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Hollow Knight
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Nightmare King

Twisted spectre of scarlet flame.

Hunter’s notes

“The expanse of dream in past was split, One realm now must stay apart, Darkest reaches, beating red, Terror of sleep. The Nightmare’s Heart.” - Seer

The notes unlock after 1 kill.

Nail hits to kill

Its 1500 HP over the nail's damage per hit at each upgrade, plain and with Fragile or Unbreakable Strength (×1.5, rounded the game's way).

NailDamageHitsWith Strength
Old Nail5300188 (8 a hit)
Sharpened Nail9167108 (14 a hit)
Channelled Nail1311675 (20 a hit)
Coiled Nail178958 (26 a hit)
Pure Nail217247 (32 a hit)
  1. White Defender1,600
  2. Nightmare King1,500
  3. Grey Prince Zote1,200
  4. Volatile Zoteling30
HP of the enemies found mostly in Dream, highest first.

In Godhome

HP as the arena's own HealthManagers set it (the Attuned fight), and the nail hits that takes at each upgrade, plain and with Strength (×1.5). Track Godhome.

Nightmare King · God of nightmares

In the Hall of Gods and in Pantheon of Hallownest.

NailNightmare Grimm Boss · 1250 HP
Old Nail (5 a hit)250 · 157 with Strength
Sharpened Nail (9 a hit)139 · 90 with Strength
Channelled Nail (13 a hit)97 · 63 with Strength
Coiled Nail (17 a hit)74 · 49 with Strength
Pure Nail (21 a hit)60 · 40 with Strength
  1. Radiance3,000 #1
  2. Pure Vessel1,600 #2
  3. White Defender1,600 #3
  4. Nightmare King1,250 #4
  5. Grey Prince Zote1,200 #5
  6. Lost Kin1,200 #6
  7. Brooding Mawlek1,050 #7
  8. Oro & Mato1,000 #8
  9. Paintmaster Sheo950 #9
The Hall of Gods fights closest in HP to Nightmare King (#4 of 46 by HP), each by its strongest enemy.

Where it is, its HP and Geo there 1

HP and Geo are per scene, so they’re exact for that place. Geo with Fragile Greed follows the game’s rule: each coin size gets 20% more coins, rounded up.

AreaHPGeoWith GreedPlacedMap
Dream1500001Show

Overview

HP
1500
Kills for the Hunter’s notes
1
Placed copies
1
Kind
Grimm Troupe

Also mostly in Dream 3