Ancient Basin

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Ancient Basin Map.png|Marked
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|connection = [[The Abyss (Hollow Knight)|The Abyss]]<br/>
[[City of Tears]]<br/>
[[Deepnest]]<br/>
[[Kingdom's Edge]]<br/>
[[Royal Waterways]]<br/>
[[White Palace]] (Dream)
|ambience = Ambience 1 - [https://youtu.be/iy9J7sJI1dw Cave Atmosphere]<br/>
Ambience 2 - [https://youtu.be/yVVeWYYd3Gc Dirtmouth (Wind Loop A + C)]
|action = [https://youtu.be/p9HXwipaOJE& Crossroads (Action)]
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{{Quote
|Did you know the caverns continue even below the capital? Few have ventured that deep so the details are scant. Those who made it back told of impossibly old structures and roads formed as though the rock itself possessed a will.
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[[File:Screenshot HK Ancient Basin 03.png|Ancient Basin main area|200px|left|thumb]]

[[File:Screenshot HK Ancient Basin 09.png|thumb|200px|Former location of the White Palace]]

<ref>[[Elderbug]]: <i>"Those who made it back told of impossibly old structures and roads formed as though the rock itself possessed a will."</i></ref>

<ref name="journal">[[Hollow Knight: Wanderer's Journal|Wanderer's Journal]], p. 122, p. 124.</ref>

<ref>[[Relic Seeker Lemm]]: <i>"Hallownest's king was an elusive figure, deified by the citizens. With the king rarely seen,"</i></ref>

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[[File:Screenshot HK Ancient Basin 13.png|thumb|200px|Tram in Ancient Basin]]

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|NPC1 = Cornifer
|NPC2 = Cloth
|NPC3 = Mister Mushroom (Hollow Knight)

|Enemy1 = Aspid Hunter
|Enemy2 = Belfly
|Enemy3 = Infected Balloon
|Enemy4 = Lesser Mawlek
|Enemy5 = Lightseed
|Enemy6 = Mawlurk
|Enemy7 = Shadow Creeper (Hollow Knight)

|Boss1 = Broken Vessel
|Boss2 = Lost Kin

|Loot1_FileName = Icon HK Monarch Wings
|Loot1_Name = Monarch Wings
|Loot2_FileName = Vessel Fragment
|Loot2_Description = drop a total of {{g|3000}} into the fountain
|Loot2_Amount = 1
|Loot3_FileName = Simple Key
|Loot3_Name = Simple Key (Hollow Knight){{!}}Simple Key
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|Loot4_FileName = Pale Ore
|Loot4_Amount = 1
|Loot5_FileName = Grub
|Loot5_Amount = 2
|Loot6_FileName = Geo Deposit
|Loot6_Amount = 3
|Loot7_FileName = Soul Totem
|Loot7_Amount = 1

|LoreTabletsSource = HK Ancient Basin
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|ambience = Ambience 1 - [https://youtu.be/iy9J7sJI1dw Cave Atmosphere]
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|ambience = Ambience 1 - [https://youtu.be/iy9J7sJI1dw Cave Atmosphere]
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<ref>[[Last Stag]]: <i>"Until I heard the bell calling, I didn't even know the Stagways travelled so deep."</i></ref>

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{{Gallery
|Title = Gallery
|Image1 = Screenshot HK Ancient Basin 01.png!Section of the tramway and other side of the tram door
|Image2 = Screenshot HK Ancient Basin 02.png!Pale Ore in Ancient Basin
|Image3 = Screenshot HK The Pale King 06.png!Vessel Fragment fountain
|Image4 = Screenshot HK Ancient Basin 14.png!Main Bench in Ancient Basin
|Image5 = Screenshot HK Ancient Basin 04.png!Crystal Heart passage leading to Broken Vessel
|Image6 = Screenshot HK Ancient Basin 05.png!Mawlurk corpse with a Royal Retainer and a Simple Key
|Image7 = Screenshot HK Broken Vessel 01.png!Area where Broken Vessel is fought
|Image8 = Screenshot HK Ancient Basin 07.png!Area where the Monarch Wings are found
|Image9 = Screenshot HK Ancient Basin 08.png!Entrance to the Abyss
|Image10 = Screenshot HK Ancient Basin 10.png!Hidden Station
|Image11 = Screenshot HK Ancient Basin 11.png!Area where Lost Kin is fought
}}

<ref name="gameinformer">[https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/10/15/the-making-of-hollow-knight The Making of Hollow Knight - Gameinformer] interview with Team Cherry.</ref>

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<ref name="productdesign">[https://www.acmi.net.au/works/100861--production-design-in-hollow-knight Product design in Hollow Knight] at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image.</ref>

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{{Gallery
|Image1 = Palace Grounds early map.png!Map of the early Palace Grounds
|Image2 = Palace Grounds sketch.png!Palace Grounds concept sketch
|Image3 = Palace Grounds sketch 2.png!Palace Grounds bridge concept sketch
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|ITname = Antico Bacino
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|ZHname = 古老盆地
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