Almanauts
Hollow Knight
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Mantis Petra icon

Mantis Petra

Lurks amongst foliage and attacks by flinging wind-scythes from a distance.

Hunter’s notes

They will harass you from afar, so get close and strike quickly. Their bodies are brittle and will easily fall to your nail.

The notes unlock after 16 kills.

Nail hits to kill

Its 45 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 Nail596 (8 a hit)
Sharpened Nail954 (14 a hit)
Channelled Nail1343 (20 a hit)
Coiled Nail1732 (26 a hit)
Pure Nail2132 (32 a hit)
  1. Mantis Traitor74
  2. Mantis Petra45
  3. Spiny Husk44
  4. Loodle30
  5. Mossy Vagabond25
  6. Fool Eater16
  7. Mossfly15
HP of the enemies found mostly in Queen’s Gardens, highest first.

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

Queen’s Gardens

22 placed · 8 scenes · HP 45

Placements, stats and map links

Deepnest 43 · Mantis Heavy Flyer

1 placed

HP
45
Geo
12
With Greed
18

Fungus3 04 · Mantis Heavy Flyer

2 placed

HP
45
Geo
12
With Greed
18

Fungus3 05 · Mantis Heavy Flyer

5 placed · 1 after an event

HP
45
Geo
12
With Greed
18

Fungus3 08 · Mantis Heavy Flyer

4 placed

HP
45
Geo
12
With Greed
18

Fungus3 10 · Mantis Heavy Flyer

4 placed

HP
45
Geo
12
With Greed
18

Fungus3 22 · Mantis Heavy Flyer

2 placed

HP
45
Geo
12
With Greed
18

Fungus3 40 · Mantis Heavy Flyer

2 placed · 2 after an event

HP
45
Geo
12
With Greed
18

Fungus3 48 · Mantis Heavy Flyer

2 placed

HP
45
Geo
12
With Greed
18

Other enemies in Queen’s Gardens

Overview

HP
45
Geo per kill
12
Geo with Fragile Greed
18
Kills for the Hunter’s notes
16
Placed copies
22
Kind
Enemy

Also mostly in Queen’s Gardens 6