ByYurii Luzhko

Hollow Knight Charm Notches: All Sources and Prices

Game files, build 1.5.78.118332 min read

A new save starts with 3 notches. The files add 4 from Salubra, priced 120, 500, 900, 1,400 Geo and unlocked at 5, 10, 18, 25 charms owned, and 3 free pickups (the Grimm Troupe notch, the Shroom Ogres room, Fog Canyon). That is 10 in all.

Notch guides usually say "buy them from Salubra" and move on. This one gives her four thresholds and prices from the game's text, the free pickups by flag and room, and an honest count of what the files can account for.

The 3 free notches

Three flags in the files each give one notch with no Geo: gotGrimmNotch, notchFogCanyon, notchShroomOgres. A flag can sit in more than one room, so rooms and flags are listed together.

  1. the Grimm Troupe notch

    Grimm_Main_Tent; Dirtmouth, Town

    1notch
    • The flag is called gotGrimmNotch.
    • A notch pin sits in Town on the map.
    • The flag appears in 2 rooms: Grimm_Main_Tent and Town.
    Open the pin on the map

  2. the Shroom Ogres room

    Fungal Wastes, Fungus2_05

    1notch
    • The flag is called notchShroomOgres.
    • A notch pin sits in Fungus2_05 on the map.
    • One room carries the flag.
    Open the pin on the map

  3. Fog Canyon

    Fog Canyon, Fungus3_28

    1notch
    • The flag is called notchFogCanyon.
    • A notch pin sits in Fungus3_28 on the map.
    • One room carries the flag.
    Open the pin on the map

Buy them from Salubra

Salubra sells 4 notches. Each stays locked until you own a number of charms, then costs Geo.

  1. Merchant

    Salubra's notch 1

    120 Geoat 5 charms
    • The shop text says it unlocks once you own 5 charms.
    • Her shop is the room Room_Charm_Shop; its door leads to Crossroads_04.

  2. Merchant

    Salubra's notch 2

    500 Geoat 10 charms
    • The shop text says it unlocks once you own 10 charms.
    • Same shop, same room.

  3. Merchant

    Salubra's notch 3

    900 Geoat 18 charms
    • The shop text says it unlocks once you own 18 charms.
    • Same shop, same room.

  4. Merchant

    Salubra's notch 4

    1,400 Geoat 25 charms
    • The shop text says it unlocks once you own 25 charms.
    • Same shop, same room.

Before you go

  • Salubra gates by charm count, then by Geo. Her shop lines name 5, 10, 18, 25 charms.
  • 2,920 Geo buys all four. That is the sum of her four price keys.
  • The map shows 4 notch pins for 3 flags. The Shroom Ogres room holds two objects with one flag.

The files let me account for 10 notches (3 at the start, 4 from Salubra, 3 free). If you have found an eleventh, it is outside what these files show.

Common mistakes

  • Saving Geo before you own enough charms. Salubra will not sell the notch until the charm count is met.
  • Reading 4 pins as 4 notches. Two pins sit in one room and share a flag.
  • Looking for a Salubra pin on the NPC layer. Her room is Room_Charm_Shop, reached from Crossroads_04.

All data: the notch arithmetic

Show tables

The free notches

Cards above. The flags come from the scene files; the pins come from our map.

Salubra's four notches

The prices are the keys NOTCH_SALUBRA_1 to 4 in the price sheet; the charm counts are the "once you own N charms" lines of her shop text.

The notch arithmetic

3 at the start (the new-save default) plus 4 from Salubra plus 3 free flags is 10. Every charm costs 1 to 5 notches, so more notches decide how many charms you can wear at once; see the charms page for costs.

Salubra's notches
NotchCharms ownedPrice (Geo)
15120
210500
318900
4251,400

About these numbers

These pages read the game files of build 1.5.78.11833 (2021). Steam now has 1.5.12620 (March 2026) with fixes and no new areas; PinDrop has not re-read that build.

Charm costs are on the charm builder, which counts notches for you.

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