How to Unlock Weaver's Shrines in Hollow Knight: Silksong
The secret Weavenest Atla and Weavenest Cindril await in the depths of Pharloom, but unlocking these hidden shrines in Hollow Knight: Silksong requires more than just finding the right door. You’ll need the right tune to play and the skills to survive the trials inside.
The entrance to Weavenest Atla requires the Needolin.
Your golden ticket is the Needolin, an Ancestral Art that lets Hornet play music to open special Weaver Doors. You earn this ability by defeating the Widow boss in Bellhart. Once you have it, press [Y] to play—this is the key that unlocks the entrance to Weavenest Atla in Moss Grotto and the door to Weavenest Cindril in the Far Fields.
However, simply opening the door isn't enough. To fully explore these shrines and claim all their rewards, you’ll need three critical movement upgrades:
- Swift Step: This sprint ability, found in Deep Docks, is essential for navigating timed pressure plate puzzles, especially in Weavenest Cindril.
- Cling Grip: Acquired in Shellwood, this wall-cling skill is mandatory for the vertical climbs and platforming challenges found throughout both Weavenests.
- Drifter's Cloak: This dash upgrade from Far Fields is your lifeline for crossing the dangerous lava pits and spike-filled gaps you'll encounter.
Don't rush to the shrines the moment you get the Needolin. Take the time to gather these movement upgrades first—you’ll save yourself a lot of backtracking and frustration.
With the Needolin in hand and your movement kit fully upgraded, you’re ready to seek out the strange musical doors and claim the powerful tools hidden within. Let's find them.
How to Find and Complete Weavenest Atla in Hollow Knight: Silksong
The first Weaver’s Shrine awaits, tucked away in the far reaches of Moss Grotto. In Hollow Knight: Silksong, this hidden trial, Weavenest Atla, is your gateway to powerful tools and vital upgrades—if you can navigate its puzzles and claim its rewards.
The entrance path to Weavenest Atla.
Your adventure begins at the Weavenest Atla Entrance on the far-right side of Moss Grotto. Look for a distinctive metal door; press [Y] to play your Needolin and watch the gate swing open.
Once inside, your first goal is the Weavenest Atla Map. Follow the initial path to its end, where you'll need to jump and strike two ceiling lights. This action illuminates a monument back the way you came—interact with it to claim your map and reveal the layout of this compact shrine.
The lights are often easy to miss while moving forward. If the monument seems dark, you likely missed one. A quick backtrack with a keen eye upward solves it.
With your bearings secured, it's time to hunt for collectibles. Head to the central left corridor of the area. Here, you'll need to use your Cling Grip to scale a central platform while avoiding a rolling bug enemy. At the top, head left and drop down to find a Spool Fragment, a permanent upgrade to Hornet's silk capacity.
For another key item, make your way to the upper ledge in the right-hand room. Reaching the Rune Harp here requires some precise platforming and, again, your Cling Grip ability. This harp can later be traded for Rosaries back in Bellhart.
The most challenging collectible is a Mask Shard, hidden in the bottom right section of the shrine. You'll need to break through a wall, then carefully glide over a bed of spikes. In the next room, head right and use a series of wall jumps to reach a platform. From there, you must execute Pogo attacks off specific environmental hazards to ascend and finally claim the shard, boosting your maximum health.
⚠️ Watch out: This Mask Shard path requires Swift Step, Cling Grip, and Drifter's Cloak. If you're missing any of these movement abilities, you'll need to return later.
With these treasures secured, you've mastered the exploration of Weavenest Atla. You're now perfectly positioned to seek out NPC Eva for her crucial upgrades and face the shrine's guardians—the Double Moss Mothers.
Best Strategy for the Weavenest Atla Boss Fight
Two against one is never a fair fight, especially in Hollow Knight: Silksong, but with the right strategy, you can turn the Double Moss Mother encounter into a manageable brawl. This optional rematch in the southwest arena of Weavenest Atla is a chaotic test of your crowd control skills, but the reward—the Weavelight tool—is absolutely worth the effort.
The Double Moss Mother encounter in Weavenest Atla.
Focus Fire: The Golden Rule
The single most important rule for this fight is focus fire. Both Moss Mothers share a health bar, but you should pour all your damage into one of them first. This isn't just about efficiency; it's about survival. The arena becomes overwhelmingly crowded with their combined attacks, falling rocks, and summoned mossgrubs. By eliminating one boss early, you cut the incoming damage and complexity in half, turning a frantic 2v1 into a familiar, predictable 1v1. Don't spread your needle strikes—pick a target and stick to it until it falls.
Managing the Chaos
The fight begins with a single Moss Mother, a rematch of your earlier encounter in Moss Grotto. Deal as much damage as you can here. When the second Moss Mother descends, the real challenge begins. They'll attack simultaneously with low dashes across the arena and ceiling slams that drop hazards.
Use Thread Storm or other wide-area Silk Skills for crowd control. When the Moss Mothers cluster together, a well-timed skill can damage both bosses and clear out the pesky mossgrubs they summon, saving you precious time and keeping the arena navigable.
Your mobility is key. Jump over their dash attacks and use downward slashes (pogoing) to damage them as they pass underneath you. Keep an eye on the ceiling for falling dust—this is your warning to dash out from under incoming rocks. If you need to heal, wait for a rockfall attack, leap high between the falling debris, and bind in mid-air where the dashing Moss Mothers can't reach you.
Claiming Your Prize
Once you've felled the first Moss Mother, the tension drops immediately. The remaining boss doesn't gain new moves or increased health; you can methodically finish it off using the same patterns you mastered earlier. With both defeated, a piece of the ceiling will collapse, granting you the Weavelight. This blue-slot tool is a game-changer, as it increases Silk regeneration speed, letting you use your powerful Silk Skills more often in future explorations.
If you've wiped here before, you're not alone—the sensory overload is real. But by focusing one target down and using your tools to manage the adds, you'll dismantle the duo and walk away with one of Hollow Knight: Silksong's most useful utility tools.
NPC Eva: Crest Upgrades and Vesticrest Unlock
Your adventure through Weavenest Atla isn't just about the boss or the loot—it's about unlocking Hornet's true potential. Hidden deep within the shrine is a weaver who can permanently upgrade your power, and finding her is one of the most rewarding detours in Hollow Knight: Silksong.
Collecting a Spool Fragment for upgrades.
Finding Eva and Her Offerings
After navigating the teleporter puzzles and lava parkour of the shrine, make your way to the bottom right room of Weavenest Atla. You'll need to break through a couple of walls to reach it. Here, you'll find Eva, a mysterious weaver who offers essential boons. Her primary function is to develop your Crests, starting with the Hunter Crest. Speak to her, and she'll enhance this base Crest, improving its effects.
However, Eva's most significant reward is locked behind your progress with other upgrades. If you've used 4 or more Memory Lockets to upgrade your other Crests throughout Pharloom, she will also grant you the Vesticrest. This is a game-changer—it provides an extra tool slot, allowing you to equip another charm or tool and dramatically expand your build flexibility.
Before you even enter Weavenest Atla, check your inventory. If you haven't used at least 4 Memory Lockets on other Crests (like the Wanderer or Beast Crest), prioritize finding them first. Eva's Vesticrest reward is well worth the preparation.
Unlocking the Bind Ability
Beyond Crest upgrades, interacting with Eva is also your path to unlocking the Bind ability. This Silk-based technique enhances your healing and utility options, giving you more control in tough situations. While the exact mechanics of Bind are tied to Eva's dialogue and boons, securing it here is a crucial step in mastering Hollow Knight: Silksong's combat and exploration.
Trust me, taking the time to seek out Eva transforms Weavenest Atla from a simple challenge into a major power spike. With an upgraded Hunter Crest, a potential extra tool slot from the Vesticrest, and the new Bind ability, you'll leave this shrine far stronger than when you entered.
How to Find and Complete Weavenest Cindril in Hollow Knight: Silksong
Weavenest Cindril is a different kind of test. While Atla challenged your navigation and combat, this second shrine in Hollow Knight: Silksong is all about pure, unadulterated speed. Forget intricate exploration—here, you’ll prove your mastery of movement.
Solving the speed-based pressure plate puzzle in Weavenest Cindril.
To find it, you need to travel to the Far Fields. From the Far Fields fast travel station, head to the region’s easternmost edge, past the Seamstress's home. You’ll find another ornate, musical door that requires the Needolin. Play your tune with [Y] to open the path to Weavenest Cindril.
The area is small. Rest at the bench just inside, then prepare to run. The main chamber is a long corridor lined with pressure plates. Your goal is to sprint across all pressure plates from start to finish without stopping, using your Swift Step ability to maintain full speed. Do it correctly, and a pedestal will rise from the floor holding the Silkspeed Anklets. These are your prize, giving you a noticeable, permanent boost to your sprint speed at a minor Silk cost.
The plates must be activated in quick succession. If you hesitate or miss one, the pedestal won’t appear. Just take a breath, line up your run from the very start, and commit.
But the shrine has one more secret. To unlock the Cindril Hidden Room, you need to go even faster. First, equip your new Silkspeed Anklets. Then, you’ll need to drink a Flea Brew, a temporary speed-boosting item you can buy from Grishkin at the Flea Caravan. With both buffs active, sprint the gauntlet of plates again. This time, your enhanced speed will light all plates simultaneously, causing the pedestal to sink and reveal a hole in the floor.
Drop down into this secret basement to claim a Rune Harp. This valuable item can be traded for a hefty sum of Rosaries back at Bellhart, making the extra effort well worth it. Trust me, the view from the right side of this hidden chamber—hinting at windswept dunes beyond—is a cool bonus for completists.
With the Anklets equipped and the Harp in your pocket, you’ve conquered the speed trial of Weavenest Cindril. You’re now faster, richer, and ready to face whatever Pharloom throws at you next.
Weaver's Shrine Rewards and Collectibles Summary
Completing the Weavenest Atla and Weavenest Cindril is more than just a side trip—it’s a major power spike for your journey through Pharloom. This is your trophy room, the payoff for mastering the Needolin and tackling the Double Moss Mothers. Let’s break down everything you’ve earned and where to use it.
The Silkspeed Anklets reward altar in Weavenest Cindril.
Major Rewards and Collectibles
The Weaver Shrines are treasure troves of essential upgrades. Here’s the full list of what you should have in your inventory by the time both are cleared.
From Weavenest Atla:
- Weavelight: Your prize for defeating the Double Moss Mother boss. This blue-slot tool is a game-changer, significantly increasing your Silk regeneration speed, which lets you use your abilities more liberally in both exploration and combat.
- Snare Setter: Found within the shrine, this red-slot tool lets you lay down Silk runes that ignite when enemies make contact. It’s a fantastic tool for controlling areas and dealing passive damage.
- Hunter Crest Upgrade & Vesticrest: Speaking with Eva in the bottom right room of Weavenest Atla develops your base Hunter Crest. If you’ve used 4 or more Memory Lockets on other crests, she’ll also grant you the Vesticrest, which provides a crucial extra tool slot.
- Mask Shard: Hidden behind a breakable wall in the shrine’s bottom right section. This is one of the 20 fragments needed to increase Hornet’s maximum health.
- Spool Fragment: Located in the central left corridor. Collecting this is a step toward increasing your total Silk capacity.
- Rune Harp: Found at the top of the right-hand room. This is a valuable item you can trade for Rosaries back in Bellhart.
- Mossberry: You’ll spot this precious fruit hanging above a floating platform on the path to the Double Moss Mother room. Don’t miss it.
From Weavenest Cindril:
- Silkspeed Anklets: Earned by sprinting across all pressure plates in sequence. These noticeably increase your sprint speed at a minor Silk cost, making backtracking and exploration much faster.
- Secret Rune Harp: By equipping both the Silkspeed Anklets and the Flea Brew (from Grishkin at the Flea Caravan) and sprinting the plates again, you unlock a hidden room with another Rune Harp.
How to Use Your Spoils
This isn't just a checklist—these items unlock new possibilities and quests. The Mossberry you found is key. Return it to the Moss Druid in Mosshome; she’s the NPC who rewards the Druid's Eye charm for collecting these fruits found in the Shrines and other secret spots. This charm grants you Silk whenever you take damage, turning a bad situation into a resource.
The Pale Oil is another rare material you’ll eventually need for end-game Needle weapon upgrades. While not found in these two shrines, it’s typically hidden in other secret Weaver areas or behind complex quests. Keep your eyes peeled for musical doors and breakable walls.
With the Weavelight fueling your Silk, the Vesticrest giving you more build flexibility, and the Silkspeed Anklets shortening your travel time, you’ve transformed Hornet’s capabilities. In Hollow Knight: Silksong, preparation is everything, and conquering these shrines means you’re more than ready for the challenges waiting in the Citadel of Song and beyond. Your trophy haul is complete—now go put it to use.