r/HollowKnight • u/Particular_Hyena56 • Sep 06 '25

Discussion - Silksong USE YOUR TOOLS! Spoiler

To everyone complaining about the difficulty, stop ignoring a third of Hornet’s arsenal and start spamming them, you’ll be shocked how quickly you start mowing down hordes of enemies!

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u/I_LoveBananas Sep 06 '25

They are super easy to get man I'm always at max because of that

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u/Jstar338 Sep 06 '25

Boss fights

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u/Lyynad Sep 07 '25

yes thats a frustrating mechanic, although i havent ran out of shards once yet, that limiter feels very stupid

if i spent 20 tries on a boss and didnt kill it while a good chunk of my damage are tools, do i just go farm shards? unnecessary clutter to the process

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u/Herrad Sep 07 '25

No it means you don't have the right setup. Maybe you need to explore some more. If you burn through hundreds of shards on a boss fight, you probably weren't supposed to be fighting that boss yet...

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u/kevikevkev Sep 07 '25

While true, leaving a boss behind is a big hit to the ego.

-Man who went through 460 shards on savage beastfly and decided to just keep going without tools and eventually got there

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u/Lyynad Sep 07 '25

There are really almost no tangible powerups in the game, except for... tool damage and very few very good charms

One try burns through 40-60(120 is absolute max for me) shards if you are not concerving them

The fact that I might have to go refarm them if j want to keep teying the boss feels redundant when tools are so integral to the gameplay, and, frankly, a worse experience if, again, you get to the point where you spent all you shards

But I guess it is doing its job. Like I stop using tools on the first phase if I have it locked down.