Whispering Root

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Essence can be found wherever dreams take root.

Have you seen them? Those whispering plants that grow all over this old Kingdom? I believe there is one just outside. Why not strike it with your Dream Nail, and see what happens?

– Seer

Whispering Roots are roots filled with Essence found throughout Hallownest. When the Knight hits a Whispering Root with the Dream Nail, it spawns floating Essence throughout the surrounding area for the Knight to collect.

After collecting all Essence in the area, the root grows to a much larger size. Using the Dream Nail on it again will reveal dream dialogue giving vague hints as to the history of that area.

After acquiring the Dream Nail, a Whispering Root Pin can be purchased from Iselda for  150, which marks the locations of all discovered Whispering Roots on any purchased Maps.

There are 15 Whispering Roots in the game, containing a total of 482 Essence.


Image Location Essence Dream Dialogue Map

Ancestral Mound

42

...Soul attuned...
...Spiral focus...
...Shunned Power...

City of Tears

28

...Promised plenty...
...Souls to serve...
...Soul twisted...

Crystal Peak

21

...Light refracted....
...Energy contained...

Deepnest

45

...Nest alive...
...Sleeping Queen...
...Beast...

Forgotten Crossroads

29

...Twisting paths...
...Travelling masses...
...Vessel Sealed...

Fungal Wastes

(Near Fog Canyon)

20

...Misted caverns...
...Noxious spores...
...Teacher...

Fungal Wastes

(Above Mantis Village)

18

...Proud warriors...
...Honour bound...

Greenpath

44

...Greenkin lost...
...Paths overgrown...
...Dream forgotten...

The Hive

20

...Hardened tribe...
...Light familiar...

Howling Cliffs

46

...Wasteland...
...Bugs Reduced...

Kingdom's Edge

51

...Sacred grave...
...Ashen ground...
...Kingdom's birth...

Queen's Gardens

29

...Leaves in splendour...
...Pale root...

Resting Grounds

20

...Dead remembered...
...Penitent Moth...
...Dreams revered...

Royal Waterways

(Broken lift)

35

...Kingdom above...
...Palace below...
...Servants' path...

Spirits' Glade

34

...Sacred memories...
...Honoured souls...