
Dungeon Shop: Cornifer sells you maps on the areas where you can find him (he appears in all mapped locations). Unless you're well prepared, I'd urge you to leave, though if you're feeling strong enough to descend, would you like to buy m-my meagre map? Even with my good head for direction, I-I-I've had enough. Vicious little creatures burst out all o-over the place and the passages are a dark, twisting maze. I've tried to chart the dense nest beneath here b-b-but it's proving too dangerous for a bug like me. Developer's Foresight: If you have never spoken to him before, Cornifer will have a unique dialogue in Deepnest where he introduces himself in a paranoid tone. Calling Card: If you clear a region without finding Cornifer and buying his map, he'll leave behind a card with a symbol of his glasses inviting you to buy the region map at their store. Bold Explorer: Cornifer is by his own admission getting on in years, and every map you buy from him is incomplete, but he still arrives to every new location in the game world well before the Knight does. When you get the Dream Nail, though, you discover that not only did she willingly abandon a prestigious warrior career to settle down with her beloved Corny, shes literally never been happier in her whole life and never regretted it even a single bit. Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Iselda behaves very surly and depressed when you meet her at first, miffed at being left behind to tend the counter in a tiny shop while Cornifer is off charting ruins. If you beat the boss of an area after failing to find Cornifer's location, or if you've destroyed all three Dreamers, he'll move away and leave the map he would've sold you in his store at Dirtmouth Town. In a later update, Cornifer's trademark humming and scattered papers were added to make him much easier to find as long as you can get within a few screens of him. Affectionate Nickname: Iselda usually calls her husband Corny.
Cornifer is extremely passionate about mapmaking and thus is often found in the depths of Hallownest charting the various regions, leaving Iselda to run their store. We didn’t include them on this list because they’re not really part of the main story, and you can completely ignore them if you want.The husband in a married couple who run a cartography store in the village of Dirtmouth. Doing so will unlock the fight against The Radiance.Īlso worth noting is that there are a handful of other bosses that were added via DLC. If you want to face off against the secret final boss, however, you’ll instead need to use the Dream Nail on The Hollow Knight.
In the regular ending, the titular Hollow Knight is the final boss of the story and you can finish the game by killing it. It’s important to note is that Hollow Knight also has multiple endings. The Radiance (Forgotten Crossroads – Temple of the Black Egg).The Hollow Knight (Forgotten Crossroads – Temple of the Black Egg).If you’re looking for the most straightforward experience, approach each boss in the following order:
However, we wouldn’t necessarily recommend straying too far off the beaten path as a new player, because the game has a natural learning curve and progression. Therefore, you can choose to engage the majority of bosses in whichever order you see fit.
Hollow Knight is a game that gives you a lot of freedom to explore most of the map at your own pace. Fortunately, if you follow these bosses in order, you’ll always know where to go next. And you’ll want to keep this little guide handy if you decide to give it a shot, because the game features a wide variety of bosses, and the order in which you should fight them is not always clear. If you haven’t had the chance to play the game yet, now is still as good a time as any to check it out. Hollow Knight is a fantastic metroidvania that remains popular despite its growing age.