Uploaded June 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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FOLLOW UP VIDEO:
youtu.be/M1LLe4PBvEQ

In this video, I will be taking a deep dive into the new Wanderer's Journal from Fangamer. This video is all about deep lore, so if you know very little about the game, or this book, just go buy the game then go buy the book. But if you know your HK lore, stick around and listen to me ramble for 18 minutes and 25 seconds.

Check out the new Wanderer's Journal, as well as Fangamer's other Hollow Knight merch:
fangamer.com/collections/hollow-knight

Metal's document about Crystal and Soul:
docs.google.com/document/d/1-uZUZ57KOTRlhlQG_tMnqvcxT7iYPbu_nQuuJTonxDE/edit?usp=sharing

Link to script/list of songs:
mossbag69.blogspot.com/2019/06/hollow-knight-wanderers-journal-book.html

Translate this video into another language through Amara:
amara.org/en/videos/oQZhV9CkuLzV/info/hollow-knight-wanderers-journal-book-analysis

William's AMA comment about Higher Beings:
reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/6rvds8/we_are_team_cherry_the_developers_of_hollow/dl8567s

Ari's AMA comment about the Hive being infected:
reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/6rvds8/we_are_team_cherry_the_developers_of_hollow/dl82cq8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

Bonus! My lore doc about the King's Pass lore tablets. This was written before I read the Wanderer's Journal, but I still think I'm on to something with all this:
docs.google.com/document/d/1i4PnRQSfRz3fHNz7oimxvJwUS7XNVB0Jl203rpxsInc/edit?usp=sharing

Special thanks to Serena, Katie & 56 for creating the Debug mod. Very useful!

Video Chapters
0:00 Spoiler Warning
0:10 Introduction
2:12 Small Observations
4:46 Infection throughout Hallownest
6:11 Infection in the Hive
8:27 Crystal Peak and Hallownest's Crown
12:15 More Small Observations
13:51 Abyss
16:56 Outro