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r/HollowKnight•
bathsaltsy

Completion question

I'm pretty new to the game and just started checking out speedrunning the game and just had a quick question about the various categories. I know that 100% would be the base game with no DLC, and that 112% is the base game with all the DLC, but what is 106%? I'm guessing that it's everything except the godmaster material, but seeing that the GM material makes up for 5% of the completion percent, that doesn't make that much sense. Does it take into consideration the 1% from beating the hive knight? And if so, wouldn't that now make the 106% run 107% and the traditional 100% a 101%? thanks in advance.

Posted May 10, 2020, 9:53 AM UTC

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MoltenOrb•

The Hive Knight and therefore the 1% gained from his charm is actually from the Lifeblood DLC. The Grimm Troupe DLC which came before Lifeblood is the one which added the first 6%.

To be honest most of them added things throughout the game so its hard to judge what's from the base game and what's not without an actual list.

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26_paperclips•

Iirc both the dream style charms are DLC

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chasingvertigo•

Basically 106% used to be the full completion before Godmaster was released. They included Hive Knight but not the % you get for 2400 Essence (as that would have included hopping around getting Essence from roots) is why it's 106 versus 107.

I guess after Godmaster, they decided to include it because ... er. Not sure lol, maybe just 'cause 111% looks lame and they get Essence from White Defender in PotK? (I'm not actually sure if you do, I haven't done that Pantheon.) I'm sure there's a good reason :)

Edit: Wait, this math is doesn't work lol. I think it's just they didn't do Hive Knight because they use an earlier patch before Lifeblood.

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bathsaltsyOP•

Thank you, this is what I'm looking for. The patch difference makes a whole lotta sense, as does the essence; as the last marker doesn't reward anything and I could see runners frustrated by it.

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chasingvertigo•

I think I'm wrong about the Essence lol, because 2400 does give you a completion %. I think they just didn't include Hive Knight because they used an earlier patch for some of the light "glitches" they allow (ex. inventory screen falling and using Dash Slash to open switches from the other side). So it's 106% instead of 107%.

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