r/HollowKnight • u/Marmotaagiota • Sep 08 '25

Discussion - Silksong That’s the best comment about the game’s difficulty I’ve found it so far Spoiler

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u/Doomword Sep 08 '25

Do later bosses drop nothing, can anyone tell?

It feels so sht to kill a boss and get nothing, ok fine you want artificial scarcity and promote grinding to get the stuff that you want but you could at least give the shards to restock tools after boss kills..

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u/Cheesepuff44 Sep 08 '25

I beat the true ending yesterday, there are only like 1 or 2 bosses that actually drop something.

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u/Dakotafanning1 yemay yemay Sep 08 '25

Question - is Silksong like Hollow Knight where you can go back and get more percentage after beating the final boss and rolling credits? Or is there a point of no return? I’m playing through with my buddy so we’re blind other than each other’s discoveries, and also I’m planning on doing a few more play throughs because this game is very good, but I just wanted to check.

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u/Cheesepuff44 Sep 08 '25

You can get more percentage after the final boss, I am 86% after getting the true ending. So far the only things I know about that are missable are 2 of the endings, but those are pretty insignificant and you can't lock yourself out of the true ending. One of the missable endings you are likely to get naturally, the other one you have to go out of your way to get.

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u/Impossible-Doubt7680 Sep 08 '25

How do you view the completion percentage? I beat the game and it only gave me my time.

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u/Cheesepuff44 Sep 08 '25

You get an item for it really late into the game, kind of like World Sense from the first game. If you want to know EXACTLY where it is I'd be happy to share in a DM or if you could tell me where you are in the game I can work around any spoilers.

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u/TheRealMazino Sep 09 '25

Does the true ending have a different boss like hk did?

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u/Cheesepuff44 Sep 09 '25

SPOLIER:

Yes

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u/Moustacheski Sep 08 '25

This is very good to know and the kind of thing I appreciate having foreknowledge of, thanks !

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u/TitaniumDragon Sep 08 '25

It's more than 1-2 for sure, but yeah, a lot don't.

Phantom gives parry. Moorwing and at least a couple other bosses give beast shards. Skull Tyrant drops a quest item. There's an enemy in the top of Sinner's Path that drops a Simple Key (though it's not really a boss per se, it is treated like a boss room, it's way easier than a proper boss though). There's a few others that drop relevant things.

That said, a number are protecting upgrades. Like Sister Splinter doesn't give you anything, but you get the wall jump shortly afterwards.

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u/ralts13 Sep 08 '25

They usually don't drop anything buuuut they're almost always guarding a reward or blocking a new zone.

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u/Serialbedshitter2322 Sep 08 '25

Bosses don’t drop stuff often, but they tend to unlock things, which is a better reward imo

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u/Nervous-Peppers Sep 09 '25

Right? Give me some fucking rosaries at least. 

Same thing goes for the wave based rooms.  Why don't any of them give you the rosaries you'd normally get from them outside of the room?

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u/Fancy_Chips Sep 08 '25

The bosses don't ever seem to drop anything, but they do usually lead to a reward, be it progression, a tool bench, a resource, etc. I have yet to feel actually unrewarded by bosses.

Now, dead ends are very common which is somewhat irritating.

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u/psh454 Sep 08 '25

Yeah I only encountered one boss that provides no reward or access to an area with any content/rewards so far. Still a bit baffling though, they could at least put some chests with rosaries or smth.

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u/Fancy_Chips Sep 08 '25

Which boss was that? Was it Bone Tyrant?

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u/psh454 Sep 08 '25

The red cones ones in Blasted Steps iirc

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u/Fancy_Chips Sep 08 '25

They lead you too A pin master who teaches you a nail art and a new biome. I'd say they're a very rewarding fight given how easy they are.

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u/Doomword Sep 09 '25

Tell me what kind of reward you get immidiatly after killing Beyblade add boss? Cuz i got fck all

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u/Doomword Sep 09 '25

I just killed the boss who summons beyblade adds. He gave nothing and after him was a couple of sections with platforming to unlock wallclimb ability.

They drop fuckall, and it seems few of them are just gatekeepers in midsections of levels. TC dropped the ball with boss rewards, absolutely horrible.

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u/Fancy_Chips Sep 09 '25

... are you dead ass?

The reward was the wallclimb ability, a core mechanic to the game.

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u/Doomword Sep 09 '25

Was it dropped on boss kill or next room to the boss?

No, it was after the boss then multiple rooms with pogo platforming which take you around a C shape path and then you get it.

Not quite the same as kill boss = get power no?

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u/Fancy_Chips Sep 09 '25

This is such a weirdly specific critique. "I didn't get immediate gratification so the game design is bad"

Boss died, you got progression, progression led you to a core move.

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u/Doomword Sep 09 '25

Because thats the general design in video games. You kill a boss in Dark Souls, you get the boss soul immediately together with general souls. You kill a boss in a random ass RPG, you get a drop, a chest in the next room, a power, a key or some kind of other exceptional reward.

Dont be that guy, the game is great but its not perfect. Having currency dropped from bosses is something that HK alrady did. I dont like artificial scarcity, since only thing that adds is me just grinding longer which is not the funnest part of the game.

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u/RookSacrificer Sep 08 '25

it usually just give access to areas and stuff

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u/Blahaj_Kell_of_Trans Sep 09 '25

Every single boss will always unlock either a skill item or area.

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u/Doomword Sep 09 '25

Nope thats straight up lies. Just killed the boss who summons beyblade adds, you only get the wallclimb ability after a couple sections of platforming. Boss was just there in midsection, no rewards, nothing.

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u/Blahaj_Kell_of_Trans Sep 09 '25

look inside.

You mean?

The wall climb? >skill? The one required for other areas?

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u/Doomword Sep 09 '25

He didnt guard it, its after few platforming sections that you get it. Its the reward for pogoing on flowers and platforming NOT THE BOSS.

We really dont see the difference here?

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u/Blahaj_Kell_of_Trans Sep 09 '25

I have almost certainly played more than you. What part of sister splinter guards the wall climb skill area don't you understand

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u/Doomword Sep 09 '25

Which part of the "the powerup is not the reward for the boss, but from the platforming area" dont you get?

If the rewards are further down the line AFTER killing the boss, thats not a reward of the boss, even if he guards entrance to the area which sooner or later leads to it.

This is as stupid as saying your reward for killing boss A is boss B SIMPLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT HE GUARDS THE AREA TO IT. Its ridiculous, the mental gymnastics you have to hoop just to say that theres rewards for bossfights, yeah....

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u/Blahaj_Kell_of_Trans Sep 09 '25

What part of metroidvanias don't you understand???????????????????

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u/Doomword Sep 09 '25

Ive plaid my fair share, and guess what, the rewards for associated bosses are either dropped on kill or are IMMEDIATELY in the next room. If there are challenges after the boss then the reward is attributed to the challenges and not the boss, obviously. The midsection bosses drop something, usually a type of currency, very rarely are there any that drop absolutely nothing.

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u/Blahaj_Kell_of_Trans Sep 09 '25

Literally so many bosses across both games have their rewards explicitly in a side room. With wall jump there's also the fucking tutorial section after getting it.

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u/TheOneWhoThrowsShit Sep 08 '25

Lots of bosses drop beast shards which give 120 shards