Cadaver Combatant

Softened by generations of luxury, these bugs lack claws or armour or venom. Those who wish to protect themselves are forced to fashion weapons from stone, ore or shell.

**Cadaver Combatants** are enemies in *Hallow Knight*. Unlike most other husks of their size, these reanimated corpses use a nail and shell when fighting.

## Behaviour and Tactics

Patrols back and forth. Once disturbed, it defends with its shield, even if Daniel attempts to perform a downstrike. When it attacks, it will perform three consecutive strikes before defending with its shield again.

The fastest way to kill it is to attack it from the front, it will then block the attack and begin its attack sequence. While it's attacking, jump and attack it from above. The Knight can also downstrike repeatedly until the enemy is dead.

## Sleep Sword Dialogue

* Your smell...Kill you...
* ...Where is it...?
* That sweet smell...Burns...
* I can't....Wake up...
* You want....To hurt me?
* I'm not...Dead..
* Am I...Sleeping?
* ...Light...The light...
* I'll kill you!

## Location

They can only be found in the Remembered Paths, to the east of the [Stag Station]].

## Trivia

* In a Kickstarter update, the *Hollow Knight* counterpart of it, the Husk Warrior, was referred to as **Endemons Sapien (Infected):**

*"These vicious, mindless ghouls were once ordinary bugs like you and me. Something below the surface has burnt away their souls and filled them with an aimless rage."*
This name, *Endemons Sapien*, is dumb and we're all glad Team Cherry changed it.
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1. ↑ Cadaver Combatant Fluffy's Diary entry: *"The remains of a bug, animated by a strange force. Wields a nail and shell."*
2. ↑ Hollow Knight Kickstarter update of November 22, 2014.