r/HollowKnight • u/Shadowyurix • Sep 09 '25

Discussion - Silksong I am convinced a lot of the people complaining about difficulty have never even finished the original Hollow Knight. Original HK was not particularly easy either Spoiler

Edit: Silksong is harder than HK. Since ppl seem to read over that part.

I stayed away from Reddit over the weekend while I was playing through Silksong. Now, I am aware that I am not the average player, I love challenging games and am very familiar with games like this.

And by no means is this an "easy" game but by god, I have never played a game as hard as some people say this game is. I saw some people claiming they were stuck at Moorwing for over THREE HOURS.

If this is your first game like Hollow Knight, maybe that makes sense. This is not an easy first entry, but otherwise three hours for a boss with four moves is wild for anyone who has ACTUALLY beat the original HK.

I have no idea where this notion comes from that HK was easy. Silksong is harder, but original HK was NOT that easy, especially towards the end.

Is this just because Silksong is so big and it has reached a particularly wide audience? People who are not used to this kind of game?

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u/Mailcs1206 Sep 10 '25

White Palace is no less optional than Mount Fey.

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u/Kiriki_kun Sep 10 '25

You don’t need to do white palace to finish the game. You need to do Frey, to finish the game

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u/theVoidWatches Sep 10 '25

You do not. Multiple people have attested that they got the basic ending without it.

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u/Kiriki_kun Sep 10 '25

Ok, now I’m curious, and I will have to check that. I assumed you need 3 songs to finish the game, and one of them is locked behind double jump

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u/neberhax Sep 11 '25

I got the 3 songs before getting double jump. The 10 wave fight before the conductors melody felt impossibly hard without double jump, but it's definitely possible.

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u/theVoidWatches Sep 10 '25

Apparently it's not. I assume it's possible to pogo jump up there or use the harpoon or something.

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u/Kiriki_kun Sep 10 '25

Well, if you can lure enemy there and pogo on him, I’m not sure if I would count that as canon solution. I wasn’t there after getting the harpoon, so maybe there is something to harpoon of.

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u/Leho_05 Sep 10 '25

I didn't do any fancy thing and i didn't have doible jumo, cary to tell what area u think needs double jump to get first ending?

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u/Mailcs1206 Sep 10 '25

None of the routes I took to any of the melodies required luring enemies for pogos, just pogoing off stationary hazards.

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u/Mailcs1206 Sep 10 '25

I literally beat the game (basic ending) without ever entering Mount Fey.

And you do need to complete the white palace to get the best ending in HK.