How Hollow Knight was Beaten Blindfolded

[@MyPetCactus]

Thanks for the video Blue!! Great summary. You did me dirty using the voice crack clip twice though 😂😂😂

[@ghostsoffishandcrows7341]

It's him! It's the boy!

[@BlueSR]

You’re lucky i didn’t show them that time you accidentally shut down the game and rebound your keybinds lmao

[@MyPetCactus]

@@BlueSR HAHAHAHAHA OKAY IM SORRY I TAKE IT BACK

[@3thanism]

@@BlueSR we need that clip.

[@TheDefaultClass]

This is incredibly impressive man. The sheer amount of memorization, determination, and patience is unreal. I cannot begin to imagine the amount of time it took to plan this run out, not to mention memorizing and then executing it. Absolutely amazing that you made this happen, hats off to you. I hope that you feel very, very accomplished

[@ghostsoffishandcrows7341]

5:56 he didn't just shut down the game, he re-binded the controls and we had to tell him lmao

[@spoonkitchenware]

that's amazing, is there a clip somewhere?

[@Mushi_epic]

Damn no way

[@TheGalaxyWings]

@@spoonkitchenware clips.twitch.tv/ImpossibleUglyAniseLitFam-_Yn_3qPrmCq3Wbz4

[@MyPetCactus]

Wtf ghost why did you out me, ur straight banned frfr no cap

[@MyPetCactus]

@@spoonkitchenware I think there’s a clip of it in my original blindfolded video somewhere

[@NimbusLightest]

small correction: dung defender being in the route is not a mistake, he's in the route because he's the best character and a run of hollow knight cannot truly be completed without him 👍

[@MyPetCactus]

Based and true

[@ziwuri]

FAAAAAAHHH FUNDAAAAA DOMA DOMA HAHAHAHAAA

[@spudonion5339]

Wait but you can’t get ismas without flipping the dung defenders lever? Right?

[@herecomespatsky]

@@spudonion5339theres a skip

[@canadadry5449]

It's about sending a message.

[@unproffessionelll9103]

I find it unreasonably funny that even though he is blindfolded, he still has to buy lumafly lantern.

[@shrochrome]

Not sure if you've seen this yet, but blue said it was so he don't get reset back to the entrance of the room everytime he falls into spike in deepnest

[@mystical_horn3176]

@@shrochrome he also needs it to enter crystal peaks since the gate cant be opened without it

[@Longcat_1]

@@mystical_horn3176 dive entrance

[@guilhermefrotamonte8533]

Suspicious.. right?

[@Alargecheese]

@@guilhermefrotamonte8533bro, he has played the game for hundreds of hours, he doesn’t need it normally

[@rubdulbah3201]

A game being beaten while blindfolded is the ultimate testament to how good its sound design is.

[@theunknowman12]

Or how the fanbase is truly insane

[@NotTured]

and smell

[@dusk._]

​@@NotTuredand taste

[@Pabloto-dq3sx]

@@dusk._and *touch*

[@psachickennugget8617]

Yeah I think we’ve all lost it XD

[@numbermumber7382]

With another extreme challenge done by the members of the Hollow Knight community, I truly wonder what else is there to achieve while, almost endlessly, waiting for Silksong.

[@baummger5551]

Programing Silksong by ourselfs

[@sans6993]

well, this speedrun was only for any%, so theoretically you can try doing True Ending and 112% blindfolded, but it would take months if not years for someone to do it

[@numbermumber7382]

​@@sans6993 you, most definitely, can TRY

[@sans6993]

@@numbermumber7382 nah mate, i wouldn't even be able to beat an easy enemy blindfolded let alone beating the entire game, im just here to give some ideas

[@100mcuber4]

Blind, hitless any radiance only nail no charms

[@BlueSR]

Hey! I just want to answer some questions real quick! Firstly: This is not cactus' first time doing the blindfolded run! He did it about a year ago, but used QoL mods and switched patches. this time was the first "legit" clear, which is why I only mentioned this run in the video. Secondly, the main reason to get Lantern is to prevent yourself from warping back to the entrance of rooms in deepnest any time you fall in spikes, because that would make the area incredibly painful. Thanks for watching!

[@dreadmask4031]

I love how Cactus can remember a 5 hour speedrun but forgetting he put in Isma's tear and does the skips anyway.

[@adamkonvalina1671]

Bro he plays better when he is blindfolded then i play when i see

[@dertpert]

Bro plays better then me in my dreams😢

[@00Cubic]

bro plays better then me when im on the title screen💀

[@sans6993]

bro plays better then i start the game

[@hen618]

i doubt that... anyone can play better than him

[@idontwantahandlethough]

in your defense, it's significantly harder to second guess yourself (and inevitably overcorrect) when you're blindfolded ;)

[@zpkspiano]

I can't imagine what unspeakable feats will be achieved by the community when Silksong is released

[@hen618]

"unspeakable feats" 🤓🤓

[@tetra_kirby5691]

​​@@hen618 A man may not scribe simple English unto the comments of a description of a recording of a simple entertaining game without being met with constant adversity from simple plebians like you due to his mildly extensive vocabulary? Pray tell, why is that?

[@HenrayPatter]

“smh too easy bosses aren’t even one hit kill”- Hollow knight fans after Silksong releases in 3033

[@A-Rune-bear]

@@hen618 getting mad over a word? really?

[@hen618]

@@A-Rune-bear lol not mad just sounds kinda nerdy but i get what hes saying its just kinda .. . . .. . 🤓🤓

[@Thedragon5881]

Honestly, a really big mental barrier that I could see is sitting there for nearly 5 hours, pressing buttons but completely blind. All you have is the tactile feel of the keys and the sounds of the game.

[@eduardoarsz]

imagine how hard it would be to do dark rooms blindfolded

[@100mcuber4]

Broo I'm pretty sure it's impossible

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

thought you said 'dark souls' for a second

[@OpurpleO]

this would be as hard, as pass usual room, because he already blindfolded

[@100mcuber4]

@@OpurpleO wooosh

[@YouWillNeverKnowMan]

@@100mcuber4 There is always one, eh? :D

[@AbsolutelyCasual]

Growing up I remember playing such long sessions of COD nazi zombies or RuneScape that when I went to sleep I'd be laying there with my eyes closed and I could literally still see and hear the game even though I was in a silent dark room, I'm sure this guy has played so much he can see every room in his mind

[@hen618]

same sometimes i hallucinate and hear the audio of hollow knight.. idk if audio is hallucinating but whatever

[@tetra_kirby5691]

​​@@hen618 I think auditorial hallucinations are real yea, but don't take my word as medical advice. Also I think both of y'all should consider taking a break lol

[@hen618]

@@tetra_kirby5691 honestly ive been playing lots of valorant recently, and i just got back into hk and been playing for like about a week or maybe like 5 days, idk why its kinda weird maybe its like when a good song gets stuck in ur head maybe the music is just that good?!?!?

[@tetra_kirby5691]

@@hen618maybe

[@brianbethea3069]

The Tetris effect! I got it with Kirby Air Ride all the time. I'd see little top speed and glide patches falling all over the place.

[@wqftyzfs2y6]

a true legend. he managed to beat the game WITHOUT WAYWARD COMPASS. can you imagine that?

[@gohzy7425]

When waiting for silksong has resulted in superhuman capabilities

[@mihael64]

silksong super serum

[@tyranosaurusbex2950]

every time i think i've had my mind blown for the last time, this community once again yeets me into awe. insane run

[@baummger5551]

I watched glitched runs before I can understand how it feels to not see anything

[@blackholesun4942]

Daily silksong updates guy !! 🤯🤯

[@JHWaWa]

Guy silksong updates daily

[@idontwantahandlethough]

whoa, he's basically using his nail as a cane! That's kinda neat lol (you know, like blind people do in the real world!) edit: @18:37 he misses the last platform and you can tell he realizes it; cactus physically cringes as he realizes he's still in the air somehow 😂

[@florianpasselaigue6115]

Cactus : "anyone could do it" Also Cactus : *has a solid HK speedrunning career before tackling this challenge* Still Cactus : *spends 6 hours a day for a month and a half practicing a single run*

[@helion_ut]

What he meant by that is that it's not some kind of talent you are born with. Anyone could do this if they just tried hard enough.

[@goldencapybara7952]

He is a true legend, not only for speedrunning Hollow Knight BLINDFOLDED but also for wearing a Critical Role cardigan while doing so!

[@sapphis_lazuli]

amen!

[@KylerJones]

Goddamn I was trying to find that shirt the whole time, never would have guessed. Don't watch critical role but might have to buy this anyway lmao

[@MazerTime]

I feel like he glanced over lantern so heres why: While its completley possible to do dark rooms, and trivial for a blind run, stuff that require prompt to interact are the only stuff that DONT work in dark rooms, unless you got lantern. So its impossible to pay the tall to get that gate open, to enter cristal peak. As far as i know the only other place lantern is required is No Eyes boss fight

[@mptyalln]

i think the face mask blindfold should be improved

[@spicymilk2685]

that happiness shown after getting past the lasers for crystal hearts shows just how much effort was put into this

[@nerdknight9]

This community is both literally AND metaphorically insane

[@kamo7293]

you know its always so cool to se how some games have such amazing audio design that people used it to beat the game blindfolded. there was a blind gamer who completed abes oddysee and legend of zelda ocarina of time. he played on emulator for ocarina of time to use save states and custom controllers, abe comes with save slots

[@theknightikins9397]

I know that the joke is that since Silksong hasn’t released, the community is doing anything and everything, but I’m kind of thankful. Silksong not coming out has forced the community to make these incredibly skilled runs to constantly up the ante for this game. If Silksong came out, we never would have gotten bored enough to make the game interesting.

[@GardenVarietea]

Honestly, this crazy community is kinda fun right now. Especially cuz it's (for a lot of people) done solely for the bit. The Reddit War over the Infected was definitely weird, but reading about Shadow Weaver, Scarlet Mansion and Mecha Zote was more than amusing.

[@The-fn3mz]

He actually did a blindfolded run before this but it took 12 hours

[@ghostsoffishandcrows7341]

As someone who was there throughout a lot of the practice, majority of the first run in 2021 (I missed about the first 3 hours of cpeak, it was a rough run), and through a decent amount of the recent practice and run (school kept me from a lot of it, truely a crime), I can confirm that cactus is sick as hell

[@JuggR]

Are we not going to talk about that flukemarm fight

[@calvindang7291]

it's a really nice strat, too bad they nerfed dive

[@legendofzelda2324]

@@calvindang7291 I accidentally dive on him sometimes. I suck

[@defiiiii]

This is the speedrun of all time

[@j.fischer707]

no doubt

[@vencelfoldi8236]

The dedication some people have towards their favorite games is lowkey psychotic, and there's nothing I like more than watching these people.

[@xarin42]

I feel like this video did a good job showing that this probably wasn't cheated, which might not sound like a big deal, but I've watched a surprising number of blind run documentaries that don't. Which considering that I've seen multiple fakers for blind runs exposed in the past ... Unfortunately, that becomes a bare minimum for this kind of video. That it was also done in a fun and engaging way where you're excited to hear about how it was a challenge overcome makes it even better. I've sean one or two alternative styles where it feels more defensive and embarassed which are just less fun. This style feels more proud of what the person featured was able to acomplish while using the interesting explanation of the method to justify the results in a natural way.

[@jan_Masilijun]

this is a certified silksongless moment™️

[@PorkShark]

This man beat the entire game blindfolded in less deaths than it took me to beat False Knight for the first time _with eyesight_

[@average_oddity]

Bro did this blindfolded better than I can with sight

[@hen618]

no anyone can do better than him

[@tetra_kirby5691]

​@@hen618 depends on your definition of can.

[@hen618]

@@tetra_kirby5691 what well i mean most people can do it way better than him hes acting like he did it BETTER than him which is prolly not true at all tbh

[@tomohawk2177]

@@hen618 it’s an exaggeration

[@drvofoka7033]

@@hen618 Please speak coherent English. You don't make any sense.

[@jem5636]

From listening to channels like you and fire, I thought a blindfolded run had already been done? Unless people had tried this before but hadn't yet won. I am super excited to see how it was done though.

[@ghostsoffishandcrows7341]

Cactus completed his first blindfolded run in September of 2021 and recently completed his second, idk why they said "a couple days ago" at the beginning of this video since the first run was over a year ago and the second was a couple weeks if not over a month ago

[@MyPetCactus]

The first run used mods and switched patches from cp to 1221, so this was the first ‘legit’ clear

[@jem5636]

Ooo, interesting.

[@ondrejandydlohos]

​@@MyPetCactus Ah so that's why. I was also confused, maybe Blue could state this in the description so others who know about the first run are not as confused as us 😅

[@toplad3310]

Hornet impressions were spot on 🥶🙌🏻

[@Mysterious7352]

A blue video, definitely the best thing that’s ever happened on Easter

[@cuttululu]

wow the waiting room for silksong is getting better everyday, we need that game asap

[@Arion661]

Maybe Team Cherry is holding off on releasing Silksong because they're still waiting to see what other crazy shit these content hungry speedrunners can achieve

[@HaleyMikeska]

that fake mobile game ad killed me 😂

[@T4coTV]

Amazing summary! And INSANE RUN by cactus! Cactus if you're reading this... good flippin job mate!

[@timeneses]

I remember when he was mapping Kings' Pass. Glad to see him succeed.

[@LoominousShroominous]

the wait for silksong is doing so much to people

[@quiteafancyemerald]

Just when you think another barrier of difficulty has been reached you get this (absolutely insane)

[@marioruiz5758]

I wonder if lamp was even necessary since he had dive and... Well, every room is blind

[@mememan1546]

​@TheRealSavio one of the peaks entrances also requires lantern.

[@Dragostorm21]

​@@mememan1546 dive

[@ondrejandydlohos]

​​@@mememan1546 Yeah, bud since he had dive for the second entrance, he needed it probably as Savio stated 🙂

[@teathesilkwing7616]

Iirc if you don’t have it, falling into spikes and stuff brings you to the start of the room instead of the last ledge, so it’s just to make things easier

[@femboyChristmas]

Explained in the video, you dont gain any hazard checkpoints when in the dark so deepnest needs to be perfect or youre back to the beginning

[@TheNamesFathom]

truly impressive how he pulled off dark deepnest amongst all the other challenges in this run

[@meowlotow]

People be out here beating the game *blind* meanwhile I can't beat failed champion on normal difficulty with max HP charms

[@randomusername6]

There's almost no soul gain and very few heal windows, so an HP build doesn't work that well for him. Stack DPS charms instead (fragile strength + quickslash). Hit him two times after he does an attack, focus on avoidance at all other times. The period when he gets up after a stagger is also a good time to get a lot of hits in.

[@cameron6538]

If you can down him once, you can kill him. Shaman stone is the only really mandatory charm for this to work. Down him, dream nail, hit him in the back (resets his stagger count, but doesn't damage him), dream nail, repeat until full. Now hit him to unstagger, cast abyss shriek, move to a corner and spam shade soul double hits as he does his middle attack. You only need three double hits with shade soul after abyss shriek if all 4 hits register. To avoid this uncertainty, hit him once or twice with the nail right after he stands up, then cast shriek. Soul twister to reduce cast cost if you want even more margin for error. Shaman stone, Soul twister, fragile strength, quick slash

[@meowlotow]

@@cameron6538 thanks SM for the help! I might even get back into HK because of this :)

[@eater9494]

hollow knight has the most wondorously dedicated speedrunning community I've ever seen

[@egekahraman8985]

this man needs silksong stat

[@hydraxel]

Did anyone notice how he was 23 geo short from killing the run at 8:40 since he could almost afford quick focus?

[@Anterbok]

Truly masochistic, well fucking done.

[@mkks4559]

Can't wait for someone to beat Hollow Knight without focusing, and I don't mean the healing focusing, I mean the concentration focusing. It's actually possible to detect when a person zones out, so if Silksong doesn't come out soon, it'll probably be done.

[@RyderBaker-rs2mo]

Holy crap this is mind blowing team cherry needs to release the next game or the community will beat the game with their non dominant foot

[@Master_Cinar]

So youre telling me bro can get speedrunner 2 achivement blindfolded while people struggle to get it? Insane 😮

[@Light_Souls]

*Oh no…* Here we go again…

[@dertpert]

AGAIN?

[@sion_9698]

@@dertpert This is the second blindfolded run. The first one was made a year ago, you can find a video about it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnTVp4qNiqyXopI

[@dertpert]

@@sion_9698 thanks!

[@Skaypegote]

The luxmix song at 27:22 ! That is a LoL reference from a golden era. Nostalgia

[@Jamlord2061]

it seems extreme but is plausible the closest thing to this kind of skill i have is being able to beat most terraria bosses while focusing on a youtube video on high difficulties.

[@Mine_Crab]

23:31 bro did NOT have to abbreviate Crystal Peak

[@Last_Light371]

HANK! HANK! DONT ABBREVIATE CRYTAL PEAKS!

[@andrezu8251]

I thought this was from long ago not today LMAO

[@obenohnebohne]

Blindfolded speedruns are the greatest gaming achievements. Insane. Congratulatins to MyPetCactus for pulling it off.

[@blackholesun4942]

Blinfolded runs are 80% memorization. And for most people games are about more than that, so personaly I don't think they are the pinnacle of gaming acheivements 🤔🤔🤔

[@keithturnbull5625]

Your pet cactus is incredible at Hollow Knight

[@fonze5664]

Thinking how hard the few dark rooms I feel comfortable with doing are, which are among the most simple of them, this is truly amazing! Well done mypetcactus!

[@getromire]

2:39 "False Knight is trivial for cactus to take down because its a fight that doesnt require much thinking or positioning at all" me who took 8 tries to defeat false knight: ._.

[@atherisGAY]

Aw we all start out somewhere

[@bapanada]

silksong has gotta fucking come out soon dude these people are going insane

[@UltraMeWeSwagMan]

15:34 sounded majestic

[@joshuapatrick682]

For the life of me I couldn’t fathom why he was getting Isma’s tear then I had the brainwave about getting into deep nest without fighting Mantis Lords blind, which is probably essentially impossible.

[@chargegarg8234]

Bro plays better blindfolded than I do normally

[@hen618]

nope

[@myakhie]

"so much of this game is designed and balanced around, well, being able to see the game" is such a funny line

[@aduckyplace6986]

if silksong doesn't release soon, this'll be the average hollow knight player

[@Bubzia]

Awesome video, such an amazing feat by MyPetCactus!! GG

[@mrt8043]

what an absolute gigachad

[@Xibyth]

'Because false knight is so simple' That cuts deep man....

[@gqueirogabr]

This is unreal

[@ATSM_33]

I did a bit of mental math for the THK Segment, and he got roughly a 3 minute time save. Adding up all the previous segments, he had 29 minutes and 13 seconds to spare to get an overall time save.

[@Azurious]

Now for someone to do 112% and Pantheon ending blindfolded

[@svartdraken]

I was listening to this video audio only and I started wondering how could a pet cactus beat hollow knight

[@BrckoOo]

Some might say it was a fluke, but we all know it was flukenest

[@FyneServine9]

I find it so interesting how this run basically uses the nail as a white cane to locate things

[@cameronzeferino6938]

0:25 "CACTUS LOOK OUT"😂 28:18 😂

[@ghostsoffishandcrows7341]

Ikr I'm so funny ;)))

[@cameronzeferino6938]

@@ghostsoffishandcrows7341 I'm dead☠️

[@theunnamedaccount4009]

Wasn't expecting that hand reveal there. Had me in shambles

[@Yesnomu]

It's so funny to think about a blindfolded player having to get Lantern, haha. Amazing run! GDQ submission? :)

[@littleg5664]

I swear every gaming fandom has a nutfuck or two who do the game blindfolded and they are always the epitome of the community in my opinion. I remember being baffled when I heard ParisianPlayer did A Link to the Past blindfolded in nine hours.

[@AlexKnauth]

blindfolded: buys lantern anyway

[@CashOut670]

he needs the lantern in deep nest so that if he falls in a hazard he isn't sent back to the start

[@AlexKnauth]

@@CashOut670 ah. i hadn't thought of that

[@otakurecluso9422]

POV It's 2028 and Team Cherry didn't released silksong yet: "Hey guys, today I'm going to pass though path of pain blindfolded"

[@imdarksoulz6202]

This is kinda random but you remind me of Portal speed runner Msushi, you both have very similarly styled content and are both fairly young.

[@M3TZLEGEND]

He’s 49

[@BlueSR]

Msushi is awesome, and he makes really cool content! Definitely someone who inspires me.

[@luigio8484]

I love how he gamer leans vs the hollow knight, it's so ingrained in us lmao

[@thin_retro_god1570]

I need Karl Jobst, I BELIEVE NOTHING

[@zekronix2004]

It has been 2 months. Since Karl doesn't made a video about it we can safely assume this run is legit.

[@aVeryAngryMoth]

Ah yes, menuing, the true bane of all blindfolded runs

[@zevfeinstein2051]

So I suppose no need to get Lantern?

[@teiull9388]

nope it is needed to some degree, because without lantern dark rooms spawn you at the start of the room on each fail, keep in mind deepnest rooms are super long.

[@zevfeinstein2051]

@@teiull9388 I didn't know that, thanks!

[@snowkracker]

I can’t wait for silksong sometime this year. I hope it lives up to my expectations

[@urhomarkkanen]

This is what no Silksong does to a man

[@deez1238]

Bro the amount of skill you need for this i have insane respect for this dude

[@CountD42]

Meanwhile I have over 500 hours in this game and I still get lost without wayward compass.

[@quietlychaotically]

woooo it's time for blue's once-in-an-era upload!

[@janyozenith4331]

Do we have any physicians to confirm that this is true?

[@jkraemo]

When I first saw a blindfolded speed run (Super Mario 64 - 70 Stars blindfolded by Bubzia), one of the most fascinating things about that to me was Mario 64 being a 3D game. How wrong I was to think that it being 3D is the big thing. Both very amazing speed runs, I can only recommend watching the 70 stars blindfolded show run when he was featured in Games Done Quick. Bubzia also did 12h 120 star blindfolded speed run which is just pure insanity.

[@morgana0110]

cant wait for this guy to be debunked like that mario blindfold runner

[@pandaro7646]

yea fr

[@PatSpeedruns]

Debunked for what? If this man was fake it would've been found out by now

[@zekronix2004]

Fun fact: he still has the records after 1 year. So yeah this run is legit lmao

[@TheGalaxyWings]

5:55 don't forget that time he accidentally remapped his controls

[@stuststicky1899]

This is fake

[@PatSpeedruns]

Nope, but you are

[@pengine6096]

I barely beat the game in five hours with vision and he does it in four without vision? Impressive.