The Sawtooth Circlet is one of Hornet’s strongest early-mid game offensive Tools in Hollow Knight: Silksong. It turns every glide or double-jump into a spinning ring of blades that deal heavy damage to nearby enemies. Here’s where to get the Sawtooth Circlet, how to reach the merchant who sells it, and the effects of this Blue Tool.
Where to Find the Sawtooth Circlet in Silksong
You can buy Sawtooth Circlet from the Twelfth Architect for 230 Rosaries and 1 Craftmetal, an NPC who runs a workshop above the Cauldron area in the Underworks. The Architect sells a few Blue Tools, and the Circlet is one of the purchasable items listed in the shop.
To reach the Architect’s Workshop, you must first have the Clawline unlocked. Fortunately, Clawline is found in the Cauldron beneath the Architect location. Once you have the Grapple Hook, go to the Cauldron’s looped route upward. Grapple onto the ring hanging with big chains above the bench near her workshop to get to her platform, where you’ll find the Architect shop. If you don’t have Craftmetal on hand, you’ll need to explore further, as the merchant won’t sell the Circlet without it.
What the Sawtooth Circlet Does in Silksong
The Sawtooth Circlet is a Blue Tool, so it activates through Hornet’s mobility tools rather than Silk cost. When you use Faydown Cloak or Drifter’s Cloak, a circle of serrated blades sweeps around Hornet.
Key effects:
- Damages enemies in a full radius around you
- Stays active as you move through the air
- Scales up as your Tool damage upgrades increase
Description: Flexible belt of serrated metal teeth, able to affixed to the hem of a cloak. Flaring the cloak will spin the blades, damaging surrounding enemies.
Any enemy that tries to contest you in mid-air gets caught by the blade ring. It’s mainly strong against Airborne enemies, tall or bulky foes that occupy your airspace, and crowds, since the strike hits multiple targets at once. Circlet can interrupt swings, clip projectiles, and open up space to allow Hornet to move without risk.
The Faydown Cloak triggers instantly, so you can continuously fire off Circlet hits during aggressive movement. This is where the Tool does well:
- Down-slash → refreshes Faydown Cloak
- Double-jump → performs Circlet
- Down-slash again → repeat
If you follow this move loop, it deals serious damage to grounded enemies. With some Crests that force Hornet downward during a down-slash (Hunter, Witch Crest, etc.), you can maintain height and keep the cycle going. Circlet hits don’t generate Silk, so you trade resource gain for raw damage.
Though the Tool is disruptive in platforming sections because the blades don’t care what they hit. Crumbling or temporary platforms in different Silksong areas, like Bilewater or Mount Fay can be destroyed before you land on them, which makes some paths harder or very dangerous. So when you’re about to enter a new biome or test unfamiliar movement puzzles, it’s better to unequip the Sawtooth Circlet first.
Put that aside, this offensive Tool can parry many attacks and even some projectiles, which buys you some desperate time. You can combine it with fast aerial Needle moves (like Clawline slashes) for stack pressure, and in enemy gauntlets or arenas where foes jump at you from multiple angles, the Sawtooth Circlet mostly does half the work on its own.
