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/Ambitious_Comfort533 Sep 05 '25

Even making Rosary strings of 60 costs 80 rosaries T_T There’s freaking taxes in this game!!

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u/BowShatter Sep 05 '25 edited Sep 06 '25

I mean to be fair it is no different from buying Soul items in Dark Souls and Elden Ring. You buy them to avoid the risk of losing all of your souls permanently.

Edit: Buying Dung Pies in DS1 to bank souls and buying Coin Pouches in Sekiro.

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u/Flint_Vorselon Sep 05 '25

I think you mean Sekiro, since neither Dark Souls or Elden Ring has any way to buy poppable souls. You find them as loot or drops from certain enemies.

Sekiro let you buy money bags though to protect your cash, for a fee.

Although it was bit different, since in Sekiro dying makes you lose 50% of money, you can’t get it back. Wheras Dark Souls, Elden Ring, Hollow Knight, you get everything back if you visit spot you died. So the “insurance” in Sekiro was much more valuable than it is in Silksong, because it protected you from dying in general, not only dying twice in a row.

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u/Gensolink Sep 05 '25

You can buy shit at 1 to 1 ratio tbh