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Hollow Knight: Silksong
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Vicious Caranid icon

Vicious Caranid

Aggressive winged bug of the lowlands. When angered, it rapidly whips its bladed tail as a weapon.

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 27 HP, its most common HP and scaling, and a hit for the needle's own damage (crest attacks multiply it first).

NeedleDamageScaling hereDealtHits
Needle5×156
Sharpened Needle9×0.984
Shining Needle13×0.684
Hivesteel Needle17×0.6103
Pale Steel Needle21×0.5103

Where it is, and what it drops there 13

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

AreaHPRosariesShell shardsPlacedMap
Antlater25–2700–56Show
Arboriumlater27053Show
Bellwaylater27053Show
Bone Eastlater270515Show
Bone East Lavachallenge27052Show
Dock27053Show

Overview

HP
25–27
Kills for the journal
15
Needed for completion
Yes
Placed copies
32

Also mostly in Bone East 12

Closest in HP