Hollow Knight Hidden Dreams Guide – New Bosses, Stag Station & Dreamgate

The Hidden Dreams update for Hollow Knight adds exciting new content, including two powerful new bosses, a hidden Stag Station, and the Dreamgate fast travel ability. This Hollow Knight Hidden Dreams Guide covers everything you need to know about the Hidden Dreams DLC and how to access all the new features.

New Stag Station – Hidden Station

A new Stag Station has been added in Hidden Dreams, making traversal even easier. Here’s how to unlock it:

• Location: The Palace Grounds
• How to Unlock: Break the wall in the far-right corner of The Palace Grounds.
• Toll Cost: 300 GEO

Once you activate the Hidden Station, you can fast travel to it like any other Stag Station.

New Bosses – White Defender & Grey Prince Zote

The biggest highlight of the Hidden Dreams update is the addition of two new dream bosses: White Defender and Grey Prince Zote. You can battle both bosses multiple times, and each fight gets progressively harder.

White Defender

• Location: Secret room beneath the Dung Defender Arena
• How to Access:
  1. Defeat Dung Defender first.
  2. Return to his arena and Ground Pound below the platform under the liquid tank.
  3. A secret room will open where you can fight White Defender.
• Achievement: Memory

Grey Prince Zote

• Location: Bretta’s house in Dirtmouth
• How to Access:
  1. Rescue Bretta from the Fungal Wastes.
  2. Save Zote (must be done before entering Deepnest).
  3. After both are saved, enter Bretta’s house and go into the basement.
  4. Inside the basement, use the Dream Nail on the statue to fight Grey Prince Zote.
• Achievement: Dark Romance

New Ability – Dreamgate (Fast Travel)

The Dreamgate is a much-needed fast travel feature that lets players place a teleportation point anywhere in Hollow Knight.

How to Unlock Dreamgate

• Requirement: Collect 900+ Essence
• Where to Trade Essence: The Seer in the Resting Grounds
• If The Seer is Gone: Dreamgate will automatically be in your inventory if you’ve already collected all Essence.

How to Use Dreamgate

• Place a Dreamgate: Hold DOWN and swing the Dream Nail.
• Teleport to Dreamgate: Hold UP and swing the Dream Nail.

This ability is especially useful for bosses with long runbacks or exploring tricky areas.

The Hidden Dreams update enhances Hollow Knight with challenging new bosses, an extra Stag Station, and a fast travel system. Whether you’re testing your skills against White Defender and Grey Prince Zote or using Dreamgate to skip tedious backtracking, this DLC adds valuable content to your adventure.

If you are looking for more help with Hollow Knight update content, we’ve got you covered. Check out our guides to get through The Grimm Troupe and Godmaster.

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