Vengeful Spirit

Vengeful Spirit
Conjure a spirit that will fly forward and burn foes in its path. The spirit requires SOUL to be conjured. Strike enemies to gather SOUL.
Consumed the Vengeful Spirit
Tap FOCUS/CAST to unleash the Spirit. Spells will deplete SOUL. Replenish SOUL by striking enemies.
Input	FOCUS/CAST or QUICK CAST
Location	Ancestral Mound

Don't be afraid. Have faith! That spell belongs to you now, all you need to do is take it!

Ohohoho, you won't be going much further without it, I promise you!

– Snail Shaman

Vengeful Spirit is a Spell in Hollow Knight. Using it conjures a spirit that flies forward and damages enemies.

Function

Press FOCUS/CAST or QUICK CAST without holding UP or DOWN to launch a projectile that passes through enemies and deals damage. The projectile passes through invulnerable parts of an enemy, such as a shield or shell, but will not damage a fully protected enemy.

Before any other Spells have been acquired, Vengeful Spirit is cast regardless of the direction being held.

Modifiers

• The Flukenest Charm turns Vengeful Spirit into a horde of baby flukes that bounce around dealing damage. This is particularly powerful up close, and damage falls off with distance.
  • When combined with the Defender's Crest Charm, launches a single large fluke that explodes into a damage-dealing cloud of gas.
• The Shaman Stone Charm increases the size of the projectile and the damage dealt by 33%.
• The Spell Twister Charm lowers the SOUL cost to cast Vengeful Spirit to 24 SOUL.
• Can be upgraded into Shade Soul.

Damage Values

Charm	Damage
None	15
Shaman Stone	20
Charm	Damage Per Hit		Total Damage
Flukenest	4		36
Flukenest + Shaman Stone	5		45
Charm	Impact Damage	Cloud Damage	Total Damage
Flukenest + Defender's Crest	3	1	26
Flukenest + Defender's Crest + Shaman Stone	3	1	32

How to Acquire

It is given by the Snail Shaman located in the Ancestral Mound in the Forgotten Crossroads.

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  Location in Ancestral Mound

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  Vengeful Spirit spell in Ancestral Mound

Trivia

• A cut inventory description can be found in the game's files:

"A desire for revenge is seared into the SOUL of those who fell in battle or were wronged in life. A Shaman can concentrate this desire and cast it out into the world to burn away whatever stands before them."

• Using Vengeful Spirit is the intended method to kill Elder Baldurs and progress to Greenpath.
  • It is possible to reach the Resting Grounds and obtain the Dream Nail before Vengeful Spirit by entering Crystal Peak through Forgotten Crossroads.
  • It is also possible to defeat the Elder Baldur in other ways, though they are extremely difficult. For example, by using the Dreamshield or Longnail Charm.
• Vengeful Spirit pushes the Knight backwards slightly. This allows crossing some gaps that would otherwise be impassable without assistance; for example, in Greenpath, it is possible to skip to the ledge where Hornet is first encountered.
• After obtaining Vengeful Spirit, the Knight's SOUL is completely refilled when they wake up.
• Early in development, the Vengeful Spirit could be charged, but this was cut following testing with the Brooding Mawlek due to the ease of evading battle.
• Groal the Great has an attack resembling Vengeful Spirit in Hollow Knight: Silksong. This was also obtained from a Snail Shaman, although Hornet herself cannot acquire the spell.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning/Explanation
Brazilian Portuguese	Espírito Vingativo	Vengeful Spirit
French	Esprit vengeur
German	Rachegeist
Italian	Spirito Vendicativo
Japanese	復讐の魂 [Missing Romanisation]
Korean	복수의 영령 [Missing Romanisation]
Russian	Мстительный дух [Missing Romanisation]
Simplified Chinese	复仇之魂 Fùchóu zhī hún?	Vengeful Spirit
Spanish	Espíritu vengativo	Vengeful Spirit
Internal name	FIREBALL1	FIREBALL2 refers to Shade Soul

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