Almanauts
Hollow Knight
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Aspid Mother icon

Aspid Mother

Carries the eggs of its young inside its belly. Can hatch and birth its young as needed to deal with intruders.

Hunter’s notes

Shamelessly uses its own young as a weapon against its foes! Appalling, yes, but I do admire its resourcefulness. Good hunters do not always make good parents.

The notes unlock after 15 kills.

Nail hits to kill

Its 20 HP over the nail's damage per hit at each upgrade, plain and with Fragile or Unbreakable Strength (×1.5, rounded the game's way).

NailDamageHitsWith Strength
Old Nail543 (8 a hit)
Sharpened Nail932 (14 a hit)
Channelled Nail1321 (20 a hit)
Coiled Nail1721 (26 a hit)
Pure Nail2111 (32 a hit)
  1. Brooding Mawlek300
  2. Gruz Mother90
  3. Husk Guard70
  4. Furious Vengefly40
  5. Violent Husk40
  6. Volatile Gruzzer40
  7. Slobbering Husk30
  8. Aspid Mother20
  9. Aspid Hunter15
  10. Husk Bully15
  11. Husk Warrior15
  12. Leaping Husk15
  13. Wandering Husk15
  14. Gruzzer8
HP of the enemies found mostly in Forgotten Crossroads, highest first (top 14 of 17).

HP and Geo stay with their own scene and form. Geo with Fragile Greed gives each coin size 20% more coins, rounded up.

Forgotten Crossroads

11 placed · 7 scenes · HP 20

Placements, stats and map links

Crossroads 19 · Hatcher

1 placed

HP
20
Geo
10
With Greed
12

Crossroads 22 · Hatcher

1 placed

HP
20
Geo
10
With Greed
12

Crossroads 22 · Hatcher NP

4 placed

HP
20
Geo
10
With Greed
12

Crossroads 27 · Hatcher

1 placed

HP
20
Geo
10
With Greed
12

Crossroads 27 · Hatcher 1

1 placed

HP
20
Geo
10
With Greed
12

Crossroads 27 · Hatcher 2

1 placed

HP
20
Geo
10
With Greed
12

Crossroads 35 · Hatcher

2 placed · 1 after an event

HP
20
Geo
10
With Greed
12

Overview

HP
20
Geo per kill
10
Geo with Fragile Greed
12
Kills for the Hunter’s notes
15
Placed copies
11
Kind
Enemy

Also mostly in Forgotten Crossroads 16