Hollow Knight - All Endings (Including Godmaster DLC Endings)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 มิ.ย. 2024
- All five possible endings for Hollow Knight (including both endings for the Godmaster DLC) and the post-credits scene with Mr. Mushroom (timestamps below), along with how to get each of them. Each segment shows the lead up to the cinematic (placing the final blow on the boss and its death) so I have also included timestamps for the cinematic itself as well. As well, Endings 1 & 2 along with 4 & 5 are variants of each other.
To be continued... in Silksong!
ENDINGS:
[0:00 / 0:31 cinematic] Ending 1: The Hollow Knight
[1:06 / 1:49 cinematic] Ending 2: Sealed Siblings
[2:28 / 3:05 cinematic] Ending 3: Dream No More
[4:29 / 5:05 cinematic] Ending 4: Embrace the Void
[5:55 / 6:35 cinematic] Ending 5: Delicate Flower
[7:40] Post-Credits Scene: Passing of the Age
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Ending 2 is basically just locking your keys inside the car
I love you for this
I really hope Silksong does imply someone just used the millenial brick strategy.
Ending 1 is having no keys for the car in the first place...
@@actuallyZiggyZagga or the door isn’t Locked
@@ahmedmanaseer8696 or its not a door, but just a wall
And all of this is happening under some dirtpiles
secret ending: a guy steps on the pile where this is happening
@@porgtwoforty RIP
actually the plantlife and water physics imply that the bugs are very much people sized
Fun to think about.
RYANtheGREATEST truely
*right when this is happening it gets crushed to pieces and everyone dies*
:D
In the real world we have a secret ending where the knight does not absorb the infection and that is why we have the coronavirus
3:40 when u asleep but ur body does that fake fall thing
That is so true. I felt that 😂😂😂
LMFAOOOOO
Yes... just yes
Y e s
That's called a hypnic spasm. It's basically a small epileptic spasm that you experience right before falling asleep mostly when you are stressed
Ending 1: Join the process
Ending 2: Hinder the process
Ending 3: End the process
Ending 4: BECOME THE PROCESS
Ending 5: Erase the process
Post credit scene: *Suffering*
Ending 76: Trust the process
Ending 240:
what ending 2 mean?
Ending 6:Join The Kyzer Process
@@sabermeow7643 lmfao
All The Endings Feature The Knight Never Being Seen Again In Any way
Not really. Eventually someone will come to kill him and absorb the radiance
Duke Dandyblook no, in the first one there is no dreamer, so they r screwed, and in the second one there is a dreamer, but she is inside with the fucking vessel, so still fucked. That’s why they are bad endings.
In the very last ending it is assumed the knight is the figure that walks up to hornet now being freed from his duty of sealing the radiance being that it was destroyed by its ancient enemy the god of all gods, two pieces of evidence suggests this, 1- unlike endings 1-4
Unlike endings 1-3* te knight is not seen storing or sealing the radiance as it’s destroyed and 2. The mask of the knight isn’t found broken thus suggesting there was no self sacrifice, instead this figure walks up to hornet and on the left side the blade is eerily similar to the pure nail and the motion the knight does when they challenge
It's really just the same bad ending every Souls like game has, if you've seen one Souls like ending you've seen'm all, wish someone would do something different, as the endings are getting really boring.
My heart is broken such a sad ending for all of them, until the mushroom man appeared
Mr Mushroom will fix everything
Hahahaha
The one where you die isn't that bad. You kill one ancient evil without releasing one of the others.
nice pfp
yeehaw trans
The sealed siblings is extra sad when you realize that hornets mask now being on the black egg means she now suffered the same fate as her mother
She's keeping the family tradition of being trapped in an eternal sleep
@@InnovativeSparks Herrah would be proud
Hornet had a mother??
@Joshua Fischer Oh alright
@Joshua Fischer the protagonist is a true hollow vessel, the reason the first vessel failed was because the pale king loved it and it loved him back.
It’s kinda poetic that the knight died in EVERY ending. (Except godmaster but those are just weird) In each timeline he has to sacrifice himself to save hallownest. There’s no avoiding it.
Well we don't know if he's dead in the fourth ending
@@Hollowmello1285 I mean his shell literally exploded like in Dream No More so it's safe to say the knight won't appear back as the normal knight
Yea its more like he ascended and his vessel couldn't hold his power anymore
@@cael2156 the fourth ending not dream no more
@@cael2156 oh
"Remember little ghost there are no right choices in this world... No matter what, you will fall... Sooner or later"
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Death waits... for the slightest lapse in concentration.
@@firestarr5812 but remember...*Over confidence is a slow and insidious killer...*
JustAnotherVideo / Gaming Vlogs Videos Man both these games are awesome. They also both make me cry in pain and rage, when my heroes die or I lose 2000 geo to a fly.
@@firestarr5812 *though a full pack often attracts, UNWANTED attention.*
JustAnotherVideo / Gaming Vlogs Videos Ah, the Collector. In one game, some eldritch monstrosity you just need to get lucky with stuns to easily beat. In the other, the most evil creature ever. He captures grubs. He dies.
Who would win?
A whole pantheon of gods
*OR*
One empty boi
Empty boi, because the pantheon of gods decide to come at him one at a time instead of getting Ides of March on him.
@@CrankyTemplar And not to mention that they somehow decided to give healing rooms in the middle of fights
Who would win?
Hornet or the Hollow Knight?
BOI! *Kratos voice*
@@ethanawaao1291 the Hollow Knight threw Hornet off like a fly even in his most crippled state. Hollow Knight will crush her
I love how all the endings reflect the course of action taken to get them.
1. Fufill the pale Kings will, disregarding anything else in the story. Become the vessel incapable of being influenced, and become the True Hollow knight.
2. Sealed Siblings- Learn about your origins and family, but go with the pale Kings plan anyway. Use Hornet as a means to make your goal easier, but betray her nonetheless. Prove once again you are unswayed by feelings of respect or love towards your sibling, and become the True Hollow Knight.
3. Dream No more: listen to Hornet, and know you aren't bound to your father who betrayed you and all your siblings. Join with them, and Take your own path, and Kill the radiance yourself, freeing all your siblings in the process.
4. Embrace the void- Embrace the True power within you, which surpasses all the Gods of your Kingdom, and show that even In their ideal versions of themselves, they are no match for you. Reunite the void into it's true form, and unleash it onto the Kingdom that had long since forgotten it.
4. Embrace the void, delicate flower- Show that through your travels,you have gained such respect for the world, you would take even the most delicate of flowers, protecting it so to give it to the godseeker, who isn't even an ally. As a consequence, you end up sparing the Kingdom from the wrath of the Radiance, and the Void.
dude this comment blows me away with how good you put everything into words
SOMEONE RATE THIS MASTERPIECE A 100000000000000/10
Goated comment wow that is genius. Perfect description
7:36 Are You Sure The Kingdom Is Spared From The Void?
@@empireofitalypsstimfromano5025 yes, the kingdom is spared from the void but no, the kingdom isint spared from the hollow knight
Ending 5 is my favorite. The Radiance is gone, the Void isn’t a threat, and Hornet finally reunites with her brother, though she doesn’t recognize him at first
Post credits are my favorite
Sibling. Vessels specifically do not have genders.
@@squalusvinco3086 And theyre reffered to as it/its
Mine too
@@squalusvinco3086 🤓
I have accepted that I will never beat the pantheon of hallownest. Time for some tasty spoilers!
Same lol
HOWEY SHIT
That's a lotta likes...
The Question is: Do you want to give up and live with that? True Strength is not to know your Limits. It is to overcome them and grow.
@@rezthemediaruler3768 it just gets boring doing the same boss rush for sooo long
@@memesmojo5622 Everyone has to face this through too, my Friend. I just reached the Pantheon of the Knight, after I struggled to beat the Pantheon of the Sage for two Months. I suck at Hollow Knight, but I try until I've reached my Goals. I've come this far after all.
i guess that flower wasnt so delicate afterall
It's a glass cannon
*Void gets absorbed by flower
*Someone breaths too hard on the flower and it falls apart
Oops.
@@jamesleon457 Flower. Do one thing, not both.
*slaps le flower* oh shi-
Little Ghost slaps top of delicate flower
**flower destroyed**
Shit
God, I hope the Hollow Knight shows up alive in Silksong. Not just because I feel like the poor bastard deserves some kind of redemption arc, given how shitty their life was (and the fact that they're obviously an impure vessel, meaning they most likely have emotions n shit buried somewhere in there), but also because as it stands rn they're probably the closest thing we got to an in-between with new voidgod Ghost and the heir of Hallownest (Hornet). They don't even really have to show up much or learn communication or anything, I just wanna see something with these half-siblings hanging around and not beating the shit outta each other as they deal with the new world
ruthlesslistener yea I wanna see black guy in cloak in game about about black woman with red coat
I really hope that The Knight is referenced.
You're like one of the few people I see use the right pronouns for the hollow knight.
The hollow knight sadly dies in every ending, and with Silk Song being a sequel and in a different kingdom, it would make no sense for the hollow knight to make a return. What's confusing is the last two endings, though. At the first one you would assume that the thing attacking Hornet is the void monster, but it still appears after the delicate flower destroys it. That thing might make an appearance with the little backstory we have on it. Also the knight is a pure vessel.
@@theblob2937 i'm pretty sure that the 'void monster' is the hk. i might be wrong, but the nail and sort of hunched over sort of look reminds me more of the hk.
I love how the siblings are like “we did it boys, the infection is no more”
“Anyway now that that’s out of the way, let’s fold in on ourselves :D”
Me, just started my first Hollow Knight playthrough.
TH-cam: All final endings and lots of spoilers for you!!
Isn’t TH-cam great like that? Anyways, you actually reminded me I need to replay it
dude, I haven't even beat Mantis Lords (though I beat giant mosscharger, hornet first fight, and false knight) and I still don't know everything about hollow knight after these spoilers!
@@FiendEnder yeah, the game does have a lot of content.
@@FiendEnder this game truely is HUGE. Now 2 Months later I'm at 112%, time flies. :)
@@Jace-_ Nice job! I've had it for around a year, but I only have 111% XD I did 100% in steel soul though ;)
1:40 if you pause at the right moment you can see the Radiance
Nice catch! Tnx for pointing that one out
I have been exposed...
Pudely Rancher I’ve played the game for 4 months and never noticed this until now?
holy shit i never noticed that
Omg you're right that's her silhouette!
the hollow knight boss is so emotional. As the fight rages on, the sealed vessel begins to stagger in pain, even to the point that the body has no control or strength left.
Dude, they are literally trying to help you win by stabbing themself. At this point the Infection is just dragging a corpse around :'(
@@supportyourself3861 That just makes even more sense, the two endings where you get Hornet and Hollow knight cutscene, the Hollow Knight is just lost, not trying to kill her
@@supportyourself3861 near the end, the infection literally attacks by throwing their body around like a weapon :(
@@bubblegumcupcake3216 Yea... ;-;
The poor thing barely moves at that point
Not to mention THK inpaling themself.
God Seeker: Ha look at this pathetic little-
Knight: *kills goddamn everything and becomes a void monster god*
God Seeker: oh ok
And then just gets consumed by the void, kinda feel bad for them
Other Godseekers: Yeah, we’re f***ed
*muffled screaming*
She Shouldn’t have called us cringe smh
6:08 cracking open a cold one with the boys
Man,i love san miguel *_light_*
Kebabsoße it’s a beer joke
Derp Baked Potato. *LIGHT*
Kebabsoße fair point my man
Grimm this is the perfect comment for this video
I really wish there was an ending that included Grimm. After all, it's interesting that he and Radiance are the only ones with their names taking up the screen, one being dreams and the other being nightmares, but funnily enough Grimm is good while Radiance is bad.
Did you see that Grimm is one of the few bosses aware of being inside the Godhome? He bows to the Godseekers before the battle and when dream nailed his dialog references being an honour to be summoned there. Dude knows his stuff.
Grim was just there to chill and party. He sees it as a great thing to be attuned to , he is a higher being after all.
Zote, Eternal Ordeal
I agree wholeheartedly. The implications of Grimms ritual are interesting and he seems to be a being on par with the radiance in many ways. His troupe is a hive mind attuned to him/the nightmare heart and its implied the ritual is how he maintains his strength/relevance.
Hes ambiguous morally but the people in his troupe like divine arent very pure intentioned with the exception of the one guy who wants to break free.
"Radiance is bad"
The Pale King was selfish. He tried to get rid of her, because he wanted the kingdom to worship only him. Of course she would be angry
These endings be like:
"I'm going to pop open Gods like a soda can"
Coca cola raidance flavor
THK and the Knight slurped up some Mount' n Dew and opened the Radiance like a pack of Doritos 😂
Don’t drink the forbidden orange soda
0:21 When THK dies you can see the silhouette of the Radiance for a split second
Kinda. It’s a bit difficult to tell on mobile, but it looks like kt
It is a detail that I had not seen, it is an excellent detail, even if you have to look at it at 0.25
Wow ! I just checked in slow mo and it’s clearly the Radiance! Good catch
Moth looking like the Necromancer in the Hobbit
that’s cool as fuck actually
Hornet has to face her siblings because they either encase a zombie plague or are the embodiment of an ever consuming abyss.
is there an actual happy ending to this game
What is a happy ending ?
The infection is dealt with one way or another, so that's solving one of many problems. So maybe a step towards a happy ending?
Best ending to me is Dream No More. The Knight merged the whole Void, killed Radiance (with that delicious vengeance moment for THK) and Hornet lived. Yay I guess?
this is why I read fluff fanfics dangit
Henrique B. Freitas Isn't "Dream No More" the true ending?
So in the new endings, Hallownest is cured of the infection like in the "old good ending" and this time the original Hollow Knight makes it out alive. However it looks like some freaky God of the Void has been unleashed into the world and considering how grim this game is, that can't be a good sign. Wonder what Hornet and the old Hollow Knight are gonna do about this.
@R-Fire flame That's not the case though. The Knight destroyed (or absorbed, as you wish) all the Gods and has actually ascended as the Shade Lord. This is also shown in Godseeker mode where godseekers do in fact refer to the Knight as the Shade Lord.
Looks to me like they're gonna kill each other
Well they better GIT GUD & think of a plan to stop the Shade Lord
Oh
R-Fire flame The Knight is definitely not dead, but has either 1. Transformed into The Void Given Focus, otherwise known as The God of Gods after attuning all the gods in the Panthenon or 2. Has become part of the Void Given Focus
The Hollow Knight ending is so sad... after dedicating its whole life to containing infection, The Hollow Knight becomes infected itself, tries to commit suicide during fight with its sibling, and finally gets ripped apart by infection leaving its body... And all of that because it loved its father...
And they called an impure vessel....
I finally understand the last scene of the “embrace the void ending” in this ending we force the radiance into the void causing the infection to die but we don’t access this particular radiance fight by dream nailing the hollow knight which means he’s still alive in the black egg when this ending happens the hollow knight was also an imperfect vessel which is why the infection needed to be transferred over so essentially this ending leaves the hollow knight uninfected and pissed off which is why he seems to be in a battle stance when he sees hornet
He probably thinks someone just got the infection out of him making all the time in the sealed egg useless and ruining his and his father's legacy. In other words he's pissed off.
Well not pissed off just tired. I mean imagine your dad tells you to hangout (literally) for a long time, time is void and your only company is your insides. All of a sudden, your inside vanish! You walk this LONG way (bless Crystal Heart) to see someone who (probably) don't know. It's just a defense mechanism. I'm pretty sure Hornet won't kill off her LAST family member who she guarded forever.
@@hirahiro2331 Yeah, most likely won't kill the Hollow Knight
So basically the knight finds a back door into the radiance's domain and consumes it with the void thus eradicating it, the hollow knight still being alive sees hornet and assumes they are trying to release the infection, he's trying to do his job not knowing the radiance is dead
So your telling me that the guy that guy is hollow night? Oof now i realy wonder hollow nights reaction the fact that his place has been switch
i might just be optimistic, but i think the hornet DLC is gonna have a "golden" ending where everyone lives...
or the opposite.
I hope so, but looks like it's not gonna be easy for Hornet.
I'm hoping for multiple endings. Why not have both?
@@jamesleon457 knowing the main game i believe so.
Will there be a Hornet Dlc?
@@silversnow-gamingchannel Definitely, take a look around for it, they've already shown some of the people you'll be running into for it, as there will be several new characters. Team Cherry's also shown off animations for Hornet as well.
He protec,
He attac,
But most of all,
HE HIT HORNET LIKHE WHAT THE FAC?!?!
Hornet -dlc- sequel cancelled
@Joseph
Wait what?
EL-9不滅の少年 - There’s a sequel with hornet coming in the next few years
@@lasagna3289 Coming Soon™
@@lasagna3289 DON'T YOU DARE SAY "YEARS"
6:43 Godseeker: *afk*
*the ghosts come and take him*
Godseeker: back- HOW DID I DIE?!
Who can hear her "ooooh pooh ohhhh!"
@@hirahiro2331 every time I hear that, I feel bad and get sad for some reason.
I just hope that the Hollow knight was not killed by Hornet in Embrace the void ending and they may be mentioned in Silksong. Seriously, poor guy got only one arm and suffered from infection for a lot of time, just give them hugs please, they deserved it.
Hugs for THK. All of them.
Also, gimme tooth-rotting fluffy sibling moments, PLEASE.
*This just shows how the moths feel when we turn of our porch lights*
You legend, you've figured them out
Many will disagree, but i really hope that the canon ending is the third one, it's much more heroic and an amazing closure to our character lore, i think the sacrifice fits perfectly the game dark atmosphere and world... there's so many everyone lives happy endings out there imho lol
Every ending is cannon, and all will be incorporated into Silksong
I have a feeling that the Canon ending is the 4th one. In the 4th one the Knight either transforms or becomes a part of The Void given Focus and is set free after presumably destroying the Godseeker, and the ending also includes Hornet getting ready to fight The Hollow Knight (most likely) which is probably gonna be a big part of Silksong. Plus I hope it’s the one that’s canon because I know it doesn’t fit the dark tone of the game but it’s the only one where the knight is presumably ever seen again or even gets freedom of his duty to destroy the infection.
@@PKmaster12 I already said, every ending is cannon
Safety Kitten how can every ending be canon?
@@PKmaster12 because the developers literally said so
Seeing the Hollow Knight leave the black egg uninfected was badass
you didn’t see that tho
@@WiggyWamWam5:51 that’s the hollow knight leaving
Dude, i just defeated Mantis Lords and watching how the little guy dies in so many ways broke my heart
7:43 thats the most touching ending
Mad me cry
is it a good ending?
Boi that's not fuckin' funny boi.
Totally
@@patch-fm yes it’s the only good ending
@@patch-fm no good endings they die in all of them even this one
I travelled to the edge of the world to enter someone's mind then fight a goddess. Hornet can get her own story later, but me?
I GET TO LITERALLY BITCHSLAP A MOTH!
side note: second ending is like. hmm, first ending wasn't asshole enough. LET'S LOCK THIS GIRL IN WITH ME TOO!
Nicknames Suck at least the knight has a dreamer?
@@xxdpgxx8121 but if the infection gets out of hand you can't deal with it because the only dreamer is trapped in there with him. It's like locking yourself out of your car because you left the keys inside
@@lumonetic1124 perfect analogy 😂
Nicknames Suck Hornet has no knowledge of the dream nail. The point was to tie the hollow knight down so you could absorb the infection, and she would hopefully escape
6:57 why did this one hurt me so much
What is it that hurts you
@@kaden110 that’s a woman?
@@screamforedits1645 the godseeker (or at least the one in the royal waterways) is canonically female
Ending 3 just gave me the "You saved us... But at what cost?" vibes.
1:14
Hornet
Is
Gonna
Meme
You
Now
So
You
Better
...
GIT GUD!!!!!!!
For me it sounded like
GET DUNKED!
@@persona3chainsawman lol
@@persona3chainsawman lol
@Ксения Певень Life Lmao I though the same thing.
Oh my god im not the only one !
I like how hollow knight rolls up at the end like "yo whaddup didn't expect me did ya"
Hornet: WHO'S THERE?!
Hollow: I MEAN DO YOU KNOW ANYONE ELSE WHO'D COME OUT OF HERE?!
@@hirahiro2331 Hornet be like: What was that?!
While Hollow just shambles out of there, a miserable mess of trauma and depression going "Bruh"
7:38 “Oh-ho! You’re approaching me?”
Is this a fucking jojoreference
GOD DAMN IT A KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN ;-;
Hornet be like: muda muda muda muda
Hollow knight: ora ora ora ora ora ora ora
Hornet: shall we compare the speed of our nail rushes
Hornet: muda muda muda muda muda
Hollow knight: ora ora ora ora ora ora
To be real what happened next
I feel like ending 3 is the best one, the vessels and the void unite to finally fulfill their purpose. The hollow knight is free from his torture, and the ghost becomes one with the void, finally at peace.
So in ending 1 and 2 the infection is just sealed away into the hollow knight while he is basically permanently suffering because of it and in ending 3 you kill the radiance, which from my understanding is also the infection, and the hollow knight dies alongside it?
@@Wiz00445knight dies because he was in the dream world with The Radience which was controlling the infection and The Hollow Knight. when you killed her, there was no way to get out from the dream world. That's why knight died alongside with The Radience.
You have to love a game that makes you feel like a battered spouse.
"Why do you play that game if it makes you angry and makes you feel like you suck at video games?"
Me: "You dont even know what it like! Its really good to me! I feel that way because its my fault ok!"
After a day of beating games sometimes you want a game to beat you.
-Ghandi
2:42
*When your mom gets the belt and dad's holding you down.*
**but you uno reversed** *your brother is getting the whip while you hold down dad*
My my my, how I love dark humor
Woah you fought back
hahaha
H.K(Shade): Yep. This still counts.
I just love in normal Radiance ending the void devours her slowly, while on the Absolute Radiance ending she's just outright destroyed in place.
I still tink the third ending is the best one
-All of the vessels souls are at peace
-Hornet still lives
-The duty of the hollow knight is complete with no casualties and permantly so there will be no more need of another hollow knight
Altought the ending of god seeker with the delicate flower may be the best one it doesnt mean it was the canon one
and still get open for Silksong as a sequel
5:51 ITS THE HOLLOW BOI HE'S HERE
no that is the previous hollow knight that was cured of the plague (after the radiance was destroyed, the plague disappeared.)
Why does this guy remind me of the mask maker?
If that’s him cured then why he wanna kill Hornet?
@@jamesbell1186 why do you think he wanna kill hornet? Just because he appears exhausted and with chains doesnt mean he doesnt wanna take a cup of tea with her
Guzman murillo Robles I dunno. Hornets reaction along with the way it was shot and the musical cue implied he was about to start some shit.
I'm literally about to cry now. I'm too excited for the Hornet DLC and just the last part of the endings and THE DELICATE FLOWER AND AHHHHHH
As much as I'm excited for the hornet dlc, I estimate it'll take 1 to 2 years to complete. I don't believe I can wait that long.
I thought Godmaster was the final DLC.
Team cherry has also posted news of a sequel to hollow knight in the form of a paid dlc where you can play as hornet.
*Explodes from hype*
So TECHNICALLY it isn’t a new expansion to the base game, but boy am I happy to throw more money at Team Cherry
@@joseph1981 TAKE OUR FREAKING MONEY TEAM CHERRY
When I got the sealed siblings end for the first time my old computer didn't handle these cutscenes the best, and once it zoomed in on the knight's face it just paused before the next frame was the door being sealed. Even the audio paused, so all I saw was those orange eyes, staring back at me, silent, unmoving, before the door closed. It was probably the most spooked I had been w/ this game since.
Sacrificing yourself for the greater good
Is the least hollow thing of all
That is pretty much why the first hollow knight failed. "It had an idea instilled inside of it"
Man... not one ending where he gets to finally lay in bed with his THICC ladybug that's been waiting for him. Feels.
Which one...?
@@M0lot0v97 I would assume he means Bretta.
You mean the one that dumped him for Zote the second he came along? To hell with that thot.
Nah Zote gets to clap those cheeks with his might ass slayer
@@imsofunnyxd1010 If he is a failed Vessel, like his appearance suggests, then he doesn't have an 'ass slayer': none of the vessels have gender/sex. That's why Hornet is sometimes called "The Gendered Child".
So because the knight destroyed and absorbed the radiance through the god seeker it got flooded with void and died, meanwhile the Hollow Knight was free of the radiance and escaped the temple of the black egg to find hornet?
He just walked out, and Hornet was there, and it looks like the two will confront each other.
Also, with the *Embrace the Void* (EtV) ending, it depends on whether or not you give a *delicate flower* to the Godseeker.
EtV variant 1 -- Without the flower: The void floods and consumes Godseeker and, yeah, technically dies, but the void also lashes out from it (Him? Her? IDK) and is very likely to be the new threat to Hollownest.
Now there's a trade-off; by consuming the true (Absolute) Radiance, you cure the *Infection* - The great plague of Hollownest. Yet, by doing so, the limitless power of the void lashes out of the Godseeker wildly, and now you've likely become the new threat, just after you've eradicated the other great threat.
This might be a problem that Hornet can't solve, and Hollownest might be doomed again.
EtV variant 2 -- With the flower: The void floods and consumes Godseeker and, yeah, technically dies, but the void also lashes out from it (Him? Her? IDK), *BUT!!!* The difference here is this: Just as the void lashes out of him/her, the flower... Either banishes, destroys, or seals, IDK -- The flower gets rid of the void somehow, before it becomes a threat.
Godseeker and the limitless void are taken away by the *delicate flower* and the *Infection* has been purged because of the void. There are no more great threats that loom over Hollownest. At least, none that I know of. The only sort of problem that's happening right now is Hornet vs. Hollow Knight.
I hope this was adequately informative.
@@bowserjjumetroid3645 That is the best explanation i found about those two endings. I was not understanding them until now, thank you.
@@josesalas6187 No problem. I like making sense of convoluted things like this.
Pretty much. I feel like the canon ending is probably the 4th one because it’s the only one where the knight presumably still lives, but he has also turned into The god of gods so he could either
1. Wreak havoc upon the world or do something else bad due to the limitless power he has absorbed
Or 2. Return to the abyss rest in the abyss
And I’m pretty sure the hornet and Hollow Knight confrontation will be important to Silksong
The knight gets clapped after defeating radiance (you can see it for a split second) so that can't be it. It's likely the hollow knight (sharp jaw and long nail)
I actually have a few questions about the Delicate Flower ending. Has the Knight lost full control of themselves after ascending to the Shade Lord? If so, then were they aware of the fact they would become a threat? I just don't see any other reason as of why the Knight would even hand the Delicate Flower to the Godseeker in the first place other than the fact that they knew they would become an uncontrollable monster in the end and wanted to be stopped. The way I see it, the Knight sacrificed themselves without having to sacrifice anyone else, since the Hollow Knight presumably turned back to normal after the Radiance died, which I find the most justified ending. Ending 1 is basically a loop, Ending 2 forces Hornet into an eternal slumber, Ending 3 ended up making us wonder if the Knight and the Hollow Knight were still alive, and Ending 4 turned the Knight into a monster that continues to terrorise the kingdom. In the Delicate Flower ending, the Knight practically took care of everything themselves in order to make sure that nobody else would have to die anymore. Really makes you wonder if the Knight isn't as empty as you'd like to think. Then again, it's just a theory, and I'm probably wrong.
The most ironic thing here is that the pale king though something without a will, voice to cry out, and no mind to think would be able to seal the radiance but most of the endings that we get needs to have specific things to do.
I think embrace the void is them embracing themself and their true power, and their helmet can no longer contain their power.
Each and every one of these endings gave me goosebumps. This game was...no, IS freakin' awesome! $15 dollars for a powerful trip through Hallownest? That's a steal!
Can't wait for Silksong!
Hollow Knight was a big ass journey. It should have cost $40.
hows waiting for silksong going
@@behindthecookie8653 No, it should cost 15, it should be in that price, there are many countries where you need to pay more than what you've specified, not everything is U.S.A
Delicate flower ending is to sad like he crying while holding the flower and I just cant
Ending 1. Store the infection and become the new vessel until another one arrives
Ending 2. Consuming the infections and destroy the forgoten light/infection and the void in hollow nest
Ending 3. Erase the forgoten light/infection and become the new INFECTION
Secret ending. ? TO BE CONTINUED
Silksong announced! One of these must be canon aaaahhhhh
edit: got the TC saying all canon rhing
JiMii78 Definitely Ending 5 (probably).
I don't know wich one will be cannon but I think it will be the 4th don't ask me why xD
Most likely the 5th
@@doostan6432 why?
@@juanfranciscomonti2418 Well for one I don't see the void eating everything like in the 4th and the 1st and 3rd obviously...probably arent cannon
Dream no more definitely my favorite ending. The implications, the soundtrack, the little movements Hornet does and finally the cracked helmet and the void siblings... Crates a very somber mood for me.
I feel for THe hollow knight i cried at the music change when he stabbes himself because of how much pain he is in from the disease, and how he stumbles when he tries to attack you because hes in pain.
Embrace the Void is such a phenomenal ending, it's a shame it's locked behind PoH
I propably could do it if absolute radiance,sly and pure vessel didn't exist.
These here spoiler visions got you covered
TheLMCobra505
Poh?
@@kemmoado309 Pantheon of Hallownest
I mean, it makes sense for the Best ending or even the Canon one to be locked behind the hardest challenge as a true ending
Who would win ? The all consuming abyss or one bright flower ?
The most fragile ,weak and perishing flower ,had an absolute win
And I'm ok with that,i think is the most happiest ending.
I don't know what happened in shade lorde ending but hey atleast knight is alive
@@yashobantadash6462 If so, then he is inside the flower for it was he who killed the shining in the form of the lord of shadows
Endings explained
1. The knight seals the radiance within its mind. However, there is no dreamer to generate a seal, meaning that when the infection eventually consumes the knight, the whole world of Hallownest will become like the infected crossroads.
2. Similar to the first, but Hornet acts as a dreamer and seals the temple. However, the infection will still leak out and now it’s impossible for anyone to fix it because the only dreamer is in the temple, which can’t be entered without killing said dreamer.
3. The siblings unite and consume the radiance, ending the infection. It seems like the element of light still exists, just without its god. The siblings return to the void, as does our knight. They finally get to rest. The infection will stop spreading, and will slowly die off.
4. The ancient god of void, the Shade Lord has arisen and killed the manifestation of dreams and light. This instantly ends the infection. The Shade Lord uses Godseeker to enter the real world and will most likely attempt to consume all of Hallownest. The Hollow Knight is unsealed, presumably because the radiance no longer exists, and he walks out of the temple. Hornet confronts him because she does not know he’s in control of himself again. The two will most likely fight, but I believe they will work together in the end.
5. Similar to 4, but a delicate flower is used to seal away, banish, or destroy Godseeker and the Shade Lord. Our knight is within it, and may actually be controlling it. Either way, he once again sacrificed himself for Hallownest
One thing I want to say about your explanation of endings 1 and 2 is that from what I understand the first hollow knight was consumed by the infection because he wasn't completely empty as he had had a father-son relationship with the pale king but the hollow knight that we control if it is completely empty so that it is not consumed by the radiance
You for 6 :(
So this is what's happening under my garden....
The art in the game was absolutely gorgeous
Including the animation
I have so much respect for it.
This is a good video
Thanks!
G i t g u d
@Edinson castro this a good reply
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So you're telling me Dream No More and Delicate Flower are the best endings for the story? You're telling me one of the saddest and one of the hardest endings have the best outcomes? Hell yeah im in.
Dang, how could they leave us on a cliffhanger like that? I just want to know if Mr. Mushroom makes it to the moon or not.
I'm guessing he died on the way to his home planet.
Hollow Knight could defeat Thanos
You mean the knight the hollow knight is a boss
Well I mean, he literally becomes the God of Gods so I don’t doubt that
@@PKmaster12 If you think about it, these bugs can be the size of actual bugs
Light Yagami *The God of Gods*
Light Yagami yeah but A GIANT MOTH BEING is probably not
The Knight SLAPS the absolute radiance out of the Absolute Radiance in ending 3
am i the only one who finds hornet twitching in the dream no more ending hilarious
3:41 is when it happens
It is... a meme... °v°
Yeah lmao
The ending where hollow knight is free brings the most tears and i couldn't stop crying for 1 minute and then i beat the absolute radiance without fighting hollow knight so when i saw him i cried
These endings just make me depressed, poor Knight bois! (Also poor Hornet, I like Hornet a lot)
5:50 OMG The pure vessel
The Hollow Knight*
@@joseph1981 is the same!
Is different*
The pure vessel is The Hollow Knight version zombie!
Apollyon the guardian of the locust The entire point of the hollow knight getting corrupted was that it's impossible to create a being without feelings. The "Pure vessel" is a myth.
I find it intriguing that in the Sealed Siblings ending it has Hornet’s mask in the place of a Dreamer, so if there were to be another knight to take on the quest of becoming the vessel, they’d have to destroy Hornet. One, destroying Hornet would be impossible, but Two, Hornet isn’t dead and will never be since she’s a Dreamer, and she is under the protection of the black egg and our knight.
that's was I was thinking
since hornet was a child of Herrah the beast, the queen of deepnest AND a Dreamer, she most likely the next dreamer that will take the place of her mom to become a dreamer. Since she in the black eggs temple where no one can get it or out, the temple will forever be sealed and never be opened. FOREVER. No matter wut.
-thisisverylongthingIhavewrite-
Bruh sealed siblings is the worst ending
Just got dream no more about 10 minutes ago. After beating Pure Knight on attuned difficulty, I tried my hardest to beat him during the Pantheon of the Knight. No luck. Literally spent about two weeks trying to do it, when I was like “hey, how about instead of trying to complete this boring-ass expansion, I just beat the game and watch the other endings?”
Most worthwhile thing I’ve ever done.
Thanks for all the good times, Hollow Knight- you’re a beautiful game with a brutal difficulty curve
I feel like "bad ending" (First One) would technically be the best if the knight didnt get sealed. Because unlike hollow knight, knight is actually a perfect vessel, no will, no ideal, no personality. He has no wants. Theres no way for radiance to take over. Hollow knight wanted to be useful, which gave radiance a way to take over. If the knight didnt get locked up, it would be a perfect ending. Atleast to my understanding. Strong possibility i got something wrong as its 2 AM.
Yep exactly I get annoyed when ppl say OH NOES RADIANCE WILL SOMEHOW GET OUT OF A *PERFECTLY EMPTY VESSEL*
@@the_protectorof_smols3563 He is not perfectly empty though, the entire idea of the knight is that he has the same hopes as the player to protect this kingdom which will help the radiance sooner or later.
@@HargMentor wait where is this EXPLICITLY stayed?
@@the_protectorof_smols3563 As if anything in the lore is "EXPLICITLY stayed", him fighting his way to the hollow knight is proof he has will to protect the kingdom if he didnt have will then he would have never fought anything.
Well it is. The knight does have a will and it is stated in many moments. It's just that the queen was wrong about it.
I would like to ask why everyone seems sure that the void will destroy Hallownest? because from what we've seen the only thing the void does is chill in the abyss, unless it's given form. In the case of the siblings, I'd say that's because they died a violent death and the imprint of their shells still effects them enough to have a simple mind. In your case though, you have absolute control of your mental faculties, and seem to have no malevolnece towards Hallownest. The reason the GS died is that she got pumped full of the void, and subsequently died from it as seems to have happened to many corpses in the ancient basin, who were only exposed to it in proximity.
I am repelled by all those theories which use parts from all over the lore. I feel happy with the god-master endings, and only take what I can see. The Vessel creates a super cool void entity and removes the plague from existence, which allows the poor old HK to life on and leave his prison. Seems good to me. Maybe there is more to it, but I rather wait for a cannon conclusion if there is going to be one.
I agree
Look at the Abyss area. Even if you ignore that the siblings try and totally fuck anything up that comes near, you can find puddles of pure void in the abyss that literally sprout tentacles to destroy anything that comes near. If it wasn't a threat, then it wouldn't have been sealed away in the abyss from the rest of the kingdom. If you can control it like the Knight, it's fine, but otherwise it'll fuck your day up.
Lampsundae It looks however, that the void was shaped in both those cases, if you look closely at the tendrils you will see the mound they sprout from has 3 glowy bits, most likely eyes. This points to it being most likely molded into such an aggressive form
A lore video on the Godmaster DLC states how there are different statues of the player character that change depending what level you beat every boss on.
1. Regular Player character
2. Void version of PC that appears in the “Dream No More” ending
3. Void god
And the scary thing? The description for the 3rd one is “Void given form”. Meaning that it’s now aware and there’s a good chance it’s coming to completely wreck the world like it may have done to the ancient race before the place was formed. After all the Radiance was destructive, why wouldn’t the void god be either?
*The Hollow Knight:*
Having felt emotion this vessel lay in ruins,
Two brothers had fought till the larger one dropped,
The small prison of void now enshackles the infection again.
*Sealed Siblings:*
A sibling gone,
A sibling enchained,
A sibling's corpse now locked away.
*Dream No More:*
Though the infection now crumbles,
We mourn for the fallen,
And the one that escaped.
*Embrace The Void:*
Outside of the gods only true void exists,
The knight that was sealed is now free from radiance,
And the ones who searched are one with the abyss.
*Delicate Flower:*
One of darkness so delicate gifted petals so frail,
To the one that was golden who found naught but abyss,
Who held a pale flower and ceased to exist.
I love the dream no more ending as the hollow knight comes back to “help a brother out” I say
Im new to the lore but i think this is what happens:
(Long comment)
1. Player absorbs the infection, the radiance, but is locked up so it can stop the infection temporarily, and possibly turns the player into the hollow knight, and maybe lises control over the inection agian in an unending loop.
2. Same thing, but hornet is gone
3. The radiance has been defeated, but the player then dissappears after killing the boss. Maybe it went into the ground with the others?
4. By beating the pantheon, the player has released a terrible new creature that absolutely annihilated absolute radiance. It then consumes hollownest with its darkness, and turns Godseeker into some beast (or possesed Godseeker)
5. Same thing, but Godseeker self destructs due to the delicate flower.
Special ending
God leaves hollownest.
Sort of? But in the 4th ending the Knight BECOMES the god of gods by attuning every god in the Panthenon and then goes on to presumably destroy Godseeker and escape from godhome and goes back into the real world where it could either 1. Wreak havoc upon the world using the limitless power of the Void
Or 2. Return to the abyss and be completely unified with the void of the world
I personally think that the knight will return to the abyss because that’s the only place it can really go now that it has become pure void. It’s also the only place it can go and be truly at peace and free
The 1 and 2 is a little wrong so i will tell:
It dont stop temporary the infection it actually stop it forever bc the knight (idk how to write it) is the perfect host it has no persona,no likes,no loved ones,no wills it has nothing to the infection use him so the infection wouldnt have how to spread but for safety since the infection could leave him he had to be locked forever
mossbag
Hornet:stabs the hollow knight
Also hornet: GID GUD
Also also hornet: dies
I think she was knocked out
6:57 - 7:26
I don't know why, but I'm crying. It always seems to me that the Godseeker is crying, holding a delicate flower in her hands.😢
The first time I killed the Hollow Knight (the first ending), I cried... I didn't expect that whoever kills the knight, becomes the knight 😭😭😭 such a beautiful game and such a sad story...
I've just finished this game with the third ending. Jesus christ, this game is incredibly hard, but it's also very stimulating.
It's one of my favourite games in the last years, but I admit I don't know what clearly happened. I have a very basic idea of the plot, but nothing more.
Well, time to see some lore videos!
Definitely would recommend mossbag's videos, as he focuses on lore stuff.
The soundtrack from the game is absolutely amazingly well composed
My favorite ending is number three, because the Knight (not the Hollow Knight) makes a worthy sacrifice to eradicate the Radiance and, with it, the infection. I can even imagine hearing the words "No cost too great..." as the image showing the broken helmet of the Knight fades to black.
In the last 2 endings im pretty sure that Hornet watched The Hollow Knight come out of the temple. It sounds like large steps and its needle is thin and looks like a perfect nail. At least she can see one of her siblings again.
-First ending: You become the new hollow knight and are sealed away
-Second ending: Same as the first except Hornet dies (door symbol also changes)
-Third ending: Radiance is defeated, destroying the plague; Hornet survives, you "die", all souls are released
-Fourth ending (Bad Godmaster): True Radiance is defeated; the Godseeker is taken over by the void; Hornet is left to fight the Hollow Knight alone
-Fifth ending (Good Godmaster): True Radiance is defeated; the Godseeker is taken over by the void, but is destroyed because of the flower given to them; Hornet is left to fight the Hollow Knight alone
-Post-credits scene: Mr. Mushroom is seen leaving Hallownest (probably going to be in the next game)
For the second ending, you are sealed within the temple permanently as the only seal is in the temple
Ending 4 and 5:
HK: ooh wrym where am i?
Hornet: *confused screaming*
5:51 that music sync really gives me chills.
The Knight did all of that just to sacrifice himself in every timeline. He's the ultimate chad.
1:16 Top 10 sadest anime deaths
5:20 Top 10 most romantic anime couples
@@joseph1981 thats too romantic
@@joseph1981 y e s ?
Sis nuuuu
lol
damn, the knight literally goes through living hell, dying multiple times to people who are hundreds of times stronger than them just to save an already pretty dead kingdom from an infection. I really hope that their efforts weren't in vain and the kingdom repopulated and started functioning again. i mean, who's gonna talk to elderbug otherwise? zote? awkward lady? sure
so I really hope in silksong we can get an update or even explore hallownest if it's a sequel. and maybe even some references from the knight in the game. I'm really gonna miss that fella, they seemed like they had emotions unlike most of the vessels
Yes, here everything is clear this is our main character the real image of his lord of emptiness.
Ending 1: "No time for World-Building, we must stab the big thingy"
Ending 2: "Ok I know what I SHOULD do, but what happens if I don't want to-Damn it it's the same thing."
Ending 3: "That's badass....what the fuck did I just witness?"
Ending 4: " 'Yeah this game is ok, I guess' _2000 hours on record_ "
Ending 5: " 'Yeah this game is ok, I guess' _2001 hours on record_ "
I just noticed how the Sealed Siblings ending adds strings to the music to represent Hornet that weren’t there in the Hollow Knight ending
I love the last ending is kinda like the ending of Tlotr. No more radiance, no more void and no more gods. Is time to end the tale, time to progress, time of mortals.
Darkness... Only Darkness... Nothing, but void.
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May I remind you this game is rated age 7 in the UK.
Like any 7 y/o is gonna get to that ending in-game by themselves
@@jacobsiron6929 I don’t think you get my point
This ending on the time stamp is a bit dark for a game rated for 7 year olds
Also, you’re saying a 7 year old could beat the pantheon of Hallownest?
@@InazaEX💀 they meant no 7yo would beat phanteon of hallownest
7:38 Well guess she is going to fight vessel-