Bench (Silksong)

Ahh, the shining bench has risen for us! Pharloom's kindness to we pilgrims is inexhaustible! Please rest, red maiden, and fear not. Our kingdom watches over us all!

– Sherma

Benches are save points throughout Pharloom that Hornet can rest on to automatically:

• Save the game
• Respawn on the Bench after quitting the game or dying
• Replenish all health
• Replenish Silk slowly if Sylphsong has been acquired
• Replenish equipped Red Tools by spending Shell Shards
• Replenish equipped Blue Tools
• Remove Muckmaggot infestation, Plasmium Masks and plasmification
• Update the Map with newly-explored rooms (if a Quill has been acquired)
• Respawn defeated enemies (excluding enemies in the current room)
• Respawn broken Plasmium Cocoons
• Refill depleted Silk Spindles
• Have a 30% chance of triggering the Skull Tyrant in Bone Bottom
• Have a 20–50% chance of triggering the Craw Summons during Act 3

Hornet can also perform special actions in the INVENTORY menu while resting on a Bench:

• Change Crests
• Equip or unequip Tools
• Reload the Rosary Cannon by spending Rosaries
• Toggle the Voltvessels between Spear and Bola forms

Locations and Prices

Locations of all Benches in Pharloom

There are 84 Benches across Pharloom, including temporary Benches like Shakra's. Hornet can purchase a set of Bench Pins from Shakra for  60, which marks the locations of all discovered Benches on any acquired Maps.

Paid Benches

Many Benches require Rosaries to use. Bell Benches outside of Bellshrines are permanently unlocked after a one-time fee, while the Toll Benches in Underworks charge a toll for every visit. If a Bench has a toll that has not been paid, or is unusable due to a trap, its Bench Pin is greyed out.

Location	Price
Underworks	15 per use
The Marrow	30
Deep Docks
Far Fields
Shellwood	40
Blasted Steps (Bellway)
Sinner's Road
Blasted Steps (Entrance)	60
Mount Fay
Bilewater
Putrified Ducts

Bellshrines

There are six Bellshrines scattered across Pharloom. When activated by hitting a lever on the floor, a large mechanism swings the bell, ringing it four times before unlocking a permanent Bench. Activating the first five Bellshrines is necessary to complete the OPEN: Grand Gate objective and fight the Last Judge, as an entry point to Act 2.

The first five Bellshrines are found in The Marrow, Deep Docks, Greymoor, Bellhart, Shellwood; the sixth is at Songclave, called the "First Shrine", where it is used to summon Pilgrims.

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  Bellshrine in The Marrow

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  Bellshrine in Deep Docks

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  Bellshrine in Greymoor

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  Bellshrine in Bellhart

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  Bellshrine in Shellwood

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  Bellshrine in Songclave

Gallery

Sprites

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  By the Ruined Chapel

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  In Bone Bottom and The Marrow

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  Repaired Bench in Bone Bottom

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  Toll Bench found across Pharloom

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  At the Flea Caravan

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  Nearby Sprintmaster Swift

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  Nearby Alchemist Zylotol

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  In Mosshome

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  Jail Bench in The Marrow and The Slab

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  Snowy Bench in The Slab

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  Nearby Loddie

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  Skarr Bench in Hunter's March and Far Fields

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  In Deep Docks

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  In the Deep Docks sauna

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  Inside Seamstress Hut

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  Inside Pilgrim's Rest

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  Inside Halfway Home

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  Bench in Bellhart

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  Bed inside Hornet's Bellhome

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  In Shellwood

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  Inside various Weavenest areas

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  Mossy Bench in Weavenest Atla

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  Nearby Styx

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  Toll Bench throughout the Underworks

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  Near the Twelfth Architect

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  In the Terminus

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  Throughout Choral Chambers

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  Covered Bench in Choral Chambers

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  Outside Songclave

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  Outside Songclave in Act 3

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  Throughout Whispering Vaults

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  Southwest Choral Chambers

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  In High Halls

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  In the Memorium

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  Retractable Bench in Cogwork Core

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  In Whiteward

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  Next to Shakra in Greymoor

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  Next to Shakra in Mount Fay

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  In Mount Fay

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  In the Wisp Thicket

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  In the Exhaust Organ

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  In Bilewater

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  In Bilehaven

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  Next to the Huntress

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  By Huntress's corpse in Act 3

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  At the Pale Lake

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  Next to the Pinstress

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  In Sands of Karak

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  Inside the Coral Tower

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  In the Cradle

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  In the Diving Bell

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  In the ruined Diving Bell

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  In Verdania

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  In the Ruined Chapel

Screenshots

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  Bellshrine in the Marrow

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  Bellshrine in Deep Docks

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  Bellshrine in Greymoor

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  Bellshrine in Bellhart

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  Bellshrine in Shellwood

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  First Shrine in Songclave

Trivia

• Some Benches in Pharloom are primed with a trap, or require additional steps to be made functional:
  • A Bench in northern Hunter's March has a pressure plate beneath it, activating a spike trap when Hornet sits on it. The trap can be deactivated by striking a hidden lever to the left, allowing the Bench to function normally.
  • A Bench in western Sinner's Road jams and fails to emerge fully after the Rosary toll is paid. It must be repaired by destroying the vines jamming the mechanism in a hidden room to the left.
  • A Bench in northern Bilewater collapses into a pit of muckmaggot-infested water when Hornet sits on it. This Bench cannot be made functional, and is no longer marked on the Map after being broken.
• The tune that is played by the bells when activating a Bellshrine is the Dies irae melody, used extensively throughout the game's soundtrack.
• The Bellshrine in Bellhart is the largest of all the Bellshrines, and is the only one with the bell set in a background layer, where Hornet is unable to hit it.
• Without skips, it is impossible to reach the OPEN: Grand Gate objective without having rung any Bellshrines; even without the Needolin, The Marrow Bellshrine is still required to be rung in order to access Swift Step, which is otherwise required to progress.
• While sitting at a bench, time does not pass for such purposes as the Crawbell, or Styx.
• In early pre-release footage of Hollow Knight: Silksong, bells in the Bellshrines would have a rune appear on them while ringing. This is very likely connected to the cut Strung to Serve ending.
• The paid bench in southwest Mount Fay produces a unique sound when its bells are rung, resembling sleigh bells.

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  Silksong reveal trailer

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  Unused rune image

History

• 1.0.28497 (Patch 1): Slight reduction in some Bench prices:
  • Shellwood, Blasted Steps (bellway), Sinner's Road: 60 to 40.
  • Mount Fay, Bilewater, Putrified Ducts: 90 to 60.
  • Blasted Steps (entry): 80 to 60.

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