NPCs (2)

Find all NPCs in Hollow Knight, including vendors like Cornifer, Iselda, Sly, and Salubra, and learn their locations and what they sell.

Cornifer is a travelling merchant who sells maps of Hallownest. You first meet him at the bottom of Forgotten Crossroads. He advises you to visit his wife, Iselda, in Dirtmouth for mapping supplies.

Iselda, Cornifer’s wife, resides in Dirtmouth. Her shop opens after you meet Cornifer. She sells mapping tools and maps you may have missed purchasing from Cornifer, often at a higher price.

• Mapping Tools:
• Quill: 120 Geo
• Wayward Compass: 220 Geo
• Map Pins:
• Bench Pin: 100 Geo (Requirement: Meet Cornifer)
• Cocoon Pin: 100 Geo (Requirement: Meet Cornifer)
• Hot Spring Pin: 100 Geo (Requirement: Meet Cornifer)
• Stag Station Pin: 100 Geo (Requirement: Open the first Stag Station)
• Vendor Pin: 100 Geo (Requirement: Meet Cornifer)
• Maps:
• Ancient Basin: 150 Geo
• City of Tears: 120 Geo
• Crystal Peak: 150 Geo
• Deepnest: 50 Geo
• Fog Canyon: 200 Geo
• Forgotten Crossroads: 40 Geo
• Fungal Wastes: 100 Geo
• Greenpath: 80 Geo
• Howling Cliffs: 100 Geo
• Kingdom’s Edge: 150 Geo
• Queen’s Gardens: 200 Geo
• Resting Grounds: 75 Geo
• Royal Waterways: 100 Geo

The Last Stag is a large stag beetle found at Stag Stations. He acts as a fast travel mechanic, taking you to unlocked Stag Stations and providing lore for each new station visited.

• Stag Station Prices:
• Dirtmouth: Open after the first Stag Station is opened.
• Forgotten Crossroads: 50 Geo
• Greenpath: 140 Geo
• Fungal Wastes, Queen’s Station: 120 Geo
• City of Tears, City Storeroom: 200 Geo
• Resting Grounds: Free
• City of Tears, King’s Station: 300 Geo
• Queen’s Gardens: 200 Geo
• Deepnest, Distant Village: 250 Geo
• Hidden Station, Palace Grounds: 300 Geo
• Howling Cliffs, Stag Nest: Unlocked when all Stag Stations are open.

Sly is a resident of Dirtmouth. You first meet him after defeating the Gruz Mother in Forgotten Crossroads, in an abandoned hut. After talking to him, he returns to Dirtmouth to open his shop. He sells various items, with more available after you give him the Shopkeeper’s Key.

• Sly's Sells:
• Simple Key: 950 Geo (Requirement: None)
• Rancid Egg: 60 Geo (Requirement: None)
• Lumafly Lantern: 1800 Geo (Requirement: None)
• Gathering Swarm: 300 Geo (Requirement: None)
• Stalwart Shell: 200 Geo (Requirement: None)
• 1st Mask Shard: 150 Geo (Requirement: None)
• 2nd Mask Shard: 500 Geo (Requirement: Buying the first Mask Shard)
• 3rd Mask Shard: 800 Geo (Requirement: Shopkeeper’s Key and buying the previous Mask Shard)
• 4th Mask Shard: 1500 Geo (Requirement: Shopkeeper’s Key and buying the previous Mask Shard)
• 1st Vessel Fragment: 550 Geo (Requirement: None)
• 2nd Vessel Fragment: 900 Geo (Requirement: Shopkeeper’s Key and buying the first Vessel Fragment)
• Heavy Blow: 350 Geo (Requirement: Shopkeeper’s Key)
• Sprintmaster: 400 Geo (Requirement: Shopkeeper’s Key)
• Elegant Key: 800 Geo (Requirement: Shopkeeper’s Key)

Confessor Jiji lives in Dirtmouth beyond the graveyard. Her home is initially locked and requires a Simple Key (purchasable from Sly for 950 Geo) to enter. Jiji can summon your Shade (a hostile manifestation of your lost Geo and SOUL) from anywhere in Hallownest, allowing you to fight it to recover your lost Geo and repair your SOUL meter.

• Jiji Sells:
• Shade summon: 1 Rancid Egg

Salubra resides in Forgotten Crossroads. You can reach her shop by defeating the Gruz Mother and obtaining the Mothwing Cloak to dash to her cliffside location. She sells Charms and Charm Notches, and offers Salubra’s Blessing after you collect 40 Charms.

• Salubra Sells:
• Charms:
• Lifeblood Heart: 250 Geo
• Longnail: 300 Geo
• Quick Focus: 800 Geo
• Shaman Stone: 220 Geo
• Steady Body: 120 Geo
• Charm Notches:
• 1st Charm Notch: 120 Geo (Requirement: Own 5 Charms)
• 2nd Charm Notch: 500 Geo (Requirement: Own 10 Charms)
• 3rd Charm Notch: 900 Geo (Requirement: Own 18 Charms)
• 4th Charm Notch: 1400 Geo (Requirement: Own 25 Charms)
• Salubra’s Blessing: 800 Geo (Requirement: Own 40 Charms)

Millibelle is a banker located in the Pleasure House in Fog Canyon. She opens an account for you for 100 Geo, where your Geo is safe even after dying, as long as the total does not exceed 2500 Geo. If you store more than 2500 Geo, she will abandon her bank after you rest at a bench or fast travel. You can find her again at the hot spring in the Pleasure House, and striking her will allow you to retrieve your stolen Geo.