Bench (Hollow Knight)

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It is warm and safe. Sit and rest. – Distant Villagers

Benches are checkpoints throughout Hallownest that the Knight can sit on to perform several actions:

• Respawn at the Bench after quitting the game or dying
• Replenish all health (including Lifeblood Masks granted by Charms, but depletes all Lifeblood Masks from Cocoons)
• Equip and unequip Charms
• Fill out the Map with places already explored (requires purchasing a Quill)
• If Salubra's Blessing has been purchased, the Knight slowly replenishes SOUL
• Respawn enemies (not in the Bench room) that were defeated prior to sitting
• Respawn Lifeblood Cocoons
• Refill depleted Soul Totems

In some cases, Benches must be unlocked by paying a toll machine with Geo.

The Knight may purchase a Bench Pin from Iselda for  100, which marks the locations of all discovered Benches on any purchased Maps, along with those on Cornifer's map. If a Bench has a toll that has not been paid, the pin is greyed out.

Benches in the Pantheons' checkpoints are not respawn checkpoints after quitting the game or dying.

Toll Bench Locations and Prices

All bench locations in Hallownest

• Greenpath -  50
• Ancient Basin -  150
• City of Tears -  150
• Queen's Gardens -  150

Benches

There are a variety of styles of Benches all throughout the game, with many unique to a specific area.

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  Common Bench found all over Hallownest

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  Non-functional broken version of the Common Bench, found in some Stag Stations

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  Bench found inside both Trams

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  Bench found in the Ancestral Mound

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  Bench found outside of Salubra's store

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  Bench found in the Temple of the Black Egg

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  Bench near the Stone Sanctuary

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  Bench in the Shrine next to the Lake of Unn

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  Bench outside of Sheo's hut

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  Bug corpse used as a Bench found in the room with Leg Eater

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  Bench found in Mantis Village

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  Toll Bench (locations above, not including Greenpath)

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  Bench found in the Pleasure House

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  Bench next to Mato's hut

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  Bench found within the tent in Kingdom's Edge next to Hornet Sentinel

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  Bench in the Colosseum of Fools

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  Bench outside of Oro's hut

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  Bench within the Teacher's Archives

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  Destroyed trapped Bench after being used

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  Webbed and destroyed Bench in the Distant Station

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  Bench in the Queen's Gardens in front of a statue of the Pale King

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  Bench unique to the White Palace

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  Bench found in Godhome and the Pantheons

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  Bench found in the upper level of Godhome near the Pantheon of Hallownest

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  Bench in the Beast's Den

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  Trapped Bench in the Distant Village

Trivia

• Occasionally The Knight can encounter NPCs on benches, these being:
  • Quirrel in the City of Tears
  • Tiso in the Forgotten Crossroads Stag Station
  • Tiso again, in the Colosseum of Fools
  • Bretta in Dirtmouth
• The Crystal Guardian boss is first encountered sitting on a Bench. Attacking it starts the fight and it is not possible to rest at the Bench before defeating it.
• A fake Bench found in Distant Village is set up by Distant Villagers to trap the Knight to bring them into Beast's Den.
• The Bench in Leg Eater's location is actually a corpse that can be Dream Nailed, giving the line: "Why?"
• A cut Bench called "ancient_bench" comprised of the bodies of dead Vessels existed in game files at one point, but was later removed.
• Another cut bench named "Hornet_room_bench" also existed in the game files upon release. It was part of an unused room that was inaccessible and cannot be found in the game anymore.

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  Unused Ancient Bench

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  Unused Hornet room bench