Hollow Knight 112% Guide: Requirements and How to Achieve Perfection

Completing the main story of Hallownest is an achievement in itself, but reaching 112% in Hollow Knight is the true challenge for the most dedicated knights. Originally, the limit was 100%, but with the free DLC expansions, the game added an extra 12% of brutal and challenging content.

To achieve this monumental feat, you will have to explore every corner, defeat all the bosses, and collect almost all the items in the game. Below, we break down point by point which actions give you percentage so you know exactly what you are missing.

Essential skills and upgrades (14%)

Movement and combat upgrades are fundamental to advance and add progress to your save file. You must find the following abilities:

• Movement abilities (2% each): Mothwing Cloak, Mantis Claw, Crystal Heart, Monarch Wings, Isma's Tear, and Shade Cloak (12% in total).
• Nail Arts (1% each): Great Slash, Cyclone Slash, and Dash Slash. You have to learn them from the Nailmasters (3% in total).

Spells and magical upgrades (6%)

Magic is vital to face the toughest bosses. You need to acquire the three base spells and then find their respective dark upgrades:

• Base spells (1% each): Vengeful Spirit, Desolate Dive, and Howling Wraiths (3% in total).
• Dark Upgrades (1% each): Shade Soul, Descending Dark, and Abyss Shriek (3% in total).

Charms and Knight upgrades (51%)

Collecting and upgrading your equipment is the part that contributes the most to the 112% in Hollow Knight. Pay attention to these collectibles:

• All Charms (1% each): You must gather all 40 charms from the base game. Note: Unbreakable charms and the Void Heart do not add extra percentage, but they are necessary for certain endings (40% in total).

• Nail Upgrades (1% each): You must bring Pale Ore to the Nailsmith to forge the 4 upgrades for your weapon (4% in total).
• Mask Shards (1% each full mask): You must gather all 16 shards to complete 4 extra health masks (4% in total).
• Vessel Fragments (1% each full vessel): You must get all 9 fragments to form 3 additional soul vessels (3% in total).

Defeating Bosses and the Colosseum of Fools (18%)

Your combat skill will be put to the test. You must overcome key battles and survive the bloody trials of the fools:

• Main Bosses (1% each): Defeat the 14 main bosses of the story, including Hornet, the Mantis Lords, Nosk, and the Watcher Knights (14% in total).
• Colosseum of Fools (1% each trial): You must survive the Trial of the Warrior, the Trial of the Conqueror, and the brutal Trial of the Fool (3% in total).
• Dream Nail (1%): Acquire this tool in the Resting Grounds to add one point (1% in total).

Expansions Content (DLC) (23%)

The Grimm Troupe and Godmaster expansions added the extra percentage needed to achieve the absolute glory of 112% in Hollow Knight:

• The three Dreamers (1% each): You must destroy Lurien, Monomon, and Herrah (3% in total).
• Awaken the Dream Nail (1%): You must collect 1800 Essence and bring it to the Seer (1% in total).
• The Grimm Troupe (2%): Defeat the Nightmare King Grimm (or complete the banishment ritual) and beat the "Lifeblood" DLC boss, the White Defender (2% in total).
• The Pantheon of the Gods (1% each): This is the final challenge. You must complete the first 4 pantheons in Godhome (Pantheon of the Master, the Artist, the Sage, and the Knight). The fifth pantheon does not grant percentage (4% in total).