If for any reason the program does not work or you would prefer to not use it, read the next section to figure out how to install mods yourself. The ModInstaller provides a straightforward modding experience, allowing you to download, enable, and disable mods from one screen instead of digging around in your game files, and is the recommended way to enable and play with mods. The pinned message with links to the exe are in the #modding-help channel.) This will handle your mods and allow the game to run them otherwise it will skip over the mods and run normally.Īn easy way to do this is to use the ModInstaller exe provided by the modding team (you will need to join the Discord linked above to access this. Modders are currently working on an API that works with 1.5.īefore you do anything, the first thing you're going to need to do is download and install the modding API. **Update 6/22/21: Hollow Knight was recently updated to version 1.5! Mods will not work properly unless you downpatch the game to version 1.4.3.2, found in Steam by right-clicking the game > Properties > Betas > choose 1.4.3.2.