Hollow Knight Palace Grounds

1. Hollow Knight Ancient Basin Palace Grounds
2. Ancient Basin Fountain Hollow Knight
3. Hollow Knight How To Get To Palace Grounds
4. Access White Palace Hollow Knight

This page of the IGN Hollow Knight wiki guide includes instructions on how to progress through the Ancient Basin, an area towards the bottom of Hollow.

1. Ancient Basin is a Location in Hollow Knight. Please see Walkthrough for other areas. The Ancient Basin is an area found deep within the kingdom of Hallownest. It was originally the location of the White Palace which is the home of The Pale King alongside his associates and guards.
2. Ancient Basin is a Location in Hollow Knight.Please see Walkthrough for other areas. The Ancient Basin is an area found deep within the kingdom of Hallownest. It was originally the location of the White Palace which is the home of The Pale King alongside his associates and guards.
3. The Palace Grounds can be accessed by jumping up the passage under where you found Cornifer. You can only access the White Palace when you have the Awoken Dream Nail and use it on the corpse of the Kingsmould, the guy outside the Palace. Getting through the White Palace will be necessary if you want to see the True Ending.
4. Hope achievement in Hollow Knight: Voidheart Edition: Open all of Hallownest's Stag Stations and discover the Stag Nest - worth 15 Gamerscore. Palace Grounds (in Ancient Basin, referred to as.

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White Palace

The White Palace can be found by Dream Nailing the Knight in the Palace Grounds of the Abyss. It's a difficult platforming section that will be sure to make you rage unless you're very patient. There are three main sections with Benches in between each one. For each section you'll need to find the lever to access the lift to the next section.

Once you make it to the very top of the palace you'll find a dead King sitting on a throne. Hit him a few times to knock out half of the Kingsoul charm.

Due to the difficulty of this area and the fact that you'll only take one damage at a time it's highly recommended to equip the Hiveblood charm to regenerate your health.

Birthplace

Once you have both halves of the Kingsoul equip this charm at a Bench. Head down to the bottom of the Abyss and wait for the ground to fall away, revealing a passage down to the Birthplace. There's not too much to explore down here as I think this area was reserved for future development. If you explore all of the passages you'll find an Ancient Egg, and then a large black egg. Use the Dream Nail on the egg to be taken back to the bottom of the Abyss. Jump your way back up to the top of the Abyss to see another Hollow Knight. After the cut-scene you'll be given the Void Heart charm.

Back: Dream Bosses Next: Temple of the Black Egg

White Palace is a Location in Hollow Knight. Please see Walkthrough for other areas. The palace of The Pale King that has mysteriously vanished from the kingdom of Hallownest after the spread of The Infection. It is only accessible via the dream world by dream nailing the corpse of a Kingsmould with an Awoken Dream Nail.

General Information

• Previous: Teacher's Archives
• Next: Temple of the Black Egg
• Bosses: N/A
  

Video Walkthrough

[video goes here]

Map

[map goes here]

NPCs in the area

• The Pale King (Corpse)

Bosses

• N/A

Items

Materials & Consumables

• N/A

Equipment & Upgrades

• N/A

Key Items

Enemies

White Palace Walkthrough

Getting into the White Palace

The journey continues as players will set forth into the White Palace. And to do this, you'll need to enter the Dream World by dream nailing the corpse of a knight at the Palace Grounds which is located at the Ancient Basin. However, you'll need to acquire the Awoken Dream Nail to enter.

To acquire the Awoken Dream Nail, you'll have to collect 1,800 Essence from defeating Warrior Dreams, dream bosses variants, and by extracting a few Essence from Whispering Root Trees. Once you have the sufficient amount, head back to Seer and speak to it to upgrade the Dream Nail into the Awoken Dream Nail - upon upgrading it, you can head back to the Palace Grounds at the Ancient Basin and dream nail the knight with the Awoken Dream Nail which will respectively take you into the White Palace via the Dream World.

The White Palace

The White Palace is a difficult area that requires precise platforming and patience. It has three main sections that have Benches in between each one, and each section has a lever that you'll have to reach in order to gain access into the next section. Upon entering, you'll find a bench that you can sit on to rest, and not far from it is a lift but the gates around it are locked - continue heading east from the first bench until you reach a mini-arena where you'll face 1x Kingsmould, you'll have to defeat it for the gates to re-open.

After killing it, exit to the right side of the gate, climb up, then head left where you'll find a lever. Hit it then retrace your steps back to where the locked gates were. Hop onto the platform which will take you up to a higher level that has spikes on a few platforms, simply follow the path until you reach the entrance that will lead you into the second section.

Upon entering the second section, climb up the passageway where you'll hear bugs that are talking. These are the Royal Retainers, they are weak and can be killed with just one strike with The Nail. From here, you'll want to reach the top right corner of the section and into the next segment where you'll find the lever. However, It is blocked by the gates and you'll have to continue heading east where you'll come across a room that has circular saw blades moving horizontally.

Once you've made it across, you'll find yourself in another room that has the same circular saw blades, only this time, it is moving vertically. In order to reach the top, you'll have to simultaneously climb up the wall, then dash towards the other end to avoid getting hit by the blades, just be careful when you're about midway to the top since you'll come across a wall that has spikes and the movement of the saw blades will be different. To get to the top, you'll have to cling onto the wall then double jump in between the blades to avoid getting hit - upon reaching the top, head west towards the next segment where you'll find more saw blades surrounding the room.

Now, timing and precision are important to avoid getting hit by the blades and the spikes that you'll have to pass through. You'll have to head at the bottom part of the room where you'll come across a spiked area to work your way around to reach the west side of the room. Upon reaching the west side, you should find the exit that will take you into the next room where you'll find a lever at the bottom part. You'll have to do some platforming again while heading down to avoid getting hit by the blades.

Upon reaching the bottom, you'll encounter 2x Royal Retainer and a lever that unlocks the gates of the main switch for the lift. Hit the switch, then continue to your left where you'll find yourself back to where the main switch is, flip the lever then head back outside and head to the southwestern side of the room to reach the second lever to open the gates for the lift. You'll come across yet another platforming section that have circular saw blades, simply follow the path via the platforms until you reach the second main switch. Flip it then continue following the path that will take you back to the lift, ride it to reach the third section of the palace.

For the third section, you'll find yourself in a room that has circular saw blades and multiple Wingmould enemies. These beings cannot be killed and the only way to get through it is either by avoiding it or by hitting it with The Nail which will cause its body to disperse for a short while before it reforms its shell. You'll find a bench that you can use before entering the next portion at the top.

The next portion will be a long path that you'll have to go through in order to reach the switch that unlocks a gate. And you'll have to pass through more circular saw blades and spiked metals that emerge from walls, ceilings, and platforms. Simply follow the path and just keep heading to the top until you reach the throne room of The Pale King.

Hollow Knight Ancient Basin Palace Grounds

Upon arriving at the throne room, you'll find the corpse of The Pale King, hit its corpse a few times the other half of the Kingsoul charm gets knocked out from the corpse. Collect the other half to form the Kingsoul charm then head back to The Abyss.

The Birthplace

Once you've acquired the Kingsoul charm, travel back to the bottom of The Abyss. But before heading into the bottom, make sure to equip the Kingsoul charm. Now, head to the west bottom part of The Abyss where you'll notice the ground will start to shake and then open up a path that will take you further into the abyss. You'll encounter more Siblings as you traverse the area.

Simply head to the bottom part then go east until you reach the end where you'll find a large black broken egg. Strike it with the Awoken Dream Nail to enter the birthplace and use the platforms to reach the top where you'll find another Hollow Knight - a cutscene will then follow and the Kingsoul charm will change into the Void Heart charm. Up next, is the Temple of the Black Egg.

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Due to the difficulty of this area and the fact that you'll only take one damage at a time it's highly recommended to equip the Hiveblood charm to regenerate your health.

Birthplace

Once you have both halves of the Kingsoul equip this charm at a Bench. Head down to the bottom of the Abyss and wait for the ground to fall away, revealing a passage down to the Birthplace. There's not too much to explore down here as I think this area was reserved for future development. If you explore all of the passages you'll find an Ancient Egg, and then a large black egg. Use the Dream Nail on the egg to be taken back to the bottom of the Abyss. Jump your way back up to the top of the Abyss to see another Hollow Knight. After the cut-scene you'll be given the Void Heart charm.

Back: Dream Bosses Next: Temple of the Black Egg

White Palace is a Location in Hollow Knight. Please see Walkthrough for other areas. The palace of The Pale King that has mysteriously vanished from the kingdom of Hallownest after the spread of The Infection. It is only accessible via the dream world by dream nailing the corpse of a Kingsmould with an Awoken Dream Nail.

General Information

• Previous: Teacher's Archives
• Next: Temple of the Black Egg
• Bosses: N/A
  

Video Walkthrough

[video goes here]

Map

[map goes here]

NPCs in the area

• The Pale King (Corpse)

Bosses

• N/A

Items

Materials & Consumables

• N/A

Equipment & Upgrades

• N/A

Key Items

Enemies

White Palace Walkthrough

Getting into the White Palace

The journey continues as players will set forth into the White Palace. And to do this, you'll need to enter the Dream World by dream nailing the corpse of a knight at the Palace Grounds which is located at the Ancient Basin. However, you'll need to acquire the Awoken Dream Nail to enter.

To acquire the Awoken Dream Nail, you'll have to collect 1,800 Essence from defeating Warrior Dreams, dream bosses variants, and by extracting a few Essence from Whispering Root Trees. Once you have the sufficient amount, head back to Seer and speak to it to upgrade the Dream Nail into the Awoken Dream Nail - upon upgrading it, you can head back to the Palace Grounds at the Ancient Basin and dream nail the knight with the Awoken Dream Nail which will respectively take you into the White Palace via the Dream World.

The White Palace

The White Palace is a difficult area that requires precise platforming and patience. It has three main sections that have Benches in between each one, and each section has a lever that you'll have to reach in order to gain access into the next section. Upon entering, you'll find a bench that you can sit on to rest, and not far from it is a lift but the gates around it are locked - continue heading east from the first bench until you reach a mini-arena where you'll face 1x Kingsmould, you'll have to defeat it for the gates to re-open.

After killing it, exit to the right side of the gate, climb up, then head left where you'll find a lever. Hit it then retrace your steps back to where the locked gates were. Hop onto the platform which will take you up to a higher level that has spikes on a few platforms, simply follow the path until you reach the entrance that will lead you into the second section.

Upon entering the second section, climb up the passageway where you'll hear bugs that are talking. These are the Royal Retainers, they are weak and can be killed with just one strike with The Nail. From here, you'll want to reach the top right corner of the section and into the next segment where you'll find the lever. However, It is blocked by the gates and you'll have to continue heading east where you'll come across a room that has circular saw blades moving horizontally.

Once you've made it across, you'll find yourself in another room that has the same circular saw blades, only this time, it is moving vertically. In order to reach the top, you'll have to simultaneously climb up the wall, then dash towards the other end to avoid getting hit by the blades, just be careful when you're about midway to the top since you'll come across a wall that has spikes and the movement of the saw blades will be different. To get to the top, you'll have to cling onto the wall then double jump in between the blades to avoid getting hit - upon reaching the top, head west towards the next segment where you'll find more saw blades surrounding the room.

Now, timing and precision are important to avoid getting hit by the blades and the spikes that you'll have to pass through. You'll have to head at the bottom part of the room where you'll come across a spiked area to work your way around to reach the west side of the room. Upon reaching the west side, you should find the exit that will take you into the next room where you'll find a lever at the bottom part. You'll have to do some platforming again while heading down to avoid getting hit by the blades.

Upon reaching the bottom, you'll encounter 2x Royal Retainer and a lever that unlocks the gates of the main switch for the lift. Hit the switch, then continue to your left where you'll find yourself back to where the main switch is, flip the lever then head back outside and head to the southwestern side of the room to reach the second lever to open the gates for the lift. You'll come across yet another platforming section that have circular saw blades, simply follow the path via the platforms until you reach the second main switch. Flip it then continue following the path that will take you back to the lift, ride it to reach the third section of the palace.

For the third section, you'll find yourself in a room that has circular saw blades and multiple Wingmould enemies. These beings cannot be killed and the only way to get through it is either by avoiding it or by hitting it with The Nail which will cause its body to disperse for a short while before it reforms its shell. You'll find a bench that you can use before entering the next portion at the top.

The next portion will be a long path that you'll have to go through in order to reach the switch that unlocks a gate. And you'll have to pass through more circular saw blades and spiked metals that emerge from walls, ceilings, and platforms. Simply follow the path and just keep heading to the top until you reach the throne room of The Pale King.

Hollow Knight Ancient Basin Palace Grounds

Upon arriving at the throne room, you'll find the corpse of The Pale King, hit its corpse a few times the other half of the Kingsoul charm gets knocked out from the corpse. Collect the other half to form the Kingsoul charm then head back to The Abyss.

The Birthplace

Once you've acquired the Kingsoul charm, travel back to the bottom of The Abyss. But before heading into the bottom, make sure to equip the Kingsoul charm. Now, head to the west bottom part of The Abyss where you'll notice the ground will start to shake and then open up a path that will take you further into the abyss. You'll encounter more Siblings as you traverse the area.

Simply head to the bottom part then go east until you reach the end where you'll find a large black broken egg. Strike it with the Awoken Dream Nail to enter the birthplace and use the platforms to reach the top where you'll find another Hollow Knight - a cutscene will then follow and the Kingsoul charm will change into the Void Heart charm. Up next, is the Temple of the Black Egg.

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Hollow Knight How To Get To Palace Grounds

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