Pharloom

Maps are region-specific items that reveal the layout of individual areas in Pharloom. Most maps are sold by Shakra, the traveling cartographer, who appears in each new region and offers the local map in exchange for rosaries.

Abilities, also known as Ancestral Arts are Hornet's permanent upgrades that enhance movement, traversal, and exploration possibilities. As you acquire new ones, you'll unlock access to some previously unreachable areas.

Silk Skills are active combat abilities and there are six of them in total. Silk Skills must be manually triggered and consume Silk. They provide a range of powerful attacks, evasive maneuvers, and other effects to help you in combat.

In Hollow Knight: Silksong, the primary Fast Travel system is the Pharloom Bellways, a network of stations identified by signposts bearing three right-pointing arrows. These stations allow players to travel instantly between previously discovered Bellway locations by riding the Bell Beast.

Ventrica Stations are a secondary Fast Travel network located within the Citadel region of Pharloom. They function separately from the Bellways and offer players additional traversal options within that area of the game.

Keys refer to four simple keys used to open certain locked doors and a few other specialized keys that allow players to pick locks and access new regions - for example, unique keys used in an area known as The Slab.

Mask Shards are collectible items that increase Hornet's maximum health, with four shards combining to form one additional health mask. Gathering all shards allows to reach a maximum of 10 health masks.

Spool Fragments are collectible upgrade items that increase Hornet's maximum Silk capacity, letting her store more of the resource used for abilities and healing through binding. Two fragments combine to form one full Spool, and each completed Spool permanently raises the amount of Silk Hornet can hold.

Silk Hearts provide a permanent, passive regeneration of Silk, the resource used for healing and abilities. Each Silk Heart you collect allows one notch of Silk to regenerate automatically over time after you have used it all.

Craftmetal is a rare upgrade material harvested from deposits. Its main purpose is to forge and purchase powerful new tools from the Forge Daughter, which enhance Hornet's stats, combat options, and traversal abilities.

Crests are a key collectible system in Hollow Knight: Silksong, functioning as modular loadouts that shape Hornet's combat and movement abilities. Each crest provides a distinct base moveset that modifies your needle attacks, silk techniques, and mobility options. Crests also determine how many and which types of Tools and Silk Skills can be equipped.

Memory Lockets are upgrade items used to unlock additional tool slots on Crests, allowing Hornet to equip more offensive, defensive, or exploration tools. Spending a locket permanently opens one of crest's locked circles, though the item is consumed in the process.

Tools are equippable items that grant a wide range of offensive, defensive, and utility abilities, allowing you to customize your playstyle to suit your preferences. Tools are equipped in crest slots, which determine both the number and color of tools you can use at once.

Relics are special collectible items scattered throughout the world of Pharloom. They are tradable items and you can bring them to Relic Seeker Scrounge to sell them in exchange for the in-game currency Rosaries.

Psalm Cylinders are collectible metallic cylinders etched with ancient sound-recordings. There are six of them scattered throughout the game world - including the special, quest related, Sacred Cylinder. You can deliver them to the Vaultkeeper Cardinius in the Whispering Vaults to advance a side quest, earning rosaries, and unlocking playable Melodies.

Silkeaters are special consumable items. Consuming one remotely bursts your silk cocoon, instantly recovering all lost rosaries without the need to return to your death site.

Boss Fights are intense, multi-phase confrontations that test your agile combat prowess against massive, thematic foes in expansive arenas blending precise platforming, pattern memorization, and opportunistic aggression.

Ambush Rooms (also called ambush sites or lockdown rooms) are special multi-enemy encounter areas where the doors temporarily lock, trapping Hornet inside to fight waves or groups of enemies that spawn in sets.

Void Mass is a dark, pulsating growth made of tangled husks and void-soaked silk that clings to walls or ceilings, corrupts surrounding enemies, and must be destroyed as part of the Dark Hearts quest in Act 3.

Hollow Knight: Silksong's main story is divided into three acts, focusing on Hornet's journey through the kingdom of Pharloom. The game world can be explored freely, but Main Tasks must be completed in order to progress through the story.

"Wishes" are the game's formal side-quest system - offered by NPCs or posted on special boards. They are optional quests but many of them tie into progression.

Miscellaneous items that must be obtained to start or complete wishes and tasks, as well as locations or objects related to wishes or tasks.

Vendors are key NPCs that players interact with to buy items. The main currency is Rosaries. These merchants are spread out across the map, and each one focuses on specific types of goods, like maps for navigation, tools for gameplay mechanics, or upgrades for Hornet's abilities. Some vendors only show up after completing certain quests or unlocking new areas. Others are mobile and change locations as the game progresses, or their stock updates based on your advancements.

Benches are checkpoints where Hornet can rest, fully restore health, refill equipped tools with Shell Shards, and swap tools or crests. They serve as spawn points after death or quitting, with some requiring rosary tolls to access.