A Kingdom Upgraded! New Boss. Upgraded Bosses. Tweaks and Refinements across the whole game.
Lifeblood is a major update to Hollow Knight originally planned for the release of the game on Nintendo Switch.[1] It was pushed to beta testing on March 23rd, 2018, with its name and content revealed on the 24th.[2]. Lifeblood was then released on April 20th, 2018.[3]
This update enhanced many technical and visual aspects of the game, balanced the gameplay and added a new boss fight with its own theme.
If the Knight encounters the new dialogue from the Dung Defender and then re-enters his home, a dung statue of the Knight can be found next to the others.
Divine now has extra dialogue when the Knight talks to her while wearing the Defender's Crest (added for a misconception)
Bretta's previously added dialogue now coincides with the number of candles lit on the Zote statue, she will also run away after four defeats of Grey Prince Zote
Charm Changes
Flukenest's damage has been nerfed and now costs 3 notches
Weaversong's Weaverlings do more damage (up from 2 to 3) with a new attack animation and can stagger bosses
Weaversong and Sprintmaster have a new interaction which causes the Weaverlings to move faster, wander a bit farther from the Knight and jump higher
Weaversong and Grubsong now have a new interaction which causes damaged Weaverlings to give the Knight SOUL
Joni's Blessing now only grants 40% + 1 more HP (down from 50% + 1)
Fury of the Fallen's activated effect has a new design and instead of a red circle highlighting the Knight, they now emit red smoke