In “Hollow Knight: Silksong,” the Craw Summons are powerful allies that players can summon during battles. To find and use them effectively, explore specific areas and gather the required resources while mastering their unique abilities.

Finding and Using Craw Summons in Silksong

Craw Summons is one of the coolest items you’ll find while exploring the thrilling world of Hollow Knight: Silksong, especially in the later parts of Act 3. Whether you’re hunting for mementos to fill your Bellhome or just up for some epic endgame challenges, this item is essential.

Remember that intense gauntlet you faced a while back at Craw Lake in Greymoor? Well, get ready because the birds want to throw down again! The Craw Summons is your ticket to this rematch. Let’s dive into how to snag this item and get ready for battle!

How to Get the Craw Summons in Silksong

The Craw Summons item will show up near a bench you’ve activated in Act 3. It looks like a piece of parchment hanging from a nail in the ground. There’s a lot of buzz about how to unlock it. Some players think you need to collect all the Hunter’s Journal entries for Craw enemies, but I managed to grab it without doing that!

Based on my experience, it seems like completing The Dark Below quest (where you venture to the Abyss and return with the Elegy of the Deep) is what triggers this item to spawn. After wrapping up that quest, it appeared for me at the Far Fields Bellway bench. It’s worth noting that defeating the Craw Gauntlet miniboss at Craw Lake might also be necessary to unlock the summons.

Keep your eyes peeled when you travel near any benches—this item can pop up in various locations, particularly around Greymoor.

How to Use the Craw Summons in Silksong

With the Craw Summons in hand, it’s time to head back to Craw Lake. It’s located towards the right side of the Greymoor area. The quickest way to reach here is via the Far Fields Bellway. If you’ve completed the necessary quests, you can also rest at other nearby benches like the one in Pilgrim’s Rest, making your run back to the battle quicker.

Once you arrive at Craw Lake, make your way into the building and drop down into the main area. Go to the bottom right, and you’ll find a door that opens with a squawk. Hand the Craw Summons to the bird doorman, and you’ll gain access to the Court of Craws boss fight. Good luck!

Tips & Tricks for Mastering Craw Lake and Beyond

• Practice Your Timing: The Craws are quick and flappy. Make sure you time your attacks and dodges well to avoid getting overwhelmed!
• Upgrade Your Gear: Before heading to the boss fight, ensure your character’s gear and abilities are at maximum capacity—bonus energy and damage go a long way in tough fights.
• Watch Video Guides: Sometimes seeing how others tackle these fights can give you new strategies. Platforms like YouTube are packed with creators who share gameplay strategies.
• Join Online Forums: Engaging with the community on platforms like Reddit or Discord can provide you with additional tips and tricks you didn’t know about.

By keeping these pointers in mind and exploring the depths of Hollow Knight: Silksong, you’ll be well on your way to mastering those tricky Craws and more!

Game Information Box

Name: Hollow Knight: Silksong
Developer: Team Cherry
Platforms: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
Retail Price: Estimated $29.99
Release Date: TBD (expected in 2023)
Purchase Locations: Steam, Nintendo eShop, PlayStation Store, Xbox Store

The Craw Summons is one of many mysterious items that you’ll encounter in Hollow Knight: Silksong‘s later Act 3 section, but it’s important if you want to gather all of the mementos for your Bellhome, or you’re simply scouting around for endgame challenges instead of beelining straight for the final boss. You might remember how, ten or twenty hours back, you fought a positively painful gauntlet at Craw Lake in Greymoor. Well, it seems like the birds want a rematch, and the Craw Summons is how you access it. I’ll explain the likely conditions for spawning the Craw Summons and where exactly you’ll need to use it to bash some birds again.

How to get the Craw Summons in Silksong

The Craw Summons is an item that will appear next to a bench you’ve spawned near during Act 3—it looks like a bit of parchment hanging from a nail driven into the ground. I’ve seen a lot of different speculations about what causes this item to appear. Some say you have to unlock the Hunter’s Journal entries for all the Craw enemies, but this can’t be true since I got the item and I haven’t done that. I think the appearance of this item is actually caused by completing The Dark Below quest (where you head to the Abyss, come back up, and get the Elegy of the Deep). After that, the item seemed to spawn almost immediately for me at the Far Fields Bellway bench once I’d travelled there. I imagine defeating the Craw Gauntlet miniboss at Craw Lake in Greymoor is likely a condition as well.

Either way, once you complete The Dark Below, just keep an eye out when you travel somewhere near a bench in case you run past the item. The Craw Summons can potentially spawn at different benches, like Bellhart. It might just be Greymoor-adjacent locations (which both Far Fields and Bellhart are), but don’t quote me on that.

How to use the Craw Summons in Silksong

Now you have your invitation in-hand, you need to head back to Craw Lake in Greymoor. This is at the far right of the area (it’s actually quicker to get here via the Far Fields Bellway versus the Greymoor one.) If you’ve completed the prerequisites, you could also unlock the regular version of Verdania and rest on the bench there, at the one in right Greymoor, or the one in Pilgrim’s Rest. Essentially, you just want a short runback for this boss.

Head inside the building at Craw Lake, drop down into the main room, and go over to the right side at the bottom, where a hatch will slide open on a door with a squawk. Give the Craw Summons to the bird doorman, and you’ll be given access to the Court of Craws boss fight. Good luck!

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