Tacks

Tacks
Short pins designed to be scattered along the ground. The sharp points will pierce any enemy who steps upon them.
Type	Red Tool
Damage	2/3/4/6/7 (per tack, 2 hits each) 16/24/32/48/56 (total)
Capacity	5/6/7/8/10
Repair	8
Effect	Throws tacks on the ground
Location	Sinner's Road

Still, maybe this tool is enough for you to 'member us by? A pointed weapon of me own makin', from when I used to wrangle the Muckroaches meself. I bet you'll get some good use from it.

– Crull and Benjin

Tacks are a Red Tool in Hollow Knight: Silksong. When used, Hornet throws 4 tacks on the ground that damage enemies who touch them.

Usefulness

Tacks last for a long time and can deal damage twice before disappearing. They also cannot be destroyed by most enemy attacks. This makes them very useful against swarms of enemies and bosses that are usually grounded.

Tacks are less effective against flying enemies. They become useless if there is no solid ground to place them on.

Up to 4 sets of Tacks may be placed at the same time. Deploying a fifth will cause the oldest set of Tacks to disappear.

Synergies

Tacks pair somewhat well with Pollip Pouch as they can repeatedly apply poison over an extended time. However, since only one instance of poison can ever be applied, an enemy which runs over multiple tacks will receive minimal extra damage.

How to Acquire

Tacks are given by Crull and Benjin in Sinner's Road for completing the Roach Guts Wish.

During Act 3, it is instead found near their bodies.

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  Location in Sinner's Road

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  Crull and Benjin in Sinner's Road

Gallery

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  Hornet deploying Tacks

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  Moving Tacks with Needle

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  Tacks activating

Trivia

• Tacks will shake and slightly move when screenshake occurs. Tacks are also slightly moved when Hornet walks over them or attacks them.
• The small, non-hostile ants found in Hunter's March, upper Far Fields, and the cellar of Halfway Home will carry Tacks along and eventually into the ground (like they do with other scattered items like Rosaries).
• In the Hollow Knight: Silksong Edge Magazine issue, Xbox trailer, and April 2nd Nintendo Direct footage, Tacks were black instead of bronze.
  • Also in the Xbox trailer, Hornet threw only four tacks per use instead of the five at release, though later they were reduced to four again.

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  2020 icon

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  2022 icon

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  Silksong Xbox trailer

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning/Explanation
Brazilian Portuguese	Tachinhas	Tacks
French	Pointes d'acier	Points of Steel
German	Reißzwecken	Thumbtacks
Italian	Puntine	Pins or Drawing Pins
Japanese	足止めの鋲 Ashidome no byō	Restraining Tack
Korean	압정 Apjeong	Tack
Russian	Колючки Koljučki	Thorn
Simplified Chinese	钉刺 Dìngcì?	Caltrops
Traditional Chinese	釘刺 Dìngcì?
Spanish	Tachuelas	Tacks
Internal name	TACK

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