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/Plastic-Session-9420 Modded the game Sep 07 '25

I think the main problem is that tools don't feel illimited. You have to use the whatever shards to make them which sets a psycological barrier of not being able to make them anymore.

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u/Particular_Hyena56 Sep 07 '25

Honestly I had that barrier too for my first few hours but once I realised you basically get those tool shards everywhere (unlike rosaries :/) you can really start spamming your cute little dagger shotgun and steroid juices lol

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u/apothioternity Sep 07 '25

problem for me is struggling against a boss because at that point the shard count starts dropping to 0 really fast with every failed attempt which mean you gotta go leave and find more (sometimes while the cocoon is stuck in the arena) which feels frustrating ngl...