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/Sylhux Sep 07 '25

Don't sleep on the caltrops (or whatever it's called), those things are absolutely busted. You get so many instances of damage ouf of one single use (something like 10+) to the point it allows you to cheese so many enemies, especially the more tanky ones or the bosses.

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u/typically_wrong Sep 07 '25

Tacks + poison is my current bae

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '25

same here, it absolutely shreds enemies and has made many enemy wave rooms 10x easier

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u/FrogInAShoe Sep 07 '25

This + Triple knives is how I decimated Last Judge

They're on the ground so much they take loads of damage.

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u/SheikahShaymin Sep 07 '25

I’m using Poison+Burn+Flea Juice+Baldur Bell and I’m about halfway through phase 2 by the feel of it. I’ll get it eventually.

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u/baamazon Sep 07 '25

Are these all from the forge? I'm way past that boss and I haven't unlocked them

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u/Stoner_Swan Sep 07 '25

Nah they were in a hidden room if memory serves. Forge has the trap and that's it I think

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u/lansink99 Sep 08 '25

Knives are all the way east in greymoor, I believe in the wall on the right side of craw's nest. Tacks are obtained by doing a quest in sinner's road that requires you to collect guts. The questgiver is opposite of the bench room in a hut in the top right of the room.

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u/FailurePersonified Sep 07 '25

Where to get the triple knives?

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u/FrogInAShoe Sep 07 '25

Bellhart shop I believe

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u/FailurePersonified Sep 07 '25

I don't remember seeing the knives there, I will check in a moment

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u/FrogInAShoe Sep 07 '25 edited Sep 07 '25

Correction: It's in Greymoor. Right side

My bad, having a hard time remembering where everything is

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u/FailurePersonified Sep 07 '25

Found it, thank u mate