
A little more health goes a long way when encountering these foes. Even though the White Palace has few dangerous enemies, 4 in total, they can still deal two masks worth of damage, taking away significant progress or permanently killing you on a steel soul run. Fragile/Unbreakable Heart – (2 notch cost) Gives you two additional masks in health.If you don’t have enough charm slots to equip this charm, I suggest using Longnail (2 notch cost), its lesser counterpart, which can be bought from Salubra in the Forgotten Crossroads for 300 Geo. Mark of Pride is obtained after defeating the Mantis Lords in the Fungal Wastes by opening a chest in the Mantis Village treasure room.

This charm grants you access to several shortcuts scattered throughout the White Palace and makes executing pogo jumps more forgiving. Mark of Pride – (3 notch cost) Lengthens your nail’s reach, enabling you to pogo spikes and other obstacles from a greater distance.While neither Hiveblood nor Grubsong can account for this drastic loss of health, you will gain an unlimited amount of soul when they are used together.įor example, even if you take two mask shard damage, you can always wait 12 seconds for one mask to respawn, throw yourself at the nearest buzzsaw, gain soul from getting hit, wait another twelve seconds, and rinse and repeat until you max out your soul. To clarify, the presence of a handful of stationary flying foes that can damage you on touch and force you into spikes can lead to you taking two mask shard damage. Using these two charms in tandem will trivialize the vast challenge of the White Palace, so your war becomes one of endurance rather than attrition. Grubsong is obtained from Grubfather in the Forgotten Crossroads after saving 10 grubs throughout Hallownest. With Grubsong giving you soul every time you get hurt, you will accumulate an incredible amount for focusing every time you fall into a pit, or a buzzsaw reduces you to itty bitty pieces. Ok, if I’m being frank, you will take a lot of damage in the White Palace. Grubsong – (1 notch cost) Generates soul each time your take damage.

Several of the larger bees can deal two mask damage, and the boss at the end can be challenging for newcomers. I’d advise entering the Hive later in the game. You can find Hiveblood at the end of the Hive.

Hiveblood is invaluable for winning the White Palace’s war of attrition by simply waiting each time you respawn after falling into spikes, buzzsaws, or thorns.
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In this White Palace Hollow Knight Guide, I’ll be going over how to start and finish the White Palace alongside several strategies and shortcuts to save you hours of platforming frustration. Enduring this pristine hellscape of captivating music, brutal platforming, and bloodthirsty buzzsaws can be the stopping point for most Hollow Knight players and the death to your steel soul run.ĭespite Team Cherry’s efforts to scare you off from the most challenging part of Hollow Knight, this dreamworld also hides your father’s corpse, the truth behind Hallownest’s downfall, and an item necessary for getting four new endings.

The White Palace is a beautiful nightmare.
