

When you locate a bench, you can rest on it and use it as a checkpoint. Your first goal upon arriving in a new area is to find a bench. Your progress will not appear, even if you have the quill, until you have obtained the map for the area from Cornifer. Team CherryĪ final note about maps: When you visit a new area, you will have to explore without a map for a time. Iselda’s shop includes some other items you should also purchase eventually, so you can produce even more detailed maps, but the compass and the above enhancements in particular will do the most to make your journey manageable.

Its main attraction is a well you can drop down to begin your adventure properly in the Forgotten Crossroads area.įrom where you arrive at the base of the well, head left and descend a high vertical shaft with platforms and flying enemies (a great early location to grind for geo, thanks to the swarms of relatively weak flying enemies you can defeat) until you reach a room with pieces of parchment paper strewn about it. This location is known as the village of Dirtmouth. Near the very start of your adventure, you come to a mostly abandoned set of a few buildings. Precious shards of geo drop whenever you defeat enemies, and sometimes you can find them in clusters around the caves. Though a lot of games feature a system that automatically starts mapping as you explore, Hollow Knight makes you purchase the necessary implements using the game’s currency, called geo. However, you can make your journey easier by making a map as you go. As you explore, you will eventually become familiar with the rooms that are most useful while backtracking.

Most areas are quite large, with a few hallways that look quite similar.
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Hollow Knight features a labyrinthine world full of nooks and crannies, twists and turns. You’ll learn lessons painfully, with a lot of premature deaths at the hand of powerful bosses and the elements, but this guide will help you learn the ropes during your initial few hours of play. You’ll soon find those assets are just enough to facilitate survival, as you delve ever deeper into a cavernous environment filled with untold danger. We didn’t include them on this list because they’re not really part of the main story, and you can completely ignore them if you want.Hollow Knight drops you in a grim but at times beautiful world, armed only with a nail and a sense of adventure. Doing so will unlock the fight against The Radiance.Īlso worth noting is that there are a handful of other bosses that were added via DLC. If you want to face off against the secret final boss, however, you’ll instead need to use the Dream Nail on The Hollow Knight. In the regular ending, the titular Hollow Knight is the final boss of the story and you can finish the game by killing it. It’s important to note is that Hollow Knight also has multiple endings.
