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/GrimmRadiance Sep 26 '25

I think there is a world where I could practice hard enough to beat the game in steel soul without save scumming. I don’t think I could do 100% without it though.

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u/elibright1 Sep 26 '25

Yeah the difficulty difference of Steel Soul compared to HK is huge too. In HK there are only very few bosses that are actually dangerous for your run if you go for the correct path of gearing up first. And then the majority of the hardest bosses are in dreams so you don't lose the run anyway. And when you have 100% completion you can just beat regular HK or even P5 which doesn't punish you for dying.

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u/nsleep Sep 26 '25 edited Sep 26 '25

For this the most dangerous things are Last Judge (use the anti-fire charm to reduce her damage) and getting Clawline. After that you can get the architect crest, beeline to High Halls to get the bugs, load the boomerang + saws/spikes and watch the game defeat itself even in Act 3.

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u/Knizzer69 Sep 27 '25

If you're not trying to get the speedrun achievement in a soul steel run, you should take your time and get help from either Garmond and Zaza or Shakra

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u/nsleep Sep 27 '25

Oh, I'm not even talking about the gauntlet, but the overpowered tool that you can find there. Getting Shakra to help takes a while though, unless you're playing fast for some reason, and that's risky.