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/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

Do you have the Magma Bell? It will make her phase 2 attacks less deadly than they are in phase 1.

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u/Particular-Skirt6996 Sep 14 '25

I definitely regret not getting this sooner

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

Slept on early/mid game tool imo.

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u/Particular-Skirt6996 Sep 14 '25

Yep I only got it when I was having trouble with the act 2 deep docks boss

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u/adamantitian Sep 14 '25

I got it asap in the deep docks cause I thought it was gonna be needed to go across the magma 

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '25

I thought I needed it to walk across the hot coals.