete Pantheon of Hallownest for Embrace the Void ending)

Leg 45 - End-Game:

5. Go to City Storerooms -> take stag to Dirtmouth; (Optional: Extra fights against Grey
Prince Zote dream boss; multiple fights gradually change Bretta's impression of Zote)
6. Enter Black Egg Temple (If have Void Heart: Hornet encounter) -> final boss(es)