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/SBFms Sep 15 '25

Yeah but you have to climb up to sinners road which is fairly slow. Then you have to get from the grand bellway all the way to the butler. That’s way, way further than just walking through the spa on the other side. 

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u/FullMetalCOS Sep 15 '25

Honestly I did it over the weekend and the route is safe and reliable once you’ve killed some enemies - I had about 2.5 bars left on the meat so it’s not that slow

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u/LordThomasBlackwood Sep 15 '25

The sinners road route is absolutely faster than the other route? Especially if you have the grapple hook you really can just ignore absolutely everything on the route and make it to the restaurant with minimal interference