Sharp Shadow

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Sharp Shadow is a Charm in Hollow Knight. When equipped, the Knight dashes faster when using the Shade Cloak and damages enemies upon contact.[Note 1]

Usefulness

Enemies struck by the Sharp Shadow do not generate SOUL.

Sharp Shadow can harm enemies that are immune to Nail attacks.

The increased speed also increases the effective distance travelled by a dash by 40%.

  • While this dash length can be useful against certain bosses by making it easier to avoid large areas of damage, it can also make positioning in some platforming sections more difficult.

How to Acquire

Located in Deepnest, southeast of the Hot Spring behind a Shade Gate. Requires Shade Cloak.

Charm Synergies


Dashmaster
Increases the damage dealt by the shadow to 1.5 x Nail damage. Does not affect charge or cooldown time.[Note 2]

Gallery

Trivia

  • When using the Shade Cloak with Sharp Shadow the Knight turns into a six-eyed void creature for a split second before reverting back to normal.
  • The pedestal on which the Sharp Shadow Charm is found resembles an empty Soul Totem covered with twisted black vines of what is possibly Void.
  • Shadow Dashing through an Ooma while using Sharp Shadow causes its explosive core to always go to the right, independently of the direction the Knight dashes. This effect is also present in the bodies of enemies killed by the Shadow Dash (though it's much easier to see in flying enemies). Whether this is intentional or a bug in the in-game physics is unknown.
  • When using the Godmaster content Nail Binding in any Godmaster content Pantheon, Sharp Shadow's damage is not affected. Its damage is also not affected by the Fragile Strength/Grimm Troupe content Unbreakable Strength and Fury of the Fallen Charms.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Without any Charms, dash speed is 20 units per second. With Sharp Shadow, it is 28 units per second.
  2. The damage is rounded to the nearest integer; for all possible values this is identical to rounding up.