You’ll learn lessons painfully, with a lot of premature deaths at the hand of powerful bosses and the elements, but this guide will help you learn the ropes during your initial few hours of play. You’ll soon find those assets are just enough to facilitate survival, as you delve ever deeper into a cavernous environment filled with untold danger. Hollow Knight drops you in a grim but at times beautiful world, armed only with a nail and a sense of adventure.