How to Unlock/Restore Steel Soul Mode Option

Hollow Knight63 views1 favorites1 min readby ProjectXsentUpdated Dec 29, 2025View on Steam ↗

Requirements

- Notepad

Instructions

Method 1
  1. Open Notepad.
  2. Copy and paste the following:
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Team Cherry\Hollow Knight] "ZXi0r2fxAmv7+DQMCko4P865Z28I2w0sX9J7e4kY+A8=_h2846773161"=hex:65,7a,34,4f,55,\ 4b,75,70,56,6e,42,4f,71,33,76,42,65,6f,75,6e,4a,51,3d,3d,00 "2XqmLjqJZAHt10HGMnpSwQ==_h1875620449"=hex:65,7a,34,4f,55,4b,75,70,56,6e,42,4f,\ 71,33,76,42,65,6f,75,6e,4a,51,3d,3d,00
  3. Cick Save As... (Ctrl + Shift + S) and name your file.
  4. Right-click > Merge/Open the newly created .reg file and click Yes.
  5. Launch the game and check if Steel Soul Mode will appear as an option on a new save file.

Method 2
  1. Open Command Prompt (cmd) as Administrator.
  2. Copy and paste the following commands and press Enter.
    REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Team Cherry\Hollow Knight" /v "ZXi0r2fxAmv7+DQMCko4P865Z28I2w0sX9J7e4kY+A8=_h2846773161" /t REG_BINARY /d "657A344F554B7570566E424F71337642656F756E4A513D3D00" /f REG ADD "HKCU\Software\Team Cherry\Hollow Knight" /v "2XqmLjqJZAHt10HGMnpSwQ==_h1875620449" /t REG_BINARY /d "657A344F554B7570566E424F71337642656F756E4A513D3D00" /f
  3. Launch the game.

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