Hollow Knight Cut Content (EDIT: I know the Hive has a boss now, please shut up.) 

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Mossbag after seeing a few blurry pixels in the corner of a map: Is this lore???

Real reason they dropped the forest of bones is because they realized bugs have no bones.

“Don’t want to be working on Hollow Knight for the next 4 years.” Wellllllll...

“Creators worried it would be to much to handle” Path of pain: “am I a joke to you?”

"Something completely different." > Starts making silksong

"Zooms into a blurry sketch and makes it even blurrier"

6:55 Let's just take a moment to appreciate how adorable elderbug looks

I still think that the dashmaster charm looks like sans...

Don’t you dare think that I wouldn’t waste my time reading that huge block of text about the colosseum of fools

Team cherry must have watched this, saw his disappointment, and gave nosk his wings

I am so unbelievably angry that not every single stretch goal for this game was met.

14:22 its so funny listening to team cherry trying so hard to not accidentely reveal silk song before its reveal

11:50 "Of course, the _real_ sad truth is that there is no boss encounter." BZZZZZAH!

When forest of bones is cut and added in for Silksong

I like to believe that we weren't the only vessle to escape so the reason we always find the bodies of our brethren all over the place. They all tried to complete the kings wish and all died on their adventures. Which explains why hornet doesn't like us much

Oh, I love the fact that the "cut" version of Nosk is actually there now in the game as part of DLC!

I cry every time I remember I had no knowledge of hollow knight, and couldn't kickstart it.

Intro: Hornet: "Git Gud"

Y'all probably figured this out already but I think the "sad truth" of the hive is that the queen is long since dead but the bees still protect her and the hive as if she's alive

Fans: hoping for cut content to return* Ari Gibson in the Reddit AMA: *allow me to introduce myself*

Just noticed that at 14:03 The dialogue “Lord of Shades” proves that the lord of shades was something that existed before the godmaster dlc.

16:31 the bugs in the Howling Cliffs - at least on the surface, not the tunnels inside - are uninfected. Dream nailing them reveals that they're fleeing the light - the infection - whereas infected creatures will often talk about killing and burning.

Drya: “Your gonna die!” White Lady: “No your gonna die.” Drya: *dies*

“Dreamers can roar to summon minions” Wait a minute... Vengeful king can do that. 0_0

"Zote DLC will never happen. Let's just accept it." NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I just realized something... In those sketches, there were mentions of a trilobite, right? And Trilobites blood, has a very high esteem for having regenerating properties, and in the sketches, there were a bunch of pipelines that were trailing out of the trilobite, so maybe the king of Hallownest was draining the trilobite of its blood, and that is what lifeblood is supposed to be?

When the Nailsmith and Sheo are crafting wooden sculptures, Sheo is making the Dung defender and The Nailmaster is crafting the enemy in the White Palace.

Mossbag : the hive is connected to kingdom’s edge in the final game , which is as far as you can get from deepnest Crystal peak : am I a joke to you?

16:28 The full text, you're welcome: There are two major questions surrounding the Colosseum of Fools. First, why is the Lord Fool dead? Second why aren't the members if the audience infected? Well, those are some pretty big questions. Let's take a step back for a moment. The Colosseum of Fools is located at Kingdom's Edge, as far out as the map allows us to go. So who knows if the Pale King even approved of this barbaric competition. Another interesting observation is that the entrance to the Colosseum looks like it might be the Wyrm Corpse that the Pale King left behind. So that means that the Wyrm was incredibly large if the other end reaches all the way to the Cast off Shell. Anyway, how did the Lord Fool die? Well just call me Frederick Herman Jones, because it looks like we have a mystery on our hands. Let's look at the evidence. First off, the Lord Fool has those black streaks across his eyes. But he also has them coming out of his back onto his frontward shell. These black streaks are really interesting to me. They are usually only found on bugs located in the Ancient Basin as well as the bug in the Queen's Garden who held the Love Key. The lighthouse keeper as well as a few of the Sibling Shells found in the Abyss also have them. The fact that the streaks are black and that most of the bugs that have them are near the Abyss always made me associate this feature with the Void. Of course, this might just be selective memory. Maybe there are bugs in other places higher up in the world that have these streaks. In fact, there are streaks on the mask tied up above the Lord Fool, which means these streams might just be a stylistic way of showing age. But if i'm right, and the Lord Fool is the lone exception, then this might be the clue we need. How would the Lord Fool get exposed to the void? Did the Hollow Knight train in the Colosseum? Okay, that's fucking stupid. (EDIT: Wait holy shit, look at the Hollow Knight in the new trailer for the Gods and Glory Content Pack! He's wearing armor! I swear to god, i wrote this up before the trailer reveal, so i hope that the Hollow Knight did actually train at the Colosseum. But i don't know.) Maybe these black streaks don't mean anything. Let's look at question 2. Why isn't anybody infected? Well, maybe it's similar to the case of the inhabitants of Dirtmouth. The infection isn't as strong on the surface of the world. This theory doesn't really make sense if we look at the Howling Cliffs. It's on the surface too, but the bugs out there are still infected. So that seems a little off. These bugs might just be strong enough to resist the infection. A few of the bugs in the audience can be found in the Forgotten Crossroads, which shows that they can resist the infection like Tiso and Quirrel can. But here's where things stop making any fucking sense. So when you're underneath the Colosseum, you can see a number of bugs that aren't infected. But then during the fight, they are infected as we can see from the orange particles that fly off of them. So yeah, that doesn't make any sense but this probably doesn't actually matter. But i think it shows that the mystery behind the Colloseum of Fools isn't as developed as some of the other stuff in the game. In fact, i've seen people argue that the entire area should be ignored in terms of lore. I wouldn't go and say anything like that, but if we ever did get the answer to this question, i don't think it will tie in very closely to the game's main story. So i'm willing to let this one slide. Yeah, sorry there isn't anything actually interesting in this block of text. I am such a cocktease.

It is cool to see that the flying Nosk (33:30) design was used in Godmaster (God and Glory) expansion!

11:37 The hive was described as being inhabited by a proud race. AND CHRIS ROCK

I think that's Hornet is child of five queens: Born of the beast, Raised by the lady Trained by lords.

The moss prophet is called mosses

So why did Blundering Oberlisk get the axe? Team Cherry needed to save some enemies for Silksong.

Didn't know people thought Nosk's fight was lame. it was really hard for me. Flying nosk was a breeze in comparison

Mossbag: Most of the bosses in Hollow Knight were small Silksong trailer: we don’t do that here

The statue of the Pale King, the White Lady and the Hollow Knight just shows how they ended up with a family relationship. The Pale King and the White Lady saw Hollow Knight as their son (they created him anyway) and the Knight ended up seeing them as their parents. The removed nail dialogue from the Hollow Knight ("Father?") seems to support this, as well the DLC scene where the King and Knight exchange looks. Maybe Hollow Knight was really hollow to begin with, but this relationship "corrupted" him to the point that he was no longer a pure vessel.

So I actually slowed down to read the Colosseum of Fools stuff and my explanation for why the fools aren’t infected is that whenever we actually see someone falling to the infection their usually in a trance or daze (Sly, Bretta, and Myla) the trance seems to be easily broken by having something else take their attention, the Colosseum seems to be a perfect place to have something constantly take your attention. As for the “infected” fighters, the Hunter mentions that people who are infected gain more physical strength plus the fighter npcs you meet seem to be in a Myla-like trance

Can we talk about how this legend puts up time stamps in every single one of his videos?

I would have love if in beasts den when you got to herra an invincible boss would appear and you would have to run through the tight corridors to the thing with a seal, it would fit deepnest so much

*forest of bones is cut* Silksong : *looks around the corner*

5:40 It simply mean that Pale King and Lady used to care for Hollow Knight like for their son

Huh, I was rewatching this and it's fucking cool to see that the "lame enemy" (the small bug with wings) you mention wil appear on Silksong

RU-vid is telling me that this is a music video and cannot be played in the background

Actually I'm pretty glad the Forest of Bones was cut out. The lava just doesn't fit with the game's desolate atmosphere. Thanks for letting me know there were revealed sketches for the early development; I'm gonna search for then right now! :)

Regarding the Colosseum of Fools, the Godmaster DLC provides extra information. When you fight a forgotten champion called the Pale Lurker behind the Colosseum, she doesn't drop little infection particles when you hit her. And the Hunter's Journal states that she doesn't even know about the infection because she's trapped in her own madness. So now we know why the spectators in the Colosseum aren't infected: they were already mad before the Infection took over Hallownest, and they were "protected" of the infection by their madness, since the Infection can only target sane beings as we know thanks to the Pale Lurker's entry.

8:53 An UNN-used NPC! Because Unn is a slug, and slugs are similar to snails! Get it!

Damn, imagine the size of this game if they had hit all the stretch goals. Such a shame, I would've loved to explore more of the Abyss and Ants would've been cool as well.

Zote vs Snail or we riot

*nailsmith at **11:32**:* *"Draw me like one of your French bugs"*

The picture of the dreamers with the 10 legs in the sketchbook might have been a boss like nosk where you would dream nail the dreamers and instead of going into there mind they would mutate into a boss, this could have also just turned into the nosk fight

I shall know go to every video you uploaded to comment that the hive has a boss now.

33:31 And your wish is granted!

Radiance: "To steal the soul of weaker creatures is a blasphemy against the light!" Also Radiance: "Yo, wizard dude. Soul is the key to stopping the infection."

I think that the radiance is connected to the crystals, because the cristal creatures can make LIGHT attacks, mala getan infected, and on the top of the crystal Peaks there is a Statue with the shape of the radiance, and then you encaunter the MOTH because you fall from the crystal peaks.

5:34 “the mandibles shown here” *6 pixels* (I know you did your best to clean it up moss, but its still funny to make fun of it)

The "3" queens hornets still works Just replace vespa with the sisters of battle (mantis lords) because hornet fight and has a weapon similarly to them

11:42 A city inhabited by an ancient and proud race... and Chris Rock

Mossbag: Sees winged Nosk sketch: HOLY SH*T IT HAS WINGS! Me, a time traveller from 2020: Oh yeah, Godmaster Nosk! MB: GodWHAT?!

I wish they kept the dream diving ability. It looked so cool.

Maybe fire was replaced with void and the siblings are the ants, mindless alone, but together can take on gods?

11:42 I died right there at the “Bee Movie” footage. Good joke man.

Little did he know, nosk would end up getting wings...

For me the most underwhelming part of Hollow Knight was Distant Village, I was so excited to face a spider boss there, especially after that bench trap scene. But there was nothing, the game just hands you Herrah on a plate of silver. Team Cherry shouldn't have shown us a trailer with exciting stuff just to get it cut in the end.

you put so much effort into these you deserve more views, not to mention how funny these are

"We can make a religion out of this" - Mossbag looking at hollow knight

The spider boss supposed to being in the game makes so much sense in the scene where you get stuck on the bench. The npcs all die when you get back there, you hear that roar, and also u wake back up stuck in web

Watching a video from my favorite youtuber talking about my favorite game while making a rig in blender about the main character from said game so I can graduate my favorite class. Life is pretty gud

I need more of your theories and deep lore to temporarily forget about my crippling depression

The forest of bones seems like its been moved to silksong, one of the demo areas is strikingly similar to it

That one unused charm with the shit ton of masks piled up on it is (i believe) used within one of the Fragile Charms? I could be wrong though.

5:50 mossbag, remember when you said in your "hollow knight history" video that the knight's movement was inspired on megaman's. I guess that what the white cristal ring was for (charging your nail will shot out the vengeful spirit)

Oh shit, I was just rewatching this for the 5th time and I just realized I haven't commented on this yet (and I comment on every Hollow Knight video!) Love your videos Mossbag, you are one of the people who got me into making Hollow Knight content... well... "content". At least your videos are actually worth people's time. Just wanted to say that you are just Mobadis. I would comment something about the video but it will just be me listing all the things I loved here so... My favorite part 0:00 - 34:19

18:14 "maze like area" like every other area is not already a maze

8:03 * full-screen title card * *THE GIANT ENEMY SPIDER* ( * orchestral vesion of the song plays as the boss theme * )

when you about to study but then mossbag drops a new one and you physically can't anymore

I really hope that, when Team Cherry stops updating the game with content (wasn't there a plan for paid DLC?), they will release the Lore Bible. I don't think I'll be able to live a joyful and fulfilling life without knowing TC full intentions with the Void, SOUL, The Black Kingdom, The Wasteland (and the world in which Hollownest resides for that matter), The Pale King, and especially that FUCKING STATUE BEHIND THE CHEST WITH THE FURY OF THE FALLEN CHARM GOD WHY THE FUCK IS THAT THERE? WAS THERE ANY PLAN TO USE THIS? WAS THIS "FALLEN" A HIGHER BEING?? WAS HE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE FOREST OF BONES (along with the charm, that is)????? IT CERTAINLY SEEEMS SO, BUT WHY BOTHER ADDING THAT STATUE THAT PRETTY MUCH REEKS OF THE DEAD CREATURE THAT IS KEPT AS A TROPHY IN THE COLOSSEUM OF FOOLS WHICH IS ALSO LINKED IN DESIGN WITH THE GOD TAMER'S PET (WHICH, GOING BY THE DEV NOTE, IS A HIGHER BEING) YET THIS ONE HAS AN UNIQUE APPEARANCE (the red hue, a shit ton of those curly spikes) AND A NAME (even tho the name may just reference anyone that has died, or "fallen", but I have no idea how to call that creature in the background soooo)

I do enjoy hornet telling me to get good before I watch a video while I do the path of pain

Why did i discover mossbag like one month ago... This channel is truly awesome ! (and you too aswell ^^) I'm really glad to discovered you on the video of HK speedrunning in AGDQ 2019 😍. See ya in few months with silksong my man, and... GIT GUD !!!

11:21 How he got past this part is that, like most other NPCs, they can break some of the rules that we, the player, cannot accomplish until we follow these rules. Take, for example, the Void Barriers or whatever they are called. We cannot pass them until getting the shade cloak, but any other NPC can, such as Grimmchild and Cloth (because getting to Traitor Lord requires Shade Cloak) So, while this may seem improbable, being a nail smith, he could have easily gotten another nail and cut the vine that was holding the block up, he could have used said nail (if he decided to do this in the first place) to get past the platforming section, or, he could have used the block and threw it onto the spikes, thus skipping having to use the Crystal Heart to get over to the other platforms Or, since he is a nail smith, he could have made the nails for all the Nail Masters, and that meant he knew about what they were trying to accomplish in their life, from Sheo wanting to paint, Oro isolating himself from the rest of the world, and Mayo wanting to reach the top of Hallownest, and that he thought/believed that Sheo would help him find a new calling, which did happen in the end. Or, maybe I’m just trying to explain something that is for a good ending (Nail Smith finding a new calling) :D

Pay attention to the Gods and Glory trailer. After the word "God" flashes on screen, look at the face. Reminds me of that one uncut charm. The one that looked like Carefree Melody.

Hey mossbag do you know there’s a boss in the hive now? It’s incredible they added content into the game that wasn’t there before and you listed it here in the video saying it was cut when really it should have been mentioned as existing content but really it was an honest mistake but as an avid fan of hollow knight I had to tells you this because the video didn’t mention it and it’s important that all the people who appreciate the game know that there is an area boss of the hive now, and spreading information like that is dangerous as it can lead to misinformation and this community is so wholesome I wouldn’t want to see it go up in flames because of the information being spread around being false it’s just a shame that this has to happen again it’s not like you’re lying I’m just sticking up for the game because as I said I’m an avid fan of this game by Team Cherry and they worked so hard to put a boss in the hive that was disregarded by the video which really should have been kept in and it is really a shame that no on e will know that there’s a tough enemy in The Hive region of the map in the game of hollow knight and Team Cherry would be disappointed as well as your parents plus all of the fans who wanted to know that there was a boss monster in the Bee Nest in the area plane in the magnum opus of Team Cherry called Hollow Knight

I set the playback speed to 0.25 and read the entire 16:30 - 16:32 text box-- and I actually found your rant pretty interesting- I also think that the dark streaks around the dead character's eyes may relate to the void, possibly showing it as the cause of their death somehow(?)

The hell I didn’t know northernlion was in a stream with team cherry

The forest of bones is back!

Oh my god, elder bug as baby is so god damn cute though

good god the egg man randomly appearing in a video about hollow knight. very unexpected ive been binging your channel for a couple of hours and had to be like huh

Everyone in 2019: *SILK SONG'S FORGE PART*

I just gotta say...you're the best guy to turn to for my lore cravings. Thanks for the extremely (I assume) hard work. You're videos are very enjoyable and informative. Please keep it up!

When I saw back stepping mechanic I just fucking flipped my table and lost it

blundering obelisk: i was replaced by the moss charger entering the dreams of characters: i was replaced by dream bosses the hive: i now actually have my boss :D the void: i have not got any bosses remaining, but one of them was probably the statue that gives you void dash the void creature: i come out of characters but I'm also in the void not as the players but as their dead siblings

2019: *Forest of Bones is put in Silksong* Hollow Knight: Am I a joke to you? Hornet: git gud

The Hive got a lot more developed, and there's a boss now :D

32:08 When I heard "false one," I actually more thought of the Hollow Knight (due to not being truly hollow), which would imply that he feared HK would break out of the egg, and seek out the Pale King? That makes less sense than fearing Radiance would get to him, seeing as HK and PK seemed to have a bonding connection (from the end of the Path of Pain). But I guess it could be possible. Or at least possible in a previous version of the lore, that has since been removed.

14:20 lmao he's trying so hard not to spill the beans.

So the Radiance is a deity right? And the moths were the first bugs to be given minds by it, and when they found the wyrm and betrayed the Radiance, their fate was sealed to one day be returned to the Radiance and join it's consciousness being erased from existence. Basically the Radiance made bugs thinking, this'll be a fun science project, then went well those ungrateful little... and attempted to shut it down. Meanwhile I believe the void is the same kind of being, a rival deity of the Radiance who created the siblings as it's own science project, but his idea didn't give them minds. In the end the Radiance's bugs use the Void's "hollows" to help Void consume the Radiance. Now void is free to be edgy in peace, and bugs are free to worship bugs as they please.

10/10 video This game along with Shovel Knight and OwlBoy are some of the best indie game ever imo. This may be my favourite game of all time.

Hey mossbag btw idk if u will read this or not BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT the hive has a boss and it is known as the Hive Knight. The Hive Knight can be fought in the furthest room in the Hive where the giant lifeless body of the queen lies. He ambushes the Knight as they enter the place and battles them ferociously. Upon defeat, Hive Knight kneels in front of his queen before collapsing on the floor. Defeating Hive Knight allows the Knight to acquire the Hiveblood Charm. After taking it, the spirit of Queen Vespa appears next to his corpse; she is content that he was finally freed from his binding to the Hive. Hive Knight has a variety of attacks and manoeuvres: Lunge: Hive Knight lunges along the ground with his weapon. This lunge covers about 65% of the arena. Leap: Hive Knight somersaults as his main way of moving in the arena. This jump spans to the top of the arena and does not track the Knight. Swarm Release: Hive Knight spews 12 Hivelings into the air from his mouth. These Hivelings disappear beyond the top of the arena, then 7 fly down one after another in shallow arcs from random positions in the ceiling, slowly tracking the Knight's movement. The Knight can hit the Hivelings with their Nail, (granting SOUL) or destroy them with Spells. While the Hivelings are assaulting the Knight, Hive Knight Lunges, then Leaps along with an additional varying third attack. It is important to note that if Hive Knight dies after the first Hiveling starts their assault, the Hivelings continue their assault while Hive Knight is dying. The battle always starts with 7 Hivelings descending with Hive Knight not actually on-screen. This attack only occurs after Hive Knight has reached 549 HP. Surprise Slash: Hive Knight teleports near the Knight and slashes his weapon. Hive Knight can appear on either side of the Knight. The slash covers a wide range and shifts Hive Knight forward slightly. In addition, Hive Knight can do this attack while the Knight is in the air. The slash covers about 35% of the arena (and slightly more if he uses this attack in the air). Honey Spikes: Hive Knight jabs his weapon into the ground and creates three orbs of spike-filled honey. These orbs can appear anywhere within the top two-thirds of the arena. Each orb contains 8 spikes, and when it bursts, the spikes travel in the direction in which they were pointing. The orbs form rapidly one after another. No two orbs occupy the same row or column as they vibrate in their positions. The Knight can move the orbs when they strike them with their Nail but the orbs cannot be destroyed. The orbs explode in the order in which they formed, every half second after the third and final orb's spikes appear. The orbs are dangerous as soon as the spikes show up. Hive Knight Leaps as soon as the first orb bursts. This attack only occurs after Hive Knight has reached 779 HP. It is highly recommended to obtain Shade Cloak before the fight, as this makes it possible to dash through Hive Knight's Surprise Slash and Lunge attacks and makes handling the Swarm Release attack safer. And with that, Sharp Shadow can be a useful Charm against Hive Knight. Quick Focus makes it safer to heal. There are plenty of no-Charm healing opportunities too: when out of range of a Surprise Slash or Lunge attack, also if dodged early; during Honey Spikes (when in a safe location); at the beginning of Swarm Release; and during Hive Knight's stagger. Hive Knight is a light boss. As such, the Knight has more opportunities to move Hive Knight than many other bosses. Mark of Pride is strong against Hive Knight because it can keep the Knight further away from Hive Knight while still dealing damage. Steady Body is very strong against Hive Knight because it allows the Knight to maintain pressure. Quick Slash is also strong against Hive Knight, provided the Knight does only upward slashes (otherwise Hive Knight is knocked away and the Knight constantly has to chase). Quick Slash works best in combination with Steady Body and Fragile Strength/Grimm Troupe content Unbreakable Strength. Heavy Blow is another Charm that can be useful during the Swarm Release attack as it provides extra knockback against the Hivelings. Shape of Unn can be used to dodge the Swarm Release attack while also healing. The Vengeful Spirit/Shade Soul Spell is strong against Hive Knight due to its versatility. Desolate Dive/Descending Dark is moderately effective against Hive Knight. The Cyclone Slash Nail Art is very strong against Hive Knight due to the Knight being able to move horizontally while repeatedly pressing the attack button.

7:03 hear me out ok? Toddlerbug