Pale Prince is Kind of Crazy...

Defeating Pale Prince, a modded version of Pure Vessel created by 56. This mod boosts Pure Vessel making him faster, gain new attacks, and overall makes him slightly more difficult.

This one's pretty rough and the hardest modded boss I've beaten. It's really easy to make mistakes on this fight and with 3000 health it takes a lot to finish Pale Prince. The first phase isn't too bad and mostly slows you down. Fire trails with the lunge/triple slash make dashing through Pale Prince a bad idea (unless you dash right where he starts the attack). It's when you hit phase two that things get interesting. Fake out dashes (which sometimes work in your favor if PP switches to a triple slash) make it safer to just not try to pogo lunges. Both void streams have their problems in anticipating them. Then in P3 you get the javelin maze, which isn't too difficult to perform the small hops to get through it but by that point playing it safe with descending dark is so much easier.

I found myself liking Lifeblood Core for the ability to take two extra hits (very handy when learning the fight). However, using Quick Slash or Shaman Stone likely would have sped up the fight a good bit. There are especially more openings to really make use of Quick Slash.

Dashing against the wall at the start wasn't some grand strategy - my cat simply wanted attention during the boss scream and when I went back to play my fingers were on the wrong buttons. But it all worked out in the end.

My thanks as well to TheDarkMarioAndSonic for reminding me of the most important aspect of this mod: No matter how buffed Pure Vessel might be, this is only a fraction of his true might if he still had his cape. #MakePureVesselCapedAgain

If you're wanting to try this, it can be installed through the mod installer on the HK Discord modding channel in pinned messages.

My Social Media Stuff:

[nachoqueso]

"Overall making him slightly more difficult."


*SLIGHTLY*

[parkerp.]

Ok, so you’re telling me, someone looked at Pure Vessel, beat him, then said, “That wasn’t hard enough”

[wahlex]

Cut to me loosing 3 health to a primal aspid.

[Giant_SewerRat]

Imagine a mod that takes a boss, and makes it this level of difficult, but that boss is just Massive Moss Charger.

[honker]

You know what the worst part of taking damage in this game? The fact that you miss out the beautiful music for a second

[TheDarkMarioAndSonic]

Of course, this isn't even a fraction of his power, for had he utilized his cape, there would be no hope of survival.
#MakePureVesselCapedAgain

[HeyItsJayDC]

Dream nail dialogue: "I'll make you proud, father!" "Have faith...I can seal her away!" "... Father?..."

[pnasio]

How to beat Pale Prince:
Step 1. Learn how to fly
Step 2. Learn how to dodge
Step 3. Good Luck

[trickstar_studios]

So when are you gonna fight

Omnipotent
Omniscience
Omnipresence
Ultra Instinct
Primal
Mega
Invincible
Fearless
Sensual
Mysterious
Enchanting
Vigorous
Diligent
Overwhelming
Gorgeous
Passionate
Terrifying
Beautiful
Powerful
Grey Prince Zote

[terak]

Calling it Pale Prince just makes me want to see a 'Fallen Brothers' fight, where its Hollow Knight and Lost Kin together.

[motharchenemy]

When in doubt,






D E S C E N D I N G D A R K

[epicmadness]

"Hey, have you heard about living?"
"Living? He sounds dumb."
-The Creator of this mod.

[Phoenix-nsxe]

*NOW THAT'S A LOT OF DAMAGE*

if I were facing the Pale Prince, I would literally die within the first few seconds.

[bradencosier]

I do like how these mods are getting better and better. I’m seeing fewer retextured attacks and more brand new ones

[pb.....]

They removed his most powerful attack: slamming his head in your face when getting staggert

[nermfulness]

This is probably one of the most well-made boss mods I've seen in terms of custom movesets and visual polish. Props to 56 for this. And excellent job as always, CrankyTemplar!

[affinityforanime]

I love how you can clearly see that he's fighting using both soul and void.

[lordofcinder]

Me against the hollow knight : the ground and air are mine
Me against pure vessel : the ground is lava but air is still mine
Me against pale prince : the ground and air are all lava, there is no way to not get murdered

[nucleardrift]

Imagine dream nailing him
“Father, I’ve tried so hard, I will win this”
“To prove I’m hollow”
“To seal her away”
“To save the kingdom”
“To save my brothers and sisters”
“To save the shopkeepers and the miners”
“To save you and mother”
“So you will finally be...”
“Proud”

[PLScypion]

You know the boss fight is extremly crazy when Cranky Templar fights attuned version.