Hollow Knight: Silksong – The Ultimate 100% Achievement Guide & Roadmap

Our complete Hollow Knight: Silksong achievement guide covers every boss, hidden secret, and collectible. Master Steel Soul mode, find all Crests, and unlock the true ending with our expert walkthrough.

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Welcome, warriors of Pharloom! This definitive guide is your key to conquering every challenge and unlocking all achievements in Hollow Knight: Silksong. We’ll provide detailed, spoiler-rich strategies for bosses, collectibles, and hidden secrets, ensuring you can efficiently plan your path to 100% completion. Remember, experiencing the game blind first is highly recommended!

Getting Started: Essential Early Game Tips

Before you dive into the depths of Pharloom, your first stop should always be to find Shakra, the mapmaker. She is located shortly after the first village, Bone Bottom. Ascend the next large room, turn left, and follow the lovely song you hear.

Here’s what you must buy from her immediately to ease your navigation:

• Quill: 50 Rosaries (Auto-fills maps)
• Compass: 70 Rosaries (Shows your location)
• Mosslands Map: 40 Rosaries
• The Marrow Map: 50 Rosaries
• Bench Pins / Bellway Pins: 60 Rosaries each (Marks important locations)
• Shell Marker: 40 Rosaries

Boss Fight Guide: How to Find and Defeat Every Boss

Liberated (Defeat the Bell Beast)

• Location: Entrance to Mosshome (top-left of The Marrows).
• Strategy: This boss requires the Silkspear skill. Head to the (>>>) sign in the area and use Silkspear to clear the silk barrier. The Bell Beast is not just a boss; it’s the key to unlocking Pharloom’s Stag Station equivalent, so defeating it is a major milestone.

Pharloom’s Welcome (Defeat Lace in Deep Docks)

• Location: Deep Docks. From The Marrows, head right along the bottom. Look for a Bench sign pointing down-right, climb the floating platforms, and unlock the gate. Lace awaits on a platform in the lava.
• Reward: Unlocks access to the Far Fields.

Servant (Defeat Fourth Chorus)

• Location: Far Fields. Head three rooms right, drop down onto the bone, and cross the lava platforms.
• Prerequisite: You must first complete the Flexile Spines wish. The quest-giver is at the top of the next room in a house. With Swift Step, head to the room’s rightmost part, then climb left. The wish involves defeating balloon-like enemies and attacking their projectiles for a specific item.

Fanatic (Defeat Widow)

• Location: Bellhart.
• Prerequisite: You must first acquire the Cling Grip (wall jump) ability from Shellwood.
• Reward: Upon victory, you receive the Needolin, a vital skill that opens spider mask-shaped doors throughout Pharloom.
• Pro Tip: There’s a bench to the left of the boss arena. Use it!

Hidden & Story Bosses

The following bosses are tied to hidden achievements and late-game story progression. Prepare for serious challenges.

• White Knight (Defeat Lace in the Cradle): A rematch with a much more powerful Lace.
• Judge (Defeat the Last Judge): A formidable foe guarding a key story beat.
• Weaver Queen / Snared Silk (Defeat Grand Mother Silk): These two achievements are branching choices for the final boss. One requires you to bind her power, the other to entrap her with the Soul Snare.
• Twisted Child (Defeat Grand Mother Silk while cursed): A brutal challenge run achievement.
• Sister of the Void (Defeat Lost Lace and free her): A secret boss fight that concludes a deep character arc.

Other hidden bosses include the Phantom, First Sinner, Crust King Khann, Nyleth, Skarrsinger Karmelita, the Clover Dancers, Lost Garmond, and Pinstress.

Achievement Roadmap: Progression & Collectibles

Progression Milestones

Equipped: Acquire your first Tool (e.g., the Shard Pendant). Hug the left wall at the end of a long drop-down path to find one.

Bound: Bind your first Silk Skill. The first one, which destroys web walls, is found by interacting with a door at a marked location early on.

Claimed: Claim your first Crest. The first is in Hunter’s March. Crests are core to builds, altering Hornet’s attacks, skills, and healing. Each requires conquering a challenge room with platforming and a mini-boss.

Granted: Grant your first wish. The easiest is from the Moss Druid, asking for 3 Mossberries.

Pro Tip for 2nd Berry: Lure a nearby flying enemy close, then jump -> down strike -> up strike on the enemy to reach the berry without double jump.

Restored: Acquire 2 Spool Fragments. Spools increase your mana (Silk) pool. The easiest two have clear paths from nearby Bellways.

Collection Achievements

This is the grind for completionists. You must find:

• Connected: Open all Bellways.
• Arsenal: Acquire all Tools.
• Woven: Bind all Silk Skills.
• Consumed: Claim all Crests.
• Masked: Acquire all Mask Shards (for maximum health).
• Extended: Acquire all Spool Fragments (for maximum Silk).
• Regenerated: Acquire all Silk Hearts.
• Cartographer: Acquire a map of each area.
• Fleafinder / Fleafriend: Rescue half, then all, of Pharloom’s lost fleas for a final reward.

The Ultimate Challenges

• Completion: Achieve 100% game completion and finish the game.
• Speedrunner: Complete the game in under 5 hours.
• Speed Completion: Get 100% completion and finish in under 30 hours.
• Steel Soul: Finish the game in the permadeath mode.
• Steel Heart: Achieve 100% completion in Steel Soul mode. This is the pinnacle of Silksong mastery.

Conclusion & Final Tips

Congratulations on embarking on this journey to master Hollow Knight: Silksong! This guide provides the roadmap—your skill and determination will do the rest.

Final Tips for Success:

1. Explore Everything: Pharloom is dense with secrets. Check every corner.
2. Master Movement: Your platforming skills are as important as your combat skills for finding collectibles.
3. Plan Your Runs: Save the Speedrun and Steel Soul achievements for subsequent playthroughs when you know the game world intimately.

This guide is a living document. Special thanks to the community contributors: Waddledee, Oxify, and Sylvyrrock.

Good luck, and see you in the kingdom of Pharloom

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