Hello% route

Hello% route (only possible on 1.4+)

Note: Hello% requires you to talk to every unique NPC at least once. "Every unique NPC" means that the same character does not need to be talked to more than once (in- and out-of-Godhome Godseeker count as the same character, as do living and ghost Cloth, but Brumm and Nymm are separate characters because they have different names), and does not include Steel Soul Jinn, because that would be stupid. "Talk to" means that you have to trigger dialogue that appears after interacting with a "listen" prompt, so the dialogue at the beginning of the Hornet 1 fight (for instance) does not count.

[Geo]
{Essence}


Vengeful Spirit
•Grab Fury of the Fallen (mostly for non-overcharming quality of life later)
•Get early geo like Low% for Crossroads stag
•Talk to Cornifer below Gruzzer room
•Kill False Knight (optionally with Fury), pick up the City Crest, and collect the geo chest [200]
•Collect Vengeful Spirit
•Pick up Soul Catcher and equip it at the bench

Mothwing Cloak
•Head through Greenpath normally [340]
•Kill Vengefly King [410]
•Open Greenpath stag [270]
•Fight Hornet and collect Mothwing Cloak
•S&Q to Ancestral Mound

Mantis Claw
•Kill the Shrumal Ogres [360] and collect the charm notch
•Talk to Cloth
•Collect Mantis Claw
•Pick up the Mantis Village journal and head to City of Tears

City of Tears
•Pick up the rafters seal and sell it and the journal to Lemm [1010], and also talk to him on the right side
•Head up to Soul Sanctum
•Kill the Soul Warrior [1210] and pick up Spell Twister (hit the levers on the way for later)
•Fight Soul Master and collect Desolate Dive
•Collect the geo chest [~1600] and Hallownest seal
•Exit Sanctum and head to City Storerooms
•Talk to Zote along the way
•Pick up the Simple Key, bench (equip Spell Twister), and stag to Crossroads [1400]

Crystal Peak
•Head to the Peak dive entrance
•Talk to Myla and head through Peak
•Pick up the Peak idol and Shopkeeper's Key
•Collect Crystal Heart
•Rescue the All Skills grub
•Head through the dark room and collect Descending Dark

Shaman Stone
•Drop down into Resting Grounds
•Collect Dream Nail
•Pick up Dreamshield
•Open the Resting Grounds stag (don't bench)
•Dive into crypts, grab the geo chest [1550], and talk to the Grey Mourner
•Head past the elevator, hit the lever underneath Xero, cdash across Blue Lake to Salubra
•Talk to Salubra on the right side and buy Shaman Stone and a charm notch [1210]
•Rescue/talk to Sly
•S&Q to City Storerooms

Soul Tyrant
•Call the stag and swap Soul Catcher for Shaman Stone
•Stag to Dirtmouth, talk to Elderbug, and buy the Elegant Key [410]
•S&Q to City Storerooms
•Head back to Sanctum
•Fight the Soul Warrior [610] and collect Shade Soul
•Make a small detour down to Lemm, sell the seal and idol [~1900], and walk back to Sanctum
•Head back through Sanctum and fight Soul Tyrant {300}
•S&Q to City Storerooms, stag to Crossroads, and bench

Fungal Wastes? (slightly weird placement but Moss Prophet is inconvenient)
•Head back down into Fungal Wastes
•Talk to Leg Eater (on the right side; don't buy anything)
•Kill Elder Hu {400} (make sure you talk to him)
•Head through the Shrumal Ogre arena and past Spore Shroom to Moss Prophet, and talk to them
•S&Q to Crossroads and stag to Resting Grounds

Resting Grounds & City of Tears
•Head down and kill Xero {500} (make sure to talk to him)
•Head down the elevator to City of Tears
•You'll want to kill kind of a lot of City enemies here so that you end up with 2250 geo after Gorgeous Husk, so above ~2100 here is comfy
•Open King's Station [~1950] and collect the Hallownest seal (benching is optional)
•Kill Gorgeous Husk [~2250]
•Head down the broken elevator shaft

Monarch Wings
•Do the spike tunnel skip, but then head left and go to Dung Defender
•Fight him, open the shortcut next to the arena, and head down the rest of the broken elevator shaft
•Bench at the Ancient Basin toll bench [2100]
•Head to Broken Vessel and grab the Simple Key along the way
•Kill Broken Vessel and collect Monarch Wings (no Lost Kin)
•S&Q to the toll bench, head to Hidden Station, stag to Crossroads [1800], and bench there

Failed Champion
•Head to and fight Failed Champion {800}
•S&Q to the stag and stag to Dirtmouth

Howling Cliffs
•Buy Lumafly Lantern [0] and through King's Pass to Howling Cliffs
•Talk to Mato (it's definitely worth it to learn Cyclone Slash because it's pretty useful)
•Kill Gorb {900} (make sure to talk)
•Summon the Grimm Troupe
•Head through the not-dark room to Joni's Blessing, pick it up, talk to Blue Child Joni, and S&Q to Dirtmouth

Miscellaneous Things
•Collect Grimmchild and equip it at the bench (swap Spell Twister)
•Do the elevator skip into Crystal Peak and kill the Grimmkin, and S&Q to Dirtmouth
•Stag to City Storerooms, kill the Grimmkin, stag to Resting Grounds, and bench
•Collect Dreamgate
•Talk to every single ghost in Spirits' Glade
•Enter the Shrine of Believers and talk to the unnamed moth
•S&Q to the stag, stag to Greenpath, and bench

Greenpath
•Head down from the stag and set a DG in the room to the right of the platforming section on the way to Sheo
•Head left and talk to Sheo (you can learn Great Slash if you want ig)
•DG and head right, killing the Grimmkin along the way
•Talk to the Hunter (again, you can pick up the Hunter's Journal if you want? There are a lot of things like that in this run)
•Enter Stone Sanctuary and talk to No Eyes (don't actually fight her)
•Kill Massive Moss Charger [300]
•Head down into Fog Canyon and collect Howling Wraiths (I don't know if getting shriek is actually worth it but it's pretty comfy)
•S&Q to the stag and stag to Dirtmouth

King's Brand
•Upgrade Grimmchild
•Kill the Grimmkin in King's Pass and S&Q to Greenpath
•Stag to Resting Grounds and bench
•Kill the Grimmkin, S&Q, stag to King's Station, and set a DG there
•Head into Kingdom's Edge and kill the Grimmkin
•If you take the safety bench, optionally swap Grimmchild for Spell Twister
•Fight Hornet 2 and collect the King's Brand
•DG back to King's Station

The Abyss & Grimm
•If you didn't swap Grimmchild out earlier, just keep it on
•Stag to Hidden Station and enter the Abyss
•Collect Abyss Shriek (if you got Howling Wraiths)
•Head to and collect Shade Cloak and the arcane egg
•DG back to King's Station and stag to Dirtmouth
•Bench in Dirtmouth and swap Spell Twister for Grimmchild (if you swapped them for Hornet 2), or optionally overcharm both
•Talk to Divine then fight Grimm, and collect the charm notch (for equipping Dream Wielder; it probably saves time)
•Bench, swap Grimmchild for Spell Twister, and put on Dream Wielder
•Head down the well into Crossroads

Fog Canyon
•Kill Brooding Mawlek (I guess if you wanted an extra mask for whatever reason, you could get this mask shard, then like the ones in Queen's Station, Waterways, and from Sly?)
•Acid skip into Fog Canyon
•Set a DG outside Archives
•Kill Uumuu and Monomon
•DG back and head down
•Talk to Millibelle and Willoh and open Queen's Station [180]
•Head back and do QGA to enter Queen's Gardens

Queen's Gardens
•Talk to Caelif & Fera Orthop after the Petra arena
•Sit at the toll bench [30]
•Set a DG in the big room outside the stag then head through the frog rooms
•Talk to Marmu (remember, don't actually fight) then DG back and head to Traitor Lord
•Fight Traitor Lord and talk to the White Lady (you can pick up the White Fragment if you want)
•S&Q to the toll bench

Deepnest
•Swap Spell Twister for Grimmchild and head down into Deepnest
•Talk to Mask Maker
•Set a DG in the big room with the Whispering Root
•Talk to Brumm in Distant Village and each of the Distant Villagers before skipping Beast's Den and killing Herrah
•Swap Grimmchild for Spell Twister on the way out
•Fall in Distant Village, talk to Midwife, and DG
•Set a DG in the next room (below Galien), like 106
•Talk to Galien (don't fight) on the way to Failed Tramway
•Collect Tram Pass and DG back
•Head down to the hot spring (bench is optional) and to the tram and bench there

The Hive & Kingdom's Edge
•Take the tram to Kingdom's Edge
•Head through the Hive
•Fight Hive Knight and talk to Hive Queen Vespa
•S&Q to the tram and head up into Kingdom's Edge
•Set a DG in the room with the acid skip
•Head down and talk to Markoth and Oro (don't fight Markoth and don't buy Dash Slash; that's a waste of money)
•DG back and head up
•Talk to Bardoon then go back and head to the Colosseum of Fools
•Talk to the Little Fool then DG back and head to King's Station (it might be faster to just walk)

City of Tears
•Head down the elevator shaft and talk to Dung Defender (make sure you do this now and not after Lurien), then head back up and set a DG at the base of Watcher's Spire
•Head up and fight the Watcher Knights
•Collect the geo chest [~800, you'll probably have way more than that at this point] and kill Lurien
•DG back and head to the Nailsmith
•Sell the arcane egg to Lemm (you need 2000 geo so this should be more than enough)
•Buy two nail upgrades [950] (they're optional but why not because you're already there and have a free pale ore from the Seer)
•DG back and head to King's Station

Miscellaneous Cleanup
•Stag to Queen's Station and bench
•Talk to Mr. Mushroom and S&Q back
•Stag to Greenpath and bench
•Head to the Nightmare Lantern and destroy it
•S&Q back and stag to Dirtmouth
•Buy Sly's Simple Key [0]
•Talk to Nymm, Iselda (on the right side), Tiso, the Gravedigger, and Confessor Jiji
•S&Q to Greenpath and stag to King's Station

Royal Waterways
•Head back down the elevator shaft and do the spike tunnel skip again
•Set a DG then head right, towards Isma's Grove
•Go up to Eternal Emilitia, talk to her, and exit into the big room
•Enter Pleasure House, talk to Poggy Thorax and Marissa, and DG back
•Head left and head backwards through Waterways, past Dung Defender's arena
•Talk to Tuk then head left and sit at the bench
•Head back up and left, fight the Hwurmp arena, and exit into Fungal Wastes
•Rescue/talk to Bretta and S&Q back
•Head to the Junk Pit
•Open the Godseeker's cocoon and go back up to talk to Fluke Hermit
•Talk to Fluke Hermit
•Enter Godhome
•Complete the first Pantheon through Brooding Mawlek, then talk to the Godseeker
•Done (the run just kind of awkwardly ends in the middle of Pantheon 1)