

One Grub, in particular, is on a platform out of your reach, with platforms before it covered in spikes. During your exploration, you will find a few grubs in the Forgotten Crossroads, and you may think that you need specific abilities to reach them, and for some, you do need them. Other than just hitting everything that moves, there are plenty of things that you will recurringly see playing Hollow Knight. It’s against the law to stop pressing the attack button In Dirtmouth, you will see your first bench, and it’ll refill your health bar and prepare you for the underground. Heading down to the Forgotten Crossroads, you will encounter two bosses, open two stores, find the map maker Cornifer and get your first spell, giving you a glimpse of what the game is going to be.

You will see Lifeblood Cacoons that give you losable extra masks, don’t worry, there are plenty more throughout Hallownest.
#HOLLOW KNIGHT VESSEL FRAGMENTS UPGRADE#
It takes four Mask Shards to upgrade your health bar and three Soul Vessel fragments to upgrade your maximum Soul capacity.Īs you get to Dirtmouth, you will already have learned everything you need to know for you to continue for now – which is hitting everything that moves, collecting the Geo and Soul, repeat. Every three hits are one mask of healing (without any Soul charm equipped), and both your health bar and the Soul Vessel are upgradable. Elementary, my Dear Pale SonsĪs you already noticed, you have five health masks and a Soul Vessel to heal.

This Hollow Knight getting started guide will go through and explain every mechanic in Hollow Knight and a tad more. This Hollow Knight Starter guide will help you out with this one. If you started playing Hollow Knight and got out of the Forgotten Crossroads trying to get into Greenpath, but an Elder Baldur stopped you.
