How to get Wanderer Crest in Silksong

Hollow Knight: Silksong is home to multiple equipable Crests that can change how Hornet’s kit works, including the Wanderer Crest, which brings back the vertical pogo from Hollow Knight (as opposed to Hornet’s default diagonal pogo in Silksong).

There are two ways of getting your hand on the Wanderer Crest and one is much more costly than the other, but does allow you to get your hands on it much earlier. Here’s how to get the Wanderer Crest in Hollow Knight: Silksong.

How to get Wanderer Crest in Silksong

The Wanderer’s Crest is found in the Wormways area of Hollow Knight: Silksong, which is accessible from Mosshome near the beginning of the game. You’ll only be able to access this area once you have successfully unlocked the Silkspear Skill in Mosshome and the Sprintstep Skill in Deep Docks.

On top of that, you’ll need to purchase the Simple Key for 500 Rosaries from Pebb in Bone Bottom. This unlocks the door leading to the Wormways. That said, there is an alternate, free route for getting to Wormways and retrieving the Wanderer Crest if you don’t mind waiting a little longer to get your hands on it.

The first method of acquiring the Wanderer Crest – using the Simple Key from Pebb – requires you to take the elevator from Bone Bottom up to Mosshome. From here, continue upwards and head left; there’ll be two hanging crates you can dash onto to then enter a long room with a vomiting bug on the ceiling.

Sprint past this bug and into the next area to be met with a locked door; use the Simple Key to unlock it and enter the Wormways.

From the following room, head downwards immediately and keep right, where you’ll be able to open a shortcut back to Bone Bottom. Once that’s done, go left to reach a small building you can enter; the Chapel of the Wanderer. Inside, you’ll be able to claim the Wanderer Crest... after completing a brief gauntlet of Pilgrim enemies!

The alternative route into the Wormways that doesn’t require you to save up for Pebb’s Simple Key instead requires you to progress far enough into Silksong that you have unlocked the Cling Grip Skill. With this Skill, there’s an entry into Wormways via Mosshome that you can access (pictured below).

By using the Cling Grip Skill and Drifter's Cloak, you can keep to the north of Mosshome and reach Bonegrave - where Chapel of the Wanderer is - without needing to spend any Rosary Beads. That said, Pebb’s Simple Key will no doubt come in use later on so it’s still worth purchasing it when you can!.

For more on Hollow Knight: Silksong, take a look at our Silksong walkthrough.