Nailsmith

"I'm not much for talk, but if it's a nail that needs repair then you've come to the right bug."

- The Nailsmith

The Nailsmith is a Merchant in Hollow Knight. This skilled craftsman forge nails and strengthens them for Geo.

Lore
The Nailsmith lived through the fall of Hallownest. Driven by his craft and working in seclusion, he barely noticed the world changing around him. Even before that, he hardly paid attention to the Kingdom's Knights. He spends his time honing his craft, hoping to forge one day a Pure Nail, the apex of his work. He discards the nails he achieved on his own around his smithy, unconcerned of their use.

Hollow Knight
The Nailsmith can be found at his smithy in the City of Tears, in a recluse area far below the City Gate. The Nailsmith at first mistakes the Knight for somebody else, bringing him nails to be honed. He provides the Old Nail refinement for a small amount of Geo. After that, he will require both Pale Ores and Geo to upgrade it further.

He achieves his life goal after forging a Pure Nail for the Knight. His final work done, the Nailsmith will step outside and ask to be cut down to feel the Pure Nail's strength. Obliging him sends him plummeting down into the waters below, his body to be found washed down the Junk Pit.

If the Knight leaves without attacking, he abandons his craft to explore the world around him. His journey leads him to Sheo's Hut in Greenpath. There, the retired Nailmaster gladly accepts Nailsmith's presence and starts teaching him his newfound arts. Eventually, the Nailsmith discovers a passion for modelling, with Sheo helping him capture the likeness of Hallownest's Knights

Trivia

 * The Nailsmith's quest to forge the perfect nail was a Kickstarter stretch goals at $44,000 was the addition of four new quests to the game:
 * The Nailsmith was first revealed in a Kickstarter update, although that information is no longer canonical:
 * "Follow a twisting path from the outskirts of the drowning city. Cross a broken bridge and you'll hear it close, the ring of metal and the roar of flame. A craftsman obsessed.
 * Within his forge the Nailsmith is searching, on an endless quest to create a flawless nail.
 * Past failures pile outside his door, exposed to the rains and left to rust. He spares no thought for imperfect things. Nor does he pause to take notice of the countless beings that take their pick of his refuse.
 * But his neglect has impact. His discarded nails have spread wide through Hallownest, clutched tight in the hands of creatures possessed.
 * Only in the Hollow Knight's broken nail does he at last see true potential. Distant and difficult to achieve, but it is in there, waiting - a blade to be honed beyond all others, to be forged into a form so brilliant it transcends its metal and becomes myth."


 * It is possible to kill the Nailsmith with any attack when he asks, including Spells. Whether this is intentional is unknown.
 * The Nailsmith's body can be found in the Junk Pit if the player chooses to kill him. Dream Nailing his body gives the line "Pure...​".
 * Similarly "...Pure..." is also the Dream Nail dialogue of the corpse of the Ancient Nailsmith found in Kingdom's Edge.

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