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Vessel Fragment

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Overview

Source details: HK Infobox Item
{{HK Infobox Item
| label1 = Fragment
| image1 = <gallery>
Vessel Fragment.png|Pickup
Vessel Fragment Statue.png|Statue
</gallery>
| type1 = Upgrade
| effects1 = Increases maximum SOUL
| source1 = [[Quests (Hollow Knight)|Quest]] reward<br>[[NPCs (Hollow Knight)#Merchants|Merchants]]<br>Points of Interest scattered across the world
| description1 = {{Quote|Fragment of a white vessel made to contain soul.<hr/>
Collect more to form a full vessel, allowing you to carry more soul.}}
| audio = Pickup Idle [[File:Heart Piece Idle Loop.ogg]]
Complete Vessel [[File:Final Heart Piece Music.ogg]]

| title2 = Soul Vessel
| label2 = Completed
| image2 = Soul Vessel.png
| type2 = Upgrade
| effects2 = Increases maximum SOUL
| source2 = [[Quests (Hollow Knight)|Quest]] reward<br>[[NPCs (Hollow Knight)#Merchants|Merchants]]<br>Points of Interest scattered across the world
| description2 = {{Quote|A complete vessel, imbued with the power to contain soul.}}
| audio2 = Pickup Idle [[File:Heart Piece Idle Loop.ogg]]
Complete Vessel [[File:Final Heart Piece Music.ogg]]
}}
Source details: Quote
{{Quote
| A piece of a Soul Vessel. You know, those ghastly looking orb things?<br>I don't really like the aura about it, but it's quite rare so I'll have to charge you a high price. 
| [[Sly]]
}}

Vessel Fragments are Items in Hollow Knight that increase the Knight's maximum SOUL.

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Use

Three Vessel Fragments are combined to form a Soul Vessel, which increases the Knight's maximum SOUL by 33. There are a total of 9 Vessel Fragments in the game, allowing the Knight to acquire 3 Soul Vessels, doubling the maximum amount of SOUL that can be carried (99 + (33 x 3)).

When the main Soul meter has empty space, any SOUL stored in the Vessels will automatically fill up the main meter after a short delay.

The Nail acquires SOUL for the Soul Vessels at a reduced rate of 6 SOUL per hit. * The Soul Catcher Charm increases this to 8 SOUL. * The Soul Eater Charm increases this to 12 SOUL. * These effects stack, giving 14 SOUL if both are equipped.

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All other sources of SOUL fill Soul Vessels at their normal rate.

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How to Acquire

There are a total of 9 Vessel Fragments to be found in the game:

#SourceRequirementsMap
1Bought from Sly in Dirtmouth forRequires finding Sly in Forgotten CrossroadsMapshot HK Sly 02.png
2Bought from Sly in Dirtmouth forRequires both finding Sly and having the Shopkeeper's KeyMapshot HK Sly 02.png
3Found in Greenpath near the inaccessible Queen's Gardens entranceMapshot HK Vessel Fragment 02.png
4Left of the lift in Forgotten CrossroadsUnlocking the lift in the City of TearsMapshot HK Vessel Fragment 03.png
5Found above King's Station near a liftMapshot HK Vessel Fragment 04.png
6Found in Deepnest above the working tramMapshot HK Vessel Fragment 05.png
7Found at the beginning of the Stag NestOpening all Stag StationsMapshot HK Vessel Fragment 06.png
8Given by the SeerCollecting 700 EssenceMapshot HK Seer 01.png
9Found in the fountain in Ancient BasinDropping into the fountainMapshot HK Vessel Fragment 08.png
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{| class="article-table" style="text-align: center;" data-tpt-table-id="hk-vessel-fragments"
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! #
! Source
! Requirements
! Map
|- data-tpt-row-id="vessel-fragment-dirtmouth-1"
! 1
| Bought from [[Sly]] in [[Dirtmouth]] for {{G|550}}
| Requires finding Sly in [[Forgotten Crossroads]]
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Mapshot HK Sly 02.png|center|200px]]
|- data-tpt-row-id="vessel-fragment-dirtmouth-2"
! 2
| Bought from Sly in Dirtmouth for {{G|900}}
| Requires both finding Sly and having the [[Shopkeeper's Key]]
|- data-tpt-row-id="vessel-fragment-greenpath"
! 3
| Found in [[Greenpath]] near the inaccessible [[Queen's Gardens]] entrance
| || [[File:Mapshot HK Vessel Fragment 02.png|center|200px]]
|- data-tpt-row-id="vessel-fragment-forgotten-crossroads"
! 4
| Left of the lift in [[Forgotten Crossroads]]
| Unlocking the lift in the [[City of Tears]]
| [[File:Mapshot HK Vessel Fragment 03.png|center|200px]]
|- data-tpt-row-id="vessel-fragment-city-of-tears"
! 5
| Found above [[King's Station]] near a lift
| || [[File:Mapshot HK Vessel Fragment 04.png|center|200px]]
|- data-tpt-row-id="vessel-fragment-deepnest"
! 6
| Found in [[Deepnest]] above the working tram
| || [[File:Mapshot HK Vessel Fragment 05.png|center|200px]]
|- data-tpt-row-id="vessel-fragment-stag-nest"
! 7
| Found at the beginning of the [[Stag Nest]]
| Opening all [[Stag Station|Stag Stations]]
| [[File:Mapshot HK Vessel Fragment 06.png|center|200px]]
|- data-tpt-row-id="vessel-fragment-resting-grounds"
! 8
| Given by the [[Seer]]
| Collecting 700 [[Essence]]
| [[File:Mapshot HK Seer 01.png|center|200px]]
|- data-tpt-row-id="vessel-fragment-ancient-basin"
! 9
| Found in the fountain in [[Ancient Basin]]
| Dropping {{G|3000}} into the fountain
| [[File:Mapshot HK Vessel Fragment 08.png|center|200px]]
|}

Gallery

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{{Gallery
|Image1 = Screenshot HK Vessel Fragment 01.png!In Greenpath
|Image2 = Screenshot HK Vessel Fragment 02.png!In Forgotten Crossroads
|Image3 = Screenshot HK Vessel Fragment 03.png!In City of Tears
|Image4 = Screenshot HK Vessel Fragment 04.png!In Deepnest
|Image5 = Screenshot HK Vessel Fragment 05.png!In Howling Cliffs
|Image6 = Screenshot HK Vessel Fragment 06.png!In Ancient Basin
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Achievements

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{{Achievements|Soulful|Worldsoul}}

Trivia

* Upon picking up a Vessel fragment, an animation is triggered which grants the Knight invincibility frames until the animation concludes. * While the fountain in the Ancient Basin will always ask "Drop all Geo into the fountain?", only a total of

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will be added. Any extra will not be subtracted. * The music heard after acquiring three Vessel Fragments originates from a short sample track that was posted when Christopher Larkin was hired as the game's composer.

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<ref>[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/11662585/hollow-knight/posts/1156374 Kickstarter update] of March 6th, 2015.</ref>

* There are unused sprites found in the game files which suggest that a Soul Vessel originally consisted of only two Vessel Fragments, showing two halves which needed to be collected to acquire a full Soul Vessel. The "Ferocious Foes" trailer also shows Sly selling one half of a Soul Vessel.

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<ref>[https://youtu.be/0GXyV9EvB_g?t=54 Ferocious Foes] trailer.</ref>

This was changed to three fragments for the final release. * This might be why Sly still refers to his two Vessel Fragments as being a complete set.

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<ref>[[Sly]]'s comment on a Vessel Fragment in his shop: <i>"I dug out another of these. Turns out I had a complete set. If they didn't give me the creeps, I'd put the pieces together myself."</i></ref>

* This also explains why the statue of the Pale King by the fountain in the Ancient Basin is holding half of a Soul Vessel, instead of a third.

Source details: Gallery
{{Gallery
|Image1 = Early Vessel Fragment.png!Early half fragment of a Soul Vessel sprite
|Image2 = Screenshot HK Vessel Fragment 07.png!In Ferocious Foes trailer
|Image3 = Screenshot HK The Pale King 06.png!Held by a statue of the Pale King in Ancient Basin
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Source details: Localisation
{{Localisation
|DEname = Gefäßteil
|DEmeaning = 
|ESname = Fragmento de vasija
|ESmeaning = Vessel Fragment
|FRname = Fragments d’un réceptacle
|FRmeaning = 
|ITname = Frammento di Ricettacolo
|ITmeaning = 
|JAname = 器の破片
|JAromanised = 
|JAmeaning = 
|KOname = 그릇 파편
|KOromanised = 
|KOmeaning = 
|PTname = Fragmento de Receptáculo
|PTmeaning = Vessel Fragment 
|RUname = Черепок сосуда
|RUromanised = 
|RUmeaning = 
|ZHname = 容器碎片
|ZHromanised = Róngqì suìpiàn
|ZHmeaning = Vessel Fragment
|CODEname = SOULORBS_1
|CODEmeaning = 
}}

Soul Vessel

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{{Localisation
|hr = false
|DEname = Seelengefäß
|DEmeaning = 
|ESname = Vasija de alma
|ESmeaning = Soul Vessel
|FRname = Réceptacle d’Âme
|FRmeaning = 
|ITname = Ricettacolo delle Anime
|ITmeaning = 
|JAname = ソウルの器
|JAromanised = 
|JAkatakana = foreign
|JAmeaning = 
|KOname = 영혼 그릇
|KOromanised = 
|KOmeaning = 
|PTname = Receptáculo de Alma
|PTmeaning = Soul Vessel
|RUname = Сосуд души
|RUromanised = 
|RUmeaning = 
|ZHname = 灵魂容器
|ZHromanised = Línghún róngqì
|ZHmeaning = Soul Vessel
|CODEname = SOULORBS_ALL
|CODEmeaning = 
}}
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Fragmento de vasija Fragment de réceptacle Frammento di Ricettacolo Fragment Naczynia Fragmento de Receptáculo Фрагмент сосуда Черепок судини 容器碎片

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[[Category:Items (Hollow Knight)]]

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