Channelknight Fadran

Hollow Knight Steel Soul 100% speedrun updates:

• I have, officially, reached 100% of game completion in my steel soul file. Actually, it's 102% now. Out of 112. People who don't know about HK have no idea what I'm talking about.
• Reaching 100% got me all but a few charms, so I figured I might as well get the rest while I'm at it. I got Weaversong, Joni's blessing, and then Lifeblood Core, leaving only Grubberfly's Elergy for Future Fadran to get. I need to get the Love Key to fight the Collector to do that though, so I'm not doing that today.
• I banished Grimm for two reasons: I've never gotten Carefree Melody before and I wanted to get the max peoples for Dirtmouth (including Cloth, who died during my first playthrough :( ). Only quit out of his fight once 'cause it was getting a bit dicey at the end, then absolutely melted him the second time around.
• Defeated every non-godhome boss so far except Grey Prince Zote and the Collector (and, of course, HK and Radiance).
• BONUS DUCK: How to speedrun Steel Soul if you're scared of bosses!
  • Step one: get fireball
  • Step two: get desolate dive
  • Step three: get descending dark
  • Step four: get howling wraiths
  • Step five: get  e v i l  fireball
  • Step six: get abyss shriek
  • Step Omnipresent: DON'T get any nail upgrades
  • Lots of bosses have HP that scales with your nail so that they don't become to easy later on, but spell damage is static and doesn't affect boss HP! With void spells and shaman stone but 0 nail, all it takes to no-hit Markoth is to mash three full abyss shrieks at him. I melted through each dream warrior this way in less than thirty seconds a pop (except Elder Hu cuz frick Elder Hu).
  • Also get Fragile Strength so your nail isn't completely useless
  • By the time you've melted every boss with spells you'll probably have just about every pale ore so you can just grab them all for the final fights.
• Did Colo 1 and 2 for the thingies. First try on both: I feel like a god.
• Did White Palace in about thirty minutes. Felt good.
• Got the godtuner and such, but imma finish up the overworld before heading to Godhome 'cause you can't exactly die die in there so I want to complete all the actual Steel Soul things before retreating to thence.
• I think that's it
• bye