Tag: Silksong
News Team Cherry Explains Hollow Knight: Silksong's "Steep Difficulty"
"We allow you to go way off the path"
We all waited a whopping seven years to get our hands on Hollow Knight: Silksong, and what has been the talking point in the weeks following its release? The difficulty. With tricky bosses, perilous platforming and some meaty runbacks, many have found Silksong to be a touch too tricky at launch — even after a...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: All Mossberry Locations & What They Do
Very berry
Early on in Silksong, you might pick up a Mossberry. These curious little fruits come in handy for a Wish in the early hours of the game, but they also have a bigger, more-helpful purpose as you approach the later half. In this guide, we've got the location of all 7 Mossberries in Silksong marked and recorded, along with the Berry...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: Green Prince Guide - How To Reach Lost Verdania
Sorry, who is Blue Prince again?
The Green Prince is a friendly NPC you meet in an unfortunate place in Silksong. One of the most tragic characters in the game, this noble creature has a very secret Quest you can complete during Act 3, but only if you save him. This guide covers the Green Prince's story in Hollow Knight: Silksong, including how to...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: All Bosses In Order - Locations & Rewards
Every boss encounter in Silksong, including optional bosses
Silksong is all about the bosses. With over 40 fearsome enemies to take on in Pharloom — and some of them are really mean — you might be looking for the place to find them all. Well, we have a list of every boss you'll fight in Silksong, including optional fights. We've broken these up...
Tick-tock
The Cogwork Core is a very cool take on your traditional clocktower level in a Castlevania game, but it's also home to some secrets, including the Second Sentinel, a robot built to protect the Citadel. In Silksong, Hornet can repair the Sentinel by building the Cogwork Heart. Then, one she sees the Sentinel doing its job, she'll be able...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: Broodfeast Quest - How To Get Seared, Shredded, And Skewered Organs
There's a Runtfeast, too
Deep in Silksong's Putrified Ducts, the Huntress needs to feed her brood. Speaking to her multiple times will grant Hornet the Broodfeast Quest, and it has a very nice reward waiting at the end. This guide covers the Broodfeast Wish in Hollow Knight: Silksong, with details on how to get the Seared Organ, Shredded Organ, and...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: Passing Of The Age Quest - All Mister Mushroom Locations
Solve the mushroom's riddle and unlock a secret ending
Anyone who's plumbed deep into Hollow Knight's secrets knows all about Mister Mushroom. This unusual NPC is back in Silksong, and comes bearing a Wish for Hornet. This guide covers the Passing of the Age quest in Silksong, including where to find Mister Mushroom all across Pharloom. Be warned,...
Review Hollow Knight: Silksong - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition - Woven To Brutal Perfection
Pain and pleasure
Hollow Knight: Silksong didn’t need to do much; it just needed to be 'more Hollow Knight'. That’s a huge task in itself; a slightly bigger, slightly better version of an already amazing, genre-defining game. But it’s clear that, after seven years of refining and perfecting and toiling, Team Cherry wanted more than just 'more...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: How To Get Every Ending
How to roll credits on all five of Silksong's endings
If you think you're done when you've rolled credits once, think again. It shouldn't be a surprise that Silksong has multiple endings for you to discover. Hollow Knight had some with some pretty wild requirements. And while some of the endings here have a few little secrets to wade through,...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: How To Unlock Act 3 - Silk And Soul Quest
Into the Abyss
Hollow Knight: Silksong is full of secrets, isn't it? That includes an entire third Act which has some pretty particular requirements to access. Given that Pharloom and The Citadel are huge, and there are a few different things you need to do to unlock the third (and final) Act, here's our guide to accessing the true endgame of...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: How To Cure Hornet's Curse - Twisted Bud, Infestation Operation Quest
Curse you!
What do you mean there's a way to make Silksong harder? Why is there a baby crying in my inventory? And what is a Twisted Bud? Yep, you can give Hornet a curse that makes her unable to heal and use Tools, which definitely makes things more challenging. However, there are a few reasons you'll want to curse Hornet — and there's a way to...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: How To Bind Eva
How to get Vesticrests and upgrade the Hunter Crest
Throughout Hollow Knight: Silksong, Hornet will bind a number of old Weaver statues, enemies, and sometimes friends, to gain new skills. One of these involves Eva, a hidden NPC you'll find deep in Mosshome. You can eventually bind Eva to gain an extremely powerful Ancestral Art, but the...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: Walkthrough & All Collectibles
Your silky smooth Silksong resource
We're finally ready to ascend — Hollow Knight: Silksong is out now, and Pharloom is ready and waiting to be explored. Just like Hollow Knight, Team Cherry has stuffed its second game with tons of challenges, hidden collectibles, and a whole bunch of news systems for you to dig into. We absolutely loved the...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: How Long Does It Take To Beat?
Spinning the wheel
Hollow Knight: Silksong isn't a particularly short game for a Metroidvania. Much like its predecessor, Silksong's huge map, raft of collectibles, and challenging bosses make for a densely-packed adventure. And, depending on how skilled you are and what you want to do, you might take a while. So, how long is Silksong? Is it longer...
A fine dish
The Great Taste of Pharloom is one of the longer, more-involved wishes in Silksong. You'll need to collect five ingredients so that Loyal Mergwin can feed his master the best dish possible. Finding those five ingredients will take you across the length and breadth of Pharloom, and not all of them are particularly easy to get. Here's our...
Opinion Silksong's Tight Construction Is Exactly What I Need After Too Much Open-World Loafing
I have to fight the boss now? But I was picking flowers!
Of course, it's not in any way whatsoever radical to have your players follow along a tightly-scripted path in a video game. It's nothing new, it's nothing that hasn't been a constant (in platformers especially) since...well...forever. So why is it, some five or six hours into my time with...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: Simple Key Locations - Where To Find Every Locked Door
The keys to it all
What is a Simple Key? It should open a simple door, right? That's exactly what they do in Hollow Knight: Silksong, but you might find more doors than keys, or vice versa. This guide covers the location of every single Simple Key and all the doors you can unlock with them. There are some good items hiding behind those doors, so...
Talking Point Is Hollow Knight: Silksong Too Difficult?
Phar too hard?
The original Hollow Knight was no pushover, but it's safe to say that its sequel is hitting a whole new level of difficulty. You only need look on social media to see that some folks have been struggling with their journey through Pharloom. A few are even going so far as to say that Silksong is "way too difficult to be enjoyable" or...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: How To Get Double Jump - Faydown Cloak Location
Hop to it
Double jump is often the moment in a Metroidvania where a game becomes much more open; insurmountable tasks become possible thanks to an extra little hop mid-air, and exploration becomes that much more fluid. In Silksong, Double Jump is a fairly late-game upgrade to Hornet's kit, but once you have it, you'll never look back. This guide...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: Wish Quest List - All Tasks & Rewards
Wish upon a bug
Hollow Knight: Silksong introduces a brand new quest system known as the Wish Board. There are multiple towns and characters scattered across Pharloom that need your help, and you'll either need to speak to the right character or examine the request board in town. This guide will act as your big side quest hub in Silksong, and we'll...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: All Lost Flea Locations
Those fleabags...
Fleas are everywhere! That's usually a bad right, right? In Silksong, it sort of still is, but Fleas are the pests they are in the real world. Makes sense in a game all about bugs... The Flea Caravan needs your help finding all of the Lost Fleas so they can move on, and Hornet is willing to help. You'll also get some nice rewards...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: Progression Guide - Recommended Route
Lost in Pharloom
With Silksong being a Metroidvania — and a big one at that — it's easy to get lost. Pharloom has multiple biomes and locations that hide secret paths and items, but you might just be looking for how to move forward. This guide will give you our recommended route for each act in Hollow Knight: Silksong; we'll focus on the...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: How To Get Drifter's Cloak - Flexible Spines, Where To Find Hokers
Drifting along
When you reach Far Fields for the first time in Silksong, you'll see gusts of wind blowing up from the floor. A pretty sure sign that a new ability is around the corner — and it certainly is. This guide covers the Flexible Spines Wish in Silksong, where to find Hokers, and how to get the Drifter's Cloak. Flexible Spines Quest...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: Every Silk Skill & Ancestral Art
All of Hornets abilities and how to get them
Relying on just your needle won't be enough in Hollow Knight: Silksong. Luckily, as with any good Metroidvania, Hornet can learn a range of traversal skills and special attacks that help make combat and exploration... well, not a breeze, but a lot more manageable. Below we're listing every single Silk...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: All Spool Fragment Locations
How long is a piece of silk?
Silk is a vital resource all throughout Pharloom, and for Hornet, it's the source of her skills and her ability to heal. In Silksong, Silk acts similarly to Soul in Hollow Knight, and likewise you can increase the amount of Silk Hornet can hold at once by seeking out Spool Fragments. In this guide, we'll be showing you...
Guide Should You Play Hollow Knight Before Silksong?
Nail or needle?
Have you been caught up in the Silkposting and the hype? The fervent clamouring for Silksong over the years has been hard to ignore, and now that it's finally here — and relatively cheap — you might be getting the urge to dive in, even if you've never played Hollow Knight. So, that's the question we're addressing in this guide...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: How To Upgrade Your Needle & Weapon Damage
A fine point
Hornet is certainly strong, but even she and her trusty needle need a bit of a boost. And in Silksong, Hornet can upgrade her weapon a handful of times to boost her damage. In this guide, we've got you covered on how to upgrade Hornet's needle so you can do more damage in Silksong, and how many times you can upgrade it. How to...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: All Tools - List & Locations
Get crafty
Tools are a new part of Hornet's kit in Silksong. These come in many different forms, from additional weapons to use against foes to defensive effects to help Hornet when she's in a pinch. You can craft more tools at benches, increase the number of tools you can carry, and also upgrade Crests to unlock additional Tool Slots. This is your...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: Crests Guide - All Crest Locations & Effects
Crest is Best
Hornet's playstyle is very different in Silksong compared to her counterpart in Hollow Knight. And, perhaps the biggest difference is that you have the ability to change how she fights by equipping different Crests. As if Tools and Cloaks weren't enough, Hornet needs to have something else to equip! This guide covers every single...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: Mask Shard Locations
Masking your HP
If you need to upgrade Hornet's health in Silksong, then you'll want to gather as many Mask Shards as you can. You'll need four of these to boost your health by one mask, and some of them are tricky to find. This guide will show you where to find every Mask Shard in Hollow Knight: Silksong. All 20 Mask Shard Locations in...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: All Achievements
Achieve the impossible?
Yes, you read that correctly — Achievements are in Silksong! On Switch and Switch 2, these are recorded in-game (as opposed to other platforms that have trophy systems), and they hint at some very difficult challenges. So, no different from Hollow Knight's punishing achievements then, eh? Let's have a look at every...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: Best Rosary Farming Spots
Keeping things rosy
Rosaries are the most important currency in Hollow Knight: Silksong. You'll need them to buy equipment, open up benches, and even enter areas sometimes. You'll run out of the fast — particularly if you find yourself dying a lot. Fortunately, there are a few easy ways to farm Rosaries so that the pilgrims across Pharloom will...
Guide Hollow Knight: Silksong: Where To Find Shakra - Compass, Quill & Map Locations
Mapping it out
Conifer may not be present in Hollow Knight: Silksong, but a new cartographer has taken his place. Shakra is a proud warrior and map-maker who is ready to fight — with both pen and sword. Like in Hollow Knight, the cartographer is an invaluable NPC who you'll want to seek out early on in the game. Especially if you want to know...
News Team Cherry's Already Got "Ambitious" Plans For Hollow Knight: Silksong Additional Content
"Hopefully we can achieve some of it"
Team Cherry has finally lifted the lid on Hollow Knight: Silksong's release date. It's 4th September, if you missed it, and Bloomberg's Jason Schreier has sat down with the devs to find out why it has taken so long to make. The short answer, as detailed
News Geoff Keighley Either Knows Something About Silksong, Or Is Just Being A Tool
We can't decide which right now
With yet another major games showcase just around the corner, Hollow Knight fans are once again hoping against hope that a release date for Silksong will be confirmed. This time, however, something feels different. We're mere hours away from Gamescom's Opening Night Live showcase, and host Geoff Keighley has posted a...
News Hollow Knight: Silksong Will Be Playable At Gamescom 2025
Cherry picking
Well look who finally showed up! Microsoft has today announced that Hollow Knight: Silksong (yes, the Hollow Knight: Silksong) will be making an appearance at Gamescom 2025 in a new playable demo. In a new Xbox Wire blog post, the company confirmed that Silksong will be one of the titles coming to the Xbox booth for the duration of...
News Hollow Knight: Silksong Fans Spot New Behind-The-Scenes Updates
Some assets have been changed
We're running out of months in 2023 and there's still no sign of Hollow Knight: Silksong arriving on the Nintendo Switch any time soon. With this in mind, fans have been searching for any sign of a possible upcoming release, and it seems the game's web and store assets have been updated and changed this week. As...
News Hollow Knight: Silksong No Longer Releasing In The First Half Of 2023
"Development is still continuing"
We've finally got an update about the anticipated release Hollow Knight: Silksong, but it might not be the news everyone was expecting. According to Team Cherry's marketing and publishing rep Matthew Griffin, Silksong was apparently "planned to release in the 1st half of 2023" but development on the game is still...
News New Hollow Knight: Silksong Trailer Features In Xbox Showcase, Out In "The Next 12 Months"
No exact release date, but we got a window
The Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase 2022 has kicked off and Silksong fans waiting for some word — any word! — on the Hollow Knight sequel have been treated to a brand new trailer to accompany the announcement that the game will be available as a Day One Game Pass title. Originally announced back in...
