Hollow Knight fans made their own DLC - and it's AMAZING!

[@BlueSR]

The Champion’s Call beckons… part 2 soon (?)

[@ithinkitspurble]

First comment

[@Grog_Geebus1932]

Second comment

[@taintofcartman8064]

Next is hitless on this DLC

[@Schloog.]

Do the charms stack with other charms like how defenders crest did?

[@sallysabretooth9969]

5th

[@Delphic_Wendigo]

The community really went "We will have more content, one way or another."

[@zello5470]

Hollow knight fans: Since we can't get the new DLC from Team Cherry, we'll make it ourselves!!! Rest of the community: YES

[@ocomolinaehain1795]

"Dread it. Run from it. Content arrives all the same."

[@tbstew1]

I just relised the reason that Ze'mer's attacks aren't telegraphed as easily is because she's "Mysterious" Ze'mer

[@onyxperaza8961]

Bro we have the same pfp🤣

[@tbstew1]

@@onyxperaza8961 Lmao yea

[@BrekekeReal]

It's the small things that make you happy

[@BrekekeReal]

Bro we have the same pfp

[@BrekekeReal]

Oh wow!! Even the username!

[@sovereigneliseva]

Ze’mer’s voice actress for this mod here! I also had a hand in ideas for her boss fight/encounter. I’m so excited for people to play this mod! Thank you so much for this video. Watching you experience it brought a huge smile to my face.

[@BlueSR]

You did such a fantastic job! I couldn't get to do the Challenger's Call stuff in this video but from what i'm seeing you really got to shine there! Cheers :D

[@calamari9050]

OYU DID SO AMAZING VOICE ACTING HEER it fits so well 19/10.. .....

[@GMPranav]

You absolutely nailed the defeated "whyyyyy" at the end lol

[@nuggy9597]

No way You were spot on it was perfect You’re so talented 10/10 VA

[@ja-melvinson7994]

You did so good! The boss fight looked amazing!!

[@Hirungolwe]

the bread is indeed moldy

[@ectoOLDACC]

insanely gay moment.

[@adude2927]

bread.

[@otto7588]

​@@ectoOLDACCyes, I am indeed homosexual.

[@kycklinggull1]

How did you comment 3 days before the video came out???

[@RookieGoBoom]

i sculpt

[@foggy8298]

I love how their fighting styles reflect their monikers so well. Ze'mer is hard to properly read with bizarre telegraphs, Isma relies on setting up traps and cornering you (since she would probably be the least combative knight when they all fight as one), And Dryya and Hegemol just try to hit you really, really hard.

[@Sepi-chu_loves_moths]

Dryya also employs fast and rapid slashes, which works for her "fierce" moniker and also the charm (which btw I think it got changed in the full release to be more interesting), and hegemol has the double damage and big shock waves and wind ups to be mighty

[@mallowwings]

Ze'mer also seems to have Mantis like attacks to refer to her lover. And how she likely learned to fight with or like them.

[@rcrobot7655]

You have no idea how happy this video made me, it's still hard to fathom that we're finally releasing this mod, and I'm so excited to see everyone's reactions. I feel so proud even if I didn't specifically work on the bosses. Sorry you won't get to be there for the launch, we've definitely polished up stuff since we gave you that build. It's a bit unfortunate I didn't fix the charm descriptions and effects in that one, the two you got confused about were my work, and there's a bit more to them than you saw.

[@TheRedKorsar]

Great work! As you know, some game teams invite good modmakers like your team. So probably, that project gives you and your collegues more than you think. Probably (I really hope, so talanted people must be rewarded)

[@kaiasce2430]

Don't feel sorry now, the work isn't even complete. The team is doing a great job!

[@dandoozle775]

How is this comment posted two days ago

[@georgedavid8944]

I didn't realize how much I would love this mod. It seemed like just a few more bosses but the fact that you guys added lore, and you gave the champions personalities blew me away. Honestly, I wish this was canon. Absolutely insane mod. Now I just have to beat the champions call.

[@charathefa11en]

How are you posted from before the video

[@seven8067]

The fun fact that all of the Knights combined. makes the Pale Knight's fighting style! If you look close, he uses bites and pieces of all of them as he was trained by them.

[@Nebula-Black]

Dude the fact that the new charms (with the exception of isma's) has references to Pure Vessels attacks, is so freaking cool!

[@tommasoperono8671]

I like to think that every knight has taught their own technique to pure vessel

[@Sepi-chu_loves_moths]

And then the void tendrils attack as the last new charm as well, that's really cool (although I don't think pure vessel used the stinky charm or ismas deodorant charm)

[@dingo8845]

During Ismas fight you can see Ogram changes his position to always watch her. Cool detail!

[@Sepi-chu_loves_moths]

Same with Che and zemer iirc

[@bigl1204]

How sick would it be if Team Cherry talked to the devs and made this mod a genuine DLC

[@eldritchcupcakes3195]

Kind of like what videocult (who developed a wonderful game called rain world) did with their dlc downpour. It’s literally just a bunch of mods with added lore

[@bigl1204]

@@eldritchcupcakes3195 yeah

[@AdaTheWatcher]

@@eldritchcupcakes3195 I get done playing my artificer run and suddenly I find this comment. Interesting.

[@GalactaKiller]

Just to see Dryya being officialized, I'd definitely be hyped for that timeline

[@bigl1204]

@@GalactaKiller yea, the coolest of the bosses for me is Isma, if I had a pc I could play this but I’m strictly console gaming so I can’t download mods

[@chickenln]

“They all bow at the beginning and you can kinda disrespect them” Me, who bows at every boss as I face them: DISHONORABLE

[@ELV13S]

i love that in isma's fight she teleports a lot but u can just look at ogrim and hell stare at isma constantly so you know where shell be

[@AlasdairGR]

I know it's not likely to happen with Silksong and its DLCs taking up all of Team Cherry's time, but it would be amazing to see this become a collaboration with the official devs and the mod devs. And for Chris Larkin to collaborate on the music with the mod composers. Make this official!

[@dr.kraemer]

I think it's great as is. I hope TC would agree.

[@jeefberky9101]

You get so used to the somber, dead state of hallownest during the game, even detached at times, that seeing it alive and well in this mod feels so amazing and sad at the same time.

[@audioLME]

It's crazy how far the community can go to create stuff that fullfills all parts of the game. lore, gameplay, music, aesthetics ...etc Hats down to those who contributed in this. be patient, SilkSong is coming soon, trust my word. (PS: Kindly Isma is too perfect to not exist officially in this game)

[@NastiaFortune]

Blue: Praises Isma and calls her his favorite of mode Skurry: "Isma deserves to die."

[@mebisanimationsandotherstu8977]

This video was such a morale boost

[@Bluevooid]

it's finally here, hope everyone can have the same fun we had testing it and we managed to get it before Silksong as well that's a win

[@CamalinoFolly]

oh hey

[@firespread5982]

At this point you have time to make another DLC before Silksong

[@Bluevooid]

@@CamalinoFolly stop stalking me camalino

[@fendrikdrake3320]

I mean you could have waited another year and still get it out before Silksong😂

[@ESparkAster]

@@fendrikdrake3320 For those who see this comment thread for the first time sometime after today, I can confirm to you that they indeed could have waited another year

[@spacelizard6059]

19:14 the way Blue says "that's so COOL!" made me so happy he sounds like a little kid getting a toy racecar

[@Dualithree]

Blue could've acted like this was an official new dlc and I doubt we would've even noticed. Such perfect encapsulation of the atmosphere each knight brings with the art, music and fights!

[@sunshineandrei2569]

I feel like mysterious lady had a VERY janky moveset.

[@peopleyouforgot]

@@sunshineandrei2569Did you listen? He got the mod early!

[@sunshineandrei2569]

@@peopleyouforgot and?

[@Mahoraga009]

@@sunshineandrei2569her name was “mysterious ze’mer”. Her fight was purposefully hard to telegraph due to her name. “Mysterious.

[@DungDefenderPoopBoi06]

​@@sunshineandrei2569 and that means that her boss probably wasn't finished.

[@pedrosala6218]

aww man, not the one and only reward room npc place holder.

[@mobgabriel1767]

"i think this guy was voiced by mossbag too cause mossbag is in the voice credits" finally mossbag hegemol

[@josebach02]

ngl heg_win_1 is pretty drammatic but heg_win_3? it's my favourite

[@theauditor3224]

4:05 "its all abit of a mystery" as hes going to Mysterious Ze'mer

[@arielgonzalez1636]

I feel like you can see where the Pure Vessel learned his fighting style. I think he must have spent a lot of time with Kind Isma because she would have treated him the nicest.

[@Significantharrassment]

Team Cherry: Take too long to release any form of information or content... The community: Fine I'll do it myself... *Hallownest Vocalized* *Pale court*

[@heatherramirez6141]

The Ancient Aspid boss

[@yuvie9588]

17:22 pale king is a god so you are technically a holy shit with this charm

[@Aleeeec]

Fun fact: If you look closely during the Zemer fight, you can see the Traitor Lords daughter watching in on the fight in the background Edit: wow 176 likes

[@josebach02]

@@dumpsterDeity nobody is watching heg ;-; he's watching the city

[@ethanrose9682]

@@josebach02 *The Town Inside Me starts playing*

[@monroerobbins7551]

@@josebach02his kidnappers are, which is mighty unfortunate.

[@Sepi-chu_loves_moths]

Another thing is her head follows zemer iirc which seems really cool

[@joofbing]

Turns out, if Team Cherry had simply asked their fans, they would've built Silksong for the team, likely for free 😂

[@SpoopyChicken]

"Insanely gay moment" Is forerever going to be my the most favorite 100% cannon dialogue in existence.

[@yohaifishman4261]

5:01 is it only me or the bridge looks like a white version of the bridge outside of the dead guard you dream nail to get into the white palace?

[@herxantpl6183]

25:14 famous last words: "this is actually easier"

[@qualifiedcornstarch6859]

17:58 what a beautiful little scene and a beautiful reveal walking in from the tunnel!

[@himignicest1571]

dude im not even past the intro and already ive felt entranced by the dlc clips just the same way i felt entranced when first playing hollow knight, ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY

[@ashes061]

Between, this and crowsworn coming out, i think that the silksons shaped hole inside my heart is filled.

[@hobodios]

I love this community seriously almost never you see one that creates content almost as good as the original game is just so impressive and beautiful.

[@GlorytotheImperium]

Little detail: ogrim follows isma in her bossfight, you can see his head moving

[@geiase8143]

When i saw that beam attack in Fierce Dryya my brain automatically went "Empress of Light" and then you said it. Safe to say it scared me

[@a_crocodile]

People waiting for silksong: oh well at least now we get this cool mod to keep us entertained Me waiting for hunter boss fight mod:

[@liagispixels4473]

Does nobody realize that Ze'mer calmly and randomly says "shaw" it's hilarious.

[@Prodolby]

Shaw

[@lasercraft32]

This mod is LEGENDARY. It looks almost completly authentic, like a literal Hollow Knight DLC in every way! (excluding those placeholder lines of course lol XD)

[@gmdFrame]

I hope devs of hollow knight will add "Bread" to one of characters in a new update/DLC.

[@franzluggin398]

5:18 Omg, the mantis (presumably Ze'mer's lover) being there is such a nice touch!

[@thedestroyerbird4930]

Imagine all the lore you can get from the upgraded defenders crest. Imagine how cool that would be

[@theman6422]

Man, never have I seen a more touching piece of dialogue after a fight than “Heg_win_1”

[@jakeguillot6246]

My only complaint is that while almost every hollow knight boss has a cool intro, most of these just start

[@theguywithsomething8634]

I would also add there don't seem to be many opportunities to heal; while some bosses are obviously made to be more difficult than others, the lack of stagger and healing opportunities are a bit too punishing to be considered fair

[@LadyMapi]

@@theguywithsomething8634 I feel like that's a result of this being designed to be challenging for people who are absolutely cracked at Hollow Knight. Which is fine, but it does blunt my enthusiasm for trying it out myself (since I'm not that good at Hollow Knight).

[@wax3825]

This doesn't make any sense, most hollow knight bosses have the exact same intro, these aren't much different, besides most people hate long intros on harder bosses anyway.

[@spookiiiiiiiii]

There's like 2 bosses with an intro

[@forkgodsdescendant2503]

@@theguywithsomething8634 They’re definitely designed to be equal to or harder than AbsRad Mystic Z’hmer especially. She moves like a DBZ character.

[@squibble08]

now we just need the VAs to do "hallownest vocalized dlc: pale court"

[@ferdymommers7022]

This is so cool! I remember a reddit post from a few years ago where they asked what would be a cool Hollow Knight DLC/mod idea and I actually made a comment how I would love to be able to battle with the 5 great knights, seeing how all of them have some representation left over in the main game. It is so cool to see that people were actually working on that (or even saw that comment and made it, no idea how long this has been in development or even how long ago that reddit post was) In the conversation that followed on that comment of mine we even came to the idea of a certain thing in the mod called the champions call which Blue has sadly missed in his first playthrough, so thats also really cool!

[@ShadowFireOnYoutube]

The Isma fight seems straight out of silksong

[@s0ggyVgab0nd]

This is so amazing wow, tysm for sharing your play through. Does anyone know if the devs have released the music anywhere? It’s some of the best stuff I’ve ever heard honestly

[@rcrobot7655]

Music will be out soon, probably tomorrow. It'll be on the composers personal yt channels

[@paladumb7272]

*CHARM SPOILERS* took me a bit to realize at 9:33 , the Vessel's Lament mimics one of Pure Vessel's atracks where it focuses soul and explodes, which is really really cool! Edit; Just realized Boon of Hallownest does the same thing!

[@matildakristensen541]

I'm so happy you got to play this early! This was amazing. I love being excited over this with the whole community. I am beyond impressed. This was so fun to watch and I can't wait to try this on my own at some point!

[@elliotbenjamin7420]

to use mark of purity, you have to hold the nail slash button. also, the last charm is in the abyss near the void tendrils unlock

[@HadeyanUtkan]

Great effort and taking Knights into this is also a great idea, I loved it. I only have a little bit of critics. Mysterious Ze'mer fight could've been way better. If she didnt start to move immediately at start but start with a gesture (like old big bosses in the game) also flowers on the floor are to high, you cant see where you land which is sucks and why you take that many damage while she is just walking over. And for Isma, even at hardest bosses of this game there is always a small gap for healing. And this one aint have, also there aint any clue about floor plants. I mean the plants on the wall can be trackable cuz she throws'em. But trap plants on floor spawns themselves and no clue for spawn or no clue when you kill one. So you never know did you kill it or a new one just came in. Other then that, its creative for sure. Art looks fine btw. Also, Ze'mer probably the strongest of'em and Ogrim the weakest. So it should've start with Ogrim and going to Ze'mer imo. And about Dryya, White Queen at background glows just too much and Dryya is white too, and her all attacks are white too.. Aint good for clarity which is HK known for in fights imo. Also, I think she talks too much, too repetetive. Just take example of Hornet. She aint say a word with every attacks, most of the times we saw war cries, screams and grunts from her like a Tennis Player but Dryya just talks, and it kills battle vibe imo. I just loved location of Hegemol, the background the lore behind this... Great Job. Great Job at Hegemol's animations too.

[@Green24152]

Sheo's "bread" text should at least have an homage to it in the final version

[@Pop-ve5tn]

I think that zote placeholder will be the pale king, maybe he’ll say something interesting or apologize to his crimes

[@TyceAndStella720]

"We can smell like royal shit now! As opposed to regular shit" -Blue 2023

[@some1and297]

The combo slash charm is SUCH A GOOD IDEA. I really hope this becomes a real thing.

[@dr.kraemer]

what a fantastic fan effort! thanks for showing us.

[@JoannaFalkowska]

Your joy and enthusiasm are so contagious. Thank you for sharing

[@FDGSO]

Just seeing him lose his fucking mind as the Isma fight progressed. “It’s a WALL!” Cracked me up.

[@eldritchcupcakes3195]

Do these fights remind anyone else of hornet? I’ve only fought her first encounter so you can probably tell I’m not that far, but the way dryya flies towards you reminds me heavily of hornet’s dive along with isma’s vine whip compared to her needle throw.

[@Shrimp_Fried_This_Rice]

Now that I think of it, they do- Isma and Dryya really remind me of Hornet because of how fast they move around and the audio queues before every attack

[@forkgodsdescendant2503]

All of them remind me of Lace (Except Hegemol) very reminiscent of Silksong for a mod released pre Silksong

[@xavierbehrens3015]

Isma especially seems like a more difficult version of Hornet Sentinel, albiet slightly modified.

[@Rassalcon]

I'm pretty sure Isma is using Hornets character model as a base, Dryya uses THK and Hegemol uses False knight (obviously). I don't know what Ze'mer uses though. might be totally original. Edit: I'm pretty sure Ze'mer is based on Traitor Lord

[@eldritchcupcakes3195]

@@xavierbehrens3015 yeah she was the first one I noticed

[@ninino86]

This was an act of love. Thank you to the creators

[@superfluousstuckupitude2512]

25:15 LOL he really said "easier!? hold this bitch!!"

[@bongwool0619]

The last one charm is abysall bloom, and It it hidden in the abyss added with the pale court.

[@Liketaknoww]

Yoooo this is so cool!!!!!! I can't wait to see it finished so I can watch a full letsplay

[@feeyouredschwartz3029]

This feels like a mod that is so good that you always play with it on no matter what, like hollow knight vocalized

[@nightmare_just_cant]

Im so glad you had fun playing this DLC!! I know I had fun watching!

[@Average-YouTube-enjoyer1]

Upgrades defender,s crescent:woaah now we can smell like royal shit

[@SirGiradon283]

Petition for team cherry to canonize this

[@duckINGQUACK]

Kid: Mommy, can we have failed champion at home? Mother:No, sweetie, we have failed champion on crack *failed champion on crack be like:*

[@cewla3348]

1:10 "i sculpt" and "bread" are true artistic magic.

[@theunexpectedua]

The final charm is in the Ancient Basin :) and it's EPIC!

[@exister6652]

What is it and where exactly is it found? I'm so curious

[@portiac6097]

Pale King?

[@Александр-г8г8к]

First of all, I wanted to thank you for such a wonderful video. The update came out really fabulous, with a pretty good challenge!

[@nocturnalexecutive3107]

HK fans really said: "FINE, I'll do it myself!"

[@wanderingvagrant1551]

"I wonder how [Isma] died" he said, while killing her

[@andybrewer0]

This was such a cool video to watch! Looking forward to part 2😄

[@renerichter4609]

Imagine team cherry puts the mod into the game

[@nathanielsimper5270]

The ze’mer charm is a reference to the pure vessel attack!

[@Dephax]

The way that this mod team has reflected lore in their combat systems is insanely well designed. The implication that the Hollow Knight had potentially sparred with the guardians from the very start and them taking moves from each of them and adding it in their own repertoire is great to see.

[@ja-melvinson7994]

I felt that Gauthier did the music as soon as I heard the first fight theme! It sounded SO similar to their Guardian of the Silken Toll song and I love it. God, this mod just blew me away. It’s so amazing

[@keithturnbull5625]

The only way to stop Skurry from making the Hollow Knight everything randomizer

[@mys3cretskill]

Great video blue! Im super excited to play this now that i actually know what it is!

[@TavernTheWise]

This proves how badly we need silksong

[@phee4174]

damn this mod is so cool, solidly on the same quality (or in some ways better for some of the less content packed ones like Hidden Dreams and Lifeblood) as the non-modded dlcs also omega pog on Ze'mer's girlfriend cameoing before the fight with her starts.

[@unarandom597]

Blue in the mod: I’ve never been happier of getting my asš kicked

[@kjanikova6731]

I'm so excited!!! I've been looking forward to this mod since the trailer came out. It looks absolutely incredible, it's mindblowing, what this community can do. Thank you so much, awesome job everyone!

[@murky16]

It’s crazy how much better fireb0rn is when it comes to first learning new boss fights in this game. He makes it look so easy even with barely knowing the boss patterns lol it’s wild. Not saying that bluesr is bad because you are also insanely good at this game. It’s just a totally different beast when you don’t know the patterns at first

[@Hecolmi]

the last charm is in a new room in the abyss

[@Sam-up8zp]

I think it’s funny how every person that plays this mod always stands right in front of hegamole and gets slammed immediately

[@MREmrdzcn]

This is basically Hollow Knight Convergence

[@jasmineloarid5186]

If the devs ever releases the soundtrack, i’m gonna buy it, no questions asked. Thank you for sharing this playthrough(?)! I really enjoy how genuinely excited you are ☺ Also,“now we smell like royal sht” makes me cackle so hard

[@omideixis]

i love your absolute unbridled joy at all the bosses. like if the true diehard hk players who know the game like the back of their hand love this mod, it HAS to be good. i mean, i can tell the art is beautiful and the bosses are interesting, but as somebody who hasnt played past early game hk i dont think my assessment means as much as yours. also somebody tell me why hegemol's boss arena and the ambient music before the fight made me tear up

[@bonesbreak123]

mommy of light mentioned, liked and subscribed

[@goosebearies]

this is so exciting!!!! this mod looks awesome

[@matildakristensen541]

28:55 ''Insanely gay moment'' WAS SENDING ME. I LOVE THIS MOD. These two are my favourite couple in the game, holy shit.

[@thatkidoverthere2925]

Damn, bro made this right after the mod came out, that is some crazy dedication

[@dertpert]

He got it early

[@thatkidoverthere2925]

@@dertpert yeah, i kind of noticed that after i posted the comment

[@blueish_01]

i hope team cherry allows them to add it to the actual game through them

[@Leddooo_9]

In the background of the hegamol fight, you can see the bugs that are in front of Grimms tent. That means that the Grimm troupe was part of Hallownest but separated for unknown reasons.