Hollow Knight Endings [All Endings Guide]

Updated: 12 Aug 2020 10:51 am
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1. The Hollow Knight

Take their place. Become the Vessel.
  • The Hollow Knight dies and the infection begins pouring out
  • You absorb the infection into yourself
  • You are trapped inside the Black Egg
  • You’ve stalled the infection, but for how long?

How to Get It

  • Do not collect the Void Heart
  • Defeat the Hollow Knight

2. Sealed Siblings

Well, at least we're all in this together.

  • Hornet constrains the Hollow Knight
  • They break out
  • The first ending repeats itself
  • Hornet is trapped inside with you

How to Get It

  • Collect the Void Heart
  • Do not Dream Nail the Hollow Knight
  • Defeat the Hollow Knight

 

3. Dream No More

Embrace the void, free your mind. 

  •  Hornet constrains the Hollow Knight
  • You Dream Nail him while he’s down
  • You go inside and face the Radiance
  • You defeat the Infection forever
  • The Knight disappears, leaving only a broken mask

How to Get It

  • Collect the Void Heart
  • Dream Nail the Hollow Knight
  • Defeat the Radiance

 

4. Embrace the Void

There are no gods. Only monsters

  • You defeat the Absolute Radiance inside the Godseeker’s mind
  • Void envelopes the Godseeker
  • The Infection dies
  • The Hollow Knight is freed

How to Get It

  • Have the Godmaster DLC
  • Defeat all the pantheons
  • Beat the Absolute Radiance

 

5. Delicate Flower

Can’t we all just get along?

  • Everything plays out the same as before
  • When the Void comes in contact with the flower, though, they all vanish

How to Get It

  • Have the Godmaster DLC
  • Give the Godseeker a delicate flower
  • Defeat all the pantheons
  • Beat the Absolute Radiance

Bonus: Passing of the Age

  • This will play after any ending
  • Mister Mushroom blasting off again!
  • There is a “To Be Continued” added

How to Get It

  • Beat the game in any way previously mentioned
  • Complete Mister Mushrooms side quest

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Amelia J Douglas
Call me when you make it through the Lost Levels. Just a girl who found the super crown a bit too late in life.
Gamer Since: 2001
Currently Playing: Animal Crossing New Leaf
Top 3 Favorite Games:Portal 2, Thomas Was Alone, Batman: Arkham City


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Can you say best half sister ever? Wonder what she's up to now?Who knew God was so fluffy?You did it. Now rest in nothingness.Just because I want to do destroy your patron deity doesn't mean we can't be friendsLook at what you did with yourself, Hollow Knight! This could've been you!When their argument blows away your worldviewCan you, an empty vessel, conquer the gods of Hollow Nest?Eventually, we all succumb to nothingnessGuess he had somewhere to be...Great place to visit, but I'd hate to live there.

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