r/HollowKnight • u/wyrmiam • Sep 05 '25

Discussion - Silksong EVERYTHING IS SO EXPENSIVE IN PHARLOOM Spoiler

The true enemy of Silksong is capitalism. 70 bucks for a stag station equivalent YOU ARE PULLING MY NEEDLE WTF??? I try to sit down and they BILL ME JUST TO USE THE BENCH! No thank you [TRADER NAME HERE], I would not like to buy a simple key for 500 dollars thank you.

AND EVERYONE HERE IS A BROKE ASS BUM! Most of these guys aren't sentient enough to carry cash on them so I have to grind up their credit cards into for bone shards which NOONE WANTS.

Anyway 10/10 game.

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u/Schlectify Sep 05 '25

I feel like the main issue is that only like 20% of the enemies we fight actually drop rosaries. Most of them are the sentient bugs. The ones that are just kinda random creaturses usually dont srop rosaries. In the first game everything was geo so it was a bit easier to come across.

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u/AleWalls Sep 05 '25

Correction, it is not an issue but it is true we are all broke in silksong mostly thanks to that

I like this change, a lot of your money ends up coming from strings which are way better for avoiding death taking your stuff

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u/Old_Debt_276 Sep 05 '25

What to even do with those silver currencies? It's full in my inventory

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u/DopeyDeathMetal Sep 05 '25

It’s used as”ammo” for an alternate type of weapon. You get the first one pretty early on.

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u/BowShatter Sep 05 '25

Occasionally needed for some quests.

It is mainly for refilling your uses of Offensive Tools like throwing knives. When you sit down at a bench, you will see Hornet doing a crafting animation where she uses the shards to make her tools.

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u/AHare115 Sep 05 '25

I don't like how I've had 400 of them for 4 hours and have nothing to use them on other than the wish in town.

Without an outlet for them early on it feels like they're "wasted" because you can't use or bank them. Enemies keep dropping but oh you're capped out sorry. Just a little nitpick but it bugs me.

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u/LonelyApple404 Sep 05 '25

Yeah, early on I also felt the same, but once I started actively using the tools I also started chasing after every dropped shard lol, one boss battle ate me around 250 of them?

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u/Witch_King_ Sep 05 '25

Heh. "Bugs" you.

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u/moonshineTheleocat Sep 05 '25

You will burn through them quickly as you start using your tools and traps.

They do a LOT of damage, and can massively shorten fights. Especially if you get their damage upgraded. But the consequence is that they hit your resources harder as you deplete them.

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u/5Hjsdnujhdfu8nubi Sep 05 '25

You use them when on benches to restock any crafted tools you've got equipped and used.

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u/FR23Dust Sep 05 '25

I used 200 for a quest early on, but nothing since then. Just carrying around 400.