As you dive deeper into the intricate world of Hollow Knight: Silksong, you’ll eventually come across the Farsight item, and once it’s placed in Hornet’s Bellhome, you’ll unlock access to your live completion status. But here’s the catch: the game doesn’t outright tell you what you need to do to hit that mythical 100% completion. That leaves many players scratching their heads:what really counts?
If you’re aiming to wrap up every last collectible, ability, and upgrade in Silksong, this is the ultimate guide to walk you through what counts, what doesn’t, and how to claim that elusive Completion achievement.
Wait, does this work like Hollow Knight?
Good question. In Hollow Knight, you could actually reach 112% completion by collecting everything from Mask Shards to Charms, Vessels, spell upgrades, and boss challenges. While Silksong follows a similar philosophy, it comes with a few key twists.
Here’s the biggest change: you don’t have to defeat every boss or complete every side quest to reach 100% in Silksong. Not every big fight or optional quest is tied to progression, and only those linked to required items or upgrades actually matter for that percentage.
Everything that counts toward 100% Completion in Silksong
Alright, let’s break it down. To reach 100% in Silksong, you need to collect all:
- Stat-enhancing collectibles (Masks, Spools, Silk Hearts, Tool upgrades)
- Ancestral Arts and Silk Skills
- Needle upgrades and special Crests
- All unique Tools
This is the stuff that actually increases your completion percentage. Here’s the full breakdown of what you need.
Stat Boosts & Tool Upgrades (25%)
| Requirement | Value |
|---|---|
| All 20x Mask Shards | 0.25% each (1% per complete Mask) |
| All 18x Spool Fragments | 0.5% each (1% per complete Spool) |
| All 3x Silk Hearts | 1% each |
| All 4x Crafting Kit Upgrades | 1% each |
| All 4x Tool Pouch Upgrades | 1% each |
All Required Ancestral Arts & Silk Skills (13%)
| Skill | Value |
|---|---|
| Clawline | 1% |
| Cling Grip | 1% |
| Needle Strike | 1% |
| Needolin | 1% |
| Silk Soar | 1% |
| Swift Step | 1% |
| Cross Stitch | 1% |
| Pale Nails | 1% |
| Sharpdart | 1% |
| Silkspear | 1% |
| Rune Rage | 1% |
| Thread Storm | 1% |
| Sylphsong | 1% |
Needle Upgrades, Crests & Key Items (11%)
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| All 6 Crests (Architect, Beast, Reaper, Shaman, Wanderer, Witch) | 1% each |
| Needle Upgrades (4 total) | 1% each |
| Everbloom | 1% |
Every Unique Tool in Silksong (51%)
This massive slice of your completion percentage comes solely from collecting every unique Tool.
- Ascendant’s Grip, Barbed Bracelet, Claw Mirror, Cogfly, Cogwork Wheel, Compass
- Conchcutter, Curveclaw, Dead Bug’s Purse, Delver’s Drill, Druid’s Eye, Egg of Flealia
- Flea Brew, Flintslate, Fractured Mask, Injector Band, Longclaw, Longpin
- Magma Bell, Magnetite Brooch, Magnetite Dice, Memory Crystal, Multibinder, Pimpillo
- Pin Badge, Plasmium Phial, Pollip Pouch, Quick Sling, Reserve Bind, Rosary Cannon
- Sawtooth Circlet, Scuttlebrace, Shard Pendant, Silkshot (any version)
- Silkspeed Anklets, Snitch Pick, Spider Strings, Spool Extender, Sting Shard
- Straight Pin, Tacks, Thief’s Mark, Threefold Pin, Throwing Ring, Volt Filament
- Voltvessels, Warding Bell, Weavelight, Weighted Belt, Wispfire Lantern
- Wreath of Purity
Each of the above contributes exactly 1% to your total. This chunk alone makes up over half of your 100% goal.
What doesn’t count toward 100%
You might think things like beating every boss, finding every Flea, or collecting every map piece would push you toward 100%. Not quite.
Let me explain:
- You don’t need to defeat all bosses, unless they’re tied to a required Tool or upgrade (ex: Broodfeast’s quest gives Longnail).
- Wish quests, unless tied to items like the above, don’t count for completion.
- Individual Fleas also don’t increase your percentage, but you do need to find all of them to get certain Tools like the Egg of Flealia.
- Map pieces and the Threefold Melody don’t give completion points, but are required to access Act 3, making them essential to total progress indirectly.
- Upgraded Tools (e.g. Claw Mirrors vs. Claw Mirror) still only count once. So don’t worry—either version satisfies the requirement.
Wrap-up: What you’ll need to hit that 100%
Here’s the final math breakdown:
- Stat Boosts & Crafting: 25%
- Skills & Arts: 13%
- Needle Upgrades & Crests: 11%
- Tools: 51%
The path to 100% in Silksong isn’t overly cryptic, but it does demand thorough exploration and keen attention to collectibles. While optional challenges don’t always count directly, many are still tightly interwoven with the tools and upgrades you’ll need.
So go on — scour every corner, claim every Tool, and stitch together Hornet’s full arsenal. The Completion achievement is calling.