I'm trying to do this where if I get stuck I don't go look up guides because it'd end up ruining my enjoyment.
I'm stuck in Hollow Knight, I went to Greenpath, Howling Cliff, Forgotten Crossroads, Fog Canyon (although I can't find the map guy and there's black streams that block me from progressing) and the Mantis Village.
There's two paths that I haven't gone down in Greenpath because they're unreachable and over large patches of water. I also can't seem to be able to beat the three mantises at the end of the village. Some dude told me to go below the mantis village and get a new sword but I can't find a way to reach it.
Could someone drop me some hints on what to do without being too obvious?