Almanauts
Hollow Knight
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Nosk

Mimics the shape of other creatures to lure prey to its lair.

Hunter’s notes

In the deepest darkness, there are beasts who wear faces stolen from your memories and pluck at the strings in your heart. Know yourself, and stay strong.

The notes unlock after 1 kill.

Nail hits to kill

Its 680 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 Nail513685 (8 a hit)
Sharpened Nail97649 (14 a hit)
Channelled Nail135334 (20 a hit)
Coiled Nail174027 (26 a hit)
Pure Nail213322 (32 a hit)
  1. Nosk680
  2. Galien200
  3. Stalking Devout100
  4. Grub Mimic45
  5. Carver Hatcher35
  6. Little Weaver30
  7. Dirtcarver20
  8. Corpse Creeper18
  9. Deephunter18
  10. Deepling15
  11. Husk Hornhead15
HP of the enemies found mostly in Deepnest, highest first.

In Godhome

HP as the arena's own HealthManagers set it (the Attuned fight), and the nail hits that takes at each upgrade, plain and with Strength (×1.5). Track Godhome.

Nosk · Everchanging god of the faceless

In the Hall of Gods and in Pantheon of the Artist.

NailMimic Spider · 680 HP
Old Nail (5 a hit)136 · 85 with Strength
Sharpened Nail (9 a hit)76 · 49 with Strength
Channelled Nail (13 a hit)53 · 34 with Strength
Coiled Nail (17 a hit)40 · 27 with Strength
Pure Nail (21 a hit)33 · 22 with Strength

Nosk · Everchanging god of the faceless

In the Hall of Gods and in Pantheon of the Artist.

NailMimic Spider · 680 HP
Old Nail (5 a hit)136 · 85 with Strength
Sharpened Nail (9 a hit)76 · 49 with Strength
Channelled Nail (13 a hit)53 · 34 with Strength
Coiled Nail (17 a hit)40 · 27 with Strength
Pure Nail (21 a hit)33 · 22 with Strength
  1. Mantis Lords750 #20
  2. Soul Warrior750 #21
  3. Winged Nosk750 #22
  4. Broken Vessel700 #23
  5. Nosk680 #24
  6. Crystal Guardian650 #25
  7. Enraged Guardian650 #26
  8. Galien650 #27
  9. Gorb650 #28
The Hall of Gods fights closest in HP to Nosk (#24 of 46 by HP), each by its strongest enemy.

Where it is, its HP and Geo there 1

HP and Geo are per scene, so they’re exact for that place. Geo with Fragile Greed follows the game’s rule: each coin size gets 20% more coins, rounded up.

AreaHPGeoWith GreedPlacedMap
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Overview

HP
680
Kills for the Hunter’s notes
1
Placed copies
1
Kind
Enemy

Also mostly in Deepnest 10