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Hollow Knight: Silksong
EnemyVerified on build 22479045
Cogwork Spine icon

Cogwork Spine

Spherical, winged automaton housing many sharp spikes.

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

NeedleDamageScaling hereDealtHits
Needle5×1.2564
Sharpened Needle9×193
Shining Needle13×1132
Hivesteel Needle17×1172
Pale Steel Needle21×1211

Where it is, and what it drops there 3

HP, rosaries and shell shards are read from each scene, so they're exact for that place.

AreaHPRosariesShell shardsPlacedMap
Cog21039Show

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%11
Unknown100%1–21

Overview

HP
21
Kills for the journal
10
Needed for completion
Yes
Placed copies
9

Also mostly in Cog 6

Closest in HP