Hollow Knight Ability Locations

Hollow Knight Ability Locations on the map

The map shows 6 abilities, one pin per pickup, with the game's own description of each.

Pins by ability: Crystal Heart (1), Isma's Tear (1), Mantis Claw (1), Monarch Wings (1), Mothwing Cloak (1), Shade Cloak (1).

Pins of a room the pause map does not frame stand at the entrance of that room.

How the pins are read: the Shiny pickups whose own flag is the ability (hasDash, hasWalljump), and the objects the game names for the pickup of Crystal Heart (Super Dash Get), Monarch Wings (Shiny Item DJ), Shade Cloak and Isma's Tear (Shiny Item Acid); names from the game's inventory text. The files hold 7 of them and 6 are placed on the map. Not placed: the Dream Nail pickup is in the dream room Dream_Nailcollection, which has no door the files let us follow to a pause-map room, so it has no pin.

Source: the game files of Hollow Knight, version 1.5.78 (Ability: 6 pins). 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.

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