Man, this game has such a knack for setting an atmosphere. The entire area leading up to Nosk is just off and unsettling... and it seems to be the place where most mimics reside. Hell, Nosk is king of the mimics. It reminds me of an old folk tale, not the Siren but similar to it, where the creature shows you who you are looking for/yearning for. If what we're seeing is ourselves, wonder what that says...
@@aceofflames4572 Exactly. If it were truly hollow it would be driven only to usurp the Hollow Knight and contain the Radiance. It wouldn't even occur to it to save Bretta or give flowers as gifts. Consequently, it would only be a matter of time before the Radiance broke it like she did last time.
@@tenebrousnova636 the knight only feels true emotion to Hornet, which is why Nosk mimics Hornet in p5. This also means that, although most people think that Sealed Siblings and Hollow Knight endings are basically the same, from a lore point of view, they are very different. In Hollow Knight, the knight replaces the Hollow Knight as a vessel but is also an imperfect one, because it shows emotion towards Hornet, meaning it is only a matter of time till the infection escapes again. But since Hornet dies in Sealed Siblings, you become a perfect vessel, and permanently seal the Radiance, stopping the infection
merg : i want a shortcut to the royal waterways or even city of tears hollowknight : take this merg a shortcut to the royal waterways and city of tears
"Press any button to continue." "I'm gonna press... uh, 6" "Ah, it worked. They didn't lie." I don't know why but I busted out laughing when you said that.
Ngl, I actually fell asleep to an episode of this play through. His voice is ridiculously soothing. Curse words don't even really sound like curses coming from him.
Merg: OMG I almost feel bad. The Hollow Knight, Can I talk? The Hollow Knight: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHG! *the boss fight starts* Merg: *Use the dream nail in the boss but doesn't work* No I can't! Noo.. I love that part
Merg. I have to be honest. This was my favorite series watching because of how surprise, shock, happy or sad you felt. So many things happened and you try plan a strategy to defeat bosses. You worked very hard and I want you to keep the hard work on your channel. Praise on that 500k soon Merg. Have a good day
Nice job on getting that ending. Prepare for several more. List of things you can do [No Spoilers!] - Complete Queen's Gardens and the stuff it unlocks. - Complete the Colosseum, and the new stuff it unlocks (check the basement again, then go back to Dirtmouth for a surprise :P) - Complete the Grimm Troupe flames (remember to NOT follow the flame in Deepnest's advice!) - Complete the Hive, which is very minor. - Complete all of the God Home content (there are also a lot of secrets in God Home, some of which are nearly impossible to find without doing some research.) - Unlock the 1800 Essence reward for the Dream Nail, and all of the content that unlocks for you. This opens up a ton of new things to do (remember White Palace?)
@@yanchukcha9748 "Ever since Godmaster" Think about that for a second. While yes, he doesn't get to fight that boss in the original arena, thus taking away from the fight (that is the downside I meant), he can still fight the boss in God home
About Quirrel's amnesia, revisit the "Higher Beings" inscription at the Howling Cliffs left of Joni's Repose. It's got something to do with the Pale King and his machinations against the Infection
@yoki It hints at the Wyrm's/Pale King's "granting" of individual minds to Hallownest's bugs, opposing both their natural mindlessness and the once-prevalent influence of the Radiance (returning as the infection)
Nice, now find the 4 other endings. (Yes this is true) and get 112% (Max. % possible). Also you can use descending dark on the mask maker to get secret dialog
Yay! Merg Assists Suicide! But The Hollow Knight Has Possibly The Saddest Theme In The Game Do To It's Life... To Explain Merg, The Hollow Knight still has some of it's mind left, which is why it's attacking itself in this fight, it TOO wants to end the infection, although it's still attacking you do to the infection in it.... Edit: but also, the hollow knight trying to kill itself is up to interpretation, It is Either A: using more infection to attack your, or B: Trying to kill itself (which I believe)
If it was meant offensively to use more infection to attack you, then the infection that comes out of its wounds would hurt you to represent that, so I think B is the far more reasonable interpretation.
The Hollow Knight...both the most depressing boss, and the most depressing ending. I don't cry easily, but I teared up at this point. I'm so glad you aren't going to stop at the first ending! There are still more endings to get, more areas to explore, more challenges to overcome, more bosses to defeat, and more secrets to discover. As Quirrel said, Hallownest is a vast and wondrous place! - You should try using some spells around Mask Maker! An interesting thing to note is that every time you enter the room, he's wearing a different mask. - As far as I know, Quirrel was only Monomon's assistant, but Hornet is indeed Herrah's daughter. I'm not sure if any known characters are associated with Lurien, other than the husk that was hanging out in his room. It'd make for some nice symmetry if Zote and Lurien were somehow connected, though there's no evidence for that. - Don't forget to explore Queen's Gardens! - The road to the next endings will involve getting 1800 Essence. Remember that corpse in white armor that you tried to Dream Nail in the Palace Grounds? That's very important! - As you may have guessed just from fighting him, The Hollow Knight isn't completely in control of his actions. It leaves a question, though; does the Infection make him stab himself, or is he doing it in an attempt to help you defeat him? I tend to believe the latter, which makes it all the more heartbreaking. You should learn a lot more about the situation from an NPC deep in the overgrown estate. - There's a VOID gate in Kingdom's Edge that you can pass now. It's somewhere above and to the left of Oro's hut. - Don't forget about the final flames for the Grimm Troupe's Ritual!
Hello! Five tips: -The sharp shadow deals 1x times your nail damage, but if I remember correctly with the dashmaster it deals 1.5x times the damage. -The dashmaster with the sprintmaster makes you run even faster than with just the sprintmaster. -The weaversong combined with the grubsong makes them give you soul, and combined with the sprintmaster makes them run faster (that's why your spiders run so fast). -You should go to the palace grounds after you collect 1800 essence. -And lastly you should try to use the shadow dive where the mask maker is! Have a great day! Edit: Also the completion percentage is 112%, not 100%.
@@KLingS-rk6dt don't worry, I am not one who starts foolish argument. That being said which part was spoilery? The shadow dive point or the 1800 essence ?
@Cp Gautam Yes neither do we r starting an argument, but I'm just too lazy to type, And that shadow diving the mask maker ye, it kinda spoils something for me
I found Nosk early game, before upgrading my nail at all, and with only a few charms. It took me 2 hours of suffering. ...You just beat him in one try. Well done.
hey merg I know you will probably do this anyways but I have to tell you , there is ALLOT more to find in this game . you haven't touched godmaster DLC and haven't gotten the most important and final ending .so , remember these words when you hear them in the game , "to witness secrets sealed , one must endure the harshest of punishments" don't look that up , just remember it .
He knows he still has tons of stuff left, he just went for the first ending real quick because people have been warning him if he keeps exploring like the completionist he is, the first ending will locked out of the save file soon and he doesn't want to miss it.
Some cryptic tips:1 the queen is hard guarded. The shell of the guard has hardened. 2: 1800 is the number that lets you into the white guards slumber. 3: If you want to save grubs... You need a key that loves.
7:25 Merg: is this like Broken Vessel but much much harder? Lost Kin: Am I a joke to you? Also when we storm area 51 I am very sure we are gonna find a nosk in there.
Congratulations!!! :D Now you can explore with no worries, have all the fun this beautiful game can provide and, eventually........ well, I will not spoil it, but I am sure you will like! I am very happy to follow this series btw :)
Blue 319 actually, the entry for enemies that the hunter couldn’t possibly find is written in a way to show that the hunter doesn’t actually know these bugs exist for example (*SPOILER* *WARNING*) The radiance’s entrance the hunter just talks about the infection and how normal bugs like him won’t ever understand it
Blue 319 “Far down beneath us, beneath the kingdom, the air grows stiller and a sense of emptiness pervades. Can life flourish down there? If so, I will hunt it”. See? He speaks as if he doesn’t know about creatures below the kingdom, which makes sense since you need the king’s brand to get into the abyss, something the Hunter can’t get
I see a lot of players and youtubers who completely ignore the story and lore of hollow knight on their playthrough, because it can get pretty confusing. So it’s nice to see another youtuber who actually pays attention to it and puts the pieces of the story together. It is one of my favorite parts of this game, so I hate to see it overlooked.
If we know Merg, he's gonna do the Steel Soul mode one day. I can already see it. Edit: I thought I'd add this. Sorry in advance! Say, Merg, (I hope he sees this)I thought since you got one of the endings, here's a little bit of lore of Hollow Knight. Don't worry, I promise there won't be any spoilers, it's just about the places you've already been to. So, a long time before the event's of the game happened, when the infection broke out all over Hallownest, the Pale King thought of a way to safely lock the infection away: through a vessel to contain its core. He created hundreds of Vessels in the Abyss, but only one vessel was deemed "Pure": The Hollow Knight. Any other vessels that were "imperfect" were thrown away or left to die; hence why the Abyss is full of those corpses and "siblings". One discarded vessel actually escaped from Hallownest but would later return: the knight you play as. In the meanwhile, the King had planned to seal the infection inside the Pure Vessel, a.k.a the Hollow Knight, and had asked for the Dreamers to become the seals for the temple. Monomon and Lurien were willing to help, but Herrah only agreed to it on one condition: the King help her use the same way he made the vessels to give her a child: Hornet. To this, the king agreed. The Dreamers became the seals as soon as the infection was put inside the Pure Vessel. And for a long time, the infection went away. But, there was something that the King overlooked, the "Pure Vessel", wasn't actually pure and couldn't maintain holding the infection, and this is why the infection started to spring forth again. And that's when, the knight we play as arrives in Hallownest, and from there, we explore the land all the way up to fighting the Hollow Knight. Hope this helps to shed some light. If not and it's confusing, then sorry.
_A difficult journey you would face, but a choice it can create. Prolong our world's stasis or face the heart of its infection_ . By prolonging the world's stasis, this ending is what Hornet meant. The sacrifice continues but the root of the infection is not yet eliminated, and no one knows how much longer will the Knight be able to contain it. It's not the perfect ending but I'm very glad that you did it for completion and we get to see the awesome reaction. Take that harder path Max, kill the infection and avenge what was lost to it. Good video man I'm so happy that you're enjoying this game as much as I do, I really appreciate it when you take your time, discover as much as you can and actually try to learn the lore of the game (you're pretty dang smart I gotta say I didn't understand the lore at all when I first played it). I'm really loving this playthrough, keep up the good work Max!
Didn't play with Nosk's head like with a ball. 2/10. WAIT, WHAT? WHO IS MIDWIFE? I never saw her on any of my playthroughs... Hornet won't appear to mourn her mother if you don't beat her in Kingdom's Edge. She sees defending King's Brand as a bigger job. This is the scene we really wanted you to see. Cornifer goes back home when you beat all dreamers. If you didn't buy some maps by this point, Iselda would sell them all. Once you beat all dreamers Dung Defender's cave changed. Make sure to check him again. World Sense doesn't just show you completion percentage. It also shows how many creatures aren't in the Journal yet. The Hollow Knight actually does have dream nail dialogue... But it's only in the game files. "Hollow Knight" is technically a name, not a title. So idk if you can still call the protagonist by that name. 1:16:15 I want this to become a meme. Steel Soul... I hope you play it at some point. Check the Journal and read about The Hollow Knight. My suggestion is go for either Colosseum or Hive. Don't forget the dung cave too.
I love how you sometimes see new things when watching. This game's great lol Definitely worth it for the Hornet scene. I appreciate it. ^^ Steel Soul sounds interesting but the more I think about it, the more it scares me. :P Thanks for all the tips + info! :)
Dash master and Sprint master charms are just Sans and Papyrus in charm form change my mind Also, would dream nailing a dreamer inside their head just be reading the thoughts of a Dreamer whilst inside the thoughts of said Dreamer?
The cool thing with hollow knight is that they can make everything dramatic. Doesn't matter how clumsy or bad you are, he ending will always be super dramatic.
It's like the infection corrupted the Hollow Knight, so the little knight put him out of his misery amd absorbed the infection, stopping the disease from soreading across Hallownest. The blackness inside the knight was strong enough to contain the infection, so that's what they did. They sealed the infection inside themselves.
Scado56 The hollow knight being infected was on purpose, he is a creation made from void by the pale king. He was suposed to be a sacrifice since the begining, but he wasnt hollow enough (he loved his father, the pale king) so the infection used that weak point to attack again. We dont know if the little knight is hollow enough. I dont think so, as Hornet says, we are only prolonging this worlds stasis and we should strike the core of the infection. (Refering to the true ending, wich I wont spoil)
@@scado5679 technicaly this is the bad ending where *SPOILERS* wasnt done and so the knight while truly hollow isnt enough to contain the infection on its own another version of this ending actually saves Hollownest with the sacrifice
thank god he didn't find the nosk spot™ it makes the fight so much less enjoyable when you know you can cheese it so easily. they really _really_ should have just flattened the arena in some update imo :(
Godhome's Nosk on Ascended difficulty literally has flat arena. The fact that they bothered to flat the arena only there shows they think the fight was good enough as is.
@@enderallygolem yeah i agree, and given that it's deepnest i think it's fitting. it might even force players to experiment with their charm setup and play strategy, which i think is a good thing.
So hornet is the daughter of herra and the pale king, she doesn’t have void in her, that is how hornet and the knight are related, siblings through the pale king
That final bossfight always gives me the chill... the music, getting more and more intense as the fight goes, the hollow knight trying to help you by stabbing himself and who begins to weakens and the corruption beginning to take total control over him. Beautiful.
merg when i look at my notifications and look at the image and i like oh my god merg you got the bad ending well there is a sibling ending just i don't know how to do it please make the good ending like hornet survive and she will continued your adventure since there is a trailer and hollow knight 2 call hollow knight silksong that hornet try to fix the thing
Within the Queen's overgrown estate , close to the Exiled Mantis Tribe , a bound figure stands rooted . Kill the leader of the exiled mantises and she shall give you half of a whole . Within the Palace Grounds a fallen guard lays in slumber . Awaken the Dream Nail and it's deepest most sealed Dreams can be accesed . Within them the other half lyes in the hands of a Wyrm's last memory . Within the Abyss , while bearing the Whole , face the true place of your birth , enter the memory of your tragic creation and emerge at the top where a familiar figure shall stand . With Void unified , the path to sealing the Blinding Light shall not be blocked anymore . Face the Hollow Knight once again and decide the fate of the world in favor of progress instead of stasis .
I found this channel because I was looking for the good playthrough for my friend. I played myself but it was hard for her to play. And I ended up waiting for the next episode. Also watched your other videos. Thank you for a great job! And thank you for the amazing playthrough! Hope to see all 112% from you!
I feel like it would need to be an entirely new boss, because Nosk is just a regular bug that has the ability to shapeshift. He’s much more predator than protector.
When it said the ending and it showed a part of the false ending I was like "aww sh*t, here we go again. Also when hornet was mourning for her mother, merg was like "ok whatever let's go to the black egg"
Merg: Nah, you have to be a mimic.
Grub: Mawmamamaw
Merg: Okay you're free.
Merg's weakness lol
XD
*Pure Vessel*
* sad grub noises *
* any other boss *
* Happy Grub Noises!!! *
Mawmamamamaw
“Do we love ourselves? Are we like that?”
*Local cherry man doesnt understand the concept of self esteem*
I read this comment as soon as he said those two sentences. ;D
Never heard of self esteem, please explain?
LoL cherry man :v
There is some self esteem on sale now 🤔
what is self esteem? can we eat it?
Final words:
"What's the worst that could happen?"
*pain noises*
@Blue 319 SPOILERS!!!
Delet tis.
@@bluethunderbolt9631 what did he say? he deleted it
Grub: *makes happy noise*
Grub: so your gonna free me right
Merg: *GOOD QUESTION*
“I’m gonna go save the world now.” Trips, falls, dies
Imma do da samE thing
The charm "Dashmaster" increases the damage of Sharp Shadow by 50%.
Sans is cranking up the bad time power
@@scado5679 Maybe that's how he can dodge so easily. He just always has Dashmaster and a Shade Cloak.
@@lih3391 I responded to the joke with another joke. Dunno how you managed to miss that.
@@lih3391 That went right over your head. A true woosh
Lmaooo
“I’d urge you to take that harder path, but what end may come, the decision rests with you.”
"GIT GUT"
ME - 06VJ - Tomken Road MS (1153)
Nothing’s been ruined though...
@ME - 06VJ - Tomken Road MS (1153) wooosh?
44:30 “Ok Hornet, I’m-I’m Going To Go Hopefully Save The World Now I’m Going To Make You All Proud” *Precedes To Die To A Single Spider*
Merg:um uh well um *zooms in* this is akward
Me:
XDDD
Lol
Merg:*sees hornet*Oh uh,this awkward
he isn't ded by getting trapped
Merg: should I have fought the dreamer first?
Me: (aggressive nodding)
@Wyatt Walling
Shud hv used ** *words* ** instead of ( *words* )
@@KLingS-rk6dt so like this
**words**
50:25 Merg: Oh no you're a bug!
Me: Uhmm..Merg? Everyone in the game are bugs.
Well the white lady is a tree
And the pale king is a wyrm
Yeah this game is very...
*buggy*
@TOBY MEADERS godseekers forgot about primal aspid
@@starykartofel2020 Ba dum tss
As you probably know, there's more endings, more content, and the Godmaster postgame stuff. Also Grimm Troupe has remained unfinished.
Walk in the way of pain...
The *P A T H. O F. P A I N*
Yeah grimm is unfinished and merg got the bad ending
Path of pain more like path of regrets
The real final boss is the radiance
@@alreynante3525 first, spoilers. Secend. This aint the bad ending.
@@alreynante3525 It's the okay ending. Sealed Siblings is the worst ending
Man, this game has such a knack for setting an atmosphere. The entire area leading up to Nosk is just off and unsettling... and it seems to be the place where most mimics reside. Hell, Nosk is king of the mimics. It reminds me of an old folk tale, not the Siren but similar to it, where the creature shows you who you are looking for/yearning for. If what we're seeing is ourselves, wonder what that says...
Interestingly enough, since Nosk takes the form of Hornet in the Pantheon of Hallownest, that suggests that the Knight has come to care about her.
I'd say if it shows the person itself, that person is lost and should reconsider his/her life choices immediately
The very fact that the Knight can deviate from its path to help others proves that it, in fact, does have a mind.
@@aceofflames4572 Exactly. If it were truly hollow it would be driven only to usurp the Hollow Knight and contain the Radiance. It wouldn't even occur to it to save Bretta or give flowers as gifts. Consequently, it would only be a matter of time before the Radiance broke it like she did last time.
@@tenebrousnova636 the knight only feels true emotion to Hornet, which is why Nosk mimics Hornet in p5. This also means that, although most people think that Sealed Siblings and Hollow Knight endings are basically the same, from a lore point of view, they are very different. In Hollow Knight, the knight replaces the Hollow Knight as a vessel but is also an imperfect one, because it shows emotion towards Hornet, meaning it is only a matter of time till the infection escapes again. But since Hornet dies in Sealed Siblings, you become a perfect vessel, and permanently seal the Radiance, stopping the infection
You are still missing so much more stuff, hopefully you will make more videos and explore that : ).
Game's lore is bigger than deepnest
@@mixbug8384 lol
Its merg, of course there are more vids xd
@@mixbug8384 I've seen some mossbag videos and I can confirm that
Scupake I have a 111% save file, I’m just trying to beat the last pantheon lol
Nobody:
Merg to hornet: Are you deepnest
Hollowknight Boioi Spoil
She is
Hello fellow hollow knight profile picture wielder
girl are you deepnest because you are full of spiders
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@@musicman6555 what does that even mean????
*sees blue and grey* "Is that Forgotten Crossroads?"
*sees green* "Is that Greenpath?"
*sees darkness* "Is that Deepnest?"
"is this a pigeon?"
"Is the grass talking?"
"Is that John Cena?"
“Is that ur mom?”
@@thatpoorlonelyguywhonobody2143 Always has been.
Wth that is a big step you took From deepnest to getting an ending, congrats
I’m sure you know by now that there are multiple endings. Soooo...
Were in the endgame now bois
That’s hilarius
xD
He got the bad ending, hope next time he plays it to get the good endings or the true ending
@@nopbur1799 yep he did
Does mr stark come back to life in this one XD
merg : i want a shortcut to the royal waterways or even city of tears
hollowknight : take this merg a shortcut to the royal waterways and city of tears
"Press any button to continue."
"I'm gonna press... uh, 6"
"Ah, it worked. They didn't lie."
I don't know why but I busted out laughing when you said that.
GoldenGaming12621 Lol, I laughed too! XD
**Presses power button**
Ah come on they lied.
Matthew Laverde I kinda thought that
*Presses belly button* huh they lied
Merg: "Goodbye, Hornet. I'm gonna go save the world. I'm gonna make you proud."
5 seconds later: *falls into spikes and gets impaled*
2 hk vids in a row??
We're blessed!
I don't get to sleep tho.
Yeah same... it's 0:11 for me
Same honestly.
Not in a row, he played an undertale fangame
It's 2:39am right now!
Green Phoenix hey we live in the same timezone!
HOW DID HE WIN AGAINST THE HOLLOW KNIGHT WITHOUT WAYWARD COMPASS, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!!!
>insert luke yelling “nooooooo!” here
Yeah dude I am shitting my pants
What does wayward compass do besides show your icon on the map?
@@makoto_yuki7651 r/wooooosh
Edit: search that on reddit
@@makoto_yuki7651HOW WOULD I KNOW WHERE I AM WHEN I AM FIGHTING THE BOSSES?
Merg's voice is pretty pleasant to hear.
Yes, maybe it only applies to me.
It’s sooo calming!
just yes
His voice is like a lullaby for me. It's so calming.
Honestly, his voice is one of the few things that makes me calm when anxious
@@sage3309 you do understand the feeling right?
or are you being sarcastic?
Ngl, I actually fell asleep to an episode of this play through. His voice is ridiculously soothing. Curse words don't even really sound like curses coming from him.
Merg: OMG I almost feel bad. The Hollow Knight, Can I talk?
The Hollow Knight: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHG! *the boss fight starts*
Merg: *Use the dream nail in the boss but doesn't work* No I can't! Noo..
I love that part
Hollow Knight:
*screm*
"Corpse Creeper? Corpse Crawler? Corpse... Dude?"
Ah yes. Corpse Dude.
Sounds like some goth guy that likes zombies
YaY! You beat it!!! Now time for the TRUE ending
But there is no TRUE ending.
Me: *Laughs in White Palace* Oh yes.
LittleSinners laughs in radiance
true ending is great, but what about the TRUEST ending
@@demelengopnik7187 laughs in absolute radiance
Merg. I have to be honest. This was my favorite series watching because of how surprise, shock, happy or sad you felt. So many things happened and you try plan a strategy to defeat bosses. You worked very hard and I want you to keep the hard work on your channel. Praise on that 500k soon Merg. Have a good day
Just a tip. You’d better sharpen up your dreamnail to access some very hidden places
also known as awakening it
Welp, If Merg proceeds to have pain. Allow the Path of Pain to introduce it's self.
@Darkz Don't remind everyone of that please... I did it and the end reward was worth it but... was it really?
Merg does path of pain no hit
Can someone tell me how do i get this charm that unlocks endings and do i need kingsoul charm for this
While this was technically the bad ending, the music that plays in the cutscene as the infection is consuming the knight always gives me chills.
Hornet: You killed my mother...
Merg: Wait... You're deepnest?!
Nice job on getting that ending. Prepare for several more.
List of things you can do [No Spoilers!]
- Complete Queen's Gardens and the stuff it unlocks.
- Complete the Colosseum, and the new stuff it unlocks (check the basement again, then go back to Dirtmouth for a surprise :P)
- Complete the Grimm Troupe flames (remember to NOT follow the flame in Deepnest's advice!)
- Complete the Hive, which is very minor.
- Complete all of the God Home content (there are also a lot of secrets in God Home, some of which are nearly impossible to find without doing some research.)
- Unlock the 1800 Essence reward for the Dream Nail, and all of the content that unlocks for you. This opens up a ton of new things to do (remember White Palace?)
Pixlyzed eternal ordeal :)
Ever since Godmaster following the Deepnest flame's advice didn't really have as much of a downside as before, so whichever Merg chooses is fine.
@@QuokkaWaka Locking you out of the best boss in the game is clearly a downside for people like Merg.
@Sylv
He gets another charm, that is completely dependent on your preference
@@yanchukcha9748
"Ever since Godmaster"
Think about that for a second.
While yes, he doesn't get to fight that boss in the original arena, thus taking away from the fight (that is the downside I meant), he can still fight the boss in God home
About Quirrel's amnesia, revisit the "Higher Beings" inscription at the Howling Cliffs left of Joni's Repose. It's got something to do with the Pale King and his machinations against the Infection
Ya I think it was something that basically said you "lose the mind this kingdom grants" right?
The part about losing your mind is not caused by the Pale King, he IS the thing giving bugs minds.
@@yanchukcha9748 I know... I didn't want to do more than point at the connection, because not everyone wants full spoilage
Oh, and for that matter, the newspeak about KINGLIGHT and OLDLIGHT in the Teacher's Archives...
@yoki It hints at the Wyrm's/Pale King's "granting" of individual minds to Hallownest's bugs, opposing both their natural mindlessness and the once-prevalent influence of the Radiance (returning as the infection)
Merg: stop spidering around
The official english language: excuse me what the hecc
I kinda like this maked up word, its clear and straight.
also merg: ich beIN Austrian.
Merg sees imposter
"Spiders! Go! Fetch!"
Spiders do nothing
"Look. Crawl down a hole and get that imposter!" Merg you are amazing
29:12 "I am literally on top of Hera. It's personal now Hera"
😏
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
The pale king
Nice, now find the 4 other endings. (Yes this is true) and get 112% (Max. % possible).
Also you can use descending dark on the mask maker to get secret dialog
Did you know that Max is Merg’s true name
@@Haarunen did you know that I know?
Leo5191 WR 4 other endings? There’s the hollow knight, sealed siblings, dream no more, and embrace the void. So he only has 3 more
mmiinnaa 11 I didn’t know that you know, which is why I asked did you know.
JaketheSnake$ there is also the delicate flower ending
Yay! Merg Assists Suicide! But The Hollow Knight Has Possibly The Saddest Theme In The Game Do To It's Life...
To Explain Merg, The Hollow Knight still has some of it's mind left, which is why it's attacking itself in this fight, it TOO wants to end the infection, although it's still attacking you do to the infection in it.... Edit: but also, the hollow knight trying to kill itself is up to interpretation, It is Either A: using more infection to attack your, or B: Trying to kill itself (which I believe)
It wants to end its suffering or help you
Hello-
Brother-
If it was meant offensively to use more infection to attack you, then the infection that comes out of its wounds would hurt you to represent that, so I think B is the far more reasonable interpretation.
@@deepseaAtrocity The Grimm Troupe Exists.
@@tisajokt7676 Exactly this, I agree completely with this!
The Hollow Knight...both the most depressing boss, and the most depressing ending. I don't cry easily, but I teared up at this point.
I'm so glad you aren't going to stop at the first ending! There are still more endings to get, more areas to explore, more challenges to overcome, more bosses to defeat, and more secrets to discover. As Quirrel said, Hallownest is a vast and wondrous place!
- You should try using some spells around Mask Maker! An interesting thing to note is that every time you enter the room, he's wearing a different mask.
- As far as I know, Quirrel was only Monomon's assistant, but Hornet is indeed Herrah's daughter. I'm not sure if any known characters are associated with Lurien, other than the husk that was hanging out in his room. It'd make for some nice symmetry if Zote and Lurien were somehow connected, though there's no evidence for that.
- Don't forget to explore Queen's Gardens!
- The road to the next endings will involve getting 1800 Essence. Remember that corpse in white armor that you tried to Dream Nail in the Palace Grounds? That's very important!
- As you may have guessed just from fighting him, The Hollow Knight isn't completely in control of his actions. It leaves a question, though; does the Infection make him stab himself, or is he doing it in an attempt to help you defeat him? I tend to believe the latter, which makes it all the more heartbreaking. You should learn a lot more about the situation from an NPC deep in the overgrown estate.
- There's a VOID gate in Kingdom's Edge that you can pass now. It's somewhere above and to the left of Oro's hut.
- Don't forget about the final flames for the Grimm Troupe's Ritual!
Hello! Five tips:
-The sharp shadow deals 1x times your nail damage, but if I remember correctly with the dashmaster it deals 1.5x times the damage.
-The dashmaster with the sprintmaster makes you run even faster than with just the sprintmaster.
-The weaversong combined with the grubsong makes them give you soul, and combined with the sprintmaster makes them run faster (that's why your spiders run so fast).
-You should go to the palace grounds after you collect 1800 essence.
-And lastly you should try to use the shadow dive where the mask maker is!
Have a great day!
Edit: Also the completion percentage is 112%, not 100%.
@Laura Lazaro
Wow thanks u spoiled alot for me
@@KLingS-rk6dt he didn't spoil anything.
@Cp Gautam
But he did for me, let's not start an argument
@@KLingS-rk6dt don't worry, I am not one who starts foolish argument.
That being said which part was spoilery? The shadow dive point or the 1800 essence ?
@Cp Gautam
Yes neither do we r starting an argument, but I'm just too lazy to type,
And that shadow diving the mask maker ye, it kinda spoils something for me
I found Nosk early game, before upgrading my nail at all, and with only a few charms. It took me 2 hours of suffering.
...You just beat him in one try. Well done.
Because he's in late game
hey merg I know you will probably do this anyways but I have to tell you , there is ALLOT more to find in this game .
you haven't touched godmaster DLC and haven't gotten the most important and final ending .so , remember these words when you hear them in the game , "to witness secrets sealed , one must endure the harshest of punishments"
don't look that up , just remember it .
For me the harsh punishment was too harsh so I gave up.
I think he already made contact with the Godmaster DLC , because it's literally the title of one of the vids.
@@acj7102 he finds it but doesn't do anything
@@pizzacookie9382 still found it
Please, stop, just, please, don't remind me, or any of us, of that
Do not finish the game. You have many MANY things left. Good Luck. You are my favorite gaming channel. Keep up the good work
He knows he still has tons of stuff left, he just went for the first ending real quick because people have been warning him if he keeps exploring like the completionist he is, the first ending will locked out of the save file soon and he doesn't want to miss it.
I am L O V I N G these frequent HK uploads 🗿👌🏻
Me too
Ikr
same
same
Some cryptic tips:1 the queen is hard guarded. The shell of the guard has hardened.
2: 1800 is the number that lets you into the white guards slumber.
3: If you want to save grubs... You need a key that loves.
When you think that a mimic is a grub when you only have 1 hp and have slow reaction
Mimic: I’m about to end this knight's whole career
7:25 Merg: is this like Broken Vessel but much much harder?
Lost Kin: Am I a joke to you?
Also when we storm area 51 I am very sure we are gonna find a nosk in there.
But only if we naruto run with our hornet body pillows with us.
ERROR 404 and scream SHAAAA! At the same time
Shaggyleaf :P Hell yeah!
I sure as hell hope not
So...
You're really gonna go to area 51?
I mean its funny if its a joke but if people really raid at area 51 you know there is gonna be deaths.
Oh my jeez. I didnt even finish the last video... Will i complain? Nope
Congratulations!!! :D
Now you can explore with no worries, have all the fun this beautiful game can provide and, eventually........ well, I will not spoil it, but I am sure you will like!
I am very happy to follow this series btw :)
You need check the hunters journal. There is a new entry after defeating the Hollow Knight
Blue 319 actually, the entry for enemies that the hunter couldn’t possibly find is written in a way to show that the hunter doesn’t actually know these bugs exist for example (*SPOILER* *WARNING*) The radiance’s entrance the hunter just talks about the infection and how normal bugs like him won’t ever understand it
Blue 319 “Far down beneath us, beneath the kingdom, the air grows stiller and a sense of emptiness pervades. Can life flourish down there? If so, I will hunt it”. See? He speaks as if he doesn’t know about creatures below the kingdom, which makes sense since you need the king’s brand to get into the abyss, something the Hunter can’t get
I know I'm like 6 months late but I thought that defeating the hollow knight is the end? how do u check the journal? 😮
no it spawns u back at the last bench you saved at after credits
Nothing quite like watching someone play Hollow Knight and completely immersing themself in the story.
Hope you liked this ending
But there's *a lot* left to do
(Including more endings...)
I'm not worried tho cuz in the title you wrote " AN ending " and not " THE ending ". So I know you'll get at least one other
there is 3 endings, 1 mushroom ending and the godmaster endings
@@SplashyInk There's no mushroom ending, it's just a post-credits scene.
Вадим Янчук that is true i said it was a ending because it is an ending achievement thing
yee I had wrote dis com before finishing da vid, which is not very smart x)
Thank you guys for your précisions about the endings :)
I see a lot of players and youtubers who completely ignore the story and lore of hollow knight on their playthrough, because it can get pretty confusing.
So it’s nice to see another youtuber who actually pays attention to it and puts the pieces of the story together. It is one of my favorite parts of this game, so I hate to see it overlooked.
Yes the lore of this game is beautiful, and I am glad that he understands it.
If we know Merg, he's gonna do the Steel Soul mode one day. I can already see it.
Edit: I thought I'd add this. Sorry in advance!
Say, Merg, (I hope he sees this)I thought since you got one of the endings, here's a little bit of lore of Hollow Knight. Don't worry, I promise there won't be any spoilers, it's just about the places you've already been to.
So, a long time before the event's of the game happened, when the infection broke out all over Hallownest, the Pale King thought of a way to safely lock the infection away: through a vessel to contain its core. He created hundreds of Vessels in the Abyss, but only one vessel was deemed "Pure": The Hollow Knight. Any other vessels that were "imperfect" were thrown away or left to die; hence why the Abyss is full of those corpses and "siblings". One discarded vessel actually escaped from Hallownest but would later return: the knight you play as. In the meanwhile, the King had planned to seal the infection inside the Pure Vessel, a.k.a the Hollow Knight, and had asked for the Dreamers to become the seals for the temple. Monomon and Lurien were willing to help, but Herrah only agreed to it on one condition: the King help her use the same way he made the vessels to give her a child: Hornet. To this, the king agreed. The Dreamers became the seals as soon as the infection was put inside the Pure Vessel. And for a long time, the infection went away. But, there was something that the King overlooked, the "Pure Vessel", wasn't actually pure and couldn't maintain holding the infection, and this is why the infection started to spring forth again. And that's when, the knight we play as arrives in Hallownest, and from there, we explore the land all the way up to fighting the Hollow Knight.
Hope this helps to shed some light. If not and it's confusing, then sorry.
hes gonna do steel soul mode no hit old nail radiance mode pantheon 5 all bind lmao
for legal reason thats a joke
@@kiritolightning or is it...
@@florinalex8524 o god
if it rlly happened he is god's son
It's a joke?
*coughs in no-hit sans*
me 2
_A difficult journey you would face, but a choice it can create. Prolong our world's stasis or face the heart of its infection_ . By prolonging the world's stasis, this ending is what Hornet meant. The sacrifice continues but the root of the infection is not yet eliminated, and no one knows how much longer will the Knight be able to contain it. It's not the perfect ending but I'm very glad that you did it for completion and we get to see the awesome reaction. Take that harder path Max, kill the infection and avenge what was lost to it.
Good video man I'm so happy that you're enjoying this game as much as I do, I really appreciate it when you take your time, discover as much as you can and actually try to learn the lore of the game (you're pretty dang smart I gotta say I didn't understand the lore at all when I first played it). I'm really loving this playthrough, keep up the good work Max!
@@ProfessionalPickler hell yeah!!
Awake the dream nail
Seek the queen
Seek the king
Unite the void
Fight the light
I want to answer it but it gonna be a spoiler
Nice seems hollow knighty
@@evanmiller1297 asshole.
After fighting the light, ascend to fight a brighter light.
@@evanmiller1297 why the fucc did you spoil it
The completion max percentage is 112%. But even at 112% there are many challenges left.
112℅ is the biggest challenge...
*-A B S O L U T E F * C K E R Y-*
@@pirilon78 You don't need to complete Pantheon of Hallownest to get 112%. You only need to do the first four pantheons.
Really?! I completed the four of them and i have 111℅ i dont know whats left then...
@@pirilon78 Final colosseum trial? Seer's final essence request? Those are the 2 easy to miss things I can think of.
SEERS FINAL ESENCE REQUEST...
THANK YOU DESTICLER
finally my completionist soul can rest again
Galien, lord of the DVD screensavers!
Ahahahahhaha you made my day!
*But can he hit the corner??*
“Im not sure why im doing this, but i hope its right!”
this is basically me throughout my whole playthrough thanks merg
37:33
This, is nonetheless, the best part, of every video, you've ever done, in your, legendary, life....
"Are we having a nice chat?"
Nosk : NOOOo
Go to the queens garden, there lies a part to the true ending,
And a key
Get the awoken dream nail
Tt H222 STOP SPOILING IT FOR MERG
FYI MERG you can give the delicate flower to Oro, the elderbug, and the godmaster in the junkpit
Yet you can't give it to Bretta, oof
I think I messed up the name ....
I suggest give it to the god seeker:)
You forgot mr/ms. Hotitoti
Ders a gud sacret if u gov it ot goodmestar
Not Sheo, it's Oro (the guy that charged 800 geo for teaching you a nail art)
Didn't play with Nosk's head like with a ball. 2/10.
WAIT, WHAT? WHO IS MIDWIFE? I never saw her on any of my playthroughs...
Hornet won't appear to mourn her mother if you don't beat her in Kingdom's Edge. She sees defending King's Brand as a bigger job. This is the scene we really wanted you to see.
Cornifer goes back home when you beat all dreamers. If you didn't buy some maps by this point, Iselda would sell them all.
Once you beat all dreamers Dung Defender's cave changed. Make sure to check him again.
World Sense doesn't just show you completion percentage. It also shows how many creatures aren't in the Journal yet.
The Hollow Knight actually does have dream nail dialogue... But it's only in the game files.
"Hollow Knight" is technically a name, not a title. So idk if you can still call the protagonist by that name.
1:16:15 I want this to become a meme.
Steel Soul... I hope you play it at some point.
Check the Journal and read about The Hollow Knight.
My suggestion is go for either Colosseum or Hive. Don't forget the dung cave too.
I love how you sometimes see new things when watching. This game's great lol
Definitely worth it for the Hornet scene. I appreciate it. ^^
Steel Soul sounds interesting but the more I think about it, the more it scares me. :P
Thanks for all the tips + info! :)
@Sans i found civilization on the comments section after a year...
Merg: posts HK video
Me:
*mE nO sLeEp*
Congrats, you've finally *nailed* it.
One of the best series actually, really love watching this!
Merg: (sees nosk)
Also Merg: ... GET ... HIIIIIM!!!
Also Merg: HOW CAN YOU PERFECTLY GUESS THE MAIN ONE PLOT
actually tho how
he's a wizard. I've known this since the very beginning!
Because he's merg
"What is the worst that can happen?"
"oh"
That was so funny. Your comedy is pure gold, Merg.
Dash master and Sprint master charms are just Sans and Papyrus in charm form change my mind
Also, would dream nailing a dreamer inside their head just be reading the thoughts of a Dreamer whilst inside the thoughts of said Dreamer?
Midwife be like:
NYANYANYANYA NYANYANYANYA NYANYANYANYA
nya
Nya
nya
ayn
Don’t want this series to be over, but I’m gonna enjoy this episode!!
its not over, theres still so much more
@@Travminer123 IT'S *NOT* OVER
he's at the half of the game
Ya the title of this video is AN ending not THE ending
Title: *exists*
Me on my phone: *shoves my finger trough my phone trying to tap the video*
And then you swap to your computer...
The screen: DESTROYED
The like button: DESTROYED
Merg: Finishes one ending
Hollow night fans: Time for the rest!
Merg: finised!
Fans: but WAIT. THERES MORE!!!
The night is hollow now
Merg just murdered Hornet’s mother :(
well hornet is not even sad i think..
kiritolightning she was definitely grieving.
@Jake Doug welp
Others: being wild in the comments-
Me: _crying at the ending, a year after it was posted_
The cool thing with hollow knight is that they can make everything dramatic. Doesn't matter how clumsy or bad you are, he ending will always be super dramatic.
I love how genuine Merg's reactions always are
Dude... This ending...
I dont even know what to say...
*Sees that there are more endings*
Welp...
When's next episode?
2022
On friday prob
It's like the infection corrupted the Hollow Knight, so the little knight put him out of his misery amd absorbed the infection, stopping the disease from soreading across Hallownest. The blackness inside the knight was strong enough to contain the infection, so that's what they did. They sealed the infection inside themselves.
Scado56 The hollow knight being infected was on purpose, he is a creation made from void by the pale king. He was suposed to be a sacrifice since the begining, but he wasnt hollow enough (he loved his father, the pale king) so the infection used that weak point to attack again. We dont know if the little knight is hollow enough. I dont think so, as Hornet says, we are only prolonging this worlds stasis and we should strike the core of the infection. (Refering to the true ending, wich I wont spoil)
@@scado5679 technicaly this is the bad ending where *SPOILERS* wasnt done and so the knight while truly hollow isnt enough to contain the infection on its own
another version of this ending actually saves Hollownest with the sacrifice
Okay, one end done, there's 4 more and I probably end the playlist
Yeah, I'm watching the complete videos
29:24 I like how the captions (auto-generated) capitalized "This Means War," while not capitalizing other words.
Merg go back to the queens gardens and up to the left. You will find something that will intrigue you and you must complete it please! I wish the best
thank god he didn't find the nosk spot™
it makes the fight so much less enjoyable when you know you can cheese it so easily. they really _really_ should have just flattened the arena in some update imo :(
Godhome's Nosk on Ascended difficulty literally has flat arena. The fact that they bothered to flat the arena only there shows they think the fight was good enough as is.
@@Desticler -yeh but they wrong its too easy-
Its difficult if you don't know about it, since you are given very little healing time everywhere else
@@enderallygolem yeah i agree, and given that it's deepnest i think it's fitting. it might even force players to experiment with their charm setup and play strategy, which i think is a good thing.
There's other endings and I hope you play hollow knight silksong when it comes out
Hes gong to play it hends down
“When it comes out”
@@alextheconfuddled8983 yeah
Next year
Queens Gardens: nah
Greenpath 2 the electric boogaloo: yee
Hornet was a *ahem*, *gift* from the pale king to herra the beast. In return for the gift, herra helped the pale king with the seal
How did you know
@@local_stranger midwifes dialogue and Herra dream nail dialogue
@@captnbassbeard ohhhhhh yeaaaaaahhhhh! Your right
So hornet is the daughter of herra and the pale king, she doesn’t have void in her, that is how hornet and the knight are related, siblings through the pale king
Did anyone see that bright figure when the Hollow Knight explodes at 1:12:42? 🤔
Spoilers ahead if the person who's reading this is merg
Yeah that light looks like the radiance, sounds like the radiance too..
I'VE NEVER NOTICED THAT
It looks like the silhouette of The Radiance (the true final boss).
28:18 You should’ve dreamnailed them.
Also: ONE OF US. ONE OF US.
50:00 Buzz buzz.
So... you really were a vessel all along.
merg: stop killing yourself!
also merg: **brutally killing*
That final bossfight always gives me the chill... the music, getting more and more intense as the fight goes, the hollow knight trying to help you by stabbing himself and who begins to weakens and the corruption beginning to take total control over him.
Beautiful.
You have came far merg, I respect your playtrough. I'm counting on left things to do!
Merg: reaches 420k subs
Everyone and their mom: Nice
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Oh yeah that is nice.
*nice*
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Yes this is
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I fucking hate these types of comments to no end
C ringe worthy comment
E at shit
merg when i look at my notifications and look at the image and i like oh my god merg you got the bad ending well there is a sibling ending just i don't know how to do it please make the good ending like hornet survive and she will continued your adventure since there is a trailer and hollow knight 2 call hollow knight silksong that hornet try to fix the thing
I got my cola ready, I am ready to watch, even though it's midnight! xD
for me its 2 am
5am bois
laughs in no sleep for 24 hours
Even though its midwife*
*I know Im terrible.*
@Retendo *demonitized*
Within the Queen's overgrown estate , close to the Exiled Mantis Tribe , a bound figure stands rooted . Kill the leader of the exiled mantises and she shall give you half of a whole .
Within the Palace Grounds a fallen guard lays in slumber . Awaken the Dream Nail and it's deepest most sealed Dreams can be accesed . Within them the other half lyes in the hands of a Wyrm's last memory .
Within the Abyss , while bearing the Whole , face the true place of your birth , enter the memory of your tragic creation and emerge at the top where a familiar figure shall stand .
With Void unified , the path to sealing the Blinding Light shall not be blocked anymore . Face the Hollow Knight once again and decide the fate of the world in favor of progress instead of stasis .
I found this channel because I was looking for the good playthrough for my friend. I played myself but it was hard for her to play. And I ended up waiting for the next episode. Also watched your other videos. Thank you for a great job! And thank you for the amazing playthrough! Hope to see all 112% from you!
114%*
In my opinion, Nosk should have been Herrah's guardian.
Also, Abyss Shriek is OP.
1:02:20
yeet
Andrew Paterson yea because for monomon uumuu is invincible and for Lurian there are six so for herrah she is behind walls
I feel like it would need to be an entirely new boss, because Nosk is just a regular bug that has the ability to shapeshift. He’s much more predator than protector.
KEYWORD: *AN*
YOU BETTER GET THAT 112%
SPOILERS AHEAD
will he be able to beat AbsRad tho?
@@philipp04 you're talking about the man who beat sans without getting hit
Of fucking course he can
@Retendo so is absrad so he'll be fine
Yes!! Another hollow knight episode!
Merg: L- Lifeblood? YAY, gimmee gimmee!
Merg: *finds rancid egg* Gimee gimee gimee!
When it said the ending and it showed a part of the false ending I was like "aww sh*t, here we go again.
Also when hornet was mourning for her mother, merg was like "ok whatever let's go to the black egg"