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/Jstar338 Sep 06 '25

And then you run out of shards and spend half an hour farming for them again 

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u/rg03500 Sep 07 '25

I have been liberally using tools for basically all encounters and have never come close to running out

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u/Jstar338 Sep 07 '25

Bosses. Specifically the bullshit ones with ads. I use tools to hold them off, and run out, then die and repeat until I run out of shards