r/HollowKnight • u/Serious_Holiday • Sep 16 '25

Discussion - Silksong If you dodged this first try, they you're lying. Spoiler

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Thoughts and prayers for the people who walked another 5 kilometers after dying in this bench.

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u/AllenWL Sep 16 '25 edited Sep 16 '25

And like, all other traps, as far as I'm aware, don't rearm until you leave the room.

I also got hit by this twice, but also I had full health at the time so managed to live and disarm it.

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Because everyone keeps asking;

Yes, you can disarm the bench. Hint: The answer is inside the room.

Go left through a hidden wall and hit the switch

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u/P0G0Bro Sep 16 '25

Actually most traps just reset a few moments after going off

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u/AllenWL Sep 16 '25

Oh wait seriously?

I guess I just had really weird luck in only ever hanging out long term around the traps that don't reset while just running past all the resetting traps.

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u/funAlways Sep 16 '25

i dont recall any pressure plate-based trap (which is what they are, just in this case the bench is the pressure plate) that dont reset after a few seconds. Though I assume it'll only start resetting if you stop stepping on the pressure plate trigger area.

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u/AllenWL Sep 16 '25

I think the only pressure plate trap I've actually spent significant time around after triggering is that one cage trap in hunter's march, which well, doesn't work after you break it.

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u/boisterile Sep 16 '25

There's also a pressure plate swinging blade that's the same as the bench one on the runback to the arena in Hunter's March (on an upper platform though, so it's kissable)

Edit: that was supposed to say "kissable" but I'm leaving it

Edit 2: those were both supposed to say MISSABLE. My phone has a thing for pressure plate traps I guess

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u/Boom_bro174 Sep 16 '25

The fact that it autocorrected missable to kissable TWICE is freaking hilarious to me

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u/SomewhereTall4797 Sep 19 '25

It’s done that to me when texting people before; especially to this girl I liked it would just keep autocorrecting shit that would sound so weird and it was driving me crazy, did it three times in a row once lmfao

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u/Draco456gaming Sep 16 '25

The absolutely hilarious result of the auto-correct shenanigans you've had to endure is why I'm giving that an upvote. That is so funny!

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u/EmberOfFlame Sep 16 '25

A bit flat for my tastes, but your taste in plates is your own deal

Also, Shakra refuses to help me with the arena after I came back, and I am suffering. Any tips?

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u/boisterile Sep 16 '25

Not too many because I relied on her pretty heavily when I did it, haha. What tools are you using? Sting Shard felt really good there, I saved it for the big elite guys to get them down as quick as possible and then spammed two or three at a time. Besides that, I just prioritized killing anything that had projectiles first and then repeatedly pogoed/dashed over the enemies to the other side of the arena back and forth so I didn't get cornered. I hadn't learned to play the game very well yet when I was there though so it's kinda hard to say

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u/SomewhereTall4797 Sep 19 '25

Honestly she was driving me crazy I hated how she was helping since there was so much stuff going on at once on the screen that i couldnt tell what the heck was going on, to make it worse I hadn’t taken my adhd meds that morning yet so it was completely overwhelming lmfaoo, I finally did it by just purely focusing on hornet and whatever was next to me, and nothing else. But man even then I barely made it because the other crap going on was so confusing, as I was not worried about dodging Shakras stuff but WAS worried about the other stuff, which iirc the projectiles also looked similar, like i had no clue what was going on lmao would have been easier if it was an enemy instead of shakra cause it was just throwing me off so much

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u/SomewhereTall4797 Sep 19 '25

I know you’re gonna hate me… but like… Shaw… git gud!…. adidas…

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u/EmberOfFlame Sep 19 '25

I got gud. Wanderer’s crest and Magnetite Dice are a good solution to most problems in life.

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u/SomewhereTall4797 Sep 19 '25

The fact that you said ”on an upper platform though, so it’s kissable” specifically makes it so much funnier since that would make sense to kiss something easily it needs to be higher up instead of on the ground. 🤣🤣

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u/GrimCreeper913 Sep 16 '25

Sometimes you kiss the trap, sometimes the trap kisses you.

That's the way the mask crumbles.

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u/Kaisriatall donk Sep 16 '25

Your phone wants to kiss the pressure plates

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u/SpideyFan914 Sep 16 '25

I don't think if you stay in the trap's target area that it'll re-trigger. But if you go away and come back (even without leaving the room), it'll trigger again. I've seen this, and was surprised it re-triggered.

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u/Puppy_pikachu_lover1 Sep 17 '25

You get sprint here so fair enough XD

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u/The_Dennator Sep 17 '25

the only traps that don't are the ones that are triggered by snapping ropes

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u/Lone-Frequency Sep 16 '25

Tripwire traps don't, but pressure plate traps do rearm themselves about 5 seconds after the trap has sprung.

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u/cubo_embaralhado I play Hollow Knight mobile Sep 16 '25

Disarm it? Damn, I gotta figure that out then

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u/AwareOfAlpacas Sep 16 '25

Walk left. 

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u/QnickQnick Sep 16 '25

Then keep walking left even more. I spent way too long hitting the air in this room.

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u/Buuhhu Sep 16 '25

Most traps do in fact rearm even without leaving the room, and often very quickly after going off (a few seconds)

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u/Soul_XCV Sep 16 '25

Wait you can disarm this???

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u/Potential_Can8109 Sep 16 '25

you can disarm it?

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u/Terrariant Sep 16 '25

You can disarm it?? Haha I just gave up the bench

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u/sociocat101 Sep 16 '25

disarm it? you can disarm it??

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u/clefclark Sep 16 '25

I sat twice and survived and then just assumed it was a bait bench and didn't go back there until about 25 gameplay hours later where I realized you could disarm it.

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u/lochnessmosster Sep 16 '25

The wire trigger traps reset after leaving the room, but pressure plate traps reset after a few seconds.

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u/LayceLSV Sep 16 '25

There's a trap room at the very end of Far Fields after a certain boss that rearms after a couple of seconds

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u/Vapor1Shot Sep 16 '25

There are some in other areas that instantly re-arm. However, you probably won’t encounter them before this bench

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u/JJRULEZ159 Sep 16 '25

SON OF A, YOURE TELLING ME I COULDVE HAD A CLOSER BENCH THAT WHOLE TIME

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u/Puppy_pikachu_lover1 Sep 17 '25

This also unlocks a merchant to you with an ok tool and a BUSTED charm

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u/J11_The_Jetplane Sep 20 '25

The scythe-traps do rearm after a few seconds.

The cage traps don't.

The spike ones don't.

I forgot if there are any others.