There's a Mod to make Hollow Knight easier for newer players.

[Maarten Vander Cruyssen]

So, for all newer players / people finding the game to be too difficult:
There's a Mod to make Hollow Knight easier, called "EasyMode".

The EasyMode Mod does the following: (info taken from ReadMe)
- All charm costs are reduced by 1.
- Sitting at a bench gives 2 free lifeblood masks.
- Nail damage is increased, using the formula dmg = 8 + 5 * upgrades. (instead of dmg = 5 + 4 * upgrades)
- Soul collection is increased by 6 per nail hit. (with no charms, 2 hits now allows a spell or focus)
- Focus time is reduced by half.
- Dying no longer loses geo or causes a shade to spawn.

How to install:
- Download the latest Mod Manager / Mod Installer (EasyMode mod requires it)
> https://radiance.host/mods/ModInstaller.exe
> https://www.nexusmods.com/hollowknight/mods/9?tab=files
(click: Manual download, Login, Slow download, Save File)
- Double-click the exe.
- If asked, point to your Hollow Knight installation folder. (something like: C:\Steam\steamapps\common\Hollow Knight)
- The program will download a list of public Holow Knight mods.
- In this list you can install, uninstall, enable, disable, and read info about all the mods.
- Install "SeanprCore" from the list. (EasyMode mod requires it)
- Install "EasyMode" from the list.
- When installed, whille keeping the program running, start up Hollow Knight.
- At the start-up of Hollow Knight you will see text in the upper-left corner indicating the mods running you just installed. (if not you did something wrong)
- Play the game. Good Luck. Have Fun.

If the Mod Installer doesn't work, the current version of the game might not support it.
Solution: go to Steam > right-click Hollow Knight > Properties > Betas > 1.4.3.2
The Mod Installer should work on that version of the game.

Here's a Google Docs list of all the mods in the Mod Manager / Installer:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cz5tcggpGofrBcM90XyTkMWjMelDHzugvQM6HpB13Ew/edit

I did not make this mod, installer or list.
But thanks to those who made all these.

(Oh yeah, one last thing: I did not use this mod to complete the game, I just right now looked it up and tested it for someone else having trouble playing the game)

[Goga Boga]

Hotel Security eredeti hozzászólása:

I want a mod that makes folks do the Path of Pain twice, dammit. ;-)

Probably not what you are looking for, but:
Download QoL mod and Pain of the Path, after beating PoP do Pain of the Path.

[Ranmaru Rei]

I've beat Radiance without the mod with right combination of charms and pure luck. I've actually when I realised final sequence of the fight with Radiance started (when you have to climb for final blow). I was prepared to die.
But still the game is too hard.

[kanna]

It's nice to see some conversation in an old thread that was worth a bump and could help some people, but I just want to remind everyone: please remember to be careful not to post untagged spoilers. At the very least, please try not to type out the name Radiance without spoiler tagging it. :')

[WW.Bass]

tintingaroo eredeti hozzászólása:

Vioarr eredeti hozzászólása:

I'm getting a message that the installer requires the most recent stable version to run. Please update your game to current stable patch and then try again. Any thoughts? I have only installed the versions that came by default.

You need version 1.4.3.2.
Right-click Hollow Knight in your Steam library, click Properties, Betas, and select 1.4.3.2.

I still have the same message with version 1.4.3.2. Any thoughts? ;|

[🉑 rezno[R].technology]

WW.Bass eredeti hozzászólása:

I still have the same message with version 1.4.3.2. Any thoughts? ;|

Where have you downloaded the ModInstaller from? From this official link?
https://radiance.host/mods/ModInstaller.exe

[WW.Bass]

🉑 reznoR.technology eredeti hozzászólása:

WW.Bass eredeti hozzászólása:

I still have the same message with version 1.4.3.2. Any thoughts? ;|

Where have you downloaded the ModInstaller from? From this official link?
https://radiance.host/mods/ModInstaller.exe

I have downloaded from: https://www.nexusmods.com/hollowknight/mods/9?tab=files&file_id=24/

Thanks for the link, I'll test it sometime.

[🉑 rezno[R].technology]

Yeah, it looks like you downloaded some older version. The new, most reliable release is always at the official link I posted. You may try if it works.

[paris]

Pearl Peebles eredeti hozzászólása:

Commenting as a way to subscribe and bookmark this. While I don't need an easy mode, I'm getting my mom into video games, so if she ever gets to the Hollow Knight level, I'll totally remember this for her.

Thanks for posting! :)

did she

[contrariwise]

The mods don't work for Mac, btw.

[laypurring]

I was abble to dowload the Mod Installer/Laucher through :
https://www.nexusmods.com/hollowknight/mods/29
It has EasyMode, but "SeanprCore" it's nowhere to be found :(
The mod will work without it?
UPDATE YEAS IT DOES, I'M HAPPY <3

[Hotel Security]

>The mods don't work for Mac, btw.

They shouldn't work for anything. This mod is blasphemy. Blasphemy, I say!

[Liebelts]

This thread is old, the mod is now in Scarab which doesn't need downpatching.
But it seems to make the game WAY too easy and unbalanced. Probably not much work was put into it.
Like, instead of making the enemy/bosses telegraphs and attacks easier to understand and react it just gives a bunch of life and nail dmg

Perseus eredeti hozzászólása:

contrariwise eredeti hozzászólása:

The mods don't work for Mac, btw.

That reminds me : Using Bloodorca's save file editor (reminder to make backups! https://bloodorca.github.io/hollow/ ) can allow one to change their nail damage, number of masks, the amount of soul required for healing (as well as the speed, i think?), as well as a bunch of other stuff. (You can even grant yourself invincibility!)
If i remember to do so, i'll post a list of the words to put in Ctrl + f to easily find those things.

Just use DebugMod

[Perseus]

Liebelts eredeti hozzászólása:

Just use DebugMod

Oh. I don't know much about mods (i only ever tried the randomizer), i assume that one works on mac?

[Alucard †]

That feels like a sin

[Alucard †]

Tho i wouldn't mind a mod that slows down time on demand ... cause some of the spike and wall platforming are extremely frustrating to pull off due to requiring very precise timing and leave little to no room for error. :>