The Grimm Troupe

For lore information on the Grimm Troupe, see: The Grimm Troupe (Lore)

The Grimm Troupe is the second of the four free content packs for Hollow Knight, following Hidden Dreams on the 3rd of August, 2017. It was released on the 26th of October, 2017. It is followed by Lifeblood released on the 20th of April, 2018.

Content Added
Bosses	Enemies	Charms
Grimm Nightmare King	Grimmkin Novice Grimmkin Master Grimmkin Nightmare	Grimmchild Dreamshield Sprintmaster Weaversong Carefree Melody Unbreakable Strength Unbreakable Heart Unbreakable Greed

Npcs	Items	Areas
Brumm Divine Grimmsteed Nymm The Nightmare's Heart	Additional Charm Notch, gained by defeating Grimm	Path of Pain

	Misc.
	Seal of Binding The Grimm Troupe menu style

For more information regarding updates and changes to the game, see Updates.

How To Summon The Grimm Troupe

In order to start the quest, the Knight must first travel to the Howling Cliffs and go through two breakable walls (marked by circles). Then find "The corpse of a large bug" by travelling to the end of a short corridor and through another small hidden gap to the room where it lies (marked with an arrow). Then after dream-nailing the corpse, the previous room must be returned to, where the torch should now be lit. By striking the brazier at the foot of the torch multiple times a small cutscene will trigger showcasing Nightmare Lantern Interlude. Afterwards, returning to Dirtmouth will show two tents that have appeared, with the larger one containing Grimm.

Finishing the ritual and using the Dream Nail on this corpse will give the line: "Master... my role... apart from you... apart from kin. It pains me so." Banishing the Grimm Troupe will cause the corpse to disappear.