Hollow Knight

What is Hollow Knight?

Hollow Knight is a Fabric modpack for Minecraft 1.20.4, published by Clouser on Modrinth since 2024.

The latest release, 1.1.4 from Jun 12, 2024, declares 27 mods plus 1 other project such as resource packs or shaders. It has 5 published versions.

With 83K downloads it ranks #224 of the 518 most-downloaded Modrinth modpacks we track, and its authors tag it as adventure, challenging and combat.

• Adventure
• Challenging
• Combat

Most widely used mods in Hollow Knight

The latest version declares 28 projects, 27 of them mods. The ones below appear in the most packs we track.

• Cloth Config API
• FerriteCore
• Entity Culling
• Sodium
• Fabric API
• ImmediatelyFast
• Lithium
• Mod Menu
• Iris Shaders
• ModernFix
• More Culling
• BadOptimizations
• No Chat Reports
• Concurrent Chunk Management Engine (Fabric)
• Indium
• Very Many Players (Fabric)
• MaLiLib
• Enhanced Block Entities
• Noisium
• Pehkui
• Freecam
• LibJF
• WorldEdit
• Axiom

Full Hollow Knight mod list

3 more files are bundled inside the pack without a Modrinth project, so we cannot name them.

How its mod list compares

Less common picks: 1 mod found in five or fewer tracked packs.

• Slyde

Packs with the most mods in common

• PvP Fabric for 1.21.1 17 mods in common
• LabyModpack Fabric for 1.20.4 12 mods in common
• Essentially Optimized (FPS) Fabric for 26.3 13 mods in common
• Simply Optifine Fabric for 1.21 18 mods in common
• MojoLauncher FPS | Butterium Mobile Fabric for 1.21.8 13 mods in common

What kinds of mods are in Hollow Knight?

Of its 27 mods, 14 are tagged optimization, 14 utility and 7 library. Mods can carry several tags, so the counts overlap.

• optimization: 14 (52%)
• utility: 14 (52%)
• library: 7 (26%)
• management: 2 (7%)
• cursed: 1 (4%)
• decoration: 1 (4%)

How big is Hollow Knight?

With 27 mods, Hollow Knight has fewer mods than 75% of the 491 packs we track.

The pack file is 43.9 MB. 13 mods are client-only and 13 also run on a server. Alongside the mods it declares 1 shader.

How actively is Hollow Knight updated?

Hollow Knight was first published on Apr 3, 2024, and has 5 published versions in total.

The latest release, 1.1.4, is dated Jun 12, 2024, 882 days before our data was fetched on Nov 11, 2026. Releases have covered 1 Minecraft version over 70 days.

Staple mods Hollow Knight includes and leaves out

Across the 325 Fabric packs we track, 15 mods turn up most often. Hollow Knight includes 9 of them; it leaves out Fabric Language Kotlin, YetAnotherConfigLib (YACL), Sodium Extra, Reese's Sodium Options, Text Placeholder API and Architectury API.

How much RAM does Hollow Knight need?

Hollow Knight needs 4 GB allocated (3 GB minimum). Our estimate from the 27-mod list, not measured.

How to set allocated memory

How to install Hollow Knight

Search for "Hollow Knight" in the Modrinth source of your launcher. Pick version 1.1.4 for Minecraft 1.20.4 (Fabric). Modpack install guide.

How do I make a Hollow Knight server?

Hollow Knight is marked as needing a server-side install, so the server must run the same mods and version as the players.

• Match the version: the latest pack version is 1.1.4 for Minecraft 1.20.4.
• Loader: Fabric.
• Memory: at least 3 GB (our estimate).

Modpack server guide.

Versions

One build.

Official links

• Hollow Knight on Modrinth (downloads and changelog)
• Discord

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