Hollow Knight Trophy Guide

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Hollow Knight has a brilliant sense of awe that resonates from every corner of its intricately crafted and gorgeous world. The game ensures that there is something for everyone to enjoy throughout the entire experience. Of course, there are a bunch of trophies for you all to enjoy hunting. Whether you are going for that all-important platinum trophy or simply trying to gain some others, be happy to know that this list will compile all the details you need to know.

Key Information Up Front For Hollow Knight’s Trophy List

Genre: Metroidvania

Difficulty: 8/10

The number of playthroughs required: One playthrough needed

Time to complete: 40-60 hours expected

The number of trophies: 35 trophies

Percentage of players with the Platinum trophy: 1.4%

Walkthrough For Hollow Knight Trophies

Hollow Knight Trophy Guide
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Thankfully, you will not have to worry about any missable trophies for Hollow Knight, which means you can work your way through all the trophies without worrying about missing any.

Step One: Story Playthrough

For the first section of the trophy hunting, I would recommend playing through all the story content normally. This way, you ensure you get the original story experience as intended and treasure all the moments that Hollow Knight will be sure to give you a smile to continue onwards. In terms of the trophies that you can earn through the main story pathway, you will gain the following trophies:

  • Falsehood
  • Test of Resolve
  • Proof of Resolve
  • Watcher
  • Beast
  • Teacher
  • The Hollow Knight
  • Charmed
  • Connection
  • Soulful
  • Protected
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Step Two: Collectibles and Cleanup

After you have completed the main story of Hollow Knight, you may opt to dive straight into the collectible and cleanup stage. It will consist of going around the map and collecting everything you need for the trophies. Note that some trophies mentioned in step one can technically be missed, these being Charmed, Connection, Soulful, and Protected, but it is unlikely that they will be missed during your main story playthrough. The trophies that you will earn during this stage are:

  • Enchanted
  • Blessed
  • Masked
  • Worldsoul
  • Hope
  • Grubfriend
  • Metamorphosis
  • Cartographer
  • Attunement
  • Awakening
  • Ascension
  • Keen Hunter
  • True Hunter
  • Solace
  • Passing of the Age

Step Three: The Grimm Troupe Trophies and Trial/Pantheon Completion

After completing them, you will have 112% completion and unlock the platinum trophy. At this step, you will get:

  • Heart of Hallownest
  • Warrior
  • Conqueror
  • Fool
  • Grand Performance
  • Nightmare’s End
  • Soul & Shade
  • Embrace the Void
  • Pure Completion

Hollow Knight Trophy Guide

Now that you have a walkthrough strategy of some stages to follow for getting the trophies. It is now time to happily dive into the details of each and its rarity and player-earned percentage levels. The complete list of trophies to collect and how to get them is as follows:

Heart of Hallownest

Heart of Hallownest

Rarity: Platinum

Player Earned Percentage: 1.4% of players have earned this trophy

The platinum trophy you will be aiming for with this trophy collection list. To add this to your trophy cabinet, you will need to acquire all of the other trophies and with this guide, you will be sure to have done that in no time!

Falsehood

Falsehood

Rarity: Bronze

Player Earned Percentage: 41.1% of players have earned this trophy

To collect this trophy, you will need to proceed through the main story until you reach the False Knight boss. After you defeat them, the trophy will be obtained. It is likely to be the first trophy you earn for Hollow Knight.

For the False Knight boss, I would recommend that whenever False Knight jumps into the air for their attacks that you run to the back of them, and then when they land start making a flurry of attacks towards them. Repeat this strategy and the boss will fall easily. I say this because within the pantheons later you will defeat False Knight repeatedly with this strategy.

Test of Resolve

Test of Resolve

Rarity: Bronze

Player Earned Percentage: 31.8% of players have earned this trophy

Similar to the previous trophy, you will need to defeat another boss to get this trophy. This time you will need to face Hornet in the Greenpath section/area of Hallownest, again this will occur with natural story progress so there’s no need to go out of your way to get this trophy, you just simply have to play through the game and ‘defeat’ Hornet within the area.

Proof of Resolve

Proof of Resolve

Rarity: Bronze

Player Earned Percentage: 15.7% of players have earned this trophy

It’s time to face Hornet again with this trophy except this time you will need to do so in Kingdom’s Edge. You will once again meet Hornet through the story so you can go for this trophy during your story playthrough. You will need to ‘defeat’ Hornet again for this trophy.

Her attacks are a lot faster in this version of the battle so precision and speedy attacks when you have the opportunity are key. It will also allow you to get some practice in for later boss battles.

Watcher

Watcher

Rarity: Bronze

Player Earned Percentage: 14.9% of players have earned this trophy

For the Watcher trophy, you will have to defeat ‘Lurien the Watcher’ which can again be done through the main game’s story.

Beast

Beast

Rarity: Bronze

Player Earned Percentage: 16.0% of players have earned this trophy

Similarly, for this trophy, you will be defeating ‘Herrah the Beast’ to get the trophy through the story.

Teacher

Teacher

Rarity: Bronze

Player Earned Percentage: 15.4% of players have earned this trophy

As for the ‘Teacher’ trophy you can get the trophy by defeating ‘Monomon the Teacher’.

The Hollow Knight

The Hollow Knight

Rarity: Gold

Player Earned Percentage: 11.6% of players have earned this trophy

It’s time to complete the game’s story for this trophy! Have fun along your journey and defeat ‘The Hollow Knight’ to complete the story and earn this trophy.

The boss battle is one of the more difficult fights within the game. In order to get the upper advantage, you should move away from the boss whenever they try and teleport behind you, as the Hollow Knight will make a lot of attacks at this point. You can also parry any incoming attacks from the Hollow Knight. As long you are successfully moving around the arena and making quick attacks when you can, this boss battle will be completed quickly.

Charmed

Charmed

Rarity: Bronze

Player Earned Percentage: 46.5% of players have earned this trophy

You will need to collect your first charm, which are items you can equip for certain powers and buffs for your character. Getting your first charm will arrive in a timely manner as you play through the experience.

Enchanted

Enchanted

Rarity: Bronze

Player Earned Percentage: 17.1% of players have earned this trophy

Collect half of Hallownest’s charms and you will gain this trophy, be sure to refer to the trophy below to get more information on where to find every charm in the game.

Blessed

Blessed

Rarity: Silver

Player Earned Percentage: 7.6% of players have earned this trophy

Be sure to collect all the charms in the experience for this trophy. The video above by Games Collectibles will take you through every individual location of the 42 charms to find.

Protected

Protected

Rarity: Bronze

Player Earned Percentage: 21.7% of players have earned this trophy

Acquiring four Mask Shards will get you this trophy. Referring to the section below on how to get all of the Mask Shards for another trophy will showcase the locations of where you can find these four Mask Shards along with the others. They don’t have to be collected in any particular order but you will likely get the same order for getting them.

Masked

Masked

Rarity: Silver

Player Earned Percentage: 7.3% of players have earned this trophy

Another video by ‘Games Collectibles’ showcases the 16 mask shards that you will need to discover throughout the world during your playthrough for this trophy.

Soulful

Soulful

Rarity: Bronze

Player Earned Percentage: 18.8% of players have earned this trophy

You will need to grab three Vessel Fragments for this trophy. These can again be found throughout the map. Two of these vessel fragments can be bought from the character named Sly in Dirtmouth. Another can be found by the left side of the lift in the Forgotten Crossroads. You will increase Hollow Knight’s Soul when you acquire three vessel fragments which create a full vessel soul. For one of the vessel fragments bought from Sly, you will first need to have the Shopkeeper’s Key before you can buy it.

Worldsoul

Rarity: Silver

Player Earned Percentage: 9.4% of players have earned this trophy

Similar to the previous trophy, you will be collecting vessel fragments for this trophy but you will need to find all of them. The video above showcases where these can be acquired. “Games Collectibles” shows the location of these vessel fragments.

Connection

Connection

Rarity: Bronze

Player Earned Percentage: 22.5% of players have earned this trophy

You will have to open up half of Hallownest’s ‘Stag Stations’ for this trophy, you will find and unlock a lot of these through your natural progression of the game while searching for everything else.

Hope

Rarity: Silver

Player Earned Percentage: 13.9% of players have earned this trophy

Simply open up all of the Stag Stations and you will net this trophy.

Grubfriend

Rarity: Bronze

Player Earned Percentage: 16.2% of players have earned this trophy

Ah yes, the adorable grubs found on the map! You will need to rescue half of them to get this particular trophy.

Metamorphosis

Rarity: Silver

Player Earned Percentage: 10.5% of players have earned this trophy

https://youtu.be/4jmzkOZGZdI

Ensuring that you find all of the grubs in the game will get you this trophy and the previous trophy when you get halfway through collecting them. The video above shows the location of every grub to find and rescue.

Cartographer

Rarity: Silver

Player Earned Percentage: 15.0% of players have earned this trophy

Acquire a map of every area in the game to unlock this trophy. Cornifer will sell the maps to you; they can be found in most areas of the games to purchase maps.

Attunement

Rarity: Bronze

Player Earned Percentage: 15.4% of players have earned this trophy

For this trophy, utilize the Dream Nail to get 600 Essence. To get the Dream Nail you can begin by visiting the Resting Grounds and then interacting with and inspecting the Dreamers Memorial, at which point you will get the Dream Nail after some explanation. When you have this you can hold the triangle button and let it go to utilize the dream nail, use it on Whispering Roots throughout the world to collect a lot of essence. There are many other sources to get essence from and even regular enemies in Hollow Knight.

Awakening

Rarity: Bronze

Player Earned Percentage: 10.8% of players have earned this trophy

You will need to collect 1800 essence and then ‘awaken the Dream Nail’ for this trophy.

Ascension

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Rarity: Silver

Player Earned Percentage: 6.9% of players have earned this trophy

Collecting 2400 essence will net you this trophy!

Keen Hunter

Keen Hunter

Rarity: Bronze

Player Earned Percentage: 3.3% of players have earned this trophy

For this trophy, you will have to record all of the creatures in the Hunter’s Journal and this means you will have to first get the Hunters Journal from The Hunter in Greenpath and then defeat all the enemies in Hallownest at least once.

True Hunter

True Hunter

Rarity: Silver

Player Earned Percentage: 3.1% of players have earned this trophy

When you have completed the previous trophies requirements, simply make your way back to ‘The Hunter’ to get ‘The Hunters Mark’ and you will earn this trophy.

Solace

Solace

Rarity: Bronze

Player Earned Percentage: 8.0% of players have earned this trophy

To get the Solace trophy you will have to bring a flower to the other side of the map. There is an NPC named the ‘Grey Mourner’ in the ‘Resting Ground’. You will get a quest to carry a delicate flower to a grave she wants it placed at. However, it is on the other side of the map from where you are and you cannot even fast travel. You will have to not take any damage on the route to the location and once you have made your way there and completed the quest, you will get the trophy.

Warrior

Warrior

Rarity: Bronze

Player Earned Percentage: 15.4% of players have earned this trophy

You have to complete the Trial of the Warrior for this trophy. At this point in the game, you will be able to get through this trial without too many issues. Just make sure to heal whenever you can during the battles.

Conqueror

Conqueror

Rarity: Silver

Player Earned Percentage: 13.4% of players have earned this trophy

Complete the Trial of the Conqueror for this trophy with a similar strategy to the previous trophy.

Fool

Fool

Rarity: Gold

Player Earned Percentage: 5.3% of players have earned this trophy

The most difficult trial out of the three as it is the Trial of the Fool. In order to beat it quickly, you can ensure you have a charm setup that you have most commonly utilized for battling tougher enemies throughout the game. Once you complete the trial, you will get this trophy.

Grand Performance

Grand Performance

Rarity: Bronze

Player Earned Percentage: 9.6% of players have earned this trophy

You will have to go through The Grimm Troupe questline to get this trophy and for this specific trophy you will have to defeat Troupe Leader Grimm. For the battle I would recommend thinking of the fight as a dance. You have to learn the many steps of the performance to get the advantage over the enemy. Once you have learned the steps of the dance, you will be floating through the battle like an elegant ballerina of blades. Practice, practice, practice for this trophy!

Nightmare’s End

Nightmare's End

Rarity: Gold

Player Earned Percentage: 5.9% of players have earned this trophy

This trophy is earned when you complete The Grimm Troupe questline for the experience.

Soul & Shade

Soul & Shade

Rarity: Silver

Player Earned Percentage: 2.4% of players have earned this trophy

For this trophy, you have to complete the ‘Pantheon of the Knight’ and all of the pantheons can be accessed by utilizing the dream nail on an NPC named the Godseeker waiting in the Junk Pit area of the map. You will need to go through the pantheons and complete the Pantheon of the Knight for the trophy. 

Embrace the Void

Embrace the Void

Rarity: Gold

Player Earned Percentage: 1.5% of players have earned this trophy

After you have completed the other Pantheons, you will have to complete the ‘Pantheon of Hallownest’ for this trophy. It will likely take a lot of practice and time to get. You have to defeat every boss in the game in a row and if you are eliminated you have to start over from the beginning again.

As some tips, having a good charm setup is recommended. A strong power and healing build will set you in good stead for getting through this Pantheon quickly in the experience.

Pure Completion

Pure Completion

Rarity: Gold

Player Earned Percentage: 1.9% of players have earned this trophy

For this trophy, you will have to get 112% in the game and so this is likely the trophy you will earn before the platinum as you need to complete everything else in the game before getting it.

Passing of the Age

Passing of the Age

Rarity: Silver

Player Earned Percentage: 3.3% of players have earned this trophy

The trophy listed here can be acquired by talking to an NPC named Mr. Mushroom various times throughout the game and then completing the game/playing the final boss battle with The Hollow Knight again. The locations of where Mr. Mushroom is found are shown in the video by Relyea above.

Conclusion

Congratulations if you are still reading this far! I can assume that you have completed your trophy hunting journey for Hollow Knight or are currently making your way through the trophies. One of the great things about this trophy list is that there are no missable ones, which means you can go through the trophies at any speed. May you find your way to the heart of Hallownest before you know it! Have fun with the trophy hunting everyone who is going for them!

FAQ

Question: What is One of the Most Difficult Trophies to Get From the List?

Answer: Embrace the Void will take a lot of practice as you have to defeat every boss in the game in a row. Because you are going to be fighting the ‘Radiance’ again for the final section, that certainly takes a lot of practice and work to achieve the trophy.

Question: Does it Matter Which Way I Gather the Collectibles Throughout the World?

Answer: Nope! You can collect them in any way that you want to.

Question: What is One of the Best Charms to Have Equipped While Trophy Hunting?

Answer: If you are roaming the map and searching for collectibles, definitely the ‘Wayward Compass’ that will show your character’s location on the map.
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