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Hollow Knight: Silksong

How to Unlock Act 3 and Requirements

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Hollow Knight Silksong How to Unlock Act 3

Unlocking Act 3 of Hollow Knight: Silksong requires you to complete the Silk and Soul Wish, defeat Grand Mother Silk, and use the Needolin. See all the unlock requirements to reach Act 3 after the credits roll in Act 2.

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How to Unlock Act 3

  1. Complete the Silk and Soul Wish
  2. Defeat Grand Mother Silk and Use the Needolin
  3. Load Your Save File to Unlock Act 3

Complete the Silk and Soul Wish

Act 3 is unlocked when the wish called Silk and Soul can be accepted from the Caretaker of Songclave.

You need to do the following to unlock this wish:

  1. Defeat Lace in The Cradle
  2. Complete All Wishes
  3. Move the Flea Caravan to Fleatopia

Silk and Soul Walkthrough

Beat Lace in The Cradle

Act 2 Lace Location

Hornet's pin is Lace's Location in Act 2!

One of Act 3's requirements is to beat Lace in Act 2 when you confront them in The Cradle. Do note that you do not need to beat Act 2's Final Boss to unlock Act 3!

Lace Boss Guide

Complete All Wishes

Quest Board in Bone Bottom

Other than beating the Act 2 main story bosses, you also need to finish all wishes, even the ones outside of the wish boards!

All Wishes and Side Quest Locations

Move the Flea Caravan to Fleatopia

Fleatopia Flea Caravan Overworld

The last requirement to unlock Act 3 is to move the caravan to Fleatopia by locating a certain number of Fleas. While we currently don't know the exact number of fleas needed to be located, the caravan will likely move to Fleatopia after locating 23 to 25 fleas!
All Flea Locations

Defeat Grand Mother Silk and Use the Needolin

Use the Needolin

Defeat Grand Mother Silk and instead of binding her, use the Needolin to trap her in the Abyss and unlock the Snarled Silk Ending.

Grand Mother Silk: Final Boss Guide

Load Your Save File to Unlock Act 3

After the credits roll, load your save file to begin Act 3. Clear the abyss the unlock it.

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5 xMpR13 xMpR13 2 months

According to BlueSR a speed runner you need 23 fleas and 17 wishes in Hollow Knight: Silksong True Ending Speedrun in 3:56:12! (WORLD RECORD). A video on youtube

4 Noik Noik 2 months

I think you need 50% - 70% of all wishes to trigger this

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