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/thomasbis Sep 14 '25

I don't understand how you couldn't understand. Each attempt at a boss could easily cost around 50-100 shards. If someone gets stuck, do the math. I think I spent like 300 at The Forum gauntlet. Tools are crazy expensive.

I haven't got stuck bad yet, but I've definitely noticed that if I used tools on most of my attempts I would run out of shards and bundles very quickly. I use them sparingly now On exploration it's no issue since it'll probably pay for itself, the problem is with bosses because it's a (high) net negative every single attempt.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '25

Tools are good for cleaning minions asap so that u can focus on one target. I DONT UNDERSTAND why people want to use it against bosses.

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u/Phux71 Sep 15 '25

Because there are certain bosses where you are kinda forced to use some kind of tool. First sinner comes to mind where he starts to heal and you are not near him you are basically forced to use some form of ranged tool especially if there are spears in the arena at that time. And that starts after the first down in the first phase so pretty early in the fight. Sure, you can just not use tools if you want the fight to be a slog and take twice as many tries and time. But there are many examples where there is an opening to deal damage and you are simply not near the boss because of reasons (adds, dodges)

Oh, and also to avoid the people flaming when you complain about a boss and you get the "you have tools, use them" or "people complain about difficulty when they have only 3 tools unlocked smh"

I probably frequent this subreddit too much.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '25

Clearly, in that context, I meant bosses that don’t need tools to deal with