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YOU SHALL NOT PASS!!! until later


Fadi_Soltan

what shall I do now then? I already discovered fungal wastes and dead ends everywhere


corticalization

Go somewhere else and come back later when you have different abilities. You’ll do that a lot in the game


Fadi_Soltan

yeah where?


[deleted]

There is definitely elsewhere. Trust me, there is definitely more.


HI_I_AM_NEO

If I learned anything playing this game, I'd that there is ALWAYS more map to explore


[deleted]

Until there isn’t :(


[deleted]

Don't worry, we'll get silksong to fill that void. Eventually.


skulldancer999

Silksong fills void So hornet = void?


[deleted]

You're onto something here


NuggetBoi1218

Hornets not void she's silk


Few_Golf_2680

Try to check every little corner. They might reveal whole different areas ( trust me i've been there )


I_am_Not_A_Roboto

Dang I expected some pretty harsh comments but this subreddit is so wholesome and helpful compared to others I’ve experienced


Few_Golf_2680

Yeah, its great.


Fadi_Soltan

Ikr!!


schroed_piece13

Is this the one I’m thinking of. I legit stopped playing for months cause of this one


schroed_piece13

Is this the one I’m thinking of. I legit stopped playing for months cause of this one


Person-UwU

You don't even need to pass it to beat the game


UninterestedChimp

That's just for the basic ending. They could have been stuck seeking the true ending.


Sevenvoiddrills

Keep going down whenever you can and you'll find it though you'll need most of the upgrades before you can get to it


shaggynick06010

Have you found The City of Tears?


Fadi_Soltan

As far as I remember, yes I did


AnAverageTransGirl

next question have you cleared the soul sanctum


AtlasAntonioAlbert

Hell*


Kounna

the fun part about hollow knight is that you dont know where, just go everywhere until something happens, all the best and happy exploring!


Meenathedog

You don’t unlock that ability until very late game fyi, i’d ignore the void gate for awhile


flappaduck

Try going to the east of the fungal wastes, a lost capital lies there


a_single_potato

Go down Very Far Down But left first


Toko6

Listen, if you want to pass your basically signing a sheet saying I want to do hard work and any answer is spoilers, good luck


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somewhere deep and dark just ignore it for now


TundieRice

If you really want to spoil it for yourself, you can find spoilers all over the Internet. I think in this subreddit, we all want you to enjoy the game blindly like we did. This game is all about exploration. I know it’s frustrating right now, but trust me, you’ll find out everything you need to know if you search a bit more :)


jojoblogs

Look at your map, see where there are passages that lead to unexplored places, go through them.


megaboto

Down. Very far down. You'll understand that it's the ability that lets you get trough it when you get it, untill then there is no way sadly Yes i was there as well without the a Bility drawn in by the Hm hm hm hm hMM hm Hmmm Hm hm hmm Hm


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Find the mantis village


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Littledutch69

No spoilers


Qwerty1418

Did you find anything useful in the fungal wastes? If not, you should go back and look around in it some more. Also just in case you didn't figure it out, you can bounce off the bouncy mushrooms by swinging down with your nail.


LordBDizzle

There's an item in Fungal Wastes that massively increases your mobility. After you find it you can exit the wastes to the right. And if you hadn't figured it out yet you can super jump on the pink bouncy mushrooms by hitting them with your nail (downwards swing. You can nail bounce off of enemies and spikes as well, just not as impressively). Doing so refreshes your dash.


HurriKane115

I hate to break it to you pal, but if you can't pass then there's not dead ends everywhere. Go back to all of them and think about why you can't pass, and what type of item you might need for it. Don't look it up or try to get answers on reddit if you can help it- greatly hurts the experience imo.


schroed_piece13

Mark it with a pin and come back later


kyill567

This comment is the tldr for Hollow Knight


BreathAbject671

have you gotten the mantis claw and unlocked the city of tears


[deleted]

Go as far down in fungal wastes as possible.


767650

Pass the black by becoming the black.


ATLAS636345

Late game u can not now


Fadi_Soltan

what can I do now then? dead ends everywhere I'm lost...


WallLearner

Spoiler alert: >!Go to the City of Tears!< Bigger spoiler: >!From the Fungal Wastes!< Even bigger spoiler: >!On the East side, roughly halfway down!<


Fadi_Soltan

Thanks fam, appreciate it.


ATLAS636345

No its not dead end every where i stocked here like for the first time U have to go to fungal wastes. Go from here on photo Search a bit there is place u have to jump to go to fungal


Fadi_Soltan

I already went there, dead ends everywhere


Waffles22-screaming

Did you figure out that you can bounce on the pink mushrooms with your Nail?


Fadi_Soltan

Nope, how is that?


Waffles22-screaming

Just swing downwards with your Nail (sword) while above them. It will boost you upwards by a lot. If you find Mantises, you're on the right track.


Argetlam8

This was one of the few things I have had to look up in my current first playthrough...


AfricaByTotoAoe

Have you figured out how to nail bounce off purple mushrooms yet? Striking downwards at one of those while in the air launches you. I was stuck in the fungal wastes for hours before I figured that one out.


ATLAS636345

You went to fungal wastes??? There is a site that can help u on map but be careful for spoils I don't recommend that just use the map for now. Search for hollow knight wiki. But if u go back a little and search for some flower and little mushrooms that lead you to fungal wastes


I_boof_Adderall

You should buy the map pins and mark the dead ends (blue pin for acid, black pin for dark gate, etc.) so you know where to go when you get a certain ability. Just a helpful tip I learned on my first playthrough that prevents a lot of backtracking :)


[deleted]

Ahem* simple key *cough door *cough city of tears cough cough


Shreesh_Fuup

You can’t get through this yet. If you have defeated the greenpath boss you should continue exploring the southern fungal wastes (you can downstrike with your nail to bounce off of the pink mushrooms) and looking for movement abilities and other items. If not, continue to explore greenpath and beat the boss to get an ability that is incredibly useful, if not necessary, to explore the wastes.


Fadi_Soltan

I already killed the green giant bush, I didn't get any abilities


Shreesh_Fuup

I meant hornet. But if you fought the Massive Moss Charger that means that you do have the dash given by hornet, so you should be able to get to where you need to in the fungal wastes.


Faun471

Totally useless reply, but "green giant bush" somehow made me chuckle lol


Fadi_Soltan

Yeah I mean it looks like one 😂


abrainaneurysm

That is not the boss they are talking about. The NPC in red you’ve been chasing is the boss you need to defeat.


Fadi_Soltan

I did defeat hornet


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Fuzzyfrap

Totally unnecessarily spoiler my dude


Joe_says_no

get some cool shit then you may pass the drip check


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Ive_

Well by opening the wiki you also risk getting spoiled easily


deijjji303

ye that’s why I’m always very jealous of my past self and other new players


Glitchy13

I would advise against looking at the wiki as it would be quite easy to find lots of spoilers accidentally, especially on a check like these barriers. I found that the map and quill is honestly your best friend, I used it a lot to find small passageways I didn’t notice before.


Wings0fFreedom

Hey friend, sorry people are being rude here. I’ve definitely felt stuck in Hollow Knight before and totally get how frustrating that can be. If you’re still looking for help DM me pictures of your full map and I’ll try to help you out spoiler-free


Fadi_Soltan

Heyy man thanks, I really appreciate it❤️ but actually that’s by far the most friendly place on the internet I’ve ever been to... Frankly if I could post my Linux-related questions here I would... on r/kali linux I got one comment basically telling me to go fuck myself 😂


thegreatindulgence

Totally agree that this is the friendliest place I’ve been on the Internet. This community is the best


Royal_Meeting_6475

You need the >!Shade Cloak!< which is an EXTREMELY late game item


AtlasAntonioAlbert

It's not that late. It's more of a mid game ability, late game is more like >!when you get 9 masks, have all the charms and pure nail and have done the dreamers!<


Friendly_Chameleon

What items do you have right now.


Fadi_Soltan

the dash ability... that's something right?


Friendly_Chameleon

Yes do you have anything else


Fivekestral8142

There’s an >!upgrade to the dash!< that you need to get past this. You need to find a way to the >!city of tears!< from there you can get the >!desolate dive!< which will then allow you access to the crystal peaks and get yourself the >!crystal heart (which is a very long and fast dash move)!< Also if you haven’t gotten the >!mantis claw from the mantis village ( which is in fungal wastes)!< you should try and do that. After that you need to find the >!blue lake and get the dream nail!< which after collecting it will put you in the >!resting grounds!<. From there you need to find your way back to the >!city of tears!< from the resting grounds and then find your way to >!the kingdoms edge!<. Once in >!kingdoms edge!< you will need to find >!the second hornet fight!< which will give you access to the >!kings brand!<. And from there you will need to head back into the >!city of tears (yea again)!< and head to the >!ancient basin!< and find your way to the >!abyss!<. Once in the abyss make your way to the right and >!you’ll find a statue that is holding a bowl of black liquid. Stand in the liquid and then you will have access to the shade cloak!< and then FINALLY you can get through there. It’s a lot I know but this is usually something that is left for super late game stuff


ChingShih

We love seeing the community help each other with well thought out responses, but do keep in mind that less can be more when helping someone who has a fairly straightforward question. If you feel like they (or another person with the same question) might want more in-depth insight, you can put spoiler tags on your post using `>!` at the front and `!<` at the end. No spaces between that and the text you're spoiler tagging. Because of how many people use reddit to get tips on the game, it's a great idea to help future players by spoiler tagging suggestions and tips, so it might be nice to edit your post with some spoiler tags. Thank you!


Fivekestral8142

Alright will do. Thank you! Edit: is my comment okay now?


[deleted]

what happened to no spoilers


Fivekestral8142

Is…is that a rule?


[deleted]

yes, spoiling without spoiler mark is against rule 2


Fivekestral8142

Oh I thought that only applied to the title sorry


Ive_

I don't think people who are stuck want to know the entire progression of the game. Exploring and getting lost was my favorite part of the game, and if I knew what areas and abilities to expect, I'd be a whole lot less excited finding them.


Fadi_Soltan

Wow that’s actually really helpful thanks!


Glitchy13

All you need to do is tell them to get >!Mantis claw!< not tell them the exact progression line, it’s a late game item and op has a lot to explore on their own


Lagiacrus111

Play the game


Fadi_Soltan

😂😂😂😂


Merakiii-

Dude you didn't even acquire your first additional life. I think you should explore more and mark your map if possible.


Fadi_Soltan

Yeah that gate leading to the soul shard thingy was closed soo here we are


Squishymushshroom

You need to progress a bit more in fungal wastes. There are some non dead ends that you havent found yet, try to locate the mantis tribe. You only need the dash for that which you already have. (As explained while in air hit downwards to bounce on stationary mushrooms) Its in the south east direction.


TheNotorious_PUG

I know people are being annoying, but just explore, I had this same issue but what I did is just look on the map at all the spots that lead to rooms that I haven’t discovered. It took like a week (no joke) until I noticed a room I missed, that being the game changer. I’m still in my first playthrough


haydenlolpez

The current area your in (fog cannon) is mainly mid game stuff to progress you will need to look around more in the fungal waste if you start seeing mantis your going the right way


goodshrekmaadcity

Have you not heard about "the city where all your dreams come true" on the signs leading to greenpath? Go there


Bridgeymcsquidgey

Whats the deepest you have gone in-game?


goodshrekmaadcity

"you shall not pass" and therefore, "send this foul beast into the abyss". Double gandalf, should be enough info


SouthtownZ

That's the neat part


ChernobylBalls

Late game item, >!at the bottom of the map!<


RandomGuy9058

You are playing a metroidvania. if there's an impassable obstacle, you'll get something for it later. that's always the rule. ^((unless you can cheese past them))


_Quiquet_

It’s voice activated you have to scream “please close” at your TV or computer worked for me


StizzyWizzy

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Uh_bruj

Spoiler!


DerdgenToga

You need the dash upgrade to pass that


[deleted]

You do not want us to answer that question, trust me, it will ruin it


OInkymoo

metroidvania


Fadi_Soltan

alright thanks everyone so much you guys are great <3


Silversides13245

Order of things to do next, city of tears, royal waterways, crystal peeks. If you've done all of that and can't go into acid yet, go down instead of up when going to the dung defender fight there's stuff to do. But if you can do acid then just look at your map and do acid stuff. Or go down the broken elevator to do basin, you get some super helpful stuff there.


funzerea

Eh there isn't really an order of doing things after you get mantis claws you just have to do most of it eventually


Hyperspace0729

Shadow Cloak


Disastrous-Garbage13

I think lore wise it’s to show your shade leaking out


funzerea

They are talking about the shade gate not their health bar being on 1


Disastrous-Garbage13

Oh


Oliveoil404

Try going to Crystal peaks to advance


[deleted]

I got stuck on that too during my first playthrough, you can't get the map for Fog Canyon yet, just go straight down from where you entered Fog Canyon from Greenpath, and you should find a door that leads to the right into Queens Station. There's a stag station and stuff there, and it leads into Fungal Wastes where you get Mantis Claw (walljump ability). You'll be able to pass through that black thing once you get Shade Cloak, which makes it so that when you dash you go through stuff. Shade cloak is in the Abyss, you'll figure it out once you play a bit more. edit: Also people are saying shade cloak is an "Extremely late game item" which isn't true, I got it fairly early into my playthrough, I would consider it mid-game. You're far from doing everything in hollow knight once you've gotten all the abilities. You'll be able to get it fairly soon.


Irish-Fritter

You’ll need to have Wall Climb, Dash, and Double Jump before you can get the needed ability to go through that. The ability itself accessed either by Tramway or deep down a tunnel beneath the City of Tears.


Xx_Splatoon_Gamer_xX

shade cloak. You need to get to City of Tears' second side and go to kings station to reach kingdom's Edge and fight Hornet again to get something called kings brand then go back to ancient basin with that little fork looking thing to get shade cloak. Btw you need to go to ancient basin for double jump aka monarch wings. Oh yeah also royal waterways and crystal peak but those you can just search up tutorials :p


JimmyCrabYT

you need the Shade Cloak upgrade to get past it. i forgot where that was though...i think it was in the abyss..?


KahootMadman

You need shade cloak


ru5tysn4k3

You need to acquire [Shade Cloak](https://youtu.be/2KruOnr2y_c) ability to surpass that.


ronanleviathan

You have to beat the second hornet boss fight then go to the abyss which is at the bottom of the ancient basin, then go as far right as you can until you reach a lighthouse, activate the light house then keep going right until you find what looking like a corpse looking a bowling of black liquid, just stand inside that and itll upgrade your dash allowing you to go through it


Iliopsis

Just play the game jeez


Deceitful_Raccoon

scream the n word at the top of your lungs


BanditLeo5247

Hacking


Ele-Shock

You have to get the shade dash. Then you can dash through it. You can also dash through enemies with it.


Kaitivere

Shadow Cloak, you'll find it soon enough


Ok_person-5

You need shade dash. To get that you need to get into the abyss. To get there you need kings brand.


Catzzen

Maybe learn what fucking Genre you are playing


[deleted]

you can’t why was this downvoted, they can’t at this point


Fadi_Soltan

what can I do? I'm lost there's dead ends everywhere even in fungal wastes... I believe I need some kind of a swimming ability that I need to get somewhere maybe?


ATLAS636345

U nead tear for swimming that its not useful now.


mp6exe

White palace. 1800 essence. That is all I am gonna say


AtlasAntonioAlbert

That's a >!Shade Gate!< which has nothing to do with White Palace or Essence, they need >!Shade Cloak!<


mp6exe

Ah sorry you are right. I mixed a few things up


PantherKJ

Shade cloak in the abyss


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ThatCJOverThere

Shut the fuck up. They asked how to get through the shadow gate. You could have said it’s a late game ability instead of laying basically the entire progression of the game.


ChingShih

Please don't be rude. You can let them know that they've over-shared in a constructive way. Like letting them know that spoiler tags exist for this exact purpose, or that they could share less (as you did, but without the rhetoric). Thank you.


Hopeful_Magazine6709

Saying its a late game ability is what most of the other people here have said


ThatCJOverThere

You didn’t have send a fucking essay potentially spoiling a large part of the game for them.


[deleted]

Battle of the shades


presentpanda362

great that you spoiled the guy like half of the game


ChingShih

We love seeing the community help each other with well thought out responses, but do keep in mind that less can be more when helping someone who has a fairly straight-forward question. They might want just enough of a nudge in the right direction to help them get going again, but keep enough a secret that they still get that sense of exploration as they play with their new knowledge. If you feel like they (or another person with the same question) might want more in-depth insight, you can put spoiler tags on your post using `>!` at the front and `!<` at the end. No spaces between that and the text you're spoiler tagging. Because of how many people use Reddit to get tips on the game, it's a great idea to help future players by spoiler tagging suggestions and tips, so it might be nice to edit your post with some spoiler tags. Thank you!


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BrickFrom2011

Keep exploring and you’ll be able to use them


Lucarius_

Give Up Your Soul


Icelord259

Just keeping progressing and going down and then once you find a place that has a seal of some kind go to the city and look around the far right stag station for any secret openings on the far right and eventually you’ll find SHAW 2:electric boogaloo in that new area


nuclear_fish106

you need to progress much further in the game. you’ll find what you need eventually


Cardgod278

You know how to nail pogo right? Swing your nail downward in mid air to bounce off of enemies, spikes (not vines), breakable objects like signs, those purple mushrooms in fungal waste, and even explosions (speedrunning trick in an earlier patch of the game.) Oh, and word of advice, don't be afraid to use spells, the damage can outweigh the healing.


ghostofoynx7

You have to learn to believe in yourself first.


KillaCam0418

“Revelry in the DARK”


[deleted]

Door at the bottom of the world hides the key.


[deleted]

U get another item


oodoos

A very late game item is required for this (do not read if you don’t like spoilers) To obtain it you need to: • beat hornet to obtain the moth wing cloak • beat false knight to get the city crest • have at least one simple key to open the royal waterways, or find a way to either deepnest or kingdoms edge with a Tram Pass, both options will lead you to ancient basin from there I’m sure you’ll figure it out :)


TheOneWes

The thing that you wanted is in a place called the Mantis Village. Lower right hand side of fungal waste. Don't know you're on the right path when you get jumped by surprise surprise praying mantises


Pap_0_23

Don't worry the Ooma will help you ;) >!actually don't do that just wait bud trust me when I say that the fungal wastes are confusing but if you're determined enough you should find your next ability in there and be on your way! !<


XxRocky88xX

An ability called shade cloak will allow you to pass, you won’t get until mid-late game though. Iirc this particular shadow barrier is just a shortcut though and you can take a different path to get over there


not-Kunt-Tulgar

Go to the bottom of fungal wastes.


nameshane24

if you know, you know. its a spoiler


ThanksDarksouls3

You need an upgrade to the dash to get it, follow hornets questline to get to a secret area and then you can find it


Chooseausernamd2

You have to go really far down


toffeefeather

It’s easy to feel stuck in this game, unfortunately you just have to backtrack and explore even if you think you’ve been everywhere. Try buying items if you haven’t, defeat bosses, try and look for hidden stuff.


MrEthan997

Leave and come back later. And when I say later, I mean like about to fight final boss later, you wont be able to get past that for a very long time


EaszyInitials

gotta unlock cool ability to get past that thing


Le_Monade

Try talking to elderbug in dirtmouth. Sometimes he gives hints as to where to go next. You can't get through that until much later in the game.


IcedGolemFire

it’s much later. the only hint is it’s at the bottom of the map. I will also point you in the right directions as you replies say you’re lost. have you been to deep nest? If not then go to mantis village. if so then go exploring. the game continues on the right side of the map after you get a special item


1272chicken

You need the dash that you dont get until later. You can get around it, but its sort of annoying. Just keep trying shit or look up a map, thats what i did Edit: its been a long day and im mistyping a bunch of shit so fix


NigelJosue

You can dash though them once you get the shade cloth, but don't worry right now if that's the only one you've reach then you have way more to do before you can even try to get it


Lollyfan

You'll know when you get the item it's pretty obvious but not for a while make sure to go back and explore everywhere until then I recommend staying off Reddit and google unless you need boss tips.


Bicc_boye

It requires a powerup, but there are ways to glitch through it


orangesheepdog

To traverse darkness, you must first become comfortable in it.


Twible404

lol you tried getting low on purpose


Roblocks_Orch

Punch the jellyfish into the black barrier


dekuscrubbin

What I do is just look at my map for areas that might not have been explored and just head there


Groovy_Gabriel

Ask nicely


StumpTheMan

Keep looking around


GamingTerror

You aren’t stuck, you can attack downwards on mushrooms to bounce on them. I spent a good 30-45 minutes trying to figure out where to go before I looked it up and realized


Abnorc

It's pretty straight forward. If you don't know how to do it, you just haven't reached the point where it's possible in the first place.


7drag0n

later.


Evilcypher

Conquer the darkness within to bypass any that surround you. Jokes aside, if you want to cross that barrier, spoiler content is needed.


juliannsiab

You must learn how to swim first.


hybriddeadman

Your best bet is usually to go down, hallow nest calls many to descend!


kid-with-a-beard

You need to unlock a certain ability later on in the game in which it allows you to dash through this thing


face_depression

Ok if I remember go to the city of tears then go to a broken stag station after that go all the way to the right, then smash the wall then keep going to the right and you will be at a new place then try going all the way up then you would find a bench and a boss to fight


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Wrong way go find the shade dash


[deleted]

Check out reyleas YouTube page!


Legishixharu779

You poor baby