How to Obtain the Fragile Heart Charm

Team Cherry’s Metroidvania action-adventure game, Hollow Knight, follows the journey of a nameless warrior called the Knight as he travels through Hallownest, a kingdom ruined by a supernatural disease. As the Knight journeys through Hallownest, he can unlock new abilities, spells, and charms that will help him traverse through different areas of Hallownest and defeat enemies.

In the game, special items give the Knight different abilities and bonuses called Charms. To equip or unequip these Charms, the Knight must be sitting on a Bench, and the Knight must have enough unused Notches to equip them. In this guide, you will learn about the Fragile Heart charm.

One of the 45 Charms in the game is the Fragile Heart Charm which requires and takes up two Charm Notches. The Fragile Heart charm adds two masks to the Knight’s health when equipped. However, as hinted in its name, the Fragile Heart charm breaks once the Knight dies.

Once that happens, it is worth noting that the Fragile Heart charm can be repaired by Leg Eater, whom the Knight can purchase the charm from, for a price. Because of the charm’s nature, the Fragile Heart charm is best used when the player is confident that the Knight will not die in battle, unlike in boss battles. With the Fragile Heart charm, the Knight has two more health masks!

Location

As mentioned above, the Fragile Heart charm can be purchased for 350 Geo from Leg Eater, which can be found northeast of Fungal Wastes. It is worth mentioning that Leg Eater will drop the price to 280 Geo if the Knight has the Defender’s Crest charm equipped.

To find Leg Eater, it is recommended that the Knight first obtain the Monarch Wings ability, which will allow the Knight to perform a secondary jump in mid-air, or the Mothwing Cloak ability, which enables the Knight to dash forwards on the ground and in mid-air. 

On the way to Leg Eater, the Knight will encounter different enemies such as Fungoons, Funglings, a Fungified Husk, a Husk Hornhead, Sporgs, Amblooms, Shrumal Warriors, Shrumelings, and Shrumal Ogres.

To find Leg Eater, this is what the Knight must do:

1. Starting from the Bench in the Queen’s Station Stagway Station, take the exit on the right to leave the room, jump up the platforms, then take the exit on the top right.
2. Next, the Knight has now arrived in the Fungal Wastes area. Head to the right, where the Knight will encounter a Fungoon, two Funglings, and another Fungoon. Jump up the tall platform where the Knight will encounter another Fungling, drop down to the bottom where the Knight will encounter another Fungoon, a Fungified Husk, and a Husk Hornhead, then take the exit on the right.
3. After that, jump up the platforms and head to the top of the room where, on the way to the top, the Knight will encounter three Sporgs and an Ambloom. Take the exit at the top. If the path to the exit is still closed, take the exit on the right just below where the Knight encountered the Ambloom and, in this room where the Knight will encounter a bunch of Shrumal Warriors, Amblooms, and Shrumelings, head to the right, jump up the platforms, jump to the level above, head to the left, then take the exit on the top left. Upon exiting, the Knight will be on the other side of the closed pathway to the top. Hit the lever to open the pathway and take the exit at the top.
4. Next, jump up the platforms and head to the right where the pathway back and to continue will be closed, and the Knight will encounter two Shrumal Ogres and a bunch of Shrumelings. The Knight must defeat these enemies to continue. Then, after defeating them, head to the right and take the exit.
5. After that, head to the right, jump up the small platforms to head up, carefully jump towards the small platforms without falling to the pools of acid below, and head up until you find an exit on the right (there is a corpse near the exit), then take the exit on the right.
6. Finally, continue to the right, where the Knight will find a shell that acts like a Bench, and just ahead of that is Leg Eater!

Talk to Leg Eater, and he will ask if the Knight collects a lot of Geo, then say that he will show the Knight something nice if the Knight gives him Geo. Confirm on the prompt to provide Leg with Eater 86 Geo, and he will lead the Knight his collection of charms. The Knight can now purchase the Fragile Heart charm for 350 Geo (or 280 Geo if the Knight has the Defender’s Crest charm equipped)!

It is worth noting that, as mentioned above, if the Fragile Heart charm breaks, the Knight can head back to Leg Eater, and he will repair the Fragile Heart charm for 200 Geo. Additionally, Leg Eater will again drop the price for repairing the Fragile Heart charm to 160 Geo if the Knight has the Defender’s Crest charm equipped.

Now that the Knight has the Fragile Heart charm, the Knight can now equip it while sitting down on the Bench just beside Leg Eater, and the Knight now has two more masks of health!