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Hollow Knight: Silksong

Pinmaster's Oil Walkthrough

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Pinmaster's Oil is a Wayfarer Wish in Hollow Knight: Silksong requiring you to get Pale Oil for Plinney. Learn how to get Pale Oil in this side quest walkthrough as well as the quest rewards and how to start it.

How to Complete Pinmaster's Oil

Give Pale Oil to Pinmaster Plinney

To complete the Palemaster's Oil quest, you need to obtain Pale Oil and give it to Plinney in Bellhart.

Pale Oil Locations

Pale Oil Locations

Complete the Great Taste of Pharloom Wish

Mergwin Location

Pale Oil can be obtained as a reward for completing The Great Taste of Pharloom. This quest can be started in The Citadel.

You'll need to obtain 5 delicacies in Pharloom which will be used to cook the ultimate dish for Mergwin's master.

Great Taste of Pharloom Walkthrough

Choral Chambers Through Whispering Vaults

Pale Oil can also be obtained from a room in the eastern part of Choral Chambers, which can be accessed by solving the sliding platform puzzle in Whispering Vaults.

Once you solve the puzzle, hit the lever to open the way. Enter the room to end up in Choral Chambers. There will be a glowing orb here. Pick it up to obtain Pale Oil.

Whispering Vaults Puzzle Solution

Attack the platforms to push them along the rails. The goal is to make a path leading upwards and to the left.

Pinmaster's Oil Rewards

Upgrade the Needle a Second Time

Plinney Needle Upgrade

After completing the Pinmsaster's Oil wish, Plinney will upgrade your needle for the second time. This will let you deal more damage and make journeying much easier.

How to Upgrade the Needle

How to Start Pinmaster's Oil

Located at Bellhart

Plinney location

Pinmaster's Oil is a wish from Plinney that you can take while in Bellhart. Upon talking to him and Upgrading the Needle, you'll be prompted to get a container of Pale Oil.

Pinmaster's Oil Details

Task Information and Location

Quest Giver Pinmaster Plinney
Quest Location Bellhart
Objective(s) Give Pale Oil to Plinney of Bellhart
How to Unlock Talk to Pinmaster Plinney after upgrading your pin once.

Pinmaster's Oil is a Wayfarer Task provided by Pinmaster Plinney. You can start the quest after talking to Plinney once he upgrades your needle for the first time.

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Bone Bottom Supplies Liquid Lacquer
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Bone Bottom Repairs A Lifesaving Bridge
Restoration of Bellhart Building up Songclave
An Icon of Hope Bellhart's Glory
Strengthening Songclave -
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Berry Picking Rite of the Pollip
Silver Bells Great Taste of Pharloom
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Grand Hunt Wishes
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The Wailing Mother -
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Fine Pins Roach Guts
Broodfeast Cloaks of the Choir
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2 Anonymous8 days

Yes, that is how you get one of the Pale Oils. There are others

1 Ziito10 days

This wish can be completed without doing the delicacies quest. On the Whispering Vaults there is a darkish room with a box puzzle (pushing as pulling them) eventually it leads to an Pale Oil (the easiest you can get)

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