The Everbloom is a late‑game key item in Hollow Knight: Silksong. In‑game text describes it as an ethereal flower drawn from a “deep and distant memory,” glowing with a pale light that wards against the void. Beyond the lore tease, it’s a tracked Key Item and part of Silksong’s mainline quest flow, tied to a short memory sequence and an achievement once you claim it.

Where the Everbloom fits in Silksong’s story

This is not a consumable or equippable tool. It sits in the Key Items category alongside region keys and other story objects. Thematically, the Everbloom mirrors the white flower imagery from Hollow Knight, but here it’s explicitly framed as a memory—something you retrieve rather than harvest in the world—and its description points to an explicit relationship with the void.

Mechanically, it’s a quest reward and a completion check. Claiming it contributes to overall game completion and triggers an achievement centered on “claiming the Everbloom from within a distant memory.”

How to unlock the Everbloom (step by step)

The Everbloom is awarded at the end of the main Seek‑type quest called Old Hearts. Here’s the cleanest path with minimal spoilers:

  • Meet the prerequisites: finish the Return to Pharloom and Spell Seeker quests. These open the door to Old Hearts.
  • Start Old Hearts at the Ruined Chapel in Bone Bottom by speaking with the Snail Shamans.
  • Complete the three “Claim” objectives. These each culminate in a boss:
    • Heart of Might (Crust King Khann)
    • Heart of the Woods (Nyleth)
    • Heart of the Wild (Skarrsinger Karmelita)
  • Return to the Snail Shamans and complete the memory sequence. When it ends, the Everbloom is added to your inventory and the associated achievement pops.
Note: Players have reported that a different heart (the Conjoined Heart) can also satisfy a requirement, but the standard route is the trio above. If you’re optimizing a run or troubleshooting a quest state, defeat the three listed bosses and turn the hearts in before experimenting with alternatives.

Where the Everbloom is “found”

Although Old Hearts begins at the Ruined Chapel in Bone Bottom, the hand‑off and memory sequence are tied to the Snail Shaman enclave found in the Moss Grotto area. That’s why some item lists show Moss Grotto as the Everbloom’s “location” even though you can’t just pick it up in the field. Treat that label as “claim location after completing Old Hearts.”

What the Everbloom does (and doesn’t) do

The Everbloom is not a tool, not socketed into crests, and it doesn’t unlock a skill on its own. It’s an inventory‑level gate that confirms you’ve resolved Old Hearts, and it contributes to completion percentage. The in‑game description implies narrative and thematic protection against the void, but there’s no active ability or stat line attached to the item itself.

How the Old Hearts bosses fit into your route

All three targets are spread across distinct biomes and movement checks. Expect to bring core traversal upgrades (dash, wall interactions, and later‑game mobility) as you route to:

  • Crust King Khann in the Sands of Karak after clearing a series of arenas.
  • Nyleth beneath the Grand Gate, with a shrine guardian encounter on the way.
  • Skarrsinger Karmelita accessible from the east after progressing through the Hunter’s March approach.

If you’re running Act 2 tightly, doing these in a continuous loop minimizes backtracking. Take benches before each arena cluster; all three fights have multi‑phase pressure and benefit from nearby resets.

Achievement and completion notes

  • Remembrance: Pops when you claim the Everbloom at the end of the memory sequence.
  • Completion %: Claiming the Everbloom contributes to your total completion. Players targeting 100% should plan Old Hearts into the same window as mask shards, spool fragments, silk hearts, silk skills, crest progression, and weapon upgrades.
Tip: If you’re juggling multiple objectives, finish Old Hearts before deep endgame routing. It consolidates travel through several mid‑to‑late regions and prevents duplicated crossings of the same choke points.

Common questions

Is the Everbloom missable? No. It’s tied to a mainline quest. If you can start Old Hearts, you can finish it and claim the flower.

Do I need a specific trio of hearts? The canonical checklist is Khann, Nyleth, and Karmelita. Community runs show the Conjoined Heart can also advance the quest, but the standard path is the most reliable.

Does the flower have a direct use later? There’s no on‑use effect. It’s tracked as a Key Item and acts as a narrative and progression milestone.

Is Verdania or other memory content required for 100%? Not for the Everbloom itself. Completion targets are primarily shards, spools, silk hearts, silk skills, crests and their upgrades, weapon upgrades, and key story beats like Old Hearts.

Why the Everbloom matters

Silksong spreads its power curve across tools, movement, and crest builds; story items can feel abstract by comparison. The Everbloom is an exception. It caps a long‑running thread that pulls you through three distant arenas, it locks in a memory sequence that reframes the game’s recurring white‑flower motif, and it’s a measurable step toward 100%. If you’re charting a clean route through Act 2 into endgame, slot Old Hearts early, bank the Everbloom, and keep moving.