All Stat Upgrades route

All Stat Upgrades route (for 1.4+)

Note: The goal of this category is to beat the game with all "stat upgrades", which this category considers to be masks, soul vessels, charm notches, and nail upgrades. If you think anything should be changed, feel free to discuss it in #misc!
Another note: This has the stupidest geo route in existence; don't expect it to actually be good

[Geo]
{Essence}
(Grubs)
<Charms>


Vengeful Spirit
•Grab Fury of the Fallen <1>
•Collect early geo for Crossroads stag and equip Fury if you want to
•Fight False Knight, pick up the City Crest, and collect the geo chest [200]
•Collect Vengeful Spirit
•Pick up Soul Catcher <2> and equip it at the bench

Mothwing Cloak
•Head through Greenpath like normal [340]
•Rescue the grub guarded by the Moss Knight [380] (1)
•Open the Greenpath stag [240]
•Fight Hornet and collect Mothwing Cloak
•S&Q to Ancestral Mound

Fungal Wastes
•Kill the Shrumal Ogres [330] and pick up the charm notch
•Collect Mantis Claw
•Rescue the bouncy grub (2)
•Head to City of Tears

City of Tears
•Pick up the rafters seal and sell it to Lemm [780]
•Head to Sanctum
•Kill the Soul Warrior [980]
•Pick up Spell Twister <3>
•Fight Soul Master and collect Desolate Dive
•Collect the geo chest [~1390] and the Hallownest seal, and rescue the grub (3)
•Exit Sanctum and head towards City Storerooms
•Pick up the Simple Key
•Bench at City Storerooms, equip Spell Twister, and stag to Crossroads [1190]

Crystal Peak
•Rescue the aspid and guarded grubs (5) on the way to the Crystal Peak dive entrance
•Head through Crystal Peak
•Rescue the spike grub (6)
•Pick up the Cornifer idol and Shopkeeper's Key
•Collect Crystal Heart
•Rescue the cdash grub (7)
•Rescue the crusher grubs (9)
•Head through the dark room to Crystallized Mound, rescue the grub (10), and collect Descending Dark
•Drop down into Resting Grounds and collect Dream Nail
•Pick up Dreamshield <4>
•Open the Resting Grounds stag (don't bench) and stag to Crossroads

Shaman Stone
•Head around by the tram to head towards Gruz Mother
•Rescue the spike pogo grub (11)
•Kill Gruz Mother [1240]
•Buy Shaman Stone <5> and a charm notch [900] (do not bench)
•Rescue Sly and S&Q to City Storerooms

Shade Soul & Royal Waterways
•Swap Soul Catcher for Shaman Stone and stag to Dirtmouth
•Buy the Elegant Key [100] and S&Q to City Storerooms
•Head back towards Sanctum
•Kill the Soul Warrior [300] and collect Shade Soul
•Head down towards the entrance to Royal Waterways
•Rescue the grub near Sanctum (12)
•Sell everything to Lemm (Soul Master seal & Peak idol) [1550]
•Enter Royal Waterways and head to Dung Defender
•Fight him, collect Defender's Crest <6>, and collect the king's idol under the valve
•Exit into the broken elevator shaft
•Do Isma's skips to rescue the grub (13) and collect Isma's Tear
•Head down to Ancient Basin

Ancient Basin
•Don't sit at the toll bench
•Head to Broken Vessel (no Simple Key), fight them, and collect Monarch Wings
•Fight Lost Kin {400}
•Rescue the wings grub (14) and S&Q to City Storerooms
•Stag to Crossroads and bench
•Fight Failed Champion {700}
•S&Q to Crossroads stag and stag to Dirtmouth

Howling Cliffs
•Bench and head to Howling Cliffs through King's Pass
•You can learn Cyclone Slash if you want? It might actually save time in the long run with cyclone drops and faster soul collection
•Kill Gorb and collect the Stag Nest fragment {800}
•Light the Nightmare Lantern
•Collect the Cliffs idol
•Rescue the grub (15)
•Collect Baldur Shell [1600] <7> and S&Q to Dirtmouth

Dreamgate
•Collect Grimmchild <8> and S&Q to the bench
•Stag to Resting Grounds
•Kill Xero {900}
•Go back to the Seer and collect all of the rewards up to Dreamgate <9>
•Collect the Glade idol
•S&Q to Dirtmouth

Crystal Peak
•Swap Spell Twister for Grimmchild
•Elevator skip into Crystal Peak
•Rescue the non-mimic grub (16) and kill the Grimmkin
•Head right
•Kill Crystal Guardian and Enraged Guardian [~2550] and collect the mask shard
•Head up to Hallownest's Crown
•Rescue the grub (17)
•Pick up the Pale Ore and S&Q to Dirtmouth
•Buy Lumafly Lantern [750]

City Storerooms
•Stag to City Storerooms and bench
•Kill the Grimmkin
•Head up the elevator [600] and collect the vessel fragment
•S&Q to the stag and stag to Greenpath

Greenpath
•Head down and right to the room with the Grimmkin
•Pick up the acid bridge seal
•Collect Thorns of Agony <10>
•Kill the Grimmkin
•Head right and rescue the grubs by the Hunter and Cornifer (19)
•Head back down, set a DG outside the Stone Sanctuary, and enter it
•Kill No Eyes {1100}
•Collect the mask shard and DG back
•Head left and kill Massive Moss Charger [900]
•Rescue the grub in the room with the whispering root (20) and collect the vessel fragment
•S&Q to the stag and stag to Dirtmouth (I'm pretty sure that that's actually all optimal after Monomon but I'm too lazy to change it all)
•Set a DG in Dirtmouth and collect the Grimmchild upgrade
•Kill the Grimmkin in King's Pass
•S&Q to Greenpath and stag to Resting Grounds

Resting Grounds & King's Station
•Dive into crypts
•Rescue the grub (21) and collect the geo chest [1050]
•Collect Soul Eater <11>
•Head back left and pick up the Hallownest seal
•Go past the elevator and kill the Grimmkin
•Take the elevator down to City of Tears
•Fight the arena [~1200] and collect the vessel fragment
•Head down to King's Station
•Bench, open the stag [900], and grab the Hallownest seal
•Head through the tunnel to Kingdom's Edge and kill the Grimmkin

Royal Waterways & Fungal Wastes
•S&Q back to King's Station and head towards Lemm
•Sell all relics (Defender idol, Cliffs idol, Seer seal, Glade idol, acid bridge seal, crypts seal, & KS seal) [5100]
•Go down into Waterways and head left
•Rescue the grub (22)
•Collect the mask shard
•Fight the Hwurmp arena and exit into Fungal Wastes
•Collect Dashmaster <12> and rescue Bretta
•Head through Mantis Village to Fungal Core
•Collect the mask shard and DG back to Dirtmouth (bench is optional)
•Fight Troupe Master Grimm and collect the charm notch

Infected Crossroads & Fungal Wastes
•Swap out Grimmchild for Dashmaster and Dream Wielder (or do 112 overcharm strats)
•Drop down the well and collect the well seal
•Rescue the vengefly grub (23)
•Kill Brooding Mawlek and collect the mask shard
•Rescue the acid grub (24)
•Enter Fog Canyon
•Pick up the Hallownest seal and the charm notch in the nearby room
•Set a DG in the big room and enter Fungal Wastes through the whispering root room
•Buy all of Leg Eater's charms [~3800] <15>
•Head to and kill Elder Hu {1200}, and DG back

Fog Canyon
•Drop down and head towards Teacher's Archives
•Rescue the grub (25) and set a DG outside
•Enter Archives and put on Spell Twister at the bench
•Fight Uumuu and kill Monomon
•DG out and head to Queen's Station
•Collect the Hallownest seal and mask shard
•Head into Fungal Wastes, collect the Sporg seal, and DG back
•Enter Queen's Gardens

Queen's Gardens
•Fight Petra arena and head towards the second arena (no going to the Love Key area)
•Set a DG next to the room that goes down into Deepnest (don't sit at the toll bench)
•Fight the arena [~3900, you're going to get some geo but it varies so I'll just round it up to 100 due to incidental geo]
•Rescue the grub underneath the stag station (26)
•Go up and hit the lever that opens the shortcut to the beginning of QG (make sure that the shortcut is fully open before exiting the room!)
•Head through the frog rooms
•Rescue the grub (27)
•Pick up the Hallownest seal by the Mantis Petras
•Kill Marmu {1350} and S&Q to the toll bench

Deepnest
•Head down into Deepnest
•Set a DG at the top of the room with the whispering root
•Head left towards Beast's Den
•Do the Beast's Den skip and kill Herrah
•Rescue the grub (28), exit Beast's Den, and DG back
•Head right and rescue the grub (29)
•Enter Weaver's Den and pick up Weaversong <16>
•Head towards Failed Tramway
•Kill Galien {1550}
•Set a DG in Failed Tramway and head left
•Collect the Tram Pass and DG back
•Head right and back down to the Corpse Crawler arena
•Don't rescue Zote but do collect the king's idol
•Head down and rescue the grub by the spikes (30)
•Head towards the hot spring and set a DG outside of it
•Go towards Nosk and rescue the grub (31)
•Fight Nosk, collect the Pale Ore, and DG back
•Head right (bench is optional), collect the vessel fragment, and S&Q back
•Head to the tram, take it to Ancient Basin, and bench

Ancient Basin & The Hive
•Head to the left
•Rescue the dive grub (32), kill the Lesser Mawleks, and pick up the Pale Ore
•S&Q to the tram and head down into the big room
•Buy the fountain vessel fragment [1900]
•S&Q to the tram and take it to Kingdom's Edge
•Enter the Hive
•Head through it and rescue the grub (33)
•Lure a Hive Guardian to break open the wall and collect the mask shard
•S&Q to the tram
•Rescue the Hwurmp and external Hive grubs (35)
•Head up through main Kingdom's Edge and go back to King's Station through the tunnel
•Rescue the tunnel grub (36)

City of Tears
•Head into the big room
•Kill the Great Husk Sentry guarding the grub (37)
•Kill Gorgeous Husk [~2400]
•Set a DG at the base of Watcher's Spire
•Head through it towards the Watcher Knights
•Rescue the grub to the right first (38)
•Break the chandelier and fight the Watcher Knights
•Collect the geo chest [~3050] and Hallownest seal
•Head up to and kill Lurien
•DG back and head to Lemm
•Sell all relics (well seal, upper FC seal, QS seal, Sporg seal, frogs seal, Zote idol, & WK seal) [6550]
•Head to the Nailsmith and upgrade to Coiled Nail (3 times) [3500]
•DG back and head to King's Station

Shopping
•Set a DG in King's Station, stag to Dirtmouth, and bench
•Head down into Crossroads to Grubfather
•Collect all of the rewards up to the king's idol (for the geo) [8290] <17>
•S&Q to Dirtmouth
•Buy all of Sly's charms and his mask shards (but not vessel fragments) [4090] <21>
•Buy Wayward Compass from Iselda [3870] <22>
•Collect the mask shard in Bretta's house and DG to King's Station

Flower Quest
•Stag to Resting Grounds
•Collect all of the Seer's rewards until the mask shard
•(I suppose Soul Eater would optimally go here and not earlier but I'm too lazy to change it)
•Head to the Grey Mourner and accept the flower
•Take the normal route to Queen's Gardens
•At Salubra, buy everything except Quick Focus [400] <25>
•Collect the goam mask shard
•Place the flower on the grave and S&Q back to the Grey Mourner
•Collect the mask shard, DG to King's Station, and stag to Dirtmouth

Colosseum of Fools & Pure Nail
•Head through Kingdom's Edge towards the Colosseum of Fools
•Go out into the big room, through the acid pool, and up through the other big room
•Collect the Great Hopper idol
•Enter the Colosseum, open Trial of the Warrior [300], and sit at the bench
•Break the wall on the other side and collect the Pale Lurker idol
•S&Q back, swap Dashmaster for Dream Wielder and Soul Eater (overcharming), and start Trial 1
•Complete Trial 1, pick up the charm notch, start Trial 2, complete that, and pick up the Pale Ore
•Collect all of the geo [~2850] and DG to King's Station
•Bench and swap Dream Wielder & Soul Eater to Dashmaster & Soul Eater (re-overcharm)
•Head to Lemm and sell all of your relics (Seer egg, Grubfather seal, Grubfather idol, Hopper idol, & Lurker idol) [6900]
•Go to the Nailsmith and upgrade to Pure Nail [2900]
•S&Q to King's Station and stag to Dirtmouth

The Hollow Knight
•Buy Sly's vessel fragments [1450]
(there is now way too much geo instead of there being too little but I'm done with caring about it at this point; just skip, like, frogs seal, Sporg seal, and Gorgeous Husk or something)
•Drop down the well and enter the Black Egg
•Defeat the Hollow Knight
•Done