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Getting started with Modding Hollow Knight

What you will need:

  • A Windows / Linux / Mac device that you can code on.
  • A Legitimate copy of Hollow Knight on PC (Steam / GoG / HumbleBundle). Console / Xbox gamepass versions do not work for our purposes.
  • A copy of the Hollow Knight Modding Api binary (dll) files
  • Visual Studio Community and .NET Framework 4.7.2

System Setup:

To Setup your system for modding, you need to do the following steps. if you prefer, you can refer to the video guides below and follow along as well.

  1. Download and Install Visual Studio Community
  2. Download and Install .NET Framework 4.7.2
  3. Create a folder named Hollow Knight Mods as your working directory.
  4. Create a copy of your Managed Folder from the game files in your Hollow Knight Mods directory and rename it to Vanilla this should be unmodified copy of your original game files.
  5. Create a folder named Api in your Hollow Knight Mods directory, copy the contents of the latest release of the Hollow Knight Modding Api based on your operating system, this will be your copy of the modding api.

You're now done setting up your system for creating your first hollow knight mod.

Windows:

Windows guide video

Mac:

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Linux:

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