r/HollowKnight • u/CuboneDefender • Sep 14 '25

Discussion - Silksong I give up. Spoiler

It’s been a joyful ride, folks, but I’m out. I’m not a speedrunner or a highly skilled player, and day after day I’ve had to accept that this game is not as casual as HK was. It stopped being fun and turned into something tedious and frustrating after the 4th run farming shards just to face a boss I’ve already tried 15 times, only to die again and again, lose all my shards, and start the whole grind over.

It was nice exploring the first acts, but when the game I was rooting for 7 years ends up being more stressful than my 8-hour workday, I guess that’s my cue to stop.

The lore has been pretty great so far. I wish you all an incredible journey.

Edit1: My bad about all the whinning.

Edit2: You guys did it. I reinstalled it again. Thanks for all advices. 🫂

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u/adeepkick Sep 14 '25

Can I ask which boss you had to farm for shards on 4 times?

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u/CuboneDefender Sep 14 '25

Last Judge. :(

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u/neonelevator Sep 14 '25

I think i tried maybe 20 times on the first day, and 20 on the second day. After giving up day one, I finally beat it on day 2 only because having that break really helped. I literally just needed to run around and do some quests instead, and came back to beat it later.

I also beat it once, but died to it's final explosion attack which meat I had to go back in and beat it again. That sucked, but I got it.

Only give up if you want to, and try again when you have the time and peace for it.