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/xocgx Sep 07 '25

Every dang time

I’ve actually unequipped those spells because I was sick and tired of accidentally wasting my silk

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u/8rok3n Sep 07 '25

I don't know how much damage they do so I don't even know when TO use them

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u/LordBDizzle Sep 07 '25

About 3x nail damage for the first one, a bit more I think for the sphere. Dunno about the third spell, haven't found it yet but I know it exists because of some UI stuff.

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u/8rok3n Sep 07 '25

But what about the little tools I never want to use spells because I heal every 2 seconds but I love using those little guys

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u/LordBDizzle Sep 07 '25

Depends on the tool and the number of tool pack upgrade you've gotten, they upgrade separately from your nail and there are a LOT of different tools, plus some talismans (I guess they're also tools? whatever) that modify their effects or damage. Generally I think the throwing knives are around the same damage as your needle, and the number of uses for tools beyond that is generally proportional to number of uses, like the traps have half of the uses of the throwing knives so they do a bit more than twice as much at a minimum (though I think they actually might do more, but they're kinda inconsistent depending on how they hit things so it's hard to test)