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Hollow Knight © Team Cherry · Map, pins and data: Hollow Knight game files (version 1.5.78, build 1.5.78.11833) (read and drawn by PinDrop. Base map: the game's own pause-map art (the sprites the game draws for the map and quill), placed as the game places it. Icons: the game's own sprites, plus a few glyphs drawn by PinDrop. Steam's current build is 1.5.12620 (Mar 2026), with fixes and no new areas, which PinDrop has not re-read). PinDrop is fan-made and not affiliated with Team Cherry.

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Hollow Knight Shade Gate Locations

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Updated October 31, 2026

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Hollow Knight Shade Gate Locations on the map

The map shows 6 shade gates, one pin each, with the room and area. In the files they are objects named shadow_gate; "Shade Gate" is our name for them.

Shade gates by area: Fog Canyon (2), Ancient Basin (1), Deepnest (1), Kingdoms Edge (1), Queens Gardens (1).

How the pins are read: objects named shadow_gate (Shade Gate is our term for them). The files hold 6 of them and 6 are placed on the map.

Source: the game files of Hollow Knight, version 1.5.78 (Shade Gate: 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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