Gorb

Lingering dream of a fallen warrior. A mysterious life-form that claimed to contain all of the world's knowledge inside of its distended brain. I am Gorb! -Gorb

Gorb is a Warrior Dream boss in Hollow Knight.

Lore

Gorb the Great Mind was a mystic creature with a distended brain who claimed to be all-knowing.^[1] They goaded others to revere their mind and ascend with them to a different plane of existence.^[2] Their remains were buried on a hill atop the Howling Cliffs, with a tombstone carved in their image.

In-game events

Gorb's ghost appears at its tomb after acquiring the Dream Nail. It tries to make the Knight follow its mystic ways.^[3] After its defeat, it gives up before shattering into 100 Essence collected by the Dream Nail.

Behaviour and Tactics

Gorb has only one attack in addition to being able to teleport:

• Spear Cast: Fires a ring of 8 spears outwards in a circle from their location. The spears travel through the environment and deal contact damage. Gorb almost always will automatically do this attack if hit, otherwise Gorb normally will wait a few seconds before launching another wave. At 70% hp Gorb will fire 2 waves in alternating patterns and at 40% hp Gorb will fire 3 waves.

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Gorb's only attack is slow enough to dodge with good timing, though when close-up they are clustered enough that it's hard to get in time for a melee strike unless the player has acquired Shade Cloak. Using ranged attacks and Spells mitigates this problem.

Gorb's fight, like all Warrior Dream fights, uses the entire room as the arena. In Gorb's case, this results in the largest arena out of all the other Warrior Dreams, and the only one that has other enemies in the same room. A good strategy if the player becomes damaged is to move as far away from the main platform as possible, as Gorb only stays within that zone, and heal up, using the Dream Nail to regain SOUL from the nearby enemies. From this distance, the player only has to be aware of one or two stray spears.

Godmaster Content

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	Gorb Hall of Gods text: "I lie dreaming at a wind-blasted peak" "Dreamborn god of the beyond"
	Pantheon	Pantheon of the Master, 6th boss
	Health		650
			1000
	Arena changes	The ground is replaced by three platforms on Ascended difficulty or above.

Dialogue

Dialogue

First encounter I am Gorb! Bow! Bow bow bow bow to Gorb! The great mind! I am Gorb! Ascend! Ascend! Ascend ascend ascend with Gorb! Listening again Ascend! Ascend! Ascend ascend ascend with Gorb! When listened to I... am Gorb! The great mind... the pain! Ascend! Ascend! I... I am... On their tomb Here lies Gorb, the Great Mind.

Location

Gorb's grave is located in the northeast part of the Howling Cliffs.

Gallery

Trivia

• Despite Gorb being known as the "Great Mind", Gorb's in-game dialogue appears simplistic, marked by a childlike speech pattern and limited vocabulary.
• Gorb used to be named after their backer, Aladar. They have several cut dialogue under this name:
  • Greetings pale thing. Do you seek my knowledge? That I cannot give. Only an end.
  • Would you accept the end I offer?
  • Alas. It destroys...
• In the French translation of the game, these cut dialogues are used instead of the final one.^[4]

References

1. ↑ Gorb Hunter's Journal entry: "A mysterious life-form that claimed to contain all of the world's knowledge inside of its distended brain."
2. ↑ Hall of Gods description:"Dreamborn god of the beyond"
3. ↑ Gorb: "Ascend! Ascend! Ascend ascend ascend with Gorb!"
4. ↑ French translation of the English line "Ascend! Ascend! Ascend ascend ascend with Gorb!": "Veux-tu la fin que je t’offre ?"

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 • 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 • 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 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 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 the Mighty • God Tamer Xero • Gorb • Elder Hu • Marmu • No Eyes • Galien • Markoth Wingmould • Royal Retainer • Kingsmould • Sibling • Void Tendrils Hornet • The Hollow Knight • The Radiance • Shade • Hunter's Mark	a
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Hidden Dreams		a
	Grey Prince Zote • Winged Zoteling • Hopping Zoteling • Volatile Zoteling • White Defender	a
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The Grimm Troupe		a
	Grimmkin Novice • Grimmkin Master • Grimmkin Nightmare • Grimm • Nightmare King Grimm • Seal of Binding	a
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Lifeblood		a
	Hive Knight	a
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Godmaster		a
	Flukemunga • Pale Lurker • Brothers Oro & Mato • Paintmaster Sheo • Great Nailsage Sly • Pure Vessel • Void Idol • Weathered Mask	a