Silksong Endings: All 5, True Ending and Act 3 Unlock

Hollow Knight: Silksong has four endings plus a secret epilogue, each tied to a Steam achievement: Weaver Queen, Twisted Child and Snared Silk at the end of Act 2, and Sister of the Void at the end of Act 3, with Passing of the Age as a bonus scene on top of the Act 3 ending. The standard ending only needs you to beat Grand Mother Silk. The true ending needs Act 3, which you only reach through Snared Silk. This guide covers the requirements for each ending, the order that gets all of them on one save, and the choices you cannot undo.

Checked against Team Cherry's Patch 1.0.30000 notes on Steam on November 12, 2026.

Spoiler note: this guide names late-game bosses, areas, quests and the conditions behind every ending. It does not describe what happens in the ending scenes.

Requirements come from community wikis and press guides, which agree on the broad steps but word some prerequisites differently, so back up your save before the final fights. The game is on patch 1.0.30000 (March 16, 2026), and the free Sea of Sorrow expansion, announced December 16, 2025, has no release date as of today, so no new endings have been added.

How many endings does Silksong have?

There are five ending achievements. Three come from the Act 2 fight against Grand Mother Silk, and two from the Act 3 fight against Lost Lace.

The bosses on the way to each ending are listed in the Silksong bosses guide.

How do you get the Weaver Queen ending?

Beat Grand Mother Silk at the top of The Cradle and bind her when the prompt appears. This is the default ending and needs no side content.

1. Finish Act 1 by beating Last Judge (or Phantom) and entering the Citadel.
2. Start Pharloom's Crown in Cogwork Core and beat the Cogwork Dancers. You need Clawline and Cling Grip for this stretch.
3. Complete the three Threefold Melody quests: the Vaultkeeper's Melody (return the Sacred Cylinder to Vaultkeeper Cardinius), the Conductor's Melody (from Conductor Ballador after the High Halls arena) and the Architect's Melody (the note puzzle). Each one ends by playing the Needolin.
4. Ride the lift from the Cogwork Dancers' arena, play the Needolin and beat Lace in The Cradle.
5. Beat Grand Mother Silk and choose to bind her.

Do not choose this ending if you have finished Silk and Soul and want Act 3 right away. When you reload after Weaver Queen, Hornet returns to her last save point with the boss alive again, so you can still go for the other Act 2 endings.

How do you get the Twisted Child ending?

Beat Grand Mother Silk at the end of Act 2 while Hornet still carries the curse from the Twisted Bud.

1. Reach Bilewater through a hidden eastern passage in the Whispering Vaults (break the wall with Clawline), then follow the western path.
2. Pick up the Twisted Bud, a crying creature in a cradle.
3. Finish the Rite of the Pollip quest, then bring the bud to Greyroot in Shellwood. Greyroot infects Hornet with a parasite and locks her into the Cursed Crest.
4. Do not cure the curse yet. The cure runs through Yarnaby in Greymoor, who needs Steel Spines (160 Rosaries from Benjin and Crull on Sinner's Road) and turns the curse into the Witch Crest.
5. Beat Grand Mother Silk while cursed.

The cursed state takes away normal healing and tool use, which turns the final Act 2 fight into a hard mode. Wait until you have done everything else you want in Act 2 before taking the bud, then cure it with Yarnaby afterward to get the Witch Crest.

How do you unlock Act 3 and the Snared Silk ending?

Complete the Silk and Soul wish, then trap Grand Mother Silk instead of binding her. This ending is the only way into Act 3.

The Caretaker in Songclave (Choral Chambers) offers Silk and Soul only after you have done the following:

• Beaten Lace at the peak of the Citadel.
• Completed the quest board wishes in Songclave, Bone Bottom and Bellhart (repeatable deliveries do not count).
• Moved the Flea Caravan to Fleatopia in the Putrified Ducts by rescuing the lost fleas.
• Unlocked your Bellhome in Bellhart.
• Finished A Trail's End, Shakra's wish.

Some players report that the wish takes a little trial and error to appear, so if the Caretaker has nothing for you, check the wish boards and the Citadel for anything left unfinished. Then collect the four parts of the trap:

Return to the Caretaker, then go to the middle of the bridge in The Cradle and start the fight. When Grand Mother Silk is weakened, two options appear: pick the Needolin to spring the trap instead of binding her. After the credits you go back to the main menu, where the save slot is covered in black threads. Click it repeatedly to break them and load Act 3.

This is the point of no return. Once Snared Silk is done, Grand Mother Silk is gone from that save, so Weaver Queen and Twisted Child are no longer possible there.

How do you get the true ending, Sister of the Void?

In Act 3, finish The Old Hearts wish to get the Everbloom, then complete the Last Dive and beat Lost Lace.

1. Finish the Return to Pharloom and Spell Seeker quests, then take The Old Hearts from the Snail Shamans at the Ruined Chapel in Moss Grotto.
2. Claim any three of the four hearts (table below), return to the shamans, sit at the central altar and play through the Red Memory to receive the Everbloom.
3. Speak with Ballow in Deep Docks, ride the Diving Bell down to The Abyss and rest at the bench.
4. Head right to the ledge where Lace appears, then jump from the ledge into the void and beat Lost Lace.
5. Wait for Lace to return to her usual form, take her, and use a charged Silk Soar to climb out. The Sister of the Void achievement unlocks during the cutscene.

Silk Soar is needed both to reach some heart locations and to finish the escape, so get it in The Abyss before you commit to the final dive.

How do you get the Passing of the Age epilogue?

Complete the Passing of the Age wish in Act 3 before you beat Lost Lace. The extra scene then plays after the Sister of the Void ending.

The wish starts at a glowing tablet in an alcove of the Putrified Ducts, east past Fleatopia and above the Pale Lake; you need Silk Soar to reach it. It sends you after Mister Mushroom, who moves through seven spots in a fixed order. Use the Needolin to draw him out where needed and talk to him each time.

1. Moss Grotto, below the Ruined Chapel, among the spores and blue mushrooms.
2. Bone Bottom, on the platform left of The Marrow's entrance.
3. Far Fields, east of the Seamstress's house, before the Weavenest door.
4. Greymoor, on the upper level before Wisp Thicket, through a small hole in the floor.
5. The Slab, near the First Sinner's cage.
6. Mount Fay, at the peak.
7. The Cradle, through a hidden path reached with two Silk Soars near the top.

Exhaust his dialogue at the last spot to finish the wish, then complete the Last Dive.

What order gets every ending on one save?

Do both Act 2 alternatives first, then Snared Silk, then the Act 3 endings. Reloading after Weaver Queen or Twisted Child puts you back before the fight, while Snared Silk moves the save to Act 3 for good.

1. Weaver Queen: beat Grand Mother Silk uncursed and bind her. Reload.
2. Twisted Child: take the Twisted Bud to Greyroot, beat Grand Mother Silk while cursed, reload, then cure the curse with Yarnaby for the Witch Crest.
3. Snared Silk: finish Silk and Soul and trap her. Copy your save first if you want an Act 2 save to keep.
4. Passing of the Age and Sister of the Void: finish the Mister Mushroom wish and The Old Hearts, then do the Last Dive once to unlock both.

Back up your save before the Snared Silk fight and again before the Last Dive. A copy made before Snared Silk lets you replay the Act 2 fight later without starting a new game.

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