Almanauts
Hollow Knight: Silksong
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Cogwork Cleanser icon

Cogwork Cleanser

Steam shooting automaton, forged to clean the Cogwork Core and keep it free of infestation.

Needle hits to kill

Silksong multiplies every hit on this enemy by its own factor for your needle level (HealthManager damage scaling), so upgrades help here more or less than the raw damage suggests. For 40 HP, and a hit for the needle's own damage (crest attacks multiply it first).

NeedleDamageScaling hereDealtHits
Needle5×1.2567
Sharpened Needle9×195
Shining Needle13×1134
Hivesteel Needle17×1173
Pale Steel Needle21×1212

HP, needle scaling and rewards stay with their own scene.

Cog

9 placed · 4 scenes · HP 40

Placements, stats and map links

cog 04

2 placed · 2 after an event

HP
40
Rosaries
0
Shell shards
5
Needle scaling (I–V)
1.25× / 1× / 1× / 1× / 1×
Item drop
100% · 2–3

cog 05

4 placed · 4 after an event

HP
40
Rosaries
0
Shell shards
5
Needle scaling (I–V)
1.25× / 1× / 1× / 1× / 1×
Item drop
100% · 2–3

cog 05

1 placed

HP
40
Rosaries
0
Shell shards
5
Needle scaling (I–V)
1.25× / 1× / 1× / 1× / 1×
Item drop
100% · 1–2

cog 08

2 placed

HP
40
Rosaries
0
Shell shards
5
Needle scaling (I–V)
1.25× / 1× / 1× / 1× / 1×
Item drop
100% · 2–3

Item drops

Chance per kill, by the game's own pick rule: each drop group rolls once, and a group whose chances add up to less than 1 never drops from the enemy itself.

ItemPer killAmountKills for 90%
Unknown100%2–31
Unknown100%1–21

Overview

HP
40
Kills for the journal
12
Needed for completion
Yes
Placed copies
9

Also mostly in Cog 6

Closest in HP