Faydown Cloak (Double Jump)

The Faydown Cloak is the ultimate vertical mobility tool in Hollow Knight: Silksong. This Ancestral Art grants Hornet the coveted Double Jump ability, allowing her to leap a second time while airborne. It is the key to reaching the highest peaks of Pharloom and uncovering the kingdom’s most well-hidden secrets.

This guide covers what is currently known about the Faydown Cloak’s location, how to perform a double jump, and tips for mastering this essential exploration skill.

Ancestral Art

Faydown Cloak

"Fabled feather down, layered within the cloak. Leap again while airborne. Soar above foes."

Location: Mount Fay

How to Get Faydown Cloak

The Faydown Cloak is located in a late-game area known as Mount Fay. Reaching this high-altitude region and navigating it will likely require mastery of previous traversal abilities.

Work in Progress

The exact method for obtaining the Faydown Cloak within Mount Fay (e.g., whether it is from a boss, an altar, or a quest) is still being confirmed. This guide will be updated as soon as the precise details are known.

How to Use Faydown Cloak

The double jump is a simple but powerful addition to Hornet’s moveset.

To perform a double jump, simply press the Jump button a second time while Hornet is in mid-air, after her initial jump. This will give her a second upward boost, resetting her aerial momentum.

Usage Tips

The Faydown Cloak is the final piece of the core platforming puzzle, unlocking Hornet’s full potential for aerial acrobatics.

Exploration Tips

• Reaching New Heights: The primary purpose of the double jump is to access the highest ledges and platforms in the game, many of which are designed specifically with this ability in mind.
• Advanced Platforming: The ultimate traversal combo becomes Jump → Dash → Double Jump. Mastering this sequence will allow you to cross enormous horizontal and vertical gaps.
• Correcting Mistakes: A double jump can be used to correct a misjudged jump or change direction mid-air, saving you from a nasty fall into hazards below.

Combat Tactics

• Superior Evasion: The ability to stay airborne longer and gain extra height makes dodging large, sweeping ground attacks from bosses significantly easier.
• Pogo Reset: A common technique in Hollow Knight was to pogo (down-slash) on an enemy and then jump again. The Faydown Cloak enhances this, allowing you to pogo on a foe and then use your second jump to gain even more height or reposition for another attack.
• Aerial Dominance: The double jump allows you to easily stay above many enemies, striking down with your needle. This is especially effective against foes with limited or predictable anti-air attacks.

Ancestral Arts

• Clawline
  

  Clawline

  An advanced Weaver talent that allows you to throw the Silk-strung needle like a harpoon and charge towards it.

  How to Get

  Found in Pharloom. Access this statue from the east side. You must then use this ability to exit this room.

• Cling Grip
  

  Cling Grip

  An ancient Weaver technique that allows the user to cling to sheer surfaces and leap off to rapidly scale heights.

  How to Get

  Bind this ability at the top of the tower in the center of Shellwood. Make your way up through the area to the west using the breakable vines and white flowers.

• Faydown Cloak
  

  Faydown Cloak

  Protective garb lined with the soft of a Fayforn and sewn through with flexible spines.

  How to Get

  Found in Pharloom. Climb the mountain and use Needolin at the peak.

• Needle Strike
  

  Needle Strike

  Charge power in the needle, then release as a deadly attack.

  How to Get

  Speak with Pinstress inside the tent in Pharloom, and agree to train to receive the charge attack skill, Needle Strike.

• Needolin
  

  Needolin

  A Holy Weaver talent that allows the user to play ancient melodies by stringing Silk along the needle.

  How to Get

  Defeat Widow and Bind her to receive this skill. Opens Needolin Doors.

• Drifter's Cloak
  

  Drifter's Cloak

  Simple protective garb, sewn through with flexible spines. Allows you to float in the air and use wind jets.

  How to Get

  Complete the Seamstress's Flexile Spines Wish to obtain.

• Silk Soar
  

  Silk Soar

  An ancient Weaver talent. Throw the needle upward and launch to tremendous heights.

  How to Get

  Found in Pharloom at. Drop to the bottom of the pit to find the statue with this ability.

• Swift Step
  

  Swift Step

  A fabled Weaver talent that allows the user to dash forward and sprint with unnatural speed, as though gliding upon Silk.

  How to Get

  Learned in Pharloom. Enter the area via the eastern entrance and use the "Bind" button prompt.

• Sylphsong
  

  Sylphsong

  Eva's soul and strength reside within. Silk will regenerate while resting at a bench.

  How to Get

  Grant Eva’s final request, and bind this skill. Located in Pharloom .

Silk Skills

• Cross Stitch
  

  Cross Stitch

  A deflective technique utilizing thread spun by a creature. By binding Silk around the needle, you can deflect enemy attacks and instantly strike back.

  How to Get

  Defeat the Phantom to receive this parry-counter ability.

• Pale Nails
  

  Pale Nails

  Technique taken from the primal source of Silk. Spin talons from thread that seek out enemies.

  How to Get

  Return to where you fought the final boss of Act 2, once you start Act 3.

• Rune Rage
  

  Rune Rage

  A forgotten Weaver technique that allows the user to sew rending runes upon their enemies.

  How to Get

  Defeat The First Sinner to bind this skill.

• Sharpdart
  

  Sharpdart

  A deadly Weaver technique that allows you to pierce through enemies in a blur of blade and Silk.

  How to Get

  Found in the Weavenest Karn tunnel, specifically at the western end beyond the Needolin Door in the Wormways. To obtain it, you must bind the skill.

• Silkspear
  

  Silkspear

  A deadly Weaver technique. Throw the needle forward with force amplified by coiled Silk.

  How to Get

  Found in Pharloom. Make your way up the platforms on the east side of the map to climb on top of the central structure. Use the Bind button prompt to learn it.

• Thread Storm
  

  Thread Storm

  A deadly Weaver technique where the needle is cast in a whirl of Silk around oneself, lashing foes.

  How to Get

  Found in Pharloom. To access it, pull the lever in the CrawNest building at the bottom of Craw Lake. Use the balloons that are released to platform up to the section containing the skill. Climb to the top using the balloons, then Bind this skill.