In Hollow Knight: Silksong, "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.

Wishes are grouped into categories based on the type of objective:

  • Donate - Spend currency, rosaries or shards, to upgrade towns or services.
  • Gather - Collect specific items from enemies or areas.
  • Wayfayer - Exploration-based, finding NPCs or items, or reaching certain locations.
  • Hunt - Defeat a particular type or number of enemies.
  • Grand Hunt - Higher-difficulty hunts or boss-style challenges.
  • Delivery - Transport a fragile item without damaging the "package".
  • Unique / Other - Special ones, e.g. Learn, Sprint or Witness.

Wishes

Locations on Pharloom

1A Lifesaving Bridge

How to start: Complete the Bone Bottom Repairs wish, then check the Bone Bottom wishboard some time later.

Donate 300 Shell Shards.

Reward: A bridge built over the hole to the west.

A Lifesaving Bridge

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2A Vassal Lost

How to start: Available in Steel Soul mode only. Talk to Steel Seer Zi.

Objectives:

1. Investigate the resting sites marked by Steel Seer Zi to uncover the location of her vassal x3.

2. Investigate the ritual site beside Bonegrave.

3. Return to Steel Seer Zi and inform her of Sula’s escape.

Reward: Growstone (Cold, steely stone with remarkable regrowth capacity. If shattered into shell shards, it will reform over time.)

A Vassal Lost

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3Advanced Alchemy

How to start: Talk to Alchemist Zylotol in Act 3.

1. Collect Plasmified Blood from infected creatures in the Wormways x10. Plasmified Blood can be extracted with a fully charged stab from the Needle Phial tool.

2. Give the Plasmified Blood to the Alchemist at the top of the Wormways.

Reward: Plasmium Gland (An endless reserve of Plasmium when crafting Plasmium Phials.)

Advanced Alchemy

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4Alchemist's Assistant

How to start: Talk to Alchemist Zylotol.

1. Collect Plasmium from Plasmium buds in the lower Wormways x3. Plasmium can be extracted from buds using a fully charged stab from the Needle Phial tool.

2. Give the collected Plasmium to the Alchemist at the top of the Wormways.

Reward: Plasmium Phial (tool)

Alchemist's Assistant

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5An Icon of Hope

How to start: Read the notice posted on the Bone Bottom's wishwall after starting Act 2 and completing A Lifesaving Bridge wish.

1. Donate 440 Shell Shard.

Reward: Hornet Statuette.

An Icon of Hope

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6Balm for the Wounded

Search for traces of the pilgrim, Sherma, and track his location.

Balm for the Wounded

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7Bellhart's Glory

Donate 400 Rosaries

Bellhart's Glory

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8Berry Picking

How to start: Talk to Moss Druid.

1. Collect Relics x3 from the moss-covered areas of Pharloom's lowlands.

2. Give the Mossberries to the Druid of Mosshome.

Reward: Druid's Eye (tool)

Berry Picking

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9Bone Bottom Repairs

How to start: Read the notice posted on the Bone Bottom's wishwall.

1. Donate 200 Shell Shards.

Bone Bottom Repairs

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10Broodfeast

How to start: Talk to Huntress.

1. Use tools to acquire organs of various types so Huntress may feed her brood.

  • Seared Organ x15 - Flintslate, Pimpillo, Voltvessels, Wispfire Lantern
  • Shredded Organ x35 - Conchcutter, Sawtooth Circlet, Cogwork Wheel, Delver's Drill
  • Skewered Organ x10 - Longpin, Sting Shard

2. Return to Huntress with the organs.

Reward: Longclaw (tool).

Broodfeast

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11Bugs of Pharloom

How to start: Talk to Nuu (Greymoor).

1. Defeat the many creatures of Pharloom and fill out the Hunter's Journal x100.

2. Present the filled out Hunter's Journal to Nuu at the Halfway Home in Greymoor.

Reward: Tool Pouch (Increases the capacity for Tools and Shell Shards that can be carried.)

Bugs of Pharloom

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12Building Up Songclave

How to start: Check the Songclave wishboard.

1. Donate 300 rosaries to aid the growing Songclave.

Next wish: Strengthening Songclave.

Building Up Songclave

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13Cloaks of the Choir

1. Hunt cloaked choirbugs of the Citadel and collect Choir Cloaks from their bodies x15. - Drops from Choir Flyer, Choir Hornhead, Choir Pouncer, or Choir Elder.

2. Turn in the Choir Cloaks to Songclave's wishwall and collect the reward.

Reward: Heavy Rosary Necklace.

Cloaks of the Choir

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14Crawbug Clearing

1. Speak to Creige of the Halfway Home in Greymoor.

2. Hunt Crawbugs in Greymoor and collect their Ragpelt x25. - One or two crawbugs spawn on the roof of the Halfway Home. Leaving and re-entering the building respawns them, even without resting at a bench so you can farm them quickly there.

3. Give the Ragpelt to Creige of the Halfway Home in Greymoor.

Reward: Crafting Kit Expanded.

Crawbug Clearing

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15Dark Hearts

1. Destroy Void Masses throughout Pharloom x12.

2. Return to Bellhart's wishwall to collect the reward.

Dark Hearts

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16Ecstasy of the End

1. Speak to Fleamaster Mooshka of Fleatopia.

2. Achieve the high score in all Flea Games and become the Grand Champion.

  • Juggle
  • Dodge
  • Bounce

Ecstasy of the End

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17Fastest in Pharloom

Race Sprintmaster Swift to discover Pharloom's fastest bug.

Rewards:

1st Race: Rosary Necklace

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Fastest in Pharloom

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18Fatal Resolve

1. Travel to Pinstress's home at the far edge of Blasted Steps and accept her challenge. - Pinstress Challenge.

2. Find Pinstress on the stormward side of Mount Fay and defeat her in battle.

Fatal Resolve

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19Final Audience

1. Track the Second Sentinel by their markers left near Songclave.

Final Audience

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20Fine Pins

1. Hunt pin-wielding choirbugs of the Citadel and collect Fine Pins x10.

2. Turn in the Fine Pins to Songclave's wishwall and collect the reward.

Reward: Heavy Rosary Necklace.

Fine Pins

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21Flexile Spines

How to start: Talk to Seamstress.

1. Hunt Hokers in the Far Fields and collect Spine Cores x25.

2. Give the Spine Cores to the Seamstress waiting in Far Fields.

Reward: Drifter's Cloak (Glide) (ability)

Flexile Spines

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22Garb of the Pilgrims

How to start: Read the notice posted on the Bone Bottom's wishwall.

1. Hunt haunted pilgrims of Pharloom and collect Pilgrim Shawls from their bodies x12. - They are located in many places, but many of them are located in Mosshome, which is relatively close.

2. Turn in the Pilgrim Shawls to Bone Bottom's wishwall and collect the reward.

Reward: Rosary Necklace.

Garb of the Pilgrims

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23Great Taste of Pharloom

1. Collect rare delicacies of Pharloom: Mossberry Stew, Vintage Nectar, Courier's Rasher, Crustnut, and Pickled Muckmaggot.

2. Deliver the rare delicacies to Mergwin in the dining chamber of the Citadel.

Reward: Pale Oil.

Great Taste of Pharloom

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24Hero's Call

1. Seek out the distressed bug near the Blasted Steps Bellway.

Hero's Call

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25Infestation Operation

1. Acquire Steel Spines from Crull and Benjin in Sinner's Road so Yarnaby can remove the parasite.

2. Deliver the Steel Spines to Yarnaby in Greymoor so they can remove the parasite.

Infestation Operation

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26My Missing Brother

1. Search for traces of the courier, Pill, and track his location.

My Missing Brother

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27My Missing Courier

How to start: Read the notice posted on the Bellhart's wishwall.

1. Search for traces of the courier, Tipp, and track his location. - Talk to Courier Tipp.

Reward: New items in Frey's stock.

My Missing Courier

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28Pain, Anguish and Misery

Act 3.

1. Return to the Citadel's Stage, beside the Whispering Vaults.

Pain, Anguish and Misery

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29Passing of the Age

How to start: Interact with the Lore tablet in Act 3.

1. You have to visit some locations, use Needolin to summon Mister Mushroom and talk to him.

Related locations:

Reward: After the game is completed, a special cutscene will be triggered following the normal ending cutscene.

Passing of the Age

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30Pinmaster's Oil

How to start: Defeat Widow, and then speak to Pinmaster Plinney in his home. You will get this wish after having your needle sharpened for the first time.

1. Retrieve Pale Oil from the Citadel.

2. Give Pale Oil to Plinney of Bellhart.

Reward: Shining Needle Upgrade.

Pinmaster's Oil

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31Restoration of Bellhart

Donate 250 Rosaries.

Restoration of Bellhart

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32Rite of Rebirth

How to start: Bring Twisted Bud to Greyroot after completing the Rite of the Pollip wish and talk to him again.

Rite of Rebirth

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33Rite of the Pollip

How to start: Talk to Greyroot.

1. Collect Pollip Hearts from the purple flowers of Shellwood x6.

2. Give the Pollip Hearts to Greyroot of Shellwood.

Reward: Pollip Pouch (tool).

Rite of the Pollip

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34Roach Guts

1. Hunt the Muckroaches of Sinner's Road and collect Roach Guts from their bodies x10.

2. Deliver the Roach Guts to Crull and Benjin of Sinner's Road.

Roach Guts

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35Savage Beastfly

1. Track down the Savage Beastfly in the Far Fields and defeat it.

2. Turn in the Horn Fragment to Bellhart's wishwall and collect the reward.

Reward: Mask Fragment.

Savage Beastfly

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36Silk and Soul

1. Acquire the necessary components build a powerfull trap.

2. Give the collected components to the Caretaker of Songclave.

Silk and Soul

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37Silver Bells

How to start: Read the notice posted on the Bellhart's wishwall.

1. Collect Silver Bells in the bellvein tunnels above and below Bellhart x8.

2. Turn in the silver Bells to Bellhart's wishwall and collect the reward.

Reward: Rosary Necklace.

Silver Bells

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38Songclave Supplies

1. Deliver supplies to the Caretaker in Songclave.

Reward: 410 Rosaries.

Songclave Supplies

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39Strengthening Songclave

How to start: Check the Songclave wishboard some time after you complete the Building Up Songclave wish.

1. Donate 500 Rosaries.

Strengthening Songclave

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40Survivor's Camp Supplies

1. Deliver supplies to Flick at the Survivors' Camp.

Reward: 180 Rosaries.

Survivor's Camp Supplies

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41The Hidden Hunter

1. Track down one who stole Gilly's keepsake near the Bellshrine between Deep Docks and Far Fields.

2. Turn in the Grass Doll to Bellhart's wishwall and collect the reward.

The Hidden Hunter

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42The Lost Fleas

1. Seek fleas across the lands of Pharloom and guide them to the Flea Caravan x5.

2. Return to Fleamaster Mooshka of the Flea Caravan, in the Marrow.

The Lost Fleas

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43The Lost Merchant

How to start: Complete some of the Songclave wishwall wishes, including The Wandering Merchant wish and Strengthening Songclave wish. Acquire Faydown Cloak (Double Jump).

1. Search for traces of the merchant, Jubilana, and track her location. Jubilana was last seen near the Citadel's Memorium. - Jubilana (Memorium).

Reward: New items in Jubilana's shop inventory.

The Lost Merchant

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44The Terrible Tyrant

How to start: Read the notice posted on the Bone Bottom's wishwall.

1. Hunt a Skull Tyrant of the Marrow. - Kill the Skull Tyrant (1) and collect the Crown Fragment.

2. Turn in the Crown Fragment to Bone Bottom's wishwall and collect the reward.

Reward: Heavy Rosary Necklace.

The Terrible Tyrant

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45The Wailing Mother

How to start: This wish should be available on the Songclave's wishwall after exploring the northern part of The Slab, and also completing some of the Songclave wishes.

1. Track down the wailing creature in the Slab and slay it. The creature can be tracked by its slime trail. - Broodmother, Broodmother's Eye

2. Turn in the Broodmother's Eye to Songclave's wishwall and collect the reward.

Reward: Heavy Rosary Necklace.

The Wailing Mother

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46The Wandering Merchant

How to start: Check the Songclave wishboard.

1. Search for traces of the merchant, Jubilana, and track her location. - Find and talk to Jubilana.

Reward: Jubilana appears as a vendor in Songclave.

The Wandering Merchant

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47Trail's End

Search for Shakra and her master in Bilewater.

Trail's End

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48Volatile Flintbeetles

How to start: Read the notice posted on the Bone Bottom's wishwall.

1. Track down Flintbeetles in the Marrow and defeat them to collect Flintgems x3 - Collect: Flintgem, Flintgem, and Flintgem.

2. Turn in the Flintgems to Bone Bottom's wishwall and collect the reward.

Reward: Memory Locket (Volatile Flintbeetles Wish).

Volatile Flintbeetles

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