| Hello again! Still winding your way through these beautiful highways? Just imagine how they must have looked during the kingdom's height, thick with traffic and bustling with life! I wish I could have seen it... | |
| – Cornifer | |
Goods and travellers used to flow through these ancient roads. They've long fallen to disrepair and become infested with aggressive bugs and husks of former residents.
It is the first full area the Knight explores, and where they will encounter several NPCs.
Points of Interest
- Charm: Glowing Womb
- City Crest
- 2 Mask Shards
- 5 Grubs
- Vessel Fragment
- Whispering Root: 29 Essence
- 1 Hallownest Seal
- 27 Geo deposits
- 1 Chest:
165
- 6 Soul Totems
- 1 Hot Spring
Inhabitants
Sub-area: Ancestral Mound
Home to the Snail Shaman who grants the player the Vengeful Spirit spell. After obtaining the spell, the Knight will fall unconscious and awaken behind a locked gate. Killing the Elder Baldur in this area will open this gate. After this, the player will be able to progress to Greenpath by killing the Elder Baldur guarding its entrance.
Points of Interest
- Spell: Vengeful Spirit
- Charm: Soul Catcher
- Whispering Root: 42 Essence
- 1 Geo deposit
- 1 Soul Totem
- 1 Lifeblood Cocoon
Inhabitants
Sub-Area: Temple Of The Black Egg
A temple housing a massive black egg adorned with the three masks of the Dreamers. Initially, the player is prevented from entering the Black Egg by a seal on the entrance. After killing all three Dreamers, this seal is broken and the entrance is opened. This area grants access to the Hollow Knight and the Radiance boss fights.
Points of Interest
- Ability: World Sense
Inhabitants
Infected Crossroads
After either acquiring Monarch Wings or killing one of the Dreamers, the Infection will have spread through the Crossroads, with orange pustules of goo appearing in the environment. Navigation becomes more difficult due to the Infection closing off certain paths (Two passages will have been completely sealed off by the Infection making them inaccessible as labeled on the map). In addition, most of the standard enemies are replaced by new, stronger versions.
Inhabitants
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Gallery
 Entrance from Dirtmouth's well  North Husk Guard room  Western platform area  Grubhome  Start of Pilgrim's Way and Greenpath connection  Room west of Brooding Mawlek  Brooding Mawlek's arena  Area with many Goams  Hot Spring  Church where Gruz Mother is fought  Village near Salubra  House where Sly is first encountered  Menderbug's House  Exterior of Salubra's shop  Salubra's shop interior  Stag Station  Toll gate leading to Crystal Peak  Area where Myla can be encountered  Location of Glowing Womb  Room in which False Knight is fought  Room in which Failed Champion is fought  Ancestral Mound exterior  Bench in Ancestral Mound  Elder Baldur area in Ancestral Mound  Exterior of the Temple of the Black Egg  Sealed entrance leading to Black Egg  Bench and World Sense tablet in Black Egg  Area where the Hollow Knight is fought  Dream in which the Radiance in fought  Infected Crossroads area east of the lift leading to the City of Tears  Blocked path in the Infected Crossroads near False Knight  Infected Crossroads blocked path near the Stag Station |
