Since Hollow Knight, a Metroidvania-style game, was released in 2017, fans have been searching for ways to make it harder, easier, or just a more unique experience to battle their way through. Whether that challenge is met through things like no-hit or no-geo runs, they have found new and innovative ways to explore Hallownest repeatedly.
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It just so happens that mods are an excellent and easy way to revamp Hollow Knight, providing new players and veterans alike with whatever experience their heart desires. Most mods can be found through websites like GitHub and Nexus mods, but to make your searches easy, here are the best Hollow Knight mods.
Updated on August 29, 2023, by Tallis Spalding: While we still look for any kind of life signal from Silksong, we continue to replay the adventure that began it all. We have updated this article keeping it fresh and also adding one more mod.
11 Pale Court
Pale Court is an unofficial expansion to Hollow Knight that, if you didn't know better and had never played before, you'd probably think it was a real DLC. It was made by a fairly sizable team that made a stunning addition to the game that you will probably love.
If you loved Hollow Knight and you've played it so many times that you can't help but wish for more then you need to play through the Pale Court. There are new fights, new charms, new characters, and new lore, and while it's all not canon or official, it is still fun to indulge in after you've beaten the game.
10 One Mask Knight
If you've been craving a true challenge, tempting yourself with no-hit runs, then the One Mask Knight mod is a must-have mod. Don't be a fool if you are new to the world of Metroidvanias - the One Mask Knight mod was made with veterans in mind.
While the game will start the Knight off with one mask's worth of health, it is possible to gain more by collecting four mask shards. Good luck getting all of your mask shards, though. To fight your way through this mod, your skills must be honed, and your reflexes on point. One hit, and you'll be back on the bench.
9 Inferno King Grimm
Did you not think the fight with Nightmare King Grimm was hard enough? Good News! Now you can fight the Inferno King Grimm. As you fight your way through this new battle, Inferno King Grimm's attacks will become more intense with newly modded moves to boot. Through each of the three stages, your fight to survive and escape the Nightmare Heart will only grow more difficult.
If that still wasn't enough for you, the mod includes an additional option in the settings menu to make the Nightmare King just that much more difficult to face off against. The Troupe Master Grimm may be beloved by many, but with this mod, you will learn to fear him.
8 Mantis Gods
Commonly hailed and praised by many as one of their favorite fights in the game, the Mantis Lords are a force to be reckoned with - until you learn their pattern, at least. With the Mantis Gods mod, the Mantis Lords become faster and more ruthless in their attacks. Their pattern, although similar, is harder to predict, forcing you to adapt on the fly.
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When facing off against the Sisters of Battle, the fight may seem nearly impossible as they fly across your screen in a blur. The Mantis Gods mod fight truly ramps up the stakes of the fight and breathes a new ferocity into the Mantis Tribe.
7 Randomizer
A well-beloved mod by the community, the Randomizer mod can do one of two things: make your life in Hallownest significantly harder or make it significantly easier. Your fate is in the hands of the mod when the Randomizer is turned on.
Late-game items can suddenly become available in the early game and items that are needed in the early game you may find in The Abyss, of all places. No one is safe when the items are randomized, not even the shopkeepers. Even still, the Randomizer undoubtedly breathes new life into Hollow Knight, offering a new experience every time you play.
6 Easier Mode - Cheap Charms
Struggling to get through Hollow Knight is to be expected, especially if you're not great at adapting to the unforgiving nature of the game. Fortunately, Charms exist to make fighting your way through Hallownest just a bit easier.
The more charms you get in Hollow Knight, the easier the game gets. Of course, if you could only equip more charms than was previously allowed, the game would be a breeze. In fact, the little Knight would practically be a God among bugs. The Easier Mode - Cheap Charms mod provides that ability in spades, with each Charm costing only a single notch, sans the Wayward Compass and Gathering Swarm Charms, which both cost nothing to equip.
5 Invincibility
Have you ever wanted to simply sit and enjoy the atmosphere of Hallownest without worrying about enemies coming out of nowhere to stab you in the back? Or maybe you want to barrel through the game and enjoy the story without worrying about taking over forty hours to fight tooth and nail to get to the end after nearly rage-quitting more than is fair?
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The invincibility mod is here to save the day, making it so no enemies can land a single damaging blow upon the little Knight, no matter how much they try to smack you around. If you're stuck on the Path of Pain or in the White Palace, desperate to get through, this mod will make your life much easier.
4 Godseeker+
The Godseeker+ mod completely reformats how you carry through Godhome, whether that means making your journey easier or more difficult. One of the more notable options that Godseeker+ gives to you is a segmented Pantheon 5. Whether you've tried to fight Pantheon 5 or you've only heard of it, it is renowned as one of the hardest challenges, if not the hardest challenge, in the entirety of Hollow Knight.
Godseeker+, while it gives the option to take on that challenge head-on, also allows you to take it one step at a time. At least this way, getting the Godh ome endings is a viable option for more than the best of the best.
3 Custom Skins
While the Custom Skins mod doesn't fundamentally change the game or break anything to make it easier, it can add some new flair that gives the game a breath of fresh air when needed. Whether you want your little knight to look like Troupe Master Grimm or even the Hive Knight, the Custom Skins mod makes that possible.
Even better is that this mod allows you to re-texture other things in the game, notably NPCs. If desired, the Custom Skins mod even lets you change out the cutscenes in Hollow Knight. At this rate, with the Custom Skins mod, you could create an entirely new game with an altered story.
2 Git Gud Patch
The Git Gud Patch mod generally enhances the gameplay for new players and allows them to make the game easier through a debug console. In the Git Gud patch mod, all enemies have health bars and can give you, what essentially equates to God Mode, where the little Knight has unlimited health, can one-shot enemies, and anything else the debug screen is capable of doing.
Ultimately, this mod is one of the better ones for beginners and veterans alike because it can allow you to continue through the game as intended (with the bonus of health bars). If you want to get some of the hardest achievements in the game but with a slightly less stressful gameplay then this is the mod for you.
1 Multiplayer
The Hollow Knight multiplayer mod lets you enjoy the world of Hollow Knight with some of your best friends at your side. This mod can lead to some fun challenges, encouraging its use for team PvP or free-for-all combat to prove, once and for all, who is the ultimate Knight.
Perhaps, if you're in a long-distance friendship or relationship, the mod can even be used to hang out with another. It may be on a virtual space, but while you chat on discord, your little Knights can interact and spend time in the ethereally beautiful remains of Hallownest.
Hollow Knight
A Metroidvania adventure, Hollow Knight is a challenging 2D platformer that sees you play as the Knight as he wanders the grey environments of the Hallownest. You must battle the infected insects who reside there and discover a way to reverse the decay that pervades everything.
- Released
- February 24, 2017
- Developer(s)
- Team Cherry
