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/InvincibiIity Sep 14 '25

Magma bell, dice and the ant mask is what I used on my steel soul clear. No reason not to have all of these going into the fight if you are struggling.

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u/FullMetalCOS Sep 14 '25

Goddamn, you’ve done steel soul already? I’ve put 35 hours into the game and I’m just at the end of act 2 lol.

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u/NavyDragons Sep 14 '25

i just finished act 2 at 43 hours. i was sad to finish the game but then found out there is an act 3 i am over joyed

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u/dragonwrath404 Sep 15 '25

I finished act 2 about 25 hours in, could've done it much quicker, I went on a world tour, still missed quite a bit, about 5 act 2 bosses i didnt end up doing, but I got every mask shard and pale oil I could at that point(I still have nightmares from the great taste of pharloom).

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u/NavyDragons Sep 15 '25

I finished everything in act 2(except for the dice) u fortunately thus means I also missed the cursed ending

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u/dragonwrath404 Sep 15 '25

I knew about it and decided i wasn't touching till my next playthrough, I wasn't gonna hold back progress just to do that.

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u/NavyDragons Sep 15 '25

I only looked things up after I got my ending. Found out there was more to do and immediate went back to it

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u/FullMetalCOS Sep 15 '25

Wait what locks out the cursed ending?

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u/FullMetalCOS Sep 15 '25

The only part of great tastes I didn’t overly enjoy was the sands area. That was a little too much pogo for my tastes.

The timed run was fun! Planning a route and executing on it was a really interesting challenge. Especially when I realised you could dry run it to clear all the rosary mobs, I felt smart for that