Fourth Chorus

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Towering iron automaton, driven by rotor and cog.

A terrifying achievement of Pharloom, to build a construct so large and yet so nimble.

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Fourth Chorus is a main boss in Hollow Knight: Silksong. A towering automaton built by the Citadel, it reactivates to battle Hornet once she acquires the Drifter's Cloak.[1]

Background

It is the fourth of the four known giant automatons built by the Citadel for unknown purposes, possibly combat. After the Citadel turned against the Order of the Pinstress,[2] it likely deployed Fourth Chorus to hunt down one of the order's surviving members, the Seamstress. The automaton engaged in battle with her in the Far Fields before she subdued it by impaling her pin into its neck and leaving it behind under the rubble.[3] Fourth Chorus's lower half is crusted with dried lava.

Like other automatons, Fourth Chorus is animated primarily by Silk Flies, as evidenced by the flies that escape from its head when it is defeated.

In-game Events

Fourth Chorus is found initially deactivated in the Far Fields, crushed by debris and with a pin in its neck. Hornet passes it by on her way to the Seamstress.

When Hornet returns to the arena after acquiring the Drifter's Cloak from the Seamstress, Fourth Chorus reactivates, initiating the fight. After its defeat, it falls and sinks into the lava.

If not defeated by Act 3, Fourth Chorus no longer appears and its Hunter's Journal entry is automatically obtained.

Behaviour and Tactics

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Most attack names used by the wiki are non-canon.

Phase 1

Fourth Chorus can only be attacked by hitting its head. Its head and body do not deal damage on contact. It has two attacks:

  • Swipe: Swipes one of its lower arms across the entire arena. The left hand swipes from left to right, and vice versa.
  • Slam: Raises one of its upper arms before slamming it down. This causes up to two of the platforms in the arena to sink into the lava, leaving a gap until they come back. Each hand is restricted to the platforms on its respective side and will not cross the centre of the arena.

Attacks are telegraphed by the corresponding hand glowing, and each hand deals ImageImage.

Platforms sunk by Slam each have their own timer before rising, which does not reset if Fourth Chorus slams the same area again.

Phase 2

After reaching 450 HP, Fourth Chorus staggers and falls to the platform. When it gets up, it stops and roars, indicating the start of Phase 2. Its attack speed increases, and it gains one new attack which it always performs at the start of the phase:

  • Rock Dance: Fourth Chorus raises its arms upwards and slams the top of the arena multiple times, causing molten rocks to fall down in random locations over several seconds. These rocks fall in 7–8 waves, with each wave consisting of 1–2 rocks. It may perform other attacks during the last 3–4 waves.

Phase 3

After reaching 325 HP, Fourth Chorus staggers and collapses again. When it rises, its attack speed increases.

Phase 4

When Fourth Chorus reaches 200 HP, it staggers a final time. It roars again after rising, which destroys the two outer platforms and creates two updrafts in their place. Its attack speed is lowered in this phase, and it can no longer perform Rock Dance.

Riding these updrafts allows Hornet to reach two explosives embedded in the ceiling. Hitting both of them causes a massive boulder to drop onto Fourth Chorus's head, instantly killing it and ending the fight. This finisher is optional; the fight can also be concluded by attacking it as normal.

Upon defeat, any platforms submerged by its Slams immediately reemerge from the lava.

Stagger Values
Description: Fourth Chorus's stagger is based on its HP, and it staggers between all phase transitions.

When staggered, Fourth Chorus collapses with its head resting on the platform, shaking in place. All the platforms that were submerged by its Slams reemerge for the stagger.

Hits: -

The Fourth Chorus fight does not trap Hornet in the arena; she can leave at any point. However, the camera remains locked onto the boss until Hornet is far enough away.

  • Swipe: Be wary of this attack when doing jump-attacks to hit Fourth Chorus's head. Wait until the hand passes Hornet, or use the Drifter's Cloak to stall in the air.
  • Slam: Avoid falling into the gaps left by this attack, especially if the Magma Bell is not equipped.

Needolin Dialogue

  • WE... ARE... ONE...
  • WE... ARE... MANY...
  • VOICES... TOGETHER...
  • SACRED... TOIL...
  • SONG... HOLY...
  • SACRED... LIGHT...
  • UNENDING... UNYIELDING...
  • STRONG... STRONG...

Location

Fourth Chorus can be found in a large central area of the Far Fields. It is initially inactive, but after Hornet returns with the Drifter's Cloak, it reactivates and begins its battle.

  • Location in the Far Fields

    Location in the Far Fields

Creation and Development

Fourth Chorus was first sketched on Team Cherry's development map in November 2017.[4] Before the boss' completion, in order to explain it to Christopher Larkin for its theme, William Pellen acted out its movements.[5] Fourth Chorus was first showcased in the February 2019 Silksong reveal trailer.[6] Initially, it dropped a Silk Heart, as confirmed through unused code.[7]

Gallery

  • Slam

    Slam

  • Swipe

    Swipe

  • Rock Dance

    Rock Dance

  • Stagger

    Stagger

  • Reacting to the Needolin

    Reacting to the Needolin

  • Mid-destruction

    Mid-destruction

  • Arena in the Far Fields

    Arena in the Far Fields

  • Before activation

    Before activation

  • Silksong reveal trailer

    Silksong reveal trailer

  • Concept sketches

    Concept sketches

Achievements

Image Servant
Defeat Fourth Chorus
15G

Trivia

  • In the eastern section of the Underworks, near Twelfth Architect, there are two slots that hold automatons resembling Fourth Chorus, with the third slot, west of Twelfth Architect, being empty.
    • Playing the Needolin near them causes their eyes to glow white and their bodies to shake, producing a low droning noise and triggering the following dialogue:
  • ...WE...ALL...TOGETHER...
  • ...SERVE...BEYOND SHELL...
  • ...LIGHT...SEE US...
  • ...REMEMBER US...
  • ...WE WERE MANY...
  • ...WE ARE ONE...
  • In Chapel of the Architect, another automaton that bears a resemblance to Fourth Chorus can be found. It can be bound to gain the Architect Crest.
  • If the explosive rocks are not destroyed, they remain intact and can be reached during the second Savage Beastfly fight. Although there is no special interaction as with Fourth Chorus, if hit, the explosions and the falling boulder deal 100 damage each to the Beastfly.
  • Fourth Chorus has the harshest damage modifier of any enemy, weakening level 3/4 Needles and Tools to only 45% of their normal damage.
  • The two explosives on the ceiling of the arena can be hit before Phase 4 through Needle-bouncing off Fourth Chorus's head, allowing the boulder to fall and end the fight much earlier.
  • Fourth Chorus can be skipped with a well-timed dash-jump out of its arena, as no walls appear on the sides of the arena to contain Hornet; stalling in mid-air by Binding can help with this.
    • Like fellow Act 1 boss Sister Splinter, skipping Fourth Chorus does not utilise glitches. Unlike Sister Splinter, if Fourth Chorus is not defeated before entering Act 3, it dies offscreen and its journal entry is automatically granted.
  • The arms of Fourth Chorus are shorter in the image of its Hunter's Journal entry than they are in-game, likely to allow the whole enemy to fit within the menu.

Names in Other Languages

Language Name Meaning/Explanation
Image Brazilian Portuguese Quarto Vozerio Fourth Chorus
Image French Quatrième Chorale Fourth Chorus
Image German Vierter Chorus Fourth Chorus
Image Italian Quarto Coro Fourth Chorus
Image Japanese 第四の合唱者
Daiyon no gasshō-sha 		Fourth Choir
Image Korean 네 번째 합창단
Ne beonjjae habchangdan 		Fourth Choir
Image Russian Четвёртый Хор
Četvërtyj Xor 		Fourth Choir
Image Simplified Chinese 第四圣咏团
Dì sì shèngyǒng tuán? 		Fourth Chorus
Image Traditional Chinese 第四聖詠團
Dì sì shèngyǒng tuán?
Image Spanish Cuarto Coro Fourth Chorus
Image Internal name SONG_GOLEM "Song" internally refers to the Citadel.

References

  1. ↑ Fourth Chorus Hunter's Journal entry: "Towering iron automaton, driven by rotor and cog."
  2. ↑ Pinstress: "Our grand Citadel learnt well from the training of Pinstresses past. Then it went and turned those teachings upon us! Despite our superior skills, our numbers have always been few, and their strength overwhelmed."
  3. ↑ The internal name for the lodged pin is Room_Umbrella_hang_pins – "umbrella" being the internal name for sprites related to the Seamstress and her airship. The pin's design is also identical to the ones used by Pinstress and the dead pin-sister in the Putrified Ducts.
  4. ↑ Early Silksong development maps
  5. ↑ Behind the music of hit Australian indie game Hollow Knight: Silksong
  6. ↑ Hollow Knight: Silksong Reveal Trailer
  7. ↑ Memory_Silk_Heart_SongGolem
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