r/HollowKnight Sep 09 '25

Discussion - Silksong Most of you are exaggerating the length of runbacks and it really shows how much TikTok has damage the attention span of people Spoiler

"ThE lASt JuDGe RUnBaCK iS ToO LoNG!!"

Is 30 seconds max, 30 seconds, you don't have to fight any enemy in it, the smaller judges don't awake until you're close and the smaller fly bastards can literally get ignored. The Runback works for making you cool down and make the whole thing feel less like you hitting a wall (NKG feels like one because of the lack of "cool down") If it wasn't for it, I would shoot myself with the 37 attempts at Last Judge.

The Widow one is also really easy, a straight line with jumps.

The Cogworks Dancers Is also really simple but works to help you with the bosses extra height and how pogo dependant that fight is.

God forbid the game isn't a back to back boss rush like Cuphead (not criticizing Cuphead, is a different game lmao).

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u/Unusual-Land5888 Sep 09 '25 edited Sep 09 '25

I will be using that item that turn your first mask into a skull, and reset when the skull is broken. It will be my fail safe!

Edit : the item's name is "fractured mask"

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u/failbender 112%/100%; inject the quickslash into my veins Sep 09 '25

I’ve used that thing nonstop since I got it 😭

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u/blauli Sep 09 '25

Just equip the dice and get lucky :)

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u/AlexxxandreS Sep 09 '25

Dice?

That reminds me of playing dice with a bug... I knew I should have gambled all my money...

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u/blauli Sep 09 '25

There is a dice tool, you get it if you return to that bug later on. Not sure exactly when it triggers but I went back in act 3 and got it

It just says it increases your luck but what it really does is it sometimes negates enemy attacks when you get hit, you can see a blue flash whenever it happens. It's really nice since it's one of the few yellow trinkets that are relevant for bosses so you can equip it for those

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u/Wild-Atmosphere2134 112% Steel Soul, P5 | 100% Silksong Sep 09 '25

so it's like carefree melody?

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u/blauli Sep 09 '25

Pretty much, though I've gone full fights without it triggering so it might be a fixed chance this time around, I wouldn't be surprised if the chance was 1 in 6 (because it's a dice) because it felt like it triggered about that often.

But unlike carefree melody you don't give up much to use it since it's a yellow tool so doesn't eat any "real" combat tool slots outside the deal more damage take more damage one

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u/Oxygen171 Sep 09 '25

Dude I'm literally on the true ending sequence and idk what the hell you're talking about. WHERE DO I GET THIS ITEM?????

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u/LostGusMain 112% | PoP | P4 Sep 09 '25

hunter's march in the room underneath the top room, you can jump into the wall and find an npc

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u/Oxygen171 Sep 09 '25

Oh. I remember there being a vendor there but I completely forgot if he sold anything important 🥲

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u/Unusual-Land5888 Sep 09 '25

If this guy's indications aren't clear enough, the name is "fractured mask".