Hollow Knight: Silksong: All Silk Skill Locations

While there may not be magic in Hollow Knight: Silksong, Silk Skills are about as close as you’re going to get. These abilities allow you to utilise your precious silk to perform brand-new attacks and tear down your enemies from a distance.

Some silk skills are pretty easy to find, being a part of your main journey, but some are hidden in some pretty devious locations, requiring some serious adventuring to uncover.

Naturally, these are some seriously powerful rewards, and with the right build, the whole of Pharloom will fall before your silken threads.

Silkspear

This is your first skill, and one that you have to unlock as part of the main story progression.

You’ll find this at the top of the Mosshome area, which you can reach after venturing through The Marrow and heading west again. Once you bind this silk skill, you can use it to free the Bell Beast and continue to the Deep Docks.

Thread Storm

This next skill can be found after you’ve activated all the balloons in the eastern area of Greymoor. Of course, before this, you’ll have to venture inside the large building atop Craw Lake and complete the arena battle.

Once you exit, Thread Storm can be located at the very top of this main area. You’ll have to bounce off the balloons that are suspended from the chains and work your way up slowly but surely.

Sharpdart

The Sharpdart skill can be unlocked once you’ve defeated the Widow for the Needolin ability and grabbed Clawline from the Underworks.

Head back to the Wormways above Bone Bottom and use a simple key in the door located after the Craggler miniboss. Head west, up and west again, and you’ll find a Needolin Weaver door. Keep going left through this area to find the Sharpdart skill.

Cross Stitch

This deflection-based ability is received as a reward for defeating Phantom in battle.

To reach the Exhaust Organ where Phantom is located, you’ll first have to head through the mist, accessed from Sinner’s Road or from Bilewater.

When you’re in the mist, play your needolin next to the little butterflies, and they will show you the way to go. After 6 rooms of exploring, you’ll eventually find yourself in the Exhaust Organ, where you can challenge Phantom.

Rune Rage

To find this ability, you’ll first need to get the Key of the Apostate from the Putrified Ducts area. You can reach the Ducts either from Memorium or from Bilewater after killing Groal the Great.

Grab the key from the tunnel above the Huntress and take it to the slab. 2 doors can be unlocked with this key. Use it on the southernmost door and follow the tunnels until you reach the prison of the First Sinner. After defeating this challenging foe, you’ll be rewarded with the Rune Rage silk skill.

Pale Nails

The final silk skill can only be found in Act 3,once you’ve unlocked the silk soar ability.

Head over to the long corridor, just east of where you took the main elevator up to the cradle. You’ll see some debris that has fallen from the ceiling. Use your silk soar to head up and make your way back to the Cradle.

Once you reach the area with the white flowers, head to the east side of the platform and Silk Soar again. Eventually, you will reach Grand Mother Silk’s arena, where you will see a piece of her arm. Use your bind ability and you’ll unlock the final silk skill.