Hollow Knight- Don't Kill the Nailsmith!
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- čas přidán 24. 04. 2019
- After fully upgrading your nail four times with the Nailsmith (which takes a total of 6 pale ore) you will have a tough conversation with the Nailsmith.
After fully upgrading the nail to the pure nail the Nailsmith will give you some new dialogue outside:
"With a Pure Nail forged, my work in this lifetime comes to an end. My only remaining desire is to see and feel the nail strike true!
I beg you, cut me down. As my final moment in life, I want to taste the blade's exquisite edge.
After all this time, all this toil... haven't I earned it?
Do not hesitate. I beg you. Cut me down! I want to taste that blade's exquisite edge."
Do Not Kill the Nailsmith! In this video I will show you how you can save the Nailsmith's life and he can live happy with Nail Master Sheo.
Note: The Nailsmith will not move to Sheo's hut if the player has not acquired Great Slash. He will disappear after being spared and only appear in Sheo's hut after the player has gained the ability and rested on a bench afterward.
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*asks to be killed with the nail*
*shoots vengeful spirit*
That is truly the most evil thing you could do there
I totally agree. It’s been done
Does it kill him tho?
Yes
@@RelyeaGaming O_O
dk why i'm saying this but i just died at the part where i fought the guard in the path of pain :) how amazing right
Oh man....I struck him down in front of my 7 year old daughter....and then proceeded to have a talk with her about “honor” and “final wishes.” I feel sick
Ohhh no! I have a 6 year old. I can only imagine having to struggle through that conversation the the spot
Aww, sympathy from a fellow parent.
Ahaha
Better this than explainning to her they are gay
My 7 year old son just struck him down today. I just told him that if he hadn't killed the nailsmith then he would have met up with the nail art guy and thanked him for not killing him. Lol he said aww. But he doesn't care either way 🤣.
OH MY GOD! When the nail smith told me to kill him, I 100% thought,
"Wait, you don't have to die. You can just take up another hobby like Sheo did."
But I never even went to go check on Sheo at all even with that thought in my mind.
I love how the game sometimes gives you this opportunity of realization, makes it even more interesting.
dude in my playthrough nailsmith died becuse of the dream shield charm. i didnt even see it becuse i crystal dash right then he died -_-
@@user-xk5hq7gk8e ahahaha! Oh, UNFORTUNATE!
2:18 genuinely very clean cut, I hardly even noticed you focusing to full health
I try to keep it clean 😁.
Most cuts are at scene transitions to save you time
Lmao
I didnt even noticed that lol
That cut was fr so cleeeeaaan
“Stop killing every bug you see”
*flashbacks to leaving Zote in Deepnest*
Lol. That or letting zote live and having to kill all the mini zotes in the eternal ordeal
Honestly, if you follow his questline Zote attempts to destroy your reputation by spreading rumours that you’re nothing but soulless monster, so yeah, screw him.
@@ObligatoryBook at least you can have the eternal ordeal and kill Zote infinite times
@@ObligatoryBook He right tho. For some players.
Zote stays alive in deepnest, the only time he can die is if you leave him in greenpath
Ironically enough, I actually used Sheo's nail art to kill him.
jdudeoes youch
That is savage
I too used Great Slash on him to give him an epic ending to his life
Same. Goddamn it. At least we have CZcams to feel bad about ourselves.
Welcome, at least it's a "noble" way of killing him?
I feel bad for killing the Nailsmith but he also asked for it as a completion of his life’s work. So technically, neither decision is wrong. Killing him is just in the moral grey area 👌🏽
I didn't know this, but I didn't kill him, thank the Pale King for my good nature in the game! No one deserves to die, if you've completed your life goals, find something new to do! Thank you for doing this and I'm getting that achievement asap!
It’s sooo cute! They are building little figures together. When I visited Sheo was painting the Nailsmith like one of his French girls.
they're adorable together I love them
I just saw that xD (first time playing the game)
I see you watch mossbag as well.
When do they start making models
Haha yeah these dudes are really cute, it's like the only happy relationship in the game
I saw that one too, he's posing for his paintings I cracked up
This literally came on my recommended just after I killed him øøf
It seems it was that way for a lot of people
same for me, but its not a problem because killing him also earns u an achievement. so for everything u have to play it 2 times at least
Same😭😭
×2 oof
The same thing happened to me today now I can't sleep happy knowing that the guy I liked the most did not have to die
This reminds me of the time I saved Cloth THEN fought the traitor lord. I felt so bad but, then she mentioned someone named Nola (I think) who I assumed was a sibling or close friend of hers that had probably been dead for quite some time so, I thought “I guess in a way this was a happy ending for her”. Still cried though.
It’s so funny when I got to this part they weren’t making crafts💀 the nail smith was posing as a naked painting
The game makes you think "If i wont kill him he will hate me and he will be unhappy, and he will have nothing to do with his life"
I think most of the players killed him, and they never knew that he coud've found new reason to live.
I agree. Don’t kill
Now I feel bad I don't know if I did the right thing, when this moment happen on my playthrough I was hesitant at first but then I thought I was honoring his wish by doing it😓
Well on people’s behalf who’ve killed him, life in Hallownest is awful, everyone is a zombie and it’s all about if you can kill or not, and the player knows the infection is rapidly getting worse, and you could only assume he would be infected and driven mad like the rest if you left him alive.
@@Sardine_Sandwich but not if you manage to beat the game either by taking the hollow knights shift or just straight up murdering the radiance
@@Sardine_Sandwich As the knight you are supposed to put an end to the "infection" by containing/defeating the Radiance, so you assume by default that this issue will be dealt with.
I made an entirely new save file just to keep him alive.
That’s a good idea
dude im gonna do that too
Welp, time to do the same.
Goodbye save file I wanted to get 112% on
No cost to great.
I had just came out of platting nioh 1 and 2 so the japanese high stakes honor system was still pretty fresh in my mind.
I could see the lucidity in the nailsmith as he made his final request. Knowing how he served me in my journey i felt obligated to serve him in his, so with solemn stoicism I charged the most powerful single strike I could muster lest he survive and feel failure in his work.... Then with tears falling behind my mask, i granted him his final wish.
Man I love this guy, I only started watching you with the hollow knight videos but...
You are truly an awesome guy
"Stop killing every bug you see they are not all bad" (thinks about Myla)
I will forever miss you my love...
Myla will be missed
I never killed her. I like to think that everyone infected is cured at the end, even if the knight dies in the process.
@@scareowl9075 interesting theory
I miss Myla. I wanted to dream nail her and see if I could but I couldn't. I got low on health and I was sad when i killed her. ;^;
I killed her with charm that deal damage when someone touch you, i was so sad, i'm trash 😭
"and you can't kill him anymore"
Wtf now I'm imagining what would happen if they still allowed you to kill him at this point.
Just took his life in cold blood
She gets sad and threatens to shank you thays what
May be Sheo would attack us if we were able to kill him at that point
Honestly tho that would be interesting
Paintmaster Sheo would beat our ass
3 years later and this video still puts a big warm smile on my face
Its cool because sculpting is both a part of art/crafting and smithing. The entire questline/acheivement might be my favorite in the game
I was testing out my upgraded nail and accidentally hit him... F
Better than testing to see if a spell with kill him...
Spoiler alert
Spells can kill the nailsmith too
same
Same
@@daviddenava7319 the sad part that I thought he would give me another gift may be a charm or something and I regret that I done that
dude, i wiped my screen because i thought your avatar is a hair....
Meh, he said he really wanted to feel the nail's edge, and then went "Haven't I earned it?"... I couldn't argue with that.
Can’t argue with grandpa. If he wants to end it, give it to him
@@RelyeaGaming dark..
u sound like u have experience
@@affif330 frr..
Well, Time to start a new save file.
I'm so happy I found this video, and now I know I can refuse his request. ❤
Thank you!
I love that I'm new to this game discovering content made years ago when experts like you were busy with it.
I thought that, if you don't kill him, the corruption gets to him and you have to kill him anyway later
Nope, he just shacks up with one of the other nailmasters
That would have been a brilliant development. Sad, but brilliant
So weird to know the infection only grasps those that aren't content with their lives.
and that is a wise lesson, you never know what will happen after killing someone even if he wanted it, you just can't predict a future. You can only make assumptions.
SAME I had the dark souls mindset and didn’t want to see him leaking orange
HOW THE FUCC DID THE NAILSMITH GET THERE WITHOUT DYING
He is Nimble AF
@@RelyeaGaming nah he's just so THICC that the thorns can't hurt him
Way late to the party but this was hilarious
Secret passage.
Hard shell big horn
Me: *tries to use crystal heart to go away*
Also me:*accidentally clicks square*
Nailsmith:guess i'll just die
This is what happened in my save ı feel so sad
I'm soooooo glad I saw this before getting to it in-game, thank you!
First run (the one I’m still in) I killed him ;v; I didn’t realize there was another option, I thought he’d just stand there for eternity.
Your going to have to run it again 😁
Use a spell to kill him when he wants death by nail.
@@triangletriangle4520 NOOOOO
;_;
We he asked me to kill him, I just stood there and think: well, this is what he wants. After all, it would be some kind of mercy.
Five seconds late I was with a old Kratos voice like: "As you wish", and bam, dead.
Boi am stopid
The little knight has no will. You did as you were told
Funny all I hear is Ezio's voice, "Requiescat in pace".
@@justinz9225 "Fight with me! And show him what it means to truly cross the assassins!"
*S T O P I D*
Don’t feel bad, I didn’t even listen to him first.. Lol I’m sad
I literally saw that and just stared at him for a second and then went "HECK NO." And just left.
BRO AYO AT 1:40 I THOUGHT THE CRYSTAL DASH CONTACT HITBOX WOULD HAVE KILLED THE NAILSMITH I GENUINELY JUMPED OUT OF MY CHAIR THERE
I accidentally kill the nailsmith with shade soul instead of the pure nail, I felt sad that day
That is rough. He had one wish
@@RelyeaGaming I still got the achievement, but it doesn't feel the same
That is just the worst.
I did it but on purpose in one of my files
HAHAHA NOOO
Option A.
Finally let Nailsmith rest by killing him with his greatest achievement
Option B.
Let Nailsmith live and give him a goddamn boyfriend too
why not both?
OHHHHHH GAEEEEIIII
Ryouje why, just why.
Why did you kill Nailsmith at all?
Bad reason to kill such a helpful person, no one will remember you or mourn your passing.
Aw that's great that they're happy! Thanks Relyea for uploading this! :)
I killed him without knowing you could not kill him, but I'm ok with this ending. I find it more tragic and more in like with the general tone of the game.
MANNNNNNNNNNN THIS IS SO INJUST!!! Because y whole life watching movies, series, anime... I learned that when a knight ask for another knight to kill him, you do that, is honorable. I'm not a murder.
But he’s not a knight. He’s a blacksmith 🤔
That's why I killed him anyways.
I don't feel bad for killing him. I granted him his dying wish. As far as I'm concerned both endings are a happy ending for the nailsmith
@@Oblivioust This is how I see it too. To feel his own weapon cut his flesh was literally his dying wish. So he died content.
I didn’t kill him but haven’t seen him again yet.
Aannnnddd now I know why. I avoided that area of greenpath like the plague! Thanks Relyea👍🏽
Now you have a reason 😁
I died a few times getting there and lost 1,000 geo rip
1k geo is not much in the long run
@@RelyeaGaming I just started playing a few days ago :(
Once you made your way there and opened up the path above, you don't have to redo the entire thing again. All you need to do is to jump to the path above with monarch wings
I just poked the dude thinking it wouldn’t hit him and then realization sets in
Man. I thought I wouldn't be upset by whatever this video revealed. But I'm devastated.
I hit him at first to see what would happen, I closed before saving and loaded the game again... the nail smith was still dead...
I wanna be hit by a nail now too
😭
I did the same with myla. I panicked when she started attacking me and I killed her :( I closed the game without saving but when I got back there she was still dead. I'm a monster :(
There there, it will all be ok
That's how hollow knight saves. Anything significant happens and it will save, bench or not.
you have nails on your fingers
Relyea: "Don't kill the nailsmith!"
Relyea's thumbnail:*Depicts the nailsmith's murder*
Me: (0_0)
😱🔪
Thank you for saving my first playthrough
"For anyone who killed the Nailsmith; shame on you!"
Well, to everyone who collected all the Grubs...
so the nailsmith came wondering past a giant parkour section and spikes?
He’s got moves
@@RelyeaGaming lol
I mean he has a tough shell I imagine he managed it better than us
Now I'm imagining him bouncing off spikes with his big shell
On my first run, I was short a mask and tried to heal after I got the pure nail but accidentally pressed it instead of holding, and shot a shade soul. I realised my mistake too late.
it happens. you get an achievement either way
“Shame on those who have killed the nail smith”
“Tf were we supposed to do if he asked us to kill him? Like, he said that pretty clearly, did he studder?”
I cant read, im so glad that someone is narrating the text on the screen for me
"Stop killing every bugs you see"
*I had phobia why would i touch them*
lol, good call
@Derek O yes i dont have arachnophobia but that place still scares me
it gives me ptsd
@Derek O see what deepnest does to u? ure unconsiously saying ure scared of it
just imagine how scared u really are
@@affif330 God i hated deepnest. Couldnt get through the foreground spiders
The only time you want to kill him is for the achievement other than that no point in killing him.
Yeah. But still sad knowing he could have lived happy
"stop killing every bug you see
ok I wont kill every bug
*proceedes to let the vengefly king eat zote
I hadn't watched this video yet, but for the first time I played hollow knight, I let him live because he was chill.
I didn't even talk to him, I just pressed attack and burst out laughing when the nailsmith just tipped over.. xDDD
I really, really didn't expect that.
Probably caught you off guard
Thanks, CZcams, for recommending this and making me feel bad. Guess I'll have to do better in my Steel Soul file.
At least you get the achievement
We helped him find another meaning for his life, all that matter it's his happines. and i'll gladly smile to see a spark of life in a sad world like hallownest
Look. He asked. I said "as per request..." I didnt know you could spare him.
Thankfully I have 3 other save slots if which I can spare him in.
im SO glad I didn't kill him. i ran into him again and found that he found new reason to live AND love... my gay heart couldn't handle all this wholesomeness
It is the one decent ending in this game. Almost everything else is so grimm
💜
@@RelyeaGaming pun
I wish you would have posted this yesterday! RIP My boy nailsmith
He will be missed
*makes a new save*
I you really wanted the regret of the gamers you should've shown some amazing gift the unkilled Nailsmith would've provided.
I love this game for reasons just like this. No explanation needed. You would all understand
I *never* knew this, and I have played and watched a whole bunch of this game. I'm sad now. But it's good to know that in some savefiles out there my dude found love and art and fulfilment.
That is nice to know that he’s living his best life somewhere
i knew not to kill him but i accidentally shot shade soul when exiting the menu and it killed him ;-;
i actually felt so bad like i didnt even talk to him yet i just stepped outside and murdered him nvdrsojuwcf
Ohh no! That is rough
I've seen only the thumb of this video before upgrading the nail. Today I remembered the thumb and spared the nailsmith. Now actually watching the video I see it was the best decision
Glad you made the right one
It's a honnor to be killed by my blade. I won't regret
Thanks for the warning. I walked into Sheo's home and my heart melted seeing Nailsmith there.
So relyea how did you get that nice thumbnail *cough
Ohh ummm, me? Well I.....
*runs away*
Thumbnail text: *Don't kill!*
Thumbnail Image: _I'm going to do what's called a pro gamer movement_
I just couldn't remember where to go uahg thank you again Relyea
You are welcome
it's ironic how i saw the thumbnail before upgrading my nail and it stuck with me, but when i finally upgraded it i did it
Thanks to your video I allowed this poor old beatle to find love and acceptance in the world. Just what everyone needs right now. Thanks, man :)
This and Myla still has me thinking even months after I last picked up the game. The plot and story of this game is just so amazing and I can’t wait for silksong to come out
Thanks for the video Bro!!! I Playing in the game Android device in 2023... I have completed the game for your video instructions... & I didn't cut the nail smith !! Finally I finished the game!!! Thanks a lot !!!
I feel really really terrible now, I had no clue this was even a thing you could do.
I didn’t know I could actually kill him when I did it ;-; I was just jokingly swinging my nail in response to him
your going to have to tell it to the bug judge
This game is a masterpiece not just because its tremendous fun, but because it has commentary like this.
Now I can’t have a save file where everyone is alive...because I need to leaving Zote behind achievement
i haven't completed hollow knight yet, but im so glad i know about this before i even met him
*Looking at achievement for killing the smithsman*
I don’t need it. I don’t need it. *I NEED IT*
In an alternative save.
Alt save for sure
I knew about this and before I talked to the nailsmith I told myself "alright. not gonna kill him. just talk and leave."
but instead of pressing up i pressed Y.
I was nervous to do something wrong. I was so nervous I forgot Y is not what you press to talk. Cried for hours.
Ohh no! Sorry to hear that. RIP Nailsmith
true 😔i also accidentally killed him, as i swung my weapon on accident the shock i felt sent me into a coma, where I was out for abour 3 weeks. When i left the hospital all i felt was dread. i was so sad i didnt leave my room for days, i ignored all my responsibilities. I even tried to kill myself from the guilt that i had.
what is y? is it circle on playstation?
If you are completionist. You get an achievement for killing him and other for visiting him with his new friend
He asked, no - *begged* for it and it was his only remaining desire.
So in other words; He dead.
That nailsmith is so pure. Him an his gay lover are adorbs. Ehhehe
Agreed
Im at a state of depression after killing him, I thought that's what he really wanted.
It is what he wanted at the time if it makes you feel any better
I’ve done both, I wanted to give him an honorable death in my first playthrough but also wanted to see him thrive in my second
I mean, yeah this end for nailmater is quite good as well and Ill be happy to do it in my next run.
but Idk I find the end when you kill him quite beautiful. To die with the perfect sword that you made.
I honestly came really close to killing him. I felt too guilty to in the end. Had no idea he went back to Sheo tho, I outta back track and go do that!
At least now I know I made a good choice lol
There are a couple scenes of f them hanging out when you do see em
Thank you for this! I hadn't gotten that far yet in Hollow Knight so this makes me excited (to not kill him)!
I already made the mistake of killing those maggots... I will not make another.
There are a couple of choices that you have to make that you can only do once in a game file. good luck!
I kill one maggot ;-;
i feel proud cs i didnt have to see this video to not kill the nailsmith , it just didn't feel right ....
Come on baby
(Don't kill the nailsmith)
Baby take my hand
(Don't kill the nailsmith)
We'll be able to fly
(Don't kill the nailsmith)
Nail smith is a good guy. He did make your nail stronger purely because he wanted too
And you paid him
What did he do with all that geo??? My theory is Melibe was his banker
When I went there the nail Smith was laying on his side with his leg up...oh yea
Thank god i saw this video before getting pure nail
I struck him out of curiosity, I didn't think he'd die after one hit 😭
If you don’t, you can find him learning the art of painting at the paint master’s place.
Very quick
If you didn’t recognize, I told a pun there XD
I see what you did there
Relyea Lmao XD
I just fully upgraded my nail and I’m happy I found this video. I didn’t want to kill him because he wasn’t trying to kill me. Killing myla I felt bad for but she was trying to kill me and I wanted to put her out of her misery
I feel this
Did you dreamnail while she was attacking? She still thinks about her little song:(
Hollow knight is either “I love the music and the story.” Or “I’m sorry I’m doing this for the achievements.”
Thanks for reminding us!
Any time!
3:08 I think he was making a kings mold.
Yes! I couldn’t think of the name
@@RelyeaGaming ok. Btw it was a good video
Oh no, to late for me haha. I will try this on my second gameplay, thanks for letting us know.
You are welcome!
You a good man thanks for this video