I have a confession: for most of my early Silksong run, I kept staring at ceilings and thinking about the Monarch Wings. In the original Hollow Knight, that double jump opens up so much of the map, and Silksong withholds it for a long time. That is exactly why the Faydown Cloak feels like such a huge prize. It gives you a double jump and cold immunity, and you can grab it fairly soon after...

In 2026, one of Hollow Knight: Silksong’s most endearing Easter eggs is still unresolved. Eric Barone, the creator of Stardew Valley, appears in the game’s credits as a voice actor, but the credits do not identify which resident of Pharloom he performed. The omission has turned a small credit line into a long-running fan investigation, and the mystery has lost none of its charm....

Bellhart is the kind of town that greets visitors with a chorus of creaking silk and a collective nap that would make a sloth jealous. In Hollow Knight: Silksong, every resident of Pharloom's central burg has been strung up like a row of particularly unfortunate marionettes, and as of 2026, freeing them remains one of the game's most satisfying detours. The solution is not written on a welcome...

Hollow Knight: Silksong remains a demanding follow-up in 2026, and one of its most discussed early obstacles is not a named boss but a nameless mini-boss in The Marrow. The enemy, later identified by IGN as Skarrgard, has become a shared frustration for players exploring Silksong’s second area. Team Cherry did not introduce the fight with a formal boss title card, so many players did not...

In 2026, Hollow Knight: Silksong’s Wormways remains a dangerous detour for even seasoned players, but the Alchemist’s Assistant quest gives the brave a chance to turn a strange blue substance into a lifesaving advantage. The optional assignment from Alchemist Zylotol sends the Knight through cramped tunnels, falling worms, spike pits, and false walls in search of three plasmium...

I’m just a regular Silksong player, and when I heard the Vaultkeeper’s Melody was hiding under Choral Chambers, I did what any sensible bug did: grabbed my needle, ignored my backlog, and went spelunking. 😅 This one is a proper little treasure hunt — Whispering Vaults, a shy Vaultkeeper, a Psalm Cylinder, and a Sacred Cylinder that sent me on a detour through Underworks. As of...

Let me be honest: I did not expect Hollow Knight: Silksong to make me question my pogo skills quite so early. I actually think the opening hours are gentler than I remembered from the first game—until Sinner's Road. That muddy, miserable stretch is where the training wheels come off, and it is also where I learned that paying for a bench does not always mean the bench works. If you have...

Somewhere in the Citadel, a robot is enjoying a nap so profound that it has practically become furniture. The Cogwork Heart in Silksong is one of those items that feels like a riddle wrapped in machinery, and players who find it may stare at their inventory with the quiet confusion of someone holding a key at a door that has no visible lock. The answer, as it turns out, is not a grand ritual or...