| Achievement | How to unlock
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| Ascension | Collect 2400 Essence and hear the Seer's final words.
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| Attunement | Collect 600 Essence.
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| Awakening | Collect 1800 Essence and awaken the Dream Nail.
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| Banishment | Banish the Grimm Troupe from Hallownest.
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| Beast | Destroy Herrah the Beast.
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| Blessed | Acquire all Charms and receive Salubra's blessing.
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| Brotherhood | Complete the Pantheon of the Master.
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| Cartographer | Acquire a map of each area.
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| Charmed | Acquire your first Charm.
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| Completion | Achieve 100% game completion and finish the game.
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| Connection | Open half of Hallownest's Stag Stations.
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| Conqueror | Complete the Trial of the Conqueror.
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| Dark Romance | Defeat Grey Prince Zote.
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| Dream No More | Defeat the Radiance and consume the light.
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| Embrace the Void | Ascend the Pantheon of Hallownest and take your place at its peak.
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| Enchanted | Acquire half of Hallownest's Charms.
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| Execution | Defeat the Traitor Lord.
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| Falsehood | Defeat the False Knight.
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| Focus | Complete the Pantheon of the Sage.
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| Fool | Complete the Trial of the Fool.
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| Grand Performance | Defeat Troupe Leader Grimm.
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| Grubfriend | Rescue half of the imprisoned grubs.
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| Happy Couple | Allow the Nailsmith to find a new calling.
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| Honour | Defeat the Dung Defender.
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| Hope | Open all of Hallownest's Stag Stations and discover the Stag Nest.
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| Illumination | Defeat the Soul Master.
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| Inspiration | Complete the Pantheon of the Painter.
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| Keen Hunter | Record all of Hallownest's creatures in the Hunter's Journal.
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| Masked | Acquire all Mask Shards.
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| Memory | Defeat White Defender.
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| Metamorphosis | Rescue all of the imprisoned grubs.
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| Mortality | Defeat the Soul Tyrant.
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| Neglect | Leave Zote to die.
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| Obsession | Defeat the Collector.
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| Passing of the Age | Aid the Herald in moving on.
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| Peace | Defeat the Lost Kin.
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| Proof of Resolve | Defeat Hornet in Kingdom's Edge.
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| Protected | Acquire 4 Mask Shards.
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| Pure Completion | Achieve 112% game completion and finish the game.
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| Purity | Slay the Nailsmith with the Pure Nail.
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| Release | Defeat the Broken Vessel.
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| Respect | Defeat the Mantis Lords.
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| Ritual | Defeat the Nightmare King and complete the Ritual.
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| Rivalry | Defeat Zote in the Colosseum of Fools.
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| Sealed Siblings | Defeat the Hollow Knight with Hornet by your side.
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| Solace | Bring peace to the Grey Mourner.
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| Soul And Shade | Complete the Pantheon of the Knight.
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| Soulful | Acquire 3 Vessel Fragments.
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| Speed Completion | Achieve 100% game completion and finish the game in under 20 hours.
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| Speedrun 1 | Complete the game in under 10 hours.
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| Speedrun 2 | Complete the game in under 5 hours.
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| Steel Heart | Achieve 100% game completion and finish the game in Steel Soul mode.
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| Steel Soul | Finish the game in Steel Soul mode.
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| Strength | Defeat the Failed Champion.
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| Teacher | Destroy Monomon the Teacher.
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| Test of Resolve | Defeat Hornet in Greenpath.
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| The Hollow Knight | Defeat the Hollow Knight and become the Vessel.
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| True Hunter | Receive the Hunter's Mark.
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| Void | Remember the past and unite the Abyss.
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| Warrior | Complete the Trial of the Warrior.
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| Watcher | Destroy Lurien the Watcher.
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| Witness | Spend a final moment with Quirrel.
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| Worldsoul | Acquire all Vessel Fragments.
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