
Talk to Quirrel, then head left and destroy the wooden bracing to unlock a shortcut back to Queen’s Station, then head inside to begin your journey through the Teacher’s Archives. Proceed left, through the next area, then take the left exit and you’ll arrive at the Teacher’s Archives. Wait for an opening, then dash through, head down the shaft, and take the exit on the left side. It is also the home of the Void and the birthplace of the vessels. The Abyss lies beneath the Ancient Basin where a huge amount of corpses of the failed vessels and their shades can be found. You’ll emerge into a vertical shaft where small swarms of Lumaflies regularly coalesce to create electrical outbursts. Updated: 06:31 The Abyss is a Location in Hollow Knight. Tons of tiny Uoma enemies are scattered throughout the area, so proceed carefully and avoid the explosive orange bubbles sitting on the floor, then hop across the platforms or swim through the acid and take the right side exit. Use the Shade Cloak to jet through it, then ascend the platforms to reach a small alcove at the top of the screen.īuy the map from Cornifer, then hop back down the platforms and take the exit on the right, into the next area. In this area, hop across the platforms and you’ll soon reach a vertical black beam which blocks the way forward. The entrance to the Abyss itself is probably found by most players as they go to defeat Broken Vessel. The next area has acid and a number of explosive Ooma enemies, so climb the shaft cautiously and take the top right exit. Pay the 112 Geo for the Kingdom’s Edge area map, then continue down the small platforms until you reach the bottom of the giant chasm, then head right into the next area. Hop all the way up the vertical shaft and take the top left exit into the next area. In this area, you’ll have to deal with explosive enemies, so use caution (especially if you have attacking companion Charms), and heal often. Now that we have the Shade Cloak, we can obtain the Fog Canyon map. Hop up the platforms and take the top left exit into Fog Canyon. From the Bench, head right and into the main Stagway area.


Once you awaken, return to the King’s Station Stagway and take the Stag to Queen’s Station. Channel Soul to absorb their essence and bring an end to the dream. Use the Dream Nail to enter Lurien’s dream, then follow the platforms to the right and slash Lurien with the Nail until they give up the ghost. Head left and take the elevator all the way to the top, then head right and you’ll find Lurien the Watcher, sleeping on a slab. Follow the path left, then wall-jump up the shaft and take the exit into the area above. Having defeated the Watcher Knights, head right out of the boss arena and wall-jump up to the next level.
