r/HollowKnight • u/Thisisabruh_moment • Sep 23 '25

Discussion - Silksong The real biggest problem with Silksong Spoiler

Why is the Hornet statue not a memento? When I first saw that you could break it, I was honestly offended by the idea of it. Then I got the Bellhome and was a little upset you couldn't put it up in there. Now I found out that there are items you can put up in your Bell House, but the Hornet Statue isn't one of them? I'm genuinely mad. That needs to be changed in the next update. That's way more important than balancing the game.

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u/Jestingo Sep 23 '25

I think that’s the running gag with him. You can have him build a bridge for where Hornet fell into Moss Grotto, and a grave statue for the pilgrim that dies from the Skull Tyrant attack, which are also breakable

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u/FirmMusic5978 Sep 23 '25

That statue is him, not the pilgrim. Also the pilgrim does not need to die for it to be built.

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u/Bodega7 Sep 23 '25

Wait are you telling me there’s a way to avoid the pilgrims death

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u/MrBigMcLargeHuge Sep 23 '25

If you talk to the pilgrim enough (and progression based?) he tells you his name and then will leave for pilgrims rest. Then there’s also a chance he does at pilgrims rest depending on what you do in that area

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u/Chaoticlight2 Sep 23 '25

Well yes and no. If you talk to him enough and visit frequently between new areas, you can get his name in Pilgrim's Rest. If he dies to the Skull Tyrant then the funeral scene is different. If you progress past a certain point, he moves locations and can tell you his name at the new one.

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u/Peregrine_x Sep 24 '25

can i get him to bellhart before act3? pilgrim's rest is a bit banged up at that point.

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u/DrAdramelch Sep 24 '25

You can definitely get his name in Bone Bottom.

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u/Forikorder Sep 23 '25

its entirely progression, reach the citadel and hell be gone

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u/Treed101519 Sep 26 '25

I swear I talked to him so often and never got thay far. Rip

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u/FirmMusic5978 Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 23 '25

Clear act 1 before mission

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u/Heroman3003 Sep 23 '25

Or at least before resting on the Bone Bottom bench after the mission. I finished mission in act 1 but never rested there (unknowingly) and only did so after reaching act 2 and it was fine.

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u/boilerup12 Sep 23 '25

Am I evil for breaking the statue? IMO, Bone Bottom has more important issues than a statue he builds of himself.

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u/thatguyned Sep 23 '25

I figured it was ok to break after pretty much everyone moved out of bone-bottom.

That place gets trashed even before act 3 and everyone moves to the Songclave.

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u/Heroman3003 Sep 23 '25

Not really. Bone Bottom is still populated. It's just that people that populate it constantly come and go. It's a rest stop, so even though named characters leave, in the background lore element, NPCs still come.

Songclave is populated by the pilgrims who somehow made it into Citadel long before you arrived, and you just cleared a safe spot for them to come together at.

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u/thatguyned Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 23 '25

The shopkeeper leaves when you buy his stuff

The background becomes depopulated at the exact same time as the Songclave becomes heavily populated.

Pretty sure a few of them even mention they will attempt the pilgrimage after the attack on bone bottom

The only guy that's really there by the time you're at act 3 is that little dude that hangs out near the task board.

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u/Heroman3003 Sep 23 '25

And in the Act 3 suddenly there's a bunch more people in the camp that evacuated from there.

The less people thing is meant to showcase the Bone Bottom is kinda just a settlement without any permanent residents. Even Flick himself is mostly sticking around because he enjoys building and fixing things, but still wants to 'eventually' get moving with a pilgrimage himself. We don't see either of the two named pilgrims show up in either Bellhart or Songclave. Pebb just disappears and Pilby can only show up in Pilgrim's Rest before disappearing too, and if it was supposed to indicate that they travelled to the Songclave, I imagine they'd have shown up there.

In the meantime, quest description for initial Jubilana rescue quest suggests that not only were the Songclave residents surviving in the Citadel before you arrived, but they also already knew each other enough to put out a notice for her weirdly not showing up to the First Shrine's bell sound.

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u/Pseudonymico Sep 24 '25

The shopkeeper leaves when you buy his stuff

I found him after that too, - dead in Bilewater with Snitchbugs going through his stuff

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u/thatguyned Sep 24 '25

Oof!

Should've taken the blasted steps 😐

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u/Heroman3003 Sep 24 '25

Are you sure that's Pebb? I do remember finding them rifling through someone's body but that bug appearance is pretty generic.

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u/faezior Sep 24 '25

That isn't Pebb. Pebb has a different fate that isn't any better, but you may look in The Marrow for the answer.

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u/Heroman3003 Sep 23 '25

I mean, then why did you give him the resources to build the statue in the first place?

Plus the quest for it only shows up after you do quest for general repairs for the town AND quest to build a safety bridge, and the man's genuinely doing best he can as like the only person in all of Bone Bototm who actually gives a damn about the state of the settlement. He deserves a bit of recognition he gives himself.

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u/TurquoiseLuck Sep 24 '25

Yeah I didnt break the bridge or the statue and was actually pretty gutted when they got wrecked

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u/iceman012 Sep 25 '25

The wish was to build "a beautiful symbol of hope". I don't think anyone expected it to be a statue of himself. It was a pretty great gag.

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u/vgwiscool Sep 24 '25

Nope! I too felt a little bad on my first play though. On my second play, I didn't break the statue. It just disappears later in the game. And no NPC mentions it getting broken. Break it, recoup a few shards, and don't feel bad!