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Hollow Knight: Silksong

How to Get Dead Bug's Purse and Effects

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Hollow Knight Silksong - How to get Dead Bug

Dead Bug's Purse is a Yellow tool that you can equip to your crest in Hollow Knight: Silksong. Check out how to get Dead Bug's Purse, its location, and its effects here!

How to Get Dead Bug's Purse

  1. Fast Travel to Shellwood
  2. Enter the Wormways
  3. Loot the Corpse

Fast Travel to Shellwood

Shellwood to Wormways

To start, head to Shellwood, and from the fast travel point, head right and drop down through the left vertical section. On landing, enter the area on the left and stay on the same direction until you reach the Wormways.

Enter the Wormways

Once you enter the Wormways from Shellwood, keep moving left and pass through the moving worms. Drop down the vertical section ahead and aim for the narrow path on the left.

Loot the Corpse

Dead Bug
At the end of this narrow path, you'll find a corpse just ahead. Loot it to obtain the Dead Bug's Purse.

How to Use Dead Bug's Purse

Use to Avoid Losing Rosaries

Rosary Lost.
Equipping the Dead Bug's Purse allows you to keep your rosaries upon dying. It works similarly to the Rosary String, except this one functions as a tool you equip to a crest slot rather than a consumable item, making it more permanent as long as it remains equipped.

Rosary Farming Guide

Dead Bug's Purse Overview

Dead Bug's Purse Information

Hollow Knight: Silksong - Dead Bug Dead Bug's Purse
Slot Color Yellow
Effect Discarded purse of a fallen pilgrim. Allows the bearer to retain Rosaries upon defeat.

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