
In entering their domain, I freed these bugs to infest the greater vaults. They are a nuisance, and I have only myself to blame.


In entering their domain, I freed these bugs to infest the greater vaults. They are a nuisance, and I have only myself to blame.


These bugs have been driven out of their vault's recesses by Pharloom's black collapse. They are a nuisance, and I have only myself to blame.

Vaultborn are enemies in Hollow Knight: Silksong. They are young acolytes raised in the darkest parts of the Whispering Vaults, destined to become Scrollreaders.[1]
Vaultborn are often found clinging to walls or ceilings, or simply wandering back and forth. Vaultborn have 2 different moves:
Vaultborn deal
both with their attacks and on contact.
Vaultborn can be found in the Whispering Vaults, unleashed on the area after activating a switch in a hidden room to the west of Vaultkeeper Cardinius's library. If this is not done by Act 3, a cave-in destroys the room and releases them regardless. [This section is missing one or more images]
Location in the Whispering Vaults.
Location of the switch that unleashes them in Act 2.
In hidden room
Being released
Sitting
Clinging to a wall
Idle
Headbutt
Flutter Jump
Responding to the Needolin
Giving a sermon to other Vaultborn
Modded screenshot of sermon without blur
| Language | Name | Meaning/Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Camarólito | Portmanteau of câmaras (chambers) and acólito (acolyte) | |
| Enfant des Voûtes | Child of the Vaults | |
| Spaltenkind | Crevice Child | |
| Voltenato | Vaultborn | |
| 貯蔵庫の子 Chozōko no ko |
Child of the Repository | |
| 금고에서 태어난 자 Geumgoeseo taeeonan ja |
One Born in the Vaults | |
| Отпрыск катакомб Otprysk katakomb |
Offspring of the Catacombs | |
| 书库之子 Shūkù zhī zǐ? |
Child of the Library | |
| Engendro de las Bóvedas | Freak of the Vaults or Fetus of the Vaults | |
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