Discover everything you need to know about the Moss Mother boss in Hollow Knight Silksong, including how to defeat it.
Moss Mother is the first boss in Hollow Knight Silksong, who comes with a unique attack pattern. Defeating her on the first try will require a proper strategy as she flies into the air to attack you. Although she has few attacks, she can deal massive damage if you’re not ready for them. Healing is essential to staying alive longer in a fight, but it requires proper timing. Attacking her downward while jumping is the only key to defeating her without taking much damage. This guide will discuss how to defeat Moss Mother in Hollow Knight Silksong, including some tips and tricks.
Who Is Moss Mother in Hollow Knight Silksong
Moss Mother is the first boss you’ll encounter. You can even locate her at the Moss Grotto! This boss comes with different attacks like stringer dash, ceiling slam, and moss rain. Defeating this boss can be challenging and hectic if you don’t use the right strategy. This boss is very tricky if you’re new to the series.
You can find this unavoidable boss above the Ruined Chapel area at the beginning of the game. Make sure to travel through the initial area and go through multiple rooms to find this boss. You can rest at the bench while locating it, allowing you to respawn at the same bench if you die in a boss fight. The Moss Mother’s chamber can be accessed by covering the doorway, as you will encounter this boss really soon after the tutorial.
How To Defeat Moss Mother
The Moss Mother has some devastating attacks that will really test your skills and how you can dodge them while dealing damage. She flies up in the air and hits the ceiling to create debris, allowing the moss foes to fall into the arena.
The Moss Mother also performs a small dive while pointing her stinger at you. Jumping up and slashing upward is the only key to hitting her, as you can’t reach this boss during the fight. Below are the Moss Mother’s attacks, along with their counter.
- Moss Rain- Moss will fly into the air to hit the ceiling to slam rocks from there. The small moss babies will fall and rush towards you. You need to get out of the range and focus on small babies before going for Moss Mother.
- Ceiling Slam- Moss flies into the air to hit the ceiling and throw three rocks to fall in the arena. The crumbling dust will hit the path of falling rocks. You must get out of the range as soon as you see the dust.
- Stinger Dash- She creates a small circle in her flight and charges down across the arena. We recommend you jump over and pogo off her head.
The Moss Mother has the swooping attack that is indicated when she dives or when her stinger sort of points out. You need to hop over her head to get the opening for attacking. It’s best to practice your jumps to get comfortable. You can also get in more than one attack. When she headbutts the ceiling, look for these light shafts, and you want to find a spot in between the shafts. This allows you to avoid the rocks that fall. Once she does that, she will resume her dive attack. It’s best to kill moss worms as soon as possible. It alternates between the rocks falling and the moss worms.
How To Deal with Moss Mother
Once she gets dizzy, you can get additional attacks in. Keep an eye on the stinger for the swoop, but also when she headbutts, and you see light shafts. Position yourself between the light shafts and kill those moss worms. Once you get about 3/4 of the way through, it can get tricky with the jumps and with the attacks.
The Moss Mother will be temporarily stunned after taking enough damage. This allows you to deal additional damage while she is in an unconscious state. The boss will explode in a flash of green light after you defeat her.
Keep an eye on your health, and what you want to do is to heal yourself, hold the circle button. What that will do is it’ll heal you. Every time you take or deal damage, your Silk meter goes up. Don’t forget to go to the bench and save the game. Not only will it save the game, but also replenish your health.
Tips and Tricks to Defeat Moss Mother
Below are the best tips and tricks to defeat Moss Mother in Hollow Knight Silksong.
- Minions will try to disrupt your attacks, so you don’t need to be aggressive. You need to focus on Stinger Dash.
- Make sure you’re not standing under the Moss Mother, as she can attack you pretty easily to lower your health.
- Rush towards the corner of the arena on the opposite side of the boss, allowing you to avoid the boss’s attacks.
- Attacking in the downward direction while jumping allows you to deal damage to the boss.
- Attacking the minions in the downward direction will not deal any damage.
- You must attack her rapidly if you have full HP.
- Healing is essential to stay alive a little bit longer while your health is below 30%.
- You need to heal only when the boss is stunned, as she can’t attack to disrupt your healing process.
- Move away from the area with falling dust to avoid taking any damage.
