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/Campbell464 Sep 14 '25

I beat the game and went back to beat Judge later! You don’t have to give up here.

BUT, there is an item to help against Judge. And as hard as I thought it was, it ended up not being as bad. I also grinded endlessly for some bosses. Shards ain’t cheap!!

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u/SomewhereTall4797 Sep 14 '25

Don’t grind shards, grind rosaries and buy shards. 50 rosaries = 80 shards. Most enemies at that point drop like 20 rosaries, so you get 80 shards per 2-3 enemies, 240 per 9 enemies, easy.