5 Incredible New Hollow Knight Modded Bosses

[@Hardquest8]

primal aspids when im doing delicate flower quest to the nailmaster in kingdoms edge:

[@Alex_192.]

just bench outside then dreamgate to the flower and savequit. you can then just give the flower to oro

[@Sukmai15]

@@Alex_192. Doesn't work anymore, I tried to do it not long ago

[@spamton_g_spamton9395]

They don't respawn upon exiting a room, so just clear the route, go back to the flower, and deliver it without worrying about a single aspid. Hoppers don't though.

[@Hlebuw3k]

@@Sukmai15 You sure? Worked when I did it a while ago, benched near the destination, stag or dreamgate to the flower (after the main flower quest), picked up the flower, and then just save and quit and continue

[@transcendentalanarchy]

​@Hlebuw3k pretty sure your bench is set to right outside flower quest when you begin it. They use it in 112 speedruns to go back to ze'mer as quickly as possible

[@mildlymarvelous]

My jaw dropped when I saw the ammonites flying/swimming in the background of the Ancient Aspid fight. The mod dev didn’t have to go so incredibly hard on the environment, the arena, and the music. But that’s what makes it feel like it fits perfectly in the world of Hollow Knight!

[@Гангстер-с6ф]

@@mildlymarvelous It's good but the art style is really off it looks Hollow Knightish but you can spot the difference easily.

[@devilvocano420]

@@Гангстер-с6ф it looks great Bro must be jealous lol

[@themustardman219]

@@Гангстер-с6фit just looks closer to what we've seen of Silksong I think

[@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8]

⁠@@themustardman219part of that is because if you look through the cracks Hollow Knight takes alot of shortcuts. Note how most enemies that shoot infection projectiles shoot the same blob projectile for example. The goop of Nosk is identical to some of the lingering acid attacks of other enemies. And so on and so forth.

[@salgoragarus5854]

I’m Imaging what other bugs have an ancient ancestor Ancient stag and baldur anyone?

[@sythrus]

Plot twist, nightmare and void is how the enemies see you when you have grimchild eqquiped

[@thoaxm6687]

you are void, yet you still live a nightmare?

[@ИльнНизам]

Pure vessel just use 5-level of grimchild

[@ertasgaming]

I’d think NKG would be the Grimm child

[@TheNamesFathom]

so glad primal aspids finally got nerfed

[@TheBlazingNdrman]

@@TheNamesFathom prime aspid

[@-Metalblaster-]

Same bro they were so OP!

[@walkfight8239]

I waited so long for this, glad they listen to the community

[@NunyaBidnessjr]

yea bro this is the biggest nerf they could have done by making a single one be a boss instead of all of them in worlds edge

[@Vyuel]

banger comment, cringe replies

[@WretchedParty76]

If fireborn himself equips carefree melody, it means that fight is truly unfair

[@Poke_JR77]

@@WretchedParty76 agreed

[@erierierierierie]

ive beaten all of these fights perfectly fine without ever considering carefree lmaooo

[@Molten2004]

@@erierierierierie sure you have buddy

[@JuggR]

Also unbreakable heart

[@transcendentalanarchy]

He always wears carefree, it's one of his favourites

[@Ninthalias1]

That Soul Sovereign fight went much longer than I expected.

[@DaTimmeh]

That's literally my only gripe with any of these battles. I think 5 hits would more than suffice for the 3rd phase of the fight. Doable in 2 or 3 cycles.

[@robkilbride9242]

@@DaTimmehIt really dragged on at the end.

[@RadiantSharaShaymin]

Yeah, having to wait for a chance to hit is kinda rough. Was still my favorite I think

[@delta8989]

I think that the fight was unnecessarily long, having most of the fight be against the ghost thing kinda ruined it’s initial impact

[@cyrilmagi6201]

"Why won't you die!" "True focus, son."

[@quantummidget]

At first when i saw Nightmare and Void, I thought "Aw thats kinda lane, they just combined the bosses", but I was pleasantly surprised by how well the mod maker seemed to make the bosses flow with each other

[@lomiification]

It looks like it's mostly easier than one alone though. Kinda sluggish?

[@notasquiremario3299]

i actually really liked the combined bosses, especially compared to super hard modes. at worst, they don't have much synergy but the novalty of fighting 2 bosses would always be cool BUT AT BEST! it can be such a fun and interesting fight like what we saw. Edit: Might be biased since they're my 2 favorite fights in the game.

[@DanL_007]

@@lomiification That is purely because fire makes it look easy, the proyectile attacks combined is hard to dodge, unlike vanilla

[@SSDriscool]

would've rage quit hollow knight so fast if there had actually been an aspid boss. id rather do the path of pain while intoxicated

[@Wonkess_Chonkess]

Honestly I'd rather do the path of pain intoxicated anyway. Then I can at least have some fun

[@borkskully1496]

​@@Wonkess_Chonkessso true

[@charlottes_web1416]

Agreed

[@rayoflight1920]

@@Wonkess_Chonkess XD fr

[@mhm77887]

I'm with you on that. Also, why is nobody hating on those mantis petras? Those flying jerks in queens gardens. I cannot stand them.

[@inkygrimmananas4928]

Soul Soveriegn's post death part is genuinely so creepy I love it

[@davidnagy8941]

I love the vibe too, but I absolutely despise desperation phases for bosses, and this one is way too long. A single one would've been enough imo.

[@JoannaFalkowska]

@@davidnagy8941 what is a "desperation phase"? I'm asking because I couldn't find any actual definition online, and the phrase sounds interesting

[@Gulas206]

@@JoannaFalkowska its a fan definition of when a boss is low on hp and begins to use they atacks much faster than before, or could be a final atack before they die

[@themustardman219]

@@JoannaFalkowskait's usually a final phase of a fight where a boss does a lot of faster attacks for a short while before you beat them. This one certainly isn't a short while, though.

[@TheEggOfRandomIdeas]

I find the last phase quite depressing for some reason, specifically because of the slight crack in his composure in one of his Dream Nail dialogues, "Accursed blade! Out of my mind!" while the rest seem composed. And especially the music. It almost made me feel bad for the Soul Sovereign. And don't get me started on "True Focus casts aside even the body." He went so far to achieve his goals... Even just for a minute.

[@Ninthalias1]

The bosses are all very well designed. Then Immortal Light, the creator just thought, "Let's fill the screen with *_i n s a n i t y._*

[@SansTheUnderman]

Just wait till you see Any Radiance 2.0

[@theendersmirk5851]

It's like they said "okay, let's make Any Radiance *slightly* easier," but did so less by lowering the difficulty of the direct attacks, and more by lowering the percentage of difficult mechanics that are intentionally unfair.

[@vladi3862]

brother the seer fight does absolutely not look like it's well designed

[@Gojinhodosmilprimos]

Lore accurate Radiance be like:

[@erierierierierie]

id argue immortal light is one of the best designed ones here, and all the other fights have their own issues, but arent the worst thing ever

[@lilith-thelustdemon5174]

The primal aspid fight is so fckng GOOD, the background is so fire

[@tor-keeby4401]

@@lilith-thelustdemon5174 the spritework is phenomenal

[@norm.]

very very good art

[@JoannaFalkowska]

and the music!!!!!!!

[@25914]

Trust me bro it's different when you play it... I have ptsd from it

[@clemb9124]

@@25914 Yeah it seems unfair tbh, I don't understand how I'm supposed to react

[@Snug_bug08]

I love the concept of how the soul sovereign summons ghosts of soul warriors out of soul

[@hellhound74]

I love nightmare and void basically forcing fire into the dance and still almost killing him And then there's the seer who couldn't catch a break from the endless nail strikes

[@OverlordZenith]

Ancient Aspid looks so good that it actually looks out of place in the game. Like it looks better, visually, than any other enemy. Like having a minecraft texture pack that is normally 16x16 but the wither is 32x32

[@meowymeowz3948]

I think it would look good in colo

[@norm.]

great analogy

[@chrono9503]

Definitely. It’s like they said “you know what, screw it, let’s just one up Team Cherry”

[@thesystem3273]

In Hollow knight if a bug actually looks like a bug run

[@halcyon_exb]

Ooh I saw ancient aspid a while back, can’t wait to see if I recognize any of the other ones here

[@Bug-ga]

Same

[@zucchini5056]

Bro that Soul Sovereign ain't dying istg

[@DaTimmeh]

Immortal Light is such a cool and creative modded abs rad! So many modded versions exist for that boss, i didnt expect to see a really unique new take on it! My favorite part is the climb phase for sure, truly a fantastic idea for it.

[@RadiantSharaShaymin]

I'm getting really close to beating Absolute Radiance on Radiant, died in the climb 3 times so far. Seeing the swords rain down scared me, but then having to pogo up them with lasers... how in the world can people do this??

[@mayonotes9849]

@@RadiantSharaShaymin Lots and lots of practice and extensive game knowledge.

[@retunsus-hp1uh]

@@RadiantSharaShayminBeing on pc makes movement a bit easier as the jump button and hit button aren’t so close to each other(in addition to not having to go either or while pressing i assume)

[@Questloaf]

The primal aspid one is SO WELL DONE, the quality of it is absolutely insaneee

[@Lego_sun_wukong]

0:04 this isn't modded. This is a normal primal aspid.

[@rip_ryck3730]

@@Lego_sun_wukong now i hate my life

[@rafaplays8964]

@@Lego_sun_wukong 💀 so true

[@PufferfishVR2]

Nah its easier

[@jonasquim2140]

easier than a normal primal aspid

[@thequagiestsire]

That Immortal Light boss is probably my favorite modded AbsRad I’ve seen, all the attacks feel like more difficult versions of vanilla without just being unreactable, focusing a lot more on specific movement and pinpoint precision rather than just requiring you to spam D-Dark for literally every move like some mods feel like. 10/10, would hate to do that in Radiant mode.

[@robkilbride9242]

The first one looks like a heck of a lot more than a modded boss. More like a completely new level with new music! Hopefully more are like that.

[@Defender-hi3vb]

Shoutout to all the tremendous work (of different varieties) that went into these different bosses. There's a huge variety of inventiveness and refinement on display. My biggest wish is that they hadn't used the song Pure Vessel (from Path of Pain/THK fight) for Soul Sovereign because that fight didn't feel tragic to me so the song felt out of place but the mechanics in that were still really unique and interesting. Thanks for showing these off!

[@NoNames-vw3bq]

Soul Sovereign was literally trying not to die & trying to fend off his attacker with every last soul he could muster. A desperate act from a being that didn't want to die. Pretty tragic & sad.

[@zaltypiez8483]

16:41 That's it, I'm going to bed.

[@Marion_MyAnh]

Love the creativity and challenge of these modded bosses! Thanks for sharing fire ✨️

[@celestialtree709]

I like to lore the aspect behind the soul sovereignty that they cast away their physical form to become an intangible being of pure soul essence. However, as a fight, it is bad. Not being hit the enemy and being forced to fight for that long regardless of what you do.

[@JoannaFalkowska]

The music for Ancient Aspid is one of the most hype and FUN video game boss themes I've ever heard. It feels as fun as my favourite theme from HK - Hive Knight's - except more dynamic and dramatic. Whoever composed this, you should be proud of yourself, it's an incredible work. I'll be listening to this one in the future on its own. Put it on Spotify! : )

[@theendersmirk5851]

Feel like some respect needs to be given to Samihamer1 for managing to combine Pure Vessel and NKG into a fight that looks like two bosses actually meant to be part of the same boss fight. Like, the other stuff is all cool, but it is at least partially just a matter of getting new assets and then remixing a few mechanics from other bosses, while the Nightmare & Void fight had to rebalance the difficulty of two whole bosses, and sync their attack patterns together in a way that would make them seem even mildly fair to fight that way. That requires a genuinely impressive degree of skill at balancing boss fights, since some game studios can't even work those things out that well. Either that or Fire only showed a run where they synced up, but I am choosing to assume that this is their default state because it would feel weird to waste time waiting for a near perfect synchronization if that wasn't the default state.

[@biohazard8610]

I never see anyone mod soul master's fight, so it's nice to see someone make one.

[@Cryst_-yd4zp]

Oh this looks FIRE!!!!!! Edit: Ive looked through them and want to say, Ancient aspid and the Immortal light are my favorites..

[@Rhyspectable]

Ican see the inspiration that Hornet gave the seer. Edit: Fireb0rn is a still the godgamer of Hollow Knight

[@Phyzzkronic]

I'm pretty sure it actually took reference from Drya the fierce if I'm not wrong(it's another mod boss)

[@Legion-j]

Add Radiance to Nightmare and Void and watch TAS never ever touching the ground

[@trentonujig7453]

I wanna see god of void and nightmares

[@Bukem453]

4:01 now this is true pain

[@brightboi4291]

I like to think the aspid one takes place on the surface. Also, can we talk about the Seer fight? The background, the animation, the voice too! All aweseome!

[@Tooberculosis]

Can we appreciate the perfect musical sychronization at 7:01 please

[@ChickenShred]

This is no clickbait jesus christ

[@TheRealParadox6174]

Worthy nerf to primal aspids, it was too strong before!

[@Slugintub6969]

Fr tho

[@Robogon1]

It's beatable now!!!!

[@RevenantMain1]

Those focused soul sovereign attacks almost sound like they’re all crying out “not yet!” And the whole fight is a masterclass

[@squatenjoyer]

10:35 the flying bird that caught itself into where I would light my fireworks in the sky for the night

[@springfaux6991]

6:43 THEY GAVE GRANNY THE POINTY STICK

[@cringeon_main]

The Nightmare and Void honestly blew my mind

[@CharlieQuartz]

@@cringeon_main yesss very cool how their attacks were coordinated so well

[@eugeneimnotgonnatellyoumyl5513]

It's just a more polished version of a preexisting idea

[@irregularstuff5290]

Would bet that they were added after Fire got them both in extra hard calosseum of fools mod and we all saw that they do work awesome together.

[@DrSelVonSands]

Would love to hear your thoughts on each of these bosses and what you liked and disliked about each of them

[@fireb0rn]

I didn't love any of them to be totally honest, but I respect the crazy amount of work that goes into them.

[@Marcos-55555]

@@fireb0rn you done it for us! XD

[@La-_-Moody]

I dont know what he's showcasing in the first segment, it just looks like he's in Kingdom's Edge

[@jaquelinelima4264]

How to go to each boss. 6:37 dream nail the seer 2:23 dream nail the mother aspid corps in the infected crossroads The rest are from the pantheons

[@commanderglowsquid8969]

The fact that you had to pogo your way up the radiance climb, I’m speechless

[@traceystel2480]

Soul Sovereign casually summoning his stand for a ground pound every now and then

[@gildarmesh3809]

Great video showcasing and giving credit to great mods. Well done.

[@roseblood374]

Nightmare and void made me realize how badly I yearn for the godskin duo equivalent in silksong. Sure we got the mantis lords, but they all do the same attacks, a fight with two enemies that do different things would be so cool as a dev product

[@Rickardo_Astley]

the seer looks absolutely nuts

[@thesweetestsilver]

i think the ancient aspid is my favorite. Its arena, its animations, and its attacks look so polished.

[@Sancheroid]

I love the aspid queen's arena design, really reminds me of the ori boss battle design, not a locked arena, but a parkour area on it's own

[@FacadeVT]

out of these 5 bosses, I disliked Primal Aspid and Seer the most, but it's mainly because they never seemed to work properly for me. In the final phase of aspid, it would use the laser beam and I literally could not avoid it (even with D-dark for some reason). Seer was using more than 1 attack at the same time for me but I also didn't realize you could just pogo her, I wanted an honest fight. Unfortunately, I don't the footage for those :( All the others were really fun and challenging imo. Immortal light was the most fun (and easier than biblically accurate radiance imo). Either way, great mods and the people working on theme are very talented. Well done and to fireborn as well

[@Chadcatcommenter]

Soul tyrant is my favorite boss and soul sovereign really made me smile, such a great boss

[@grfrjiglstan]

Soul Soverign: "I didn't hear no bell."

[@FoxishZe]

The ancient aspid is the most creative one here tbh it uses original sprites(unlike 3) new and unique attacks, while having interesting difficult attacks andbits own sprites backround and stages

[@FoxishZe]

Also the music which just works so well

[@ihavenoidea598]

The best fight here, yeah

[@kindlingking]

Looks the most recycled imo

[@atherisGAY]

16:08 gosh that fireball stalling was so sexy, it had no business going that hard

[@Мария-й5э3к]

The last stage of Soul Soveriegn is very reminiscent of the boss attacks from Undertale. Pleasant bittersweetness of nostalgia...

[@1Wade0Watts1]

When it got to the Immortal Light fight, my jaw was on the floor for the first half, and my eyes wide open the whole time. At one point, i actually thought, "so this is the power of a speedrunner"

[@DarkFlameWeaver]

finally I was wondering when you would do these.

[@Svg_Vieira]

The hunter's description for the aspid boss : "Precessor of everthing that flies, the most evil being of the entire Hallownest" Ancient Aspid

[@Squidwolf]

I loved ancient aspid it had such a huge arena

[@kiritokirigaya7139]

I love that hollow knight mod bosses are just existing bosses with attacks that fill the screen 90% of the time. I honestly wonder if the people who make them are the same people who make sans fan games

[@Shooshpa-z2e]

The bullshido no jutsu on those aspid lasers was mad.

[@KindaHekku]

The part of immortal light fight where you need to climb up using falling from the sky swords is absolute cinema

[@Eli_hehe13]

I love how these bosses are hard as hell, but possible without glitches or insane plays

[@ScytheJackal]

When Team Cherry doesn’t provide, the community does.

[@ImTired17]

i adore how similar the aspid fight is to the radiance fight lmao-

[@donpendejo122]

Horrible challenge idea for the week before Silksong releases: 560% speedrun. 112%, getting one ending, deleting the save, 112%, another ending, deleting the save, and repeat until you get all 5 endings.

[@sebastiancortez2066]

That ancient aspid fight looked hard as hell, but it still doesn’t even compare to the difficulty of the primal aspid.

[@luolewis2376]

I love how Soul Soveriegn goes from buffed authentic boss to pure bullet hell course.

[@JacksonVoet]

@@luolewis2376 His pure focus idea succeeded, he seemed to cast off the power of the Radiance…. Or did he? Even then, all of his soul attacks are tainted orange. Even a pure focus couldn’t stop you from dreaming of something that will forever whisper in your ear. He still failed. All those bugs in the Soul Sanctum died for nothing but an extra long boss fight.

[@MD-bz1cr]

@@JacksonVoet Mariana Deep

[@JacksonVoet]

@@MD-bz1cr Really? I thought it was rather surface level.

[@Hayden104-cs3ux]

0:20 music is great on aspid

[@Cap_master29]

The Ancient Aspid is like a Primal Aspid and The Radiance mashed together, Nightmare and Void is just The Knight and The Grimmchild grown up and super strong, Seer is mostly unique but for some reason doesn’t sound like Seer at all and has Hornet’s battle theme, Soul Sovereign is like a stronger Soul Tyrant but with a third phase that lasts waaaay too long, and if Absolute Radiance was Randiance turned up to 11 then Immortal Light is Absolute Radiance cranked up to 11,111.

[@Tacticalcobcannon]

Nightmare King Grimm and Pure Vessel is absolutely genius and looks fun. Mods like those make me wish I could have them on the console.

[@aipim43]

The Ancient Aspid is pretty much what I thought the final boss would have been before I fought The Radiance

[@Xingyu_love_Arknights]

16:21 This dash is insane!

[@bigchungus7870]

I love how Soul Sovereign actually has a phase where he turns into pure soul as implied in the game text. However, even knowing that his whole thing is his boss fight going on for longer than usual I have to admit that the third phase is a bit excessive lasting longer than most vanilla bosses.

[@disguisedpigeon5465]

Mr souls sovereign, stop edging me. Thank you.

[@disguisedpigeon5465]

PS: idk if that word is allowed here, I'll take it down if you tell me so. Hope I made laugh the moderator 🫡

[@The_Nomad5302]

Immortal light takes the concept of a troll fight to a whole another level

[@prince_nox]

a grimm and pure vessel tag team battle is really cute for the shippers in the fandom ☺️✨

[@notasquiremario3299]

Ancient Aspid and the Nightmare-Void duo are EASILY my favorite ones here. THEY'RE FIGHTS ARE SO COOL and look very fun to play!

[@KL53986]

I love how its like proper dual battle and not like just having Nightmare Grimm and Pure Vessel independent of each other.

[@Soomeone.35]

Damn, seer felt like an actual duel

[@thedragonfly3013]

5:20 Seeker is what Hazbin Hotel looks like to a Hollow Knight fan.

[@juicyfruit866]

It’s crazy how talented modders are. It’s even crazier how bored modders are.

[@noahgreenshields6592]

Yo these fights are all sick

[@back_the_bone]

I absolutely love the idea of taking the most annoying enemy in the game and turning it into a challenging yet fair boss

[@theoretical_chaos7712]

the immortal light's time motifs with the ticking and the circular movements is actually so so cool

[@1Wade0Watts1]

The seer had a great boss fight. I live the way the devs gave her light and dream attacks tying in to the moth tribes connections with both dream power and the radiance

[@springlink3188]

Soul Sovereign is DEFINENTLY my favorite. Looks like something that could actually be in the base game. Also that fake out when he "dies" is SO COOL!

[@gravity8120]

While all these bosses do look like they've been modded in, the exception imo is Ancient Aspid, which looks like it's from an actual sequel to Hollow Knight. Its animations are so fluid!

[@iamgoo8816]

The Ancient Aspid looks so clean! I love it

[@PichuFan4ever]

These are all so good! I can't help but wonder if Nightmare and Void were inspired by your own trial video from awhile back that had NMG and Pure Vessel as the final boss. I distinctly remember someone in the comments saying that the two worked well together, like a grown up Ghost and Grimmchild. Which leads me to wanting a sprite change for the Nightmare and Void fight to make them look more like Ghost and Grimmchild (though I'm not sure what they would do to make Grimm look more like his kid). Either way, these bosses are amazing!

[@vyper5957]

My jaw dropped at Immortal Light and most of these fights are actually broken that I have no idea how he won.

[@Blackage2]

Awesome as these are, I'm glad nothing in the base game has this level of mechanical diarrhea, precision and needed knowledge of invincible frames on abilities to clear it rofl.

[@SketchingPandaRen]

Loved the Seer fight!

[@AidanWR]

Man, the Seer is really well made giving audio cues for each of their attacks. The only thing that seems off is the wave whenever she lands. There's no indication of it

[@GlawiousAldredMarci]

The last boss is literally: Devs: Absolute Radiance for the absolute challange! Modders: Hold my beer! XD

[@mypaul_youcool]

FireBorn at Sealed Vessel and Nightmare King Grimm:👏😐 Soul soverieng:💀

[@corruptedstriker67]

These boss fights are phenomenal

[@atherisGAY]

Ngl soul sovereign looks mega sick. Love it. The end phase was a little tedious feeling but before that it was pretty nice and fast paced

[@snakeyb3028]

That has to be the coolest radiance mod I've ever seen