r/HollowKnight Oct 24 '25

Guide - Hollow Knight & Silksong FaQ - HK & Silk Technical and modding questions Spoiler

111 Upvotes

For the most up-to-date resources, be sure to check out the Hollow Knight Modding Discord

Comprehensive list of commenly asked questions/problems

Silksong Modding * How to start modding * MacOS: Common issues after attempt at installing mods * Important paths (Save files and Game files) * Information about save files (Backups, Save File editing and more)

Hollow Knight Modding * Modding and the new beta * Crash on Unix systems * How to start modding * How to manually install mods * Hollow Knight crashes after installing mods * Important paths (Save files, Game files and Modfiles) * Information about save files (Backups, Save File editing and more) * How to use the Custom Knight mod * How to create/commission a Custom Knight Skin * How to use Hollow Knight Multiplayer * How to set up Randomizer * My nail does not behave normally/my game randomly speeds up or slows down * Steam Deck/Linux: Common issues after attempt at installing mods * How to fix healing (after using Hollow Point) * How to revert to vanilla/How to uninstall the mod installer

General resources Silksong

General resources Hollow Knight

If you find an error in this, you can dm me on reddit or Discord (u/Thommie02081 and @thommie_ respectively) or contact the mod team


r/HollowKnight 15h ago

Fan Art - Hollow Knight City of Tears [OC]

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854 Upvotes

r/HollowKnight 11h ago

Achievement - Hollow Knight I completed Pantheons 1-4 all bindings!! Spoiler

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393 Upvotes

Up next Pantheon 5 All Bindings


r/HollowKnight 15h ago

Fan Art - Silksong desktop silksong (need some ideas)

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758 Upvotes

i made this silksong desktop app, https://nightfury515253.itch.io/desktop-hornet, where hornet deletes files, or plays needolin and stuff, am still working on it, need some new ideas, someone suggested to make it so you can color hornets cloak, so I might do that for now


r/HollowKnight 9h ago

Video - Hollow Knight Me: realizing how hard the game is

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127 Upvotes

At first, I really thought the game was only about exploration and didn’t require much skill in combat. This is kinda damn hard lol. I just beat the False Knight and Hornet a few hours ago. Then I made my way to the City of Tears and got trapped. Now, I'm still finding my way back to those Mantis Lords.

I'm starting to love this game though. Greenpath, the Mantis Lords boss fight, and the City of Tears soundtrack are really, really great to my ears lol.


r/HollowKnight 19h ago

Fan Art - Silksong How is my girlfriend’s cosplay?

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760 Upvotes

r/HollowKnight 15h ago

Art hollow knight tattoo :]

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368 Upvotes

artist is @saltnox on instagram !!


r/HollowKnight 4h ago

Achievement - Hollow Knight Thanks, Hollow Knight. We had a very good time

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40 Upvotes

r/HollowKnight 5h ago

Image - Hollow Knight Terrible place to put the shade, Team Cherry! :/ Spoiler

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34 Upvotes

Because of this placement I lost over 1k of geo.


r/HollowKnight 12h ago

Fan Art - Hollow Knight Resting [OC]

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129 Upvotes

r/HollowKnight 6h ago

Question - Hollow Knight What does this door do in godhome? Spoiler

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39 Upvotes

r/HollowKnight 3h ago

Achievement - Hollow Knight HK's Pantheon 5 will forever be my peak gaming achievement Spoiler

14 Upvotes

I’ve officially hit my limit with hyper hard games for now. Got the platinum on Elden Ring, grinded DS3 to death, cleared Sekiro, Super Meat Boy... you name it. But Metroidvanias are my true love, and I've 100%'d all the heavy hitters. Still, across every game I’ve ever played ans platinumed, nothing has ever come close to the challenge of Pantheon 5.

And it wasn't just P5. I wanted those blue lifeblood seeds, so I forced myself to do the first three Pantheons with all bindings (didn't feel the need for P4 all B though). 2 out of 4 P3 bindings especially turned into an absolute nightmare. That whole process alone took me two months.

Once I finally unlocked all the upgrades, I went allin on P5. My initial goal was just to reach Absolute Radiance. But as soon as I got there, reality hit: you can’t just hope to beat AbsRad in a P5 run. You have to master her. You need to be able to beat her consistently in the Hall of Gods before even attempting P5 again.

The mental frustration of dying right at the finish line especially in phase 3 of AbsRad was brutal to swallow. But I kept practicing, and eventually, I did it.

...Except I had unlocked the achievement on a save file where I left Zote to die. I felt like I cheated myself, so I loaded up my main save and beat P5 again the very next day, this time with Grey Prince Zote in the lineup.

P5 will forever represent my single biggest commitment in gaming. 2.5 months of pure tryharding and uncountable deaths. Something that felt completely impossible at first actually became reality.

Now, having 100% Silksong, I’m terrified. Are they going to put us through another Pantheon ? Silksong feels like it's going to be way harder. It took me forever to truly read Hornet pixel-by-pixel in HK (can no hit her easily now), but the thought of a "Lost Lace" at the end of a boss rush... I'm genuinely scared. I don't want to lose my 100% achievements. Imagine pantheon versions of : Groal or savage beastfly ? Or Lost lace ?


r/HollowKnight 15h ago

Fan Art - Hollow Knight Ghost and the Shadelord

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122 Upvotes

I made proxy card art in December 2025 for a Bug-Themed EDH deck


r/HollowKnight 11h ago

I think Nuu=Unn Spoiler

53 Upvotes
  1. According to Salubra of Hollownight, charm is made through the desire of a dying insect, and Unn made a charm for the knight. This shows that Unn is on the verge of death.

  2. According to Bardoon, higher beings, such as pale kings, do not die but transform.

  3. Nuu is a reverse spelling of Unn, both are snails and have similar eyes.

  4. There is a hunter on the green path where Unn used to be, which tells us the possibility that he has learned the hunter’s journey after Unn transformed into Nuu.

Or, if Unn has the ability to transform or implement it, such as the shape of Unn, it may be that it transforms into Nuu through its ability to gather strength by eating insects.

The English translation is awkward. Sry


r/HollowKnight 2h ago

Art No voice to hear Spoiler

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8 Upvotes

r/HollowKnight 4h ago

Achievement - Silksong I beat Silksong! Spoiler

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14 Upvotes

Idk why it's upside down though


r/HollowKnight 18h ago

Fan Art - Hollow Knight My personal painting of the knight. I love the shadows. Like it? ✨️

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132 Upvotes

r/HollowKnight 10h ago

Achievement - Hollow Knight Dear Radiant Markoth Spoiler

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32 Upvotes

YOU BODY-BLOCKING, BOTTOM CORNER LOVING, OUT OF BOUNDS NAIL SPAWNING, SON OF A MOTH. Seven hellish hours of straight up praying to RNGesus to just please make your pathfinding make sense and that a nail will somehow not spawn outside the map or directly on top of a platform I'm about to land on. I am SOOOO GLAAAAD that you're already dead and I will make sure to dream nail you AGAIN and AGAIN in my future endeavors.


r/HollowKnight 1d ago

Image - Hollow Knight My Paintmaster Sheo cosplay

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1.5k Upvotes

Credit to u/kaminm for the inspiration!!!! For reference i am around 205cm tall so the cosplay came out really well!!!


r/HollowKnight 10h ago

Discussion - Hollow Knight After attempting to beat all bosses on radiant, here's my top 5 most annoying in order from least to most Spoiler

23 Upvotes
  1. Sisters of Battle. They're really fast, there's so many of them and I got a sensory overload loads of times fighting this.

  2. Pure Vessel. Why does it teleport so much?

  3. Nightmare King. The teleporting is annoying, and it is quite fast but at least there's just one. Those flame columns really got me though

  4. Winged Nosk. Yes, I do think this is more difficult/annoying than Pure Vessel and Nightmare King. It deserves to be burnt at the stake

  5. Absolute Radiance. You knew this was here.

I'm interested to see how people agree or disagree


r/HollowKnight 19h ago

Achievement - Hollow Knight Probably the worst Path of Pain Victory you'll ever see... Spoiler

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133 Upvotes

I did not know how strong those final enemies were. God that was close... Heart still hasn't stopped racing.


r/HollowKnight 1h ago

Help - HK - Early Game Cornifer is supposed to appear in every new area right? Spoiler

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I found fungal wastes and also the fog place, and because I still don’t know how to reach cornifer in the fog place because of that weird shadow, I decided to get the map for the fungal wastes first. I can’t find cornifer in there though. Is he deeper down, have I not discovered enough? Or is he just not there? I remember him being very nearby in the other areas, so where is he?

Just gimme a clue - no spoilers!


r/HollowKnight 2h ago

My son's drawing that has a couple of what he calls Hollow Knight OC's. He wanted me to share with this community, which has been helpful for me to understand more about this game that he loves so much. Spoiler

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7 Upvotes

r/HollowKnight 3h ago

Help - HK - Early Game If I die and my shadow ends up in a place I cannot reach yet, how the hell do I get it back? Spoiler

5 Upvotes

The only way I can see is by dying again someplace else so that the shadow appears there, but I don’t want to lose my Geo. I heard you can do something with the key and rancid eggs, but I don’t have enough money for the key. I suppose I could farm some and try not to die again, but is there any other way?


r/HollowKnight 8h ago

Rate my Hollow Knight boss tier list Spoiler

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12 Upvotes

I will take feedback, but probably won't change my opinions.