40 charms fighting over 11 notches of space
Data from build 22529139, updated
Charms are the closest thing Hollow Knight has to a build system: you don’t spend points on anything, you just find, buy, or earn 40 of these and juggle them against a notch limit that starts at 3 and tops out at 11. Of those 40, nine change state instead of staying static, and those alternate forms sit folded onto their parent’s entry rather than counted separately. Fragile Heart, Fragile Greed, and Fragile Strength break if you die wearing them and are folded onto their Unbreakable upgrade here, and the same goes for the White Fragment to Kingsoul to Void Heart chain and Grimmchild’s late-game Carefree Melody form. Team Cherry never wrote precise damage percentages or soul-gain rates into the charm text itself, so what’s under each entry here is the same description you’d read in the inventory pane.
You start with 3 notches and find 8 more scattered across Hallownest, four sold by Salubra in Forgotten Crossroads alone, for a hard cap of 11. Slot one charm past that limit and you’re Overcharmed: the Knight takes double damage from every hit, and it lasts as long as the extra charm stays equipped.
Fragile Heart, Fragile Greed, and Fragile Strength break permanently if the Knight dies while wearing them, and Leg Eater in the Fungal Wastes repairs a broken one for Geo. Bring the charm to Divine in Dirtmouth instead and, for a much steeper price, she turns it Unbreakable for the rest of the save, no more repair trips after that.
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