Does Hollow Knight have one ending?

Team Cherry's indie Metroidvania, Hollow Knight, has five endings and an extra scene to unlock, depending on your level of completion and your choices.
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How many endings does Hollow Knight have?

There are five different possible endings in Hollow Knight, some of which require exact actions to be taken by the player. Sometimes these actions play out in combat, while others require long, elaborate, and frustratingly difficult side quests to be completed.
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Does killing the Hollow Knight end the game?

Does killing the Hollow Knight end the game? Yes. But there's more than one ending, so make sure you get that Dream Nail maxed out.
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Does Hollow Knight continue after ending?

Other than that, the save file is in the state that it was before the final bosses were defeated. This means that the final bosses are alive again and can be fought to obtain another ending.
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Is there a bad ending in Hollow Knight?

It is also deemed "the worst ending" by Hold to Reset. According to the website's guide, if you get this ending, you have only completed a small portion of the game. After you vanquish the Hollow Knight, you take on the mantle and are encased within the Black Egg.
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The Lore of Every Ending in Hollow Knight Explained

Is sealed siblings the bad ending?

And with hornet trapped inside the temple with the knight, there would be no way of stopping it. And that's why sealed siblings is the worst ending.
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Why does the Hollow Knight stab himself?

I saw HK stabbing itself as the infection completely taking over momentarily, and trying to destroy HK in order to get out and take over completely, as the more it stabs itself, the more infection based abilities it uses in the fight.
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What happens if you get 2400 essence?

The Wielder's purpose is to collect Essence and hunt memories all across Hallownest. Once 2400 or more Essence has been acquired, the Seer declares the Knight to be the Wielder her tribe had long dreamed of.
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What is the saddest Hollow Knight ending?

Hornet becomes a seal similar to the Dreamers, with her mask appearing on the door. This ending is one of the saddest that you can achieve, as both the Knight and Hornet are concealed within the Black Egg for eternity — or however long the seal holds.
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Is Silksong a prequel?

Hollow Knight: Silksong is the epic sequel to Hollow Knight, the award winning action-adventure of bugs and heroes. As the lethal hunter Hornet, journey to all-new lands, discover new powers, battle vast hordes of bugs and beasts and uncover ancient secrets tied to your nature and your past.
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Is Hollow Knight a boy or a girl?

The Knight is a discarded Vessel. They are the child of the Pale King and the White Lady, born in the Abyss with Void inside their shell. Hornet is the Knight's sister through their shared father. Like the rest of their Vessel siblings, the Knight is genderless.
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Why did the Hollow Knight fail?

The Hollow Knight was supposed to be the Pale Kings completley hollow vessel to seal the Radiance in order to stop the infecrion, but it failed. According to the White Lady it failed because of "an idea instilled", which means the Hollow Knight could have thoughts and therefore wasn't entirely hollow.
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How do you unlock the true ending in Hollow Knight?

after you got both fragment of king soul, then you get void heart. then you kill the normal final boss, then the true final boss appears. however, the true final boss is much harder than all the dream bosses, i used 1-3 tries at all dream bosses and more than 10 with a op build at the true final boss.
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Who is the final boss in Hollow Knight?

The Radiance is the secret final boss of Hollow Knight.
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Are Hornet and the Knight related?

A thing that most people don't realize is that the Knight is hornets older sibling.
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How do you get the sealed siblings ending in Hollow Knight?

Sealed Siblings is one of the endings requiring you do 2 things:
  1. Get the Void Heart (can be elaborated on if needed)
  2. When Hornet attacks the Hollow Knight do NOT use the Dream Nail on him. Doing so leads to another ending.
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Is Hollow Knight lore sad?

Hollow Knight is a somber game, and the deep lore under the surface only reveals more sadness behind this kingdom.
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Does Hollow Knight have perma death?

You also can't tackle Hollow Knight's permadeath mode, Iron Soul, until you've completed the game at least once.
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Do you need Void Heart to fight radiance?

Void Heart is indeed required to fight Radiance.
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What do you get for 700 essence hollow Knight?

200 = Glade of Hope unlocked. 300 = Pale Ore. 500 = Dream Wielder charm. 700 = Vessel Fragment.
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Who is the Dream Nail NPC in hollow Knight?

The Seer is a Quest NPC in Hollow Knight. She gives the Knight the Dream Nail and grants rewards depending on how much Essence has been acquired.
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Does Dream Nail do damage?

Dream nail is actually very useful in combat. It does not do any damage whatsoever, but it *massively* restores your soul. It is kind of hard to use with bosses who are usually very quick or cannot be approached easily (even with the dream nail charm), but with regular enemies it is *very* useful.
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Are the bugs in Hollow Knight dead?

The Infection, sometimes referred to as the ancient sickness, bright light, or the plague, is the main antagonistic force in Hollow Knight, leading to the deaths of thousands of bugs and ultimately the downfall of the kingdom of Hallownest.
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Is Hollow Knight a baby?

Regardless of their impurity, the Hollow Knight was trained and raised, eventually becoming a fully grown Vessel.
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Is Hollow Knight missing an arm?

When you fight The Hollow Knight in The Temple Of The Black Egg you can see that he has only one arm.
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