This Achievement in Hollow Knight is SOUL CRUSHING

[@Snamwiches]

Since I still get this question a lot, I have dash before Hornet since I put the clips out of order. The acid shenanigans happened after the boss fight but it worked better narrative-wise if I placed it before. I have the entire playthrough available on my second channel so I promise I’m not up to no good lol

[@1D1074]

out of joke, steel heart is a lot easier than embrace the void, ive completed the game in 100% while steel soul in september 2022, ive played the game since 2020 and i still cant obtain embrace the void, i died in absolute radiance lol, just a fact

[@1D1074]

btw more people obtained embrace the void than steel heart, i feel good by having the rarest archievement but at the same time a bullshit because i don have embrace the void ;w;

[@1th_to_comment.]

That second achievement is easy.

[@FrightNight765]

Gruz mother is a real bug, those small Gruzzers are it’s baby’s. It’s journal entry states that it dose not lay eggs and it’s children lay in its stomach.

[@User.l4]

​@@1D1074 ur br right?

[@ivanbessonov5405]

I remember dying at, like, 92% completion to Hive Knight's bee minions when we was already in his dying animation... Never underestimate this game

[@cherto_poof]

DLCs don't count to 100%, DLCs count to 112%

[@cherto_poof]

DLC counts towards the extra 12% but if you want, you can do the DLC content rather than basegame to replace some percent of the game

[@Snamwiches]

Definiely! Never in a million years did I think I'd die to Dung Defender haha

[@cherto_poof]

Dung Defender's dung balls can be really annoying to avoid sometimes as you have to avoid the dung balls while trying to avoid him if hes rolling, or trying to hit him while avoiding the dung balls.

[@stestir7933]

I remember losing my Steel Hearth run with 111% to Radiance. I forgot that you can die on her, and that she isnt a dream type boss.

[@Bubblegum-Cupcake]

“I was big, strong, and not dead” *looks at Zote’s skull* “Unlike Zote”

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

Thanks, i'm deaf and couldn't hear what he was saying.

[@theman9371]

I think the most impressive part about hollow knight achievements is that Team Cherry could have very easily made them more difficult than this, but they didn't, because achievements aren't meant to be a long grind that you end up hating yourself over. They are meant to be goals you set for yourself as a player, and when you achieve those goals, you feel all the more satisfied. There's actually an easter egg in the game for beating the pantheon of hallownest without taking damage, where the notch at the top center glows upon completion. I have not done this myself yet, but my 200 hours tell me I'm getting fairly close. It isn't displayed as an achievement because most people are actually sane and don't want to do that to themselves, but it's there for the people who do.

[@mooc7651]

There’s a secret for completing pantheon of hollow nest with either all bindings at once or all of them individually which lets you go to a secret area with some more lore

[@Snamwiches]

Yeah I love achievement lists like Hollow Knight's which are hard but fair. Def could've made all bindings or all radiant bosses an achievement too if they were sadistic lol

[@nifftbatuff676]

How ironic.

[@panthekirb7561]

*The final pantheon has entered the chat*

[@hudsonmaumill3552]

Thanks now I will forever feel sad because I will never get this

[@PhoenixHavok]

Me seeing Hollow Knight: "Oh hey I love that game" Me after seeing which channel this is and having gotten all the achievements for Hollow Knight: "Oh I know where this is going"

[@laylatarabay3636]

I saw what he Posted and I thought oh this poor soul there’s not gonna be a singular ounce of sanity left

[@Megaderpus_Maximus]

HOW DO YOU BEAT PATH OF PAIN?

[@mikaelpalm2130]

I love this game as well but i sure doesn't have the patience for trying this.

[@bandar_]

@@Megaderpus_Maximus equipping hive heart or kings soul will help you out a lot

[@kawabewa_8w8]

@@Megaderpus_Maximus equip gathering swarm and wayward compass

[@meticulousCheese]

Tip for anyone going for steel soul completion: You can skip 12% of completion, since it goes up to 112%. This means you can cherry pick completion tasks. I recommend strategically going for more difficult tasks with the lowest level of upgrade you feel comfortable with, so you do not lose a lot of time on reset.

[@evancabe9294]

oh these two achievements. Embrace the void took me nearly two years. steel soul/ heart wasn't that bad as I just did the dlc stuff and then the normal ending. regardless, a fun strategy for steel soul/ heart is to abuse the save and quit feature. for anything that could kill you or that is about to kill you, just save and quit. good luck anyone who actually reads this, and good luck on your future endeavors Snam!

[@jeremyhahn3612]

I only had to do that for Nosk because I was so used to fighting flying Nosk. Flying Nosk was easier than ground Nosk, and when he knocked me down to 2 life I wasn't risking it. I felt bad but don't plan on doing it again.

[@doomguy_the_slayer]

i can't do embrace the void cause i have broker. Joy coks and can't completd White palace

[@robert23456789]

So basically to do steel soul save 99.9% of the time so many people cheap out like me

[@billybobbobson3797]

That's cheap

[@N4t0r]

​​@@billybobbobson3797 well you aint getting an extra reward for not doing that so its the perfect strat for people that just want to get 100% done.

[@Rockgod17]

Oh yeah this channel is going to blow up I guarantee it. The editing is crisp the commentary is funny, and it's a consistent string of bangers. Granted it's not a given but I'd almost put money on it.

[@CantHandlePureCrack]

how many subs did he have 3 months ago?!

[@Rockgod17]

@@CantHandlePureCrack if I remember correctly like 10-15k.

[@CantHandlePureCrack]

@@Rockgod17 ngl homie, you might haev been a tad bit correct

[@casedistorted]

no

[@zoner-g8x]

guess u were right

[@spectraldragon09]

As an achievement hunter myself I love watching these videos because I can watch someone else suffer the same way I have for so long

[@Snamwiches]

Haha, we're in this together brother

[@DJsquare3]

Agreed. Its very satisfying to see somone else go though the same hell.

[@kenjikune2565]

You know, I'm something of an achievement hunter myself.

[@imreszabo4256]

Other achievement hunter here! :)

[@cashel1015]

@@imreszabo4256 same as well!

[@Crazy_Diamond_75]

The flower one is easy if you decide on a path first, clear the whole path, then go get the flower without resting on a bench. The only enemies you'll fight are the super weak ones that spawn on area load. Also, for Flukemarm, I didn't even find her until I had the upgraded Howling Wraiths / Abyss Shriek ability. If you have shaman stone on during that fight, you can kill her before she even spawns anything.

[@noobitokenshin7909]

I had done the exact same strategy after dying alot

[@guardianfish7718]

But then the fight will be over too soon and you won't get to watch her sexyness /j

[@Chromebookdemon]

@@guardianfish7718📸📸

[@Snamwiches]

Yo! I've been getting an influx of comments on the video mentioning how Embrace the Void was the harder of the two achievements (which is a 100% valid opinion to have and I'm sure they don't mean anything bad by it) so I wanted to make a pinned comment expressing why I focused on Steel Heart in case the end of the video didn't do a good enough job of explaining it: 1. I personally found Steel Heart to be the harder of the two. Embrace the Void took me 1/2 as many attempts and 1/10th of the time. (although all the bosses on radiant difficulty took me 2 months, thank goodness that wasn't an achievement lmao) 2. This achievement had a more engaging storyline. Me dying once in Pantheon 5 then immediately beating it after seemed a little anticlimactic, which is why I only really touch on my Embrace the Void attempts at the end of the video. 3. There are a lot of content creators (Nick AR, Atrioc, etc.) that have made fantastic videos on Pantheon 5 already, and I wanted to focus on the hard Hollow Knight achievement that has a bit less love content-wise. Hopefully these points sound reasonable! Catch you all in the next vid!

[@darkmatter9643]

I personally found it harder to do embrace the void but that doesn’t mean you don’t deserve an opinion

[@AshenDust_]

It’s weird how people can have completely different experiences with this game. I did Steel Heart first try in under 15 hours without quitting out, getting the Steel Soul, Steel Heart and Speed Completion achievements at the same time, but it took me ages to do all of Godhome and get Embrace the Void.

[@alphathewolf583]

I think it comes down to what each achievement requires. When I did Steel Heart I got it first try due to being so paranoid that I put off all the bosses as long as possible, and avoided some I did not like by doing safer % points like expansion charms. getting as OP as possible before every threat, and then since the run only requires a win I just did the base ending. Meanwhile I have been trying to beat P5 for over a year... and still have not gotten past Pure Vessel making me wonder how I ever beat P4, more than once no less.

[@TEM1757]

While i can appreciate this opinion, i also beat steel soul 100% in under ten hours on my first try for three achievements at once so I don’t know where my room to say is, i personally think p5 is harder mechanically speaking because there are many routes to 100% that can avoid harder content to keep safer, after fighting all the bosses enough times steel soul just doesn’t feel all that threatening (not to mention you can kinda cheat by quitting the game to get out of a bad situation if you’re about to die), all in all beating steel soul 100% just requires a bit of patience and enough skill to beat the mandatory bosses and other safe options while for p5 you need to be able to beat every single boss in a row without dying, which I find to be much harder, in the end it comes down to skill set and the amount of patience you have to put up with holding off on bosses

[@unoriginal670]

The achievment isn't hard I die it First try

[@marviojnr]

18:11 "this is just the best day of my life" *EXPLODES*

[@kuldain]

That final boss "death"...NGL had me in the first half! Awesome video Snamwiches, looking forward to more!

[@Snamwiches]

I wanted to make the cut similar enough to trick, but different enough for people to realize after haha. Glad it worked that way

[@tobylewis8958]

Snamwhiches:I won't make the same mistake 10 times Proceeds to make the same mistake 5 times A man of his word I see

[@fable23]

SIDE NOTE: If you're going for Steel Soul 100%, it's worth doing enough Pantheons on your main file to unlock Godseeker mode. Whenever you come to a tough boss you're not 100% sure you can first try in Steel Soul, you can use your Godseeker file to practice them before you fight them for real. I'm actually shocked to see that more people have done Pantheon of Hallownest than Steel Soul 100%. I really enjoyed doing Steel Soul runs, whereas every time I get to Pantheon 5, I tap out, mostly because I find it kind of... boring? Like any time I would die in Pantheon 5, I would sigh and pull out my phone and start messing around because I just didn't feel like trying again. Whereas when I died during Steel Soul, I would be furious, and immediately start a new run, thinking of how I could overcome whatever killed me. Even though a Steel Soul death represents MUCH more lost time than a Pantheon 5 death, I found a Pantheon 5 death much more demoralizing, because I really just didn't want to be doing it all that much to begin with. I guess I enjoy exploration, routing, and gaining abilities more than just fighting bosses.

[@matheuscabral9618]

I think the more time you lose the more demoralizing it is, but I really don’t understand why more people did p5, it’s much harder, the thing with steel soul is that it’s too easy, if you practice the bosses on godseeker mode and go for the nail upgrades, steel soul is extremely easy

[@Cosmic-Comet]

Same, for years I've had 112% on my steel soul save with the only achievement I'm missing being to beat pantheon 5, occasionally I'll pick up the game again give it an attempt or two and then put the game back down for months.

[@stormkrader409]

also p5 is constant aggression without a break which can be more "tiring" then starting over in steel soul since u get a lot of recovery time as you head to the next boss.

[@Juan_7_7_7]

Yea same i did this achivement 1 or 2 weeks ago and although you get very angry and sad after dying you still want to play and you gwt a feeling of determination that no pantheon gives

[@V8chump]

I think p5 just sucks because 44 of the bosses are absolute pushovers and radiance is…. Quite annoying…. There’s quite a few ways for radiance to frame trap you into taking damage no matter what when you fight it on the small platforms in the 2nd phase.

[@johnhein2539]

I hit all the achievements last winter, it was a great feeling! My final achievement was the speedrun.

[@Snamwiches]

Mine was too actually, congrats!

[@rykerlawson9542]

Same

[@Quirkalicious_07]

Same it was my last achievement cos I knew it was gunna be hard

[@Justanyone_]

Now try doing speedrun and steelsoul together

[@shadysorkin9214]

My last one was leaving Zote to die. It was twice as sweet.

[@punishedvenomsnake716]

Love the vibe of your channel, man. I found your channel with your Dead Space 2 video and you're hilarious tbh. Plus the narration, great editing and gameplay all seamlessly mixed in is so dope. Hyped for this one as well 🔥

[@brunoverasferreira6263]

Me too

[@michaelross3241]

He's even better on Twitch, worth checking out!

[@punishedvenomsnake716]

@@michaelross3241 Will do, thanks for the suggestion! 😁👍

[@RichThofen_]

I found him with RE2

[@Snamwiches]

Thank you man, the support for the channel has been crazy and I wanna keep making the quality better!

[@awanderingtraveler1972]

Amazing work, personally I found embrace the void to be too difficult for myself and thought that surely, this was the achievement which I could 'just' try to go for. After about 20 attempts and grueling death after grueling death I managed to do it, but if I'd known what one has to put themselves through to get it before I started trying I wouldn't have even bothered. Incredible to see someone full on know what its gonna take and still do it! Keep up the good work

[@RivkahSong]

I love that he's picking up more subs, he totally deserves it, but I have the sneaking suspicion that basing his channel around getting extremely frustrating and rare achievements is going to cause long term blood pressure issues lol.

[@nina9565]

The pro tip for this achievement is to always practice boss fights on godhome (without any charms so it's closer to fighting them without the nail upgrades and masks). All my deaths were to regular enemies, the first one in city of tears after grinding to get enough geo to upgrade the nail for the first time and hurrying back to the smith, and the last one was to one of the creepy things that you have to hunt down for the phantom troupe, the third phase one very near the end of the game.

[@Milkshak33]

Practicing in godhome is a waste of time, at least for me

[@nina9565]

@@Milkshak33 It's a worse waste of time to die in steel soul and have to start over.

[@Milkshak33]

@@nina9565 true, but it ends up not being that helpful, and besides, beating p5 is usually enough to never die to a boss ever again as long as you have good enough equipment.

[@nina9565]

@@Milkshak33 Sure... But then you practiced at fighting bosses in godhome. This is a tip for people who are struggling at getting the steel soul achievement, people who beat the final pantheon aren't struggling with steel soul.

[@kingmanmillenia]

I found your channel today and binged them all just to fall into despair only to be lifted out with a new video as soon as I finished the last video.

[@mswynter1840]

I feel "all the strength in the world could not help my platforming" in my soul

[@K-norr]

These videos are so addicting. I also respect the grind

[@MrBubbabolly]

I remember thinking when I first started playing that there was no way I'd ever go for the hardest achievements. I'm no speedrunner by any stretch, I'm not madly proficient in micro movements, and permadeath on a potentially 10+ hour run sounded way too much for me. But over the many years I've beaten and rebeaten this game, I ended up eventually conquering them all. Even embrace the void, the one peak I never thought I'd be able to climb was such a rush when I finally overcame the final boss of the gauntlet. It goes to show how fantastic this game really is, that I'd even consider stepping so far out of my comfort zone to go for these. I love Hollow Knight so damn much.

[@Snamwiches]

I was the exact same way! I'm so glad I decided to do these in the end. I'm glad you were too!

[@matheuscabral9618]

same for me, I didn’t think I would even get past the third pantheon and here I am trying p5 all bindings

[@nick_ar]

I’m so glad I didn’t have to go through what you Xbox players had to go through for the ps version of hollow knight 😅

[@Snamwiches]

Haha I saw what you had to go through in Pantheon 5, the Plat’s difficulty is still no joke

[@berryamv2296]

Love your vids Nick.

[@matheuscabral9618]

if you’re good enough to do p5, you can definitely do steel soul 100%

[@WhiteMagnums]

Been hooked on this channel for a minute now. Don't and never will understand achievement hunting but doing incredibly stressful stuff like this for not very much gain I can understand and it makes for great content.

[@ianbraun271]

The main reason for achievement hunting: Because they are there, and a goal to complete.

[@bwbryanwhite494]

This channel is going places content is always amazing. Another great vid keep up the good work !

[@pierre-luco9056]

Overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer

[@Doying912]

You have quickly become one of my favorite channels ever! Keep up the awesome work!

[@goldrath]

Got the Steel Soul, Steal Heart, and Speed Completion in a single run, it was my first legitimate Steel Soul run as well. I'm happy to watch this. (previous times I just committed 6 feet under just for the unique death animation)

[@eyeofcthulhu88]

Omg that is what I did too I did it in 15 hours

[@monkeywithocd]

Not having to do the trial of the fool and that stupid moth at the end definitely makes this more doable than I thought at the beginning of the video, but still, I think I died to that first miniboss in my first playthrough. The idea that anyone could get this achievement is beyond unreal to me, let alone in only 4 tries.

[@Snamwiches]

I struggled so hard with coliseum 3 when I first played this game, so I was so happy when I found out I could completely avoid it lol

[@neptune_main4049]

Love watching these seeing how surprisingly wholesome Snam is during these stressful challenges, honestly inspiring

[@andrewwalker5138]

I would just like to say I found this channel randomly two days ago and since then I’ve seen every video you posted and I’m well anticipating the next. I can’t wait to see this channel blow up👍

[@Snamwiches]

Thank you man! Hope the next video comes out even better!

[@MrEggison]

I remembered crying when I finally got all the achievements, it was an amazing game

[@giftedfox4748]

Snamwich is so good at games, I can't imagine him dying to a simple boss... Like maybe, the Dune Defender? Yeah, that guy is a complete joke so long as you move left or right. Now, time to watch his skills to get this hard achievement! *walks away at the 11 minute mark* You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them. bring balance to the force, not leave it in darkness.

[@Snamwiches]

Yeah what kind of idiot would die to the Dung Defender?? Definitely not me lol

[@cairiss]

dung defender i get but no idiot could lose to FLUKEMARM

[@YouDeer9521]

Ngl you got me with that footage swap lmao. I actually had to pause the vid to fully process the horrific thing I just saw 😂. Congrats man!

[@Snamwiches]

LMAO I’m so glad it worked that way haha

[@puffytrashqueen652]

Hollow knight is one of my favourite games of all time (I suck at it but that doesn't matter). My dad and I enjoy playing it together and watching him die in his steel soul playthrough on the hollow knight boss was so painful hegegeghh. I love this channel very much, I'm so glad I found it like 3 days ago hahaa

[@djmccracking2101]

I just got this game, because I saw you do it on you channel. It looked fun Great content man keep it up

[@courtneygoldsmith6083]

This channel is amazing, NEED MORE CONTENT BADLY

[@gh0stywh0sty]

This dudes channel is amazing. I wish you thr most success man.

[@lpants0]

I remember I died in the ancient basin and it's because I didn't know the void enemies did 2 mask of damage. I learned the hard way.

[@Snamwiches]

Pain

[@useredname2495]

Plus they don't give soul

[@shelbyramin1376]

That trick ending earned you a sub bud. I look forward to seeing more of your content.

[@theicelander06]

I don’t normally like games like these but if it’s a achievement video on it I’ll watch regardless 😂

[@collinbeal]

Hollow Knight isn't "games like these", it is THE definitive Metroidvania, more definitive than the genre's namesakes. You do yourself a disservice by not playing it. It also takes quite a bit of inspiration from Soulsborne and Zelda, if you like either of those

[@theicelander06]

@@collinbeal I don’t like these types of games

[@daenite2480]

@@collinbeal you can't force someone to like something.

[@brysonemery9232]

Instead of me suffering through it jokes on you I lost most of my sanity getting every achievement in hollow knight.

[@SpeedySoloVR]

Anyone notice he was dashing before he beat hornet?

[@SpAC3GH0sT100]

You deserve more subs 🔥 the quality of your videos is just insane! Keep up the good work

[@joshuapatrick682]

Soul Crushing you say? If only the soul could be made out of something strong…

[@weekendwarrior1280]

I listened to my buddy complete the pantheon for like 2 months that achievement is no joke

[@Snamwiches]

Definitely no joke, I still have no idea how it only took me 2 attempts

[@MagicianStevey]

EMBRACE THE VOID. I hate that thing Ok so uh I did steel heart really easily because 1: god gamer and 2: if you’re 1 or 2 hits away from Dying, just save and quit, reload, try again. Route the game and bosses you want to kill, what order to do them in, which pale ores to get first, all the shell fragments to get, it can be a lot. Godhome helps out a lot since it gives you literally every boss ever so you can completely destroy them. Also don’t be stupid! Don’t go in an area unprepared, don’t stop moving when in danger, use desolate dive or descending dark for immunity frames! Do ANYTHING to save yourself! You get one shot, so make it count. Another reason I always thought it was easy is because of charms and how little you actually die when prepared. What you should do, is to find an early-game charm setup (pre-city of tears) or have a couple of charms for safety (fragile strength, fragile heart, mark of pride, soul eater, shaman stone) these charms help with taking less risks, especially fragile strength and heart, since they’re cheap and both provide LIFE SAVING EFFECTS. Ok, onto why embrace the void is harder. First step: unlock pantheon 5. Seems simple right? WRONG. Beat the first 3, third was hard? Stop crying because you need to save those tears for pantheon 4! I thought this would be an easy pantheon until I reached the last boss, and found my inner celeste and geometry dash player! So I died to the boss for 3 hours straight until I did it 3 times in a row. I died to the boss on purpose so I would have better luck of not dying on the pantheon, and first tried it after. FINALLY, YOU UNLOCKED PANTHEON 5. Pantheon 5 isn’t hard, it’s just the ending that really gets me. You spend 40 minutes killing a bunch of bosses, (IN THEIR ASCENDED ARENAS, MAKING MARKOTH IMPOSSIBLE, AND MARKOTH IS LIKE THE 5TH LAST BOSS!!!) and FINALLY after like a billion hours, you make it to the final boss (nkg and pure vessel are consistent so that’s not a trouble) but you really get annoyed when you reach absolute radiance. Yes, it’s consistent, yes, you can predict attacks, and yes, it’s easy to telegraph the attacks, but GOD DAYUM IS THE FIGHT LONG. I remember doing pantheon 5 after a couple months of break, make it to absolute radiance’s LAST PHASE, AND DIE RIGHT AT THE END. It’s one of the only deaths I had in that savefile, and it was right at the end. After that I quit hollow knight and started playing Celeste just to have a similar experience (3 symbols, 7AG!!!!) and now I still play celeste but uh I still haven’t regained any motivation to play hollow knight. I do want to do pantheon 5, but every time I open it up, I’m always so new to the controls that I feel like I need a new savefile just to relearn the bosses lmao Ok forgot to say but uh get most (if not all) charms in hollow knight, each one gives you one percentage, and Grimm troupe is also pretty free when it comes to percentages. (DO THEM!) also, do the buffed dream versions of bosses since they don’t count as deaths and you can do them how many times you want.

[@cmania1239]

Love your content, I have rewatched every video you've made at least twice!! Your commentary, editing, and the actual audio of you post-crunchwrap is top tier. I am surprised you haven't hit 100k subs yet! I hope you are able to continue pushing out videos every 2-3 weeks, it might be doable by Christmas time! I hope you have an amazing day brother, and keep up the good work!

[@Snamwiches]

Ngl I think the post-crunchwrap thing was my magnus opus of comedy thus far lmao

[@kpenguin]

Steel Heart was a walk in the park for me compared to Embrace the Void.

[@Mercury13kiev]

+1. Just cannot.

[@panthekirb7561]

Join the "normal person" club.

[@matheuscabral9618]

@@panthekirb7561 yeah lol

[@spikeyboy7907]

It's surprising you don't have more subscribers, you act and edit like a top youtuber and when I first watch I thought I was watching someone with hundreds of thousands of subs. Keep up the good work, love your videos and hope to see you get bigger and bigger.

[@Snamwiches]

Thank you! Hopefully I reach that tier one day!

[@reggieisnotadog4841]

To be fair he's at 36k subscribers four months after starting. That's a pretty amazing trajectory!

[@spikeyboy7907]

@@reggieisnotadog4841 I didn't know hes been doing this for 4 months that's crazy good, I enjoy his videos and hope he gets the praise he deserves

[@Mugen_YG]

Tbf, usually with this kind of quality sub growth is literally guranteed Blowing up on KZbin is less luck than you think

[@rev_dude]

I just finished this achievement the other day, and let me tell you, dying to traitor lord when at 94% completion truly is soul crushing. On my next (successful) run, I smartly decided to just get a few more charms and fight nkg instead.

[@autonomoustomato7016]

Bruh how did you beat PoH without dying at least four times to Absolute Radiance's 3rd phase while having 60% of a heart attack?? You have my respect (and envy) :D

[@vish5942]

easy answer he practiced in the hall of gods

[@TronicX]

@@vish5942 In order to practice Absolute Radiance, he would have had to get there and died, which means he beat her on the first try.

[@vish5942]

@@TronicX you don't have to beat absolute radiance to unlock her in hall of gods

[@TronicX]

@@vish5942 I just said that.

[@NorthernRealmJackal]

​@@TronicXisn't it possible that he met and/or defeated Absolute Radiance on a different save, a different account or even a different console?

[@HeavensBane53]

I'm in the camp of thinking embrace the void is much harder, but I also did that one first so by the time i went for steel heart I was much better at the game. On top of that, steel heart just plays into my strengths better. I had a pretty good memory of hallownest and knew which bosses I was most likely to struggle with and how to avoid them until I was well upgraded and ready, so the run ended up being a breeze. Meanwhile completing the pantheon of hallownest took hours and hours of practice against some bosses to achieve the level of consistency needed to be able to take them out while under pressure during the actual run. And even then I still managed to die to pure vessel on the first attempt where I actually thought I was ready. I do sympathize greatly with dying to dung defender though. Recently came back to the game to do the under 5 hour run, the only achievement I had left, and was worried about struggling with watcher knights or the hollow knight. Instead my one and only death of the run was to dung defender.

[@matheuscabral9618]

yeah p5 is much harder

[@CabinetGremlin]

yeah, as someone who also has all achievements + all Radiants (boss complete with no damage taken), Steel Soul is much easier than PoH. The Save and Quit option lets you return to your last bench no matter where you’re at, so the only time you should ever really die is when you 1. get too cocky (most of mine lol), 2. get surprise combo’d into spikes, or 3. you didn’t think an attack would hit for 2 damage instead of just 1. It’s obviously much harder with no save scumming, but still nowhere near as hard as PoH considering Absolute Radiance isn’t in it, and most of the hardest bosses in the game (all of the dream bosses but one iirc) DON’T LET YOU PERMA-DIE AGAINST THEM EVEN IN STEEL SOUL.

[@matheuscabral9618]

@@CabinetGremlin dude you’re not supposed to save quit every time you get to 1 life, that way it’s easy because your cheesing, stop being a noob and do steel soul fr, it’s like using invencibility to beat p5 and saying it’s easy

[@laurausai457]

Funniest and most interesting playthrough I've seen in a long while! 🤣 This popped up in my recommended and I had a blast watching 🤣🤣🤣 Subscribed and am now going to watch all the other videos on this channel 👌

[@chainsaw72081]

bro, your patience is commendable. I would have broken 7 controllers trying to get that achievement!

[@atthew4557]

I was talking to my friend while playing hollow knight and I was so autopilot, I hit a big jellyfish and only had 2 mask. An embarrassing way to end a run.

[@joannalowrey1232]

Best tip ever: If your about to die on steel soul, you can just exit to main menu and you’ll live!

[@arsicpedja]

Your enthusiasm is briliant in your videos :D

[@brendanjamieson]

That ending was brilliant lol

[@bozogaurina7230]

"Where everything is gassier than me after a trip to taco bell"The most true sentence I ever herd

[@pawncube6787]

You are the first person I've seen die to Flukemarm, but to be fair, you're also the first person I've seen without Abyss Shriek to shred it.

[@jacobortiz7087]

Lmao I died of laughter and disappointment when he died to probably the easiest boss in the game a meme boss

[@koala3158]

Ye bruh how did he died to this boss... Like fr don't even need abyss just go to the side of it and constant attack it.

[@pawncube6787]

@@koala3158 The adds can get overwhelming if you ignore them or have a weak nail. Nail binding Flukemarm and Collector are annoying asf

[@jacobobobo4404]

8:40 oh, the misery! not of losing, that is expected, but of losing to that specific boss!. very epic video my friend

[@matheuscabral9618]

that is definitely the worst strategy to beat a boss in the entire game

[@EmperorZ19]

Wait, you say that you beat P5 in two tries, and died to Zote on one of them. Yet you also say you practiced all the bosses and your Twitch has a highlight of you practicing Absolute Radiance in the Hall of Gods. Absolute Radiance isn't unlocked in the Hall of Gods until you've fought her once, so you had to have made AT LEAST 3 attempts.

[@Titan1930S]

Thank god you don't need to fight nightmare grim or the radiance to get this achievment

[@PhoxjawVA]

Steel Heart is one of those achievements where someone either does it on their first try no biggie, or they spend hours on end fruitlessly attempting to 100% the game. I've spent so much time on this game If you got the achievement for every time you 100%'d steel soul I'd have an ungodly amount of clout 😅

[@syrusalder7795]

Truly, the hardest part of the steel soul run is bringing yourself to save Zote.

[@LinoAckermann]

I discoverd your channel through this video and I realy like the tone of your voice and the mannor in which you are designing your vieos. Your infectious smile got you a new subscriber :)

[@Snamwiches]

I am currently infectiously smiling reading your comment, so thank you :)

[@Deadlock21]

I found your channel and I like it. Hollow knight is one of my favourite games (currently playing it with inverted controls). I love Nosk

[@TheSuperyan06]

GG dude. I tried it so many times and I was so trash I just gave up. But with your video, maybe I'll try it again. Great Content, le Québec t'apprécie beaucoup!

[@Pufl-tj3yn]

That fake out death had me shook! Awesome run!! Engaging all the way through!

[@generalkenobi8439]

you don't need to save zote if you leave him he dies and you don't have to suffer grate princ zote (God forbid)

[@takem4454]

new to the channel here, and I love your sense of humour! This really looked soul crushing, but you were able to keep the video light hearted! Great job man

[@mightyfine_bread8720]

Mate I am addicted to your videos since your dead space one popped up on my feed!

[@beholdthepowerofe4867]

going for 112% steel soul completion right now. It really helps to have your direct route written out and a save in classic mode on the side you can revisit to practice bosses and plan your route in places like Deepnest where there are plenty of dead end and false floors to watch out for! You've taught me a fine lesson in waiting until you're better prepared for a boss before confronting them, and I know for a fact I can't defeat PLENTY of them without my precious Sharp Shadow LMAO

[@PublishedLeaf]

I got this because of your video, only got to Hornets boss fight, as I got stuck. Thanks for continuing to upload.

[@TheTroupeMasterGrimm]

Untrue, the hardest achievement in hollow knight is purity, because you have to bring yourself to slaughter the nailsmith in cold blood, knowing he could live the rest of his life happily with Sheo. You know what could’ve happened, and you killed him for an achievement.

[@halaiazedwick203]

I remember getting Speed Completion and Steel Heart for the first time on the same save file. I have not gotten past Absolute Radiance though, and I don't see myself getting through that any time soon. Kudos sir.

[@b.3015]

Love the video and the 4th wall break at the end got me 😂

[@yaroslavnykolyuk7336]

Lol This is the first video I saw from your channel and I love it! Keep up the good work! And also I have both of those on the same save file

[@GremDisaster]

was considering platinuming this game next and watched this whole vid getting psyched up for this challenge aaaaand at the very end you said this one is missing from the PS Trophy list?! I am equally let down AND relieved!🤣😅

[@TheSebabaez]

Man, just found your channel a couple of days back, love the content!

[@rdfjfgjyfdhfghy67456]

This was the video that made me follow, thanks for cheering me up from the depths of Covid positiveness🎉

[@ToastLord2611]

99 percent. All the charms, all I had to do was beat the third coliseum. Haven’t played since

[@sakuyaizayoi1945]

Note: Every version comes with every DLC, not just XBox

[@slipperyquark3885]

After dying near the end of my last Steel Heart run 3 years ago and losing motivation to continue, this video inspired me to pick the game back up and finally get Steel Heart and Embrace the Void, which I finally finished today. It’s now my proudest 100% completion. Thanks! :)

[@thelivingglitch1371]

I still believe EotV is the harder of the two. All I have left to do is that, the Steel Soul related cheevos, and the speedruns. At least with the speedruns and SS, you can look up guides to know what to do and where to go to save time and sanity by avoiding lengthy and/or deadly areas (and in the case of SS, you could use an exploit to save and quit to the title if you’re fast enough and think you’re gonna die, so you don’t need to start over from scratch). You don’t get that luxury with EotV. Sure it’s the most straightforward, but the only kind of help you’ll get is: “experiment with charm builds and Git Gud(tm).” That’s it. All you can do is practice like crazy. This is why *IF* I come back to the game soon, I’m using guides for those cheevos, and EotV will be my absolute last one. I say “if” because I have other games I wanna play, so I won’t even consider it until after they’re done. But even then, that’s a long shot; I may put it off much later because they’re too hard for me. I would like to come back to it at some point, but it’s not gonna be in the near future. TLDR: At least with SS/speedruns, you have guides (and an exploit for SS). You’re largely on your own for EotV.

[@madisonperry7447]

I just want to say how much I loved the bug facts. That’s it. Thank you, have a nice day.

[@pinealdreams1064]

Fair play to you, dude. I LOVE the game. Adore it. But I've never gotten either of these two because, frankly, I just haven't got the patience. Kudos.

[@justabearbrowsingyoutube4968]

My version if I was playing: “So I stepped into the arena and started crying.”

[@inevitable48]

Just happy to be in the first 100k subs. You are going to blow up. Keep up the good content and good luck.

[@pikminapocalypse4886]

thanks for the compliments on my achievements :D

[@danielgeronimo5538]

See the wonderful thing about Hollow Knight is, you get so good you cannot even tell how much you're really improving and actually nailing (this is not a pun) difficult achievements and feats. I saw a newbie who wanted to beat Path of Pain with a keyboard, just because they wanted or felt like they need to. I dunno how what it is about this game but that challenge feels good to take on.

[@TheSio1er]

that footage swap really had my stomach in knots. Got me good.

[@joshuapatrick682]

I got steel soul second try, but my first try ended at the effin Radiance on the climb….yeah..I genuinely thought because I didn’t die to Lost Kin in the dreamworld the Radiance wouldn’t kill me in “the dream world”….whooops

[@bored_-_-_artist]

snamwich: it seems like I'm the roanoa zoro of hollow knight me: you have awakened the true ragnarok

[@cmrcb]

I was 100% expecting to go down to the comments and subtly flex all my godhome achievements, but then u had to crush my dreams and add on the end of the video that u did radiant every boss as well. Ig I have nothing more to say but respect from one hk fan to another.

[@velocitygmd]

That troll death at the end with the hollow knight was crazy 😂

[@DJsquare3]

Although I personaly did not find the steel soul one that hard, Embrace the void took so much practice for me to be able to do it, but man was it satisfying!