Hollow Knight: Silksong

Hollow Knight: Silksong

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All 2 Ways to Farm Shell Shards in [Hollow Knight: Silksong (UPDATING GUIDE)
By GigaGamer47 and 1 collaborators
You don’t want to run out of tools midway through a boss fight, right? This guide explains what Shell Shards do and the two best ways to farm them so you can keep Hornet’s arsenal in top shape.
   
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What Can You Do With Shell Shards?
Shell Shards are the backbone of Hornet’s toolkit. They’re a crafting material used to make and refill Tools, the consumable weapons like pins, projectiles and bombs that complement her needle.

Every Tool has a durability meter; resting at a bench automatically spends Shell Shards to repair whatever you have equipped.

Unlike Rosaries, Shell Shards don’t disappear on death, and both caches and enemy drops provide steady income. That reliability makes them a key resource for staying aggressive in combat. Manage them wisely and you’ll spend more time attacking than scrambling for supplies.
All 2 Ways to Farm Shell Shards in Hollow Knight Silksong
1. Defeat Enemies
The simplest method is to fight everything that moves. Each defeated enemy drops Shell Shards alongside Rosaries.

To maximize gains, revisit enemy-dense areas: leaving and re-entering a room resets enemy spawns, giving you an endless source of shards.

Early-game zones are ideal because enemies are slower and easier to dispatch. Keep pressure on foes and you’ll quickly build a healthy shard supply.





2. Destroy Shell Shard Deposits
The second method is exploration.

Throughout Pharloom you’ll find statues known as Shell Shard Deposits. Smashing these deposits yields a pile of shards. Because deposits don’t respawn, they’re more like treasure chests than farms, but clearing every one you see adds up fast.

You can also harvest Shell Shards from caches (resource pickups) scattered around the world that yield both Rosaries and shards. Make a habit of breaking every suspicious statue or pile and you’ll never run dry.



Source: Hollow Knight: Silksong Map[wemod.com]
Optional Trainer Helpers (Use Responsibly)
WARNING: Easy way if you want to get Shell Shards FAST!
  • Infinite Shell Shards (Inventory Mods) - no more worries about farming shell shards.
  • Shell Shard Multiplier (Inventory Mods) - you get more shell shards (customizable).



Access:
Download Hollow Knight: Silksong Trainers here for free[wemod.com]
3 Comments
Artina69 10 Sep @ 2:50pm 
Lol hopefully not. I will say I noticed there can be a max of like 30 shard objects on the ground before it despawns the oldest ones, so pick em up as you get them. Also, it seems to still work after the Wormways get infected with Lifeblood, the topmost entrance to Bone Bottom has Groms you can still farm.
SnapperV2  [author] 10 Sep @ 5:57am 
@Artina69 that looks like an interesting way I haven't reached that part yet. Do you think it'll be patched? That's so broken lol
Artina69 8 Sep @ 7:13pm 
My method has been farming the Groms in the long rooms of Wormways. With Beast crest, charged attack from Pinstress , and two needle upgrades you can one shot them as they descend, they spawn infinitely and quickly and drop 6 shards. Got up to like 650 shards in 25 min.