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The Slimy, Gross-Out Bosses of Silksong That Made Me Want to Boot-Squash My Screen
I’ve sunk more hours into Hollow Knight: Silksong than I care to admit since it dropped back in 2025, and by now, I know every nook of Pharloom like my own backyard. The game is a masterpiece—gorgeous, haunting, and packed with so much challenge it’s borderline masochistic. But let’s be real: some of these bosses are just plain nasty. Not in a “wow, that’s epic” kind of way, but in a “if I saw this thing scuttling across my kitchen floor, I’d reach for the heaviest boot I own” kind of way. From kitchen nightmares to literal vomit-spitters, here are the baddies that made me want to power-wash my Switch and call it a day.
First up is Disgraced Chef Lugoli, and holy moly, this guy is stomach-churning. He’s the embodiment of a failed health inspection. Living in filth with his equally gross sous chefs, Lugoli sports a stained apron that probably never met a washing machine. The real kicker? He’s a crucial source of the infamous pickled muckmaggot. Just typing that word makes me dry heave. During the fight, he hurls sticky maggots that drain your silk and refuse to leave until you bind—and you don’t even get healing out of it. It’s like being pelted with trash while someone yells “bon appétit!” 🤢
Then there’s Groal the Great, which is anything but great. Nestled in the most obnoxious part of the map with the most annoying debuff known to bugkind, Groal spends the fight spewing bile and maggots from its cavernous mouth. One move literally swallows you whole—if that doesn’t make you want to frisbee your controller, nothing will. And the runback? C’mon. Even with the hidden bench, trekking back to this puke-fest is a drag. If Silksong ever gets a boss-rush DLC, I hope Groal gets the speedrun treatment so I can squash it quickly.
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