My 2026 Run Through the Great Taste of Pharloom for the Pale Oil

Let me tell you, upgrading my nail in Hollow Knight: Silksong has been a ride. As of my 2026 run, the third Pale Oil still isn’t just sitting around waiting for you—Mergwin locks it behind one of those sprawling Wishes, the Great Taste of Pharloom. I found the quest-giver in the Choral Chambers, that room on the left side of the map with the little building-like figures drawn in. It’s northwest of the Citadel Spa and just west of Cogwork Core. When I reached Mergwin on the far right, I had to smack the Pale Oil container first. Then I accepted his grocery list: five items for his master. The list looked innocent enough.

Item
Where to Grab It
My Honest Vibe

🍲 Mossberry Stew
Mosshome, Moss Druid
easiest of the bunch

🍷 Vintage Nectar
Greymoor, Halfway House
ants. so many ants

🥒 Pickled Muckmaggot
Sinner’s Road kitchen boss
cooking chaos

🌰 Crustnut
Sands of Karak
platforming pain

📦 Courier’s Rasher
Bellhart, timed delivery
don’t get hit

How I Found the Mossberry Stew

The Mossberry Stew was a nice warm-up. You need to have finished the Berry Picking quest. If you did it ages ago like me, you can just pop back to the Moss Druid in Mosshome. I took the shortcut elevator up from Bone Bottom, went up to the room where I got the Silkspear art, and kept right until her room. A quick chat and the stew slid into my inventory. No fuss, no boss, just… stew.

How I Found the Vintage Nectar

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