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Hollow Knight
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Vengefly King

Patriarch of a vengefly colony. Swoops at intruders and cries out for reinforcements if threatened.

Hunter’s notes

A filthy creature that is happy to chew on any old thing it finds discarded on the cavern floor. When it notices a threat it will annoyingly scream and shriek, so kill it swiftly.

The notes unlock after 2 kills.

Nail hits to kill

Its 55 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 encounter cards below keep them separate.

NailDamageHitsWith Strength
Old Nail5117 (8 a hit)
Sharpened Nail974 (14 a hit)
Channelled Nail1353 (20 a hit)
Coiled Nail1743 (26 a hit)
Pure Nail2132 (32 a hit)
  1. God Tamer450
  2. Oblobble260
  3. Soul Warrior180
  4. Sturdy Fool80
  5. Volt Twister80
  6. Vengefly King55
  7. Soul Twister35
HP of the enemies found mostly in Colosseum of Fools, 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.

Vengefly King · Vicious god of territories

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

NailGiant Buzzer Col · 450 HP
Old Nail (5 a hit)90 · 57 with Strength
Sharpened Nail (9 a hit)50 · 33 with Strength
Channelled Nail (13 a hit)35 · 23 with Strength
Coiled Nail (17 a hit)27 · 18 with Strength
Pure Nail (21 a hit)22 · 15 with Strength

Vengefly King · Vicious god of territories

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

NailGiant Buzzer Col · 190 HP
Old Nail (5 a hit)38 · 24 with Strength
Sharpened Nail (9 a hit)22 · 14 with Strength
Channelled Nail (13 a hit)15 · 10 with Strength
Coiled Nail (17 a hit)12 · 8 with Strength
Pure Nail (21 a hit)10 · 6 with Strength
  1. No Eyes570 #34
  2. Flukemarm500 #35
  3. Massive Moss Charger480 #36
  4. Oblobble450 #37
  5. Vengefly King450 #38
  6. Marmu416 #39
  7. Failed Champion360 #40
  8. Uumuu350 #41
  9. Watcher Knight350 #42
The Hall of Gods fights closest in HP to Vengefly King (#38 of 46 by HP), each by its strongest enemy.

Appears in 2 areas

PlacePlacedHP
Greenpath1 scene155
Colosseum of Fools1 scene1100

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

Greenpath

1 placed · 1 scene · HP 55

Placements, stats and map links

Fungus1 20 v02 · Giant Buzzer

1 placed

HP
55
Geo
65
With Greed
78

Colosseum of Fools

1 placed · 1 scene · HP 100

Placements, stats and map links

Room Colosseum Bronze · Giant Buzzer Col

1 placed · 1 after an event

HP
100
Geo
0
With Greed
0

Overview

HP
55
Geo per kill
65
Geo with Fragile Greed
78
Kills for the Hunter’s notes
2
Placed copies
2
Kind
Enemy

Also mostly in Colosseum of Fools 6