Master the Hollow Grove area in Ori and the Blind Forest with our detailed walkthrough, covering Charge Flame, enemy strategies, and collectible locations.
Walkthrough
- 1Start by obtaining the new skill, Charge Flame, located below your starting position. Lure the frog to smash the cracked ground, then position yourself on top of it and move after the frog springs up. Drop down and go west to find another tree to receive the Charge Flame skill.
- 2Use Charge Flame to open cracked walls, such as the one to the east.
- 3Go east, destroy the cracked wall with Charge Flame, and jump onto the tree stump. Wall jump up the vertical log, then jump right. Wall jump up to the lever and push it to lower a vertical log above you.
- 4Drop down south and find a Large Spirit Container near a gate.
- 5Backtrack to the area with the lowered vertical log by wall jumping back up the hole created by the frog.
- 6Wall jump up the tree. Jump onto the first vertical log, then the second. While on the second log, defeat the multiply slime by staying away and using Spirit Flame.
- 7Jump onto the tree and drop to the other side. Defeat the next multiply slime by either wall jumping and spamming Spirit Flame, or by jumping over it, heading east, and attacking from a distance.
- 8Go west to a broken wall and destroy it with Charge Flame.
- 9Past the broken wall, wall jump up to the left of a spider cocoon and kill the spider.
- 10Wall jump up the spider cocoon and jump to the right of it. Jump onto the rock above the cocoon and use Charge Flame to destroy it, causing the cocoon to drop.
- 11Drop down onto the cocoon, which will serve as a platform. Blast the spider to the left. Dodge its projectile, then Spirit Flame it from the edge of the cocoon.
- 12Jump to the left side of the cocoon and grab the Energy Cell.
- 13Jump back on the cocoon and then east. Run toward the next spider while firing to avoid its projectiles.
- 14Continue east to an area with contaminated water. Use the wood posts to navigate across, destroying spiders above and purple plants on the posts as you go. Jump up and down to avoid spider projectiles.
- 15East of the contaminated water, kill the spider and use wind plants to jump up a level. Kill the slime and destroy purple plants on the stump.
- 16Jump from the stump to the wind plants, then use them to reach the top of the tree. Destroy the purple plants on the tree. Use a long jump off the wind plant to clear the thorn plants on the tree.
- 17On the other side, drop down and grab the Map Stone Fragment in the tree.
- 18Drop all the way down and backtrack to the other side of the tree stump. Continue east on this level and insert the Map Stone Fragment into the Map Stone to reveal the map of the area.
- 19Use the wind plants back to the west and go to the mid-level to reach the signpost, signaling the end of the Hollow Grove section.
Tips
- Charge Flame is powerful but consumes energy, so use it strategically for opening walls rather than constant offense.
- When fighting multiply slimes, maintain distance and use Spirit Flame.
- When dealing with spiders, time your jumps to dodge projectiles.
- The Energy Cell permanently increases your energy capacity, so collect it when possible.
- When crossing contaminated water, prioritize destroying threats on each platform before moving to the next.
- To clear the thorn plants on the final tree, perform a high jump off the wind plant, aiming to long jump over the tree.
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