Hollow Knight Speedrun Finished In Under 34 Minutes (by fireb0rn)

[@another_random_ace8820]

Imagine being Elderbug. You see a tiny little figure run by you, then half an hour later the Black Egg Temple is re-sealed and the Radiance Plague stops.

[@elderbugisacooldude8743]

You mean jump over you?

[@nurulnajmaini3869]

@@elderbugisacooldude8743 lol

[@jaydandonaldson937]

That quick tho that's a sad savior he and he ignores almost all the bug

[@ethanlively3109]

@@jaydandonaldson937 I had a stroke trying to read this

[@dengamleidiot]

Imagine being black.. Yiiiesh!

[@lastname_passen]

Let us not forget this is also a speedrun for Cornifer

[@solisruben296]

*mapping intensifies*

[@platonymous_]

And quirrel

[@IcetrayYT]

Myla death percent?

[@davidsplooge14]

fall ill to the radiance world record any% (by myla)

[@jellycore1316]

OWAH XD TRUE

[@TarnishedProductions]

1:25 if you make Elderbug sad the run doesn't count

[@cucumberjoe6824]

Xurban correct

[@KingPandeh]

Elderbug Any%

[@phil3922]

Xurban true that si Breaking rule n:1636252848 of hollowknight

[@matt-ti8yw]

I never knew elder but did that D:

[@hossxox7388]

they actualy make him make a sad voice when you dont talk with him damn

[@eliasalias7851]

"We're leaving in half an hour." "Okay, just lemme play through Hollow Knight real quick."

[@akramyasser7609]

that joke is so overused it's not even funny anymore.

[@bdrk4650]

@@akramyasser7609 cry

[@jfar3340]

@@akramyasser7609 first time i hear it

[@omarzioui4766]

Hal Bell it is a play through in witch he played through the game

[@prosperosmoon]

@@akramyasser7609 Yeah I've never heard that joke b4, mabey your sense of humor is just dry

[@iansong1676]

The reason why speed runners use the Chinese version of Hollow Knight is because the Chinese version contains less text.

[@ridelbaker4607]

thanks man ,its useful for me cause i dont care bout the story i skip everything

[@iansong1676]

@@ridelbaker4607 :( then you're missing out on 50% of the game

[@ridelbaker4607]

@@iansong1676 its okay man, dont really care about stuff like that i like completing my games soon as possible

[@ClumsySlime587]

@@ridelbaker4607 You should give it a chance, hollow knight without a story is like bug without shell

[@ridelbaker4607]

@@ClumsySlime587 is it really that good?i mean is it worth the time spent?

[@nicolepanacho7128]

Imagine saving an entire population in half an hour

[@demonicdude1328]

39 minutes*

[@puckmin3487]

I mean is it really saving if you don't fight the radiance?

[@Firefly256]

There's still infection...

[@lifeblood2646]

What population

[@scottelliot8240]

@@puckmin3487 well it depends how you interpret the lore. There is a chance the the hollow knight had bonded with the pale knight and that is why the egg eventually started to leak infection. If that is the correct reason then there is evidence for and against the player character actually being able to possibly contain the infection indefinitely.

[@mrmanwithchocolate]

15:40 rolling outta bed on a Monday like

[@Адриэн]

Lmao 😂

[@juno7702]

That’s brilliant😂😂🤣

[@OssyAndarii]

Wtf hahahaha

[@ClaramayNivetta]

That made the whole video worth it 😂

[@nagibmahfuz1619]

Wtf

[@KirbeyAlt]

Seeing elderbug in speedruns always makes me sad.

[@alecnazz8126]

reRy we need a speed run that includes talking to elder bug

[@hekirb3382]

The game needs a speedrun mode where elderbug isn't sad

[@dannadeleon7787]

Me too :(

[@flumfybud]

just his sound as you run by makes me sad. And it happens twice in this speed run!

[@mechanical_bird]

:/

[@ShaudaySmith]

that grub that got all excited when the knight approached and then was sooo sad when he ran on by....

[@gabrielsebastiansilvera3057]

"Fun" (or rather, sad) fact: saving that grub doesn't save nor cost any time on the run and most runners save it. Fireb0rn is evil incarnate tho, to the point he purposely stopped and stared at it during an event before proceeding to ignore it

[@crimsonstrykr]

@@gabrielsebastiansilvera3057 He has even done a speedrun for that exact catagory on his channel. Its called Snub the Grub. Poor grubbies.

[@nathancarter8239]

Me: Ah, jeez, this boss is really hard. I'd better level up a bit before fighting him. fireb0rn: A knife in the hands of a master is more useful than a sword in the hands of a novice.

[@hadas5095]

in this case I think it’s more like a nerf gun in the hands of a master vs an AK-47 in the hands of a novice

[@chepecuber]

*F A C T S*

[@lifelyrics5659]

Hahha skip the nailsmith Haha

[@tobyk5091]

Zote: “Bah, that’s child’s play”

[@aspidacctvods]

Toby Knecht Zote did it in -2:59

[@nachomori3756]

Watch Zote kill the Radiance at -45:41

[@AQ-101]

@@nachomori3756 that scared me and spoiled part of the game thx for that

[@nachomori3756]

@@AQ-101 oh I didn't mean for it to be a timestamp. Really sorry there-

[@AQ-101]

@@nachomori3756 oh wtf

[@Andrew_J10]

Speedrunner: fighting false Knight Me: blinks Speedrunner: and then I killed hollow Knight

[@alka_3.4]

you are blinking very fast then

[@3n50ph]

...and I took that personally.

[@TheBlindFates]

Around 13:00 he uses his own dead ghost to get to a higher area. That's incredible

[@username-yn5yo]

yeah this completely blew my mind

[@bassb0i177]

Shade skips are crazy

[@festry_]

13:42

[@thedullestapple8686]

17:00* you didnt account for the timer being paused....

[@gaganzanwar]

@@thedullestapple8686 the times was paused bc fireb0rn entered a room transition The timer is always paused during those transitions

[@Akkuatica]

I just came here to see where the hell im supposed to go

[@kdhanimesan]

Bad place to look, since he skips things and does some things out of order... If you get a bit more familiar with the game and map you will understand what you need or where you need to pass. The rest is up to you exploring and not giving up (some places seem as if you can't pass but that deceives)

[@zapperman3557]

Yeah, I don't recommend looking at this to know where to go. There are a lot of sequence breaks and some of the sequence breaks are VERY precise. I would just look up a normal guide or keep exploring. Hollow knight is a wonderful game with a lot of great surprises :)

[@7ANKOUCH]

mee 2 but then i got lost XD

[@ocinnico2608]

10:23 I don't think you went the.. 10:32 ..ok

[@MatthijsvanDuin]

lol, welcome to explosion skip

[@pacifistminigun3987]

WTF WAS THAT?!

[@perkuu6937]

im so confused

[@MatthijsvanDuin]

@@perkuu6937 You can use a downslash of the nail to pogo off a variety of things, including the explosive projectile and even the explosion itself. The latter was eventually patched out, but most speedrun categories use v1.2.2.1 where it's still possible.

[@cataclyx]

@@MatthijsvanDuin it's technically not patched out, it's just insanely difficult to do now

[@vicenteisaaclopezvaldez2450]

You saved zote but didn't listen to the elderbug?, what are your priorities?

[@sheldonzs]

Money. He saved Zote for money.

[@mmyntz]

Sheldon Zamora-Soon but elder bug

[@shom924]

Josh_WithADog I hate zote

[@zankisfine3816]

He needs money for the run

[@vinhluongrh]

M o n e y

[@Geothedude]

I beat hollow knight for the first time a few days ago. It took me 72 hours.

[@r7ndom]

Same boat here. Took right around that long, although on my second playthrough I'm far more competent with the controls. Early bosses are taking only one or two attempts.

[@nickkhil]

60 hours , 97 % completion

[@adroitws1367]

now go to path of pain

[@brnk2]

45 hours, over 100% completion

[@AndreasK333]

53 Hours White Palace & Path of Pain completed 108%

[@mehmarcus1995]

The seer must've shat herself when the knight suddenly started sliding on it's face

[@concernedcommenter8258]

I dabble in speedrunning myself, from the closest bench to the boss room.

[@happyhattergamer8078]

Lmao

[@annacsetneki1817]

Everyone's talking about how the speedrunner made Elderbug sad... But hey! They never met Myla, meaning nothing bad will happen to her!

[@AQ-101]

That's true

[@kapa_nitori]

.... Myla was my favorite character becoz she sing nicer than my horrible voice

[@thedullestapple8686]

this mans a time traveler that can pause time if you noticed that he probably did that while he paused the time :/

[@shaikhgaminginc.6340]

@@thedullestapple8686 its only paused during transitions and loading screens. Like all other speedruns on different games.

[@nicklazy4207]

Apparently, getting crystal dash infects myla

[@bagelbramble7335]

The first six minutes took me two hours Also *you can just BREAK OUT of the False Knight fight?*

[@the_river_that_flows]

BagelBramble yeah but it makes getting to the city of tears a hassle

[@the_river_that_flows]

At least for a normal run

[@MatthijsvanDuin]

@@the_river_that_flows Nah, after getting walljump just go into deepnest to get the tram pass and take the tram to ancient basin ;)

[@the_river_that_flows]

@@MatthijsvanDuin deepnest=hassle

[@MatthijsvanDuin]

@@the_river_that_flows so I take it you disagree with CrankyTemplar's choice of taking the deepnest route to deliver the Delicate Flower? ;-)

[@koatghost6481]

I’ve never felt a deeper sadness then when I heard Elderbug make that noise

[@billytheburp563]

I thought I knew what sadness was but then I heard elderbug and I stand corrected

[@celiohelder1]

Time stamp?

[@03.ximipa3ahmadrinofarosmu3]

What about quirrel_death_nail.png

[@oliviamancer]

*Hornet:* "That was... fast."

[@commandblock7077]

she litterally got pingponged

[@taneev271]

TU GUD

[@corinth9140]

that fight took me like 15 deaths what the hell

[@petersimumba5904]

Me 50 deaths Hanhaa spent 5hours

[@cockconsumer658]

Hornet:sorry to bother you lord

[@trialconesiaur1638]

26:40 gave me a heart attack

[@thedullestapple8686]

the first time the timer stopped gave me a heart attack it was at like 1:00, thats usually the end of the run

[@nicklazy4207]

Totally! Thought he'd hit the spikes

[@stefanarnautu3032]

This whole video was a continuous heart attack.

[@Muff1nOfficial]

Dw he has plot armor

[@purpleskittlzz5040]

Even if I was speed running, I could never ignore elderbug

[@the_river_that_flows]

Purple Skittles I always ignore him except for my first play through

[@novaismajin]

Benyboy You monster!

[@gabrielesponsiello82]

@@the_river_that_flows how dare you

[@thatlonelygiraffeinc.6989]

@@wooloo4793 even the hollow knight had some emotion

[@thebleugamer_1187]

Benyboy your heartless

[@andriibilych]

This is what would happen if the knight wasn't controlled by a player. That is the whole purpose he was created. No side tracking, Very efficient and capable bug. Also the way he straight up slauthers Watcher knights is way too satisfying.

[@ieatfoodforbreakfast1003]

Don’t forget that the knight is not as knowledgeable as a speedrunner. The speedrunner already knows the very quick and efficient methods in finishing the game, the knight doesn’t.

[@thedullestapple8686]

apparently he can stop time to :/

[@totallycalixo]

@@thedullestapple8686 dawg YOU DONT KEEP THE TIMER GOING DURING A LOADING SCREEN/DOOR TRANSITION

but how if he doesnt have a will to move xD

[@BoginTheOrange]

​​@@thedullestapple8686 It's a speedrunning rule to stop time during transitioning, most likely because one can have a faster or slower transition then the other and it would be unfair.

[@nickkhil]

1/10 Didnt listen to the elderbug.

[@prodbxwzer9485]

the monster

[@ridelbaker4607]

i dont know if that important?

[@Oh-lk2qd]

@@ridelbaker4607 It's super important. He gets lonely :(

[@iamacatperson7226]

RIDEL BAKER he does actual tell you some neat things, not at first, but after a while

[@Person-ok3if]

O h lol Hes a about to die anyway

[@Sei783]

19:00 I went into that fight with Joni's Blessing, LifeBlood, DashMaster, 2nd nail upgrade, and 3 soul vessels, and it took me 4 hours and about 60 tries. Sigh...

[@MatthijsvanDuin]

At least in Any% (NMG) you have Shaman's Stone. Those masochists doing Low% (NMG) have to do the fight without any charms... and dashless (since you never fight Hornet in Low% hence never acquire dash).

[@movedchannels788]

Quick Slash and Mark if Pride are a dream combo for that fight if anyone needs tips. I couldn't best them without those two. I also recommend coiled nail + and unbreakable/fragile strength

[@mikeisapro]

Shade cloak and Shadow dash make them much easier, although those are not for speed runs you can get them in a normal run or steel soul run. I find they help more than anything else for me.

[@lukeferrell7931]

When I first played the game that was like the hardest boss

[@bli2z4rd]

Well it took me 2 or 3 tries for this one but it certainly took me 20~30 tries against Hornet 2nd encounter. Spent like 1 or 2 hours at that

[@KirbeyAlt]

17:01 I’m sorry??? So that’s what the top of that was...

[@demonicdude1328]

I found it on my blind playthrough, but it took me several dozen tries to get it

[@bli2z4rd]

Found it by myself too but I was like 🤯🤯 when I saw you could escape from false knight

[@dannemannen18]

Didn't save a single grub... 😔

[@MatthijsvanDuin]

Yeah, any% and low% runs of Hollow Knight tend to be pretty heartless. Although, the world record run in the Low% category (by homothety) actually does save the grub in the Beast's Den even though doing so is a (very small) time loss... I guess he just couldn't bear walking right past it ❤

[@MatthijsvanDuin]

@@davidzhu3525 (spoiler warning) If you combine the fact the kids are audibly fine with the description of Grubberfly's Elegy ("Contains the gratitude of grubs who will move to the next stage of their lives.") and the name of the achievement ("Metamorphosis"), it seems pretty clear that in fact the grubs are not consumed by the father. It's probably the other way around: they will consume the father as they are transforming into the grubberflies that will eventually emerge from his corpse.

[@kdhanimesan]

@@davidzhu3525 spoiler: No he gives them a vessel to grow in (a bit like hollow knight beeing the vessel...)

[@elecstorm3701]

More of a cocoon, in fact. Edit: i checked some stuff. Turns out that the word "grub" is used to describe an immature (larval?) form of beetle.

[@ridelbaker4607]

is this important?

[@minecraftmansionagency1100]

When the ghost keeps popping in and out of town and you start to wonder if you should actually take your medication.

[@iamacatperson7226]

Minecraft Mansions *Sad elderbug noise*

[@kurage_medusa]

These sonic movie trailers man

[@lazilexi]

He's just... gotta go fast, i suppose

[@AQ-101]

@@lazilexi maybe

[@Khan-_-Art1st]

I played this at 0.25x so I didn't feel as bad. 😔

[@alextheconfuddled8983]

Brow Ming Thats 2 hours which is still fast which is gonna make you feel equally as bad

[@AQ-101]

@@alextheconfuddled8983 XD

[@Dr.Funk8864]

Exactly

[@coati1285]

Ah, crap, I left the playback speed on double from an earlier video... no, wait... no I didn't.

[@maru4237]

lmao

[@DuckStrider]

Try 0.5

[@Big-Chungus21]

Considering a typical hk playthrough is 50-60 hours long, he has completed the game roughly 100 times faster than the average person.

[@iamacatperson7226]

FiveGreenBottles guess that’s means I’ve completed it in -50 times faster than a normal person 😢

[@loirigudo]

Story only? I did 77% in 33 hours

[@Big-Chungus21]

@@loirigudo i mean 100-12% it

[@Drewdignity]

I just finished Steel Soul run today at 104% in 15hrs. I didn't do any skip and get to areas with the intended abilities/items, and I don't rush, just playing casually. First playthrough will always be long because you didn't know what to do. Maybe another reason why I'm also fast was because I use fragile greed on first half of the game and deposit 4500 geo at the scam bank (got 1.5x from the scammer back), so I never have to farm at all

[@thedullestapple8686]

minus the pausing of the trimer

[@theaverage4918]

This is one of the most impressive speedruns I've seen. The timing is insane!

[@waheedabdullah6371]

Who else is excited for Hollow Knight Silksong?

[@Yusif683]

I really like the game but i dont like playing with that character.

[@bsigns1935]

@@Yusif683 whats wrong with hornet?

[@yourstruly4931]

@@bsigns1935 he could've got attached to the knight

[@83rdgec17]

@@JayFlare can't know for sure but probably the same as hollow knight

[@-schattenpflanze-3755]

@@JayFlare 0$ just pirate it

[@joshmarley6598]

What's the one thing in common with me and this guy? We both finished Watcher Knights with one mask left.

[@MasterIsabelle]

Same

[@gortgaming4883]

Same

[@Blake_Aphra]

13:34 - 11/10 MAD SKILLS!

[@niickeriino]

Thats actually one of the easier skips, but still hard :D

[@marc_sed]

Ikr, fuckin hell i never thought of this

[@Firefly256]

I was like wait why are you dying? Oh...

[@the_river_that_flows]

I tried this skip in steel soul. It didn’t work.

[@MatthijsvanDuin]

@@the_river_that_flows *sad trombone*

[@Levi_The_One_The_Only]

34:36 omg the poor thing

[@novaismajin]

VENO 》》 No, that one was real.

[@redacted144]

a real empty vessel. Made for one purpose only. Not the grubs

[@crunchygrunchy5741]

He never sat with Quirrel at the Blue Lake. He ignored Elderbug. He ignored Cloth. He ignored Hornet. Shame

[@lordpetroollo6979]

He saved Zote.

[@hakkboi1987]

@@lordpetroollo6979 shame

[@lordpetroollo6979]

@@hakkboi1987 ikr

[@thesovereignofdawn9300]

*SHAAAW!

[@lindylou538]

Shaaaaammmmeeeeee

[@theone76779]

At first I thought “he’s not gonna get a map?” Then it hit me

[@bronzekilla]

He doesn't n e e d a map.

[@aitusai]

The map gonna need him

[@MatthijsvanDuin]

At least he could see. There are also runs (e.g. the WR low% run by homothety) that take a route that traverses deepnest from fungal wastes to distant village early in the run, prior to obtaining the lumafly lantern. That means near zero visibility in the left side of deepnest.

[@notsosecretsnacker5218]

@@MatthijsvanDuin that is actually insane

[@MatthijsvanDuin]

@@notsosecretsnacker5218 Welcome to Low% ;-)

[@moonzero-xm7014]

I wonder how many hours of Hollow Knight you must've played to be able to do this. Insane! Everything just timed to perfection. Impressive!

[@xkaydv]

What's more insane this is the 8th best time so there's 7 people who can do this faster

[@Yato_64]

Eh ugado 101 hora y no me veo capaz de hacer, dire que 300 a lo mejor jaja

[@Cub__]

Fr

[@znivu]

​@@Yato_64vitally

[@viccx_]

this guy in 5 minutes got more progess than me in 1 week

[@darkwraith5546]

I didn't know you could destroy the boss gates WTH! That acid pool crystal heart thought 🤯

[@edk3492]

you can only destroy the one by false knight

[@Firefly256]

EDK glitch or the game made it that way? I haven't fought false knight yet so...

[@MatthijsvanDuin]

@@Firefly256 Being able to escape from False Knight after the first stagger is intentional, so you can get the fireball spell and start exploring Greenpath and beyond if you want. It's not very helpful though: the fireball spell won't help you much with False Knight since you can't get much soul during that fight, the next boss isn't going to be any easier, and you need the City Crest obtained by defeating False Knight to progress later in the game (unless you take an unusual route around that obstacle).

[@Ehlyer]

What when I first encountered false knight I fought for my life lmao but I did win

[@bli2z4rd]

@@MatthijsvanDuin Trust me I took that route and only 30 hours later I discovered that statue to use that crest. On the other side of a huge door. And I didn't have that ground slam. *sigh*

[@spiegel6137]

27:44

[@batman4life203]

Is this cheating

[@crimsonstrykr]

@@batman4life203 Nope. Acid skip.

[@yse2594]

Team Cherry: The achievement is "complete the game in 5 hours" People: I complete the game in 34 minutes Team Cherry: Oh no no no no... (I admire you, and I love your videos s2)

[@DaydreamOrca]

this person is clearly a sith lord

[@youvee01]

3:36 Excuse me, what? 😮

[@that1trashborb948]

Yeah that's allways been there it's a secret escape

[@interdimensionalgoober8769]

youvee01 it’s the hollow knight pacifist route

[@DamageMaximo]

Yes

[@oliversmith2]

Can someone please explain how 10:30 jump works please? I've tried and died multiple times, is this patched?

[@skininja1747]

@@oliversmith2 no but they patched it to make it basically impossible

[@greensmurf221]

I always think the City of Tears flyers said, "BROTHA!!!!"

[@celiohelder1]

BRAVAAAA

[@lilzorro9142]

34:36 couldn't even save the grub :(

[@koriyoro]

Help my dog get 1000 subscribers and he didn’t talk to elder bug

[@MatthijsvanDuin]

oh he certainly _could_ save the grub. he just didn't.

[@singe6264]

Truely hollow

[@Forduss]

33:38 I will never not find that funny, that and entering the coliseum with it being dead silent then a massive cheer

[@Serapter]

Its funny seeing it happen a second time, seeing it blind is the most fear i have felt in this game

[@VOID_X362]

It’s funny that this and getting to Nosk for the first time, nosk actually jump scared me when he screaming and snapped his head, I jumped

[@bli2z4rd]

@@Serapter "seeing it blind"

[@NoInternetDinosaur]

It’s like they’re saying “One of us, one of us, one of us”

[@agrey985]

Making Elderbug sad should be illegal

[@Firefly256]

And the grub at 34:37

[@nickalleye]

Lol, it took me 62 hours. But that's okay, speedruns aren't my thing. Especially with a gorgeous game like Hollow Knight. I mean, how can you not save the poor caterpillars??

[@miguelmmr4186]

True

[@hawoaliahmed6996]

"Save"

[@cabbageable]

@@hawoaliahmed6996 hm?

[@majkelmm6788]

They are grubs not caterpillars u uncultured swine :v

[@spicketspaghet7773]

This has likely taken the speedrunner hundreds if not thousands of hours.

[@DontMindMeFellowKids]

All of this without having the wayward compass, truly impressive!

[@berry-7354]

The knight: *passes elderbug* Elderbug: my life has been ruin

[@rh457]

Imagine being the seer and u finally find the dream nail weilder that your tribe has been dreaming for centuries and he just floats away In his sleep.dam.

[@DamageMaximo]

1:25 i didn't know he would do that, that's so cute!

[@mujackanims3098]

Yeah but it’s sad

[@elecstorm3701]

*Hooo...*

[@cornellrpgdrums]

And if u return to talk to him he changed the chat

[@art2norrman872]

Its nice that you guys gave attention to this indie masterpiece

[@lostime2743]

and I thought Mario was unforgiving This madlad didnt take Focus

[@wax3825]

Wtf is that supposed to mean, the second you start the game you have it

[@jumpman120]

@@wax3825 He want to say that the speedrunner never use focus for regenerate is life

[@CyJayVT]

He did Focused to heal, check the Hollow Knight final boss...... He healed once. And if we're being technical he focused 5 times (3 for the beings 1 for the hollow knight and 1 focus in the battle hollow knight)

[@anthonyalvarez5737]

Jason Tuaño most likely referring to the charm “quick focus”

[@numanbemir7393]

13:44 wow

[@cosmology124]

15:45 me rolling out on the first day back

[@uhyanyan]

27:50 .....

[@SlXEYES]

Anthony Yan how

[@tatiputz]

y e s

[@Wispa03]

According to this speed run i was heavily under-using the wraith spell

[@jackp8559]

No mind to think No will to break No time to heal

[@Xaero13]

He healed once

[@Djsanddy]

These are mad skills. it took me 5+hours to reach at 2nd boss fight

[@uwumastermax8853]

DJ Sanddy me too lol

[@Hackerackerackeracker]

Buddy it took me like 3 days to get to greenpath I'm sure you're ok

[@lucario293]

Im on a steelsoul mode play and i beat hornet after 45 minutes

[@Mindless0]

I think I took long too on my first playthrough, but on my second or third one I got there in like, 40-50min

[@ДенисШубин-в1г]

@@lucario293 i can get dream nail on 45 minutes :/

[@muratyaman866]

I can't even jump properly, he/she kills bosses just like they're nothing.

[@livtheolive3888]

Ya also you know you can just say they if you don’t know their gender

[@anyaconda5172]

In this case using they would create an ambiguous sentance. "They kill bosses like they're nothing." They're could either refer to the subject, "they", or the object, "bosses". It would almost certainly be the later based on context, but why not sidestep the issue entirely?

[@lincoln537]

I didn't have such abilities from the start. But maybe he finished it already, got skills and then finished it again.

[@lasagna3289]

It. The vessel is an it.

[@myrdigarius]

@@anyaconda5172 Don't push him. Obviously he is Turkish.

[@looots1320]

when you want to show your father you're the real vessel 27:36

[@iamacatperson7226]

Looots 13 Nah, wrong place, more when he skipped elder bug *Sad elder bug noise*

[@shim2822]

15:45 "aaAaaAAh..." knight : OK, I'ma out of this...

[@ken-to2132]

Very fast knight at incredibly hihg speed

[@mrtelescope8764]

CupHead:I,am the hardest game! Hollow Night:Hold my dream nail

[@stylesnivy1839]

The hardest game:hold up

[@Firefly256]

The impossible quiz: I'm going to ruin _these two men's_ career

[@myrdigarius]

@@Firefly256 It's not that hard.

[@zachiematubis2415]

Me: Okay ill just watch Speedrunner: * ignores Elderbug and Myla * Me: * TRIGGERRED NOISES *

[@will_of_europa]

Elderbug isn't sad, he's worried. This random stranger with an emotionless 1000 yard stare enters his village, speaks to nobody, and heads toward the danger. For all Elderbug knows, he could be heading to his death and Elderbug just wanted to warn the strange traveler.

[@pikmingabo765]

And then he comes back from the old stagway and buys a lamp in less than a minute

[@KittehsMadness]

13:35 absolute madman

[@pot5131]

I can't be the only one who didn't know that I could leave false knight early

[@tar-tar-taglia2071]

15:46 . Thats it. Best part of the run.

[@diamondbowgamer3812]

Took me hours to figure out I could get a nap, took me another to figure out what I was even doing, and after another hour I faught the false knight and died many times, it wasn’t for another 2 hours I got vengeful spirit- and you did it in 4 minutes.

[@pikekempe]

I really wanted that nap

[@gamehideout3150]

I watch Hollow Knight speedruns to remind me what a trash player I am. This was yet again successful.

[@jackdog06]

If there was still even the slightest doubt in your mind that the watcher knights weren’t the hardest boss in the base game, this dude got hit 4 times.

[@noalsono393]

@Pascal483 also markoth...

[@oliviatilleman8055]

does [secret final boss] count as the base game?

[@lucianoroberti1734]

How about nkg or absrad or pure vessel

[@chriscraft0424]

Nkg is my least favorite in the game

[@jackdog06]

@@lucianoroberti1734 nkg, absrad and pure vessel are not part of the base game, they were all added later and are optional

[@krishc.8980]

12:48 lol mantis claw form in the air wow

[@thecommentguy9380]

mad skills

[@ginjerninjaz6558]

Iv literally been stuck on the watcher knights for nearly 2 hours just to watch them beaten in seconds

[@no-no7md]

i feel you, it took me like 4-5 hours to actually get past them

[@apostropheliam]

Every time he walked past Elderbug my heart broke a little more

[@literal-garbage]

Elderbug: *waves* Knight: I AM SPEED Elderbug: :(

[@bloomenvogel]

That made me laugh more thqn it shouldve

[@mitchellsminkey2005]

I can imagine this guy popping off after completing the wold record speedrun

[@flyingrainfrog898]

Fireb0rn: Kills minibosses in a nanosecond Me who can kill them in at least 2 mins: *What just happened*

[@arsenijeandric]

-pick up the pizza in 40min -ok let me just speedrun hk

[@StankPlanks]

Amazing work! I adore this game, can’t wait for the sequel!

[@Dr.Funk8864]

3y ago

[@luluskuy]

@@Dr.Funk8864 yup, still waiting..

[@LostKin]

4

[@chase2270]

32:25 ouch!

[@cptpowerpuff]

You do realize that he exploited the respawn to be ahead after he got hurt?

[@AgentFire0]

@@cptpowerpuff probably not

[@Stranger11105]

Each of the bosses and dreamers just feel a force t-posing toward them and start sweating loudly

[@BlueMaskGuy]

*I saw the title and literally nearly threw up out of shock and confusion....*

[@user-xt7zs7tn1c]

The way this dude annihilates every boss in 2 seconds and walks off before they even fully die

[@MossPoet]

The thing with deflecting the falling stalactite was impressive.

[@manuelquerochang2275]

And this went wrong. Usually they killed both Bugs with that shot

[@tigerstripedsinger]

23:00 he sat at the bench, why didn't he save quit to get back to kings station?

[@dargons5145]

The game saves after you beat a dreamer. Had he quit, he would've just woken up at the dreamer's place.

[@sirinpyx]

When Silksong is gonna be released in 1 hour and you wanna have a quick recap...

[@krishc.8980]

15:44 LOL WTF

[@tenorsaxophone2012]

The real Shape of Unn

[@y.a.k.e9095]

5:45 . What happened?

[@siddharthaguha5383]

Minor glitch exploited.

[@soapee1818]

For some reason, if you stand at that place the fireball hitbox hovers over the Baldur and kills it

[@MatthijsvanDuin]

Note that this doesn't work anymore on current patch. Hollow Knight speedruns generally use v1.2.2.1, unless the category involves Godhome (which use v1.4.3.2) and categories that allow exploitation of major glitches (where people often use older versions with more glitches to exploit)

[@frysauce8653]

Ain’t a KZbin speedrun comment section without the “mom: you have 49 minutes to finish your game. Fireb0rn:”

[@CodeDarky]

8:40 WoW.. very hardcore

[@bizmonkey007]

Wow, their spacing is perfect, especially in the Hollow Knight fight itself.

[@mikh_kovalev]

Imagine being hornet. Some tiny thing with a sword follows you while killing everyone on it's way and when you try to fight it you get literally OBLITERATED. That's fking horrifying