Learn how to find Lurien the Watcher in Hollow Knight!
Team Cherry’s Metroidvania action-adventure game, Hollow Knight, follows the journey of a nameless warrior called the Knight as he travels through Hallownest, which is now a kingdom in ruins because of a supernatural disease. As the Knight journeys through Hallownest, he encounters various characters that will help fully unravel the story in the game.
One of the characters in the game is Lurien the Watcher. According to in-game lore, Lurien the Watcher, one of the Dreamers, used to live at the top of the Watcher’s Spire in the City of Tears, where he would look down over the city through a large telescope, which is why he is called “The Watcher.” Because of this, the Knight must find Lurien the Watcher and the other Dreamers to destroy the Infection. Lurien and the other Dreamers closed the Black Egg entrance, putting them into eternal sleep.
The player will learn how to reach Lurien the Watcher in this guide!
The Watcher’s Spire
In the area, the Knight will encounter enemies like Cowardly Husk, Gluttonous Husk, Husk Dandy, Great Husk Sentry, Husk Sentry, Lance Sentry, Winged Sentry, and Heavy Sentry. As mentioned above, the Knight will also encounter the Watcher Knights in the area. As mentioned above, Lurien, the Watcher’s sleeping body, can be found at the top of the Watcher’s Spire in the middle of the City of Tears.
Before the Knight can reach the Watcher’s Spire, the Knight must first obtain the Monarch Wings ability, allowing the Knight to perform a double jump in mid-air. Additionally, to traverse the Watcher’s Spire, the Knight must also obtain the Mantis Claw ability to cling to walls and jump off them. These abilities make reaching and traversing the Watcher’s Spire very easy. To do that, this is what the Knight must do:
- From the Memorial to the Hollow Knight in the middle of the City of Tears, head to the path on the right where the Knight will encounter a Cowardly Husk and a Husk Dandy, then take the exit on the right.
- In the next room, take the elevator just near the entrance to the room and head up a level.
- Then, head a little bit right, and before the glass floor (or gap if you have already destroyed the glass floor using the Descending Dark spell), you will see the platform above. Use the Monarch Wings to perform a double jump and reach the platform, then head to the left and take the exit above.
- Upon entering the next room, head to the right, where the Knight will encounter a Cowardly Husk and a Husk Dandy; head up by using the Monarch Wings ability and the Mantis Claw ability, where the Knight will face two Winged Sentries, then at the top head to the left where you will eventually see a path on the floor and an exit on the left. Take the exit on the left, and you will find a Bench in the next room. Sit on the Bench to save your progress.
- After that, go back to the previous room. Head down on the path on the floor, and the Knight will encounter a Cowardly Husk, a Husk Dandy. A Husk Sentry, head a little bit to the right and head down where the Knight will meet a Gluttonous Husk, then head a little bit on the left, then head down where the Knight must defeat a Great Husk Sentry and a Winged Sentry to continue. After defeating them, the path on the right will be opened where there is a switch inside. Strike the switch to turn it, and the next pathway will be opened.
- Drop to the previous path on the right, take the path on the right, go up a level where the Knight will encounter another Gluttonous Husk, head up another level where the Knight will encounter a Heavy Sentry, head up the shaft on the left, continue on the right, then take the exit above. It is worth mentioning that it would be a great help to turn the lever at the top of the shaft as this will open a gate that will become a shortcut to the Bench earlier.
- Next, as the Knight enters, there will be two paths: on the left, where the Knight will encounter a Great Husk Sentry and several other enemies, and above, where the Knight will encounter a Winged Sentry. Take the path above and go up a level, then head to the left, and you will eventually find an elevator. Ride the elevator up, take the path on the left, and then, near the end of the path, take the exit above.
- After that, take the elevator up and head to the right, and the Knight will encounter the Watcher Knights. The Knight must first defeat the Watcher Knights to continue. Once defeated, continue on the right, go up the shaft, continue on the path on the left, head up another shaft, and take the exit above on the right.
- Next, continue on the left, ride the elevator up, continue on the path on the right, and there you will find the sleeping body of Lurien the Watcher!
Now that the Knight has found Lurien the Watcher, you can strike Lurien the Watcher’s body with the Dream Nail by holding down the assigned Dream Nail button and then releasing it once the attack is charged up to enter the Dream Nail. Meet Lurien the Watcher and break his Seal with Focus after the Knight attacks him. After that, the Knight wakes up, and Lurien, the Watcher’s body, no longer exists.
