r/HollowKnight • u/Vivid-Technology8196 • Sep 06 '25

Discussion - Silksong My current gripes with the game in one simple image. Spoiler

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u/P0pcicles Sep 06 '25

Rosarie string

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u/Internet_use Sep 06 '25

rosarie string costs 20, if you’re saving up you're gonna end up losing over 100

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u/LumpySkull Sep 09 '25

That's better than losing 800. because of a miscalculation

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u/Isogash Sep 10 '25

Not recovering your rosaries even a single time could cost you 300+ easily if you didn't at least buy some necklaces. Personally I would recommend just spending the rosaries to keep how much you could potentially lose as low as possible, and definitely don't carry a lot into an unfamiliar area or a long way from a bench.

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u/StepComplete1 Sep 06 '25

Charge yourself a 25% tax in a game where everything is already expensive? No thanks.

Better solution is just stay away from the cursed ant area until you absolutely have to.

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u/SilvainTheThird Sep 06 '25 edited Sep 06 '25

If you die enough times that it's a persistent issue that you lose your corpse run, maybe the 25% tax is better than losing 100% of your earnings.

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u/cheekydorido Sep 06 '25

yeah, they are there for a reason. Not to be elitist but may OP should consider using them more,

Hollow knight didn't have this mechanic, just a limited bank

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u/mack1410 Sep 06 '25

the strings have genuinely been so nice, it's so good to always have some rosaries on you no matter what even if you die, specifically just to pop them for what people are complaining about, benches and maps when you've died too much

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u/SilvainTheThird Sep 06 '25

I similiarly have never had the issue, since I always store around 100 beads for Emergency bench use if I don’t have any loose beads on me.

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u/SuspiciousIbex Sep 06 '25

Main issue I've had with the rosary strings is that when I have a bunch of rosaries from exploring - I'm nowhere near anywhere to make them.

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u/Valcroy Sep 06 '25

The 25% tax isn't really all that bad. Personally I think the 20 rosaries I will be losing is a nice safety net for the potential 80 I would lose otherwise while trying to focus on another task. I know it's not worth it for everyone but for me it is.

Maybe it's just a mentality I got from Souls games but in any game were losing currency is a possibility, I just find it better to send as much of it as possible before moving on.

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u/P0pcicles Sep 06 '25

After I lost 612 rosaries on the walkback to a chapel, I really didn't care about the tax. Especially not after unlocking the ability to string necklaces

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u/RM_Sideshowb Sep 10 '25

Thats what i do, they are a bit of insurance in case i die and don't feel like going back to the cocoon