Greenpath | Hollow Knight Guide
After completing The Forgotten Crossroads and getting Vengeful Spirit, players can head to Greenpath. This area is home to lush fauna and traps, collectibles, a boss fight, and more to discover. This guide walks you through Greenpath, gets you to the first Hornet fight, and shows you how to get to Fungal Wastes & Mantis Village.
Greenpath Map
Greenpath is a fairly large area that features a ton of winding paths. The map above shows you the full area that you can explore.
As you go through Greenpath you will encounter a strange red-cloaked figure. You won’t be able to reach them, but they do provide some direction as to where to go. This figure may look very familiar to you if you played Silksong…
Where to Get The Map for Greenpath
To traverse this area easily, I recommend grabbing the map from Cornifer first. The map is located a few rooms into the area and requires a bit of platforming to reach.
Along the path you will encounter Bench 1. Sit on it so you have a save and replenish your life. Then continue following the path shown above until you see start to see Cornifer’s notes on our right.
Follow the notes right until you reach our favorite cartographer. Pay him the requested 60 Geo to buy the map. This will make your life much easier!
What Happens If You Don’t Buy Maps from Cornifer?
If you don’t find Cornifer or you don’t buy his map from him before he moves to a new spot, don’t fear. Maps will appear in Iselda’s shop, but at a higher price than if bought directly from Cornifer.
Grub 1
Inside the room with Cornifer there is a Grub you can collect. Head outside. Jump up onto the ledge above you then jump up onto the wall. Jump up to the right so you are in the secret area (pictured above). Knock down the platform
Go down into the room below and use the platform to reach the Grub (6/46) on the ledge above.
Leave the room with Cornifer and the Grub. Head left. There will be a path heading down. Before going down it jump across and knock down the platform for a shortcut and then go down into the room below.
Where to Get the Hunter’s Journal in Greenpath
In the room below make your way to the right side and go through the first entrance you find there.
In this room you will meet an NPC named The Hunter. Speak to The Hunter and he will give you the Hunter’s Journal. This item acts as the game’s bestiary. It logs all of the enemies you’ve defeated and gives interesting lore about them.
When ready, head back out of this room. Stop outside at the gap with the hanging platform.
Grub 2
To reach this Grub knock down the platforms and jump down onto them. Do this three times, so you make your way down the room, until you reach the bottom. Jump to the right to reach the Grub (7/46).
Collectible the Grub and then platform your way to the left and enter the next room. Make your way left through the next two rooms. You will basically be following the path of the red-cloaked warrior you see.
Bench 2
In the long vertical room make your way up. You will reach a section where there is a closed gate with a Bench behind it. Interact with the Toll Machine to the left and pay 50 Geos to open the gate. Sit at the Bench to update your map and save.
Free Zote The Mighty (Optional)
Go up from the Bench. Head right and defeat the Moss Knight to open the gate. Continue following the path up. You will go into a new area that is outside of Greenpath.
Head left in this new area. As you go left you will encounter an NPC named Zote The Might. Zote has been grabbed by a Vengefly King. You can save him or choose to let him die.
Saving him unlocks a questline that spans the entire game. Leaving him to die doesn’t. In this guide we will save him since his questline is funny.
Defeat the Vengefly King and Speak to Zote the Mighty
Hit the Vengefly King to start a mini-boss fight. Defeat the Vengefly King, collect the Geo it drops, and then speak to Zote the Mighty.
Zote basically tells you how great he is then tells you to stop bothering him or he will fight you. He will appear later in the game in the Colosseum of Fools and Dirtmouth.
Grub 3
From Zote continue heading to the left into the next room. Go down to the floor with two Moss Knights on in this room and head to the right. You will encounter a Moss Knight at the far right guarding a gate behind which is a Grub.
Defeat the Moss Knight to open the gate and then Free Grub (8/46)!
Make your way to the bottom left corner of the room where we just freed the Grub in. In the left corner will see a sign for the Stag Station. Follow the sign into the next room.
Snag the Wanderer’s Journal (Optional)
In the next room if you stand on the middle-right platform above the Stag Station sign you can destroy a breakable wall. Upon destroying it, head into the unlocked area. Jump over to the hidden area to snag the Wanderer’s Journal item which we can trade later for 200 Geo.
Stag Station and Bench 3
Go down into the Stag Station. Use the Bench then go over to the Toll Machine. Pay the 140 Geo to unlock this station. Go back to Dirtmouth now if you want to snag some Charms. There is a boss fight coming up.
Leave the Stag Station and go back up into the room above. Go left. Use the platforms to reach the left exit. Enter the room to come face to face with the red-cloaked figure… Hornet!
Boss: Hornet 1
When you enter Hornet’s arena she will speak to you. After speaking she will attack. Hornet is one of the faster enemies you will face in the game, so be ready for a tough fight!
If you are struggling I recommend equipping the Soul Catcher Charm, we got form the Ancestral Mound, to improve your Soul regain. This allows you to spam Vengeful Spirit more, which allows you to keep your distance.
Ability: Mothwing Cloak
Upon defeating Hornet and item will drop on the ground. Pick it up to acquire the Mosswing Cloak. This item unlocks the ability to dash forward. It can be used in both traversal and as a dodge during combat.
The only direction you can go from the boss arena is left. Follow the path and use the Mosswing Cloak ability to cross the acid pool.
Head down below. You can go either left or right. For now let’s go to the left to reach the Lake of Urnn.
Lake of Urnn (Optional)
If you head left from Hornet’s Boss Arena you will reach a named area called Lake of Urnn where there is a Bench and another interaction with Quirrel.
Once you are done with the Lake of Urnn, return to the room beneath Hornet’s boss arena. Head right this time. Go up and destroy the wood to return to the arena entrance.
Where to Get the Thorns of Agony Charm
Make your way to the room shown above. Complete the platforming sequence, avoiding the charged Lumafly and thorns, using your Mosswing Cloak dash to reach the Thorns of Agony Charm in the right corner.
What Does Thorns of Agony Do?
Thorns of Agony is a charm that triggers automatically whenever you take damage, causing thorny vines to burst outward from your character. It deals your base Nail damage to all nearby enemies in a small radius.
Bench 4
Make your way to the southeast side of Greenpath. Here you will find a path leading to an area below. Take it down into the next room. Take your first right in this room to reach the fourth Bench in the area.
Massive Moss Charger
Leave the room with the Bench. Head left and down until you reach the left corner exit. Go through this exit into the next large room.
Head left in this room. Doing so will trigger a mini-boss fight with the Massive Moss Charger. Defeat this enemy to receive some Geo.
Make your way through the mini-boss area to the left into the next room. Head through this room and use the bottom left exit.
Grub 4
In this room you will encounter a new type of bug called the Durandoo. The Durandoo walks back and forth in the acid. You can cross the acid by pogo-juggling on its back.
Do this on each Durandoo until you reach the middle of the room. Jump up and use the platforms in the middle of the room to reach a Grub (9/46).
Charm Lover Salubra (The Forgotten Crossroads)
That’s pretty much all we can do at this point in Greenpath. Since we have the Mosswing Cloak now we can unlock access to a very useful vendor in The Forgotten Crossroads.
Make your way back to the area where we freed Sly. Jump and dash to reach the inaccessible Bench and hut to the right.
In the hut you will meet Charm Lover Salubra. As her name suggests, she sells all things Charms and Charm Notches. Buy anything that might be of interest to you.
How to Reach Fungal Wastes via Fog Canyon
We’ve done everything we can in Greenpath so now it is time to head to the next major area called Fungal Wastes. To reach Fungal Wastes we need to pass through Fog Canyon, which is accessible in the lower area of Greenpath.
Make your way to Bench 4 (lower southeast corner). From Bench 4 head down until you reach the room shown above. Head to the bottom right corner in the room to find the Fog Canyon entrance.
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