Hollow Knight Trophy Guide and Platinum Walkthrough

Play the game naturally, exploring and collecting permanent upgrades, which alone account for 37 percent of completion.

Fill the journal as you go and pick up charms, mask and vessel fragments and nail upgrades.

Work through the remaining completion items with a checklist, including the content pack additions from the Voidheart Edition.

Clear the first four Pantheons, which is what the 112 percent completion trophy requires.

Bank every other trophy before attempting the fifth Pantheon, so the only thing standing between you and the platinum is that one run.

Practise individual bosses in the Hall of Gods and settle on a charm build.

Ascend the fifth Pantheon. It is the rarest trophy on the list and unlocks the platinum. Expect this to take a large share of your total time.

Permanent movement, spell, health, soul, and nail upgrades account for 37 percent. Audit these first because they also improve every Pantheon attempt.

Finish charms, mask fragments, vessel fragments, and the remaining world progression before long Godhome practice. Unbreakable charm upgrades are not required.

Complete the Hunter's Journal checklist and the first four Pantheons for the remaining percentage. The fifth Pantheon has its own trophy but is not part of 112 percent.

These are required for progression and completion percentage but have no individual trophies. Use them to settle on a dependable charm build.

The fourth Pantheon contributes to 112 percent and awards a gold trophy. Practise its problem bosses individually before committing to full runs.

The Pantheon of Hallownest awards the final major trophy and does not contribute to 112 percent. Clear every other trophy first so one successful run earns the platinum.

The PlayStation trophy list does not require a speedrun, a Steel Soul permadeath clear, or every ending. Steam and Switch achievement guides often include those tasks, which can send a PlayStation player into long runs that add no trophy progress. Use the PS4 list as the authority and treat other platform guides only as mechanical references.

Nothing functions like a traditional one-time missable because Hallownest remains open for revisits. The risk is incomplete tracking. Charms, fragments, upgrades, Hunter's Journal entries, and Pantheon progress all contribute to the completion route, so record each category before the final Godhome work begins.

Permanent upgrades account for 37 percent of completion. The remaining percentage comes from charms, mask and vessel fragments, nail upgrades, the journal, and the first four Pantheons. Unbreakable charm upgrades are not required, so do not spend time and resources on them solely for the platinum.

Audit the completion menu after each major category instead of waiting at 111 percent with no clear missing item. Compare the Hunter's Journal to a complete enemy list, finish world upgrades before entering repeated Pantheon practice, and verify the first four Pantheons individually. The fifth Pantheon has its own trophy but does not supply the missing percentage for the 112 percent requirement.

The first three Pantheons have no individual trophies. The fourth and fifth award the gold trophies, and the fifth is the final platinum wall. Clear every other trophy first so one successful Pantheon of Hallownest attempt ends the list. Use the Hall of Gods to repeat the bosses that end runs instead of replaying the full sequence for limited practice.

Choose a stable charm setup with dependable soul generation, healing windows, and enough attack range for the current stretch. Change the build only when one fight repeatedly exposes the same weakness. Completion time can range from around 15 hours for an experienced player to well over 100 for a first clear, and most of that difference comes from 112 percent routing and fifth-Pantheon practice.

Confirm 112 percent, the Hunter's Journal, upgrades, charms, fragments, and the fourth-Pantheon trophy before committing to repeated Pantheon of Hallownest runs. The fifth Pantheon is difficult enough without wondering whether another world requirement remains. Once the audit is clean, every practice session has one purpose. Identify the boss that ends the attempt, rehearse that fight in the Hall of Gods, and return only when the response has become consistent.

Consistency matters more than constant charm changes during final practice.

Check the completion percentage and category notes before each new block of Pantheon practice. If the profile is below 112 percent, repair the missing world requirement first. Pantheon of Hallownest practice should begin only after the completion trophy and every easier cleanup item are protected.

After every failed full run, name the exact boss, phase, and resource problem that ended it. Recreate that fight in the Hall of Gods and repeat it until the response is stable with the same charm build. Do not start another long Pantheon immediately after a failure that has not been understood.

Track whether the loss came from damage, weak soul economy, missed healing windows, or unfamiliar attack spacing. Change one part of the build or strategy at a time, then test it against the individual boss. This produces measurable improvement and prevents hours of full-sequence attempts that reach the same unresolved wall.