Discover everything you need to know about acquiring Needle Strike in Hollow Knight Silksong, including some use tips.
Needle Strike in Hollow Knight Silksong is a unique ability that doesn’t appear until the end of Act 1. Unlocking this ability requires you to defeat Great Conchflies on the path. Use the Needle Strike to perform a charged attack by holding down the attack button.
The charged attack deals more damage than the normal attack in the game, making it easier for you to defeat powerful bosses. Make your way all to the Blasted to interact with the NPC to unlock the Charged Attack. In this guide, we’ll discuss how to obtain Needle Strike in Hollow Knight Silksong and how to defeat Great Conchflies.
How To Unlock Needle Strike (Charged Attack)
To unlock Needle Strike in Hollow Knight Silksong, you need to head first to the Blasted Steps. You can reach there by traveling west from Shellwood. Interact with the Needle Strike NPC to gain access to this ability. To reach this NPC, you need to defeat the Great Conchflies boss that guards the area. Head right from the Bellway Station in Shellwood and fall into the main channel. Make sure to use your Glide mode and stick to the left-hand side as you’re falling. Keep going down past the lever, and you will see the blur flag.
Make your way to that bench all the way on the far left-hand side. Unfortunately, there’s going to be a boss fight on the way. So, do be prepared for that. Use your Sprint jump to go across the distances. Once you get into the arena, the boss will appear.
Defeat the Great Conchflies
Once you’ve defeated the boss, the pathway to the left will open up for you. You can proceed along a tricky, but not impossible, little parkour course. Sprint jump here, pass through this section of the map. This is where it starts to get a little bit harder, but still not hard. You just need to use you’re your abilities during the fight. The point of while fight is to just stay patient. If you played the first game, think of it as a Mantid Lord.
Keep an eye on both Conchflies and just get in damage where you can. When they come out and open their mouth, they’re about to shoot one of their little cones. After they can drill into the ground. That’s actually a good opportunity to deal some damage. Again, when the smoke comes out of the walls, get ready to jump. Just avoid where the smoke is coming from. Make sure to rest at the bench before engaging with the Great Conchflies.
Passthrough Platforms
For the longer platforms, you can stand on the far side and then sprint, jump, and then glide. Once you get all the way over to the left, where you can see a big balloon, you can’t pogo off it. However, if you just off to the right, there is a smaller balloon you can pogo off to get you to a higher platform.
Speak with Pinstress
Once on the top platform, you will find yourself in a hut. Speak with the Pinstress. This will allow you to train with Pinstress, which will teach you the Needle Strike, where you hold your attack key to do a charged, deadly attack.
