After you defeat Moorwing in Greymoor and advancing to the next area to the left of its boss arena, Silksong players will discover Haunted Bellhart. This town is totally enraptured in silk, but if Hornet can find and beat the Weaver boss, Silksong players can free the town and unlock two important abilities in the process.
The Weaver fight is frenetic, and players must stay on their toes to avoid flying bells, aerial slashes, damaging ground hazards, and other attacks. Follow this guide to learn where to find the Weaver boss, how to beat the Weaver in Silksong, and what you get for defeating the source of Bellhart's silken curse.
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Where to Find Widow in Silksong
Above Bellhart, But Only Reachable Via Shellwood
When you first arrive in Haunted Bellhart, a cutscene plays showing quite the eerie scene as strands of silk suspend the town's residents. To free Bellhart from this strange haunting, you must defeat the Weaver, a boss located right above Bellhart itself.
However, to get to the Weaver, you'll have to go through practically an entire zone. Leave Bellhart via the left exit to enter Shellwood. Make your way through Shellwood, defeat the Sister Splinter boss to get the Cling Grip ability, then make your way back to the central Bench.
From here, go to the top-right of the room you platformed through to get to the Sister Splinter boss to find a wall you can now climb up. Jump up the wall, then go right to enter an interior area above Bellhart.
Head down to find the boss arena – but first, go left to break open a wall and reveal a shortcut to get to Widow faster from the Bench.
Optimal Widow Runback Route & Closest Bench
The best Bench for the Widow boss fight is the one directly in the center of Shellwood, which will set you back 60 Rosaries to unlock.
To get back to Widow relatively safely, first unlock the shortcut to the right of the Bench by looping around the room to the top-right. You should see an exit heading left just before the drop into the boss arena, which leads to this shortcut.
Once unlocked, simply use Cling Grip to climb your way up the wall to the right of the bench, take the secret entrance you revealed earlier (just below the first white flower enemy), then run to the right to get back to Widow.
Complete Widow Boss Walkthrough
How to Beat Widow in Silksong
Widow Moveset, Attacks, & Counters
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Attack Image |
Move Name |
Visual Cues |
Counter |
|---|---|---|---|
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Summon Bell Projectile |
Stands tall and pulls a thread. Silken indicators appear on the edges of the screen to indicate the direction summoned Bells will fly. Bells will bounce once. |
Dodge in the opposite direction of the indicated projectile direction to avoid the bounce. For bells summoned from the ceiling, just walk to the left or right. |
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Charge & Damaging Ground |
Leaps into a corner and charges along the ground, summoning silk that indicates the location of four large Bells on the ground that will deal damage to Hornet if she touches them. |
Jump over the boss as it charges, then run to the side of the room the boss came from. Jump up, use Drifter's Cloak to stay airborne as the Bells appear, then land when the first set of Bells disappears. |
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Downward Jab |
Leaps into the air, rears back for a moment, then lunges quickly toward Hornet's location. This attack is always followed by a follow-up charge. |
Dodge in the opposite direction that the boss will launch down, then immediately jump and hover to avoid being hit by the follow-up attack. |
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Follow-Up Charge |
Always follows a Downward Jab – Widow will target Hornet's direction then rapidly slice its way across the boss arena on the ground. |
Jump over the boss to avoid being hit. |
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Multi-Bell |
Phase 2 attack – Retreats to one corner of the room as six strands of silk dangle from the ceiling, indicating the location where six Bells will launch downward. The boss almost always follows this up with another attack. |
Quickly get out of the area that the Bells will land, then get ready to avoid a follow-up attack. They can appear on the left, right, and center of the room. |
Widow Boss Tips & Tricks
- You can attack Widow several times while she tugs on silk to summon Bells. Just make sure that you are out of the way of her Bell projectile trajectory, and wail on her with your Needle.
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You can attack the Widow twice while it charges across the arena and before it summons damaging Bells on the ground.
- Downward slash, re-orient yourself in mid-air, dash towards her, then downward slash again. Use Drifter's Cloak to stay above the damaging bells when they appear.
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It's difficult to get hits in during its Downward Jab and follow-up Charge attacks. Focus on avoiding this two-part series of attacks instead of trying to squeeze in extra damage.
- The risk just isn't worth the small chance you hit the boss instead of parrying it, dealing no damage.
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Use fast projectile tools like the
Longpin
or
Straight Pin
to deal more damage to the boss as you catch up. The Straight Pin is especially useful in this fight, as you may not be able to get close to the boss before it jumps away after several attacks.
What Happens After Beating Widow in Silksong?
After you beat Widow, Silksong players will get two major rewards: the Needolin ability, and the end of her silken haunting of Bellhart. Immediately after Binding the boss upon defeat, Hornet will get the Needolin and enter a weaver dream sequence.
The Needolin lets Hornet play her Needle like a violin, which unlocks several doors and activates several contraptions throughout the world when plucked.
After you make it through this sequence, take the exit to the right of the boss arena to drop down into Bellhart, which has returned back to normal. You can now interact with the Bellhart vendor, pick up quests from the Bellhart Wishwall, turn in your relics to Scrounge in exchange for Rosaries, and even get your first Needle upgrade in Silksong from Pinmaster Plinney.
Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Released
- September 4, 2025
WHERE TO PLAY
- Developer(s)
- Team Cherry
- Engine
- Unity
- Franchise
- Hollow Knight
- Number of Players
- Single-player
- PC Release Date
- September 4, 2025
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PC
