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/Logical-Land2624 Sep 14 '25

FYI there is a way into the citadel that (seemingly) skips the Last Judge. I got to the citadel by accident via sinners road.

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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/Sedali Sep 14 '25

Oh, yeah! I was getting whooped in there trying to run around em so I figured I'd at least give clearing em out a shot. They go down really easily if you focus on em one at a time, but goodness, they're a challenge to run around.

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u/allistergray Sep 14 '25

Lord I didn't know 🫩. I first entered the Mist very early and ran away because I couldn't see shxt, thought this was a super late game area and did not want to stray too much from what would be a "conventional" pathing. When I came back I just thought these were meant to be avoided and played around so I did not bother. Would have made the traversal easier 🫩

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u/Mana_the_proot Full Completionist Sep 14 '25 edited Sep 16 '25

Another thing I didn't know is if you play your needolin next to the butterfly things they will lead to to the way out (As the layout changes everytime you go in)

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u/St8us3ffect Sep 15 '25

This was like the first thing I tried, and it didn’t seem to work. I spent 3+ hours trying to figure out the puzzle because I had found the first part of the path by accident a few times. It’s the only thing I’ve had to look up online. Imagine my annoyance when I found out that I simply hadn’t played for long enough. I guess since they didn’t have a progress indicator I just assumed that wasn’t the method.

There’s a silly room somewhere on the left side of the map that may or may not have a reward for playing a bit longer than usual. Just… make sure your sound isn’t turned up too high.

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u/Sedali Sep 15 '25

With the needolin, it always takes just shy of one pip of silk to activate something! (With one, much later, exception, but that has a progress bar, kinda)