Almanauts
Hollow Knight
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Shade

Echo of a previous life. Defeat it to retake its power and become whole.

Hunter’s notes

Each of us leaves an imprint of something when we die. A stain on the world. I don’t know how much longer this kingdom can bear the weight of so many past lives...

Nail hits to kill

Its 8 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). Some places give it different HP; the table by area below has each one.

NailDamageHitsWith Strength
Old Nail521 (8 a hit)
Sharpened Nail911 (14 a hit)
Channelled Nail1311 (20 a hit)
Coiled Nail1711 (26 a hit)
Pure Nail2111 (32 a hit)
  1. Pilflip30
  2. Flukemon25
  3. Hwurmp25
  4. Bluggsac20
  5. Flukefey13
  6. Crawlid8
  7. Shade8
HP of the enemies found mostly in Royal Waterways, 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.

Grey Prince Zote · False god conjured by the lonely

In the Hall of Gods and in Pantheon of the Sage, Pantheon of Hallownest.

NailGrey Prince · 1200 HPZote Balloon · 30 HPZoteling · 20 HP
Old Nail (5 a hit)240 · 150 with Strength6 · 4 with Strength4 · 3 with Strength
Sharpened Nail (9 a hit)134 · 86 with Strength4 · 3 with Strength3 · 2 with Strength
Channelled Nail (13 a hit)93 · 60 with Strength3 · 2 with Strength2 · 1 with Strength
Coiled Nail (17 a hit)71 · 47 with Strength2 · 2 with Strength2 · 1 with Strength
Pure Nail (21 a hit)58 · 38 with Strength2 · 1 with Strength1 · 1 with Strength

Mighty Zote

In the Hall of Gods; no pantheon includes this arena.

NailZote Crew Fat · 190 HPZote Thwomp · 150 HPZote Crew Tall · 150 HPZote Crew Normal · 120 HPZote Fluke · 100 HPZote Salubra · 100 HPZote Turret · 100 HPOrdeal Zoteling · 60 HPZote Balloon · 30 HPZote Balloon Ordeal · 30 HP
Old Nail (5 a hit)38 · 24 with Strength30 · 19 with Strength30 · 19 with Strength24 · 15 with Strength20 · 13 with Strength20 · 13 with Strength20 · 13 with Strength12 · 8 with Strength6 · 4 with Strength6 · 4 with Strength
Sharpened Nail (9 a hit)22 · 14 with Strength17 · 11 with Strength17 · 11 with Strength14 · 9 with Strength12 · 8 with Strength12 · 8 with Strength12 · 8 with Strength7 · 5 with Strength4 · 3 with Strength4 · 3 with Strength
Channelled Nail (13 a hit)15 · 10 with Strength12 · 8 with Strength12 · 8 with Strength10 · 6 with Strength8 · 5 with Strength8 · 5 with Strength8 · 5 with Strength5 · 3 with Strength3 · 2 with Strength3 · 2 with Strength
Coiled Nail (17 a hit)12 · 8 with Strength9 · 6 with Strength9 · 6 with Strength8 · 5 with Strength6 · 4 with Strength6 · 4 with Strength6 · 4 with Strength4 · 3 with Strength2 · 2 with Strength2 · 2 with Strength
Pure Nail (21 a hit)10 · 6 with Strength8 · 5 with Strength8 · 5 with Strength6 · 4 with Strength5 · 4 with Strength5 · 4 with Strength5 · 4 with Strength3 · 2 with Strength2 · 1 with Strength2 · 1 with Strength
  1. Radiance3,000 #1
  2. Pure Vessel1,600 #2
  3. White Defender1,600 #3
  4. Nightmare King1,250 #4
  5. Grey Prince Zote1,200 #5
  6. Lost Kin1,200 #6
  7. Brooding Mawlek1,050 #7
  8. Oro & Mato1,000 #8
  9. Paintmaster Sheo950 #9
The Hall of Gods fights closest in HP to Grey Prince Zote (#5 of 46 by HP), each by its strongest enemy.

Where it is, its HP and Geo there 22

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.

AreaFormHPGeoWith GreedPlacedMap
Howling CliffsCrawler82314Show
Forgotten CrossroadsCrawler 18231Show
Forgotten CrossroadsCrawler8235Show
Resting GroundsCrawler8231Show
DreamZoteling20004Show
GreenpathCrawler8232Show
King’s PassCrawler 18231Show
King’s PassCrawler 28231Show
King’s PassCrawler 38231Show
King’s PasslaterCrawler Fixed8231Show
Royal Waterwaysfluke_baby_0110025Show
Royal Waterwaysfluke_baby_0210042Show
Royal Waterwaysfluke_baby_0310018Show
White PalaceWhite Palace Fly102331Show

Overview

HP
8
Geo per kill
2
Geo with Fragile Greed
3
Kills for the Hunter’s notes
0
Placed copies
147
Kind
Enemy

Also mostly in Royal Waterways 6