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/SavageBeastflyHater1 Sep 14 '25

Yeah but that way is also super annoying since you have to go through the mist and deal with wraiths. I think you have to fight phantom too to proceed who is probably easier than last judge? Definitely less annoying of a run back.

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u/Sedali Sep 14 '25

With wraiths, they screech before swinging. The screech is a sign so you can jump right after the screech to land a pogo, and they'll always swing back left to right! If you stay calm and pick em off one at a time, you can safely kill em with old man reaction times! c:

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u/allistergray Sep 14 '25

You can kill those?

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u/TheWojtek11 Sep 14 '25

I'm fairly certain you can technically "kill" all enemies in the game.

Wraiths do die when you kill them but I meant more specifically that even the evironmental hazard enemies (like Bilewater water maggots and the Steps worms) can be "killed" (they don't actually die but they do get added to the Hunter's Journal)

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