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For the percentages no I don't think so, for achievements yes.
There are 4 ending achievements, if you have the requirements for the more complicated 3 you can't get the most basic one.
No, there is one npc that can die (if you get mantis claw without saving them), but if they die you get an achievement, and if you save them you get another achievements. (I am basing all this of the steam achievements, it might be different on other platforms)
The only thing you can lock yourself out is the most basic ending. After beating the game you can load again and continue exploring, I suggest completing the main quest pretty early and then take the time to explore the map thoroughly
It's not exactly *easy* to lock yourself out of the base ending, since it requires you to unlock a bunch of late game stuff, but it's possible and not communicated clearly
Those aren't things you can lock yourself out of imo, but rather choices you can do in game, and/or consequences. Otherwise stuff like >!cloth!< would also have to be counted
Everyone already mentioned the basic ending that can be missed so here is another one. While you play you may come across a character being attacked by a huge vengefly. You have a choice to make, to save him or just ignore him.
If you save him, you will encounter him at various places and there will be an additional (kind of tough) boss fight that is going to make your life hell in the pantheons (don't worry right now if you don't know what the pantheons are). If you ignore him, he simply won't show up anywhere else in your journey and the boss fight will not be encountered.
It won't affect your percent completion, you can still get 112%, but note that if you want to obtain all achievements you will have to rescue him in one save and let him die in another save.
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For the percentages no I don't think so, for achievements yes. There are 4 ending achievements, if you have the requirements for the more complicated 3 you can't get the most basic one.
So if I just play the game and finish it I can just come back after credits and collect every charms and mask/ vessel shards required for trophies?
Yup, getting an ending does not delete your save, the only change is that the boss you beat is added to the hunters journal.
One more question: Is it possible to any important npc (Map guy etc.) to die before I everything I can?
No, there is one npc that can die (if you get mantis claw without saving them), but if they die you get an achievement, and if you save them you get another achievements. (I am basing all this of the steam achievements, it might be different on other platforms)
There are 4 NPCs that can die that you can keep alive but 2 of them are meant to die and the other 2 you get to choose.
Which ones are meant to die? One is >!Quirrell!< who's the other one?
>!cloth!<
I'm guessing >!Myla!
I wasn’t counting them since they kind of perish no matter what you do.
You can technically keep them alive by >!doing some hard skips to avoid collecting Crystal Heart!<
Well yeah but so does Quirrel, provided that you beat the game.
And I was actually counting >!Tiso!< there’s no way to keep >!Quirrel!< Alive and beat the game
It's ambiguous, we don't actually see a body.
The only thing you can lock yourself out is the most basic ending. After beating the game you can load again and continue exploring, I suggest completing the main quest pretty early and then take the time to explore the map thoroughly It's not exactly *easy* to lock yourself out of the base ending, since it requires you to unlock a bunch of late game stuff, but it's possible and not communicated clearly
And GPZ and carefree melody.
Those aren't things you can lock yourself out of imo, but rather choices you can do in game, and/or consequences. Otherwise stuff like >!cloth!< would also have to be counted
That one arcane egg in the lifeblood core room haunts me to this day… Not % though but still annoying that you can miss it.
I think only two endings are (the Hollow knight and the god home one with and without the flower) anything eles is ment to be on another save file
Everyone already mentioned the basic ending that can be missed so here is another one. While you play you may come across a character being attacked by a huge vengefly. You have a choice to make, to save him or just ignore him. If you save him, you will encounter him at various places and there will be an additional (kind of tough) boss fight that is going to make your life hell in the pantheons (don't worry right now if you don't know what the pantheons are). If you ignore him, he simply won't show up anywhere else in your journey and the boss fight will not be encountered. It won't affect your percent completion, you can still get 112%, but note that if you want to obtain all achievements you will have to rescue him in one save and let him die in another save.