Ambloom

Simple-minded crawling fungus. Its cap is covered in a layer of hardened spikes.

Lie on your belly, open your maw and let this tasty morsel stroll straight into your stomach.

Amblooms are enemies in Hollow Knight. They are simple-minded crawling mushrooms who do not attack directly.^[1]^[2]

Behaviour and Tactics

Meanders back and forth passively, but will deal contact damage. It crawls about rather quickly, and can often be partially obscured by foreground environments.

Dream Nail Dialogue

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...Light...Danger...
...Safe...Dark...
...Hungry...Hungry...
...Scared...
...Eat...When...
...Kill...Hurt...
...Away. Away...
...Pain...

Location

They are found only in the Fungal Wastes, with four in the Fungal Core.

Gallery

Trivia

The Ambloom is one of the few enemies that respawn upon leaving and re-entering the room.

References

↑ Ambloom Hunter's Journal entry: "Simple-minded crawling fungus."
↑ Wanderer's Journal, p. 54.

Compendium

Main Game

Crawlid • Vengefly • Vengefly King • Gruzzer • Gruz Mother • Tiktik • Aspid Hunter • Aspid Mother • Aspid Hatchling • Goam • Wandering Husk • Husk Hornhead • Leaping Husk • Husk Bully • Husk Warrior • Husk Guard • Entombed Husk • False Knight (Failed Champion) • Maggot • Menderbug • Lifeseed • Baldur • Elder Baldur

Mosscreep • Mossfly • Mosskin • Volatile Mosskin • Fool Eater • Squit • Obble • Gulka • Maskfly • Moss Charger • Massive Moss Charger • Moss Knight • Mossy Vagabond • Durandoo • Duranda • Aluba

Charged Lumafly • Uoma • Ooma • Uumuu

Ambloom • Fungling • Fungoon • Sporg • Fungified Husk • Shrumeling • Shrumal Warrior • Shrumal Ogre • Mantis Youth • Mantis Warrior • Mantis Lords

Husk Sentry • Heavy Sentry • Winged Sentry • Lance Sentry • Mistake • Folly • Soul Twister • Soul Warrior • Soul Master (Tyrant) • Husk Dandy • Cowardly Husk • Gluttonous Husk • Gorgeous Husk • Great Husk Sentry • Watcher Knight • The Collector

Belfly • Pilflip • Hwurmp • Bluggsac • Dung Defender • Flukefey • Flukemon • Flukemarm

Shardmite • Glimback • Crystal Hunter • Crystal Crawler • Husk Miner • Crystallised Husk • Crystal Guardian (Enraged)

Furious Vengefly • Volatile Gruzzer • Violent Husk • Slobbering Husk

Dirtcarver • Carver Hatcher • Garpede • Corpse Creeper • Deepling • Deephunter • Little Weaver • Stalking Devout • Nosk

Shadow Creeper • Lesser Mawlek • Mawlurk • Brooding Mawlek • Lightseed • Infected Balloon • Broken Vessel (Lost Kin)

Boofly • Primal Aspid • Hopper • Great Hopper • Grub Mimic • Hiveling • Hive Soldier • Hive Guardian • Husk Hive

Spiny Husk • Loodle • Mantis Petra • Mantis Traitor • Traitor Lord

Sharp Baldur • Armoured Squit • Battle Obble • Oblobbles • Shielded Fool • Sturdy Fool • Winged Fool • Heavy Fool • Death Loodle • Volt Twister • Zote • God Tamer

Xero • Gorb • Elder Hu • Marmu • No Eyes • Galien • Markoth

Wingmould • Royal Retainer • Kingsmould • Sibling • Void Tendrils

Hornet (Protector • Sentinel) • Hollow Knight • Radiance • Shade • Hunter's Mark

Hidden Dreams

Grey Prince Zote • Winged Zoteling • Hopping Zoteling • Volatile Zoteling • White Defender

The Grimm Troupe

Grimmkin Novice • Grimmkin Master • Grimmkin Nightmare • Grimm • Nightmare King • Seal of Binding

Lifeblood

Hive Knight

Godmaster

Flukemunga • Pale Lurker • Sisters of Battle • Winged Nosk • Nailmasters Oro & Mato • Paintmaster Sheo • Great Nailsage Sly • Pure Vessel • Absolute Radiance • Void Idol • Weathered Mask

[1] Ambloom Hunter's Journal entry: "Simple-minded crawling fungus."

[2] Wanderer's Journal, p. 54.

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