Bilewater 100% Checklist & Items in Hollow Knight: Silksong

Complete location checklist for Bilewater in Hollow Knight: Silksong. Track all collectibles, bosses, benches, wishes, and items found in this area.

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Bilewater 100% Completion

Bilewater is a location in Hollow Knight: Silksong, featuring Muckmaggot water that drains your Silk and boss encounters including Groal The Great and Phantom. Bilewater includes sublocations such as Bilehaven and Exhaust Organ.

This comprehensive Bilewater checklist compiles all items found in this location to help you achieve 100% completion. Use it alongside the Checklist page and Guides page to track your progress.

Bilewater location in Hollow Knight: Silksong [Bilewater Location Image - Placeholder]

Bilewater includes:

  • 4 100% items (Mask Shard, 3 Tools)
  • 2 Bosses
  • 4 Benches
  • 1 Wish
  • 2 Memory Lockets
  • 1 Map
  • 3 Fleas
  • 11 Hunter's Journal entries

All 100% Items in Bilewater

All 4 items required for 100% completion in Bilewater: Mask Shard 14, Quick Sling, Throwing Rings, and Silkshot.

✓IconItemDescription
Mask Shard
Mask Shard 14Mask Shard
Toxic path with jumping wormfish

Clawline required
Quick Sling
Quick SlingTool
Secret area behind breakable ceilings
Throwing Rings
Throwing RingsTool
Shakra quest

Wish: Trail's End
Silkshot
SilkshotTool
Find Ruined Tool in east Bilewater

1 Craftmetal, Get Silkshot at Forge Daughter
Cross Stitch
Cross StitchSilk Skill
Defeat Phantom

All Bosses in Bilewater

All 2 bosses in Bilewater: Groal The Great and Phantom, both required for progression.

✓IconBossDescription
Boss
Groal The GreatBoss
Final boss of Bilewater in the north

Required for 100% Completion
Boss
PhantomBoss
Final boss of ACT 1 (Blasted Steps path)

Required for progression | Achievement: Grey Ghost

All Benches in Bilewater

All 4 Benches you can rest at in Bilewater to save your progress, heal and restore Silk.

✓IconBenchDescription
Bench
Exhaust Organ BenchBench
After entering the Exhaust Organ, this bench is right in the main area.
Bench
Bilewater Bellway BenchBench
Next to Bilewater Bellway.

60 Rosaries required.
Bench
Bilewater Secret BenchBench
The usual starting point for fighting Groal the Great.
Bench
Bilehaven BenchBench
This bench appears in the arena after defeating Groal the Great.

All Wishes in Bilewater

The only Wish in Bilewater, Trail's End, to find Shakra and her master.

✓IconWishDescription
Wayfarer
Trail's EndWish
Key NPC: Shakra
Search for Shakra and her master in Bilewater.

Reward: Throwing Ring

All Memory Lockets in Bilewater

All 2 Memory Lockets found in Bilewater, spent to unlock Tool slots across your Crests.

✓IconMemory LocketDescription
Memory Locket 17Memory Locket
Dark infested room north of Exhaust Organ

From Organ, go right, north and left
Memory Locket 18Memory Locket
Hidden in a corpse

Breakable wall south of "secret" Groal Bench

All Fleas in Bilewater

All 3 Lost Fleas you can find in Bilewater and guide to the Flea Caravan.

✓IconFleaDescription
Flea 28Flea
West from Exhaust Organ (north door)
Flea 29Flea
Towards Sinners's Road entrance
Flea 30Flea
Break wall near secret bench

Cling Grip required

All Maps in Bilewater

The only map in Bilewater, found near the largest central room.

✓IconMapDescription
Map
BilewaterMap
Near the largest central room

All Hunter's Journal Entries in Bilewater

All 11 Hunter's Journal entries you can record from the enemies of Bilewater.

✓IconEntryDescription
Hunter's Journal
Covetous PilgrimHunter's Journal Entry
Description: "Strong bug replete with rosaries. If angered they will whip their strings in a ceaseless onslaught."

Hunter's Note: "Is this abundance a sign of purity or greed? The way faith is measured in this land is curious indeed."

Location: Shellwood, Bilewater
How many needed: 2
Hunter's Journal
MuckmaggotHunter's Journal Entry
Description: "Mindless infant larva, coated in thick slime."

Hunter's Note: "They cling fast to the shells of other bugs, destroying any hope for concentration or comfort."

Location: Bilewater, Putrified Ducts
How many needed: 80
Hunter's Journal
SlubberlugHunter's Journal Entry
Description: "Younger form of a Muckroach. Attacks prey by leaping from the water and snapping with its flexible jaws."

Hunter's Note: "These creatures look to have been bred deliberately in watery pens. If they are food to be, their scent suggests they must taste vile."

Location: Bilewater
How many needed: 12
Hunter's Journal
BloatroachHunter's Journal Entry
Description: "Obese offshoot of Muckroaches, born of the Citadel's exhaust smog. The winged roach's sagging stomach is filled with sizzling bile."

Hunter's Note: "Its form is absurd... Surely it should not be able to hold itself in the air? The noxious gases in its stomach must provide its levity."

Location: Bilewater
How many needed: 12
Hunter's Journal
Mothleaf LagniaHunter's Journal Entry
Description: "A rare, calmer bug of Bilewater, survives its hazardous surroundings by hiding as a plant."

Hunter's Note: "This one is pretty, but not as soft as first it seems. The plant it mimics is flaked and coarse, and the bug's coat shares similar texture."

Location: Bilewater
How many needed: 25
Hunter's Journal
MiremiteHunter's Journal Entry
Description: "Crawling insect with a sizzling bile sack in its abdomen."

Hunter's Note: "The threat of its exploding rear is an effective deterrent to predators, but the slightest jolt or fall can cause its premature end."

Location: Bilewater
How many needed: 20
Hunter's Journal
Swamp SquitHunter's Journal Entry
Description: "Plentiful pest with a sharp proboscis and a belly full of bile."

Hunter's Note: "More dangerous in the moment of its explosive and corrosive death than it ever was in life."

Location: Bilewater
How many needed: 30
Hunter's Journal
StilkinHunter's Journal Entry
Description: "Cunning bug that hunts with darts fashioned from stake and bile."

Hunter's Note: "They know well their domain, lurking in wait in its byways and bogs, always ready to pounce."

Location: Bilewater
How many needed: 15
Hunter's Journal
Stilkin TrapperHunter's Journal Entry
Description: "Trap setting bug carrying a pouch of sharpened long-stakes."

Hunter's Note: "More bother than the bug themself are the countless traps they have already laid throughout their caves."

Location: Bilewater
How many needed: 12
Hunter's Journal
Groal the GreatHunter's Journal Entry
Description: "Chief and chaplain of the Stilkin, forever raging against the Citadel that chokes their caves and sees them suffer."

Hunter's Note: "This one's strength was much enhanced by stolen soul. They are not the first who tried to horde it, or to mould it towards such violent ends."

Location: Bilewater
How many needed: 1
Hunter's Journal
PhantomHunter's Journal Entry
Description: "Mournful creature tasked alone to expel the Citadel's choking refuse. Their talent with a longpin is unmatched."

Hunter's Note: "Though grey with age, their frayed form suggested a being strung from Silk, one who welcomed a decisive end in combat over a slow decline."

Location: Bilewater
How many needed: 1

Enemies in Bilewater

The following enemies can be found in Bilewater and are tracked in the Hunter's Journal:

  • Covetous Pilgrim - "Strong bug replete with rosaries. If angered they will whip their strings in a ceaseless onslaught."
  • Muckmaggot - "Mindless infant larva, coated in thick slime."
  • Slubberlug - "Younger form of a Muckroach. Attacks prey by leaping from the water and snapping with its flexible jaws."
  • Bloatroach - "Obese offshoot of Muckroaches, born of the Citadel's exhaust smog. The winged roach's sagging stomach is filled with sizzling bile."
  • Mothleaf Lagnia - "A rare, calmer bug of Bilewater, survives its hazardous surroundings by hiding as a plant."
  • Miremite - "Crawling insect with a sizzling bile sack in its abdomen."
  • Swamp Squit - "Plentiful pest with a sharp proboscis and a belly full of bile."
  • Stilkin - "Cunning bug that hunts with darts fashioned from stake and bile."
  • Stilkin Trapper - "Trap setting bug carrying a pouch of sharpened long-stakes."
  • Groal the Great - "Chief and chaplain of the Stilkin, forever raging against the Citadel that chokes their caves and sees them suffer."
  • Phantom - "Mournful creature tasked alone to expel the Citadel's choking refuse. Their talent with a longpin is unmatched."

Bilewater Frequently Asked Questions

How many items are in Bilewater?
Bilewater contains 28 total items across all categories, including 4 items required for 100% completion, 2 bosses, 4 benches, 1 wish, 2 memory lockets, 1 map, 3 fleas, and 11 Hunter's Journal entries. This makes Bilewater a substantial location with diverse content and important progression items.
What is the best item in Bilewater?
The best items in Bilewater include important Tools: Quick Sling (Tool, found in secret area behind breakable ceilings), Throwing Rings (Tool, obtained from Shakra quest - Wish: Trail's End), and Silkshot (Tool, find Ruined Tool in east Bilewater, requires 1 Craftmetal, get Silkshot at Forge Daughter). These tools are essential for progression and combat effectiveness.
Where is the map for Bilewater?
The Bilewater map can be found in the location. This map is essential for navigation through Bilewater's toxic and challenging terrain.
How many Bosses are in Bilewater?
Bilewater contains 2 bosses: Groal The Great (final boss of Bilewater in the north, required for 100% completion) and Phantom (final boss of ACT 1 in Exhaust Organ, required for progression).
What items are required for 100% completion in Bilewater?
For 100% completion, you need to collect 4 items in Bilewater: Mask Shard 14 (found on toxic path with jumping wormfish, Clawline required), Quick Sling (Tool, found in secret area behind breakable ceilings), Throwing Rings (Tool, obtained from Shakra quest - Wish: Trail's End), and Silkshot (Tool, find Ruined Tool in east Bilewater, requires 1 Craftmetal, get Silkshot at Forge Daughter). These items are essential for reaching 100% completion in Hollow Knight: Silksong.