Overview
There are currently 40 charms in the game, plus variants. This guide is a comprehensive list of the known information regarding charms.I have also ranked the charms based on how good I think they are. The ranking uses the “Fudge” rating system, which is a scale of 1 to 7 (terrible, poor, mediocre, fair, good, great, superb). I will also include a tutorial on how to modify charm costs in the game files. Please note that “Carefree Melody” and “KingsoulVoidheart” have hardcoded charm costs, and cannot be via the DLL, however can be a edited on a per-save basis if you have a way to decrypt a savefile that has that charm.
Intro
Charms in the First Row
Primary Effect: Shows your location on the map.
Cost: 1 notch (low cost)
Location: buy from Iselda, in Dirtmouth ($220)
ID: charm_2
Category: Other
Rank: Fair
Primary Effect: Magnetizes all geo in the room.
Cost: 1 notch (low cost)
Location: buy from Sly, in Dirtmouth ($300)
ID: charm_1
Category: Geo
Rank: Good
Primary Effect: Increases your invincibility frames by 0.4 seconds.
Secondary Effect: reduces the recovery time after getting hit by 0.12 seconds.
Cost: 2 notches (average cost)
Old Cost: 1 notch (prior to version 1.0)
Location: buy from Sly, in Dirtmouth ($200)
ID: charm_4
Category: Defense
Rank: Fair
Primary Effect: Increases Soul gain by 3(reserve Soul gain only increases by 2)
Cost: 2 notches (average cost)
Location: Ancestral Mound (Crossroads)
Requires:
ID: charm_20
Category: Soul
Rank: Fair
Primary Effect: Increases fireball and quake potency by 33%, and scream potency by 50%.
Cost: 3 notches (medium cost)
Location: buy from Salubra, in the Crossroads ($220)
Requires:
ID: charm_19
Category: Spellcasting/Magic Damage
Rank: Great
Primary Effect: increases Soul gain by 8(reserve Soul gain only increases by 6).
Cost: 4 notches (high cost)
Location: on a Snail Shaman’s sarcophagus in the Crypts beneath the Resting Grounds.
Requires:
ID: charm_21
Category: Soul
Rank: Fair
Primary Effect: substantially reduces dash cooldown.
Secondary Effect: allows you to dash downward.
Cost: 2 notches (average cost)
Location: from a statue in the Fungal Wastes, near the exit to the Royal Waterways.
ID: charm_31
Category: Mobility
Rank: Fair
Primary Effect: Increases movement speed while running by 1.7f(roughly 20.5%).
Cost: 1 notch (low cost)
Location: buy from Sly, in Dirtmouth ($400).
Requires:
ID: charm_37
Category: Mobility
Rank: Fair
Primary Effect: generate 15 soul when taking damage.
Cost: 1 notch (low cost)
Location: from the Grubs, in the Crossroads (10th quest reward)
ID: charm_3
Category: Soul
Rank: Mediocre (taking damage is required to use this charm)
Primary Effect: swinging your nail fires a projectile when at full health.
Notes: hitting an enemy with the beam does not generate soul. hitting an enemy with the beam does (0.5 x N) dmg. hitting an enemy with both the beam and the Nail simultaneously does (1.5 x N) dmg.
Cost: 3 notches (medium cost)
Location: from the Grubs, in the Crossroads (46th quest reward)
ID: charm_35
Category: Melee Range
Rank: Fair (you must maintain full health to keep the charm active)
Charms in the Second Row
Primary Effect: increases max health by 2.
Note: charm breaks on death.
Cost: 2 notches (average cost)
Location: from Leg Eater, in Fungal Wastes ($350)
ID: charm_23
Category: Health
Rank: Good
Primary Effect: increases Geo from enemies by 20%.
Note: charm breaks on death.
Cost: 2 notches (average cost)
Location: from Leg Eater, in Fungal Wastes ($250)
ID: charm_24
Category: Geo
Rank: Fair
Primary Effect: increases melee damage by 50%.
Notes: effect only applies to basic attacks with the Nail, charm breaks on death.
Cost: 3 notches (medium cost)
Location: from Leg Eater, in Fungal Wastes ($600)
ID: charm_25
Category: Melee Damage
Rank: Great
Primary Effect: decreases the soul needed to cast spells by 9.
Notes: does not affect Focus.
Cost: 2 notches (average cost)
Location: Soul Sanctum
Requires:
ID: charm_33
Category: Spellcasting/Soul
Rank: Good
Primary Effect: negates horizontal recoil knockback from swinging the Nail.
Cost: 1 notch (low cost)
Location: from Salubra, in the Crossroads ($120)
Requires:
ID: charm_14
Category: Mobility
Rank: Fair
Primary Effect: increases knockback of your melee attacks.
Secondary Effect: reduces hits needed to stagger bosses by 1.
Cost: 2 notches (average cost)
Location: from Sly, in Dirtmouth ($350)
Requires:
ID: charm_15
Category: Other
Rank: Poor
Suggestion: download the Kerr’s mod to make Heavy Blow actually good(mod currently doesn’t work, and there’s no easy way to modify the attributes of Heavy Blow with a DLL editor, so just lower the cost to 1).
Primary Effect: reduces attack cooldown by 75%.
Secondary Effect: reduces attack duration by 72%.
Cost: 3 notches (medium cost)
Old Cost: 2 notches (prior to version 1.1)
Location: Kingdom’s Edge
Requires:
ID: charm_32
Category: Cooldown
Rank: Great
Primary Effect: increases the Nail’s reach by 15%.
Note: does not affect Nail Arts.
Cost: 2 notches (average cost)
Location: from Salubra, in the Crossroads ($300)
Requires:
ID: charm_18
Category: Melee Range
Rank: Good
Primary Effect: increase the Nail’s reach by 25%
Note: does not affect Nail Arts.
Cost: 3 notches (medium cost)
Location: in Mantis Village (requires defeating the Mantis Lords)
Requires:
ID: charm_13
Category: Melee Range
Rank: Superb
Primary Effect: increases melee damage by 75% while on death’s door
Cost: 2 notches (average cost)
Location: in the very first area of the game (requires nail bouncing acrossed some spikes)
ID: charm_6
Category: Melee Damage
Rank: Poor (requires being on 1 hp for the charm to take effect)
Suggestion: Find a way to modify FoF so that it reduces your maxHP to 1(IDK how to do this, so until then, just lower the cost to 1).
Charms in the Third Row
Primary Effect: creates an AoE damage radius around your character is hit.
Note: the charm does 2 times your base Nail damage.
Cost: 1 notch (low cost)
Location: Greenpath
Requires:
ID: charm_12
Category: Special Damage
Rank: Mediocre (due to knockback from being hit, the attacker may be outside of the AoE’s radius)
Primary Effect: creates a shell around you when healing, preventing damage.
Note: the shell has its own health bar, and it can only be regenerated by resting.
Cost: 2 notches (average cost)
Location: Howling Cliffs
Requires:
ID: charm_5
Category: Focus/Defense
Rank: Mediocre/Fair (won’t prevent knockback, so being hit while healing still disrupts Focus)
Primary Effect: increases the damage of Vengeful Spirit/Shade Soul*, but reduces its range & consistancy.
Note: fires 9 projectiles with Vengeful Spirit, fires 16 projectiles with Shade Soul.
Cost: 3 notches (medium cost)
Location: in the Royal Waterways (requires defeating Flukemarm)
Requires:
ID: charm_11
Code: Spellfluke
Category: Spellcasting/Magic Damage
Rank: Mediocre/Fair (Superb prior to version 1.3)
Recommendations: Search the Assembly CSharp.DLL for something called “Spellfluke”. Next, look for a line of code that looks like this:
Turn the ‘5’ into a ‘7’, and the ‘4’ into a ‘5’. This will revert the LU dmg nerf.
Primary Effect: creates a poison cloud around you, damaging enemies that get to close.
Secondary Effect: grants a 20% discount from Leg Eater.
Tertiary Effect: unlocks new dialog for Ogrim, Elderbug, and the Pale Lady.
Cost: 1 notch (low cost)
Location: Royal Waterways (requires defeating Ogrim)
Requires:
ID: charm_10
Category: Special Damage
Rank: Fair
Primary Effect: spawns hatchlings that fly into enemies, killing themselves and dealing 9 damage.
Note: spawning a hatchling will consume 8 soul, you can have up to 4 hatchlings at a time.
Cost: 2 notches (average cost)
Location: from the Aspid hive in the Crossroads
Requirement(s):
ID: charm_22
Code: KnightHatchling
Category: Familiar/Special Damage
Rank: Fair
GW+FoF(&JB) interaction code
Normal GW code
Dung GW code
Primary Effect: doubles the speed at which Focus heals.
Cost: 3 notches (medium cost)
Location: buy from Salubra, in the Crossroads ($800)
Requires:
ID: charm_7
Category: Focus/Healing
Rank: Good/Great
Primary Effect: halves the speed of Focus, but doubles the health yielded by each heal.
Cost: 4 notches (high cost)
Location: in Crystal Peak
Requires:
ID: charm_34
Category: Focus/Healing
Rank: Mediocre (the reduced healing speed makes it almost impossible to use in combat)
Suggestion: Find charmCost_34 in your savedata(tutorial can be found later in the guide) and lower the number from ‘4’ to ‘3’.
Primary Effect: grants 2 blue health past your max hp.
Note: the blue health can only be recovered by resting.
Cost: 2 notches (average cost)
Location: buy from Salubra, in the Crossroads ($250)
Requires:
ID: charm_8
Category: Health/Defense
Rank: Fair
Primary Effect: grants 4 blue health past your max hp.
Note: the blue health can only be recovered by resting
Cost: 3 notches (medium cost)
Location: in The Abyss (requires having access to 14 lifeblood)
ID: charm_9
Category: Health/Defense
Rank: Good
Primary Effect: multiplies your max hp by 1.4, and replaces it with blue health.
Secondary Effect: Lifeseeds will no longer try to run away from you.
Cost: 4 notches (high cost)
Location: Joni’s Response (Hollowing Cliffs)
Requires:
ID: charm_27
Category: Health/Defense
Rank: Poor/Mediocre (Mediocre/Fair prior to version 1.3)
Suggestion: In the Assembly-Csharp.DLL, search for something called “orig_CharmUpdate”. Next, look for a line of code that looks like this:
Change the ‘1.4f’ to ‘1.5f’. This will revert the LU health nerf.
Charms in the Fourth Row
Primary Effect: regenerates the most recently damaged health mask.
Secondary Effect: passifies all enemies in The Hive.
Note: white masks take 12 seconds to heal
Cost: 4 notches (high cost)
Old Cost: 3 notches (prior to version 1.0)
Location: in The Hive.
Requires: [Tram Pass]
ID: charm_29
Category: Healing
Rank: Mediocre/Fair
Suggestion: lower cost to 3.
Primary Effect: creates an AoE damage radius at the end of each heal.
Secondary Effect: allows you to hear and understand Shroomish.
Cost: 1 notch (low cost)
Location: in the Fungal Wastes, beneath Queen’s Station
Requires:
ID: charm_17
Category: Focus/Special Damage
Rank: Fair
Primary Effect: Shade Cloak now does damage equal to your Nail.
Secondary Effect: increases the distance of shadow dashing by 33%.
Tertiary Effect: increases the velocity of shadow dash by 40%.
Bugs: Shadow Dashing into something something invulnerable, or something that interrupts the dash, like explosions, acid, spikes, etc, will break the charm’s ability to do damage.
Cost: 2 notches (average cost)
Location: Deepnest
Requires:
ID: charm_16
Category: Mobility/Special Damage
Rank: Fair
Primary Effect: allows you to move while using Focus.
Secondary Effect: changes your hitbox.
Cost: 2 notches (average cost)
Location: Lake of Unn (Greenpath)
Requires:
ID: charm_28
Category: Focus/Mobility
Rank: Fair
Primary Effect: reduces the time needed to charge a Nail Art by 1 second.
Secondary Effect: unlocks new dialog for Mato, Sheo, and Oro.
Cost: 1 notch (low cost)
Location: obtained from Sly, in Dirtmouth.
Requires:
ID: charm_26
Category: Cooldown
Rank: Good
Primary Effect: spawns 4 weaverling that do 2 dmg per hit spawns 3 weaverlings that do 3 dmg per hit.
Secondary Effect: unlocks new dialog for the Midwife.
Cost: 2 notches (average cost)
Location: Weaver’s Den (Deepnest)
Requires:
ID: charm_39
Category: Familiar/Special Damage
Rank: Fair
Primary Effect: greatly reduces the time needed to charge the Dream Nail
Secondary Effect: increases the Dream Nail’s soul steal by 33.
Tertiary Effect: increases the odds of getting Dream Essense from kills by 1%.
Cost: 1 notch (low cost)
Location: obtained from the Seer, in the Resting Grounds (4th quest reward).
Requires:
ID: charm_30
Category: Cooldown/Soul
Rank: Good
Primary Effect: grants a passively rotating shield that blocks some projectiles.
Secondary Effect: If the shield takes contact dmg, it will repost with x1 Nail dmg and be briefly disabled.
Notes: Using Focus increases the shield’s rotation speed. Focus also increases the shield’s recovery. Hitting the shield with your Nail very briefly increases it’s range by a small amount.
Cost: 3 notches (medium cost)
Location: behind a false wall in the Resting Grounds
ID: charm_38
Category: Defense/Magic Damage
Rank: Great
Special Charms
Primary Effect: allows you to locate and collect Nightmare Essense.
Secondary Effect: spawns a familiar that will aid you in combat*.
Tertiary Effect: unlocks new dialog for the Pale Lady.
Note: the familiar does not cost anything to summon and cannot die.
*Lv.2 (requires 3 Nightmare Essense): 5 dmg per hit
*Lv.3 (requires 6 Nightmare Essense & defeating Grimm): 8 dmg per hit
*Lv.4 (requires 9 Nightmare Essense & defeating the Nightmare King): 11 dmg per hit
Cost: 2 notches (average cost)
Location: Grimm, in Dirtmouth after summoning the Grimm Troupe.
Requires:
ID: charm_40
Category: Quest/Familiar/Special Damage
Rank: Mediocre/Fair
Suggestion: There is a mod called “Avenging Angle’s Grimmchild Upgrades”(requires both Modding API and ModCommon). Assuming you install it correctly, a JSON file should be created in the same folder as that contains the savefiles. You can edit the Grimmchild’s attributes here. These are the settings that I use:
Primary Effect: has a 10% chance to nullify the damage you take every other hit.
Note: the chance increases by 10% to 20% every time you take damage, capping at 90%. The chance resets to 0% if the effect triggers. On average, it blocks about 22.5% of attacks overall.
Cost: 3 notches (medium cost)
Location: obtained from Nymm, in Dirtmouth after Banishing the Grimm Troupe
ID: charm_40 (cost cannot be edited via the DLL)
Category: Defense
Rank: Mediocre
Suggestion Lower the cost to 2 notches.
Primary Effect: infinitely replenishes soul at a rate of 2 soul per second.
Secondary Effect: opens the Birthplace in The Abyss.
Tertiary Effect: unlocks new dialog for the Pale Lady.
Cost: 5 notches (very high cost)
Location: unite the 2 White Fragments*.
Requires:
ID: charm_36
Category: Quest/Soul
Rank: Poor (the cost is too high to use the charm effectively)
Suggestion: Find charmCost_36 in the savedata(tutorial can be found a few sections down), and reduce its cost from ‘5’ to ‘4’.
Primary Effect: passifies all Shades.
Secondary Effect: Grants access to the “Sealed Siblings”, “Dream No More”, & “Embrace The Void” endings.
Tertiary Effect: your Shade will no longer lose all of your Geo if you die before reclaiming it.
Misc Effect: unlocks new dialog for the Pale Lady, Hornet, Bardoon, Jiji, & Jinn.
Cost: 0 notches (very low cost)
Location: Birthplace (The Abyss)
Requires:
ID: charm_36 (cost cannot be edited via the DLL, though why would want to?)
Category: Other
Rank: Fair
Unbreakable Charms
Effect: increases max health by 2.
Cost: 2 notches (average cost)
Location: buy from Divine, in Dirtmouth after summoning the Grimm Troupe ($12000)
Category: Health
Rank: Great
Effect: increases Geo from enemies by 20%.
Cost: 2 notches (average cost)
Location: buy from Divine, in Dirtmouth after summoning the Grimm Troupe ($9000)
Category: Geo
Rank: Good/Great
Effect: increases melee damage by 50%.
Note: only applies to basic attacks from the Nail.
Cost: 3 notches (medium cost)
Location: buy from Divine, in Dirtmouth after summoning the Grimm Troupe ($15000)
Category: Melee Damage
Rank: Superb
Charm Fragments
Effect: can be repaired by Leg Eater to make Fragile Heart ($200)
Note: cannot be eqipped
Location: die while wearing Fragile Heart.
Effect: can be repaired by Leg Eater to make Fragile Greed ($150)
Note: cannot be equipped
Location: die while wearing Fragile Greed.
Effect: can be repaired by Leg Eater to make Fragile Strength ($350)
Note: cannot be equipped
Location: die while wearing Fragile Strength.
Effect: can be united with the King’s Fragment to form the Kingsoul.
Note: cannot be equipped
Location: from the Pale Lady, in Queen’s Garden (requires defeating the Traitor Lord)
Requires:
Effect: can be united with the Queen’s Fragment to form the Kingsoul.
Note: cannot be equipped
Location: in the Throne Room of the White Palace.
Requires:
Charm Combos
HP granted by Joni’s Blessing heals over 24 seconds.
Equiping either Fragile or Unbreakable Heart will increase the amount of HP granted by Joni’s Blessing.
Fury of the Fallen stacks with either version of the Strength charm, increasing the Nail’s base dmg by 162.5%(262.5% Nail dmg per swing) when at 1 HP.
Increases dmg of Glowing Womb by 5.
Reduces the impact dmg by 5, but gains an AoE explosion that does a small amount of DoT(1-2 dmg/tick, or 2-3 dmg/tick if FoF is also equipped), So it does more dmg overall.
Reduces the overall damage of Flukenest in favor of creating clouds of DoT that can affect multiple enemies at once.
Increases the dmg per fluke by 1 (prior to the Lifeblood Update it increased it by 2, and at the original release it increased it by 3).
Nearly doubles the damage dealt by Sporeshroom.
Sporeshroom’s range is increased by about 35%.
Almost negates the negative effect of Deep Focus.
Doubles your movement speed while using Shape of Unn.
Equipping Baldur Shell, Sporeshroom, or both, will change the appearance of your Unn form.
Blocking a hit with Bladur Shell triggers Thorns of Agony, despite taking no damage.
Blocking a hit with Carefree Melody triggers Thorns of Agony, despite taking no damage.
Allows you to aim Sharp Shadow downwards, and increases its dmg by 50%.
Increases run speed to 11.5f
Allows Weaverlings to run faster and jump higher.
Allows Weaverlings to generate 3 Soul per hit.
Increases the Soul gained from Grubsong by 10 (25 Soul per hit you take).
Grubberfly’s Elegy will reactivate at 1 HP, and do 75% more dmg (87.5% dmg of a normal Nail swing).
Equipping either Fragile or Unbreakable Strength will increase the dmg of Grubberfly’s Elegy by 50% (75% dmg of a normal Nail swing).
Increases the width and range of the projectiles from Grubberfly’s Elegy.
Increases the base range of the Nail by 40%.
Increases base Soul gain by 11 (22 Soul per attack).
Increases the size of Dream Shield by 15%, and improves its recovery time.
Modifying Charm Costs
To edit game files, you must first have a program that can edit “.DLL” files, such as dnSpy.
Remember to create backups of any “.DLL” files you intend to edit.
Edited charm costs will only affect new saves.
Step 1: Right click on Hollow Knight in your Steam library, select “properties”, then find the option “browse local files”.
Step 2: Navigate to the “HollowKnight_Data” folder, then go to the “Managed” sub-folder.
Step 3: Inside the “Managed” folder there is a file called “Assembly-CSharp.DLL”, open this file in dnSpy.
Step 4: The .DLL is divided into sections, go to the section that has this header: “{} -“.
Step 5: There are a lot of sub sections in this part of the file, look for the one called “PlayerData”.
Step 6: Next, find “SetupNewPlayerData”(should be in orange text).
Step 7: Inside “SetupNewPlayerData”, the data for charm costs should start around line #465.
Step 8: Look for the charmcost_# that you want to edit (corrisponding ID’s to each charm are listed in the guide above)*
Step 9: select the line you want to edit, then hit “Ctrl+Shift+E” on your keyboard to bring up the editing interface.
Step 10: Once you’ve edited the number, hit the button that says “Compile” in the bottom right corner.
Step 11: If your done editing everything, save and exit dnSpy.
You can also edit charm costs in your savedata if you have a way to decrypt them. You can either use a save editor, or simply install the QoL mod(aswell as the Modding API and ModCommon prerequisites). QoL is a combination of small “quality of life” mods(hence the name), one of which is a save decrypter. If installed correctly, it should create decrypted copies of your savefiles in the form of JSON files(they will be located in the same place as normal savefiles). Any changes you make to the JSON will be applied to the corresponding DAT. The JSON savefile has a virtually identical structure to the “SetupNewPlayerData” in the DLL.
Gameplay Mechanics & Tips (This Section is WIP!)
- Your melee range is reduced while gripping to wall with Mantis Claw, regardless of charms. In situations where you must fight while climbing(such as in the Colosseum), it is best to use Spells or Nail Arts.
- All enemies, except for The Radiance, deal contact damage.
- After taking damage, you have approximately 1 second of I-frames where you cannot be damaged by enemies. However, I-frames do not prevent Hazard Damage(spikes, saws, thorns, acid, etc).
- A successful parry will grant a very small window of I-frames.
- All enemies that deal contact damage, only deal 1 contact damage(with the exception of the Failed Champion, and The Nightmare King, who always deal 2 damage). So when fighting enemies that do 2 damage, it may be better to take the contact damage than get hit by its attack. This strategy is mainly for dealing with the Stalking Devout, but can also be used against Husk Guards and Kingsmoulds. It does not work well when fighting Great Husk Sentries, due to their shields.
- Forward velocity while walking: 6.0
- Forward velocity while using Shape of Unn: 6.0
- Forward velocity while using Shape of Unn + Quick Focus: 12.0
- Forward velocity while running: 8.3
- Forward velocity while using Sprintmaster: 10.0
- Forward velocity while using Sprintmaster + Dashmaster: 11.5
- Forward velocity while using Mothwing Cloak/Shade Cloak: 20.0
- Forward velocity while using Sharp Shadow: 28.0
- Forward velocity while using Crystal Heart: 30.0
- Upward velocity while jumping: <15.7
- Upward velocity while using Monarch Wings: <17.9
- Downward velocity while falling: <20.9 (terminal velocity)
- Downward velocity while using Cyclone Slash: 4.9
- Downward velocity while using Desolate Dive/Descending Dark: 30.0
certain things will grant you I-frames
- I-frames after being hit: 1.3 sec
- I-frames after being hit: while using Stalwart Shell: 1.75 sec
- I-frames after a successful Parry: 0.25 sec
- I frames after using a Quake spell: 0.4 sec
- I-frames while Shadow Dashing: 0.25 sec
- I-frames after starting a Cyclone Slash: 0.25 sec
- While in the air, hold “Down” and press “Attack” to downstrike with the Nail. This will allow you to bounce on enemies, spikes, saws, purple shrooms, and certain parts of the environment. You are required to learn this in order to progress beyond the Fungal Wastes.
- Your primary soul vessel can hold a maximum of 99 soul. Each auxillary soul vessel can hold an additional 33 soul. Once you have collected all of the vessel fragments you can hold up to 198 soul at a time. (with a 2% margin of error)
- Striking enemies(except for Shades, and The Collector) with your Nail will yield 11 soul per hit. This number can be increased using certain charms.
- You must have at least 33 soul to cast a spell. This number can be reduced by a certain charm.
- There are two ways you can cast a spell. You may either press the “Quickcast” button, or tap the “Focus/Cast” button. If you use Quickcast, the spell will be cast right away. If you use Focus Cast, the spell will be cast on a delay.
- There are three main spells in the game. One for attacking left/right, one for attacking upwards, and one for attcking downwards. Each can be upgraded into a more powerful spell later.
- Focus can still be used even if you have full health. This means you don’t need to take damage to use Focus based charms like Sporeshroom.
The world of Hallownest is full secrets! Always be vigilant, many of the secrets are very well hidden. Just don’t let your search for secrets hamper your gameplay experience; remember to enjoy the scenery, ponder the history, and immerse yourself in the atmosphere.
- Most breakable walls have cracks, or other tells, but some do not have any tells at all.
- Breakable walls in Greenpath do not have visible cracks, instead they are indicated a pale green moss that has grown over them.
- Upgrading your Nail does not change the number of hits necessary to open a breakable wall, however a breakable wall can also be opened with a single shot from a spell.
- In addition to breakable walls, there are also false walls. False walls can be walked through without needing break them open. Walking through a false wall for the first time is usually accompanied by an audio cue and a camera pan, unless the false wall leads directly into a room transition.
- There are also shortcuts. These consist of collapsable floors, breakable walls, and doors that can only be opened from one side.
- While many collapsable floors can be opened by simply walking over them, several of them require using a specific spell to break them open.
- Breakable floors that require the use of a spell are usually indicated by a rumbling sound when walked on. However, there are a few ‘super secret’ breakable floors that do not shake.
While you are free to use your own controller configuration, I thought I’d share mine:
- Nail: Right Trigger
- Dream Nail: Right Bumper
- Dash: Left Trigger
- Super Dash: Left Bumper
- Jump: (A) Button
- Focus: (B) Button
- Quickcast: (X) Button
- Quickmap: (Y) Button
- Inventory: Back Button
- Pause: Start Button
Spells (WIP)
Charm Interactions: Quick Focus, Deep Focus, Shape of Unn, Baldur Shell, Dream Shield, Sporeshroom,
Location: start the game.
Stats: >15 dmg
Charm Interactions: Shaman Stone, Spell Twister, Flukenest,
Location: Ancestral Mound (Crossroads)
Stats: 15[dmg] + 20[dmg] = <35[yield]
Charm Interactions: Shaman Stone, Spell Twister,
Location: in the Soul Sanctum (requires defeating the Soul Master)
Requires:
Stats: 10[dmg] x 3[hits] = <30[yield]
Charm Interactions: Shaman Stone, Spell Twister,
Location: Overgrown Mound (Fog Canyon/Queen Gardens)
Requires: 
Spell Upgrades (WIP)
Stats: >30 dmg per hit
Notes: can pass through obstacles. can hit enemies multiple times.
Charm Interactions: Shaman Stone*, Spell Twister, Flukenest,
Location: Soul Sanctum
Requires:
Stats: 15[dmg] + 30[dmg] + 15[dmg] = <60[yield]
Charm Interactions: Shaman Stone*, Spell Twister,
Location: Crystalized Mound (Crystal Peak)
Requires:
Stats: 20[dmg] x 4[hits] = <80[yield]
Charm Interactions: Shaman Stone, Spell Twister,
Location: activate the Altar in The Abyss
Requires:
The Nail (WIP)
Charm Interactions: Soul Catcher/Eater, Grubberfly’s Elegy, Steady Body, Heavy Blow, Quickslash, Longnail, Mark of Pride, Fury of the Fallen, Fragile Strength, Thorns of Agony, Sharp Shadow, Dream Shield,
Base Damage: 5
Location: start the game
Base Damage: 9
Location: from the Nailsmith (requires $250).
Base Damage: 13
Location: from the Nailsmith (requires 1 Pale Ore & $800)
Base Damage: 17
Location: from the Nailsmith (requires 2 Pale Ore & $2000)
Base Damage: 21
Location: from the Nailsmith (requires 3 Pale Ore & $4000)
Nail Arts (WIP)
Stats: n[dmg] x 2.5
Charm Interactions: Nailmaster’s Glory,
Location: from Nailmaster Sheo in Greenpath
Requires:
Stats: (n[dmg] x 1.2) x (3[hits] + <4[hits])
Charm Interactions: Nailmaster’s Glory,
Location: from Nailmaster Mato in Howling Cliffs
Requires:
Stats: n[dmg] x 2.5
Charm Interactions: Nailmaster’s Glory,
Location: from Nailmaster Oro in Kindom’s Edge ($800)
Requires:
Abilities (WIP)
Effect: Allows you to dash.
Location: Greenpath
Effect: Allows you climb walls.
Notes: In terms of progression, this is probably the single most important ability in the game.
Location: Mantis Village (Fungal Wastes)
Requires:
Effect: Allows you charge dash over unlimited horizontal distance.
Location: Crystal Peak
Requires:
Charge Time: 0.800000011920929 sec
Effect: Allowsyou to swim in acidic pools without being harmed.
Location: Isma’s Grove (Waterways)
Requires:
Effect: Allows you to double jump.
Location: Ancient Basin
Requires:
Items (WIP)
Region A: Cliffs, Dirtmouth, Crossroads, Crystal Peak, & Resting Grounds
Region B: Greenpath, Queen’s Garden, Fog Canyon, & Fungal Wastes
Region C: City of Tears, Royal Waterways, Kingdom’s Edge, & The Hive
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The Hive is a sovereign territory ruled by Queen Vespa.
Region D: Deepnest, Ancient Basin, White Palace, & The Abyss
The Weaver’s Den was where Hornet was born and/or raised.
“To witness secrets sealed, one must endure the harshest punishment.“
Iselda & Cornifer (WIP)
Geo
Wayward Compass
Geo
Bench Pin
Geo
Cocoon Pin
Geo
Stag Pin
Geo
Vendor Pin
Geo
Hot Springs Pin
Geo
Whispering Root Pin
Geo
Warrior Grave Pin
Geo
Tram Pin
GeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeoSly
Simple Key
Geo
Elegant Key
Geo
Shopkeeper’s Key
Rancid Egg
GeoI suppose you could buy it? I won’t miss its sour odour.”
Lumafly Lantern
GeoWhy not both? Take this bright little fellow as your companion and he’ll light your way through the thickest darkness.”
Gathering Swarm
GeoThis charm will make sure that any loose change finds its way back to you.”
Stalwart Shell
Geo
Heavy Blow
GeoShopkeeper’s Key
Sprintmaster
GeoShopkeeper’s Key
Holding it lets you run around quickly and tirelessly, as though you were young again! Or, erm, so I’m told.”
Nailmaster’s Glory
Master all 3 Nail Arts
I have a gift for you, warrior. As a shopkeeper, I admit parting with it for free is rather difficult.
But as the Great Nailsage I must recognise your skill. You have mastered the arts of my remaining pupils. Now tradition decrees you too may hold the symbol.
Wear it proudly, Nailmaster. You shall be the last to receive its like.”
Mask Shard
GeoMask Shard
GeoI suspect I undercharged last time, and this is the only one left. It’s gonna cost you!”
Mask Shard
GeoShopkeeper’s Key
This is the last one though, so it’s priced accordingly.”
Mask Shard
GeoShopkeeper’s Key
I feel bad charging you so much for the previous shards, especially because it means I have to charge even more for this one.”
Vessel Fragment
GeoI don’t really like the aura about it, but it’s quite rare so I’ll have to charge you a high price.”
Vessel Fragment
GeoShopkeeper’s Key
Salubra (WIP)
Relic Seeker Lemm (WIP)
Leg Eater (WIP)
Divine (WIP)
The Grubs (WIP)
GeoGeoGeoGeoMask Shard
GeoGeoGeoGeo
Grubsong
GeoGeoGeoGeoGeoRancid Egg
GeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeo
Hallownest Seal
GeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeo
Pale Ore
GeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeo
King’s Idol
GeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeoGeo
Grubberfly’s Elegy
The Nailsmith
City of Tears
Geo
Resting Grounds (The Seer)
Essence + 1 Pale Ore
Deepnest
Crystal Heart, defeat Nosk
Hallownest’s Crown
Monarch Wings/ Nail-parkour
+ 2 Pale Ore
Ancient Basin
Colosseum of Fools
Geo, complete Trial of the Conqueror
Crossroads (the Grubfather)
+ 3 Pale OreThe Seer
EssenceHallownest Seal
Essence
Opens the Glade of Hope
EssencePale Ore
Essence
Dream Wielder
EssenceVessel Fragment
Essence
Dream Gate
Essence
Arcane Egg
EssenceMask Shard
Essence
Awoken Dream Nail
EssenceThe Grimm Troupe
In order to start the Grimm Troupe questline, first you must go to Howling Cliffs(requires Mantis Claw). Once there, look for breakable walls. One of these secret walls leads to a Lore Stone and a Wanderer’s Journal. to the right of the Wanderer’s Journal there is yet another breakable wall, this is leads to a second hidden room. Once inside the second hidden room, keep walking to the right, there is a false wall that leads to a third hidden room containing the corpse of a large bug. Dream Nail the corpse and walk back to the second hidden room. There should now be a metal fireplace with some hot coals. Strike the fireplace with your Nail a few times to light it. The fire will turn bright red and the ground will shake, accompanied by the distant sound of an accordian. After the ground stops shaking, return to Dirtmouth. There should be two tents on the west side of the town, with 2 Grimmsteeds parked in front of them. Inside the smaller tent is a charm vendor named Divine. Inside the larger tent are two NPCs, Brumm and Grimm. If you talk to Grimm, he will give you a charm, and the quest will start.
Howling Cliffs
Dirtmouth
Grimmchild Lvl.1
Collect the Scarlet Flames of the Grimmkin Novice
Grimmchild Lvl.2
Collect the Scarlet Flames of the Grimmkin Master
Defeat Troupe Master Grimm
Dirtmouth
Grimmchild Lvl.3, & a Charm Notch
Collect the Scarlet Flames of the Grimmkin Nightmare
Defeat Nightmare King Grimm
Awoken Grimmchild
Deepnest
Howling Cliffs
Dirtmouth
Carefree Melody
Acknowledgments
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