Spelless

Spelless is a meme category. Its goal is to complete Hollow Knight as fast as possible without collecting any spell. This means that the Elder Baldur blocking Greenpath needs to be killed using Dreamshield or frame-perfect Longnail turnarounds.

Most other categories rely on spells and Shaman Stone for high damage output. The Spelless category tries to compensate for the lack of spells by collecting Fury of the Fallen and Fragile Strength as well as buying a Nail upgrade.

Spelless True Ending
The goal of Spelless TE is to get True Ending without collecting any spell. This unpopular category cannot be found on any speedrun.com leaderboard.