All Dream Bosses TE route

All Dream Bosses TE route (for any patch, assumes 1.4+)

[Geo]
{Essence}


Vengeful Spirit
•Pick up Fury of the Fallen and S&Q
•Collect early geo for the Crossroads stag (Fury geo rock, rock and husk under the well, Aspid arena) [50]
•Open the Crossroads stag [0] (optionally bench and equip Fury)
•Kill False Knight and collect the City Crest and geo chest [200]
•Collect Vengeful Spirit
•Grab Soul Catcher and equip it at the bench (overcharm is optional)

Mothwing Cloak
•Head through Greenpath like normal [340]
•Kill the Vengefly King [~420]
•Open the Greenpath stag [280]
•Fight Hornet and collect Mothwing Cloak
•S&Q to Ancestral Mound

Fungal Wastes
•Head into Fungal Wastes and bench at Leg Eater
•Fight the Shrumal Ogres and collect the charm notch [370]
•Head through Fungal Wastes
•Hit the lever by the bouncy grub *before* claw
•Pick up Mantis Claw
•Head out to the right and grab Dashmaster
•Rescue Bretta and S&Q to Leg Eater (swap Fury for/equip Dashmaster)
•Head back through Fungal Wastes and enter City through the City Crest entrance

Desolate Dive
•Grab the Rafters seal and sell it to Lemm [820]
•Head through the DLC rooms to Sanctum
•Kill the Soul Warrior [1020]
•Grab Spell Twister (make sure to hit the levers for later)
•Fight Soul Master and collect Desolate Dive

City Storerooms
•Grab the geo chest [1400] (no Hallownest seal)
•Exit Sanctum and sit at the toll bench [1250]
•Head to Storerooms and grab the Simple Key
•Stag to Crossroads [1050] (don't bench)

Crystal Peak
•Enter Peak through the dive entrance
•Pogo skip to the Cornifer idol
•Grab the Shopkeeper's key
•Head to and collect Crystal Heart
•Head through the dark room to Crystallized Mound
•Collect Descending Dark
•Drop down into Resting Grounds and collect Dream Nail

Shade Soul & Soul Tyrant
•Open the Resting Grounds stag (don't bench)
•Dive into the crypts (if you don't have 1140 geo here, get the geo chest) [1140]
•Hit the lever underneath Xero and cdash across Blue Lake to Salubra
•Buy Shaman Stone and a charm notch [800]
•Rescue Sly
•Head to the Crossroads stag and stag to Dirtmouth
•Buy Elegant Key [0] and S&Q to Sanctum (swap Dashmaster for Shaman Stone)
•Fight the Soul Warrior [200] and collect Shade Soul
•Head back through Sanctum
•Fight Soul Tyrant {300} and S&Q to the toll bench

Dung Defender
•Head down through the Sanctum entrance
•Sell to Lemm (Peak idol) [1000]
•Head through Waterways to Dung Defender
•Fight Dung Defender

Monarch Wings & Lost Kin
•Head down the broken elevator shaft (optional Isma's skips to avoid acid skips later) to Basin
•Sit at the toll bench [850]
•Head through the Mawlurks to Broken Vessel
•Kill Broken Vessel and fight Lost Kin {700}
•Collect Monarch Wings and S&Q to the toll bench

Failed Champion & Dreamgate
•Head to Hidden Station
•Stag to Resting Grounds [550] and bench
•Stag to Crossroads
•Head to and fight Failed Champion {1000}
•S&Q to Resting Grounds (swap Spell Twister for Dashmaster)
•Collect all of the Seer's rewards up to Dreamgate

Howling Cliffs
•Stag to Dirtmouth and bench
•Head through King's Pass to Howling Cliffs
•Optionally learn Cyclone Slash (probably doesn't lose too much + comfy)
•Kill Gorb {1100}
•Light the Nightmare Lantern and S&Q to Dirtmouth

Grimmchild
•Collect Grimmchild and S&Q
•Set a DG, stag to Greenpath, and bench
•Head to and kill the GP Grimmkin
•Optionally go and get Howling Wraiths for Shriek later
•S&Q to the stag, stag to Resting Grounds, and bench
•Stag to Storerooms and kill the Grimmkin
•Collect a bit of soul and DG back to Dirtmouth
•Elevator skip to Peak and kill the Grimmkin
•DG back to Dirtmouth and upgrade Grimmchild
•S&Q to Resting Grounds

King's Brand & Shade Cloak
•Head down and kill Xero {1200} and the Grimmkin
•Head down the elevator to King's Station
•Open King's Station [250] and set a DG
•Head through the tunnel to Kingdom's Edge
•Kill the Grimmkin
•Head through the acid skip to Hornet 2
•Fight Hornet 2 and collect the King's Brand
•DG to King's Station (swap Grimmchild for Dream Wielder) stag to Hidden Station
•Head into the Abyss
•Collect Abyss Shriek if you got Wraiths earlier
•Head through the Sibling climb and collect Shade Cloak
•S&Q and DG to King's Station

Troupe Master Grimm
•Stag to Dirtmouth and bench (overcharm Grimmchild)
•Set a DG by the bench
•Head to King's Pass and kill the Grimmkin
•Collect full soul and DG back
•Bench and swap to your Grimm charms
•Fight Troupe Master Grimm and collect the charm notch

Monomon
•S&Q and swap to Shaman Stone + Dream Wielder + either Spell Twister or Dashmaster
•Head through Crossroads and acid skip into Fog Canyon
•Set a DG outside of Teacher's Archives
•Fight Uumuu and absorb Monomon
•DG back and head through QGA into Queen's Gardens

Queen's Gardens & Fungal Core
•Fight the Petra arena
•Head to and sit at the toll bench [100]
•Fight the arena and head up to Traitor Lord
•Fight Traitor Lord and collect the White Fragment
•S&Q to the toll bench (swap Spell Twister for Grimmchild) and head down into (dark) Deepnest

Deepnest & The Hive
•Set a DG in the whispering root room
•Head to Distant Village and collect the Brumm flame
•Skip Beast's Den and absorb Herrah
•Exit Beast's Den (bench and swap Grimmchild for Dashmaster) and DG back
•Head to the Failed Tramway (this is a bit cursed in the dark) and set a DG where you emerge
•Grab Tram Pass and DG back
•Head around and fight the Zote arena
•Rescue Zote and head down to the hot spring
•Head right and take the tram to Basin (bench and swap Dashmaster for Grimmchild)
•Fight the Grimmkin and return to the tram (S&Q if low on health)
•Take the tram to Kingdom's Edge and enter the Hive
•Fight the Grimmkin and S&Q to the tram

Colosseum of Fools & City of Tears
•Head up into Kingdom's Edge
•Acid skip and head up to the Colosseum of Fools
•Enter and complete Trial 1
•Head left to the elevator and down to King's Station
•Head to Spire and set a DG at its base
•Kill the Great Husk Sentry in some way (Shriek if you have it)
•Fight the Watcher Knights
•Absorb Lurien and DG back
•Head to and fight White Defender {1500}
•Head back to King's Station

Grey Prince Zote & White Palace
•Stag to Resting Grounds and bench (swap Dream Wielder for Dashmaster)
•Stag to Dirtmouth and set a DG
•Fight Grey Prince Zote {1800} and S&Q to Resting Grounds
•Collect part of the whispering root until you have 1800 essence
•Collect the Seer's rewards up to Awoken Dream Nail
•Stag to Hidden Station
•Enter and head through White Palace
•Collect Kingsoul and equip it at the Hidden Station bench (swap everything but Dashmaster? or just overcharm)
•Head to the Abyss and collect Void Heart
•DG back to Dirtmouth

Dream No More
•Bench and swap to Shaman Stone + Spell Twister + Grimmchild
•Fight Nightmare King Grimm
•Head to the Temple of the Black Egg (not much point in changing charms)
•Enter the Black Egg and fight the Hollow Knight
•Fight the Radiance
•Done