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Hollow Knight: Silksong
EnemyVerified on build 22479045
Roachcatcher icon

Roachcatcher

Short, nimble bug who uses barbed bolas to keep beasts corralled and caged.

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

NeedleDamageScaling hereDealtHits
Needle5×1.2567
Sharpened Needle9×195
Shining Needle13×0.9124
Hivesteel Needle17×0.9153
Pale Steel Needle21×0.9193

Where it is, and what it drops there 7

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

AreaHPRosariesShell shardsPlacedMap
Dustlater401039Show
Greymoorlater401037Show

Overview

HP
40
Kills for the journal
20
Needed for completion
Yes
Placed copies
16

Also mostly in Dust 3

Closest in HP