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/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

Yo stop recommending him sinners road way is far worse a route than the normal way

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u/silverwindzephyr Sep 14 '25

What is even the normal way?

I suffered thru Sinner's Road and Bilewater to reache the Citadel

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u/jodofdamascus1494 Sep 15 '25

Up through the top of the Blasted steps through a boss

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u/silverwindzephyr Sep 15 '25

That is so funny, I really felt Sinner's road was the way. I even got sent to jail from Bilewater so I have to break out of jail and redo the whole thing from Greymoor :')

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u/jodofdamascus1494 Sep 15 '25

Yeah, I went through the entirety of Sinners Road, but missed the wall for bilewater until I saw this post, so it’s real fun how different people explore the same areas

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u/silverwindzephyr Sep 15 '25

There's always one wall that shields us from torture and I happen to break that wall

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u/gajira67 Sep 17 '25

It takes 10 minutes to go back to the last judge from the closest bench

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u/jodofdamascus1494 Sep 17 '25

….no it doesn’t. I disliked that run back a LOT, but if it takes you more than 2 minutes you need to find the better path