100% Completion route

100% Completion route (for 1.4+ only)

Note: The goal of this category is to beat the game with 100% completion, but with no patch restriction like 100% TE. This essentially means that we can run on 1.4+ and choose 12% to skip. This route skips:
•Pantheons 1–4
•Colos 2–3
•Pure nail (crown, colo 2, & grubfather ores)
•Elegy
•Kingsoul
•Seer ascension
•Mask 9 (EG, fungal core, sly 4, & flower quest shards)
•Vessel 3 (GP, sly 2, & basin fragments)

[Geo]
{Essence}
<Grubs>
(% completion)


Vengeful Spirit
•Grab Fury of the Fallen (1%) and S&Q out of King's Pass
•Get early geo for the Crossroads stag (rock before Fury, rock and husk underneath well, Aspid arena) [50]
•Open the Crossroads stag [0] (optionally bench and equip Fury)
•Kill False Knight (2%)
•Collect the City Crest and geo chest [200]
•Collect Vengeful Spirit (3%)
•Grab Soul Catcher (4%) and equip it at the bench (swapping Fury if you equipped it/overcharming if you want to)

Mothwing Cloak
•Head through Greenpath like normal [340]
•Rescue the Moss Knight grub <1> [380]
•Open the Greenpath stag [240]
•Fight Hornet and collect Mothwing Cloak (7%)
•S&Q to Ancestral Mound

Mantis Claw
•Head down into Fungal Wastes
•Fight the Shrumal Ogres and grab the charm notch (removes overcharm) [330]
•Head to and collect Mantis Claw (9%)
•Hit the Mantis Lords lever for later
•Grab the Mantis Village journal and head to the City Crest entrance
•Enter City of Tears

City of Tears
•Grab the rafters seal and sell to Lemm (MV journal & rafters seal) [980]
•Head through the DLC rooms to Sanctum
•Fight the Soul Twister arena and enter Sanctum
•Fight the Soul Warrior [1180]
•Grab Spell Twister (10%)
•Fight Soul Master and collect Desolate Dive (12%)
•Grab the geo chest [1560] and Hallownest seal
•Rescue the fake dive grub <2>
•Head to Storerooms and grab the Simple Key
•Open the Storerooms stag [1360] (bench and equip/swap Fury for Spell Twister) and stag to Crossroads

Crystal Peak
•Rescue the Aspid wall grub <3>
•Enter Peak through the Dive entrance
•Pogo skip to the Cornifer idol
•Grab the Shopkeeper's Key
•Collect Crystal Heart (14%)

Dream Nail
•Rescue the grub in the Crystal Heart room <4>
•Head down and rescue the grub below the crushers/All Skills grub <5>
•Head through the dark room to Crystallized Mound
•Rescue the Mound grub <6>
•Collect Descending Dark (15%)
•Drop down into Resting Grounds
•Collect Dream Nail (16%)

Shade Soul
•Open the Resting Grounds stag
•Dive into the crypts
•Grab the geo chest [~1540] and rescue the crypts grub <7>
•Grab Soul Eater (17%) and the crypts journal
•Grab the crypts seal
•Head past the elevator and hit the lever underneath Xero
•Head across Blue Lake to Salubra
•Buy Shaman Stone (18%) and a charm notch [1200]
•Rescue Sly
•Kill Gruz Mother (19%) and immediately S&Q out of the arena (to Storerooms)
•Swap Soul Catcher for Shaman Stone and stag to Dirtmouth
•Buy Elegant Key [400] and S&Q to Storerooms
•Fight the Soul Warrior [600] and collect Shade Soul (20%)

Royal Waterways
•Head down (through Sanctum, no arena) and rescue the grub <8>
•Sell to Lemm (Sanctum seal, Peak idol, crypts journal, & crypts seal) [2500]
•Head into Waterways and sit at the bench
•Head to Flukemarm (head up and open the shortcut by the bench for later)
•Fight Flukemarm (with Shade Soul) and collect Flukenest (21%)
•S&Q and head to Dung Defender
•Fight Dung Defender (22%)
•Collect Defender's Crest (23%) and the king's idol under the valve
•Exit into the broken elevator shaft and head down into Ancient Basin (no Isma's yet)

Monarch Wings, Lost Kin, & Failed Champion
•Sit at the Basin toll bench [2350]
•Head through the Mawlurks and grab the Simple Key
•Fight Broken Vessel (24%)
•Exit and re-enter the room to fight Lost Kin {400}
•Collect Monarch Wings (26%) and S&Q to the toll bench
•Head to Hidden Station, stag to Crossroads [2050], and bench
•Fight the arena and collect Glowing Womb (27%)
•Head to and fight Failed Champion {700}
•S&Q to the stag

Howling Cliffs & Dreamgate
•Stag to Dirtmouth and bench
•Buy Lumafly Lantern from Sly [250]
•Head through King's Pass to Howling Cliffs
•Learn Cyclone Slash (28%)
•Fight Gorb (29%) {800}
•Wings skip to the Stag Nest vessel fragment (1/3)
•Light the Nightmare Lantern
•Head through *light* Joni's and grab Joni's Blessing (30%)
•S&Q to Dirtmouth and collect Grimmchild (31%)
•S&Q and stag to Resting Grounds
•Fight Xero (32%) {900}
•Head back up and grab Dreamshield (33%)
•Collect Dreamgate (34%, 2/3 vessel fragments) and S&Q to Dirtmouth

City Storerooms & Crystal Peak
•Swap Spell Twister for Grimmchild and set a DG by the bench
•Stag to Storerooms and bench
•Kill the Grimmkin
•Take the elevator up [100] and collect the vessel fragment (3/3, 35%); make sure to get some soul for the Peak Grimmkin
•DG back to Dirtmouth
•Elevator skip to Peak
•Kill the Grimmkin
•Grab Deep Focus (36%) and S&Q to Storerooms

Greenpath
•Stag to Greenpath and bench
•Head down through the room outside of the stag and set a DG in the room below
•Head left to and learn Great Slash (37%)
•DG back and head right
•Grab the acid bridge seal
•Collect Thorns of Agony (38%)
•Kill the Grimmkin
•Rescue the Hunter grub <9>
•Set a DG in the room outside of Stone Sanctuary
•Head down through Fog Canyon and head to Overgrown Mound
•Fight the arena, collect Howling Wraiths (39%), and DG back
•Head to Stone Sanctuary and fight No Eyes (40%) {1100}
•Grab the mask shard (1/4) and S&Q to the stag

King's Brand & Shade Cloak
•Stag to Dirtmouth
•Upgrade Grimmchild (no KP Grimmkin yet) and S&Q to Greenpath
•Stag to Resting Grounds
•Head down past Xero and kill the Grimmkin
•Take the elevator down to King's Station
•Fight the arena [~300] and collect the vessel fragment (4/6)
•Open King's Station [0] and set a DG
•Head to the broken elevator shaft and do the skips to Isma's Tear (with wings); collect soul for the Grimmkin
•Collect Isma's Tear (42%) — do not do early control! you can get DG invuln
•DG back and head through the tunnel to Kingdom's Edge
•Kill the Grimmkin and head through the acid to Hornet 2
•Optionally safety bench (and swap Grimmchild for Spell Twister)
•Fight Hornet 2 and collect the King's Brand (45%)
•DG back to King's Station and stag to Hidden Station
•Head down into the Abyss and collect Abyss Shriek (46%)
•Head through the Sibling climb and collect Shade Cloak (48%)
•S&Q and grab the Arcane egg

Royal Waterways & Fungal Wastes
•DG to King's Station and bench
•Head to Waterways and sell to Lemm (DD idol, Seer seal, acid bridge seal, & Shade Cloak egg) [2900]
•Rescue the Waterways center grub <10>
•Head left and collect the mask shard (2/4)
•Fight the Hwurmp arena and exit into Fungal Wastes
•Grab Dashmaster (49%) and rescue Bretta (do not bench)
•Head down through Mantis Village and set a DG
•Fight the Mantis Lords (50%) and DG back
•Collect Mark of Pride (51%), the geo chest [3520], and the Hallownest seal
•S&Q to King's Station and stag to Dirtmouth
•Set a DG by the bench and sit at it (equip Shaman Stone + Dream Wielder + overcharm Grimmchild)
•Buy Sly's first mask shard [3370] (3/4)
•Head to and kill the Grimmkin in King's Pass
•Dream nail the enemies to full soul and DG back to Dirtmouth (swap to Grimmchild + Spell Twister + overcharm Shaman Stone, or just unequip Dream Wielder as to not overcharm)
•Fight Troupe Master Grimm (52%) and collect the charm notch
•S&Q to the bench

Infected Crossroads, Fungal Wastes, & Fog Canyon
•Swap Grimmchild for Dashmaster + Defender's Crest
•Head down the well into Crossroads
•Collect Grubsong from Grubfather (4/4 mask shards, 54%; no more grubs for the rest of the run) [3730]
•Fight Brooding Mawlek (55%) and collect the mask shard (5/8)
•Head to and collect the Goam mask shard (6/8)
•Head into Fog Canyon
•Set a DG in the big room (Trinomi drop room)
•Grab the Fog Canyon charm notch
•Head into Fungal Wastes through the whispering root room
•Buy all of Leg Eater's charms (58%) [~2700]
•Bench and swap Defender's Crest for Spell Twister
•Head down and fight Elder Hu (59%) {1200}
•DG back and head down
•Set a DG outside Archives
•Fight Uumuu (60%)
•Absorb Monomon (61%) and DG back
•Head down and grab the Queen's Station mask shard (7/8)
•Head back up, through "QGA" into Queen's Gardens

Queen's Gardens
•Fight the Petra arena
•Set a DG by the right-most entrance in the whispering root room
•Grab the Love Key and head past Moss Prophet and the Deepnest drop entrance
•Grab Spore Shroom (62%)
•DG back and collect part of the whispering root in this room
•Sit at the QG toll bench [2550]
•Fight the upper QG arena [~2650]
•Set a DG in the room before the frog rooms
•Head to and kill Marmu (63%) {1350}
•DG back and head to upper QG
•Fight Traitor Lord (64%) and S&Q to the toll bench (no White Fragment)

Deepnest
•Swap Spell Twister for Grimmchild and head down into Deepnest
•Set a DG in the whispering root room and head to Distant Village
•Collect the Brumm flame
•Skip Beast's Den and absorb Herrah (65%)
•Head out of Beast's Den (bench and swap Grimmchild for Spell Twister)
•Exit Beast's Den and DG back
•Head to Weaver's Den and grab Weaversong (66%)
•Head right and set a DG in the next room
•Head up and kill Galien (67%) {1550}
•Head up into Failed Tramway
•Grab Tram Pass and DG back
•Head out of the dark rooms to the hot spring
•Bench in the hot spring (swap Dashmaster for overcharmed Flukenest)
•Fight Nosk (68%)
•Collect the pale ore and S&Q to the hot spring (swap Flukenest back to Dashmaster)
•Grab Sharp Shadow (69%) and walk back to the Garpede room
•Grab the vessel fragment (5/6) and S&Q to the hot spring

Ancient Basin & The Hive
•Head back, take the tram to Ancient Basin, and bench
•Kill the Mawleks and grab the pale ore
•S&Q to the tram and take it to Kingdom's Edge
•Enter and head through the Hive
•Grab the mask shard (8/8, 70%)
•Fight Hive Knight and collect Hiveblood (72%)
•S&Q to the tram

Kingdom's Edge
•Head up into Kingdom's Edge and set a DG in the acid skip room
•Head down to and fight Markoth (73%) {1800}
•Head to Oro and buy Dash Slash (74%) [1850]
•Bench and swap to Colosseum charms (Shaman Stone + Spell Twister + Dream Wielder + overcharm Soul Eater)
•Head through the dive rooms
•Grab Quick Slash (75%) and DG back
•Head up and set a DG in the whispering root room
•Head further up and grab the Hopper idol
•Enter the Colosseum and complete Trial 1 (76%) [~2750]
•S&Q after collecting the charm notch and swap Spell Twister + Soul Eater for Flukenest (the extra charm notch doesn't really do anything)
•DG back and head to the Tower of Love
•Set a DG next to the door
•Fight the Collector (77%) and DG back (make sure it splits first)

City of Tears
•Set a DG at base of Watcher's Spire and head up (use Abyss Shriek to kill the Great Husk Sentry)
•Fight the Watcher Knights (78%)
•Collect the geo chest [3400] and Hallownest seal
•Absorb Lurien (79%) and DG back
•Head through the fountain and talk to Lemm
•Sell to Lemm (ML seal, Hopper idol, & WK seal) [5100] and head to the Nailsmith
•Buy the first three nail upgrades (82%) [2050] and DG back
•Head back across the fountain and enter Royal Waterways
•Head to Junk Pit (the breakable wall by the bench is broken)
•Grab the Godtuner (83%) and DG back
•Head back to King's Station (leave your DG in Spire)

Banishment
•Stag to Greenpath and bench (swap Flukenest for Spell Twister + Dashmaster)
•Head up into Howling Cliffs
•Kill the right Baldur (you can dream nail the one on the left for soul if necessary) and grab Baldur Shell (84%)
•Grab the Cliffs idol
•Head to the Nightmare Lantern and banish the Grimm Troupe (85%)
•S&Q to the stag and head to the Lake of Unn
•Collect Shape of Unn (86%) and S&Q to the stag

Awoken Dream Nail, Salubra, & Lifeblood Core
•Stag to Resting Grounds and bench
•Collect Awoken Dream Nail (9/12 mask shards, 87%)
•Head into Spirits' Glade and grab the Glade idol
•DG to City and head across the fountain again
•Sell to Lemm (Cliffs idol, Seer egg, & Glade idol) [4850]
•S&Q to Resting Grounds, stag to Crossroads, and bench
•Head around through the room next to the tram to Salubra
•Buy all of Salubra's charms (91%, no charm notches) [3380]
•S&Q to the stag (swap Shaman Stone + Spell Twister for Fragile Heart + Lifeblood Heart + Joni's Blessing)
•Stag to Hidden Station
•Head into the Abyss
•Collect Lifeblood Core (92%)

Shopping
•S&Q to Crossroads (swap the LBC charms back to Shaman Stone + Spell Twister) and stag to Dirtmouth
•Collect Carefree Melody from Nymm
•Collect Nailmaster's Glory from Sly (93%)
•Exit and re-enter the shop to buy all of Sly's charms, as well as *two* mask shards and *one* vessel fragment (do not buy the last one of either!, 11/12 mask shards, 6/6 vessel fragments, 98%) [280]
•Buy Wayward Compass from Iselda (99%) [60]
•Grab Bretta's mask shard (12/12, 100%)

The Hollow Knight
•Head down the well to the Temple of the Black Egg
•Fight the Hollow Knight
•Done
•Make sure that you have 100% at the end of the credits