Hwurmp
Extremely amusing creature.
Hwurmps are enemies in Hollow Knight. They are tiny creatures who have powerful, expandable lungs which allow them to swell up to an enormous size.[1]
Behaviour and Tactics
Floats around passively until the Knight approaches it, after which it slowly floats towards them. Upon taking damage or colliding with another Hwurmp or the Knight, it inflates and bounces off objects, walls and water surfaces. After eight seconds, it reverts to its original form. If it inflates inside a tight space where its inflated body cannot fit, it instantly dies.
Be careful when dealing with them in bigger numbers as they inflate each other upon contact and groups of them can easily and quickly fill up a room.
Dream Nail Dialogue 
- ...Light...Danger...
- ...Safe...Dark...
- ...Hungry...Hungry...
- ...Scared...
- ...Eat...When...
- ...Kill...Hurt...
- ...Away. Away...
- ...Pain...
Location
They are found mainly in the northwest part of the Royal Waterways. Some can also be seen around Isma's Grove.
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Locations in the Royal Waterways
Gallery
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Idle
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Inflated
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Dying
Trivia
- The Hwurmp is one of the few enemies that respawns upon leaving and re-entering the room.
- An early screenshot shows the Hwurmps in Isma's Grove with a green colour instead of pink.[2]
- Hwurmps do not inflate when damaged with the
Grimmchild, Weaversong, Dreamshield, Flukenest, Defender's Crest, or Spore Shroom Charms. This is due to a coding oversight and the unique ways in which they deal damage.
- If a Hwurmp is killed in this way without being inflated, it will still display the death animation which shrinks it from an inflated state.
Names in Other Languages
| Language | Name | Meaning/Explanation |
|---|---|---|
 Brazilian Portuguese
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Hwurmp | — |
 French
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Hwurmp | — |
 German
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Hwurmp | — |
 Italian
|
Gonfiolo | |
 Japanese
|
フワンプ Fuwanpu? |
Hwurmp |
 Korean
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휴럼프 [Missing Romanisation] |
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 Russian
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Бульк [Missing Romanisation] |
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 Simplified Chinese
|
呼噗 Hūpū? |
Hwurmp, exhale-puff. |
 Spanish
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Hwurmp | — |
 Internal name
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INFLATOR
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References
- ↑ Wanderer's Journal, p. 98.
- ↑ Tweet by Matthew 'Leth' Griffin.
