let's have a Hollow Knight thread

>>383245189
>let's have a thread about videogames
absolute madman
I'm up to the mantis bosses, that dash master charm is objectively S-tier, no other charm even comes close.

I'm just waiting for the new content, it's coming this month right?

Also this summer is going to be fucking great.
>Hollow Knight DLC
>Rain World content announced
>Super Cloudbuilt on July 25th
>Grim Dawn expansion probably around the end of summer
>Gwent as a filler

Who needs new games anyway?

>>383245430
I don't see the point of the dash master charm to be honest, and I've beaten the game 3 times.

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>>383245189
Just bought the game.
Sadly my save file from pirated version is not working so i'm going to start all over again, which would be sad normally, but the game is so awesome than I'm more than happy to play it again. And again. And maybe speedrun it a couple of times afterwards.

>>383245189
>how far
can fight hollow knight but want to 100% before that, just met the white lady[\spoilers]
>charms
Always run compass, magic when get hit, sprint master, longer hit range and the shield while healing. Changed sprint master with faster attacking

>favourite boss
Hornet and dung I guess


Also I am kinda sad that I needed a guide to find the bee place and accidently found the way to the abyss while searching for that. Also sad that I didn't just finish the game first and the do 100%, but I am to lazy for that

Trying to beat trial of the fool. It's kicking my ass.

Steady body is essential and the faster strikes charm is my favorite.

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>>383246096
>>383245823

>>383245189
>How far are you?
99% just need trial of the fool
>What charms are you using and which do you find the most useful?
Mark of Pride, dash master, quickslash, and sharp shadow because fuck all that pussy shit.
>What's your favorite boss so far?
Soul Tyrant.

>>383246202
Use ctrl+s if you don't know how to spoiler correctly.

>>383245823
>>383246202
>>383246202


I am not tired just legit retarded.

Fuck the how far thing.
>charms
Always run compass, magic when get hit, sprint master, longer hit range and the shield while healing. Changed sprint master with faster attacking

>favourite boss
Hornet and dung I guess


Also I am kinda sad that I needed a guide to find the bee place and accidently found the way to the abyss while searching for that. Also sad that I didn't just finish the game first and the do 100%, but I am too lazy for that

>>383246202
are you trying to fuck with us right now or what
is this a fucking game to you

>>383245189
>How far are you?
100%'d the game, including all the permadeath and speedrun stuff.

>Charms
Mark of Pride and Fragile Strength are pretty much my run carriers.

Compass/Gathering Swarm get a cursory nod, at least, for their extreme all-purpose usefulness, and Shaman's Stone another because spell spamming is so much fun.

>Favourite Boss
I don't know, they all kind of suck.

Watcher Knights when going for the 2 hour speedrun were hectic.

>>383246272
I'd swap pride for longnail and drop sharp shadow/dash master, there are much better options.

>>383246381
I wish I knew about the chandelier when I speedran the game.

>>383246272
>>383246381
Mark of Pride and Longnail stack. Try it out.

>>383246521
Do they? I tried it, I didn't notice any real difference.

>>383246502
Yeah, man. Heh. Shits a lifesaver.

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>>383246432
Not a good idea, Longnail range is kinda shitty

is speedrunning hard?

So I need to do any% 5hours and 100% 20 hours regardless of difficulty right.

I want to do that without guides actually, except maybe the 100%.

>>383245430
Dash charm is shit because normal dash is all you need, even on final boss. Any dash fuck-ups is corrected via git gud

>how far are you
I 100% this game like 4 months ago

As for charms, none are more effective than quick slash and the one that gives you the longest reach.

Favorite boss is the dung defender, that wacky bastard.

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>>383246583
Saves you a notch and it's more than enough, longnail is my go-to charm for any run.

>>383246664
No, 5 hours is easy, I got around 2h on my first attempt, and 100% is pretty fast too when you know everything.

>>383246583
Long nail is good when you just need a bit extra reach and you need the extra notch for other charms.

>keep dying in steel soul
>sick of doing the first 3 stages over and over again
I mean I can do it really fast but it's fucking boring at this point

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>>383245430
>Quick Slash walks in.
That's where you're wrong kiddo.

>>383246664
any% is literally 40 minutes
>I want to do that without guides
oh
good luck then

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post Hornet

Is there going to be a boss rush mode at some point?

> Got game recently
> Loving it
> Playing off and on
> Suddenly screen goes black and sound stops
> Computer crashed
> Restart
> Goes okay
> Don't play for a while

>About an hour ago
> Play more
> Computer hard crashes

What the actual fuck, none of my other games do this. Is this a thing that happens sometimes?

>>383247179
no but when playing the game sometimes it looks like there are some text cut off. (german)

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>>383247139

>>383247179
Never happened to me with this game. Only happened when my card died.

>>383247091
really is it that tiresome without a guide?

>>383247514
What is, 100% or speedrunning?
None of that requires a guide.

>>383248026
under 5 hour speed running and 100% under 20 hours

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>>383247514
I dunno. Make a route and see for yourself.
Speedrunners are good community. They share routes, skips and glitches, saving time. Why would you want to avoid that I simply don't understand.

>>383248057
Nope, it's easy, unless you try that on your first run with zero knowledge.

im just geting started, i just met that bitch >>383245742

im having fun

>>383248137
sense of exploring/achievment on your own I guess.

I mean sure I could to it with (like I do in every other game), but why not try for yourself and find out?

>>383248138
alright thanks

>>383247083
Quick slash is the tits. Made quick with of the dream bosses with it.

>Try the challenge of fools
>win

Why was this allowed?

>>383247083
I haven't found Quick Slash to be that useful since your default attack speed is already pretty fast and you make pretty quick work of most enemies.

What's the most braindead easy setup I could possibly run? I'm absolute dogshit at 2d games like this and I want to enjoy the world/music but getting my assblasted by every relatively difficult fight makes it hard for me to carry on. I just fought hornet

Anyone have tips for The Radiance? I've played the game for 35+ hours with plenty of enjoyment but this fight just killed it for me.

>>383245189
>How far are you?
Queen's Gardens. Just got to the Traitor Lord last night. Good shit.

>What charms are you using and which do you find the most useful?
Mark of pride, sharp shadow, nailmaster's glory, gathering swarm, compass. Top tier setup, sharp shadow is fun as fuck.

>What's your favorite boss so far?
I really liked Uumuu

>>383248814
It's all about learning to dance your way through the attacks.

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>>383248283

>>383247385
My bug can't possibly be this cute!

>>383248636
There's no set of charms that will make the game super easy. It's already pretty easy but if you are really ass just use a guide, look up help for boss fights you're having trouble with, and get all the upgrades you can whenever you get stuck. Certain charm sets work better with certain bosses and situations.

For example I was having trouble with the Collector boss because every time I would get near him to attack he kept fucking me up. So I used charms that make your magic stronger and just blasted him over and over without touching him.

Near the end there's a long platforming sequence that will fuck you up. But if you use the Hiveblood charm you have essentially infinite tries.

>>383248636
Here, install this mod, it makes it super easy.

http://www.moddb.com/mods/hollow-knight-glass-soul

>>383248814
Patience.

Radiance is a boss that doesn't really leave itself open to hyperpunishment like other bosses, so it's really just a case of just avoiding the projectiles and chipping at it.

Or you can do that cheese build that's like stalwart soul, shaman stone and some soul building charms to basically just pump Abyss Soul spamming into it and kill it in I think 16 full hits.

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>>383249261
best bug

>>383245742
Pirated save file works fine for me

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>>383245189
>How far are you?
Just about to face off The Radiance
>What charms are you using and which do you find the most useful?
I use whatever is useful in the situation, but my favorites/general ones are Mark of Pride, Quick Slash and Quick Focus.

>What's your favorite boss so far?
Probably Mantis Lords, I had the most fun fighting them with zero upgrades and only a few shitty charms. It was both the hardest and most enjoyable fight for me. Hornet was fun too, not difficult but fun.

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Looks like we can finally have actual Hollow Knight threads again. I hope the upcoming boss fights are hard, looks like we're getting a buffed Dung Defender.

>>383250084
Him and Zote.

Dung Defender should be alright. He just suffers from what a lot of the bosses do - the player lacks damage negation options apart from the one dodge upgrade that has a pretty big cooldown, which means the bosses can't be hyper aggressive, which means the devs just kinda prolong the fight by give the boss weirdly long periods of practical invuln.

A dream Zote would be incredible.

Also the prequel comic sucked.

>>383245189
>How far are you?
Just got out of the mine. Lost will to play desu.

>>383250084
>looks like we're getting a buffed Dung Defender.

Source?

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>>383250785
Keep going. It gets really good, and you're so close.

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>>383250787
The fuckin advert, dude.

>>383250913
>It gets really good
Nah, if you're not down with its whole emphasis on exploration from square 1 you're not going to warm up to it.

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>>383250913
>mfw trying to do this with the damage dash charm

>>383250926
Oh. I hadn't seen it. I'm not retarded. I promise.

>>383250926
I don't have to pay for this, right?

>>383250995
Fuck, are you me? That's why my health is so fucked in that screenshot.

I didnt realize sharp shadow increased your dash length, I thought it was just sadistic platform spacing.

>>383251105
Nah, free, it's just a content patch.

Hornet DLC is up in the air.

>>383251149
I don't know what they were thinking when they increased the dash range.

>>383251180
Hornet DLC is explicitly separated from the "free content packs" every time they talk about it. Almost certainly going to be paid.

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>>383245189
Beat my 100% run

I'd love to try and go for all the steam achievement, but I really don't want to try to 100% steel soul mode. I just imagine getting near the 100% mark and dying to one of the few bosses left or god help me dying to the radiance after all that work.

Most useful charms were pride or hiveblood. I never expected to use hiveblood, but swapping out quick focus for it saved me soul I could instead use offensively.

Mantis lords were the best boss
and they're the best wives

>>383251301
Probably so that you could reliably use it as an offensive tactic against fatty enemies. Like those tunnel-blocking mask/scythe spiders with the three hit combo in deepnest.

>>383251406
>I just imagine getting near the 100% mark and dying to one of the few bosses left or god help me dying to the radiance after all that work.
Radiance isn't required for 100%. (Trial of Fools is, though).

You just quit the game when you hit 1-2 health and restart from the nearest bench to avoid that bullshit.

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>>383250926
I imagine the boss on the right is Zote.
like we go fight him in his dream where his ego is so large it's manifested as a full on boss

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>>383245606
Jesus, I thought I was the only one excited for new Rain World content

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>>383251518
Well that doesn't sound too bad I guess.
It's basically just "dying" since I respawn at a bench.

I guess I'll give it a shot
I need more mantis lord pics

Why are you guys playing this now when it's getting free dlc in a few weeks?

>>383251790
Because it's fun.

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>>383251406
>100% steel soul
Just follow speedrunner strats and you'll be there in no time. Maybe you'll need a couple of tries but they take like 5 hours max. In a week you'll be able to do it even if you play like 3 hours a day. Just set up a save file on every major encounter to practice.

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>>383251647
>Do not peer into the darkness
>Seek truth in the darkness

>>383251691
Not surprising since you can count on one hand the people who played and beat the game.

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>>383251857
Oh, you also can backup your saves if you're a filthy savescammer.

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>>383251857
>>383251995
Hey man if the game is gonna play dirty then so will I

thanks for the tips

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>best boss walks in

Just beat the game 100% 5 mins ago. Trial of fools was definitely the hardest thing in the game for me. Most of the harder bosses took few tries at most. Also bactracking in this game is fucking shit.

Just cleared white palace, gave me trouble until i remembered to switch charms. Regenerating healthcomb charm+spirit on hit makes it just a matter of bruteforce

>Charm breaks
>You can't fix it in the first city, you have to go the guy who sold it to you.

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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>>383252157
HMMM
HMMM
HMMM

His rematch was easily my favorite.
Champion was the hardest, but he was pretty much the same just more intense. Lost kin was probably the easiest cause he fights pretty much the same there's just more adds now.
Tyrant doesn't add too much, but his abilities and voice really sell me.

>>383252347
>using the breakable charms
I didn't even find that guy till I was almost done with the game.

>>383251406
100% SS isn't all that hard, since you already know where everything is, you can just stock up on shards as early as possible and get fragile strength - it'll keep you at about one nail upgrade level during the early game.
Also, Jiji (shade revive NPC) is replaced with another one that trades the previously useless rancid eggs for cash, somewhere in the region of 700-800 for each, so if you have at least two eggs buy the simple key from Sly early on and you'll immediately make your money back and then some, depending on how many eggs you managed to find by then.
In this respect SS is even easier than regular mode because you'll be swimming in geo before even half the game is over, instead of the final quarter, letting you buy more charms/slots/items earlier when it matters.

>>383252436
The extra damage charm is great, but when it breaks I want to kill myself.

>>383252526
>somewhere in the region of 700-800 for each
I only got 3-400.

>>383246808
I haven't played much but how do you get different "ornaments" around hp bar?

>>383252526
I mean to say, fragile strength will effectively *add* a nail upgrade level in the early game, later as you upgrade it becomes exponentially more powerful and you'll already be one-shorting a lot of stuff after just two forges.

>>383250708
>prequel comic
what? link

>>383245189
I bought it, then refunded it.

First two hours were wandering aimlessly forever through simple platforming and easy enemies so I could beat fun bosses like needle bitch just so I could start backtracking again.

Cool atmosphere, but definitely some of the worst level design I've seen in a metroidvania. I had more fun playing garbage like Guacamelee and ZX

>>383252615
Really? Either my memory is rusty or it's was patched in (out?) at some point. I could swear I was ferreting a decent amount from him for those eggs.

>>383252735
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0X-Ea_EAXhoTEZVeTJMdVBfcTQ/view

Here you go.

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I already finished my 100% run last week. It was an amazing experience. Now I just wait for that sweet sweet extra content.

My go to charms were always quick slash + mark of pride. Everything else was just extra. Thorns of agony was also a charm I used a lot because I'm a shitter that's not very good at the whole "not getting hit" thing.

As for a favorite boss, I really enjoyed the dream bosses, Radiance and the Dung Defender.

>>383252741
I do agree that the early game is horribly slow until you get wall-jump, but seeing as it's possible to beat the game in under two hours total, it's just as much you not knowing what to do as the game being slow paced at the start. Alas you decided to quit at right around the part where it was actually going to ramp up significantly.

>>383252662
It's another mode that unlocks after beating the game.

>>383252827
thank you famlam that was nice

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>>383251773
more

I wish this game had more fan art and r34

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she's craving dick

>>383252982
At that point, I was at the edge of the refund window and had no choice.

Maybe in the future I'll pirate the GOG binaries and give it another shot, maybe even buy it on a much deeper discount, but I can't justify the price for this level of boredom

>>383253815
I drew a picture of it a couple of days ago, there you go.

>>383253901
every fatty does

Farming for Essence at the moment.

What's the easiest dream boss? I tried failed champion first since its near the first boss I figured it would be the easiest but got my ass blasted.

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>>383254124
I had an easy time with vessel's dream boss
since it's essentially the same fight by with more adds.
killing the adds awards soul which you just use for fireballs and blow vessel the fuck out

>>383254124
The Lost Kin probably.

Thar huge green blob on the conqueror's trial,does it have a pattern?
I was doing fine until those two shits killed me

>>383254124
Just leave the dream bosses until you have most upgrades.

Or you could just throw on Defender's Crest and wreck Lost Kin.

>>383254063
Good job anon.
I wish I could draw better than a retarded cripple

It's been such a long time since I've started a game where you start out as very weak and with very little tools. It's actually refreshing that I had actually buy things like map icons and not having things explain to you like the caterpillars I just found that out all by myself I also got creamed on the false Knight boss because I honestly did not understand how armor worked and I assume that the boss is unkillable but then I tried again and I did figure it out and I was very happy to defeat him

I like this game so far

Getting a bit burnt out on it so I'm taking a break. How many dream bosses do I need to fight to get enough essence for White Palace?

>>383254124
Pro-tip with dream bosses, use Fragile Strength and Fragile Heart. When you die in a dream, you don't die for real. So the fragile charms don't break when you fail.

How the everloving fuck am I supposed to deliver this goddamn flower.

Its hard enough getting out of the area you get it in, but then I not only have to go through the nightmare that is infected crossroads, but also deal with those disk-shooting mantis fucks in queens garden.

>>383254265
The pattern is try not to be too close when they start vomiting orange shit but otherwise keep attacking.

Remember that the surviving one regains all its health when it goes into a frenzy.

>>383254387
Pretty much all of them, including Dream Warriors. You can skimp on a couple if you bother with that whispering root shit.

>>383254459
Kill them before and don't rest

>>383245189
I've progressed pretty far, so how does beating the game work?

Do I have to start a new game when I beat it, do I continue, what? I want to get 100% on my first run because I'm a completionist, but I also just plain feel like challenging the boss.

>>383254459
My personal route is through City of Tears, through Fungal Wastes, then up that back way through Queen's Gardens. That way you only have to fight the two mantises and just spell spam both.

>>383254570
Nah, if you reload your beat save it just starts you from your last save.

Alright, do I need to kill all the ghosts to obtain 1800 ?

I feel like I killed all ghost bosses and found every fucking tree and I am missing like 400 for 1800

>>383254459
They don't res pawn unless you rest, anon. Clear a path.

>>383254570
After you beat the "Final boss" you basically just reload at the save point before the boss and can continue to play as normal.

>>383254720
you don't need to kill any ghosts to get 2400

>>383254720
Did you do the bosses?

Should I leave the collosseum and the flower for the end?
Those trials are way too long

>>383254720
>I feel like I killed all ghost bosses and found every fucking tree and I am missing like 400 for 1800
No, you missed a bunch of trees and dream warriors, then.

Ghosts give you jack shit in essence. You don't even need to do all the trees, you can miss a couple.

>>383254836
Yeah, sure. I push it to Conqueror's once I'm at a +3 Nail and save Trial of Fools for a fully upgraded vessel.

>>383254459
If you have all the grubs at this point, ewuip their charm, quick slash and fragile strength, wreck any enemy you come across. Also do as >>383254665 says, fewest enemies this way.

>>383254807
you mean the ghosts who chill and you can fight against them? yeah, how many are there so I can compare? The last one I did was the one behind the shadow door.

On my map aren´t any trees or warriors anymore..

>>383254856
>>383254754
alright thanks! Ghost bosses are the one you can just challenge right? How many of them are there. I didn´t finish hollow knight, the king, and last trial of the fools and I think I am just missing 10 people on my hunters notes

>>383255135
I mean the dream versions of bosses you've already fought. Go back to the first boss, Soup Master, and Broken Vessel and smack their corpse with the dream nail.

>>383255135
check all the bosses you've already fought (champion, soul master, lost kind, etc.) you can fight them a second time for essence

Any tips on the Collector?

Not too far. I just got the dream nail. I have like 5 fucking different places to go, this game opens up a bit too much.

It's pretty decent, what makes me a bit weary is that there's still DLC to come and I feel like I might put the game to rest after I finish and not touch it. I don't know how it will work on this kind of game.

Does the gameworld ever stop being boring?

>>383255446
>Soup Master

Drawfags pls

>tfw no mantis gf

>>383255461
Make sure you've got either a +3 nail or +2 with fragile strength, so you oneshot the summons, and you can easily just walk away from his leaps and hit him each time he lands.

This game has too many bugs.

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I died and my stuff is on the other side of this wall, how do I get my money back? I had like 1000 geo so I don't want to lose it

>>383255505
Just bumrush the bosses of each area if it's overwhelming you, and then once you're done with that you can decide at your own pace if it's worth bothering with getting all the shit.

It's one of those games that gets so much faster on a second playthrough it's not even funny.

>>383255693
Pogostick the fucker.

Oh you don't have mantis claw. Well it looks like you can jump dash from one of those earlier platforms.

>>383255793
The dash doesn't go far enough, is there a way of extending it or doing it twice or something?

>>383255693
rotten eggs

I beat the game yesterday with about 30 hours played. Best ending, all items, only thing I'm missing is the Journal and the Trial of Fools.

This is my top game of all time now. I didn't even HAVE a top game of all time before. It's fantastic. My only complaints are that backtracking gets a bit annoying once you hit the "cleaning up all the items" phase", and that they made achievements for speeding the game, beating the game without dying, and beating the game without dying WITH 100% COMPLETION. I like getting all the achievements for games I love, but I HATE one-life modes because if you die late into it, you've wasted all the time you spent, and the tension keeps it from being fun to me.

The combat is great, the exploration perfectly captured that sense of discovery and dread I love so much in Metroid and Dark Souls, and the plot is suprisingly involved, told in the drip-feed Dark Souls style I love so much. I had several moments of surprise as I pieced together things about the situation, my character, and the reason behind all the problems.

I love it.

>>383255891
Not really. You can summon your phantom if you unlock the cave in Dirtmouth and bring the NPC a rancid egg, you could try that.

>>383255941
>>383255956
Thanks, I bought both the key and the rotton egg but had no idea what the person meant when she was talking about having no regrets.

>>383255946
Beating the game without dying isn't hard. You just quit if you fuck up too many times and have 1-2 health left.

>>383255704
Well it makes sense, because you know where everything is instead of gambling on getting into the right rooms and fucking up. Even though there's signs all over the place.

>>383254665
What is this back way? I hit a dead end when entering queens garden from fungal wastes (the room with the infected guy).

>>383247179
I got a blue screen when I was fighting 2 of those bugs you can only kill with the beam. I figured an intensive fight was just too much for my shitty laptop to handle, so I play in 960x540 now. Even then the laptop gets really hot while playing

Did I fuck up by selling things? I really wanted to get more of everything that I could use and I had like 3k worth of collectibles.

>>383254228
Not even. Defender Crest to fend off the flying mistakes and you're gucci

>>383256289
Oh, there's a shortcut if you go through Queen's Gardens from the proper entrance, go around and unlock it. Opens up the exit to the infected guy's house.

>>383256345
Nah, that's the only use for relics.

I've never bothered selling all of them since the game runs out of things to spend Geo on really fucking quickly.

>>383256376
>What's the easiest dream boss

>>383252827
That really was lackluster. :(

>>383255568
Only had +2 nail and no fragile strengh, but I beat him with Soul Catcher, Thorns of Agony, Spell Twister and Lifeblood Heart

>>383254228
>not false knight

>>383256427
Well, that it does. With that money I was able to buy everything that I could actually buy. It's fine though, that means I didn't have to really focus on using any "geo gathering" charms.

Well the last item that I need to buy is the one notch left that requires so many charms and I'm making damn sure not to break any of those special three.

>>383254124
easy dream boss strategies:
Soul tyrant - even sped up, his attack patters are quite predictable. it's not really possible to get any sort of 'heavy' attacks off on him, so just focus on nail damage and whatever else would help with a drawn-out fight. one possibility is shape of unn + quick focus + soul catcher + fragile strength. this will let you effectively heal up during his fight. during phase two, if you fell with full or near-full health, just hammer away at him and tank the orbs, you can kill him in one cycle.

Lost kin - also rather easy, because his style is mainly shutting down players who try too much fancy acrobatics, if you just bum rush him, you'll realize he doesn't have all that much HP and staggers easily. equip fragile strength, quick slash, and the rest with any blue health you have. just run into his face and keep spamming attack till he dies.

Failed Champion - hard or laughable depending on when you choose to challenge him. if before you free all grubs, you want quick slash, mark of pride, fragile strength and last point on whatever you want. try to stay as close to him as possible and always go underneath him when he jumps, attacking all the while, don't jump or move away for any reason other than if you see him charging up a wave attack.
if you do have final grub charm, equip that + fragile strength + quick slash and again last point doesn't matter. now what you want to do is mainly damage him with your wave attack, and as soon as you manage to stagger him the first time, the fight is effectively over, because when he jumps to the center of the room to chimp out, you can keep on hitting him with waves all the while and he'll get staggered immediately once he's done, stun-lock to victory.

>>383256427
>I've never bothered selling all of them since the game runs out of things to spend Geo on really fucking quickly.

you just sell em till he runs out of unique dialogue for each item

I want to fuck the fangirl bug

>>383245189
How far are you?
Recently beat Watcher Knight, also cleared Howling Cliffs for the first time and got the goodies
What charms are you using and which do you find the most useful?
I like the turd damage aura and mantis nail length so far
What's your favorite boss so far?
Really enjoyed the Focus Master fight. Dung guardian was amusing

>>383256427
Any tips for getting through the goddamn spike room they put at the end? That just seems cruel

why is the map system so awkward? why do I have to equip a compass and buy all that shit near the beginning of the game? it should just be an automatic map

>>383257561
Quickly tap jump dash to safely get over the first pit, and make sure to not push forward when dash over the last.

If in doubt just practice getting through the room/route a few times without the flower.

>>383257968
Ill be honest, im having a REALLY bad time with this shit, I've literally been trying to deliver this flower for about 6 hours now. messing up the dash across the spikes in that room and then having to do the entire goddamn trek again is by far the most frusturating thing in the entire game.

Is there any way to save scum this or something?

>>383257561
remember that jump height is equal to how long you hold the button, practice quickly tapping jump and immediately dashing to the side, and the room becomes rather easy, although still somewhat nerve-wracking.

>>383257768
different metroidvanias often have unique map implementations, here they just decided for it to be somewhat more tied into the game world than just being an abstract mechanic.
the map guy makes sense because it enforces immediate exploration of any new area you get to, which can make you end up in unexpected places compared to if you just made a dart for it. more importantly, it gives a lore-friendly reason as to why parts of the map are already filled-out when you get it, which allows the devs to show you where you're "supposed" to go without explicitly putting in map markers or giving you written directions,

does anyone find the greenpath looks different now? like instead of daylight it's moonlight?

>>383258165
>Is there any way to save scum this or something?
alas the devs took special care to ensure you can't scum this area, the best you can do is get to a save backup your savegame folder to a different location, and copy it back if you fail, but i would be more annoyed doing that than just retrying.

>>383258165
Yeah I think you can back up your save and turn off Steam Cloud or something.

I mean I feel you, my first playthrough I spent a few hours on it, trying different routes and suffering through the mourner's shrill failure sounds each time, only to discover I'd been trying to get it to the wrong fucking place.

But yeah, jump dash - Crash Bandicoot style, no pause between them while pressing left. That first jump is the bullshit one.

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fuck the radiance

>>383257968
>>383258191
Finally did it, I would be happy if I wasnt still so angry about this whole quest.

Thanks for the help anons.

>>383245189
>>>>>>>>>reddit

>>383247083
This charm is easily the best one to use always, along with the one that lets you Focus faster so you can actually heal at bosses.
Lets you abuse i-frames and just mash into bosses if they give an opening, or let you get two strikes in instead of one normally if you're quick enough. Trivializes a bunch of bosses, including the final one.

>>383245189
this game makes me feel like a hardcore gamer just like my bros! xD

>>383255529
When you get the dash and wall jump abilities. It feels a lot more fun to move around the areas when you have both of those

>>383259508
You do know what website you are on right?

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>>383245189
>How far are you?
32h in near the end. I'm finishing the grubs, and after the last nail upgrade I'll kill the dream-versions of old bosses and the trial of fools.
>What charms are you using and which do you find the most useful?
Fast heal and shield heal are really good for some aggressive bosses. But I also really like the heavy nail.
>What's your favorite boss so far?
The last one I killed was the collector, and he may be my favorite. I also liked hornet's second phase.
But really my favorite boss is Zote

>>383259508
Why do you feel obligated to express disapproval for someone enjoying a game? Why does this encode such an emotional reaction that you must reply and put down others for no real reason? Why are you so alone?

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>>383259180
fuck, did it

>>383254836
Only the trial of the fools is actually hard, and the second trial gives you an ore, so it's worth doing.

>>383247083
this + Jodi's blessing and the one to give you extra invincibility time and you can tank most bosses

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How do I get this grub? I can't get to the other part of this hive down there, just that one yellow chunk.

>people having difficulty with Radiance-chan
What? She took maybe 4 tries for me. It's literally just platforming while attacking, and her circular spear moves leave a good space for attacking.
Climbing up is also super easy since the pillars are kinda random. Then on the new platform area just dodge until she stops in a space where she's hittable rather than flailing through the air like a dipshit.
Astoundingly good atmosphere but I'm still a little muddled on the lore. How the fuck did she make the infection using light powers?

>>383260623
Oh, there's a hole in the middle of the hive were you have to cancel out of a crystal heart jump to double jump into. Under the grub, just out of sight.

Good place to farm geo?

>>383260623
fron the train go right until the a pair of bees, there is a breakable wall on the other side of acid

I'm honestly about to refund it. Almost two hours in and I'm not getting the hype. It really doesn't do anything better than other metroidvanias that I've played. The self heal also makes the game pretty boring

>>383260623
Find the Hive entrance first.

>>383260656
She is the infection.

>>383260846
It only opens up after two hours, I'm not even joking.

>>383245430
>>383245678
>>383246665
it's indeed not needed, but i love to be highly mobile.

>>383260846
It gets really good after geting the dash and wall jump upgrades But if you are not enjpying the begining at all, then maybe you should refund

>>383260898
How? I thought she was the passive light you would see since she was one of the original rulers of all bugs, then got buttmad when he time was up as the cycle changed. Then she went into hyperdrive in Dreamland and...everybody just started oozing after getting so focused on it.
Was it moth pollen or something? Clumped up life force? Excess life of bugs becoming so possessed they literally ooze out of their shells?
I must've missed something, I guess.

Guys,

any way to increase the fps in this?
I can't play it properly cause i just get ~15fps on my toaster resulting in unprecise jumps etc.

pls help

>>383260656
It's not necessarily difficult, just different from the other bosses that give you plenty of opportunities to heal, get in hits and run away, predict movement etc... You kind of get used to the game being very forgiving with most bosses but you can't fuck up too much with her. Given, it also depends on your upgrades (I had seven masks and two vessels, so I had to compensate with Joni's Blessing). I can see how you'd complete it quickly though by just taking it easy instead of jumping around like a madman like it is my habit to do.

>>383245189
88% and I really can't be bothered going for 100

I used Long Nail more than any other charm, mostly because I missed Mark and I found the little extra helped with pogoing.

>>383245189
I'm looking for the last few things I missed before I destroy the last seal.
>charms
quick slash, quick charge nail arts, longest slash range.
>fav boss
soul master

>>383246521
>>383246554
They do, but it's definitely not worth 5 charms notches.

What can I use geo on? Ive bought all items, and dropped on the fountain. Im only missing the last nail upgrade, and the "have all charms to buy this" charm.
I'm walking around with 5k and I havent even done the fools trial

How tough is this game? I have ok reaction times and beat games like Dark Souls and whatever, but 2D games tend to scare me a bit. Could never get into Super Meat Boy or fighting games, for example. This game looks pretty charming though and I heard good stuff about it, so I'm on the fence about buying it.

>>383261856
That's it. You're done with geo.

>>383261856
Pretty much the nail for 4k is the last thing you will ever need geo for.

>>383261879
It's pretty punishing in that you often have to run back to a boss for several minutes.

>>383245189
I just made it to the mushroom place. I have to admit, I enjoyed the game a lot more in the first area. The difficulty is starting to feel unfair: enemies that are hidden and pop out of nowhere, health sponge enemies, a lack of any new tools to deal with the combat. Does the game get better? Am I just at "that part?"

>>383261323
Not a lot of stuff you can do, because this is a 2D platformer, so most of the rendering difficulties are concerned with CPU clock speed, video memory and shader support.
There are some tips you can follow on the steam community page for HK, like forcing it into DX9 mode, but these are really more trouble-shoot kinda things than panaceas.
If your toaster can't run this game, then there's just not a lot you'll be able to improve that, and same goes for any game based on a similar pseudo-2D rendering framework, like Ori and the Blind Forest and Transistor.

>>383261879
It's not especially hard, and it's definitely no meatboy, but that depends on just how far you intend to delve into this game. the core adventure is fairly straightforward, but getting 100% does require one to be quite adapt at this game. On the bright side, you'll probably spend 24 hours just beating the game normally, so by the time you do actually get to the controller-snappingly hard parts of the game, you'll already be quite good at it in general.

>>383262245
You just suck

>>383261183
It's not clear whether or not she had a physical form in the first place. What is though is that she's the one who gave the bugs their base instinct and the king the one who freed them from being semi-mindless followers. So the Radiance punished them by infecting their mind, the HK was created to contain the infection but it started leaking again and instead of containing the infection once more, you end up mixing the void and the strong souls of the king and the queen to stop the Radiance where it still lives. I assume that since a little part of the king's power and the void is already enough to create Hollow Knights, getting the Void Heart (kingsoul + void) makes you fucking strong, a one man void army following the king's wish of stopping the infection. It's also pretty cool that the previous Hollow Knight comes to help finish off the Radiance, shows how he's not 100%
infected yet, which is made kinda obvious during his fight, that's how fucking strong the king's creations are.

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>>383247083

>Quicknail and Jodi's Blessing
>Break every boss fight in the game

>>383261879
It's reasonably hard. It can take a few deaths against bosses and even some regular enemies to learn their attack patterns, but once you get a handle on it, it's not too hard to avoid damage entirely

Why is my GPU heating up so much from this game? you would think a game like this would be properly optimized and easy to run

>>383262245
You are at 'the part' where pretty soon a recurring NPC will pop out and tell you it's probably a good idea to go to the city and upgrade your stuff. basically once you get the next movement ability soon-ish, you want to head to the right side of the map to where the bridge is and continue there.

>>383262404
Okay, but does the game get better?

>>383262724
Thanks anon, I appreciate it! I'm liking the game so far, but I'm feeling more limited as I play, I think a new movement ability would help.

>>383262615
If you disable vsync it's running in unlimited framerate. Use MSI Afterburner+RTSS or something to cap your fps.

>>383261046
You know, I had the same reaction when I first saw it but realized extra mobility isn't really needed. I don't think there's a single thing you can't dash out of normally and it doesn't have synergy with the upgraded shadow cloak which makes it even weaker.

>>383262867
once you get the next ability the game will really blow open in where you can go, don't worry about it, this is where it stops being "boring" as some people like to call it.

>>383262615
First of all it's made on Unity, so it's a dice roll as to how optimized the devs chose to make it, and second of all, 2D games stress graphics processors in a different way than 3D graphics, especially when you have multi-layered backgrounds with a lot of shader effects like HK has. The unfortunate fact is that big detailed sprites eat up a lot of video memory and have to be carefully managed to avoid a million draw calls from the CPU.

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hornet dlc when?

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There's something I don't really understand regarding the lore.

The Pale King is supposed to have granted bugs sentience and freed them from Radiance, but not only do you run across two cultures who weren't subject to him (deepnest and mantis village), but some of the characters like Corny and his wife come from abroad, which implies bug civilizations elsewhere.

Also there's a notation or something in mantis village which mentions something like 'the treaty holds, the beasts are kept at bay', obviously referring to the deepnest and implying they had some sort of agreement with hallownest to hold off the hordes.

But... wasn't Herah an ally of the Pale King against the radiance? She may not have been a subject but she worked with him? How does this freaking work?

>>383262935
Thanks anon, went down like fucking 20 degrees.

Just beat the game. What the fuck was going on in the story?

>>383263356
Chances are the Mantids were always free from the control of Radiance, it were only the traitors that willingly gave in to attain higher power.
Herrah and Deep nest was always something of a wild-card, and they didn't obey the king, which is why there's a failed tramway there. Even with the threat of Radiance, she was quite reluctant to help and it took a bunch of deals on his part for her to finally accept the terms.

>>383263398
Lots of games do this, I recommended always using an fps counter to notice it. Also note that if you enabled vsync it has some bug with eating inputs on some configurations.

>>383263740
deepest lore.
also, did you 'just' beat the game, or get the true ending? it probably won't make a hell of a lot more sense, but for it to do otherwise, you really have to grind into this game and all the flavor text.

>>383260350
This was the only scene in the game to make me a bit spooked because normally, that's got to be fucking horrifying being swallowed by the darkness like that, poor Radiance.

>>383263740
Basically, gods an asshole and is fucking everything up, go beat them up or be a human fleshlight for their orange cum forever.

I mean everything is fucked anyway so who cares.

>>383263356
You could easily surmise that most, if not all bugs, came from the Hollownest and were thus born of Radiance/Wyrm/King line of rule. Many left, abandoning it, since it's likely easier to get infected, but some came back to try and save it or were called like Quirrel.
Mantises didn't obey the king, but iirc it said they sway the infection by being that dedicated and mindful. The traitors gave into it completely, and still retained some sanity, but were disbarred completely. They also guard the entrance to the deepnest, so maybe the treaty was an agreement for them to do whatever, but they have to be wary of that cesspool of evil having things that wonder up (which maybe only The Collector does).
Herrah seemed to have control of a group of bugs who were protected by her and lived in the deepnest, but got fucked by spiders who betrayed them. But she did mention how she made a completely fair deal to give everything up for a child, so maybe she let them all die.

dude lore 2deep4me xD

>>383264307
Where did the bugs that abandoned the hollownest go if it was "the only cradel of civilzation"?

>>383252157
He isn't that bad. He is just faster and more aggressive. But unlike the first boss, you actually learn his pattern and abilities in your first fight, so the refight is a lot easier.

>>383264307
>Herrah seemed to have control of a group of bugs who were protected by her and lived in the deepnest, but got fucked by spiders who betrayed them

Where did you get this? I thought Herah just ruled over all the bugs you find in deepnest. I thought Hornet's needle and thread was supposed to echo spider silk.

>>383263740
Ruler goes in a cycle of reincarnation/brightest, as far as we know a Moth starts the line. Bugs come from and follow this.
Then a Wyrm comes, people move on from the moth. Then the Wyrm turns into a king. Moth is long gone, but buttmad, and haunts dreams. She reminds bugs of the primal light, and they go mad and die from a disease of the mind, which manifests physically.
King gets tasked to stop it. He makes a fuckload of mindless, voiceless, soulless shadow knights to fight the light. With the aid of 3 of the strongest bugs, they pick one knight to act as a core/seal for the Moth.
You come in, realize the seal system will never get rid of the problem, and eventually go into the Seal's dreams, and beat the fuck out of the Moth's will directly. With your job done,
you and your kin finally rest.
With a lot of worldbuilding in between. And a cute hornet!

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What the everloving fuck do I do.

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>>383263250
Not soon enough.

>>383265082
In the trap room all the bugs said they were betrayed. Herrah wouldn't just let her people die unless she was already gone, but she would know the risk that would be taken if she went sleepytime.
You're right though, Hornet's probably her awarded child. Just thought she used a regular thread + needle from the world.

>>383264747
If you think about it, the map goes from Howling Cliffs to Kingdoms Edge.
That still leaves everything east of Kingdoms Edge.

>>383265135
Dash.

I'm not kidding. You have to get a feel for the exact distance for your dash and plan each one accordingly.

>>383265090
> makes a fuckload of mindless, voiceless, soulless shadow knights to fight the light. With the aid of 3 of the stronge
So how does Hollow Knight figure out that sealing it doesn't work if he's suppose to be mindless?

>>383265135
Is that the one you just walk trough?

>>383265180
I thought those were just fakes. They have no thoughts and are likely puppets.

>>383265272
Hollow knight's unique power is having us piloting him from another universe, clearly.

Just be glad nobody hits him with a dream nail...

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>think the humming miner beetle is really cute
>she goes hollow
Sad
24 hours in, started using a guidemap to work on 100%ing the game now. I didn't keep track of which mask pieces I did and didn't get so that's going to be fun.

Beat Trial of Fools in two tries, at level 3 nail. I don't see the hype - just mash to full soul from the easy spitter boss, then spam Shriek during the no-floor part and that's the hard part over.

I dont get the hype for Hornet, she's too dour and uptight.

>>383265284
....
I feel stupid.

>>383265135
I did that place and never saw this part I think.. does the palace have different routes?

>>383265417
>spoiler
Wait for dlcs my man

>>383265417
He hit himself with the Dream Nail though. When you get the Void Heart

>>383265591
>>383265417
I really did not understand the void heart story part of the game. What was the real ending all about?

>>383265417
You can hit The Collector and Shades with Dream Nail. Its not that different.
Dreamnail Charm is genuinely good for Magic stuff.

>>383265187
So will the DOC take place outside of Kingdoms edge? Would be a little cheap to re-use Hollownest again, plus I wanna see more buggies like Ants, Scorpions and centipedes. Maybe the main area is an arid desert.

>>383265716
It's not really complicated. Essentially you were the best of all your 'siblings'.

The hollow knight was powerful, but flawed, hence why he failed.

If the protag uses a nail, and Hornet a needle.

Will the sequel protag use a screw?

>>383265815
Ah, makes sense. Why did the king hate the old light and what was it?

>>383265924
The sequel protag is Hornet which is gonna be a needle, and It's kinda a downer because I so wanted to play as a tanky mini-beetle knight that uses a tooth mallet.

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>*blocks your path*

>>383265976
The old light was what captivated bug kind beforehand, keeping them primitive and in its thrall. When Wyrm reincarnated as the King he used his power to give bugs true sapience instead and create a new civilization in the form of hallownest.

The Radiance, now forgotten, created the mind plague, so the King made the hollow knights to try and seal it.

>>383265924
The sequel protag is going to be Zote

I just want Quirrel to come back. Why can't there be DLC about him or at least a friendly duel?

>>383265924
The final boss of the sequel will be a human carpenter wielding a hammer.

>>383266170
so radiance is basically the real life "light" b/c bugs always flock to it like retards and get burned? stupid bugs.

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>>383265796
Also don't forget Cazadores and desert Tarantula's, really hoping the Dlc is in a desert because It's a treasure trove for some pretty cool bugs.

>>383266350
They went with Radiance embodying the light clearly to tickle that metaphor about bugs being drawn to bright things.

hence why old tribe who worshipped Radiance were moths. I mean cmon. moth to the flame.

>>383265135
there are a few pixels between each saw where you can stand and just inch yourself forward. By the time you get to the middle section you'll have a good feeling for where the safe spots are and you can pogo on the big saw until you get the change.

I suspect you can crystal heart dash through if you time it perfectly, but I never got it right so maybe that's not right.

You can skip 100% of this level with secret paths.

>i'm lost, dont know where to go after defeating the soul master/tyrant
>everyone and everyone of them (cheat engine)
>none because they're fucking hard

>>383266112
>shadowdashes past you
hmph.......................... pathetic

The only boss I had trouble dodging was the Soul Master and getting to him was annoying as fuck
How bullshit is his dream form?

>>383245189
>How far are you?
95% of SS. Need to do flower quest, Fools, Soul Tyrant, talk to Seer, and a piece of Soul orb.
>What charms are you using and which do you find the most useful?
I've been using Fragile Strength pretty much all the time on my SS playthrough. My favourites probably are Mark of Pride or Shape of Unn.
>What's your favorite boss so far?
the Radiance

>>383267367
It's not much worse and you don't have to run back each time so it's no biggy.

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>>383265924
>not a drill

>>383267695
>a drill

Wouldn't a drill be massive? Like the size of a tram.

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>nobody mentions dream nail upgrade charm as a favorite
That thing was the best for me everywhere but boss battles. Turbo charging soul and getting to mindread enemies was hella fun for me.

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>>383245189
is this the dark souls of hipster games?

>>383268334
Nah that is Salt and Sanctuary

just got to fungal wastes and explored most of it, found Quirrel who told me to go to the capital and upgrade my weapon so I did that.

Then I went to sleep.

Gonna start playing in a bit.

Should I continue through the city of tears or go back to fungal wastes?

>>383267367
He's about 30% faster overall, his attack where he sweeps the stage with orbs has six instead of four, and he has more health, that's about it. Because he attacks faster, some of his attacks may linger over into the next pattern.

>>383268493
Go fight the boss in Fungal Wastes, you weenie.

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You're in Dirtmouth and this guy slaps your gf's ass. What do you do?

So after getting King's Brand where do I go?
Kill the dreamers?

>>383268493
You could go down to fungal wastes, challenge the boss there, and continue on to the place beyond, but you better be prepared for an ass-raping. Even if you accept the challenge of going there early, there is no clear benefit to doing so aside from a few items you won't even really need for a while.
In any case, now that you're in the city, you have to find a different way of getting out than the gate you took anyway, as it was one-way.

>>383268493
Finish exploring the capital, there's not much you'll be able to see there.
Then go to the mantis.

>>383267695
>boss uses drill

>>383269018
>the place beyond
Do you mean the fog or whatever, with all the jellyfish things?

I went there before beating the Greenpath boss and had a bit of a struggle but explored quite a bit of it, I'm sure it will be much easier now that I have dash and the claw thing
>gate was one way
Oh yeah. Shit.

>>383266390
>Cazadors
That's a pepsis wasp (tarantula hawk). Cazadors don't exist

>>383268982
the brand opens a door in the ancient basin

>>383268974
I'll haglaba his buktis.

>39 hours and still not done
Normal? I think I have most of the world explored, just one dreamer to get, and about 1400 essence. I don't think that's too far from the true ending if I'm not mistaken.

>>383269365
Dunno man, I 100% the game in 35 hours. And I took my sweet time too.

>>383269365
It took me 70 hours

>>383269365
no, I don't think so.
I'm at 33h and have done every dreamer and I'm now just collecting the last few charms and grubs before trying the ending

>>383269490
>>383269551
Weird

>>383269490 was following a guide, >>383269365
isnt, >>383269551 is just retarded

>>383268334
Is this the dark souls of shitposts?

>>383268334
dude

>>383269208
>the place beyond
Do you mean the fog or whatever, with all the jellyfish things?

>I went there before beating the Greenpath boss and had a bit of a struggle but explored quite a bit of it, I'm sure it will be much easier now that I have dash and the claw thing

No, far to the south of there at the bootom of the fungus area. The place with the bubbles is a -very- late game area that you won't fully explore till several more hours in.

>>383268974
Let him die. That thicc bug is all mine.

>>383266112
>Charge attacks and dash away
Too slow

I'm over 5 hours, got the wall jump and the upgraded nail, and just found the path from the City of Tears into the Forgotten Crossroads, am I slow?

>>383267367
Just be near right wall and it's easier to dodge his every attack and of course it will take more time. Killed dream boss without him taking any of my health.

>>383270130
Nah, you're right on track.

>>383269816
You're not wrong. After I beat the game I looked up what I needed to do to get that 100%.

Having your position show up on the map be tied to a charm is fucking retarded man.

Also, could someone post the 100% map please?

be honest, how the fuck are you supossed to find the true ending without looking up a guide?

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>>383271845
By exploring.

i use shadow assault and nailmaster mostly

my style is dashing through enemies and hitting them with charged attacks when theres an opening but reading this thread looks like spamming attacks with quick slash is more effective

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>>383271271
>not liking to choose between comfort and power

>>383271271
It's literally only one notch.
Also, you can easily remove it once you get to a boss, or remove it once you'e backtracking an area you're already familiar with

>>383250084
Damn, I want a physical cloth version of this map to hang on my wall.

What's the reward for 100% the journal?
Can I fight the hunter?

>>383272879
Just an item that shows you've done it. Nothing significant.

>>383271845
Hornet tells you to find her in a field of ash, there are two ways to get there. After that you get a brand, there is only one door in the game with that brand. After visiting that area you can cross black barriers, crossing one gets you to white lady who gives you half a charm and gives a hint to the other half. You realize you need a stronger dream nail for this, but by this point you were probably buffing it anyway. White palace, get other half, tells you of a birthplace. You remember that Hornet told you the abyss is your birthplace, go down, new door opens. Since you're in the habit of dream nailing everything, you nail your own reflection. Go to end area and see somethings different. Final fight also goes differently -> dream nail the hollow knight since it's a thing now. And there you go, you don't have to be fucking Sherlock to figure it out.

>>383271271
Man sometimes I feel lucky not to be a millennial teenager. Means I've had to read an actual map before and don't lose my shit whenever GPS isn't available

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>>383251979
I'd like to beat the game, but shit won't get past the initial loading screen...

>>383271895
Thank you

>the collector collects your soul
I fucking love the amount of detail this game has.

>>383266181
Too bad he's dead for a lot of people.

>>383275180
>a lot of people

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>>383275583
of course I forget my image

>>383275583
Means it'd be weird to make him a protagonist when he's dead m8

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I want give Iselda my larvae!
I've already cleaned out the stores in Dirtmouth, the charm fatty, fragile charm bug but I've still got like 7k Geo. What is there to spend it on?

>>383276949
Pale King fountain.

>>383275698
what`s the trigger for his death? Not saving him the moment you see him isn`t it since you can come back later. Does this cheevo one unlocks after beating the game?

>>383277489
Trigger 1: not saving him from the flying bug, he counts as "saved" if you attack it I think.
Trigger 2: not saving him in deep nest, if you enter the area where the parasites start coming alive and beat them, he is counted as "saved" even if you don't free him from the web, he'll just be stuck there forever.

>>383277809
but when does he dies?
if you see him and leave the room does he die? Or does it take more time?

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*reads your inputs*

>>383278058
After you get the walljump

>>383278058
Whenever the next "event" happens, whether it's fighting a boss, seeing a cutscene or entering a new area.

How the fuck do I reach Cornifer in Fogs Cavern? There is this weird black barrier that I can't cross, same situation in that lower right corner of Deepnest. Is there an item I am missing?

>>383278387
You have to enter Fog's Canyon from the other side

>>383278126
>game with melee combat
>enemy has complex moveset
>you ALSO get hurt if you touch him

I hate this shit.

>>383278387
you either find the ability to cross the black barrier, or to swim in acid.
Either way those two skills are late game, for now you should ignore that area

>>383278387
>Cornifer in Fogs Cavern
You can reach him if you go from the east through Fungal wastes

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>>383278126
This guy was pretty predictable.
How does he read your input?

>>383278387


Yes. You must clear the bottom of Ancient Basin.

>>383278673
Probably the dream battle.

>>383278673
>Try to jump over him when he pushes you against a wall
>He INSTANTLY jumps, twice as fast as you, intercepting you in the air.

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>>383278387

>>383278928
Dream battle was just as easy. Only that he had more health.
>>383278945
What? Those jump/dashes can be seen from a mile away. You must be really bad at basic combat.

>only 2 grubs left
>they're in the deepnest
just

I really don't want to spoil myself using user maps and such. I've been having such a fun time with this game, finding all those hidden places on my own without any help. I do welcome hints if they aren't too obvious.

>>383278472
>>383278647
>>383279013
Hm, probably missed some entrance.

>>383278708
I think I've been there but the door was sealed. I guess I need to find a collectible or something.

>>383279278
Sure thing buddy

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>>383245189
>How far are you?
100% plus completed hunter log
Also did the 5 hour speedrun so just need to do steel soul 100% and 100% in 20 hours.
>What charms are you using and which do you find the most useful?
Quick slash + Mark of Pride + Fragile strength is best combo, makes pretty much every enemy and most bosses trivial. Also takes 9 notches so you got 1 left for either map or overcharm if you can handle it
>What's your favorite boss so far?
Too many good ones but probably dung defender.
Wish the Hunter was actually a boss instead of just giving you the mark after completing the log.

>>383278126
This. He's really the shittest fight in the game. I especially hate how sometimes you move close because his jump usually goes directly at you from far away but then he just decides to jump short right on top of you. Fucking bullshit.

Every other fight is bretty gud. Even the hated False Knight second battle at least has decent tells after you fight him a few times. He's fast but (for the most part) has to adhere to somewhat of a pattern. And even his fast moves you can tell because he has to jump backwards and can only do them twice in a row.

>>383278126
Yeah, I think there's a reason that the devs allow you to facetank him with certain builds. I think they knew they didn't put as much effort into balancing him. He was probably one of the last bosses they designed.

>>383280180
I don't think you can facetank the dream version.
I killed him with spores and fast heal

I just reached the City of Tears are the Wanderer's Journal worth keeping or should I sell them asap?

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Found a shortcut while looking for grubs
I don't know if this is well known

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>>383280460
map
the path is all to the left