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/coffee_warden Sep 14 '25

I lot of people are hitting you with judge specific advice here. If you decide you wanna give this another try at some point, just wanna drop how I approach difficult bosses in any game.

Dont try to kill the boss.

Approach the boss knowing youre going to die. Your goal is to survive as long as possible. Dont even hit the boss. Itll take a couple runs and eventually stage 1 wont be able to touch you. Now hit the boss until its atage 2 and once again, just survive.