Silksong Mask Shard locations

Where to find Mask Shards in Hollow Knight: Silksong.

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Guide by Kelsey Raynor Senior Guides Writer

Updated on Oct. 8, 2025

Mask Shards in Hollow Knight: Silksong are not to be neglected. Every four Mask Shards you collect in Silksong will give Hornet another Mask – another pip of health – to use while exploring and battling bugs, and this can make all the difference during Silksong’s toughest fights.

To make sure you don’t miss out on any Mask Shards, which are often hidden behind various platforming puzzles or gauntlets, here are all Mask Shard locations in Hollow Knight: Silksong.

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All Silksong Mask Shard locations at a glance
All Silksong Mask Shard locations

All Silksong Mask Shard locations at a glance

Here are all Mask Shard locations in Silksong at a glance, thank you to our friends at MapGenie for letting us use this map:

It’s worth noting that some of the above Mask Shards are well hidden or locked behind abilities you’ll get later in the game. Take the Far Fields Mask Shard, for example, which is hidden in a piece of flooring that you need to destroy. Another example is one of the Deep Docks Mask Shards which is locked behind a gauntlet that is only accessible once you return to the area with the Cling Grip Skill.

All Silksong Mask Shard locations

There are 20 Mask Shards in total to be found in Silksong, with 16 of these being accessible during the first two Acts of the game. The remaining four Mask Shards are exclusive to Act 3 of the game.

This means Hornet, by the end of Silksong, can have ten Masks in total. Prior to Act 3, with some careful exploration, you can end up with nine Masks total. You will, however, need to utilise all of your Silk Skills - notable Cling Grip, Clawline, and the Faydown Cloak - to be able to access all of these Mask Shards.

All known Mask Shard locations, and what you need to reach them, are listed below:

Mask Shard	Location	Found?
Mask Shard #1	Bone Bottom Bought from Pebb for 300 Rosaries.
Mask Shard #2	Wormways Just before the door that requires the Simple Key, you can jump down and destroy a breakable wall.
Mask Shard #3	Far Fields From the Seamstress' tent, exit into the top-left corner using the Drifter's Cloak. This Shard is beneath a breakable floor in the next room.
Mask Shard #4	Far Fields On the far right-hand side of Far Fields atop the Skull Cavern, which is only accessible using Clawline.
Mask Shard #5	Far Fields Complete the Savage Beastfly Grand Hunt Wish, accessible via Bellhart's Wish Board after beating him in Hunter's March.
Mask Shard #6	Deep Docks On the left-hand side of the area behind a gauntlet, which must be accessed from The Marrow.
Mask Shard #7	Shellwood Behind a breakable wall that leads to a platforming challenge. This is a room directly below where Cling Grip is found.
Mask Shard #8	Weavnest Atla Use the Needolin to enter then take the elevator down. Cling Grip up the elevator shaft and keep right to come to a lava-filled room containing the Shard.
Mask Shard #9	Choral Chambers Bought from Jubilana for 700 Rosaries after completing Songclave's The Wandering Merchant Wish.
Mask Shard #10	Cogwork Core Behind a gauntlet on the left-hand side of the Cogwork Core region.
Mask Shard #11	Blasted Steps On the far left of the area, accessible from the southern Bench. Requires Silk Soar or a careful combination of Swiftstep, Clawline, and the Faydown Cloak to reach.
Mask Shard #12	Mount Fay In the far-left of the area inside a hollow cylinder. Requires Faydown Cloak to reach.
Mask Shard #13	The Slab In the top-right of the area, in a room that requires the Apostate Key to open. More easily accessed using Silk Soar, but can be reached with a careful combination of Swiftstep, Clawline, and the Faydown Cloak.
Mask Shard #14	Bilewater At the end of a Slubberlug-infested platforming challenge in the right side of the area. Clawline is required.
Mask Shard #15	Whispering Vaults To the right of Whispering Vaults largest cavern, accessible via a breakable ceiling below it.
Mask Shard #16	Wisp Thicket At the end of a platforming challenge on the far right-hand side of the area. Clawline and Faydown Cloak required.
Mask Shard #17 (Act 3 only)	Far Fields Must complete the Fastest in Pharloom Wish, only available in Act 3.
Mask Shard #18 (Act 3 only)	Bellhart Must complete the Dark Hearts Wish, only available in Act 3.
Mask Shard #19 (Act 3 only)	Bellhart Must complete The Hidden Hunter Wish, only available in Act 3.
Mask Shard #20 (Act 3 only)	Mount Fay At the top of Brightvein, but is only accessible using Silk Soar which is acquired during Act 3.