Zote can be found in a corridor leading back to the storerooms of the City of Tears. If he is saved in Greenpath, Zote shows up in Dirtmouth, where he once again talks to the Knight in an arrogant fashion. Hitting his shell here grants the Neglect achievement. If he is not saved before acquiring the Mantis Claw, he dies in this location, with his nail and shell remaining. If saved, he complains that the Knight got in the way between him and his "prey", he introduces himself and boasts about his supposed mighty deeds.
He is held in the mandibles of a Vengefly King, and the Knight has the choice to either save him or leave him. He regards the Knight as beneath him and accuses them of constantly getting in his way.įound along the path leading to Greenpath. While he claims to be the strongest warrior in the land, he is found trapped by weak enemies or claiming the glory of another bug's deeds.
Unfortunately, because it is made of shellwood, it cannot deal damage. He named his nail "Life Ender" because names supposedly have power. This is ultimately revealed to be a promise of glory for himself. Heading to the right and down from the previous grub, you’ll come across a little hole in the ground leading to a platforming challenge.Zote is a traveller from outside Hallownest who came to the Kingdom to fulfill a promise. Heading down to the left of that first grub, we’ll have to go through a wall and grab this one in the large vertical hallway quite handily. You can get this one by walking right at the very start of the game if you’re good enough at combat. This first grub is found in the top-right of the map and is obtained by defeating the enemy and walking to the gate to get your grub. Instead, these grubs mainly serve as a tutorial to show you how you’ll find most grubs through the game, such as a combat grub, a platforming grub, and one just out in the open. The Forgotten Crossroads are the first area in the game and only contains five grubs, none too challenging. Forgotten Crossroads Grubs Image by Monica Phillips You can look at the maps on this guide and your in-game map to see which worms you’re missing whenever you want. So now it’s time to go map by map and comb through them for all 46 grubs you may have missed while you were going and grabbing all those lovely movement accessories and items. This is an excellent idea before you go hunting because while I provide maps with grub locations, nothing is as good as having that information readily available in-game. Heading up here and fighting the boss after unlocking the door rewards you with a new pin on your map, automatically showing the location of every captive grub. Finally, heading up right before the entrance to the Kingdom’s Edge will take you to the Collector. Once you have Isma’s tear, you should head southeast in the Queen’s Gardens, where you’ll dive into a pool of acid, face two enemies and find a “Love Key.” You can use this key to fight an optional miniboss in the City of Tears. Therefore, I’ll write this guide assuming you already have every upgrade listed above but specify when a specific one is required for the grub. While many grubs can be reached with little to no upgrades, there will be plenty of times that you’ll have to come back later to get one since it demands a specific upgrade.
Namely, the Mothwing Cloak, Mantis Claw, Desolate Dive, Crystal Heart, Monarch wings, Isma’s Tear, and Shade Cloak are all required if you want to traverse every part that contains a grub. Grub hunting should be done whenever you’ve gotten all the accessories and items you need to traverse every part of Hollow Knights’ map. Grubs are best to go after later in Hollow Knight, as some require upgrades you can only get later in the game, and you can get a grub pin to show every grub on the map from fighting the Collector. This Hollow Knight Grub guide will show you the location of every grub, tell you how to reach them, and warn you of any challenges involved, so let’s dive in.
Other times, you’ll hear the worm crying but can’t find the jar anywhere. The pots are sometimes in plain sight but with a difficult challenge. These worms are stuck in jars, hidden behind walls, past platforming challenges, and locked behind enemy encounters.
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