Almanauts
Hollow Knight: Silksong
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Wood Wasp icon

Wood Wasp

Pointed, darting insect that builds a hardy hive from Shellwood’s dried bark.

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

NeedleDamageScaling hereDealtHits
Needle5×153
Sharpened Needle9×0.873
Shining Needle13×0.8102
Hivesteel Needle17×0.8142
Pale Steel Needle21×0.8171

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

Shellwood

13 placed · 3 scenes · HP 15

Placements, stats and map links

shellwood 01

5 placed

HP
15
Rosaries
0
Shell shards
0
Needle scaling (I–V)
1× / 0.8× / 0.8× / 0.8× / 0.8×

shellwood 02

5 placed

HP
15
Rosaries
0
Shell shards
0
Needle scaling (I–V)
1× / 0.8× / 0.8× / 0.8× / 0.8×

shellwood 26

3 placed

HP
15
Rosaries
0
Shell shards
0
Needle scaling (I–V)
1× / 0.8× / 0.8× / 0.8× / 0.8×

Overview

HP
15
Kills for the journal
12
Needed for completion
Yes
Placed copies
13

Also mostly in Shellwood 11

Closest in HP