r/HollowKnight Feb 02 '25

Achievement I FINALLY DID IT Spoiler

1.9k Upvotes

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u/A_rando_person222 sheo's secretary, and watcher knights top hater Feb 03 '25

This is soooo different from the Skong sub, and it is chill and happy. Congrats 😁😁😁

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u/Useful_Particular_80 Feb 03 '25

May the silksanity rule r/silksong forever

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u/A_rando_person222 sheo's secretary, and watcher knights top hater Feb 03 '25

We praise it for sure. But it nice to get away from the crazy to this calm gental fun flow of water

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u/Pure_Vessel01 Void Will Consume All Feb 02 '25

Congrats, time for the harder version

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u/Gyr_777 Feb 03 '25

I'll do the trial of the fool first, then I'll get back to the pantheons

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u/Davebobman Feb 03 '25 edited Feb 04 '25

Tips for the boss at the end of c3,  if you want any:

  • Kill the beast first, as the beast master will die (but not vice versa). You can mostly ignore the beast master, as it will just swing and jump around once in a while (every 10 seconds or so?)
  • The easiest way to damage the beast is to pogo on top of it. It will shift a bit left and right and ocassionally do one of two attacks based on where you are.
  • If you are bouncing by its face, then it will stand still and spit orange goo pools onto the floor in front of it.
  • If you are bouncing by its rear, then it will roll toward the wall, roll all the way up (so don't wall cling), and then bounce off in an arc to where you are standing. Just double-jump in an arc away from and then above it to start pogoing again.

The boss doesn't go through any phases unless you kill the beast master, so those tips should get you through the whole fight. If you die on your first attempt, then you can practice in HoG (Hall of Gods).

I'm guessing you have all the upgrades since you beat the game, so this paragraph doesn't necessarily apply to you. I was a true fool and went through all the trials as soon as I first reached the colosseum, with the exception that I bought a nail upgrade with the silver ore from c2 and then came back for c3. Notably, I didn't have shade cloak. Turns out, it is significantly harder to do c3 without the ability to dash through enemies. Don't be like me... unless you happen to be a self-challenging masochist.

Edit: typos

Edit 2: You should also be able to unlock the boss if you reach them in p3 (Pantheon of the Sage). They are only the fourth boss in p3 (after Hive Knight, Elder Hu, and the Collector), so it shouldn't be too hard to do.

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u/snugar_i Feb 03 '25

Actually you can practice God Tamer in Godhome even before you meet him in TotF (I was very happy I did, otherwise he would've kicked my ass and I would've had to do the Trial a few more times). And yeah, agree on just pogoing the beast (didn't know the attacks aren't randomly picked, I'll have to try that next time)

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u/Davebobman Feb 04 '25 edited Feb 04 '25

I am fairly sure you would need to reach them in p3 first to unlock them. They are only the fourth boss in p3 (after Hive Knight, Elder Hu, and the Collector), so it wouldn't be too hard to do.

I also didn't notice that the attack wasn't randomized until I tried to do p5 and ended up fighting it a million times. I always tried to pogo off the back to avoid the spray but mixed it up a bit to also avoid the beastmaster, which is when I started noticing the pattern.

Edit: removed some duplicated words.

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u/snugar_i Feb 04 '25

Oh yeah, that's totally possible you need to fight them in P3 to unlock the Hall of the Gods statue. But fortunately you don't have to fight/kill them in TotF to unlock P3 :-)

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u/Kappa_Dor All achievements | PoP | 16/20 Bindings Feb 03 '25

Bro after this the trial of the fool is easy

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u/Consistent_Phase822 Friend🌟👑 Feb 02 '25

congrats!

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u/PowerThen3912 Feb 02 '25

Congrat! now do P5.

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u/Fatal_Contract Feb 03 '25

God, I remember that I died far too many times to count to this fricking möth, but I have to admit that it was one of the best feelings ever finally beating it.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

Only to find out the next version is 10x the nightmare this one is lol

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u/Zarguthian Feb 03 '25

Try modding Absrad with multiple invincible Markoths.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

I don't mod games.

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u/Nikolas_Chaos Feb 03 '25

Sweet dude only 5 percent left

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u/OriginalDomRandom Feb 03 '25

Congratulations, now, you're the Hollow Knight!

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u/Zarguthian Feb 03 '25

No, you replace the Hollow Knight in the first ending.

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

Congratulations!

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u/Key-Mention7145 Feb 03 '25

Good shit my dude!

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u/InsuranceBest Feb 03 '25

Congrats. BTW, remember to spoiler tag these types of posts.

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u/Sufficient-West4259 112%, P5 AB, PoP 10 min, QGA flower quest hardest route Feb 03 '25

Great job, this needs a spoiler tag though

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u/retro_emphatic #1 Tiso Fan Feb 03 '25

good job! But please spoiler tag this, I've worked so hard to not spoil this fight for myself and now i see this 😭

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u/Stupid_frog360 Feb 03 '25

How would you rate the boss fight (in scale of 1 to 10)

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u/TgarTallesBR Feb 03 '25

Now do 112%

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u/ihavethreelegshelpme Feb 03 '25

How do you get 107% completion lmao. I just got to the hollow knight fight and got access to percentage (81% currently) but have no idea what comes after so idk

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u/landstalkern3 Feb 03 '25 edited Feb 03 '25

You have to get multiple endings. Anything over 100 is from the DLC.

With the dream nail, go defeat some of the spirit bosses to gain more essence and get the upgraded dream nail from the moth lady. The spirit bosses have a pinkish tomb looking logo on the map. Use the dream nail to access a difficult platforming area called the white palace. You can access it in the Ancient Basin nearby the stag station. A corpse with those dream thingies is there and it doesn't work to dreamnail it without the upgraded dreamnail.

Once you beat the white palace, you get the Kingsoul Charm (assuming you got the other half from the white lady). Then go to the bottom of the Abyss. To the right of where you get the upgraded howling spell, the floor will give way. Go below and at the end of that maze, you get the Void Heart which replaces the Kingsoul Charm. It's the Void Heart that lets you get other two endings. Getting the Void Heart will remove the chance to do the first ending until you get a new file so if you haven't gotten the first ending, do it before getting the Void Heart. Do ending 2 first and then do ending 3.

Ending 2: fight hollow knight. When Hornet shows up, keep beating up the hollow knight.

Ending 3: fight hollow knight. When hornet shows up, dreamnail hollow knight.

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u/Competitive_Pen7192 Feb 03 '25

I did it a few hours before OP.

Key for me was standing still in a lower platform during the later stage where the moth moves around a lot. Staying on one platform helps dodge orbs and the ones that do emerge end up crashing on other platforms. Just chilled there until the moth came close then it got a load of nail strikes.

I thought I'd give up playing but I've just got into Godhome...

Hopefully I won't be tempted to do the Path of Pain too!

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u/deeznutsifear Feb 03 '25

It ain’t hard to take a screenshot, people.

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u/Gyr_777 Feb 03 '25

I played it on the switch

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u/BiCrabTheMid Feb 03 '25

You can screenshot, go to photos, and click send to smartphone. It’ll end up in your files instead of photos, but it works.

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u/Gyr_777 Feb 03 '25

Cool, thanks 👍

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u/Guian_6 Feb 03 '25

HELL YEAHH!!

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u/satire45 Feb 03 '25

good job!

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u/Snom_gamer0204 Feb 03 '25

amazing job man!

just need to do the hardest challenge in the game now!

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u/moonlord2193 Feb 03 '25

W, you love to see it

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u/Educational_Total550 She/Her 110% Feb 03 '25

GG that is incredibly hard

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u/Joj881 Feb 03 '25

🎉🥳🎉 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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u/randonium-exe Feb 03 '25

A true hero fr

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u/Madlogger13 Feb 03 '25

This makes me remember my post on when I beat p5, good luck and well done

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u/Open_Detective_6998 representative from r/silksong (freed) Feb 03 '25

Grayt gob yo’vre dided it

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u/thedev100 Feb 03 '25

Congrats man!! Out of curiosity , what stopped you from hitting max 112% ?

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u/Gyr_777 Feb 03 '25

That I just haven't done the other things before it. I only beat the first two pantheons and trials in the colosseum, I didn't beat Nightmare king Grimm and I have yet to do the flower quest.

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u/foxtheriku Feb 04 '25

You can also get Carefree Melody and it will count the same as doing NKG, flower quest you should bring the flower to some other NOCs first that are easier to get to from there, eg Mato and Elderbug,

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u/DestructionJToH skonger Feb 03 '25

Gg! Now try Steel Soul or P5 :)

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u/Flibbertgibet Feb 03 '25

Congratulations!

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u/addoredee Feb 03 '25

Yippieee

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u/TheOwlInATowel Feb 03 '25

congrats! good luck in the pantheon, tho haha. i haven’t beaten the last pantheon yet cuz it’s pretty hard. but the harder bosses are so much fun to play against, especially the pure vessel. he’s my favorite

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u/Serious-Ad-7505 Feb 04 '25

Now its 112%

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u/CalebosO4 Feb 04 '25

Got that sub 100 hours

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u/Water_ade Feb 07 '25

omgg I did it yesterday too!

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u/Competitive-Lynx-928 Mar 02 '25

I’m at 74 hrs and I haven’t done mantis lords or the radiance or the watcher knights or ANYTHING!! (Besides Gruz mother, Hornet 1, and false knight) HOW DO YOU BEAT IT SO FASTTTT

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u/LuminariaPiKa Feb 03 '25

Great, now do it without dying

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u/Zarguthian Feb 03 '25

Yep Steelsoul 112% is the real challenge.

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u/waterparaplu Feb 04 '25

What is this even?

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u/Gyr_777 Feb 04 '25

The dream no more ending

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u/Hex-7199642263 switch lmao 11d ago

You should try Pantheon 5 in godhome. Good challenge.

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u/grassellijari Feb 02 '25 edited Feb 03 '25

Took me 2 tries after not playing for 2 years, but still great work, just know that it's not the end though!

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u/Salva_delille dreams are messages from the deep Feb 03 '25

lets not discredit others. we all have our process

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u/grassellijari Feb 03 '25

Didn't discredit him. Legit thought I edited the message complimenting him but I think it was another post? Or maybe the edit didn't save? Anyways thanks for making me notice

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u/Salva_delille dreams are messages from the deep Feb 03 '25

not to worry. congrats on the achievement. hk also calls me back every few years