Location from Hollow Knight by Team Cherry
The first caverns beneath the surface — ancient highways once teeming with pilgrims, now crawling with infected husks and the echo of what they used to be.
The Forgotten Crossroads are the first taste of Hallownest — and they set the tone perfectly. This was once a bustling thoroughfare: roads connecting every major region, a stag station, temples, marketplaces. Now it's inhabited by wandering husks, territorial Baldurs, and the ever-present sense that you're walking through someone's memory of a place that used to matter. When the Crossroads become Infected (after certain story triggers), the transformation is visually and mechanically dramatic. The blue-grey palette erupts in orange. Enemies are stronger. The music changes. It's the game's way of showing you that time is running out — the Infection isn't waiting for you to be ready. The Black Egg Temple sits at the crossroads' heart — the sealed prison of the Hollow Knight, marked with the masks of the three Dreamers.
Pale blue and grey caverns with fossilized shells embedded in the walls. Thin roots and pale ferns push through cracks. The architecture is old — worn stone pathways, rusted gates, collapsed bridges. Lumafly lanterns provide dim illumination. As the Infection progresses, the entire area transforms: orange pustules cover surfaces, enemies glow with corrupt light, and the air itself seems to throb.
Also known as: Infected Crossroads, The Crossroads