Warding Bell

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Warding Bell is a ImageBlue Tool in Hollow Knight: Silksong. It negates damage taken while Binding.

Usefulness

Activates when Hornet is attacked during the act of Binding, and prevents damage to her, as well as dealing 9 base damage in a small area surrounding her; the damage scales with Crafting Kit upgrades. Knockback and Bind cancellation are not negated. The effects of not directly damaging attacks (such as being caught by Barnak tongues or the spit attack from Guardflies, Wardenflies, and the Broodmother) activate the Warding Bell, but do not interrupt the Bind.

  • The cancelled Bind will have no healing effect and its Silk cost wasted. However, any Silk that wasn't consumed by the Bind is preserved.
  • The shield lasts for a short period after the Bind finishes healing, allowing Hornet to receive the healing and simultaneously shield herself from any attacks directly after.
  • The Warding Bell's damage is unaffected by damage multipliers, and is only increased by Crafting Kits.
  • Does not activate when using the Architect Crest's Craft Bind.
  • Does not reactivate during the same Bind after nullifying a disabling attack. Successive Binds with the Multibinder are counted as the same Bind.
  • The shield activates with a slight delay when Binding with Silk from Reserve Bind. If attacked during this period, Hornet will take the appropriate damage, no damage burst occurs from the bell, and the Bind is cancelled, but any Silk that wasn't consumed by the Bind is preserved.

Tool/Crest Combo Tips

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Multibinder
 Protects Hornet during the longer Bind.
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Claw Mirror
 Reduces the risk of Binding offensively. Warding Bell's shield duration overlaps slightly with Claw Mirror's explosion, which can result in both damage effects activating at once.
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Claw Mirrors
 Reduces the risk of Binding offensively. Warding Bell's shield duration overlaps slightly with Claw Mirrors' explosion, which can result in both damage effects activating at once.
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Plasmium Phial
 Becoming Plasmified results in automatic healing and a weakened Bind, reducing Warding Bell's value by proxy.
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Witch Crest
 Protects Witch Crest's strict healing conditions with its unique life-steal Bind.

How to Acquire

Found on a dead Smelt Shoveller in lower Far Fields, beside the lower entrance to Deep Docks.

  • Location in Far Fields

    Location in Far Fields

  • Room where the Warding Bell is acquired

    Room where the Warding Bell is acquired

Gallery

  • Concept sketches

    Concept sketches

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Trivia

  • Most enemies killed by the Warding Bell will become charred and release white particles. This effect is similar to the one used in Hollow Knight when The Knight kills an enemy using spells.

Names in Other Languages

Language Name Meaning/Explanation
Image Brazilian Portuguese Sino Protetor Protector Bell
Image French Cloche de protection Bell of Protection
Image German Abwehrglocke Defence Bell
Image Italian Campana difensiva Defensive Bell
Image Japanese 護りの鐘
Mamori no Kane 		Protective Bell
Image Korean 보호의 종
Bohoui jong 		Bell of Protection
Image Russian Охранный колокольчик
Oxrannyj kolokolʹčik 		Guarding Bell or Guarding Handbell
Image Simplified Chinese 护佑钟
Hùyòu zhōng? 		Protective Blessing Bell
Image Traditional Chinese 護佑鐘
Hùyòu zhōng?
Image Spanish Campana protectora Protecting Bell
Image Internal name BELL_BIND

References

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