| Hollow Knight | Silksong |
Benches are checkpoints throughout Hallownest that the Knight can sit on to perform several actions:
- Respawn at the Bench after quitting the game or dying
- Replenish all health (including Lifeblood Masks granted by Charms, but depletes all Lifeblood Masks from Cocoons)
- Equip and unequip Charms
- Fill out the Map with places already explored (requires purchasing a Quill)
- If Salubra's Blessing has been purchased, the Knight slowly replenishes SOUL
- Respawn enemies (not in the Bench room) that were defeated prior to sitting
- Respawn Lifeblood Cocoons
- Refill depleted Soul Totems
In some cases, Benches must be unlocked by paying a toll machine with Geo.
The Knight may purchase a Bench Pin from Iselda for 
100, which marks the locations of all discovered Benches on any purchased Maps, along with those on Cornifer's map.
If a Bench has a toll that has not been paid, the pin is greyed out.
Benches in the Pantheons' checkpoints are not respawn checkpoints after quitting the game or dying.
Toll Bench Locations and Prices
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  All bench locations in Hallownest |
Benches
There are a variety of styles of Benches all throughout the game, with many unique to a specific area.
Common Bench found all over Hallownest
Non-functional broken version of the Common Bench, found in some Stag Stations
Bench found inside both Trams
Bench found in the Ancestral Mound
Bench found outside of Salubra's store
Bench found in the Temple of the Black Egg
Bench near the Stone Sanctuary
Bench in the Shrine next to the Lake of Unn
Bench outside of Sheo's hut
Bug corpse used as a Bench found in the room with Leg Eater
Bench found in Mantis Village
Toll Bench (locations above, not including Greenpath)
Bench found in the Pleasure House
Bench next to Mato's hut
Bench found within the tent in Kingdom's Edge next to Hornet Sentinel
Bench in the Colosseum of Fools
Bench outside of Oro's hut
Bench within the Teacher's Archives
Destroyed trapped Bench after being used
Webbed and destroyed Bench in the Distant Station
Bench in the Queen's Gardens in front of a statue of the Pale King
Bench unique to the White Palace
Bench found in the upper level of Godhome near the Pantheon of Hallownest
Bench in the Beast's Den
Trapped Bench in the Distant Village
Trivia
- Occasionally The Knight can encounter NPCs on benches, these being:
- Quirrel in the City of Tears
- Tiso in the Forgotten Crossroads Stag Station
- Tiso again, in the Colosseum of Fools
- Bretta in Dirtmouth
- The Crystal Guardian boss is first encountered sitting on a Bench. Attacking it starts the fight and it is not possible to rest at the Bench before defeating it.
- A fake Bench found in Distant Village is set up by Distant Villagers to trap the Knight to bring them into Beast's Den.
- The Bench in Leg Eater's location is actually a corpse that can be Dream Nailed, giving the line: "Why?"
- A cut Bench called "ancient_bench" comprised of the bodies of dead Vessels existed in game files at one point, but was later removed.
- Another cut bench named "Hornet_room_bench" also existed in the game files upon release. It was part of an unused room that was inaccessible and cannot be found in the game anymore.
Unused Ancient Bench
Unused Hornet room bench
