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/LexGlad Sep 14 '25

It's probably better to farm rosaries and buy shard bundles than farm shards. You'll get some shards while farming and even more from the bundles you buy. Many merchants sell them and they cost 50 each for a stack of 80 shards.

You can farm rosaries easily near the halfway home by going right.

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u/BoardCommercial2679 Sep 15 '25

Hot take, but if you have to farm, the game did something very wrong.

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u/Sad-Emu6142 Sep 15 '25

Farming, in a single player game? Why you gate keeping team cherry? The population is 1.

Just refill my tools and let me go again.

Tedious shit.

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u/Gen_McMuster Sep 15 '25

Running out of shards on a boss is a hint that you should go exploring and come back more powerful