The Tool Pouch is one of the most useful upgrades in Hollow Knight: Silksong. It allows Hornet to store tools, traps, and crafting materials, making it essential for both combat and exploration. In this guide, we’ll cover how to get the Tool Pouch, where to find each upgrade, and the requirements you’ll need to meet along the way.
Tool Pouch Upgrades
The Tool Pouch can be upgraded four times. Each upgrade boosts your tools’ uses by 25% and increases your Shell Shard capacity by 100. Fully upgraded, the Tool Pouch is a must-have for long journeys and tough fights.
How to Get the Tool Pouch and Upgrades
Here’s how you can get and upgrade the Tool Pouch during your journey:
First Tool Pouch
- How to get it: Find NPC Loddie in The Marrow.
- What to do: Complete the challenge to hit 15 targets with pins.
- Unlocked after: You defeat Widow in Bellhart.


Second Tool Pouch
- How to get it: Buy it from Mort in the Far Fields for 220 Rosaries, OR buy it from Grindle in the Blasted Steps for 220 Rosaries (in Act 3).
- What to do: Reach the Pilgrim’s Rest area.


Third Tool Pouch
- How to get it: It’s a reward from Mooshka.
- What to do: Help the Flea Caravan move into the Putrefied Ducts.
Fourth Tool Pouch
- How to get it: It’s a reward from Nuu.
- What to do: Complete Nuu’s Wish: Bugs of Pharloom quest.
- Unlocked after: You talk to Nuu.