Vengeful Spirit

Vengeful Spirit
Conjure a spirit that will fly forward and burn foes in its path. The spirit requires SOUL to be conjured. Strike enemies to gather SOUL.
Consumed the Vengeful Spirit
Tap FOCUS/CAST to unleash the Spirit. Spells will deplete SOUL. Replenish SOUL by striking enemies.
Input	FOCUS/CAST or QUICK CAST
Location	Ancestral Mound

Vengeful Spirit is a Spell in Hollow Knight. Using it conjures a spirit that flies forward and damages enemies.

Function

Press FOCUS/CAST or QUICK CAST without holding UP or DOWN to launch a projectile that passes through enemies and deals damage. The projectile passes through invulnerable parts of an enemy, such as a shield or shell, but will not damage a fully protected enemy.

Before any other Spells have been acquired, Vengeful Spirit is cast regardless of the direction being held.

Modifiers

• The Flukenest Charm turns Vengeful Spirit into a horde of baby flukes that bounce around dealing damage. This is particularly powerful up close, and damage falls off with distance.
  • When combined with the Defender's Crest Charm, launches a single large fluke that explodes into a damage-dealing cloud of gas.
• The Shaman Stone Charm increases the width of the projectile and the damage dealt by 33%.
• The Spell Twister Charm lowers the SOUL cost to cast Vengeful Spirit to 24 SOUL.
• Can be upgraded into Shade Soul.

Damage Values

Charm	Damage
None	15
Shaman Stone	20
Charm	Damage Per Hit		Total Damage
Flukenest	4		36
Flukenest + Shaman Stone	5		45
Charm	Impact Damage	Cloud Damage	Total Damage
Flukenest + Defender's Crest	3	1	26
Flukenest + Defender's Crest + Shaman Stone	3	1	32

How to Acquire

It is given by the Snail Shaman located in the Ancestral Mound in the Forgotten Crossroads.

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Trivia

• A cut inventory description for Vengeful Spirit can be found in the game's files:

"A desire for revenge is seared into the SOUL of those who fell in battle or were wronged in life. A Shaman can concentrate this desire and cast it out into the world to burn away whatever stands before them."

• With the Vengeful Spirit Spell, the Elder Baldur blocking the way to Greenpath can be killed. This is the intended way to access the rest of the areas in the game.
  • However, there are ways to defeat the Elder Baldur without using Vengeful Spirit. This can be done with Dreamshield or Longnail, but is extremely difficult.
• Vengeful Spirit pushes the Knight backwards slightly. This allows crossing some gaps that would otherwise be impassable without assistance; for example, in Greenpath, it is possible to skip to the ledge where Hornet is first encountered.