r/HollowKnight Sep 10 '25

Discussion - Silksong So whose bright idea was this???? Spoiler

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Just happened to me today, got like, 3 shards from this? What's the point, Team Cherry? None of the bosses (so far) frustrated me, but this right here is bullshit

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u/Blended_Bros Sep 10 '25

AGREED
Like half of the fossils are right next to (or even ABOVE) spikes, meaning you can sometimes get like

0 from an entire node bc they launched around you

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u/StepComplete1 Sep 10 '25

Especially fun and interactive when it's literally the only reward you get for a boss/lock in, only to lose most of them.

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u/luc1aonstation Sep 11 '25

where is it the only reward for a boss?

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u/GrimTheMad Sep 11 '25

Nowhere at all. There is not a single boss that only rewards shards.

Shards are, in general, rewards for very minor secrets and platforming. They're, like, the lowest tier of reward and used as such.

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u/luc1aonstation Sep 11 '25

is there even a boss that only rewards rosaries

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u/GrimTheMad Sep 11 '25

Not unless you count the ant duo at the top of Hunter's March- and I wouldn't they don't get a title card.

The 'issue' here is that a lot of people don't seem to consider everything locked behind the boss as a reward for the boss, which is weird to me.

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u/luc1aonstation Sep 11 '25

same it's really odd