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Boss strategies, Act 3 unlocks, crests, and collectible locations across Hollow Knight and Silksong — every fact sourced, verified against the latest patches.
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Nightmare King Grimm Boss Guide — The Grimm Troupe's Secret Finale
How to beat Nightmare King Grimm in Hollow Knight: the 1,500 HP dream-form boss's Flame Pillar patterns, Shade Cloak dodges, and Grimmchild upgrade.
Last updated Oct 8
The Radiance Boss Guide — How to Reach & Beat the True Final Boss
How to fight the Radiance in Hollow Knight: Void Heart and Dream Nail requirements, the 1,700 HP four-stage fight, Absolute Radiance, and Dream No More.
Last updated Oct 8
All 6 Pale Ore Locations in Hollow Knight — Nail Upgrade Guide
All six Pale Ore locations in Hollow Knight — Ancient Basin, the Seer, Hallownest's Crown, Nosk, Grubfather, Colosseum — plus every nail upgrade cost.
Last updated Oct 8
Hollow Knight Beginner Guide — First 10 Hours in Hallownest
Hollow Knight beginner guide: Geo banking, charm notches, nail upgrades, the Cornifer map system, the three Dreamers, and the best early-area order.
Last updated Oct 8
Hollow Knight Boss Order — Recommended Progression Route
The recommended Hollow Knight boss order: the main path from False Knight to the Radiance, which bosses are optional, and when to fight dream variants.
Last updated Oct 8
Hollow Knight — Game Overview, Editions & Where to Start
What Hollow Knight is in 2026: the base game, four free content packs, the current-gen refresh, platforms including Game Pass, and how this wiki is organized.
Last updated Oct 8
Quick start
New to Hallownest & Pharloom?
New to Hallownest
First hours in the original Hollow Knight — movement, charms, and where to go
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Silksong Act 3
Silk and Soul wishline, the three Old Hearts, and the road to Lost Lace
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Silksong Boss Guides
Phase breakdowns and strategies for Pharloom's hardest fights
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Sea of Sorrow DLC
Silksong's free expansion — release window, new areas, and what's confirmed
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What's new
Physical editions ship
Fangamer physical editions for Silksong (PS5/Xbox/Switch 2) and Hollow Knight (Switch 2/PS5) arrive
Sea of Sorrow announced
Silksong's first expansion is a free nautical-themed DLC for all platforms — Pharloom's underground ocean, coming 2026
Silksong Patch 5 (v1.0.30000)
The final major patch before the DLC — Traditional Chinese, Last Judge explosion nerf, Magma Bell rework
Hollow Knight upgraded
Free Switch 2 / PS5 / Xbox Series upgrade with higher frame-rates and resolutions, plus a 21:9 ultrawide PC patch
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Guided paths through Hallownest and Pharloom
Hollow Knight: Silksong Act 3 unlock
The Silk and Soul wishline, step by step
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Finish Act 2 — defeat Grand Mother Silk in the Citadel
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Complete the Silk and Soul wish — NPC sidequests and requirements
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Descend into The Abyss — collect the three Old Hearts
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Face Lost Lace — the true final boss and ending
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Silksong's hardest bosses
The walls that define Pharloom
Lost Lace — the void-possessed true final boss of Act 3
Grand Mother Silk — the six-phase Citadel finale
Last Judge — the Act 1 wall guarding Blasted Steps
Savage Beastfly — the Beast Crest's armored jailer
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Hollow Knight release timeline
From Hallownest to the Sea of Sorrow
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Feb 2017
Hollow Knight launches on PC — four free content packs follow
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Sep 2025
Hollow Knight: Silksong launches everywhere, day one on Game Pass
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Feb 2026
Hollow Knight gets Switch 2 / PS5 / Xbox Series upgrades, free for owners
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2026
Sea of Sorrow — free expansion (announced Dec 15, 2025)
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Descend into the Dark
Hallownest and Pharloom keep growing — new guides land with every patch and the Sea of Sorrow expansion. Bookmark this wiki and come back.