Almanauts
Hollow Knight: Silksong
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Elder Pilgrim icon

Elder Pilgrim

Thick-set bug consumed by haunted thread. Uses their solid frame to crush others.

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 30 HP, and a hit for the needle's own damage (crest attacks multiply it first).

NeedleDamageScaling hereDealtHits
Needle5×1.584
Sharpened Needle9×1.2113
Shining Needle13×1133
Hivesteel Needle17×1172
Pale Steel Needle21×1212

Appears in 5 areas

PlacePlacedHP
Bone1 scene230
Bonegrave1 scene230
Coral1 scene130
Greymoor1 scene230
Shellwood1 scene130

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

Bone

2 placed · 1 scene · HP 30

Placements, stats and map links

bone 18

2 placed · 1 after an event

HP
30
Rosaries
12
Shell shards
4
Needle scaling (I–V)
1.5× / 1.2× / 1× / 1× / 1×

Bonegrave

2 placed · 1 scene · HP 30

Placements, stats and map links

bonegrave

2 placed · 1 after an event

HP
30
Rosaries
12
Shell shards
4
Needle scaling (I–V)
1.5× / 1.2× / 1× / 1× / 1×

Coral

1 placed · 1 scene · HP 30

Placements, stats and map links

coral 33

1 placed · 1 after an event

HP
30
Rosaries
12
Shell shards
4
Needle scaling (I–V)
1.5× / 1.2× / 1× / 1× / 1×

Greymoor

2 placed · 1 scene · HP 30

Placements, stats and map links

greymoor 08

2 placed · 2 after an event

HP
30
Rosaries
12
Shell shards
4
Needle scaling (I–V)
1.5× / 1.2× / 1× / 1× / 1×

Shellwood

1 placed · 1 scene · HP 30

Placements, stats and map links

shellwood 01

1 placed · 1 after an event

HP
30
Rosaries
12
Shell shards
4
Needle scaling (I–V)
1.5× / 1.2× / 1× / 1× / 1×

Overview

HP
30
Kills for the journal
5
Needed for completion
Yes
Placed copies
8

Also mostly in Bone 12

Closest in HP