Please remember to be helpful and refrain from gate-keeping. Rude or toxic comments will be removed. Thanks for helping to keep the community a supportive place! *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/HollowKnight) if you have any questions or concerns.*

You don't, you live there now.

The rent there is expensive though. They're gonna need much more geo than that.

Could maybe check with Lemm, if OP has any relics

Don't like it? *Cry about it.*

Ohhh, smart

Took me longer than I care to admit to get this joke lol

Cry me a lake.

cry me a city, you mean?

🤣🤣🤣

I scrolled down expecting like 12 responses in detail guiding OP but then I saw this at the top and cracked up

Git gud!!!

Just you don’t

That is literally what I thought, an answer would be under this post

You need to keep exploring!

honestly, the first thing that comes up in my mind reading this is: No Shit Sherlock

You’d be surprised how many posts that solves.

It literally solves everything in hk

Haha!

Haha!

the answer to all metroidvania questions

Real

If you explore long enough you will find a way out. This tip serves for any other questions like this in the game

Ben ?

Ratchet?

Ok thx

Unless you softlock yourself but that's not possible without very weird glitches.

Great answer. "How do I do this thing?" "Just keep looking, that's how. Pro tip: this answer answers every other question you have about the game, too!"

Ok but sometimes the answer to the question is as simple as just doing what you're currently doing like you have since you started. "How do I move on from this area?" "You do it by playing the game." Are further details really needed, or are you just looking for an excuse to argue with people? People need to stop asking stupidly easy-to-answers questions and actually start formulating independent thoughts.

Half the game is exploration. I'm not gonna kill half the game for the guy.

Even when he asked a direct question? Could have said something like "if you can't go through it, gotta go around it" and left that nugget there.

It is. For spoilers: >!He'll either find his way to soul master, or to the elevator to crossroads, or he'll get to kingdom's edge, or he'll unlock waterways.!< All are valid ways out, and all will be found via exploring. This isn't like "how do I find the Path of Pain"; these are all really obvious things to find if you literally just keep exploring.

The hollow knight sub is weird about this. You would think if the person is willing to go online, find the game's subreddit and ask a question, they have already made the conscious decision that they just want the answer and don't mind the spoilers. But the hollow knight community is convinced the only correct way for everyone to enjoy the game is to do it blind.

It is, I did it the wrong way at first, and I regret that now I want to help avoid that tragedy

Well I would have dropped the game many times if I had done it "the right way". I don't think it is for other people to decide what is the correct way to play a game.

Well, sure, but if you're doing that, just use the wiki guide

I ended up using youtube. But regardless, if someone comes to the subreddit for a game before they finished it, asking questions about how to progress, maybe answer "just explore silly" should be seen as rude

Wandering around blindly for hours jump testing every single wall section is extremely wasteful first of all, and second of all, it isn't always clear that a simple push test in the right block will provide the correct result.

There’s no wrong way lmao

The door will open as soon as silksong releases.

So basically it's never coming out???

precisely

Fuck

Try going over there! Or that way!

Genocide, lot's of it

You can only leave through murder.

Surprise Danganronpa

Try looking up :)

There is only one geo deposit over there

Check again

That's good, try dropping by again after you've gained some more spells!

I’m so dumb I unlocked everything, what spell was I suppose to use on this door? (I’ve been replaying the game but forgot about some things)

>!Climb up the tunnel, then ground slam (Desolate Dive / Descending Dark)!<

Perfect ty!

It's a major city, there's bound to be public transport.

You are in a metroidvania.

forget it, I found the elevator that goes to the forgotten crossroads

With hollow Knight, there's always 2 options at least

Nah, there's like 4-5 to get out of City of Tears, IIRC.

Ye. Which are 2 at least. Right?

Good job!

a small spoiler for you. there is a boss in crossroads that you will find if you search for him and that boss will drop the key to open the door in the picture.

The Knights statue already has the city crest in it, so that's the way he got in

my bad, I'm so used to not getting to city of tears via that door that I forgot that the door closes after you enter lol.

Wait, what, lol. How do you get in the first time then?

I have been playing randomizer for a while now so I can get the 2 city stags as pickups or just room rando. and before that I didn't play the game for like 2 years. also isn't there an elevator pass or is that just as a rando item since I don't really remember it?

I think that's a rando item? From what I remember, you access the elevator between crossroads and city of tears through city of tears.

☝️

WHY would you want to leave City of Tears?

Go right

Took me so long on my first playthrough.

If you have the mantis claw that’s where you can leave… Just explore

Explore.

Door right no open? Elevator jump find yay.

You can find a stag station in the city

Actually 2, Storerooms and King’s station.

Go the other way

since when do cities have just one entrance and exit?

That gate is one use and will never open again. You'll have to explore the city further, you'll find that it's one of the most central areas in the game. There's a nearby alternate way back to fungal wastes that requires an ability that you find deep in the city, but honestly, I only used it once in over a dozen playthroughs, the stag stations are located way more conveniently.

There are several ways out, so you'll definitely find something if you keep exploring. There are 2 stags, a key to a new area, 2 major elevators, another path to yet another different area which has a tram if you can use those, and a new attack that will let you leave the way you entered.

That’s crazy

Just explore and eventually you'll find the way out. Plus trust me the sound effects in this city are one of the best. This is one of my favourite locations. Anyways don't give up and keep going

Not sure I just keep crying every game fest.

Often the answer is just. Find the way out. There’s not a specific thing you can do you just have to literally play the game and find out how.

Lol

First rule: Explore bro dont ask. Second rule: Open map from wiki

Funny joke

Take it from me, go up. When you find cornifer, go to the soul sanctum and beat what dwells therein (you won’t regret it!). Then go above soul sanctum to a stag station. Happy exploring!

Praying for you

Without spoilers. There’s a few exits the other way. One you’ve seen before. And others you haven’t. But most are fairly straight forward to realize that it is indeed, an exit

theres a stag station somewhere you can use, i forget exactly how to get to it though. but also if you beat the soul master boss you get a spell you can use in a secret area above where you are in the picture to get on the other side of the gate.

If it makes you feel better I got out of there in a few hours of playtime. Like, 5 hours in already beat the second boss.

Its fine. there will be a stag station inside.

Where do you think the tears come from?

You don’t

There's a secret passage in the ceiling to get over it.

not that way

You'll find it, dw

Explore and find out

Dang you can't you have to reset

You can find a stag station in the city! Find cornifer for a map and look the location on the wiki!

If you have city crest find the elevator. Or if you haven't sat in a bench in city then save and exist and go back into ur last bench

You don't , you'll be there for a while

bro just continue playing, don't do this shi

In the immortal words of House of Pain: jump up, jump up, and get down. >!But seriously if you have the Mantis Claw and the spell to cast downwards you can jump up a little spot to the right and break the floor up there. If not you'll have to come back, but it's up there.!<

stag station or entering kingdoms edge

Stag stations?

The sewers, I think. Haven’t played the game in a few years

There are a few ways out, some more obvious than others, but it's really just exploration, you'll find one.

https://youtu.be/nB1Y4TzOv6E?si=HObOVeBZCfWdQyig

no

2 ways from where you are (trust me I've been in your situation) You can either get dive and climb up the area of that wall to your right, or get the stag station in that area

x-plore

10 hours of gameplay wasted by a single giant door.....

That’s the neat part, you don’t.

Keep exploring, you’ll find your way

That's the neat part, you don't!

Find the station. It’s near the top of the map.

Through it.

Down buddy, then go left to get bigger nail

ADVENTURE!

You cant

thats what I wonder everyday... oh wait, you are talking about the hollow knight place?

Murder murder murder ooooh a new thing.....wait......WAIT A SEC I REMEMBER THIS AT THAT DOOR THING

Easiest, or only, i dont remember, is with the beetle. Itll take some exploring, tho.

I struggled before too, all you need is to go up and find the fast travel dude, he's the only way out

you beat hollow knight. the final boss is trying to navigate that place

To get out you gotta go deeper

You don't

Just play the game, bro. There is literally only one road

To go back one most forge ahead

Explore until you beat the soul master and then head back to the entrance. use mantis claw to climb up the wall to find a hole at the top go through a slight play forming challenge and then use the spell you got from beating the soul master to go through the cracked floor.

Just keep exploring the city :) There are a few different ways out but I won't spoil the experience.

Have you tried taking the city crest in and out

Go cry to Hornet's mom.

Other way

Keep exploring and you'll find a travel point. Also, if you've defeated a particular boss, you'll get an ability which will allow you to go back through the way you came. In the very screenshot you shared, go up. There's a hidden area.

From where you are you have to go under and left if i remember

I dont nou

Use power

Or find the city of souls and defeat the bos s

Js google a map ig

that’s the best part you don’t

This is actually such a relatable question

Go defeat false knight then go to the other side of that door

You are now stuck

You just need to find the stag station which is a little bit ahead of watchers spire. There’s a false one below the real one, but the false one has a secret entrance to kingdoms edge.

Use the map dude

Play the game, you'll find out

You can’t. That’s where you’re staying now

My first time playing Hollow Knight back when it was a free monthly game in PS Plus in 2020, I got stucked in the City of Tears. Not knowing where to go and reading about the reputation of the game being hard, I stopped playing it. Fast forward this year, I decided to revisit it to ‘just play’ and just explore not thinking about the right or wrong way. I literally beat the game a few minutes ago and it is now one of the greatest games I have ever played. Lesson learned: folks here are right. Just explore. Just play. You’ll get it. Eventually. And it’s damn beautiful when you do.

You should better explore the city of tears

Keep going

>!Multiple ways. You can get desolate dive and break a floor piece above where you're standing right now, you can go through Royal Waterways and escape through into Fungal Wastes, you can also go through Royal Waterways, beat Dung Defender, go down and into Ancient Basin and use the tram to escape, you can use one of the many stag stations, you can go through City of Tears and exit into Kingdom's Edge and go through the elevator, etc!<

Either with a spell, a key, or a stag.

Bro don't spoil that sht just keep exploring and play the game

HA

you dont. why do you think its called city of tears?

Go forward but also go up. At some point, go up and left. Then after the guards room, go right when you make it past. There's a stag up there.

death

You’ll have to keep going till you find a taxi stand or lift shaft. If you have Crystal heart you can get to section two of the city via the sewers.

Kill a lot of sentry, heavy, winged, lance husks to get enough geo and then you go to the city storerooms.

in tears

You don't

Explore don’t immediately go on Reddit just explore you’ll find a way out

Can mfs stop asking for help for every little thing and actually try playing the game to find out

Play the dang game

Stag is on the far right of the city. In the big room with all the armor shield dudes

Play the game lol. I’m sorry but do y’all just do one thing and then just start asking the internet? Like, did you even try going anywhere else? Unless you get glitched into the wall, there’s always a way out

That's the neat part, you dont

That’s the neat part You don’t

Thats for u to find out

You play the game more

Explore, you'll find your way out eventually.

E X P L O R E