*Community Code of Conduct

# Code of Conduct

Violations of the below Code of Conduct should be reported either via the [Community Feedback form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XZBDvGQTw84Lf5958KEqcoPzQMyunNttoR7MiVqbbgs) or by directly contacting a member of the SRC mod team on Discord:

```
@nerfirelia73, @staxis, @manicjamie, @constructivecynicism, @paum, @isnialan, @duuscarlet, @lep19
```

All reports will be reviewed as promptly as we are able to; however, keep in mind that these issues can take time for us to discuss, gather information on, and handle.

All members of the team are obligated to respect your privacy and keep your report and identity confidential, unless you agree otherwise.

If you believe there may be a conflict of interest with regards to specific members of our team, please make it known to another member to discuss how to proceed.

## Aim

Our Code of Conduct aims to ensure that all members of the community are able to participate in an environment which feels safe, inclusive, and welcoming. It is our hope that all members of our community can be heard while feeling understood and valued; and when complaints are heard, we must also identify clear approaches to dealing with problematic behavior.

## Values

Positive habits help contribute to a more positive environment for everyone, and we encourage our community members to practice them. These include:

- Showing empathy and kindness towards others.
- Respecting different opinions, viewpoints, and experiences.
- Giving kind, constructive feedback, and accepting feedback gracefully.
- Accepting responsibility and apologizing to those affected by our mistakes, and doing our best to learn and grow from these experiences.

## Unacceptable Behaviour

Community members must not discriminate against others based upon their race, ethnicity, appearance, religion, age, disability, citizenship, familial status, sexual identity and orientation, gender identity and expression, medical condition, level of experience, or personal achievements. Discrimination based on any of these factors, but not limited to these factors, is unacceptable.

Members of our community must not harass others. Harassment may include:

- intimidation
- trolling
- making threats
- spreading malicious rumors
- creation of alternate accounts to evade a ban
- stalking
- use of sexual or discriminatory imagery, comments, or jokes
- unwanted sexual attention or advances
- intentional or repeated misgendering
- using “dead” or rejected names
- discriminatory or derogatory remarks
- challenging people’s self-identity or chosen labels

Other unacceptable behaviors include:

- Publishing private personal information without explicit permission.
- Microaggressions, or subtle put-downs against marginalized groups.
- Treating someone unfavourably for filing a complaint against community member(s).

## Scope

Our Code of Conduct applies to all discourse within our public community spaces. This includes community servers, stream chats, video comment sections, group messages, forums, and anywhere else allowing for public discourse.

Our Code of Conduct also applies to all discourse outside of our public community spaces if brought to the attention of community members. This is important because regardless of how a person has carried themselves within our community in the past, it is not possible for community members to feel comfortable and safe interacting with a person who actively discriminates against them in other spaces.

Members are expected to act accordingly to any services' TOS they use. Failing to do so may carry punitive or correctional measures not only with the service itself, but also to their community status and presence.

## Actions

These are measures typically used when a case is either not possible to solve, or when the scope of the infraction(s) transcend a solution purely between the actors:

### Warning

For first time violations or minor violations of the Code of Conduct, a warning may be given. In this warning, they will be told about their problematic behavior and be advised to improve it. The member will be informed of what future actions will be taken should their behavior continue. An apology, public or private, may be requested from the warned individual.

### Event / Miscellaneous Ban

For violations of the Code of Conduct, a member may receive a ban from an event or from some other part of the community. Typically, this will be offered as part of, or in conjunction with, a warning.

### Temporary Ban

For serious violations or repeated minor violations of the Code of Conduct, but when there is believed to be potential for self-improvement over time, a temporary ban may be given. The Speedrunner role of the offending member will be revoked for a period of time, and the member will similarly not be allowed access to any future Hollow Knight Speedrunning Discord during this time. This temporary ban will last as long as deemed necessary, whether that be ten minutes, ten months, etc. The decision to lift a temporary ban may be informed by community feedback if deemed appropriate.

### Permanent Ban

For serious or continued violations of the Code of Conduct, a permanent ban may be given. The Speedrunner role of the offending member will be permanently revoked, and the member will similarly not be allowed access to any future Hollow Knight Speedrunning Discord.

### Leaderboard Ban

In extreme cases, leaderboard bans may accompany permanent bans. The offending member will have their runs on the Hollow Knight speedrun.com leaderboards deleted, and will not be allowed to submit any runs in the future. The boards include hollowknight, hkmemes, hkmods, and any other/future boards relevant to the community.

*How to Downpatch Hollow Knight (Updated)

# Introduction

Many speedruns of Hollow Knight are done on previous patches of the game because important skips and glitches have been added and removed over time. That being said, **you are never required to run on the most optimal patch**, and many runs can be done on current patch if that's what you want to use.

Most speedruns are done on **1.2.2.1** for No Major Glitches or **1.0.2.8** for All Glitches and No Main Menu Storage, but it can vary. If you're unsure, check what patch the run you're following uses or ask in the Hollow Knight Speedrunning Community discord.

## Downpatching for Steam

There are two patches that can be accessed very easily through the **Beta** branches on Steam:

**1.4.3.2** - Godmaster final patch, can be used for Current Patch runs

**1.2.2.1** - Grimm Troupe final patch, optimal for most other No Major Glitches runs

**1)** Right-click Hollow Knight in Steam and select **Properties**.

https://i.imgur.com/ZPmdfU8.png

**2)** Select the patch you want to use under the **Betas** tab.

https://i.imgur.com/pRlhz37.png

**3)** Hollow Knight will now automatically update to your chosen patch.

If you want to access a different patch, there are two other options for downpatching through Steam. The first option is to patch Steam to re-enable the old method of downpatching through Steam's console. The second option is to download a separate tool called DepotDownloader, but this tool is awkward to use and has some dependencies. This is why patching Steam should be the first method you try and the details will be listed in the section below.

## Downpatching for GoG

This method will only work **if you own the game on GoG**. If you own the game on Steam you will need to use the Steam method.

Downpatching for GoG is very simple, **however currently most useful patches are unavailable through GoG**.

**1)** In GoG Galaxy, under Hollow Knight, select **Manage Installation->Configure...**

https://i.imgur.com/xbLcDBo.png

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/822612168352595968/863184523499012116/unknown.png

**2)** Make sure that **Auto-updates** is turned off.

**3)** Select whichever Hollow Knight version you need:

**1.4.3.2** - Godmaster final patch

**1.4.2.4** - Godmaster release patch, used for Pantheon All Bindings ILs

**4)** Your game will be automatically updated to the chosen patch.

# Patching Steam

**1)** Navigate to the Steam console by pressing Win+R and typing "steam://nav/console".

**2)** Enter the following command depending on the patch you want to download:

**1.4.2.4** - Godmaster release patch, used for Pantheon All Bindings ILs
**Command:** "download_depot 367520 367521 7281172781181458959"

**1.3.1.5** - Lifeblood release patch, used for many NMMS categories
**Command:** "download_depot 367520 367521 8301828894387332581"


**1.2.2.1** - Grimm Troupe final patch, used for most No Major Glitches categories
**Command:** "download_depot 367520 367521 648876203478229944"

**1.1.1.8** - Hidden Dreams final patch
**Command:** "download_depot 367520 367521 3452389063277773009"

**1.1.1.4** - Hidden Dreams release patch, used for 100% All Glitches
**Command:** "download_depot 367520 367521 4098313936262429664"

**1.0.2.8** - Used for most All Glitches Categories
**Command:** "download_depot 367520 367521 6521580788679328160"

These are the commands for the most useful patches, on **Windows only**. A full list for every patch including IDs for Mac and Linux can be found **[here](https://pastebin.com/JCKRcL7M)**.

**3)** Be patient on the download. When it's finished a "Depot download complete" message will appear in the console and you can move onto the Installation section.

# Installing

If you used the patching Steam method, the old patch files will be in your Steam install folder under "Steam\SteamApps\content\app_367520" and inside another folder.

If you used the alternate DepotDownloader method outlined later, the old patch files you downloaded can be found in the "depots" folder inside a few other folders.

The important files here are "hollow_knight.exe" and the entire "hollow_knight_Data" folder.

https://i.imgur.com/WovkdoZ.png

If you only want a downpatched version of Hollow Knight installed, you can delete the files in your current Steam install and copy these files there instead. However, there is an easy way to have multiple versions of Hollow Knight installed that I'll outline below.

## Multiple Installed Patches

**1)** Create a folder anywhere you like and name it something that'll remind you it contains your downpatched Hollow Knight version. I created a folder named 1221 in the same location that I downloaded DepotDownloader to. Copy the old patch files here.

https://i.imgur.com/Cc5nfUd.png

**2)** Create a new text document in this folder titled "steam_appid" and in that document copy only the number "367520". **If you have file name extensions showing, the name of document will be "steam_appid.txt", if you don't you'll only see "steam_appid".**

https://i.imgur.com/4cgm8H7.png

https://i.imgur.com/f6lA4BU.png

**3)** Optional: Add this install to Steam as a Non-Steam Game so that you can launch it directly through Steam whenever you want.

https://i.imgur.com/w00NcQP.png

https://i.imgur.com/pCv6KGN.png

https://i.imgur.com/KY6z78Q.png

https://i.imgur.com/ZuayoYW.png

# Save Files

Saves files are shared across every Hollow Knight installation, regardless of the patch. These files are located at "C:\Users\yourname\AppData\LocalLow\Team Cherry\Hollow Knight".

Launching a current patch save with an older patch version of Hollow Knight can corrupt that save file. If you want to protect your casual save file, you can make a backup of the files in the location specified above.

# Deleting Windows Registry

Some people have issues with their game after downpatching from current patch to an older patch. These might include the game crashing or not accepting inputs when sitting at benches, quitting out or some other interactions. If you have weird issues like this, deleting Team Cherry's folder in your Registry might help.

**1)** Press the Windows button and R at the same to time to bring up the Run command line, enter "regedit" and press enter.

https://i.imgur.com/HfE4Isl.png

**2)** Navigate to "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Team Cherry" and delete that folder.

https://i.imgur.com/ukhax51.png

# DepotDownloader Setup

The next method outlined below also has a video guide made by Verulean. I'd recommend watching that guide alongside reading this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44HBxzC_RTg

**1)** You need to acquire .NET Core from Microsoft's website **[here](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core)**, make sure to download the current recommended build for your operating system (Windows x64 for most users, but please check this).

https://i.imgur.com/EXgtW7n.png

https://i.imgur.com/Hm8BlmY.png

**2)** Launch the downloaded executable and follow the instructions to install .NET

**If you're still running Windows 7** you'll need an additional update from Microsoft's website **[here](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26764)**.

**3)**  Download the DepotDownloader tool from GitHub **[here](https://github.com/SteamRE/DepotDownloader/releases)**. Find whatever the latest release is and make sure to use the first download link, **not the source code**.

https://i.imgur.com/om0rGK1.png

**4)** Move the .zip to somewhere you'll remember and extract it (WinRAR and 7-Zip are free tools that can extract .zip files)

https://i.imgur.com/BZuJDUN.png

# Using DepotDownloader

**1)** In the extracted DepotDownloader folder bring up the command line at that location by typing "cmd.exe" into the address bar or by Shift + Right-clicking and selecting "Open PowerShell window here".

https://i.imgur.com/BYOMflK.png

https://i.imgur.com/UH1GVMt.png

**2)** Now you can enter the commands to download the downpatched files for whichever Hollow Knight version you need. The first thing we need is the manifest ID for the patch you want to download.

Listed below are the manifest IDs for the most useful patches, on **Windows only**. A full list for every patch including IDs for Mac and Linux can be found **[here](https://pastebin.com/JCKRcL7M)**.

**1.4.2.4** - Godmaster release patch, used for Pantheon All Bindings ILs
**Manifest ID:** 7281172781181458959

**1.2.2.1** - Grimm Troupe final patch, used for most No Major Glitches categories
**Manifest ID:** 648876203478229944

**1.1.1.8** - Hidden Dreams final patch, used for most No Load Dependent Glitches categories
**Manifest ID:** 3452389063277773009

**1.1.1.4** - Hidden Dreams release patch, used for 100% All Glitches
**Manifest ID:** 4098313936262429664

**1.0.2.8** - Used for most All Glitches Categories
**Manifest ID:** 6521580788679328160

**3)** Take this number and replace <manifest> in the following command as well as **replacing <username> and <password> with your steam account's details**.

dotnet DepotDownloader.dll -app 367520 -depot 367521 -manifest <manifest> -username <username> -password <password>

Pasting your complete command in command line and hitting enter should begin the download. **If you have Steam Guard active you will be prompted for your code**. The command may not work if your password contains a special character. In this case don't include the "-password" part of the command and you will be prompted for your password instead. Here's an example of me using the code to download patch 1.2.2.1 (manifest ID 648876203478229944).

https://i.imgur.com/xo25UNk.png

https://i.imgur.com/mW9xZDw.png

You will be able to check progress as the patch downloads. Be patient as it will take longer than a normal Steam download.

# Credits

@Serena and @dewin for the depot and manifest IDs.
@Mickely for installing multiple patches and clearing registry.
@56 for the Steam patcher tool
@Verulean and @56 for using DepotDownloader.
@acridstingray3 for GoG downpatching.

*How to export a Twitch highlight to YouTube for resubmission

If you previously submitted a run with video evidence in the form of a Twitch highlight, follow this guide to export that highlight to YouTube.

1. If your YouTube account is not connected to your Twitch account, you can do so by heading to the Connections page in your account settings on Twitch.

![](/static/blob/1n7jroln.png)

2. Head to your submitted run's page and go to the video link.

![](/static/blob/xz0d7v4e.png)

3. Edit the video using the button in the bottom right.

![](/static/blob/7n63m12n.png)

4. Click the Export button in the top left of the video window.

![](/static/blob/7e9wpxxz.png)

5. Enter your desired title and description, then export. Make sure the video visibility is set to Public.

![](/static/blob/ynlx456n.png)

6. Head to YouTube to your channel page, then click Manage Videos.

![](/static/blob/qnyg2v9n.png)

7. Find the exported video in your YouTube page. This may take a few minutes from when you clicked Start Export.

![](/static/blob/4zjqy5me.png)

8. Copy the link of the video, and resubmit your run using this link instead of the Twitch Highlight link.

![](/static/blob/1n83g7qz.png)

And then you're done!

*How to LiveSplit & Autosplit for Newbies

If you are new to speedrunning Hollow Knight, please be sure to read through this guide thoroughly to ensure your setup is correct. If you are not recording your loadless time properly, then your run cannot be considered on any of the leaderboards, so if you're not sure what to do, follow the steps below.

There is now a program to automatically generate splits files for various speedrunning categories. To use this, visit https://hksplitmaker.com/ and follow the instructions or view the video tutorial! This is recommended for beginners.

[big]**(1)[/big]** Download and extract LiveSplit. [Download link.](http://livesplit.github.io/downloads/)

[big]**(2)[/big]** Open LiveSplit. You should see a timer with "0.00". Right click on it and select Edit Splits. 

If you used hksplitmaker, instead click Open Splits > From File and find the split file, then skip to step 5.

[big]**(3)[/big]** In the Splits Editor, fill out your Game Name and Run Category. Create splits by using the Insert buttons on the left. Viewing runs from other players may be helpful in deciding which splits to create. [Example.](http://imgur.com/wiztyA5)

[big]**(4)[/big]** After typing in Hollow Knight as the Game Name, the auto splitter should automatically be detected. Activate it and click on Settings. In this window, we set up triggers for each split. Every time we reach one of the triggers that we set, LiveSplit will automatically move on to the next split for us. Therefore, for each split you added earlier, you need to add the corresponding trigger. Click "Add Split" in the top left for each split you added earlier, and then find the triggers within the drop down boxes. If your category ends with killing Hollow Knight, you do not need to worry about adding this trigger, as the Autosplitter will automatically split at that point. When finished, hit OK to exit the Autosplitter and then OK to exit the Splits Editor. [Example.](http://imgur.com/opm6tlE)

[big]**(5)[/big]** Right click on your timer again and select Edit Layout this time.

[big]**(6)[/big]** Feel free to skip this step if you want to design your own layout. In the Layout Editor, hit the + Button and add a Title, a Separator, Splits, a Detailed Timer, Previous Segment, and Sum of Best Segments. When finished, hit OK to exit the Layout Editor. [Example.](http://imgur.com/vSlE492) (Note: You no longer need "Hollow Knight Autosplitter" in the layout.)

[big]**(7)[/big]** Right click on LiveSplit and under Compare Against, select Game Time.

[big]**(8)[/big]** Right click on LiveSplit and create save files for both your Splits and Layout.

[big]**(9)[/big]** Right click on Livesplit and select Settings. Take note of the hotkeys and make changes if desired. Ensure that the Global Hotkeys option is checked, as this will allow you to use the hotkeys while your Hollow Knight window is in focus.

[big]**(10)[/big]** It's time to test it out. With your LiveSplit open, start a new game of Hollow Knight. If your timer automatically begins and briefly pauses a couple of times as the game loads up, you're good. Have fun on your run!

That's it. If everything worked out, you may next decide to liven up your LiveSplit by making changes to the Layout Settings in the Layout Editor. Some also prefer to have a second timer to track their realtime speed as well. You can do this by creating a second timer in the Layout Editor, and in its settings, changing the Timing Method to Real Time.

If you have read through this thoroughly and have any problems, please ask us on the discord and you should be helped promptly.

[big]**FAQ[/big]**

**Q.** Why is my loadless timer not functioning, my timer lagging, or why has my timer not started up when I select new game?
**A.** Make sure you open LiveSplit after starting Hollow Knight. Try restarting LiveSplit. If that doesn't work, try restarting Hollow Knight and then LiveSplit. If that doesn't work, try restarting your computer.

**Q.** Why don't any of my hotkeys work?
**A.** Make sure you have Global Hotkeys enabled under settings.

**Q.** Why are there so many empty splits / so much empty space in my layout?
**A.** In your layout editor, double click splits. Find the total splits setting and reduce it to the amount of splits you want to have displayed at any given time.

**Q.** Why does my autosplitter not automatically split on certain splits, or why does my autosplitter split randomly?
**A.** Double check that you are on the correct patch, as these glitches sometimes occur on later patches. If you cannot solve any of these errors with the autosplitter, contact @DevilSquirrel in the discord. Also, ensure that you know what your "Undo Split" hotkey is in the settings in case it is needed.

**Q.** I only have one monitor and want to use LiveSplit on the same screen. How do I do that?
**A.** Enable Windowed mode in Hollow Knight by hitting Alt+Enter; alternatively, you can use the -popupwindow launch option in Steam. To do so, right click Hollow Knight in your Library, and go to Properties, then General. Add "-popupwindow" in the Launch Options, omitting the double quotes.

If you have any other problems, try running LiveSplit as an administrator.

-fireb0rn

*Routes for each category

This guide is no longer maintained. Instead, go to [hksplitmaker.com](https://hksplitmaker.com/), which has *Route Notes* for most categories in the drop-down menu.

No route notes on hksplitmaker? Try asking in the Hollow Knight Speedrunning Community discord for help!

100% Legacy Route

Hollow Knight 100% Glitched Route
Run on patch 1.1.1.4

-Drop in
-Map Geo per normal (+30)
-Fury
-Equip Fury at Dirtmouth
-Crossroads Map (-30)
-Kill FK (+200)
-Storage VS via interaction storage on shaman. Move right while in the dark.
-Soul Catcher (+50 geo from baldur)
-Overcharm Soul Catcher and Fury (or equip only soul catcher for a safer route)
-Greenpath (+64 by flower)
-Hornet/Dash
-S+Q to mound
-Head Right, Unlock Crossroads Stag
-Gruz Mum [400]
-Free Sly
-Buy Shaman Stone (-220)
-Dream Nail
-RG Stag to Crossroads Stag
-Sit at leg eater's bench (Equip only shaman stone)
-Shroomal Ogre's Notch
-Elder Hu
-Grub on bouncies
-Claw
-Mantis Lords
-Lords' reward room (geo, seal, MoP)
-Dashmaster
-Free Bretta
-Fungal Core Mask Shard -> S+Q to LEG EATER
-Buy Fragile Heart
-Unovercharm glitch Dashmaster and Shaman stone (have to leave room and head up to collect soul. Fall in acid to be hazard respawned next to leg eater transition)
		[optimal strat here would be overcharming these two, but Soul Sanctum overcharmed is risky]
-City Gate
-Sell Hallownest Seal from Mantis Lords to Lemm
-Televator, then elevator clip to get past doors
-Soul Sanctum
-Shade Soul via elevator clip
-Spell twister (+200)
-Soul Master
-Soul Tyrant
-Chest after Tyrant, Grub, corny bench in CoT,
-Float up to simple key in City Storerooms, vessel frag above elevator
-grub behind wall above crossroads stag
-grub behind husk sentry, enter CP w/ dive
-grub in spike gauntlet
-float to deep focus, 
-Sly's Key, CG1 (can take this bench as a safety strat)
-CG2 
-Grub in Crystal Heart room
-Crystal Heart
-Crusher room grub
-Head down to dark room (grub on the way)
-Crystal mound and grub
-Xero
-Buy out Salubra's charms and 2 notches, then S+Q to Corny Bench (or head back to elevator if CG1 bench was taken)
-Arena below bench, grub while heading down elevator
-Open Sewers
-Bench, then up and left to grub, then Mask, S+Q
-Flukenest
-Overcharm fluke/DM/Shaman (or unovercharm glitch these using the downward transition towards flukemarm below the bench)
-Dung Defender
-Dupe Dung's King's Idol 16x
-Sell all relics to Lemm
-Isma's tear and grub in grove
-Broken Vessel bench (unovercharm here if not already done in waterways) - Fluke/DM/Shaman
-P Float to Grub, then OOB to BV from bottom
-Lost Kin,
-Wings then S+Q to bench
-Hidden Stag to RG, Dream Gate
-Stag to Dirtmouth
-Set Gate in Dirtmouth
-Compass and Bretta's mask shard
-Rocket jump to Peaks shortcut and get grub, DG out
-Buy out Sly (except elegant key, egg, and other useless things. Be sure to buy lantern)
-Float up to Cliffs
-Cyclone Slash
-Gorb (set gate after fight)
-Vessel Frag (gate out)
-Set gate before Joni's, get Joni's, gate out
-Grub above 2 elder baldurs, then Baldur Shell
-Grub by moss knight, (set gate by hornet transition)
-Shape of Unn (gate out)
-Set gate right of Great Slash, get Great Slash, gate out
-Set gate below going up to thorns, get thorns, gate out
-Set gate above bench above No Eyes, Grub to the right
-Room dupe Corny's room, get duped grub, gate out
-Set gate left of transition towards No Eyes
-No Eyes/mask, gate out
-Grub/frag in long acid room with shelled walkers, gate out
-Wraiths, S+Q to BV bench
-Overcharm Fragile Heart/Lifeblood Heart/Joni's Blessing
-OOB in abyss, set dream gate OOB on top of room
-Shriek, lifeblood core, shade cloak, gate out
-Rocket jump up to Void Heart transition
-Void heart, gate out
-Hidden Stag to Crossroads
-Unovercharm glitch at crossroads bench (dashmaster/shaman/dream wielder/flukenest)
-Go up then left
-Grub to the right of large platform room, mawlek/mask, 
-Set gate in Corny's room
-Grub on bottom left of crossroads, gate out
-Mask under spring past all the goams
-Buy out Leg eater
-Swim left, collect essence while traveling up the room
-Grub left of archives, set gate after falling down,
-Uumuu, Monomon (use cyclone slash on dreamers)
-Gate out
-Queen's stag mask, 
-Grub above Spore shroom, Spore Shroom
-Set gate above deepnest drop, drop into deepnest
-Mimic Grub, gate out to main, drop to hotspring
-Sit at spring's Bench, head right. 
-sharp shadow, S+Q to bench
-Grub on the way to Nosk, Nosk
-Set gate next to pale ore, dupe until at 6 ore
-S+Q back to spring bench
-Float up to grub above spikes through shortcut
-Set gate before heading up to Galien
-Galien
-Tram Pass, gate out
-Set gate in large deepnest room w/ grub, then head left
-Herrah, then grub on the way out
-Gate out after leaving 
-Use shortcut under devout to get grub
-come up to QG from deepnest (can sit at safety bench on left)
-Put gate down below arena room's transition
-Love key, gate out
-Arena, Grub above arena
-Set gate next to flower quest finish transition
-Grub overlooking white lady
-Marmu
-Open stag door, then sit on bench
-Traitor Lord, S+Q to bench after fight
-Stag to Resting Grounds, Dive into grave
-Grub, then Eater
-Get flower
-Gate storage to RG, place flower, S+Q
-Turn in mourner quest, gate out
-QG Stag to Hidden Stag, get fountain vessel frag
-Climb to Tram, sit on tram bench, interact storage to send tram right while leaving tram
-Get grub in Cloth's room, S+Q to tram that has been sent on.
-Climb up, Grub in waterways connection,
-Set gate above Hive grub
-Hive grub, then Super Slide OOB out top of grub room to get to main hive
-Grub top right, then Mask shard with large bee
-Hiveblood, gate out
-Go right, put down DG below Transition up to Markoth
-Dash slash, grub, Quickslash, gate out
-Markoth
-Set gate before room duping
-Dupe KE grub, gate out
-Hornet 2, King's Brand, gate out
-Go left and up and open Collector's Door and shortcut
-Grub right of King Stag,
-DG top of King's Stag, then up to vessel frag (dupe frag after arena is done)
-DG out (or sit at King's stag and S+Q to there after vessel frag)
-left to COT grub, fluke the guard
-Rocket Jump up to Gorgeous Husk, fluke glitch her for max geo (splash of dive only, 4 nail hits, 2 flukes for 6700 geo)
-Set gate on left side of large room
-All the way left to Nailsmith, get nail4, gate out
-Elevator clip, sit at bench on left in Spire
-Dupe WKs grub, S+Q to bench
-WKs, Lurien, gate out
-White Defender, gate out
-Go right, put down gate in King's Stag
-Collector, save grubs
-Climb to Colo
-Do all trials
-Gate out to King's Stag.
-Stag to Crossroads, sit at bench
-Glowing Womb
-Failed Champion
-S+Q to stag, then stag to Resting Grounds
-Turn in 2400 (use the dream tree here to collect the last essence needed to finish 2400)
-Stag to Dirtmouth.
-Get Nailmaster's Glory
-Turn in all grubs
-Final boss.

GRUBS TO DUPE
-Greenpath by Corny
-COT by WKs
-KE above Markoth

GRUBS TO IGNORE
-Top right of traitor lord
-Crystal Peak top grub
-Grub above Gruz Mother (spike pogo one)

106% True Ending NMG Guide [The Grimm Troupe]

[section=Introduction]
This is the speedrunning guide for the 106% True Ending category.
True Ending means it includes beating the Radiance + Nightmare King Grimm.

[big]Map Reading[/big]
[center]https://i.imgur.com/M3z15E9.png[/center]


[big]The route is separated to 4 parts:[/big]

[big]__Part 1 - Early Game__[/big]
All the way up to Dreamgate
● Some of the harder fights and skips are here
● Geo is tight~ish

[big]__Part 2 - Grimm Troupe Fetching Quest__[/big]
This part mainly consists of collecting the flames and beating Grimm
● Can be a bit confusing on where to go at times

[big]__Part 3 - Area Sweeping__[/big]
With all movement abilities unlocked, this part is just clearing all the areas for completion
● Difficulty is varied throughout this part

[big]__Part 4 - End Game__[/big]
All the harder stuff: Colosseum, Flower Quest, White Palace & NKG
● Medium difficulty, can be a bit stressful towards the end.
● Grubfather visit is a 2 minute break. Use it wisely.

[big]**Practicing & Resources**[/big]
● You can find practice save files under Resources for this category.
● Fireb0rn's Any% NMG guide explains some of the early skips in depth, I would really suggest checking it out: https://www.speedrun.com/hollowknight/guide/j234z
● There is a cheat info program under Resources to give yourself infinite soul and health to make practicing stuff easier.
● You can always ask questions on HK's discord server.

[big]**Important Notes**[/big]
**Patch** - The most optimal patch for this category is 1.2.2.1.
**Essence** - All Dream Bosses (excluding Zote) give a total of 2400 essence, but you'll still need a bit of Tree-Essence for Dreamgate Usage.
**Language** - On Chinese / Mandarin the text boxes are much faster, so make sure to change that in the game options, once you are familiar with the dialogues of the game.


[section=Part 1]

[big]**Forgotten Crossroads + Greenpath 1**[/big]

https://i.imgur.com/YPion2l.png

Fury of the Fallen at the start of the run:

[center]https://youtu.be/bXgk66dUKHY[/center]

¤Make sure to move just a tiny bit to the right after the screen transition to trigger the hardsave.

You can use FotF on False Knight and Hornet if you are comfortable on those fights to make a bit of the time loss.
Equip Soul Catcher and build soul during the climb for the upcoming Baldur.

Use the fireball skip (Gif by fireb0rn):
[center]https://media.giphy.com/media/7fsnOwR7LiK2c/giphy.gif[/center]

Or the mosquito skip as a beginner / back up strategy:
[center]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0kQ-Lierq0[/center]

After save warping back to the Ancestral Mound, go to Fungal Wastes.


[big]**Fungal Wastes**[/big]

https://i.imgur.com/qmybc0h.png

Make sure to get the Geo nodes before the explosion pogo.

Explosion Pogo skip (Gif by fireb0rn):
[center]https://media.giphy.com/media/12V4kOucjQwMmc/giphy.gif[/center]

Alternative route for the explosion pogo is specified on the map.

Mantis Skip (Gif by fireb0rn):
[center]https://media.giphy.com/media/RpEGHMfqERo1a/giphy.gif[/center]

Get the Journal and the grub after Mantis Claw.


[big]**City of Tears**[/big]

https://i.imgur.com/T52stw2.png

Get the rafts seal before Lemm.

Fake Dive:
[center]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPwj7FVfjJA[/center]

If you don't manage to get the fake dive, you can come back for the grub later (after Soul Tyrant).
Save at the bench after Soul Sanctum, and don't use any other benches to be able to save warp back here later.
Make sure to unlock the Storerooms Stag Station, as it will be needed later in the run.


[big]**Forgotten Crossroads + Crystal Peak + Resting Grounds**[/big]

https://i.imgur.com/EZygtlb.png

Buy Shaman Stone + Steady Body +  Charm Notch.
Don't forget you cannot use any benches.
After opening Crossroads' Stag Station, keep track of your Geo count. You will need 800G for Elegant Key, so if you are short, make sure to get the backup Geo sources specified on the map.
Build a bit of soul before entering to Crystal Peak, either from enemies or the statue near the elevator to CP.
Make sure to get the shopkeeper's key and open the shortcut.

Dark room without lantern:
[center]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpQljzD0uzI[/center]

A small skip in the Crystallized Mound:
[center]https://youtu.be/GsX-2AqObeU[/center]

After dream nail, stag over to Dirtmouth and buy the Elegant Key. Then Save Warp back to CoT.


[big]**City of Tears + Waterways + Ancient Basin**[/big]

https://i.imgur.com/Qf6QZoe.png

Equip Shaman Stone + Spell Twister.

Shade Soul Cutscene Skip:
[center]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBlt2t49XeQ[/center]
This is worth going for only if you get to have a folly alive after defeating the soul warrior, and don't have to slow down too much to set the skip up.

Don't forget to get the grub after Soul Tyrant if not gotten earlier.
Build a bit of soul before Dung Defender and interrupt his entrance with a dive.
Try to save soul for a dive after the fight for the Idol under the valve.

Isma's Tear - Spike Pogo + Acid Skips without Double Jump:

[center]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brm5HgQFD24[/center]

¤Use the alternative path if you are not comfortable with these skips.
You can equip Defender's Crest to make Lost Kin a bit easier.

A small shortcut before Broken Vessel:

[center]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQdEBTdKygA[/center]

When reaching the Hidden Station, stag to Crossroads for Glowing Womb + Failed Champion.

https://i.imgur.com/mQfDZg2.png

Stag to Resting Grounds after Failed Champion.
In Resting Grounds pick Dreamshield and Dreamgate.
Afterwards stag over to Dirtmouth and continue to part 2 of the route.

[section=Part 2]

Head to the Howling Cliffs to start the Grimm Troupe quest.

[big]**Howling Cliffs + Greenpath**[/big]

https://i.imgur.com/cSETlro.png

Use the Early Stag Nest Skip:
[center]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfHj2Hx3z_4[/center]

Dark room to Joni's Blessing:
[center]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkOn0x4Vkzc[/center]


[big]**Fetching Quest - 1st Cycle**[/big]

Before continuing on to Hornet 2 and Shade Cloak, we'll complete the 1st cycle of flames collection since that way the next cycles are going to be easier to get.

[big]Greenpath Fetch[/big]
https://i.imgur.com/iRhSBEu.png

Greenpath Small Skip:
[center]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFWryXWUo64[/center]

[big]City of Tears Fetch[/big]
Just stag to the Storerooms Station to get that one.

[big]Crystal Peak Fetch[/big]
https://i.imgur.com/fFsjSL8.png

Use the elevator skip to get to Crystal Peak:
[center]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gt6lJTblUc[/center]

Pogo shortcut to Hollownest's Crown:
[center]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR5um2DlZWM[/center]


Complete the 1st cycle of flames collection, and then immediately get the The Grimmkin Master in King's pass.
Afterwards stag to Resting Grounds.

[big]**Fetching Quest - 2nd Cycle**[/big]

https://i.imgur.com/akIdxCb.png
https://i.imgur.com/CT4uxik.png

Don't forget the grub in Resting Grounds.
Picking up Soul Eater now is optional.
Set a Dream Gate in King's Station.
Stag to Palace Grounds after King's Brand.

Shade Cloak S&Q (Vid by Xero):
[center]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljHn60abjWg[/center]

Make sure to get the Arcane Egg after Shade Cloak, then Dream Gate back to King's Station.

Flukemarm Quick Kill:
[center]https://youtu.be/iIJGVhWz_po[/center]

After completing the Waterways / Fungal Wastes section, Dream Gate back and stag to Dirtmouth.
In Dirtmouth beat Troupe Master Grimm, then continue on to the 3rd part of the run.

Skipping TMG's 3rd balloon phase:
[center]https://youtu.be/FzSaZk-Vz_w[/center]


[section=Part 3]

https://i.imgur.com/HMloqQ5.png

__Buy Lantern!__
*Getting 1 Mask Shard right now will make it so you'll complete a full mask when getting the Shard in the Hive, which is often a dangerous area.

Brooding Mawlek Quick Kill:
[center]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CerZdWHQWpw[/center]

While shouldn't be needed, you can equip Defender's Crest before Leg Eater to get a 20% discount on his charms.
Set a Dreamgate before entering Teacher's Archives, return to it after Monomon.
Don't forget Queen's station's Mask Shard.


[big]**Queen's Gardens**[/big]

https://i.imgur.com/3uYCwm1.png

There are 3 grub mimics in the Deepnest grub room, the real one is one before the last.
As said on the map, make EXTRA sure to open the shortcut for later. This will be needed for the Flower Quest.
Equip Grimmchild before heading to Deepnest!

[big]**Deepnest**[/big]

https://i.imgur.com/gBHDue3.png

Talk to Brumm before entering Beast's Den to get a flame.

Use the Beast's Den Bench skip:
[center]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2Ek0rtPZbU[/center]

As seen in the video, use Shade Cloak to go through Devouts.
Don't forget the grub in the Den.
You can get the spring bench instead of the Dreamgate before Nosk if you are at low HP.

Vessel Fragment Quick Cycle:

[center]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hq_F6JqK4I[/center]


[big]Basin Short Visit[/big]

https://i.imgur.com/w2G1VFS.png
- Note to self: Update the map to 106%

[big]**Hive + Kingdom's Edge**[/big]

https://i.imgur.com/EMw327N.png
- Note to self: Update the map to 106%

Collector Scream Skip (Credit to Ax2u for the setup):
[center]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G47o3gpRPp4[/center]

[big]**City of Tears**[/big]

https://i.imgur.com/TSSJdFq.png


Get 3 nail upgrades at once when you get to the Nailsmith.
After White Defender head to King's Station, set there a Dreamgate and continue on to Part 4.

[section=Part 4]

Stag to Dirtmouth, Get Grubfather's rewards, and buy out all the required stuff from the shops.
You should have all the grubs freed at the time of visiting the Grubfather to claim all the rewards at once.
Make sure to not forget anything in Dirtmouth:
• Sly's Charms, Mask Shards & Vessel Fragments
• Wayward Compass from Iselda
• Bretta's Mask Shard

Stag to Resting Grounds after you're done.

[big]**Endgame**[/big]

https://i.imgur.com/BFjro0Y.png

When at the Resting Grounds, don't forget to grab Soul Eater if you haven't gotten it earlier.

[big]**Flower Quest**[/big]

https://i.imgur.com/srSGh2v.png

  • At Salubra, buy her Charms + 1 Charm Notch.
  • Get the Mask Shard before the hotspring in the Infected Crossroads.

Return to Dream Gate and head to the Colosseum.

*Optional: After 2nd trial you can return to Dream Gate and stag to King's Station to upgrade nail a final time.
  Save warp back to the Colosseum afterwards if you do so.

After you're done with the Colosseum and the final Nail Upgrade, return to Dream Gate and stag to the Hidden Station.

[big]**Ancient Basin**[/big]

https://i.imgur.com/e6uHWHp.png

Here is an example White Palace run to show all the skips that can be used there:
[center]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uickrYLS2hM[/center]


After White Palace, sit on the station bench and change charms into Joni's Blessing + Fragile Heart + Lifeblood Heart +  overcharm Kingsoul.
Make sure you are not forgetting the fountain Vessel Fragment before going into the Abyss.
Return to Dream Gate after Void Heart and stag to Dirtmouth.

Beat Nightmare King Grimm now.
Afterwards head to The Black Egg and defeat The Hollow Knight & The Radiance.


[section=The Numbers]

[big][big]**Geo Route**[/big][/big]


False Knight = +200G (200G) 
Ancestral Mound Baldur = +25G (225G) 
Greenpath Baldur = +50G (275G) 
Moss Knight = +40G (315G) 
Shroom Ogres = +90G (405G) 
Geo Nodes = +40G (445G) 
Mantis Village Journal 
City Rafts Seal 
Lemm = +200G +450G = +650G (1095G) 
Sanctum Soul Warrior = +200G (1295G) 
Soul Master = +385G (1680G) 
Soul Master Seal 
Soul Sanctum Bench = -150G (1530G)
City Storerooms Stag Station = -200G (1330G) 
Crossroads Elevator = -150G (1180G) 
Gruz Mother = ~+60G (1240G) 
Salubra = -220G -120G -120G = -710G (780G) 
Crossroads Stag Station = -50G (730G) 
¤Pre Crystal Peak Husk Guard = +45G (775G) 
Elegant Key = -800G (0G) 


Shade Soul Soul Warrior = +150G (150G) 
Lemm = +450G (600G) 
Dung Defender's King's Idol 
Ancient Basin Bench = -150G (450G) 
Hidden Station = -300G (150G) 
Seer Seal 
Howling Cliffs King's Idol 
Baldur Shell Baldurs = +100G (250G)
Greenpath Stag Station = -140G (110G)
Grub Moss Knight = +40G (150G)
Crystal Peak King's Idol
Crystal Guardian 1 = +385G (535G) 
Crystal Guardian 2 = +550G (1075G) 
Greenpath Seal
CoT Vessel Guantlet = +G (1150G)
King's Station = -300G (850G) 
Lemm = +450G +450G +800G +800G +800G = +3300G (4150G) 
Mantis Lords = +620G (4770G) 
Mantis Lords Seal 
Shade Cloak Arcane Egg 
Lantern = -1800G (2970G)   
Leg Eater = -90G -250G -350G -600G = -1290G (1680G)
Queen's Gardens Bench = -150G (1530G) 
Dash Slash = -800G (730G) 
Watcher Knight = +655G (1385G) 
Watcher Knight Seal 
Lemm = +450G +450G +1200G = +2100G (3485G) 
Nail Upgrades (3/4) = -250G -800G -2000G = -3050G (435G) 

Grubfather = +6750G (7185G) 
Grubfather Seal 
Grubfather King's Idol 
Sly = -5650G (1535G) 
Iselda = -220G (1315G) 
Seer Arcane Egg 
Salubra = -300G -800G -250G -500G = -1850G (100G)  
Colosseum = ~+4300G (4300G) 
Lemm = +450G +800G +1200G = +2450G (6750G) 
Nail Upgrade (4/4) = -4000G (2750G) 
Basin Fountain = 3000g (0G)

[big][big]**Percentages**[/big][/big] (Credit to Sean)

Nail Upgrades: 4%
Dream Nail + Upgrade: 2%
HP Upgrades: 4%
EN Upgrades: 3%
Kingsbrand: 2%
Crystal Heart: 2%
Mantis Claw: 2%
Monarch Wings: 2%
Ismas Tear: 2%
Mothwing Cloak: 2%
Shade Cloak: 2%
Desolate Dive + Descending Dark: 2%
Howling Wraiths + Abyss Shriek: 2%
Vengeful Spirit + Shade Soul: 2%
Nail Arts (Great Slash,Cyclone Dash,Dash Slash): 3%
(Total Skills: 36%)
 
3 Dreamers (Lurien,Monomon,Herrah): 3%
Galien: 1%
Marmu: 1%
Markoth: 1%
Xero: 1%
No Eyes: 1%
Elder Hu: 1%
Grob: 1%
Brooding Mawlek: 1%
Gruz Mother: 1%
Collector: 1%
Uumuu: 1%
Nosk: 1%
Traitor Lord: 1%
Broken Vessel: 1%
Watcher Knight: 1%
Dung Defender: 1%
Soul Master: 1%
Mantis Lords: 1%
Hornet 1 + 2: 2%
False Knight: 1%
3 Colosseum Fights: 3%
Troupe Master Grimm: 1%
Nightmare King Grimm OR Destroy the Nightmare Lantern: 1%
(Total Bosses: 29%)
 
40 Charms: 40%
 
Seer Departs at 2400 Esscence: 1%

[big][big]**Essence**[/big][/big]

Lost Kin = 400 essence
Soul Tyrant = 300 essence
Failed Champion = 300 essence
White Defender = 300 essence
Gray Prince Zote = 300 essence
Markoth = 250 essence
No Eyes = 200 essence
Galien = 200 essence
Marmu = 150 essence
Elder Hu = 100 essence
Gorb = 100 essence
Xero = 100 essence

112% All Pantheon Bosses guide (out of date)

112% APB Godhome Guide

I have made a Godhome Guide for the overcharmed Flukenest build used in 112% APB speedruns. It contains a boss-by-boss guide, as well as some general advice and is over 38 000 words long. It also contains a lot of videos showcasing boss strats. This guide is still up to date, as of the year 2026.

Link to the google doc with the guide: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YbvuNgqKezAkwgx9L1Ea_4cdA_evM4vcolDPi0ys5Yo/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YbvuNgqKezAkwgx9L1Ea_4cdA_evM4vcolDPi0ys5Yo/edit?usp=sharing)

All Skills NMG Video Tutorial

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe3Nyw-0gXJpBqG9qLRx195qLFI3FD3_N

All Skills No Major Glitches

[section=Introduction]

[big]**What is All Skills NMG?**[/big]

All Skills No Major Glitches is a relatively short (around an hour long) and easy category, recommended for beginners. The aim of the category is to collect all the game's "skills" (which the community has defined as all movement abilities, spells and nail arts) and then beat the game by defeating the Hollow Knight. "No Major Glitches" means that the run is generally limited to using the game's mechanics as intended: no floats, no Out of Bounds, no skipping important bosses etc. However, this doesn't mean the category has no skips or tricks of its own as you'll see.  

[big]**Why should I run it?**[/big]

All Skills NMG is a very appropriate choice for new runners for a number of reasons:
* It's relatively short, just over an hour long after some practice.
* Collecting all the skills means having powerful upgraded spells for all the boss fights. This makes it one of the easiest categories to complete a run in.
* It visits a lot of different areas of the game and fights bosses that are only otherwise seen in the very long 1xx% completion categories.

[big]**What do I need?**[/big]

Firstly, the main route is heavily dependant on a glitch that only exists on patch 1.2.2.1 of the game. If you're on PC, follow [this guide](https://www.speedrun.com/hollowknight/guide/jlten) to downpatch your game to the correct version. If you're on Console or you simply don't want to downpatch, you can run the Current Patch route instead.

**1.2.2.1 and Current Patch have separate routes and leaderboards. Even though 1.2.2.1 is faster and more competitive, Current Patch is still enjoyable and a good starter category.**

Second, if you want to submit your runs to the leaderboard you'll need to record them. I recommend OBS; it's easy to use and configure and relatively light on system resources. If you're on PC you can follow [this guide](https://www.speedrun.com/hollowknight/guide/cg9vl) to set up LiveSplit and the autosplitter. Using LiveSplit and the autosplitter is not absolutely required, however without it your runs will be timed RTA (real-time) instead. RTA is the timing method used for Console runs because unlike on PC, loads are the same length between different runners on the same Console.

If you have all of the above set-up you can start running. Although, I'd recommend reading through the entire guide and watching a full run first.

[big]**Game Settings**[/big]

"What input method should I use?" is a question that's often asked by new runners. The answer is simply whatever you're comfortable with. There are top runners of this game who use keyboard and a variety of different controllers. One recommendation I have if you're using a controller, rebind "Quick Cast" to one of your face buttons. It's one of the most used controls besides Jump and Attack and it's important you can time your presses quickly and accurately.

For graphics settings, on PC it's very important to **turn vsync off**. Low fps in this game doesn't prevent you from doing any tricks, but it will lead to fairly regular dropped inputs. Vsync only exacerbates this problem by adding input lag. If you have low fps even with vsync off, set particle effects to low and reduce the size of the game window to 1600x900 or possibly even 1280x720.

Finally, the fastest language for this game is Chinese. You can find it very easily by moving two places left from English. As well as having fewer characters, Chinese text also allows you to scroll through it faster for unknown reasons. English is totally fine for your first runs, but you want to be using Chinese if you're looking for competitive times.

[section=1.2.2.1 Route]

**[Detailed Route Notes](https://pastebin.com/X2kivfc0)**

[big]**1: Vengeful Spirit & Mothwing Cloak**[/big]

https://i.imgur.com/1CaQ8t3.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCXH-ajD9Dk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0F4mD0dFVc

[big]**2: Mantis Claw & Shaman Stone**[/big]

https://i.imgur.com/VxqT2zp.png

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BehUG1BKSY8

[section=Current Patch Route]

**[Detailed Route Notes](https://pastebin.com/qSGRDiBZ)**

[big]**1: Vengeful Spirit & Mothwing Cloak**[/big]

https://i.imgur.com/3sAbclV.png

[big]**2: Mantis Claw & Shaman Stone**[/big]

https://i.imgur.com/l3u3FF4.png

[section=The rest of this guide is under contruction]

https://media.giphy.com/media/lGfcY5FNyxUCQ/giphy.gif

https://media.giphy.com/media/oNw8qxliy0JkwvTBAb/giphy.gif

https://media.giphy.com/media/sRFyskkj033yFzbyh8/giphy.gif

https://media.giphy.com/media/1BcS13yF36B0B23hJz/giphy.gif

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdaYznRAAN0

https://media.giphy.com/media/l4EoYUrBCl3KRvt2U/giphy.gif

https://media.giphy.com/media/35KkRnbUOc0Z3Z0AES/giphy.gif

https://media.giphy.com/media/1powiwmLV9vEg3H35b/giphy.gif

https://media.giphy.com/media/MSffLC6zrQypW/giphy.gif

https://media.giphy.com/media/AiyVWZCZqJJS51Dpwx/giphy.gif

Explosion pogo

https://media.giphy.com/media/12V4kOucjQwMmc/giphy.gif

Mantis pogo

https://media.giphy.com/media/RpEGHMfqERo1a/giphy.gif

Shade skip

https://media.giphy.com/media/ngeHywnoFSIE/giphy.gif

Gorgeous husk kill

https://media.giphy.com/media/tRVtE4C1I0HWE/giphy.gif

Early spire

https://media.giphy.com/media/ylT80IF8RBaTu/giphy.gif

Lever skip

https://media.giphy.com/media/3ohjUXme14UlV9zAbK/giphy.gif

Skurry toll glitch

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/290932216781864960/401530251869552660/Super_Fast_door.gif

Crystal peak damage tank cycle

https://media.giphy.com/media/VWFIZ40efpbXy/giphy.gif

Isma's skips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brm5HgQFD24

Broken vessel shortcut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQdEBTdKygA

Any% 1.4.3.2+ NMG Guide (Powerpoint)

A (work in progress) powerpoint containing the route, almost all tricks and advice on bosses and rooms for the Any% 1.4.3.2+ NMG run.

https://1drv.ms/p/s!AmK6gKsur0IMiNxAkUD1n_yeV-topg?e=2gXlhc

Any% 1.4.3.2+ NMG Shade Soul Route (Unfinished)

#Accompaniment Video

**[Video]**

#About This Guide
Welcome to the Any% Current Patch NMG Shade Soul Route guide! The purpose of this guide is to introduce people to an easier route for the any% category. It bypasses a few of the harder sections of the tradition any% route with shade soul including: devouts, infected crossroads, bosses, and petra arena. It is in total ~7 minutes slower.

Many of the splits are the exact same as the traditional routes except for the few where we need to take a detour and pick up Shade Soul, and the fact that we will actually have Shade Soul in the late game. Splits marked with (same) use the exact same movement and route. 

This guide will have links to almost every optional trick/optimization that you can perform, though 95% of them are optional. Each split will also have a video of me performing it, but keep in mind that these videos will almost always feature imperfections in movement and execution. If you want a truly optimized example, watch world record runs for (same) splits. 

In general, I recommend this guide to anyone who wants to learn how to speedrun but is too overwhelmed to learn the standard any% route which is insanely difficult. It is common for people to want to get nail 1 when they start, but getting a nail upgrade is so minuscule that, for many new players, it is actually faster to get Shade Soul and make up the time by dying less.

Good luck in learning Any% CP Shade Soul. Speedrunning is a personal journey about self-improvement, so make sure to enjoy every moment of it!

#How to Learn
If you don't want to read the entire guide (it is insanely long), I recommend watching a full run and just copying movement. This guide has videos for each split linked, but know that there are many imperfections. Watch world record runs or ComSoBs for (same) splits for better-optimized gameplay. Once you know the route, here is a general progression as to how you should optimize your time:

**Killing Bosses 1st Try -> Major Skips -> Killing Bosses Fast -> Minor Skips -> Cleaner Movement**

For practicing, everyone has a different approach as to how you should learn. The order above is a good place to start. Install the debug mod and benchwarp and practice single segments of the run that you are losing a lot of time on. For example, if you are dying to Watcher Knights, practice that fight over and over until its first try. 
Watching other people is also really useful. It is hard to figure out what you are doing wrong unless you know what is right.
Last tip, take breaks! Your brain learns and organizes info when you are sleeping, so just thinking about the game can help!

#Downpatching

It is important to note that this run and guide are tailored for patch 1.4.3.2. All Current Patch categories allow any patch from 1.4.3.2 or newer (as of 7/5/21). Though the differences are minor, (Watcher Knight backroll and freeze frame changes), it is easier and more recommended to use 1.4.3.2, especially since you don't have to "downpatch" in the traditional sense as you would for 1.5 to 1.2.2.1. This is because the Steam version of Hollow Knight allows you to redownload 1.4.3.2 straight off of the client.

To do this, right click on Hollow Knight in your library and select Properties. Go to the Betas tab on the left. Then, select 1.4.3.2 and you can download it. Note, ignore the section about beta codes.

#Vengeful Spirit (same)
__**[Video](https://youtu.be/2rHtTA2J45I)**__

**Description**
1. Get through King's Pass normally
1.5. Optionally: King's Pass Softfall, Inventory Hardfall Cancel
2. Jump through Dirtmouth
3. Head left after the well and down the Gruzzer room into the Aspid Arena
3.5. Optionally: Current Patch Inventory Drop, Aspid Spike Kill
4. Head right, then up to Stag Station, then left to False Knight Arena
4.5: Optionally: Statue Pogo
5. Phase False Knight (13 hits) and break the left wall
6. Get Vengeful Spirit

**Optimizations**
* __[Kings Pass Softfall Setup](https://youtu.be/w96CPP7ySDk)__
* __[Inventory Hardfall Cancel](https://youtu.be/_QuD-Z2wkiI)__
* __[Current Patch Inventory Drop](https://youtu.be/XSkAN-P52lw)__
* __[Aspid Spike Kill](https://youtu.be/Xto01Ew7BTk)__
* Statue Pogo
* __[False Knight Kill](https://youtu.be/alL1sEk65-I)__

#Greenpath (same)
__**[Video](https://youtu.be/w1V2AJvZPhI)**__

**Description**
1. Finish Ancient Mound as normal
2. Get full soul in the Gruzzer room and go to Greenpath
3. Kill the Elder Baldur and enter Greenpath

**Optimizations**
* __[Gruzzer Room Left and Right Side](https://youtu.be/hS9PI6kD5Ow)__

#Mothwing Cloak (same)
__**[Video](https://youtu.be/BKa58upFt0I)**__

**Description**
1. Gather soul as you head left
2. Either squit pogo or fireball skip to where you first meet Hornet
3. Keep going left and gather soul for Moss Knight Quick Kill
3.5. Optionally: Husk Pogo, Fireball Skip
4. Kill the Moss Knight and go up to Vengefly King
5. Kill Vengefly King. Ideally, you should have 220 geo
5.5. Optionally: Vengefly King Quick Kill
6. Gather soul on your way to Hornet and fight her
7. Pick up dash.

**Hornet Tips**
[Fight Example](https://youtu.be/vFNy0-1U1Nk)
Learn how to punish her attacks. You should avoid using soul to heal and instead for fireballs. A fireball does 15 whereas nail does 5. Hornet staggers every 6 hits. After staggering, she will always jump (short or long is random) and you can punish it with 3 nail swings and a fireball. When Hornet throws her needle, she will reset her stagger count. When she throws her needle, you can mini hop in and do a nail fireball nail, jump over the needle and do another nail fireball nail. Ofc if you don't have the soul, you can do straight nail hits. 

**Optimizations**
* __[Fireball Skips](https://youtu.be/dGRwx5PeOZI)__
* __[Squit Pogo](https://youtu.be/x0fI8wFwZT8)__
* __[Husk Pogo](https://youtu.be/V5d_OGPGQ7s)__
* __[Moss Knight Quick Kill](https://youtu.be/kxHX7iG0LK8)__
* __[Vengefly King Quick Kill](https://youtu.be/25600nw8Jw0)__
* __[Vengefly King Alternate Strategy](https://youtu.be/nrGiLQpTrNM)__

#Mantis Claw (same)
__**[Video](https://youtu.be/1_XNs2hDv40)**__

**Description**
1. Head to Fungal Wastes from the Aspid Arena
2. Drop down the vertical room and then right towards Mantis Village
3. Run past Cloth and then left and down away from the City Crest Room
3.5. Optionally: Explosion Pogo, Mantis Pogo
4. Get Mantis Claw

**Optimizations**
* __[Fungal Wastes Fall](https://youtu.be/G5RSEdKLz_E)__
* __[Comfy Pogo Tutorial by Mathulu](https://youtu.be/bYsRWyHjcmM)__
* __[Panta Pogo Tutorial by Valignatev](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wdfFMLblz4)__
* __[Vsync Pogo Tutorial by Emray](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uztaN_toC_U)__
* __[Mantis Pogo Double Dash](https://youtu.be/AP8axXIp-HQ)__
* __[Mantis Pogo Backup](https://youtu.be/7aT27diWqag)__

#Gruz Mother
__**[Video](https://youtu.be/SnuamI7w2kA)**__

**Description**
1. Get three relics at [these locations] then save quit
2. Purchase Crossroads Stag and bench
2.5. Optionally: Skurry Look Down
3. Stag to Dirtmouth and get [this relic] in the well then save quit
3.5. Optionally: Pause Early Control
4. Get some soul and kill Gruz Mother

**Optimizations**
* Skurry Look Down
* Pause Early Control
* __[Gruz Mother Quick Kill](https://youtu.be/KXJ1G1LuIUA)__

#Dream Nail (same)
__**[Video](https://youtu.be/t8jwUdezY5U)**__

**Description**
1. Purchase Shaman Stone
2. Save Sly, taking two damage on your way in, and three on your way out
3. Shade Skip to Blue Lake
4. Hit the lever and examine the statue/Get Dream Nail

**Optimizations**
* __[Shade Skip Death Setup](https://youtu.be/C0IHPPcacQ4)__
* __[Shade Skip Example](https://youtu.be/czXaCroA3gg)__
* __[Fast Dream Plats](https://youtu.be/j9RQU_jLysQ)__

#Lemm
__**[Video](https://youtu.be/aeg3wNnZa4I)**__

**Description**
Brace yourself this is a loooong split
1. Backtrack out of Resting Grounds and head right. Go down the elevator.
1.5. Optionally: Seer Skip
2. Gather 6 soul. Pick up the Wanderer's Journal and kill the three husks for their geo with 2 fireballs
3. Head into King's Station and pick up [this relic] above the stag, then bench at the stag for a save quit. Note that it is faster to not damage tank on spikes.
4. Kill Gorgeous Husk and the husks before it.
5. Head up the elevators and perform Spire Pogo. You do NOT need to hit the lever to the left. You can reset the room and retry Spire Pogo if you mess up. 
6. Try to avoid taking the safety bench to the left as it means you have to walk all the way back to King's Station later on. Kill the row of husks at the top with one fireball. The husk sentry will take another nail swing. Below them is one big fat husk which you can use to farm some soul. Drop down and kill the Great Husk Sentry and Winged Sentry.
7. In the top right, hit the lever, and then exit. Head to the left, jumping over the Great Husk Sentry and some other sentries. Keep going left. Hit the lever and open the gate. After the bridge connecting two spires, drop down.
8. Go to the left past a Heavy Sentry and pick up Rafters Seal at the very top of a few platforms. Head back to Lemm and finally sell everything. You should have 2950 geo at the very least.
9. Save quit back to King's Station. Purchase the stag and stag back to Dirtmouth. 
9.5. Optionally: Skurry Look Down

**Optimizations**
* Seer Skip
* Gorgeous Husk Quick Kill
* Spire Pogo (tbd)
* Great Husk Sentry Quick Kill
* Skurry Look Down

#Lumafly Lantern
__**[Video](https://youtu.be/OUgFvFpKoGw)**__

**Description**
1. Bench at Dirtmouth
2. Buy Lumafly Lantern from Sly

#Crystal Heart
**[Video]**

**Description**
0. Bench at Dirtmouth (if you didn't do it before buying lantern)
1. Stag to Forgotten Crossroads
2. Enter the dark room and purchase the toll to get into Crystal Peaks
2.5. Optionally: Skurry Look Down
3. Head up and get the Shopkeeper's Key
3.5. Optionally: Pogaxe
4. Go up and to the right. Then, there will be three drops. Get Crystal Heart
4.5. Optionally: Homothety Fireball, Crystal Heart Fast Cycle
5. Save quit back to Dirtmouth

**Optimizations**
* Skurry Look Down
* Pogaxe
* Homothety Fireball
* Crystal Heart Fast Cycle

#Shade Soul
**[Video]**

**Description**
1. Talk to Sly and purchase the Elegant Key
2. Stag to King's Station.
3. Crystal dash at __[this](https://imgur.com/a/ToToPvw)__ spot to avoid all enemies through City of Tears
4. Head into the Watcher's Spire again and do Spire Pogo.
5. Take the bench in Watcher's Spire and head up and then to the left towards Soul Sanctum.
6. Kill the first Soul Twister as you enter soul sanctum who takes on fireball and 3 nail hits. You do NOT need all the geo. For the rest of the run, we only need 250. 
7. Head to the left and use the Elegant Key. Kill the Soul Warrior by trying to get as many doubles as possible. You do NOT need all the geo from the Soul Warrior. For the rest of the run, we only need 250.
8. Get Shade Soul then Save Quit back to the bench in Watcher's Spire.

**Soul Warrior Tips**
__[Fight Example](https://youtu.be/UnvvYvOBDXc)__
I recommend taking care of the follies as soon as they spawn. They die in one fireball or three nail hits. Depending on how familiar you are with the fight, you can use them to gather soul then unleash fireballs on the Soul Warrior going for doubles. Alternatively, you can try to use your fireballs to kill the follies and hit the Soul Warrior.
Soul Warrior has three moves. You can jump and pogo his dash. You can sidestep or dash for his plunging attack, then turn around and nail fireball or nail nail fireball. You can jump and dash over his soul blast, then dodge it when it boomerangs back. 

#Watcher Knights (same)
**[Video]**

**Description**
1. Go up after save quitting. If possible, try to gather three soul. One from a cowardly husk that you can pogo on, and two from the Winged Sentry guarding an elevator.
2. Break the breakable ceiling hiding a chandelier either with a fireball or your nail. Drop the chandelier.
3. Dream nail the Watcher Knights before the fight starts for full soul. You can also get a dream nail on the Watcher Knight as they spawn in.

**Watcher Knight Tips**
__[Fight Example](https://youtu.be/pu5jdzBvGyE)__
For the first Knight, stick close to him so he does his triple nail slash. Dash over him and do nail fireballs as he slashes the other side. You can get 3 hits in before having to jump over him again. Fireball him whenever he jumps and rolls. When the Watcher Knight does the rolling attack, you can shoot a fireball in the direction he is rolling and get triple hits.
When there are two Watcher Knights, use your fireballs to hit both of them. You want them as close together as possible so you can control both of their AI's and punish. 


#Uumuu (same)
**[Video]**

**Description**
0. Murder Lurien in his sleep. You do not need to pick up the rewards for WK. Do get some of the geo chest if you aren't at 250. Anything more than that is unnecessary.
1. Backtrack all the way to back to King's Station the way you came. Use __[this](https://imgur.com/a/NPi600i)__ location to Crystal Dash all the way across the large room left of King's Station. 
2. Stag back to Dirtmouth, and head down the well. Go left and drop down the Gruzzer room. 
2.5. Optionally: Pause Early Control
3. Go to the left of where Cornifer usually is and perform Forgotten Crossroads Acid Skip. You can use the Aspid Mother to farm infinite soul., but it is slow.
4. Drop all the way down Fog Canyon and go left to the Teachers Archive. There is a safety bench there.
4.5. Optionally: Trinomi Drop
5. Kill Uumuu. I would suggest getting comfortable with killing Uumuu in 3 cycles atleast. 2 cycles with Shade Soul is super doable, but you don't need to push yourself to learn it. 1 Cycle is also possible but becomes a little rng.

**Uumuu Tips**
__[Fight Example - 1 Cycle](https://youtu.be/rAaDipTjt3s)__ | __[Fight Example - 2 Cycle](https://youtu.be/ndl1vqb-Yc4)__
Uumuu has a slow attack and a fast attack. He will become vulnerable after three attacks for the first cycle, then two attacks for every other cycle. Randomly (and also fps dependent), he will do an extra attack for that cycle. His movement will become slow when Quirrel is about to slash him. 
Try to get a dream nail in between attacks and especially during fast attacks for soul.
You can evade his slow attack by just walking and jumping.
You can evade his fast attack by going to the middle platform which will have a safe location, or one of the two lowest platforms on each side of the arena.
Try to empty your entire soul meter during each phase since you can usually get 2 or 3 dream nails per cycle.

**Optimizations**
* Pause Early Control
* Forgotten Crossroads Acid Skip
* Trinomi Drop

#Deepnest Spa (slower route) (same)
**[Video]**

**Description**
0. Murder Monomon in her sleep
1. Head out of Teacher's Archives and go to the left where there is a breakable wall.
2. Drop down through Fog Canyon into Queen's Station. Crystal dash across Queen's Station and into Fungal wastes. Cancel Crystal Dash at the first room transition below you.
3. Head to the left and into the room with a pool of acid. On the other side, there is a breakable wall. 
3.5 Optionally: Pick up Spore Shroom below the pool of acid. This makes the THK fight super easy because it is glitched on patch 1.4.3.2. Note that it is not as fast as traditional any% since we have Shade Soul already.
4. Head to the left until you reach the edge and turn around. The ground will break. Enter Deepnest.
5. Follow the route down to Deepnest Spa. You can optionally take the bench and/or sit in the Spa for some soul.

#Trap Bench (slower route) (same)
**[Video]**

**Description**
No notable checkpoints. Follow the route to get to Beasts Den, then sit on Trap Bench.
If you want some movement options, look at Fireb0rn's guide for room-by-room tricks.

#Queen's Garden (faster route) (same)
**[Video]**

**Description**
0. Murder Monomon in her sleep
1. Head out of Teacher's Archives and go to the left where there is a breakable wall.
2. Perform Queen's Garden Acid Skip
3. Dash to the room transition then Crystal Dash into the transition.

**Optimizations**
* __[Queens Garden Acid Skip Tutorial by Culfy](https://youtu.be/1dR87LuUvzk)__

#Trap Bench (faster route) (same)
**[Video]**

**Description**
1. Get 7 hits of soul while making your way to the Petra Arena
2. Die in Petra Arena and cry
3. Go down through a platforming section to hit a lever
4. Drop down and then go left through a long platforming section with petras to a Deepnest entrance, gathering soul wherever possible
5. Drop through two vertical rooms and then Crystal Dash to the left on __[this](https://imgur.com/a/GPwRhQw)__ platform

**Optimizations**
* Fireb0rns Petra Arena Strat

#Herrah (same)
**[Video]**

**Description**
This place sucks. General tips for wall spiders are try to get under them then jump and pogo. Here, I HIGHLY recommend watching __[Fireb0rns Herrah split guide](https://youtu.be/mA0lewYacyk?t=1490)__ as he goes in detail for every single spider.
With shade soul, devouts die in 3 fireballs so just come in with nine soul and murder the first one.
If you don't have enough soul to comfortably kill the first one, there is a breakable ground on the right with two spiders that will provide 6 soul.
Gather soul on small spiders as you make your way to Herrah to kill the last devout. For some reason, the last devout has a really high chance to get double hit, so if you make it to the last one with 6 soul, pray.

#Hollow Knight (same)
**[Video]**

**Description**
1. Buy the Deepnest Stag and stag to Dirtmouth
2. Drop down the well and go right to the Black Egg Temple
2.5. Optionally: Pause Early Control
3. KIll The Hollow Knight

**Hollow Knight Tips - Shaman Stone**
__[Fight Example](https://youtu.be/xAp0Ezl5Gic)__

**Hollow Knight Tips - Spore Shroom**
__[Fight Example](https://youtu.be/ANMBtxqsrFo)__

Any% All Glitches Guide *WIP* [Obsolete]

Any% NMMS Video Guide Playlist

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpmPftyu7tVJXRmlgWRrA_J0CStqx55PT

Any% No Load Dependent Glitches (NLDG) - The Complete Guide

Any% No Major Glitches (NMG) - The Text Guide

Any% No Major Glitches (NMG) - Video Guide Playlist

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfkLKB8O1Ff0-AApWYqqgFjMcMMVaW_JH

Godhome Ending Comfy Route Speedrun Guide

Note: This guide grabs an extra mask, extra charm notch, and an extra soul vessel. This guide also uses early flukes and early dashmaster. This is a beginner-friendly guide that's more detailed to help newer players. 


https://pastebin.com/GBz1aNPt

Hollow Knight speedrun setup (March 2023)

There are other guides for the same purpose, but they are partially out of date, which can be particularly frustrating due to the incompatible versions of the components needed.

Lep created two videos taking this issue into consideration that should guide you to the correct places to find the latest updates and the general steps in the setup.

Downpatching and create clean separate installations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg7sH7FyAK0&ab_channel=Lep

Installing mods for practice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlfAHsPH4wg&ab_channel=Lep

How to install and use debug mod and save states on the patch 1.2.2.1 (video guide)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0dDvM3zSyQ

Low% Skips 1.2.2.1 (Full Video)

Full commentated guide on every skip in Low%. Timestamps in video description.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pQ8vjhVNcc&t=642s


*New strategies by other people: 

MIT_Battery Leftside Waterways Climb:
https://clips.twitch.tv/MagnificentFilthyCatTBTacoLeft-KX5Rv84z6axu6C4v

MIT_Battery Damageless Crystal Heart:
https://clips.twitch.tv/SullenStylishCrocodileKevinTurtle-XlBnArA_ZugqVqMa

Path of Pain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GGjRX80czk

**Charm strats:** *You can click on each to see a video of the run and how to downpatch to 1221*
__[Mine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7qj8LiXzIg):__ Dashmaster, sprintmaster, long nail, Mark of Pride, sharp shadow, shaman stone (update to 205 charms)
__[Kal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJJvYsvLZHA):__ Sprintmaster, mark of pride, unbreakable strength, sharp shadow, shaman, Dream Wielder
__[1221 Patch](https://www.speedrun.com/hollowknight/guide/jlten):__ Flukenest, shaman stone, and the rest of whatever you prefer


**[If you're having problems with the third room cycle]:**
As I said in the video, the beginning of the third room is relatively chill, you have a bit of time spare for the cycle, but after you down pogo the sawblade your walljumps have to be as quick as possible. So if you can't get it for 20 hours don't worry I also been there but try to focus on your walljumps towards the end. (thorn skip really is just muscle memory I'm sorry ):

**The video goes over most of the stuff, although some interesting things to mention:**
__My best times__ (**Dashmaster**, **Sprintmaster**, **Current Patch**):
1st room: 27.08, Exit 2nd Room: 1:00.68, Exit 3rd Room: 1:21.16 (4th room with more optimized fireballs can go towards 45.3 seconds) -> SoB: 2:06.3x (approx.)
__Good **Sprintmaster**, **Current Patch** times:__
1st room: 27.3, Exit 2nd Room: 1:01.30, Exit 3rd Room 1:22.00, (4th Room should take around 45.70 seconds)
[1221 Patch loses too much time (=1 second) in the last room so I won't list it here. Although I could suggest you start learning Path of Pain on 1221 since the cycles are easier but the movement is still the same]

**One thing I forgot to mention in the video:**
*Faster* doesn't always conclude being overall faster. Path of Pain is very cycle based so rather try to beat the cycles than losing every run to small optimizations that won't beat the cycle anyway *:)*
Go with whatever strat you're the most comfy with. Thorn skip also only loses around 4-5 seconds and dashmaster only gains like 0.6 seconds at tas level ~~[sarcasm]~~ you really don't need to feel pressured to go for dashmaster when starting to run nor thorn skip, just enjoy your time and try to beat your own pb *:)*
*[if you do want to go for WR you'll have to use dashmaster though I'm sorry to break it to you ): ]*

Pre-Lifeblood MMS Guide

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jFRksbF9Cl0-mhGd93KWs2RlyCRoKPfegwjmBcxT77k/edit?usp=sharing

Setup & Installation Comprehensive Video Guide

Topics: selecting a category, steam/gog downpatching (outdated), backing up save files, creating a secondary practice installation, adding steam library shortcuts, practicing with debug mod, livesplit setup, recording with obs, cutting video with avidemux, submitting to speedrun.com, frequently asked questions, common issues

Please visit the YouTube page so you can view the description for timestamps to skip sections and use links.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-aCaVTAUtc

Updated Any% NMG Guide

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5XUdPsMK2eanIgTDNKXJwx9HH6yOCRKG

Serena

MonStahLer

45y6k7dw

Mickely

Krythom

fireb0rn

XeroGoFast

SpringSylvi

ax2u

Pisces

homothety

ManicJamie

QueenMagnolia

calligraphiti

Schy

Icefire39

ConstructiveCynicism

Seikent

StratSus

mys3cretskill

ScottyBVB

Hollow Knight

sugeetam

LaDam

RealXones

No Major Glitches

No Main Menu Storage

1.0.0.6

1.0.0.7

1.0.1.1

1.0.1.4

1.0.2.8

1.0.0.5

1.0.3.1

1.0.3.4

1.0.3.7

1.1.1.4

1.1.1.6

1.1.1.7

1.1.1.8

1.2.1.0

1.2.1.1 Base Game

Hidden Dreams

1.2.1.4

1.2.2.1

1.3.1.5

1.4.2.4 Grimm Troupe

1.4.1.4

1.4.3.2 Switch

PS4/XB1

Any%

112% APB

True Ending

All Skills

All Glitches

1.4.3.2+ NMG

1.0.0.5-1.0.0.7

1.0.1.1-1.2.2.1

Any Bindings

All Bindings

All Bindings (1.4.3.2+)

Low%

PS5/XSeries

1.5.68

1.5.72

1.5.75

1.5.78

1.5.80 1.3.1.5+

Default

WASM

None

Lifeblood

True Ending All Glitches No Room Dupes

Any% No Main Menu Storage 1028

Low% All Glitches

All Bosses Glitch

True Ending Glitch

Any% Glitch

Patch

Low% Glitch

All Bosses Patch

All Skills Glitch

Console Version

Console Category

Godhome Ending Glitch

White Palace Patch

Master Bindings

Artist Bindings

Sage Bindings

Knight Bindings

Hallownest Bindings

Steel Soul Glitch

112% Glitch

106% Glitch

100% Glitch

All Achievements Glitch

107% AB Glitch

Leave as default if you used the standard Livesplit load remover and autosplitter.

Load Remover

(Informational) Does the run use the route which skips Vengeful Spirit and kills the Eldur Baldur with nail?
Non-NMG subcategories: leave this value as "No".

Itemless Baldur

Legacy Board Glitch

It's happening. September 4th.

*If you are in the [Hollow Knight Speedrun & Racing Community Discord](<https://discord.gg/3JtHPsBjHD>), please also see the announcement there for information relating to the Discord.*

# Leaderboard Freeze

The Speedrun.com leaderboard will not open until October 1s

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106% True Ending NMG Guide [The Grimm Troupe]	MonStahLer 7 years ago
112% All Pantheon Bosses guide (out of date)	Icefire39 3 years ago
112% APB Godhome Guide	ScottyBVB 1 year ago
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Any% NMMS Video Guide Playlist	Krythom 5 years ago
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Godhome Ending Comfy Route Speedrun Guide	mys3cretskill 3 years ago
Hollow Knight speedrun setup (March 2023)	Seikent 3 years ago
How to install and use debug mod and save states on the patch 1.2.2.1 (video guide)	ax2u 6 years ago
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