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Hollow Knight: Silksong
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Cogwork Crawler

Automaton built in the shape of a scuttling bug. Its back contains retractable pins, intended to cut song cylinders free of any obstruction.

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

NeedleDamageScaling hereDealtHits
Needle5×1.2566
Sharpened Needle9×194
Shining Needle13×1133
Hivesteel Needle17×1173
Pale Steel Needle21×1212

Where it is, and what it drops there 2

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

AreaHPRosariesShell shardsPlacedMap
Cog35035Show

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%1–21

Overview

HP
35
Kills for the journal
15
Needed for completion
Yes
Placed copies
5

Also mostly in Cog 6

Closest in HP