Bench (Hollow Knight)

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 depleting 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 will slowly replenish SOUL
• Respawn enemies (not in the bench room) that were defeated prior to sitting
• Respawn Lifeblood Cocoons

In some cases, Benches must be unlocked by paying a toll machine with Geo.

The player may purchase a Bench Pin from Iselda for 100, which reveals the locations of every Bench in the Area after that area's Map has been purchased.

Benches in the Pantheons' checkpoints will not be respawn checkpoints after quitting the game or dying.

Toll Bench Locations and Prices

Greenpath - 50 Ancient Basin - 150 City of Tears - 150 Queen's Gardens - 150

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

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 Queen's Gardens in front of a statue of the Pale King

Bench unique to the White Palace

Bench found in Godhome and the Pantheons

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 will start the fight and it is not possible to rest at the Bench before defeating it.
• A fake Bench found in the 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, revealing the dialogue: "Why ?"

• A cut bench called "ancient_bench" comprised of the bodies of dead Vessels existed in game files at one point, but it 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