Corpse Creeper

Hunter's Journal


''Parasitic beast that controls the body of its host after the host's death.   The beasts of this land have found plenty of ingenious hiding places, but none so clever as the body of another creature! If you happen on such a beast, rejoice! You've hunted two creatures at once!''

Behaviour and Tactics
Whenever you kill a Husk enemy in the Deepnest, carefully watch the corpse for a few seconds. Sometimes it may start twitching. This is a sign that a Corpse Creeper is about to burst out of it.

Once it reveals itself, it will simply move around with great speed. If it spots the Hollow Knight, it will charge without stopping until it dies.

You can try slashing at it directly, but due to its great speed it may break through and deal damage before you can kill it.

The other possible tactic is to jump over it, down-slash it, and then slash once or twice while behind it.

Great Slash helps getting rid of them easily. Once you see a corpse twitching, start charging up and annihilate the Creeper in a single slash while it prepares to attack.