Silksong Courier’s Ration Delivery: My No-Hit Rout
Hollow Knight: Silksong Courier’s Ration delivery guide: master the Great Taste of Pharloom run safely. Follow this route to keep cargo intact.
Deliveries in Hollow Knight: Silksong are absolutely brutal, and the Courier’s Ration run is the one that made me want to throw my controller across the room. You are not just fighting bosses or arena battles; you are racing a timer while trying to keep fragile cargo from getting smashed to bits. After you finish the My Missing Brother quest and the earlier My Missing Courier questline in Bellhart, deliveries open up. The Courier’s Ration is a tough but necessary delivery if you want to sharpen your pin, and it is part of the Great Taste of Pharloom quest. Even in 2026, after all the patches and hotfixes, this route still demands respect. So here is my first-person, no-nonsense guide to getting from A to B in one piece.
Before You Even Think About Running
You will get access to this delivery relatively early on, especially if you have been diligently doing side quests. But trust me, you are never going to make it without some key components in your moveset. Here is my must-have checklist:
Requirement
Why You Need It
Complete My Missing Courier, then My Missing Brother in Bellhart
This unlocks deliveries in the first place. No quest completion, no courier work.
Clawline
Without it, you cannot avoid enemies as easily. Grappling is your best friend.
Faydown Cloak
You need this to bypass the Grand Gate. No cloak, no delivery.
Silkspeed Anklets
Go to Far Fields and use your Needolin ability to get these. They make you lightning quick through each section.
At least two Silk Hearts
Otherwise you cannot charge up enough to run and grapple consistently.
Crest of the Reaper
Optional but recommended. It makes pogoing much easier and more consistent throughout the run.
If you are missing any of these, stop reading and go get them. I am serious. This delivery will chew you up and spit you out otherwise.
The Optimal Route: Shellwood to Choral Chambers
There are probably a dozen ways to reach the Choral Chamber’s ruined restaurant, but this is the most consistent and easy-to-master route I have found. Follow it step by step, and you will get there with your cargo intact.
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Shellwood bottom halls – Head through the lower halls of Shellwood. Avoid the floating and flying enemies with well-timed dashes and grapples. Run along here until you are in the area directly below the Bell Station.
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White flower climb – Double jump and pogo up this area with the white flowers. Be careful not to get caught in the yellow mist of the flower bug enemies. If you do, use a quick grapple to get out of the smog.
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Blasted Steps link – Head out past the Bell Station and up through the link to Blasted Steps. Avoid the sneaky spikes along the way. Once in Blasted Steps, your goal is the top right of the screen, but you actually need to go left first to eventually go right. Use double jumps and grapples to get up the initial sections.
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Shield enemies – Watch out for the shield enemies that animate. The key is to wait for them to animate, then use a harpoon or pogo to get over them safely. You will encounter a few other enemies that animate soon after as you head right again. You can zoom past them before they animate. Once past them, head out to the right.
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The drill fly ascent – This takes you into a larger area. Your goal is to get to the top as fast as possible. Move swiftly at the start, because hanging around will aggro the drill fly and they will follow you up. Use the walls and cages to ascend fast. There is a small portion in the middle where you need to glide left and land on a platform. Watch out for the enemy here, but they usually cower when they see you, allowing you to hop over them. Wall jump up and work back right. Avoid a few spike patches, rise to the top, then head right.
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Last Judge runback – This begins the Last Judge boss runback you probably loathe but also know like the back of your hand. Do one dash jump followed by another to avoid the drill fly entirely. Use your grapple to double jump and skip a few sections in the middle. For the second section, jump and glide all the way to the second bell before pogoing and rising up. Then make the most of your double jump and grapple to make light work of this platforming section. Head out right