Hole Knight: Silksong: Nyleth Boss Information

Your job to search out the Previous Hearts has begun, and with it, you’re confronted with some extremely powerful challenges. Hollow Knight: Silksong doesn’t pull any punches; that’s secure to say. However some fights are simpler than others, if you realize what you’re doing.

In a secret entrance that splits off from the Grand Gate, you’ll discover two bosses that can severely check the skills you’ve honed thus far. One is Seth, who blocks your path to the guts, and the opposite is Nyleth, who exists solely in reminiscence.

Whereas neither is simple, Nyleth definitely has the trickier mechanics. So let’s see what this huge flower has in retailer for us and methods to take her down.

Find out how to Get There

I’ll rapidly go over the strategy for attending to this boss when you haven’t discovered her already. This space is blacked out on the map, and a few might imagine she’s within the blasted steps, which is inaccurate.

First up, head over to the Choral Chambers Ventrica Station, after which descend to the Grand Gate. Head to the underside of the dimensions platform to the place that earlier carry was after which use your Silk Soar to go up by the ceiling. There’s a bit path that can take you to the elevator shaft.

When within the vertical shaft, about midway down the left wall, there can be a breakable entrance. Head inside and break the vines beneath to open up the realm to the principle chamber. Head down by the little flower maze, and it’ll lead as much as a protracted hall main west. Take down Seth, and you’ll acquire entry to Nyleth.

Battle Preparation

Reminiscence Suggestions

There are some things which can be definitely price mentioning earlier than you head into this battle. It is a reminiscence battle, one the place you battle the boss in a model of the previous. Which means that you need to use as many crimson instruments as you need, and also you don’t need to re-craft them if you get up. Take this into consideration when checking out your instruments. Fortunately, there’s principally no runback, so be happy to be aggressive.

Nonetheless, issues just like the fractured masks received’t restore upon waking up, so except it’s your first strive, you received’t be capable to use it with out first returning to a bench. Seeing as if this battle would not final very lengthy, you may wish to deal with aggressive instruments as an alternative of issues that lengthen the battle, just like the Multibinder or Reserve Bind.

Crest Utilization

This battle is all about studying and perfecting your pogo method. As for the complete second part, there can be spikes on the partitions and on the bottom, stopping you from touchdown. It’s a little bit of a gimmick, however one which I loved rather a lot.

Contemplating this, I like to recommend you utilize a crest that has a vertical downslash, just like the Crest of the Wandereror Reaper. These are far simpler to make use of and don’t require as a lot manoeuvring in midair just like the Hunter or Beast Crest. Nonetheless, it is a private alternative; some desire the diagonal assault.

Software recommendations

As well as, attempt to use instruments that work on their very own with out your enter, seeing as if you received’t have time to intention. I went for a pseudo-summoning construct. What labored finest right here was the Cogfly with the Pollip Pouch. These poisoned beauties work on their very own, flying round doing harm whilst you deal with dodging.

As well as, you may wish to head to the Wisp Thicket and decide up the Wispfire Lantern. It is a blue device that makes use of your silk to summon fiery wisps that auto-target your enemies. Each of those permit me to do additional harm with principally 0 enter from me.

Choose up the Longclaw when you’re having bother pogoing correctly. This provides you with extra attain for simpler downwards assaults. And at last, the Ascendant’s Grip yellow device is essential right here.

Nyleth’s Assault Patterns

Section 1

(The total Nyleth battle is displayed within the video above.)

From what I can see, it looks as if this boss has fairly a bit much less well being than others (although this may simply be as a result of you may hit her rather a lot sooner). That is most likely since you’re caught gripping a wall for a lot of the encounter, making the sector as a lot of an enemy of the boss itself.

As I discussed earlier than, get comfy spending prolonged quantities of time within the air and get used to pogoing on prime of enemies. It is best to have perfected this in your time within the Hunter’s March. Should you occur to fall on the spikes, a brief platform will spawn to get you again within the battle.

As well as, a superb technique on this battle is simply to sprint in for a couple of fast photographs after which again out to the opposite wall. Utilizing your clawline to shut the hole and clawline again will hasten the battle and provide help to keep away from her ridiculously huge AoE assault. Listed here are the principle strikes Nyleth makes use of.

For many of Section 1, you may stand subsequent to her and simply wail on her, dodging when essential. Section 2 is when it will get tough.

Section 2

As soon as this subsequent part begins, the platforms you’ve been standing on will disappear utterly, forcing you to cling to the wall for the whole lot of the remainder of the battle. Because of this the Ascendant’s grip is essential.

Now, that is when you want to begin pogoing. What’s good is that the sector opens up a bit, so when she makes use of her Pollen Blast assault, you may keep away from it by floating within the small space above her head as an alternative of heading to the alternative wall.

This part would not actually change the battle that a lot, aside from the truth that, naturally, she’s fairly a bit sooner and extra aggressive than earlier than. Nonetheless, you needn’t match that aggression. Play secure and steer clear of her, to hold on the wall when you want a breather! She’s much more lethal if you’re proper on prime of her.

There’s 1 new assault to look out for right here:

Aside from that, part 2 is basically fast, and when you use the “summoner” construct that I displayed above, you may have this whole battle down in a little greater than 1 minute. End up the battle, after which seize the Pollen Coronary heart that’s introduced to you.

Congratulations! That is one coronary heart crossed off the checklist. However bear in mind, Nyleth is most likely the best out of the three Coronary heart bosses. The subsequent two are the place the enjoyable actually begins!

Hole Knight: Silksong

Launched

September 4, 2025

ESRB

E10+ For Everybody 10+ // Fantasy Violence, Delicate Blood

Developer(s)

Staff Cherry

Writer(s)

Staff Cherry

Engine

Unity

Franchise

Hole Knight