where do you get ground pound in hollow knight

You get Ground Pound in Hollow Knight from the Soul Master boss in Soul Sanctum, inside the City of Tears. The ability is called Desolate Dive in-game, and it’s the ground-slam move people usually mean by “ground pound”.

Where to go

• Reach the City of Tears.
• Find Soul Sanctum in the city.
• Defeat Soul Master.
• The reward is Desolate Dive , which lets you slam downward and break certain floors.

Why it matters

That move opens up a lot of progression and secret paths, since some cracked floors and hidden rooms only work once you have it.

Small note

If you want, I can also point out the fastest route to Soul Sanctum from where you are in the map.