Dreamshield

Dreamshield is a Charm in Hollow Knight. It conjures a shield around the Knight that can block projectiles and deals 1x Nail damage when it hits an enemy.

Usefulness
Whenever the shield touches an enemy, the shield breaks and takes two seconds to reform. Attacking with the Nail causes the shield to bash outward. While Focusing, the Shield rotates 173% faster.

How to Acquire
Found in a room in the Resting Grounds, below Seer's room.

Projectiles
Dreamshield only blocks some projectiles. Blocked projectiles vanish when hitting the shield. Piercing projectiles are unaffected by the shield.

Blocked

 * Crystal laser (Crystal Guardian, Enraged Guardian, Crystallised Husk, Crystal Crawler, environmental crystals)
 * Dung ball (Dung Defender, White Defender)
 * Falling barrel (False Knight, Failed Champion)
 * Firebats (Grimm, Nightmare King Grimm)
 * Homing Soul orb (Soul Master, Soul Tyrant, Soul Warrior, Soul Twister)
 * Infected gas (Fungoon)
 * Infected projectile (Aspid Hunter, Primal Aspid, Oblobbles, Deephunter, Mawlurk, Spitting Zoteling, Obble, Battle Obble, The Hollow Knight, Elder Baldur, Volatile Gruzzer, Slobbering Husk, Brooding Mawlek, Turret Zoteling)
 * Lance (Lance Sentry)
 * Lingering Infected projectile (Nosk, God Tamer, Lesser Mawlek, Shrumal Ogre, Winged Nosk,  Fluke Zoteling)
 * Paint blob ( Paintmaster Sheo)
 * Pickaxe/Crescent blade (Husk Miner, Myla, Sturdy Fool)
 * Spikey ball (Gulka)
 * Spine (Spiny Husk)
 * Thorn ball (Moss Knight)
 * Wind blade (Mantis Petra, Traitor Lord, Mantis Lords, Sisters of Battle)
 * Balled Dirtcarver *instantly spawns (Carver Hatcher)
 * Explosive core *blows up (Ooma)
 * Explosive spore *blows up (Sporg)

Piercing

 * All Warrior Dream attacks
 * Baldur (Elder Baldur)
 * Balled Zoteling ( Grey Prince Zote)
 * Dagger ( Pure Vessel)
 * Expanding crystal (Crystal Hunter)
 * Fireball (Grimmkin Novice, Grimmkin Master, Grimmkin Nightmare, Grimm, Nightmare King Grimm)
 * Floating orange orb (Broken Vessel, Lost Kin)
 * Honey spike ( Hive Knight)
 * Jar (The Collector)
 * Needle (Hornet Protector, Hornet Sentinel)
 * Orbiting Soul orb (Soul Master, Soul Tyrant)
 * Scythe Blade (Kingsmould)
 * Spike ( Pale Lurker, environmental spikes)
 * Sword (The Radiance, Absolute Radiance)

Exceptions

 * Dark Vengeful Spirit/Shade Soul (Shade) is piercing and breaks the Dreamshield
 * Homing light orbs (The Radiance, Absolute Radiance) are able to be blocked for 0.5 seconds after spawning but then become piercing instead
 * Spikes (Hornet Sentinel) are piercing on their outer edges and blocking at their centers. In either case, the Dreamshield breaks

Trivia

 * The pedestal where the Charm is found can be hit with the Dream Nail. The dialogue reads:
 * "Protect yourself... You are our last..."
 * This, combined with the Charm description, implies that the moth tribe intended to give this Charm to Seer as they were dying out.


 * Markoth, who is a moth, wields a similar weapon to the Dreamshield.
 * The Dreamshield temporarily disappears when interacting with NPC dialogue.
 * A tink sound is played whenever the Dreamshield passes over a piece of Geo.
 * A note plays when the shield bashes outward with the Knight's Nail attack.
 * When using the Nail Binding in any Pantheon, Dreamshield's damage is not affected. This damage is also not affected by the Fragile Strength/ Unbreakable Strength and Fury of the Fallen Charms.

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