Save Game Completion Analyzer with Hint System

Now you can see what you missed easily 💚 112% Game Completion. Every Shard/Fragment/Ore. Hunter's Journal. Achievements. Game Completion essentials. Statistics. Locations. Costs. Requirements. Numbers. And if you are completely lost, I designed a spoiler-free Hint system based on your individual game progress.

Intro and Link

Hi, fellow Hollow Knight fans! 🙂

There is no game completion list in Hollow Knight. There is no easy way to check in-game what specific things you forgot to do or missed for full 112% Game Completion, Hunter's Journal, Achievements and many other hidden things.

This Analyzer I created should help checking all of it incredibly easier for you.

🔗 Link 🌍

🔗 Save File Analyzer for Hollow Knight in your browser[reznormichael.github.io]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM02OhEx6Bg

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📀 No save data is sent anywhere.

Everything happens on your own PC. Therefore you can use this web tool completely offline on any device with a web browser. (if you save it with Ctrl + S, or download from GitHub source)

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🕊️ Support tool development for more functionality and easier usage

PayPal supporters are immortalized on the Tool's Web page with a Lvl indicating the amount of support for the Tool. You can get your name/nick immortalized too! Donate at least $1 for the Tool development 🙂 You can include the name or nick in the PayPal donation message (optional) or "Anonymous" if you wish to be featured anonymously. If you don't want to be featured on the page, please write it in the message too.
🔗 PayPal[www.paypal.me]
🔗 Feedback/Suggestions Steam Thread

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Inspirations: love for Hollow Knight, discussions on the forum, KayDeeTee and bloodorca's Save Editors, programming learning, Elderbug.

Who is this Tool for?

✅ People who wish to see what or how many things they missed (no spoilers if you enable Spoiler Mode!)
✅ Beginners who are entirely lost but don't want to be spoiled. Enable Hints to see one personalized cryptic clue.
✅ People who need general help what to do in the game. They can share their save file in text form easily on forums. It can be analyzed by experienced players.
✅ People who wish to easily identify their save files without starting the game.

Tool Preview & Functions

Game Status: Playtime, Completion, Health Masks, Soul Orbs, Charm Notches, Geo & Shade Geo.

True Completion %

The True Completion % (up to 100.00% max) will show you what you've done in the game way beyond the developers' intended 112% Game Completion. Currently it encompasses over 1100+ things counted towards this statistic, including things like Geo Rocks, Charm Notches, Secrets etc. Basically almost everything currently visible in the Analyzer, with plans to add more.
🔵 It takes individual choices made in the game and missable events into account, so every save file should be able to reach full 100.00%, no matter the choices taken.

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Hints for lost travelers

If this is your first playthrough and you feel completely lost, I will give you a very slight optional hint which should point you in the right direction to push your progress forward (no major spoilers). Hidden by default. Enable "Hints" to see them.

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Locations and Costs

I will show you all individual Mask Shards and Vessel Fragments as well as locations and costs of every item on the list.

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Game Completion Essentials

All things that don't count directly towards 112% Game Completion, but are necessary to achieve it.

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Achievements Essentials

All the completely optional things that matter for achievements.

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Game Statistics

For all number and stats fans. Everything else you wish to know like Nail damage, notches, total relics found and many others.

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Secret Prototype (Beta) functions

These may find its way to the main tool at some point. To test them, use Ctrl + Shift + I and select Console.

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Tool supporters Hall of Fame

You can be eternally featured here too. I sincerely appreciate any kind of support for making the tool better for everyone.

Share & Read Saves on Public Forums

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Converting your .dat save file to .txt (Text)

1. Use bloodorca's amazing Online Save File Editor[bloodorca.github.io] to decode your Hollow Knight user*.dat save file into text. See section below for save locations. Now you can also use my tool to do this.

2. CTRL+A (Select All) inside the text box after decoding the save. CTRL+C (Copy) to copy the whole contents inside the text box. Be careful not to copy the whole webpage! Only the text inside the text box.

Sharing your .txt (Text) Save

1. CTRL+V (Paste) the text data inside the text box on the pastebin webpage.[pastebin.com] This doesn't require creating a user account.

2. After pasting the data, click "Create New Paste". You don't have to provide any name.

3. Copy the link in your browser's address bar. This is the link to your paste (save file). Now you can share it with the world!

Reading a .txt (Text) Save File

1. When someone shared a pastebin link to their save, open that link and press "raw". Now you will have pure text in your browser. You can press Ctrl + A (Select All) and then Ctrl + C (Copy).

2. CTRL+V (Paste) the text data inside the text box on the Tool's webpage.[reznormichael.github.io]

3. Click "Analyze Text". If the copy-pasted data was correct, the tool will work exactly like if a .dat save file was analyzed.

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The Tool is just a text analyzer
It doesn't modify any of your files 🙂 No save data is sent on any servers. Everything is happening on your own device - PC, mobile etc. Your CPU does all the work - decoding the .dat to .txt, and viewing it in a much more human-readable form.
Think of it like a text file reader + translator + wiki in one place for your own convenience, so that you won't have to check and analyze what you already did manually on your own.

Save files locations

Your Steam Cloud
If you have Steam Cloud enabled for Hollow Knight, you can download your save directly from here:
https://store.steampowered.com/account/remotestorageapp/?appid=367520
You can use this if you want to check your progress without access to your PC (on mobile/tablet for example) or if you don't want to search for the save manually.

Windows

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Team Cherry\Hollow Knight\

Pro Tip: Copy and paste this code into the folder path bar of the Windows File Explorer window and press Enter to go there instantly (Windows 10). You can also paste it inside the Run window (Windows key + R).
Example path: C:\Users\your-username\AppData\LocalLow\Team Cherry\Hollow Knight

Linux

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Team Cherry/Hollow Knight/*.dat

macOS

~/Library/Application Support/unity.Team Cherry.Hollow Knight/

Filenames:

user*.dat — main save file. Where * is a number between 1 and 4, and it is the appropriate save slot inside the game.
user*.dat.bak1 — auto-backup save file.
user*_[game-version-numbers].dat — duplicate save file of the main save file. Serves as a backup after any game update.

The Hint system

I designed the hint system myself from the beginning especially for first-time players. It has 19 steps, and checks for optimized things required to do in chronological order to see the credits. Hints are inspired by NPC character Elderbug in Hollow Knight, but different and optimized by me. I check for all the things you have already done in the game, and if you missed something from the optimized list, then I show you one hint at a time.

Your task will still be to decode the clue that I give you. Shouldn't be too hard! But if you are stuck, let me know and I will try to help.

Please don't use my hint system as a walkthrough or objective list for the game. It would be not optimal that way. Rather use it as a small spoiler-free clue which can steer you in the right direction and push you forward if you ever feel confused.

What you will find on your way there, remains entirely up to you. Hollow Knight is designed as a discovery experience, not as a linear experience. I really encourage exploration on your own, the game is most rewarding in this aspect. 🏆 Use the hints only if necessary.

Support and Feedback

All feedback/problems/wrong data are appreciated. Feel free to write them here or in the Steam Discussion thread for the Tool.

If you like the tool and want it developed further with more functions, consider supporting on PayPal[www.paypal.me].

Source code on GitHub[github.com].

My other Hollow Knight Guides

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2564962552
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2609671089
Reduce Hollow Knight's size on your disk by 83% without installing or deleting anything and with the ability to play normally as always (maybe even with faster load times):
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2250131032

Youtube Channel

I'm creating Deep Learning Neural Network AI 4K/60fps Remastering, Game Videos, Game Audio, Gameplays, Guides and other technology experiments on my youtube channel (Michael ReznoR). For example:
Hollow Knight: Silksong AI Remastered 4K 60fps Reveal Trailer
Fun facts:
✅ ~69 GB disk space taken
✅ Conversion took ~96 hours
✅ 15 different tools (programs, scripts, plugins) used (at least)
You may take a look if you're interested.

📜 Credits

Guide by rezno[R] ©️® 2020. All rights reserved.
Huge thank you and admiration to Team Cherry for creating this awesome game.
Huge thank you and admiration to KayDeeTee for the save decryption algorithm and to bloodorca for creating the awesome Online Save Editor.
Thank you to radiance.host for the Charm names reference in their HK Modding API[radiance.host].
If I helped you in any way, I will be happy. Have fun playing Hollow Knight! 🧡

[aleksander.babayev]

Thank you very very much. At last. 112%.

[Monggoku]

This is amazing, thanks so much.

[JoeMD]

This is brilliant! Thank you so much.

[Zukazan]

Did anyone find a glitch with cornifer at kingdom's edge? His note isn't there for me.

[Aizenath]

Thanks!

[Jazz Jackrabbit]

Recently finished my re-play of the game and used this tool quite a bit. It's amazing, thanks so much!

[Blinky]

How do I make the interaction "Found & Talked to Millibelle" count? Do I have to talk to her before beating the sh!t out of her? If so, than that check should be counter as missable

[Saijin]

Hey I just wanted to know if was doing somethig wrong bc the tool doesn't recognise my gamepass save of the game, it's not a user1.dat file but a bunch of letters and numbers. Any advice ? thanks for it

[Ivanpotato]

Thank you for this it's really helpful <3

[Eincrou]

Fantastic work