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Hollow Knight
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Nightmare King

Twisted spectre of scarlet flame.

Hunter’s notes

“The expanse of dream in past was split, One realm now must stay apart, Darkest reaches, beating red, Terror of sleep. The Nightmare’s Heart.” - Seer

The notes unlock after 1 kill.

Nail hits to kill

Its 1500 HP over the nail's damage per hit at each upgrade, plain and with Fragile or Unbreakable Strength (×1.5, rounded the game's way).

NailDamageHitsWith Strength
Old Nail5300188 (8 a hit)
Sharpened Nail9167108 (14 a hit)
Channelled Nail1311675 (20 a hit)
Coiled Nail178958 (26 a hit)
Pure Nail217247 (32 a hit)
  1. White Defender1,600
  2. Nightmare King1,500
  3. Grey Prince Zote1,200
  4. Volatile Zoteling30
HP of the enemies found mostly in Dream, highest first.

Where it is, its HP and Geo there 1

HP and Geo are read from each scene’s own HealthManager, so they’re exact for that place. Geo with Fragile Greed follows the game’s rule: each coin size gets 20% more coins, rounded up.

AreaHPGeoWith GreedPlacedMap
Dream1500001Show

Overview

HP
1500
Kills for the Hunter’s notes
1
Placed copies
1
Kind
Grimm Troupe

Also mostly in Dream 3