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Shade Soul is a Spell in Hollow Knight. Using it conjures a shadow that flies forward and damages enemies.
Function
Press FOCUS/CAST or QUICK CAST without holding UP or DOWN to launch a projectile that passes through enemies and deals damage. The projectile will now penetrate all objects in its path including walls and invulnerable parts of enemies, such as a shield or shell, but will not damage a fully protected enemy.
Modifiers
- Flukenest turns the Shade Soul into a horde of black baby flukes that bounce around dealing damage.
- When Flukenest is combined with Defender's Crest, it launches a single large fluke that explodes into a damage-dealing cloud of gas.
- Shaman Stone increases the width of the projectile and the damage dealt by 33%
- Spell Twister lowers the SOUL cost to cast Shade Soul to 24 SOUL.
Damage Values
Charm | Damage | ||
---|---|---|---|
None | 30 | ||
Shaman Stone | 40 | ||
Charm | Damage Per Hit | Total Damage | |
Flukenest | 4 | 64 | |
Flukenest + Shaman Stone | 5 | 80 | |
Charm | Impact Damage | Cloud Damage | Total Damage |
Flukenest + Defender's Crest | 3 | 1 | 26 |
Flukenest + Defender's Crest + Shaman Stone | 3 | 1 | 32 |
How to Acquire
Upgrade to Vengeful Spirit. Requires purchasing the Elegant Key from Sly in Dirtmouth.
The spell is located behind a locked door in Soul Sanctum within the City of Tears. Requires defeating a Soul Warrior that continuously spawns Folly enemies.
Trivia

- There is an unused version of Shade Soul that consists of a mixture between a black Shade Soul and a white Vengeful Spirit much like how Abyss Shriek combines black souls with white Howling Wraiths.

- Shade Soul is obtained from a snail shaman linked to some kind of machine. This implies that the researchers of the Soul Sanctum were experimenting on the Shamans' natural ability to use Soul.
- The tendrils that come out of the Knight's back are similar to those seen on the Knight's Shade at the end of the Radiance fight.
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