Spore Shroom is a Charm in Hollow Knight. When using Focus, it releases a cloud of damaging spores around the Knight.
Usefulness
- Main article: Damage Values and Enemy Health
Spore Shroom is useful to damage slow or static enemies after healing for a decent amount of damage, ignoring shields. This makes the charm very effective against Crystal Hunters, Stalking Devout, Heavy Sentries, and other enemies, as well as the confined arena in the Colosseum of Fools; however, there are better late-game alternatives for a one-notch-worth charm.
It does have great use in the Broken Vessel and the Lost Kin fight, as the spore cloud instantly kills the Infected Balloons spawned during the fight.
Damages neutral enemies of Mantis Village and The Hive, turning them aggressive. It also damages Oomas, triggering their explosion, so it is recommended to not heal near them.
Wearing Spore Shroom allows understanding the mushroom language, cases being:
- Mister Mushroom's regular dialogue
- Mushroom Lore Tablets in the Fungal Wastes
- Mister Mushroom Lore Tablet in Kingdom's Edge
How to Acquire
This charm is located in the Fungal Wastes near a pool of acid, close to the entrances to the Queen's Gardens and Deepnest. Requires Mantis Claw.
Charm Interactions
 | Defender's Crest Defender's Crest increases the damage of the spore cloud to 2 damage per tick and the cloud lasts 4.1 seconds. However, tick frequency is decreased allowing for only 20 ticks for a total of 40 damage. Also changes the visual of the cloud. |
 | Shape of Unn When combined with Shape of Unn, the player will appear as a slug with mushrooms on their back while focusing. |
 | Baldur Shell When combined with both Baldur Shell and Shape of Unn, the player appears as a snail with a blue, mushroom-covered shell. |
 | Deep Focus Increases the spore cloud radius by 35%. |
