The endings
👑 Weaver Queen
Beat Grand Mother Silk at the top of the Citadel without the Soul Snare and bind her power. The game ends after act 2. A gold trophy, and the one most first runs get.
🪢 Snared Silk
Complete Silk and Soul first, then use the Soul Snare in the same fight. An ending of its own, after which act 3 opens. Also gold.
👿 Twisted Child
Take Greyroot’s curse (Rite of Rebirth) and beat Grand Mother Silk while still cursed. Gold, and no save before Shellwood is needed: after this ending, loading the file puts Hornet back at her last save point.
🕳️ Sister of the Void
Act 3: the hearts, the Abyss, Lost Lace. The true ending and the fourth gold.
📜 Passing of the Age
The secret extra ending: find the Herald across Pharloom above Fleatopia and grant the wish. Silver.
Practical
- One file can see all of them in order: Weaver Queen and Twisted Child first, reloading after each, then Snared Silk, then Sister of the Void. After the snare the first two are gone from that file, so Weaver Queen needs a second file only if it comes later.
- Twisted Child is the only one that needs planning from act 1: the curse comes from Shellwood.
- Twisted Child is the one ending that can be lost: it needs the curse still on, so curing it with Infestation Operation or moving on to act 3 first closes it on that file.
Still to verify
Cross-checked on 17 September 2026 and re-checked on 26 September 2026 against Game8’s trophy list, Vandal’s endings guide and the Hollow Knight Wiki. What is still unverified is the only thing reading cannot settle — nobody here has played it.