Mask Shard (Silksong)

Mask Shard
Shard of an ancient mask worn to protect oneself from harm. Complete a mask to strengthen the shell and protect against damage.
Effects	Increases maximum Masks
Type	Upgrade
Source	Wish reward Merchants Points of Interest scattered across the world
Audio	Pickup Idle
Ancient Mask
An ancient mask carved from cold, pale ore. The mask protects the wearer, guarding their shell against damage.
Effects	Increases maximum Masks
Type	Upgrade
Source	Wish reward Merchants Points of Interest scattered across the world
Audio	Pickup Idle

Part of an ancient mask, or a fractured shard of someone's visage? With the full thing, you'd be better able to protect your shell.

– Jubilana

Mask Shards are Items in Hollow Knight: Silksong that are used to increase Hornet's Health.

Use

4 Mask Shards are needed to form an Ancient Mask, which increases Hornet's maximum health by 1.

With a total of 20 Mask Shards in the game, Hornet's health can be increased by 5, for a maximum of 10 permanent Masks.

Completing a Mask will also fully restore Hornet's health.

How to Acquire

A total of six Mask Shards are accessible in Act 1, allowing for Hornet to have one additional Mask by the Act's completion.

Ten more Mask Shards are accessible in Act 2, allowing for four additional Masks by the Act's completion.

Four more Mask Shards are accessible in Act 3, allowing for a total of five additional Masks.

	Source	Requirements	Map
Accessible in Act 1
1	Bought from Pebb in Bone Bottom for  300	Requires getting to Bone Bottom
	In Act 3, bought from Grindle in Blasted Steps for  320	Requires Faydown Cloak
2	Lower Wormways accessed through Mosshome	Behind a breakable wall, just in front of the door requiring a Simple Key
3	A passageway between the Marrow and Deep Docks	Accessed from The Marrow. Cling Grip recommended
4	Area above Seamstress's home in Far Fields	Requires Drifter's Cloak
5	Centre of Shellwood	At the end of a platforming challenge behind a breakable wall
6	East Weavenest Atla	Requires Needolin. Behind breakable wall
Accessible in Act 2
7	Sold by Jubilana in Songclave for  750	Complete the The Wandering Merchant Wish
8	West Cogwork Core past enemy gauntlet	Accessible after defeating the Cogwork Dancers
9	Behind moving box puzzle in central Whispering Vaults	None
10	Reward for completing the Savage Beastfly Wish.	Defeat Fourth Chorus in Far Fields and Savage Beastfly in Hunter's March, enter Songclave
11	Inside Skull Cave in east Far Fields	Requires Clawline and Drifter's Cloak
12	Southwest Mount Fay, west of the bench	Requires Faydown Cloak
13	Northeast part of the Slab	Requires Key of Apostate and Faydown Cloak. Challenge can be skipped with Silk Soar
14	East Bilewater	At the end of a hallway filled with Slubberlugs
15	East Wisp Thicket	Requires Faydown Cloak.
16	West Blasted Steps	Requires Clawline and Faydown Cloak. Challenge can be skipped with Silk Soar
Accessible in Act 3
17	Brightvein	Requires Silk Soar
18	East Far Fields	Complete the Fastest in Pharloom wish
19	Reward for completing the Dark Hearts wish	Complete SEEK: Awaiting the End
20	Reward for completing the The Hidden Hunter wish	Meet Skarrsinger Karmelita in Far Fields

Gallery

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  In Wormways

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  In Deep Docks

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  In Far Fields

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  In Shellwood

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  In Weavenest Atla

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  In Cogwork Core

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  In Whispering Vaults

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  In Skull Cave (Far Fields)

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  In Mount Fay

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  In The Slab

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  In Bilewater

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  In Wisp Thicket

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  In Blasted Steps

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  In Brightvein (Mount Fay)

Achievements

	Protected
	Acquire 4 Mask Shards 5G

	Masked
	Acquire all Mask Shards 15G

Trivia

• In the 2019 Silksong demo, an empty mask in the inventory, labeled "Mask Pieces 2", had the description of "Fine shards of an old mask. If fully assembled, masks can provide powerful protection from damage."

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning/Explanation
Brazilian Portuguese	Fragmento de Máscara	Mask Fragment
French	Fragment de masque	Mask Fragment
German	Maskenscherbe	Mask Fragment
Italian	Frammento di maschera	Mask fragment
Japanese	仮面の破片 Kamen no hahen	Mask Fragment
Korean	가면 조각 Gamyeon jogag	Mask Piece
Russian	Обломок маски Oblomok maski	Mask fragment
Simplified Chinese	面具碎片 Miànjù suìpiàn?	Mask Shard
Traditional Chinese	面具碎片 Miànjù suìpiàn?
Spanish	Fragmento de máscara	Mask Fragment
Internal name	HEART_PIECE_1

Ancient Mask

Language	Name	Meaning/Explanation
Brazilian Portuguese	Máscara Antiga	Ancient Mask
French	Masque ancien	Ancient Mask
German	Uralte Maske	Ancient Mask
Italian	Maschera antica	Ancient Mask
Japanese	古代の仮面 Kodai no kamen	Ancient Mask
Korean	고대 가면 Godae gamyeon	Ancient Mask
Russian	Древняя маска Drevnjaja maska	Ancient Mask
Simplified Chinese	远古面具 Yuǎngǔ miànjù?	Ancient Mask
Traditional Chinese	遠古面具 Yuǎngǔ miànjù?
Spanish	Máscara antigua	Ancient Mask
Internal name	HEART_PIECE_FULL

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