Hi everyone! Thanks for checking out my otherwise tiny channel! If you use the guide, go ahead and comment your final time! I’d love to know how you did!
4 hours and 36 min.I never could have done this without your help! But I did have to start over. I tried to see if I could steel mode the run, then I died trying to do the shortcut you showed (dashing over the water without isma’s tear). So, on attempt # 2 i played it safe and did normal mode. It took 4hrs36 because I took the time to go get isma’s tear, I had a tough time trying to beat the Watcher Knights, and (like you mentioned) the Hollow Knight was unexpectedly difficult without all the best charms and upgrades. A thousand Thanks!
u helped me a lot i finished in 2:18 i died 3 times for dumb things and got the wings just to clarify i did die with the hollow knight because it was too slow compared to his other version and that was the only boss that defeated me the other 2 times was for explosions
Dude. Absolutely phenominal editing. Those graphics, and the frist part of the critical breakthrough was made extremely well! Totally expected your channel to be in the tens of thousands.
1hr 56min run with getting monarch wings and getting fully lost 3 times and dying multiple times to random enemies. insane guide edit: u can beat the game to get the
I did the achievement a few days ago, I nearly got it at 4 hours and 40 minutes. Your route seems a lot more friendly than mine, I hope I had seen this video sooner. You earned a sub, the editing is crazy, you deserve a lot more subs :)
Saw this video and expected it to be from an account with over 100k subs. Was shocked to see how underrated you are! This editing is insane and this is the first hk speedrun tutorial i have ever seen and used! Keep up the fantastic work! It will pay off!
4 hour 52 minute finish! I was starting to get really worried when I was struggling with Deepnest and the Watcher Knights (those bastard knights...) and I was left with only 20 minutes to beat the Hollow Knight, but I did it! And this guide was invaluable, so thank you very much!
@@Lincoln-r5p Dont see why not! Honestly, as long as your confident you can beat the few nessarcy bosses in just a couple tries, theres no reason you shouldn't be able to get under five hours (or at the very least, within a few attempts). And if u feel like you cant beat a boss on the run easily, you can always practice beating them on a save where you've unlocked godhome (Though I havent tried beating the achievement myself yet, so take with a grain of salt lol)
Quick note on the shade skip in Kingdom's Edge - I'd personally recommend going for an aspid skip instead. If you have mantis claw, you also only need to skip the first jump up, afterwards you can just mantis claw the side walls (although it initially looks like you shouldn't be able to, there are indeed spots where you can jump off using it). Saves you a lot of time from not having to die and is arguably less risky than a shade skip, since you don't risk any geo you might have had on you.
That makes a lot of sense! In hindsight I think I should have highlighted the shade skip that can get you from Salubra’s shop to the blue lake… but ultimately the point was just to show off that skips LIKE it were possible, and the hornet one worked well for those purposes because it shows 3 shade pogos in a row, but you still raise some excellent points!
@@2CPhoenix While I agree that the Salubra skip probably would have been a good example, since it is such a staple when it comes to shade skips, I think you still did a really good job with the video. It's a great introduction to running Hollow Knight faster than normal while teasing speedrun strats just enough that it might get people interested without being overwhelming. That, combined with the great visuals, is something you should absolutely be proud of!
I was a bit uneasy with all the routes for me to get speedrun achievement. This video cleared it up. And looking up everything in comments section, i am now confident with this achievement. Thank you
This guide freaking rocks, seriously. I finished the game in 3h 03m, and that's also with spending additional time to get monarch wings, Isthma's tear, and other equipment. The achievement really seemed daunting until I followed your route. Thank you so much!
Absolutely awesome video, thanks for making it! Managed to squeak it out under 5 hours with this guide, and that was even making a detour to get defender’s crest and isma’s tear
Very helpful guide! I got the achievements at 3h 36m. Many deaths to Watcher Knights and Uumuu added to my time, but I did it. All thanks to your video! Pantheon 5 is all I have left now.
I'm glad to find a straightforward guide to finishing the game efficiently. Everything I looked up was either a full 100% walk-through or a speedrun guide with tons of glitches and stuff.
I know this video is old and I'm a random person but I cannot begin to tell you how much I appreciate this video. I followed it nearly to a T and got my completion in 2 hours and 30 minutes (and that was with severe mess ups and forgetting to bench warp in some areas). This is in my top 3 favorite games of all time and I've been looking to get all achievements for it. These two speed run achievements are by far the ones that scared me the most of all of them and you made it easy. Thank you so much for your work on this. Will be subscribing.
I have already completed the achivement using fireborn's steam guide, but honestly your video is much more convenient and clear for those who haven't completed the game 16000 times so they know every single spot and every part of the map perfectly. Thanks for your effort =)
Also, fireborn completely ignores the strength charm and pale ores, idk how a casual player is supposed to kill the Hollow Knight using 2nd nail. (I myself used skips to get ore from the peak and bought the charm too)
This is ridiculously incredible! The fact that you have so few subscribers pains me. Haven’t had the chance to try this yet, as I haven’t had my laptop, but I love this, you have earned a sub.
thank you very much for the video, just did it on my second attemp (i died twice without getting back all my geos so i couldn't upgrade the nail woops). Very easy and well construct guide !
Man this was fantastic. Time was 2h41m43s, i was unwilling to do this challenge, but your video appeared on my feed and it is so easy to understand and well edited, i simply couldn't resist trying it out and did it first try! Thanks!
Greatest thanks to you! I did it in 2 hours 48 minutes thanks to you! I did it by purchasing a 5th charm notch from Salubra, and buying fragile heart from Leg Eater. I used that and fragile strength to beat Hollow Knight. 3 mask shards were purchased from Sly, and the rest were from Grubfather, Queen's Station, Brooding Mawlek, Crossroads, and the one by Cornifer in Royal Waterways. Again, thank you so much!!!
I first played and beat Hollow Knight 2 years ago with all the content that's in it, did the troupe, did godmaster. But the speedrun thing I only attempted twice before giving up and leaving it for later. I tried again today following your guidance step by step and I managed to do it in 2hours 13minutes 28seconds :D thank you so much for making this possible for me. Also I just realised your sub count, you deserve ten times the amount with the quality of this guide alone. Thank you again, and I hope that your channel flourishes.
I love this so much, I opted to save my geo on the second sly mask shard and went for brooding mollusk instead, and it worked out for me cause I ended up needing that money to later repair the charm, but all it all I say the adaptability of this run and the help with all the options at the beginning made this 5 hour experience so fun for me to do. Thanks for this video's help.
This is really well edited for a simple tutorial. Like, it would’ve been so much easier to just list the steps and have game footage and some voiceover. This guy really went the extra, time consuming, pain-in-the-ass way, and this video is just that much better for it. This was great content, thanks for your video!
Thank You So Much for this Video. I followed your footsteps, using bench warpings, and i skipped the monarch wings. My final time was 1:56. That Isma Tear Skip to the Teacher was brutal, but very doable. Thanks Again.
Thank you so much for this walkthrough! I attempted to beat this on my own with my own planning and met multiple dead ends with a lot of frustration. I can understand now how much time, effort, and understanding of the game you need to be able to show us how to do this. Again thank you and I got a time of 2h 50m and 52s
Brooo thanks i've beaten it in like 4h 45m. (Like im thinked i got 5h 5 or worse in the credits) My heart is pumpin like shet. Thanks for the guide. I hope more ppl gonna find Hollow Knight and your channel! 🐤🐸😁🎉 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks for the guide! I just finished the game in 2 hours and 52 minutes with the help of you. I think skipping tram pass completely and doing a blue lake shade skip to get to resting grounds is better but still a great guide.
Thanks for the guide, just what I was looking for!! Finished in 5hrs and 18mim on the first attempt and 3hrs and 4min on the second. The Watcher Knights were my biggest hang up with so few upgrades but I got 'em in the end!! 🤘🤘
Thanks for this incredible video! I beat the game in under 3 hours and finished both achievments I got left. You're underrated and i hope you'll be succesfull
Playing for a while in godhome on my main file, now I tried this to get the achievements, and got 2 hours, 42 minutes, 27%. I went for the optional stuff (monarch wings, the laser guy at crystal peaks, etc.) and this route was wonderful. I didn't even need mark of pride, since I only died once VS the hollow knight (I had equipped the fragile strength all the way lol), but I had some scary moments like defeating uumuu with one mask left D: This video is so well built, I couldn´t bhave done it without it. Thanks!
One tip on the acid skip because I found it pretty difficult trying to do it with the dash: If you just hold left and fall from the floating platform above the acid, that puts you on the perfect position on the wall
Really good route. I had quite a few major fuckups, because I skipped benches feeling cocky and also took a good 30 mins to kill the rolling bishes infront of the last dreamer. Killed the final boss first try and that way still got a sub 3 hour run.
Very nice video ! The result is worth your work ! I got 2h26 with your route (including monarchs wings and 3 deaths at watcher knights). You got my subscription :)
Thx you so much @2CPhoenix for this awesome guide!!! It was a very friendly route to use as a reference for my run. After a couple of years that I last played Hollow Knight, I've managed to complete all the speedrun achievements and even steel soul except this one. I dreaded to even try it, so I never attempted it for a long time. Over the years, I watched some youtubers doing some insane speedrun's, and that inspired me to at the very least attempt it once. I was trying to find a good guide and that's how I stumbled at this hidden gem of a guide. Your channel is so underrated for this well edited video. I managed to finish almost first try with a time of 4h 09 min even when I was rusty lol. During the run, I got the monarch wings, shade cloak, desolate dive, isma's tear, the 3rd nail upgrade and having 8 masks as extra precaution. I was pretty much set during my run. I'm very surprised that I managed to pull it off without to much hardship. Thx again!!! Hope you continue doing great videos.
I’m so happy to hear it helped! My channel may be small but it’s also quite young, and has a few growing pains to work through yet, but I’m very optimistic for its future, and I hope you’ll stick around for all I’ve got planned!
I only just started playing Hollow Knight on January 11th but I've already nearly got 112% on my first save and I'm ready to go for this achievement. I avoided the internet as much as I could for my first run but for speedrunning I'd rather not go in blind and this video is perfect!
THANK U, 4h21min (got stuck in the watcher knights fight and before that I decided to take the monarch wings because I'm not too skilled without them - in the part where we need to pogo in our way to city of tears I got stuck too and had to take the train to kingdom's edge and then go to city of tears)
Did my first run following your path and i made 3h 57min, i went for the isma's tear as i failed A LOT the acid skip. I'll probably redo it sometime soon i believe a can do a lot less time. Perfect video, really good content, congrats
Bro you are criminally underrated this video was incredibly helpful and just what I needed to figure out how to do the speed run achievements thank you frfr
The positivity everyone’s been sending my way on this has been overwhelming! Thank you! And you should let me know what your end time is if you use the route!
Nice! I gave this a try and got 2 hr 20 min exactly lol! Got both achievements, thanks! Although I never got a hang of using the crystal dash to get into the fog canyon. I found that just using the regular dash with double-jump works there just as well (even better for me)! Hardest part: watcher knights, but your strategy worked well for them
I didn’t even consider the possibility that the skip COULD be done with the dash and double jump! I figured the little dip the monarch wings do before gaining height would have dropped the knight in the acid, so that’s very cool! I wish I’d thought of that. Also I love that your time is almost exactly the same as mine, lol
Thanks my man, I got sick of my charm breaking after 2 deaths and did hollow knight with mark of pride. 1.5 hours of pain but eventually I got it at 4hours14minutes. Definitly one if not the hardest challenges I have done.
Got 3h11 with monarch wings, several deaths including one on umuu where I didn't take the bench so I had to do the acid skip twice, getting lost in herra's den and breaking the nail charm really early on truly a perfect guide
3 hours and 45 minutes, got super turned around at some point, but made up for it with an easy watcher knight fight, awesome video and thanks for the help!!!!
dude i beat the game in 2 and half hours , really good guide, with some speedruns tricks but nothing too crazy, pretty casually friendly like he said. 10/10
Thanks a lot for your guide! I manage to finish the game in 2h27min16sec first try without skipping the Monarch Wing, and with doing the CrossRoads to Fog Canyon skip for the first time of my life (took me about 15 tries tho). Also, even if you adviced to not doing it, I've done it on Steel Soul! The nails upgrade and the additional masks are more than helpfull. I almost died in Deepnest, fighting the Stalking Devout, but manage to stay alive. The Hollow KNight itself is also a bit pressuring, but since it's not that hard, I manage to defeat it. I also never quit the game at 1hp to go back to the last bench and save my Steel Soul run, so I'm proud of myself!^^' So thanks a lot to you, I got 3 achievments (4 with "Neglect" that I never did) in one run, so thanks again for your guide, and your overall amazing video!
Just used your guide, made it in 2hr 39mins I also fought the "brood mother?" Boss in the crossroads. Really helpful guide. I literally reached the hallow Knight by the 2:10 mark
thanks for making this vid. was able to do it/follow along somewhat. i finished in 3 hour 57 min but that was with a lot of detouring and obtaining other items. working on getting 100% in 20 hours. currently bc of ur help i did accomplish 36% lol
Holy shit how do you only have 260 subs i thought u had like 100k plus, the quality is mesmerizing its crazy how so many good creators are just overseen. Damn respect, crazy inspiration too. Thanks for the video very informative keep up you will definetly blow up. Another sub earned.
Thanks! Your guide helped me to get to THK in 3 hours. Now I have 2 hours to try and beat him! Maybe I'll try the 100% in 20 hours achievement with this save next.
incredible video,i knew beating the game in under 5 hours wasn't gonna be too difficult but actually coming up with a route was kinda hard since i didn't know how many detours i could actually take. i'm gonna complete my steel soul run and then try your route to get some of the last few achievements i need. after it,the only one i would still need to complete would be getting 100% in 10 hours which sounds hard,but i'll see what i can do
2 hours and 21 minutes, had the most problem on the last boss where i broke Fragile strength. Thank you for making this guide, I don't really speedrun myself since i like to take my time with games. 👍
I just got the achievements, thank you so much for providing this video and this route. I got in 2h47m. I did grab the monarch wings, but that was my only addition.
Finished in 4h25! I went to get shade soul, a charm notch and shaman stone because the watcher knights were giving me a hard time. Best guide out there, thanks!
juste after watching the tutorial, i finished the game in 2 hours and 12 minutes. Really great video, the run is really well explained and the editing is really good. Thank you !
Great guide! I like it. But it really shows how great of a game HK is that there are several possible ways, even for this achievement. Though when I was getting it, I deliberately didn't look up any guides - if I were to do a challenge, especially one that relies more on the game knowledge than skill, I'll better do it all by myself. Here's my route in case someone is interested: - Start as normal - clear Forgotten Crossroads (don't forget Soul Catcher), Greenpath, and get Cloak. Be sure to get as much geo along the way as you can, don't spend it on anything other than Stag Stations, my route requires some heavy spending before getting to Lemm. - Then, before getting to Fungal, visit Solubra, get Shaman Stone, and equip it. I'm going with the spell build. - Go to Fungal Wastes, get the Charm Notch, then go for Claw and Mantis Lords' stash. After that, be sure to grab Dashmaster and save Bretta. Then exit the area via Queen's Station, grabbing a Mask Shard there. - Back in Crossroads, go around a bit to save some Grubs till you have 5 for a Mask Shard. You could've saved some in Greenpath or Fungal. Grab that one Mask Shard in the ceiling, then beat Brooding Mawlek for another. You should have a full extra Mask now. - You should have 1800 Geo by this point, or close to it; you may need to farm a bit. Husk Guard on the way to False Knight is a good option. Buy the Lantern, then head to Peaks. - In Peaks, make sure you get Shopkeeper's key. Also, you may get some money - kill Crystal Guardian and get the King's Idol above Cornifer's spot (you can get there via pogoing background objects). Just like in video, get CDash and then go down to Resting Grounds. - In Resting Grounds, pick up Dreamshield. You should have 5 Charms now - Soul Catcher, Shaman Stone, Mark of Pride, Dashmaster, and Dreamshield. That's enough to get a Charm Notch from Solubra. Go to Crossroads via a Stag, then go to her. Now you can equip both Shaman Stone and Soul Catcher at the same time, the build for the run. - Go to the exit of the Gruzz Mother's arena, climb up to the ceiling, and then CDash to the entrance to Blue Lake. Make your way across it, then down into the right side of the City. - In the City, get the money you can, then make a detour down into Basin for Pale Ore and (optionally) the Wings. Broken Vessel might be a bit tough with this setup though. - Then, go up the Watcher's Spire (with or without the skip. Mark of Pride isn't necessary btw), bench up there. It's a neat place for benchwarping after several following steps. ̶D̶i̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶d̶o̶z̶e̶n̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶W̶a̶t̶c̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶K̶n̶i̶g̶h̶t̶s̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶r̶e̶a̶l̶i̶z̶e̶ ̶i̶t̶'̶s̶ ̶b̶e̶t̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶g̶e̶t̶ ̶N̶a̶i̶l̶ ̶U̶p̶g̶r̶a̶d̶e̶s̶ ̶n̶o̶w̶ ̶r̶a̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶n̶ ̶l̶a̶t̶e̶r̶.̶ Go to the left side of the city via a walkway above, visit Lemm for Geo (you should've gotten plenty of Relics along the way), then go to Nailsmith and get your two upgrades. - Head up towards the Storeroom Stag (make sure to get the Simple Key, if you didn't get one in the Basin), then to Sly. Get the Elegant Key. - If you can, also buy 3 Mask Shards. With another one in Bretta's house, you should have another mask done. If you don't get enough Geo, you can get them after Watcher Knights, chest after them drops plenty. - Head back to the City, enter Soul Sanctum, beat up the second Soul Warrior, and get Shade Soul. We're fully upgraded for the run. You now can go fight Watcher Knights and get Lurien. - Go down to Waterways, beat Dung Defender (he's easy), then get Isma's Tear. I'm really not in the mood of doing that acid skip, though you can still do it and skip this step. - And the finale is a classic. Go to Teacher's Archives through Crossroads (make sure to buy your Mask Shards if you didn't before), beat up Uumu, and get Monomon. - Get to Deepnest the way you wish. If you got the Tear, you can make the amazing QGA Skip Skip and get there through Queen's Gardens, otherwise, go through Fungal Wastes. Take Herrah. - And finish off the game by traveling back to Dirtmough and fighting Hollow Knight, ̶̶d̶y̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶h̶a̶l̶f̶ ̶a̶ ̶d̶o̶z̶e̶n̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶s̶,̶ ̶r̶e̶g̶r̶e̶t̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶g̶e̶t̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶W̶i̶n̶g̶s̶. It's a quick route I made up almost on the fly. There are many routes, but this one is mine. It took me about 3 hours 13 minutes to complete, of which about an hour was spent dying to Watcher Knights and Hollow Knight. I really wasn't used to fighting with such low equipment (spell-focused playstyle also is new to me), I usually max out before getting to any of them so they end up easy. Some changes to routing were made in hindsight - when I was doing it, I fought Watcher Knights without Shade Soul (not to mention trying to fight them without any nail upgrades), though there was little reason for not getting it at that point. I also for some reason decided that walking from Waterways all the way to Queen's Station would be faster than just climbing out of them and going to either Storerooms or King's Stag. Compared to the route in the video, it has better damage output while not relying on not dying to bosses. Also, minimum amounts of Deepnest, if you do get Isma's and go there through Gardens, and Devouts die to three casts of Shade Soul, which makes fighting them much easier. Of downsides - Waterways, and also a bit strict Geo requirements early on.
Thank you for this video, I thought I was going to have to try this achievement a couple times but then I watched this video and got it on my first try! My time was 1 hour and 38 minutes and 15 seconds even though I forgot some things and had to go back for some stuff, like the pale ore for the nail upgrade. I really had no reason to be nervous when I realized that I forgot something.
thanks for the video! I tried your route and got 3 hr 7 min with no practice (died a couple times especially to hollow knight). If I did it again I could definitely get below 3 hours and possibly under 2
First I want to say thank you for the guide! It was really helpful, especially the critical upgrade breakdown! My attempt was 6h 56m 10s 42% complete I made quite a few mistakes (broke the strength charm a few times, once in Deep Nest with the base nail so monsters took forever to kill). Trying to remember to do the bench warp trick with one mask left in the middle of combat just wasn't happening 😅Gave up on a couple of the sequence breaks as I felt that it was taking too long to pull off, namely the crystal dash to get to the Archive, so I got the Tear (getting it through the waterway via kingdom's edge tram felt relatively straightforward). Both Watcher Knights and Hollow Knight took about an hour each to kill. With both I had to change tactics and go get additional charms/equipment. Even though with enough tried I could get to the the city spire without the monarch wings, next time I'm not going to bother as it was impossible for me to dodge Hollow Knight's attacks without them. Now to try and get the Speed Completion achievement with this save before trying again.😁
it has only 16 likes ?? what? this is one of the best videos i've ever seen , is really well edited and also has a good narration , it was really helpful , thank you so much!!! new sub
this really shows how the shorter route isn't always the fastest, I did many more skips today but the watcher knights, uumuu, deepnest, and hollow knight brought my time down to 4 hours 11 minutes
I’ve not tried your guide’s techniques yet, and between my struggles with both the Watcher Knights and Hollow Knight I keep getting almost exactly 5 1/2 hours!! Hopefully I can use your tips and break that gosh dang time xD
That graph looks so good. Remind me of the one GMTK made before he scrapped it out of his HK world design video. Truly highlight how much of a maze this game is
This was a super nice and helpful guide, and the route was easy to follow. I finished my first steel soul last night, using this video as a guide. and it only took 3 attempt. thx abbunch!
Hi everyone! Thanks for checking out my otherwise tiny channel! If you use the guide, go ahead and comment your final time! I’d love to know how you did!
Just finished my run thanks bro
4 hours and 36 min.I never could have done this without your help!
But I did have to start over. I tried to see if I could steel mode the run, then I died trying to do the shortcut you showed (dashing over the water without isma’s tear).
So, on attempt # 2 i played it safe and did normal mode. It took 4hrs36 because I took the time to go get isma’s tear, I had a tough time trying to beat the Watcher Knights, and (like you mentioned) the Hollow Knight was unexpectedly difficult without all the best charms and upgrades.
A thousand Thanks!
3-4 hours :3 (i don't remember exactly)
u helped me a lot i finished in 2:18 i died 3 times for dumb things and got the wings just to clarify i did die with the hollow knight because it was too slow compared to his other version and that was the only boss that defeated me the other 2 times was for explosions
My final time was 2 hours and 40 minutes, thank you very much for making this guide!
Dude. Absolutely phenominal editing. Those graphics, and the frist part of the critical breakthrough was made extremely well! Totally expected your channel to be in the tens of thousands.
Thank you so much! I worked incredibly hard on it, and I’m thrilled that people have noticed
@@2CPhoenix your voice sounds like blue's, that I even checked if it was blue
@@battle_cats_enjoyer5332gaybian Lopez hop off man your knees are scuffed
1hr 56min run with getting monarch wings and getting fully lost 3 times and dying multiple times to random enemies. insane guide
edit: u can beat the game to get the
HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THE MANTIS LORDS LIFEBLOOD WTF
Very nicely put together video. The routing in this game can be intimidating at times and you broke it down in a way that's pretty easy to parse.
I’m absolutely thrilled to hear that from you! I’m a huge fan of your videos, which were part of the inspiration to make this video, so thank you!
I did the achievement a few days ago, I nearly got it at 4 hours and 40 minutes.
Your route seems a lot more friendly than mine, I hope I had seen this video sooner.
You earned a sub, the editing is crazy, you deserve a lot more subs :)
M - WOW! just wow! Phenomenal edit skillz! And what a personality-filled narrative! THIS is gonna go as far as you want it to!! Well done!
2023 this man substituted an s with a z,
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Very nice video! Pretty comprehensive and edited well
Thank you! And thanks for unknowingly donating some of your footage to the cause, lol
Saw this video and expected it to be from an account with over 100k subs. Was shocked to see how underrated you are! This editing is insane and this is the first hk speedrun tutorial i have ever seen and used! Keep up the fantastic work! It will pay off!
Thank you! What was the end time on your run?
4 hour 52 minute finish! I was starting to get really worried when I was struggling with Deepnest and the Watcher Knights (those bastard knights...) and I was left with only 20 minutes to beat the Hollow Knight, but I did it! And this guide was invaluable, so thank you very much!
Dang, if you struggled with the watcher knights, and I can do them no problem (not bragging or saying that your bad) , does that mean I could do this?
@@Lincoln-r5p You absolutely can!
@@Lincoln-r5p Dont see why not! Honestly, as long as your confident you can beat the few nessarcy bosses in just a couple tries, theres no reason you shouldn't be able to get under five hours (or at the very least, within a few attempts). And if u feel like you cant beat a boss on the run easily, you can always practice beating them on a save where you've unlocked godhome
(Though I havent tried beating the achievement myself yet, so take with a grain of salt lol)
@@Lincoln-r5p Do keep in mind you won't have a lot of charms or masks
@@perriwinkleiii5361 ye, I know, I'm goated tho, I've 101% hollow knight steel soul, and beat every boss in the game on radiant.
Managed to get it in 1 hour and 40 minutes with this route. Wonderful video, I hope your channel starts to grow quickly, you deserve it
super useful, thanks dude. I didn't know about the chandelier for watchers or overcharming, so I'm glad I watched!
Very pleased I could help! If you use the route I showed, you should let me know your final time!
Quick note on the shade skip in Kingdom's Edge - I'd personally recommend going for an aspid skip instead. If you have mantis claw, you also only need to skip the first jump up, afterwards you can just mantis claw the side walls (although it initially looks like you shouldn't be able to, there are indeed spots where you can jump off using it).
Saves you a lot of time from not having to die and is arguably less risky than a shade skip, since you don't risk any geo you might have had on you.
That makes a lot of sense! In hindsight I think I should have highlighted the shade skip that can get you from Salubra’s shop to the blue lake… but ultimately the point was just to show off that skips LIKE it were possible, and the hornet one worked well for those purposes because it shows 3 shade pogos in a row, but you still raise some excellent points!
@@2CPhoenix While I agree that the Salubra skip probably would have been a good example, since it is such a staple when it comes to shade skips, I think you still did a really good job with the video. It's a great introduction to running Hollow Knight faster than normal while teasing speedrun strats just enough that it might get people interested without being overwhelming. That, combined with the great visuals, is something you should absolutely be proud of!
I was a bit uneasy with all the routes for me to get speedrun achievement. This video cleared it up. And looking up everything in comments section, i am now confident with this achievement. Thank you
This guide freaking rocks, seriously. I finished the game in 3h 03m, and that's also with spending additional time to get monarch wings, Isthma's tear, and other equipment.
The achievement really seemed daunting until I followed your route. Thank you so much!
Absolutely awesome video, thanks for making it! Managed to squeak it out under 5 hours with this guide, and that was even making a detour to get defender’s crest and isma’s tear
Very helpful guide! I got the achievements at 3h 36m. Many deaths to Watcher Knights and Uumuu added to my time, but I did it. All thanks to your video! Pantheon 5 is all I have left now.
insanely nice route. despite some of the mistakes i made i finished the game in 2hours and 26 minutes. didnt think these achievements would be so easy
I'm glad to find a straightforward guide to finishing the game efficiently. Everything I looked up was either a full 100% walk-through or a speedrun guide with tons of glitches and stuff.
I know this video is old and I'm a random person but I cannot begin to tell you how much I appreciate this video. I followed it nearly to a T and got my completion in 2 hours and 30 minutes (and that was with severe mess ups and forgetting to bench warp in some areas). This is in my top 3 favorite games of all time and I've been looking to get all achievements for it. These two speed run achievements are by far the ones that scared me the most of all of them and you made it easy. Thank you so much for your work on this. Will be subscribing.
Man this is an amazing guide. I never intended to get those achivments but now I wanna try it. thanks
I hope you’ll let me know what time you get if you do! It’s been a joy hearing from people who used this as a guide
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This video is incredibly well made, and honestly you deserve more subs!
I have already completed the achivement using fireborn's steam guide, but honestly your video is much more convenient and clear for those who haven't completed the game 16000 times so they know every single spot and every part of the map perfectly. Thanks for your effort =)
Also, fireborn completely ignores the strength charm and pale ores, idk how a casual player is supposed to kill the Hollow Knight using 2nd nail. (I myself used skips to get ore from the peak and bought the charm too)
your editing is amazing and the guide is really easy to follow! c:
Followed this video to a T and finished in 2 hours 55 mins thanks a bunch for this video brotha!
This is ridiculously incredible! The fact that you have so few subscribers pains me. Haven’t had the chance to try this yet, as I haven’t had my laptop, but I love this, you have earned a sub.
Thank you! Welcome to the channel!
thank you very much for the video, just did it on my second attemp (i died twice without getting back all my geos so i couldn't upgrade the nail woops). Very easy and well construct guide !
Man this was fantastic. Time was 2h41m43s, i was unwilling to do this challenge, but your video appeared on my feed and it is so easy to understand and well edited, i simply couldn't resist trying it out and did it first try! Thanks!
Greatest thanks to you!
I did it in 2 hours 48 minutes thanks to you!
I did it by purchasing a 5th charm notch from Salubra, and buying fragile heart from Leg Eater. I used that and fragile strength to beat Hollow Knight. 3 mask shards were purchased from Sly, and the rest were from Grubfather, Queen's Station, Brooding Mawlek, Crossroads, and the one by Cornifer in Royal Waterways.
Again, thank you so much!!!
I first played and beat Hollow Knight 2 years ago with all the content that's in it, did the troupe, did godmaster.
But the speedrun thing I only attempted twice before giving up and leaving it for later.
I tried again today following your guidance step by step and I managed to do it in 2hours 13minutes 28seconds :D thank you so much for making this possible for me.
Also I just realised your sub count, you deserve ten times the amount with the quality of this guide alone.
Thank you again, and I hope that your channel flourishes.
this is actually a really good route, whoever is having trouble getting achievements should definetly see this
I love this so much, I opted to save my geo on the second sly mask shard and went for brooding mollusk instead, and it worked out for me cause I ended up needing that money to later repair the charm, but all it all I say the adaptability of this run and the help with all the options at the beginning made this 5 hour experience so fun for me to do. Thanks for this video's help.
This is really well edited for a simple tutorial. Like, it would’ve been so much easier to just list the steps and have game footage and some voiceover. This guy really went the extra, time consuming, pain-in-the-ass way, and this video is just that much better for it. This was great content, thanks for your video!
If that doesn’t just sum me up…
This video gave me the confidence to go for the achievement and honestly it was not as bad as I had thought. Thank you so much!
The only tutorial on this game I felt I could follow well such a great help your content is amazing!!!
Thank you very much for making this guide! It is super solid and I was able to get the achievement done!
this is honestly one of my favorite videos on this platform, thank you for making it
Thank You So Much for this Video. I followed your footsteps, using bench warpings, and i skipped the monarch wings. My final time was 1:56. That Isma Tear Skip to the Teacher was brutal, but very doable. Thanks Again.
Thank you so much for this walkthrough! I attempted to beat this on my own with my own planning and met multiple dead ends with a lot of frustration. I can understand now how much time, effort, and understanding of the game you need to be able to show us how to do this. Again thank you and I got a time of 2h 50m and 52s
The 5/10 hour speedruns are my last achievs, you're literally giving me 100% on a silver platter lol, thank you
Brooo thanks i've beaten it in like 4h 45m. (Like im thinked i got 5h 5 or worse in the credits)
My heart is pumpin like shet.
Thanks for the guide.
I hope more ppl gonna find Hollow Knight and your channel! 🐤🐸😁🎉
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Completed it today with this guide in 2 hours and 11 minutes
Thank you. At the beginning I thought "Nah, I'll skip this, I'll never manage it". But with you guide it has been almost... easy!!
Thanks for the guide! I just finished the game in 2 hours and 52 minutes with the help of you. I think skipping tram pass completely and doing a blue lake shade skip to get to resting grounds is better but still a great guide.
This is an amazing route. I managed to get shadecloak quick slash two more notches and coiled nailed while staying under 4hrs. Thanks
Thanks for the guide, just what I was looking for!!
Finished in 5hrs and 18mim on the first attempt and 3hrs and 4min on the second. The Watcher Knights were my biggest hang up with so few upgrades but I got 'em in the end!! 🤘🤘
Thanks for this incredible video! I beat the game in under 3 hours and finished both achievments I got left. You're underrated and i hope you'll be succesfull
Playing for a while in godhome on my main file, now I tried this to get the achievements, and got 2 hours, 42 minutes, 27%. I went for the optional stuff (monarch wings, the laser guy at crystal peaks, etc.) and this route was wonderful. I didn't even need mark of pride, since I only died once VS the hollow knight (I had equipped the fragile strength all the way lol), but I had some scary moments like defeating uumuu with one mask left D:
This video is so well built, I couldn´t bhave done it without it. Thanks!
One tip on the acid skip because I found it pretty difficult trying to do it with the dash:
If you just hold left and fall from the floating platform above the acid, that puts you on the perfect position on the wall
Thank you! I finished the game at 27% and had monarch wings, took me 2h 41m 37s. My last two achievements finally completed thanks to you!
followed this guide and finished with no issue!
Thank you for your service. Good sir, this will make getting the 5 hour achievement so much easier.
the quality of this video is shocking. bravo
Hey Tekz! A bit of a departure from my usual fare, I know, but I’m very pleased by the response it’s gotten!
Really good route. I had quite a few major fuckups, because I skipped benches feeling cocky and also took a good 30 mins to kill the rolling bishes infront of the last dreamer. Killed the final boss first try and that way still got a sub 3 hour run.
Thank you so much! This video helped me a lot with the speedrun achievements!
I wasted so much time and still ended up finishing it in just over 2 hrs. Thanks for the amazing guide! :)
I’m on a race with a friend, for the fastest hollow knight completion! Hope I’ll win using this route!
Very nice video ! The result is worth your work !
I got 2h26 with your route (including monarchs wings and 3 deaths at watcher knights).
You got my subscription :)
Thx you so much @2CPhoenix for this awesome guide!!! It was a very friendly route to use as a reference for my run. After a couple of years that I last played Hollow Knight, I've managed to complete all the speedrun achievements and even steel soul except this one. I dreaded to even try it, so I never attempted it for a long time. Over the years, I watched some youtubers doing some insane speedrun's, and that inspired me to at the very least attempt it once. I was trying to find a good guide and that's how I stumbled at this hidden gem of a guide. Your channel is so underrated for this well edited video. I managed to finish almost first try with a time of 4h 09 min even when I was rusty lol. During the run, I got the monarch wings, shade cloak, desolate dive, isma's tear, the 3rd nail upgrade and having 8 masks as extra precaution. I was pretty much set during my run. I'm very surprised that I managed to pull it off without to much hardship. Thx again!!! Hope you continue doing great videos.
I’m so happy to hear it helped! My channel may be small but it’s also quite young, and has a few growing pains to work through yet, but I’m very optimistic for its future, and I hope you’ll stick around for all I’ve got planned!
I only just started playing Hollow Knight on January 11th but I've already nearly got 112% on my first save and I'm ready to go for this achievement. I avoided the internet as much as I could for my first run but for speedrunning I'd rather not go in blind and this video is perfect!
THANK U, 4h21min (got stuck in the watcher knights fight and before that I decided to take the monarch wings because I'm not too skilled without them - in the part where we need to pogo in our way to city of tears I got stuck too and had to take the train to kingdom's edge and then go to city of tears)
Blows my mind that this game can be beat in under 2 hours. Thanks for the great video!
Did my first run following your path and i made 3h 57min, i went for the isma's tear as i failed A LOT the acid skip. I'll probably redo it sometime soon i believe a can do a lot less time. Perfect video, really good content, congrats
Bro you are criminally underrated this video was incredibly helpful and just what I needed to figure out how to do the speed run achievements thank you frfr
The positivity everyone’s been sending my way on this has been overwhelming! Thank you! And you should let me know what your end time is if you use the route!
Nice! I gave this a try and got 2 hr 20 min exactly lol! Got both achievements, thanks!
Although I never got a hang of using the crystal dash to get into the fog canyon. I found that just using the regular dash with double-jump works there just as well (even better for me)!
Hardest part: watcher knights, but your strategy worked well for them
I didn’t even consider the possibility that the skip COULD be done with the dash and double jump! I figured the little dip the monarch wings do before gaining height would have dropped the knight in the acid, so that’s very cool! I wish I’d thought of that. Also I love that your time is almost exactly the same as mine, lol
Thanks my man, I got sick of my charm breaking after 2 deaths and did hollow knight with mark of pride. 1.5 hours of pain but eventually I got it at 4hours14minutes. Definitly one if not the hardest challenges I have done.
I'll try this route and update how it went! The tutorial seems amazing! Great work!:)
Got 3h11 with monarch wings, several deaths including one on umuu where I didn't take the bench so I had to do the acid skip twice, getting lost in herra's den and breaking the nail charm really early on truly a perfect guide
3 hours and 45 minutes, got super turned around at some point, but made up for it with an easy watcher knight fight, awesome video and thanks for the help!!!!
This helped so much! I wanted to get the achievement but I didn't want to sit through hours of try-hard speedruner tips.
REALLY AWESOME AND HELPFUL VIDEO! UNDERRATED AS HECK!!
dude i beat the game in 2 and half hours , really good guide, with some speedruns tricks but nothing too crazy, pretty casually friendly like he said. 10/10
Thanks a lot for your guide! I manage to finish the game in 2h27min16sec first try without skipping the Monarch Wing, and with doing the CrossRoads to Fog Canyon skip for the first time of my life (took me about 15 tries tho). Also, even if you adviced to not doing it, I've done it on Steel Soul! The nails upgrade and the additional masks are more than helpfull. I almost died in Deepnest, fighting the Stalking Devout, but manage to stay alive. The Hollow KNight itself is also a bit pressuring, but since it's not that hard, I manage to defeat it. I also never quit the game at 1hp to go back to the last bench and save my Steel Soul run, so I'm proud of myself!^^' So thanks a lot to you, I got 3 achievments (4 with "Neglect" that I never did) in one run, so thanks again for your guide, and your overall amazing video!
Just used your guide, made it in 2hr 39mins
I also fought the "brood mother?" Boss in the crossroads. Really helpful guide.
I literally reached the hallow Knight by the 2:10 mark
Just got the achievements with a time of 2h57, thanks man! Went for the Monarch Wings as I was a bit worried about THK. Anyway great video. ✨
thanks for making this vid. was able to do it/follow along somewhat. i finished in 3 hour 57 min but that was with a lot of detouring and obtaining other items. working on getting 100% in 20 hours. currently bc of ur help i did accomplish 36% lol
Holy shit how do you only have 260 subs i thought u had like 100k plus, the quality is mesmerizing its crazy how so many good creators are just overseen. Damn respect, crazy inspiration too. Thanks for the video very informative keep up you will definetly blow up. Another sub earned.
Thanks! Your guide helped me to get to THK in 3 hours. Now I have 2 hours to try and beat him! Maybe I'll try the 100% in 20 hours achievement with this save next.
incredible video,i knew beating the game in under 5 hours wasn't gonna be too difficult but actually coming up with a route was kinda hard since i didn't know how many detours i could actually take. i'm gonna complete my steel soul run and then try your route to get some of the last few achievements i need. after it,the only one i would still need to complete would be getting 100% in 10 hours which sounds hard,but i'll see what i can do
2 hours and 21 minutes, had the most problem on the last boss where i broke Fragile strength. Thank you for making this guide, I don't really speedrun myself since i like to take my time with games. 👍
I just got the achievements, thank you so much for providing this video and this route. I got in 2h47m. I did grab the monarch wings, but that was my only addition.
This video allowed me to do both achievements in 1 run, thank you vey much!!
Finished in 4h25! I went to get shade soul, a charm notch and shaman stone because the watcher knights were giving me a hard time. Best guide out there, thanks!
juste after watching the tutorial, i finished the game in 2 hours and 12 minutes. Really great video, the run is really well explained and the editing is really good. Thank you !
bros got the highest quality graphics I've ever seen! keep up the good work!
You legend. Ive pirated hollow knight on several school laptops and i want to beat the gane on at least one. This has been a huge help.
Great guide! I like it. But it really shows how great of a game HK is that there are several possible ways, even for this achievement. Though when I was getting it, I deliberately didn't look up any guides - if I were to do a challenge, especially one that relies more on the game knowledge than skill, I'll better do it all by myself. Here's my route in case someone is interested:
- Start as normal - clear Forgotten Crossroads (don't forget Soul Catcher), Greenpath, and get Cloak. Be sure to get as much geo along the way as you can, don't spend it on anything other than Stag Stations, my route requires some heavy spending before getting to Lemm.
- Then, before getting to Fungal, visit Solubra, get Shaman Stone, and equip it. I'm going with the spell build.
- Go to Fungal Wastes, get the Charm Notch, then go for Claw and Mantis Lords' stash. After that, be sure to grab Dashmaster and save Bretta. Then exit the area via Queen's Station, grabbing a Mask Shard there.
- Back in Crossroads, go around a bit to save some Grubs till you have 5 for a Mask Shard. You could've saved some in Greenpath or Fungal. Grab that one Mask Shard in the ceiling, then beat Brooding Mawlek for another. You should have a full extra Mask now.
- You should have 1800 Geo by this point, or close to it; you may need to farm a bit. Husk Guard on the way to False Knight is a good option. Buy the Lantern, then head to Peaks.
- In Peaks, make sure you get Shopkeeper's key. Also, you may get some money - kill Crystal Guardian and get the King's Idol above Cornifer's spot (you can get there via pogoing background objects). Just like in video, get CDash and then go down to Resting Grounds.
- In Resting Grounds, pick up Dreamshield. You should have 5 Charms now - Soul Catcher, Shaman Stone, Mark of Pride, Dashmaster, and Dreamshield. That's enough to get a Charm Notch from Solubra. Go to Crossroads via a Stag, then go to her. Now you can equip both Shaman Stone and Soul Catcher at the same time, the build for the run.
- Go to the exit of the Gruzz Mother's arena, climb up to the ceiling, and then CDash to the entrance to Blue Lake. Make your way across it, then down into the right side of the City.
- In the City, get the money you can, then make a detour down into Basin for Pale Ore and (optionally) the Wings. Broken Vessel might be a bit tough with this setup though.
- Then, go up the Watcher's Spire (with or without the skip. Mark of Pride isn't necessary btw), bench up there. It's a neat place for benchwarping after several following steps. ̶D̶i̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶d̶o̶z̶e̶n̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶s̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶W̶a̶t̶c̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶K̶n̶i̶g̶h̶t̶s̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶n̶ ̶r̶e̶a̶l̶i̶z̶e̶ ̶i̶t̶'̶s̶ ̶b̶e̶t̶t̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶g̶e̶t̶ ̶N̶a̶i̶l̶ ̶U̶p̶g̶r̶a̶d̶e̶s̶ ̶n̶o̶w̶ ̶r̶a̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶n̶ ̶l̶a̶t̶e̶r̶.̶ Go to the left side of the city via a walkway above, visit Lemm for Geo (you should've gotten plenty of Relics along the way), then go to Nailsmith and get your two upgrades.
- Head up towards the Storeroom Stag (make sure to get the Simple Key, if you didn't get one in the Basin), then to Sly. Get the Elegant Key.
- If you can, also buy 3 Mask Shards. With another one in Bretta's house, you should have another mask done. If you don't get enough Geo, you can get them after Watcher Knights, chest after them drops plenty.
- Head back to the City, enter Soul Sanctum, beat up the second Soul Warrior, and get Shade Soul. We're fully upgraded for the run. You now can go fight Watcher Knights and get Lurien.
- Go down to Waterways, beat Dung Defender (he's easy), then get Isma's Tear. I'm really not in the mood of doing that acid skip, though you can still do it and skip this step.
- And the finale is a classic. Go to Teacher's Archives through Crossroads (make sure to buy your Mask Shards if you didn't before), beat up Uumu, and get Monomon.
- Get to Deepnest the way you wish. If you got the Tear, you can make the amazing QGA Skip Skip and get there through Queen's Gardens, otherwise, go through Fungal Wastes. Take Herrah.
- And finish off the game by traveling back to Dirtmough and fighting Hollow Knight, ̶̶d̶y̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶h̶a̶l̶f̶ ̶a̶ ̶d̶o̶z̶e̶n̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶s̶,̶ ̶r̶e̶g̶r̶e̶t̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶g̶e̶t̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶W̶i̶n̶g̶s̶.
It's a quick route I made up almost on the fly. There are many routes, but this one is mine. It took me about 3 hours 13 minutes to complete, of which about an hour was spent dying to Watcher Knights and Hollow Knight. I really wasn't used to fighting with such low equipment (spell-focused playstyle also is new to me), I usually max out before getting to any of them so they end up easy. Some changes to routing were made in hindsight - when I was doing it, I fought Watcher Knights without Shade Soul (not to mention trying to fight them without any nail upgrades), though there was little reason for not getting it at that point. I also for some reason decided that walking from Waterways all the way to Queen's Station would be faster than just climbing out of them and going to either Storerooms or King's Stag. Compared to the route in the video, it has better damage output while not relying on not dying to bosses. Also, minimum amounts of Deepnest, if you do get Isma's and go there through Gardens, and Devouts die to three casts of Shade Soul, which makes fighting them much easier. Of downsides - Waterways, and also a bit strict Geo requirements early on.
Thank you for this video, I thought I was going to have to try this achievement a couple times but then I watched this video and got it on my first try! My time was 1 hour and 38 minutes and 15 seconds even though I forgot some things and had to go back for some stuff, like the pale ore for the nail upgrade. I really had no reason to be nervous when I realized that I forgot something.
thanks for the video! I tried your route and got 3 hr 7 min with no practice (died a couple times especially to hollow knight). If I did it again I could definitely get below 3 hours and possibly under 2
thank u bro, i used this method to get the 5 hrs acheivment and it worked wonders, i died once thru the entire speedrun, thank u
I finished the game in 10 hours and 1 minute and did not get the achievement
First I want to say thank you for the guide! It was really helpful, especially the critical upgrade breakdown! My attempt was 6h 56m 10s 42% complete
I made quite a few mistakes (broke the strength charm a few times, once in Deep Nest with the base nail so monsters took forever to kill). Trying to remember to do the bench warp trick with one mask left in the middle of combat just wasn't happening 😅Gave up on a couple of the sequence breaks as I felt that it was taking too long to pull off, namely the crystal dash to get to the Archive, so I got the Tear (getting it through the waterway via kingdom's edge tram felt relatively straightforward).
Both Watcher Knights and Hollow Knight took about an hour each to kill. With both I had to change tactics and go get additional charms/equipment. Even though with enough tried I could get to the the city spire without the monarch wings, next time I'm not going to bother as it was impossible for me to dodge Hollow Knight's attacks without them.
Now to try and get the Speed Completion achievement with this save before trying again.😁
it has only 16 likes ?? what? this is one of the best videos i've ever seen , is really well edited and also has a good narration , it was really helpful , thank you so much!!! new sub
Thank you for this awesom guide! I just finished the Game in around 2 houres 45 minutes ❤
This was the achievement that I did last because I was so worried. So I was happy when I got 2h 41m 20s
this really shows how the shorter route isn't always the fastest, I did many more skips today but the watcher knights, uumuu, deepnest, and hollow knight brought my time down to 4 hours 11 minutes
I’ve not tried your guide’s techniques yet, and between my struggles with both the Watcher Knights and Hollow Knight I keep getting almost exactly 5 1/2 hours!! Hopefully I can use your tips and break that gosh dang time xD
I’ve got to document this for posterity!!
My first death at Watcher Knights was at 2 hrs 13 min, I feel like I might have a chance at this now!! 😂
Total death count:
Watcher Knights: 10, those suckers are hard 😆 (2 hrs 34 min!!)
Hollow Knight: 8
Took my victory lap with a final time stamp at 2hrs 53 min!!! 🤩
Thank you so much for your guide!! 😁😁😁
Great route, got my run first try 2 hours 1 minute 56 seconds. Speedrunning made easy, thanks mate
That graph looks so good. Remind me of the one GMTK made before he scrapped it out of his HK world design video. Truly highlight how much of a maze this game is
Actually that part of the video was very much inspired by Mark Brown’s work, so I’m really glad to hear it put you in mind of him!
This was a super nice and helpful guide, and the route was easy to follow. I finished my first steel soul last night, using this video as a guide. and it only took 3 attempt. thx abbunch!