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HKMC

A datapack that adds various Hollow Knight features to Minecraft!

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Quick answer

Which HKMC release should I use?

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Latest stable file v1.1.2+mod
Game version 1.21.11
Loader Fabric, Forge, NeoForge

HKMC v1.1.2+mod targets 1.21.11 with Fabric, Forge, NeoForge. Installation on the client is optional. Installation on the dedicated server is optional. No extra mods listed for this file.

Where it goes

Is HKMC required on the client, server, or both?

Installation on the client is optional. Installation on the dedicated server is optional.

Client Optional
Dedicated server Optional
Loader for this release Fabric, Forge, NeoForge
Required install it here Optional supported, not mandatory Not supported do not install here Source doesn’t say do not assume

The source marks this as usable on both the client and server.

What else does HKMC v1.1.2+mod need?

v1.1.2+mod. Change the file and its required mods may change too.

No extra mods listed for this file

This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.

This file does not list any required or optional mods.

Before you install it

Add HKMC without breaking your instance.

Built for HKMC v1.1.2+mod. Pick another file and the loader, install side or required mods may change.

  1. 01

    Stick to this file

    Use v1.1.2+mod. It targets 1.21.11 with Fabric, Forge, NeoForge; another release may have different loader, side or dependency requirements.

  2. 02

    Bring the mods it needs

    This file does not list any required mods. Do not add a library just because a different file uses it.

  3. 03

    Put it on the correct side

    Installation on the client is optional. Installation on the dedicated server is optional.

  4. 04

    Pick the file you checked

    Use the “Get this file” button beside v1.1.2+mod. It opens that exact file at the source.

About this project

What does HKMC add?

All the items from the HKMC datapack

  • HKMC Adds various features from the hit indie game Hollow Knight into Minecraft!

  • ⚠ Click on a spoiler to see more details!

  • Full HKMC playlist (with shorts) on YOUTUBE: Click here

Charms

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Commands

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All commands from HKMC

How to Craft Items

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Recipes for all items are provided to all players immediately. Use the recipe book to find and craft items. Alternatively you can use the /loot give @s loot hk:<item name> command to give yourself any item.

Nails and Pale Ore

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Nails are the primary weapons of HKMC. You can attack with them to gain soul.

Craft the Old Nail with the following recipe: Old Nail recipe

To upgrade that nail, drop it on top of an anvil with Pale Ore.
Craft the Pale Ore with the following recipe: Pale Ore recipe

Amount of Pale Ore needed to upgrade the nail increases with more powerful variants of the nail:

  1. Old Nail + 1 Pale Ore = Sharpened Nail
  2. Sharpened Nail + 1 Pale Ore = Channelled Nail
  3. Channelled Nail + 2 Pale Ore = Coiled Nail
  4. Coiled Nail + 3 Pale Ore = Pale Nail

Nail items

Dream Nail

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Allows you to teleport to anywhere with the dreamgate and attack to gain more SOUL.

Hold right-click while looking up or down to warp or make a dreamgate.

Item description for Dream Nail

  1. Looking up: teleport to a dreamgate. fails if none are present.
  2. Looking down: create a dreamgate. sends a message in chat which shows you the location of the newly created dreamgate.

Abilities and Spells

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All abilities and spells have to be crafted and put in your inventory to unlock their powers and gain the ability to use them.

Abilities and Spells Items

  1. Focus: Hold the ability wheel and hold sneak while looking DOWN to charge, then release to heal 2 masks. Available to use by default, no unlock needed.

  2. Isma's Tear: Protects the player from molten liquids

  3. Monarch Wings: Press jump key twice to double-jump

  4. Mothwing/Shade Cloak: Press forward key twice to dash. Mothwing cloak deals 2 hearts of damage for every dash.

  5. Crystal Heart: Hold the ability wheel and hold sneak WITHOUT looking down to charge. Then release to super dash.

  6. Mantis Claw: face a wall, look slightly down and hold the jump key to climb up the wall (similar to ladders)

  7. Vengeful Spirit/Shade Soul: right-click with the ability wheel WITHOUT looking up or down to cast a spirit that will damage enemies and go through walls.

  8. Desolate Dive/Descending Dark: right-click with the ability wheel while looking DOWN and FALLING to dive downwards with insane speed.

  9. Howling Wraiths/Abyss Shriek: right-click with the ability wheel while looking UP to damage enemies directly above you.

Nail Arts

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All nail arts have to be crafted and put in your inventory to unlock their powers and gain the ability to use them.

All nail arts

TO USE NAIL ARTS: Hold any nail, hold sneak, and release according to the following requirements:

  1. Great Slash: release while NOT looking up or down.
  2. Cyclone Slash: release WHILE looking up or down.

For Dash Slash: keep holding sneak while also pressing forward key twice at the same time.

Other Collectibles

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Also have to be crafted. The following list specifies all collectibles with custom functionality:

All Collectibles

  1. Delicate Flower: while it's in your inventory, if you take damage, it will turn into the ruined flower. Only one flower breaks per instance of damage taken.
  2. Map and Quill: right-click to see your last death location in coordinates.
  3. Lumafly Lantern: hold in your mainhand to use dynamic lighting.
  4. Mask Shard: craft and obtain 4 to create 1 full mask. 1 mask adds 2 hearts to your health. Max masks that can be obtained are 4.
  5. Vessel Fragment: craft and obtain 3 to create 1 full vessel. 1 vessel adds 33 SOUL to your maximum SOUL. Max soul vessels that can be obtained are 3.

=====License=================================================

HKMC © 2025-2026 by Shardgate Studios is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

An exception is made for video content, which can be monetized. However,
video creators must give appropriate credit by leaving a link to this page.

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