HKMC
by SwitchedCube
HKMC brings Hollow Knight content into Minecraft, with nails, Pale Ore upgrades, nail arts and a dreamgate teleport that players gain by crafting.
What it does
Players craft an Old Nail, then upgrade it at an anvil by adding Pale Ore to reach the Sharpened, Channelled, Coiled and Pale Nail tiers. Each tier needs more Pale Ore than the one before. Nails serve as the primary weapons, and attacks gain SOUL that fuels abilities.
Crafted spells and nail arts go into the inventory and grant powers that are used by holding a nail, holding sneak and releasing as the requirements describe. A dash slash is one example, triggered by holding sneak and pressing forward twice. Holding right-click while looking up or down opens a dreamgate, which moves the player anywhere. Recipes appear in the recipe book, and the same items can be obtained with a loot command or a give command.
HKMC is published for Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt, with a datapack version for server platforms, across 8 release versions, 1.21.4 – 1.21.11. Only the server must run it, while players may leave it out. It is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 license and is not open source.
Key features
Nail upgrade path
An Old Nail becomes stronger through four tiers, each upgrade made at an anvil with Pale Ore.
Nail arts and spells
Crafted abilities enter the inventory and grant powers that the player activates while holding a nail.
Dreamgate teleport
Holding right-click while looking up or down creates a dreamgate that moves the player to a chosen location.
Soul gain from attacks
Attacking with a nail builds SOUL, which feeds the abilities and the dreamgate.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who enjoy Hollow Knight style combat and progression, and server owners who want to add it to a shared world. Since only the server must run HKMC, players can join without installing it.
Questions
Does HKMC need to be installed on the client?
Which loaders does HKMC support?
How do players get the first nail?
In the catalog
HKMC is one of 7,216 Magic mods on ModsFinder, and one of 3,630 Magic mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Recipes for all items are provided to all players immediately. Use the recipe book to find and craft items. Alternatively you can use the /loot give @s loot hk: command to give yourself any item. Nails are the primary weapons of HKMC. You can attack with them to gain soul.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/hkmc
- Owner
- SwitchedCube
- Published
- 2025-08-17
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-01-30
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15