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Garmond and Zaza are NPCs you can duel and recruit during Act 2 of Hollow Knight Silksong. Here’s how to find and fight them.
Garmond and Zaza in Hollow Knight Silksong are a duo of friendly NPCs who first appear in Greymoor to help you with Moorwing. However, you can also meet them in the Citadel, fighting choirbugs during Act 2. Their spawn is random, but you can talk to them after the fight, to which Garmond replies that he is still looking for a worthy battle.
During the Three Melodies quest, you can hire Garmond and Zaza as allies to help you during the Conductor’s Melody arena battle. It is located in the lower left corner of the High Halls and consists of multiple waves of challenging enemies. Moreover, to gather his help, you first have to defeat him in a friendly duel to show you are worthy.
To help you out, here’s how you can locate and fight Garmond and Zaza in Hollow Knight Silksong.
Location of Garmond and Zaza in Act 2 of Hollow Knight Silksong
Garmond and Zaza spawn on a platform to the right of the Songclave settlement, which is the location of the First Shrine. However, you must pass through the Whispering Vaults to reach them, as Songclave has an unclimbable wall separating it from the rest of the right side of the map.
Before you start finding Garmond and Zaza, progress with the Vaultkeeper’s Melody until you unlock the top right corner of the main room of Whispering Vaults. From there, follow this path:
- Jump to the top right corner of the room and keep climbing. There is a hidden path that leads to the secret room to the right.
- Climb up, then go right and continue until you see a hook on the ceiling. Use your Clawline ability to hang from it and open the hatch below.
- Jump down and perform a parkour maneuver around the rotating blades. Use your Clawline to pass easily through the jumping blades.
- For the next drop, use your gliding ability to float slowly around the room. Beware of spikes everywhere on the ground. Instead of dropping, use your wall grab to climb up the left side of the room. Then climb again and open the hatch to the left.
- Walk through the hatch and drop down for the final time. You will see a mechanism on the ground that you need to hit a few times. Doing so starts the airflow that can take you to the surface. Unlock the final hatch by standing on the button in the room to the right.
You can then fly to the top of the area and open the hatch to return to the surface. Continue moving left, defeating enemies as you go, until you reach the platform where Garmond and Zaza will be fighting some enemies. Help them finish the fight to start the duel.
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Garmond and Zaza Duel Tips and Tricks in Silksong
Defeating Garmond and Zaza is relatively easy, as they do not have a large number of movesets at this stage of the game. Talk to Garmond and exhaust his dialogue to get the option to duel him. Select yes to start the fight. Moreover, here are some tips to easily defeat him:
- You can use all your tools at the start of the fight to deal a hefty amount of damage.
- Do not stay near Garmond when he is stationary. The flailing attack with his lance has a large hitbox that can easily get you.
- The best time to attack him is after the ground slam, after which he is stunned for a second or two.
- You can push him off the platform onto the spikes for some extra damage.
After the duel is over, speak to him and leave the area. You can find him again outside the Conductor’s Melody battle room. Talk to him so that he can assist you during the fight. Finally, it is highly recommended to take his help if you have not done the Trail’s End quest, which replaces Garmond with Shakra as your ally.
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