Lance Sentry

Winged Sentry of Hallownest equipped with a nail-lance. Charges at threats or throws its lance from a distance. This devious foe will often keep its distance and try to pick you off with its thrown weapons. When it charges at you, leap up and strike it down.

Lance Sentries are enemies in Hollow Knight. Guarding the City of Tears, these winged sentries of Hallownest are equipped with a nail-lance to pursue trespassers.^[1][2]

Behaviour and Tactics

They float in place or cling to a wall until engaged. They tend to stay well out of melee range, so the best way to kill them is waiting for them to charge, jumping over them when they do and down-striking them as they pass underneath. As they have a fair amount of health, it might take some time to kill them.

• Charge: they lower their lance and swoop down toward the Knight.
• Lance Throw: they aim and throw their lance in a straight line at the Knight.

Dream Nail Dialogue
...Outsider... ...Defend... ...Kill... ...Protect....the city... ...Not welcome...Kill... ...Keep out...

Location

They can mainly be found in the centre and west of the City of Tears. They can also be found in the Royal Waterways near Ancient Basin.

Found in the City of Tears

Found in the Royal Waterways

Gallery

Idle

Clinging to a wall

Charge attack

Lance Throw attack

Trivia

• While Lance Sentries usually drop 12, there is a single Lance Sentry in the Watcher's Spire that only drops 2 the first time it is killed.

References

1. ↑ Lance Sentry Hunter's Journal entry: "Winged Sentry of Hallownest equipped with a nail-lance."
2. ↑ Wanderer's Journal, p. 72.

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