Hollow Knight: Navigate the Ancient Basin

Q: Where to find Pale Ore in Ancient Basin?

The Ancient Basin is a late-game area where you can find Cornifer for a map, collect Pale Ore, acquire the Monarch Wings, and face the Broken Vessel boss. This guide details the path through the area, including enemy encounters and item locations.

Q: How to get Simple Key in Ancient Basin?

The Ancient Basin is a late-game area where you can find Cornifer for a map, collect Pale Ore, acquire the Monarch Wings, and face the Broken Vessel boss. This guide details the path through the area, including enemy encounters and item locations.

Q: How to beat Broken Vessel?

The Ancient Basin is a late-game area where you can find Cornifer for a map, collect Pale Ore, acquire the Monarch Wings, and face the Broken Vessel boss. This guide details the path through the area, including enemy encounters and item locations.

Q: Where to find Cloth in Ancient Basin?

The Ancient Basin is a late-game area where you can find Cornifer for a map, collect Pale Ore, acquire the Monarch Wings, and face the Broken Vessel boss. This guide details the path through the area, including enemy encounters and item locations.

Q: How to get Monarch Wings?

The Ancient Basin is a late-game area where you can find Cornifer for a map, collect Pale Ore, acquire the Monarch Wings, and face the Broken Vessel boss. This guide details the path through the area, including enemy encounters and item locations.

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Walkthrough

1
From the Tramway room, head down. Follow Cornifer's voice to purchase a map.
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Return to the Tramway room and drop from the bottom left.
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Follow the screen left and drop down. Use your Dive ability on the fake floor to descend.
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Reach the top left side of the area and defeat the enemies. Cloth will appear.
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Go right, then drop down. Follow the path left past Lesser Mawleks.
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Inspect an element to find and pick up the Pale Ore.
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Drop down to your left and follow the path right. Avoid the 2 Belflies.
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Continue right, dealing with another Belfly near higher terrain and one near scaffolding.
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Return to the Tramway room and drop down the lit hole (where Cornifer was).
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Go to the bottom left side and exit the screen. Use the Toll Machine (150 Geo) to spawn a Bench if desired.
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Use Super Dash to your left. You can collect a Geo rock midway. Exit the screen from the left.
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Fall down the first hole, grab the Geo rock to your left, and fall down the next hole.
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You will encounter Mawlurks. Stay close to them and attack to avoid their projectiles.
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Go right and slide down the left wall to avoid spikes.
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Continue forward, ignoring the Mawlurk on the ceiling if it's too difficult.
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Deal with another Mawlurk to your left, and ignore the one on the ceiling further left.
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Drop down the hole and go right. Pass through the big worm to find a hidden path containing a Simple Key.
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Follow the path left and up to the next screen. Continue to the top left and break the scaffolding for a shortcut.
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Collect soul and prepare for the boss fight to your left.
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Boss Fight: Broken Vessel
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Exit the boss arena to the left and follow the path to the end to pick up the Monarch Wings.
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Use your new Monarch Wings to reach a room with a Grub that requires advanced traversal. (Refer to video guide if needed).
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Return to the Tram room and take it to the right to reach Kingdom's Edge.

Tips

When fighting the Broken Vessel, consider using the Quick Focus Charm for easier healing.
Mark of Pride and Longnail are also beneficial for increasing your attack range.
During the Broken Vessel's blob attack, use Desolate Dive to attack safely while clearing the room of blobs.
Mawlurks can be tricky; staying close and attacking them is the safest strategy.

Pale Ore
Simple Key
Monarch Wings
Map of Ancient Basin

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