
HKMC
A datapack that adds various Hollow Knight features to Minecraft!
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About this Mod

HKMC Adds various features from the hit indie game Hollow Knight into Minecraft!
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Charms
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Commands
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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: 
To upgrade that nail, drop it on top of an anvil with Pale Ore.
Craft the Pale Ore with the following recipe: 
Amount of Pale Ore needed to upgrade the nail increases with more powerful variants of the nail:
- Old Nail + 1 Pale Ore = Sharpened Nail
- Sharpened Nail + 1 Pale Ore = Channelled Nail
- Channelled Nail + 2 Pale Ore = Coiled Nail
- Coiled Nail + 3 Pale Ore = Pale Nail

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.

- Looking up: teleport to a dreamgate. fails if none are present.
- 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.

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.
Isma's Tear: Protects the player from molten liquids
Monarch Wings: Press jump key twice to double-jump
Mothwing/Shade Cloak: Press forward key twice to dash. Mothwing cloak deals 2 hearts of damage for every dash.
Crystal Heart: Hold the ability wheel and hold sneak WITHOUT looking down to charge. Then release to super dash.
Mantis Claw: face a wall, look slightly down and hold the jump key to climb up the wall (similar to ladders)
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.
Desolate Dive/Descending Dark: right-click with the ability wheel while looking DOWN and FALLING to dive downwards with insane speed.
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.

TO USE NAIL ARTS: Hold any nail, hold sneak, and release according to the following requirements:
- Great Slash: release while NOT looking up or down.
- 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:

- 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.
- Map and Quill: right-click to see your last death location in coordinates.
- Lumafly Lantern: hold in your mainhand to use dynamic lighting.
- 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.
- 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 SwitchedCube 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.
Available Versions
How to Install HKMC on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set datapack Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the datapack loader and matching Minecraft version (1.21.11).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "HKMC". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.21.11, 1.21.10, 1.21.9 (+5 more)
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
HKMC server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong datapack version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.21.11). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is HKMC compatible with datapack and fabric and forge and neoforge and quilt?
HKMC officially supports datapack, fabric, forge, neoforge, quilt for Minecraft 1.21.11, 1.21.10, 1.21.9. Note: Forge and Fabric mods are NOT cross-compatible – pick one loader and stick with it. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with HKMC – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if HKMC consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.
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Details
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 International
- Server-side
- Required