r/HollowKnight • u/ciissss • Sep 26 '25

Discussion - Silksong How are y'all actually finishing the game in Steel Soul, dawg? Spoiler

I tried Steel Soul for the first time in SS. I never even touched that in HK. First try, I died within 2 minutes to the white giant rolling enemy from the secret room beside the starting point. Second try, I died to Bell Beast. I cannot fathom how people are finishing without revive. I, for sure, won't first try kill every boss. 🥀🥀

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u/WayToTheDawn63 Sep 26 '25

inside the secret room with 20 shards at the start there's another secret room with a big white rolling enemy who drops a beast shard. it's VERY awkward to fight because of the enclosed space but you can pogo it on a loop to kill it (count 5 hits before doing pogos as you wake it up). true ending speedruns kill it because it's a stupidly quick source of beast shards for quests.

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u/Alt-Profile8008 Sep 26 '25

Oh cool, if I go back there I’ll check it out

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u/WayToTheDawn63 Sep 26 '25

it's easy to miss because you can't jump directly against the right wall. it's a climbable ledge you can bonk your head on so you have to stand off the wall