I assure you I didn't do any stuff like that
#Hollow Knight/Silksong
versed wagon
I definitely tried to get up there in Blasted Steps after both Clawline and Double Jump
But I guess I have a skill issue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFsQlQDnXrs
primal hedge
ah, I didn't come back here after clawline
autumn mantle
alright I just did Taste of Pharloom and Trail's End
now left with the pale monarch and also i wanna get some mask shards i missed
like the one above i also didnt get that one
i think
primal hedge
autumn mantle
https://youtu.be/Rp-gPD_-RM4?si=LJbJ_HGTMl7EnN0z
the automated confession booth was crazy
versed wagon
You thought that room couldn't get worse after the pay-per-sit benches
But it did
It's so good
And then there's Loam
autumn mantle
flashback from GoW Ragnarok with ||Lyngbakr being accustumed to its chains||
autumn mantle
absolute shaw
versed wagon
Edira even
burnt perch
I was watching an old mossbag video and he quoted an interview with team cherry where they said they wanted Silksong to have similar difficulty to Hollow Knight
versed wagon
burnt perch
NCS just finished Hollow Knight yesterday I watched the Radiance its sooo easy...
well thats for bosses
HK does have path of pain going for it
versed wagon
Make sure to pet the dogs
versed wagon
You went Phantom route or TLJ?
burnt perch
Phantom
burnt perch
time to hit up sinners road and die
burnt perch
I think I might brave my way into hunters march for the critical mask tool after the 2nd needle upgrade
versed wagon
That are is pretty safe once you have mobility and two needle upgrades
Vault's oil is not too bad to get but gotta beat the Dancers
burnt perch
dancers are dead
i ended on getting clawline
i dont really think i die to any boss before Lace 2 now so im just gonna get all the health and damage I can for that
then I also have to consider if Shakras quest or high halls gauntlet solo is harder
cause if you do her quest she helps you there apparently
but then im entering bilewater on my steel soul ed 1 run..
versed wagon
Garmond and Zaza can help you with that one too and they're easier to get
He's not as good as Shakra but he's better than nothing
carmine garnet
burnt perch
time to not die in mount fay
i heard flintsteel makes it so you dont die to the cold
burnt perch
i have 4 silkeaters do they do anything in SS
versed wagon
Exchanged for shards or rosaries I think, one of the two currencies
In the same place where in a normal run you'd get more, from the bug that makes them
It is not a significant amount
elfin kettle
i heard flintsteel makes it so you dont die to the cold
Each use of it gives you a few extra seconds of heat, but not as much as reaching a heat source
burnt perch
carmine garnet
burnt perch
erm.. I just posted that..
burnt perch
you know how everything in this game hits for 2
do you think team cherry meant to add double defense upgrade like Zelda and just forgot
versed wagon
Instead they added "take double damage" tool
carmine garnet
erm.. I just posted that..
Yes but it wasn't embedding correctly so I posted a version that did
burnt perch
who ready to die to lace 2 today...
i havent played for some days what am I missing
all 3 melodies
Trobbio is free cogwork is free
high halls is sus...
oh yeah I was thinking about getting the 2nd oil but thats soooo much work
burnt perch
Shakra is helping me in high halls 😊
elfin kettle
Yeah IIRC that happens if you finish her quest before doing that challenge rom
burnt perch
i think I will finish the 100% speedrun achiev and then put the game down for now. Been a good 3 months
burnt perch
you need so much money in this game for 100%
versed wagon
What do you have to buy?
burnt perch
so many expensive tools and crafting kit upgrades
versed wagon
EZ
snow wigeon
For you silksong folks, what track is the one they're using in this piece? At 1:53 specifically. https://youtu.be/VpMqNkRu1CA?si=9U43KTdl0FJsvNnZ&t=111
primal hedge
elfin kettle
Oh shit!
Also they announced a refresh on Hollow Knight
So I assume a sort of remaster or touch up with the tech they made for the sequel?
Hollow Knight Nintendo Switch 2 Edition incorporates all the updates and enhancements that Silksong received on the platform: High frame-rate modes, higher resolutions, and many additional graphical effects.
As with Silksong, players who own a copy of Hollow Knight on Nintendo Switch will be able to download the new Nintendo Switch 2 Edition for free when it launches in 2026!
In preparation for that release, we’ll be updating all versions of the original game for current platforms, adding features and fixing bugs.
PC players can experience many of those updates right now, via the public-beta branches on Steam and GOG, where they’ve just gone live. That includes full 16:10 and 21:9 aspect ratio support for those of you with Steam Decks or ultrawide monitors! Check out the current list of fixes and improvements here, with more due to come before full release next year:
So basically, the refresh is out now on the beta branch for PC
Well not all of them but "many of those updates"
Patch Notes:
- Added support for 21:9 & 16:10 resolutions.
- Game now pauses while in inventory menus.
- Upgraded to Unity Input System for broader controller support (original input system is still available, if preferred, via Options>Controller>Advanced Settings)
- Added dithering effect, and dithering options, to reduce colour banding.
- Fixed a softlock in City of Tears Grub room.
- Reduced Grey Prince Zote's stagger bounce height.
- Updated Sly's Great Slash collider to closer match visual.
- Salubra's Blessing now deactivates after reaching max Soul.
- Map panning is now smoother
- Various smaller fixes and tweaks.
Salubra's Blessing now deactivates after reaching max Soul.
Best update ever made
elfin kettle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDFEeeLy6ws
I hope we see Silksong at the next Summer Game Fest
We are so back, it's like we never left
snow wigeon
elfin kettle
As a sidenote, do you think we'll Meet Zote on a boat in the Sea of Sorrow?
If making that gag was the whole reason to set this one at sea, I respect it.
primal hedge
burnt perch
how long until the @carmine garnet playthrough commentary...
carmine garnet
Hi
First I gotta clear my archipelago backlog which I put off for secret santa
Thank you Wcctnoam for the Christmas gift
meager cedar
I don't think I'm going to be able to finish Hollow Knight. I got stuck on the mantis lords and could not beat them
carmine garnet
Go do something else
The Hollow Knight world is big and you don't ever have to beat the Mantis Lords
Find upgrades, explore areas, learn how to fight new enemies
versed wagon
What's the point just wait for Sea of Sorrows
versed wagon
People who love a silent protagonist be like: ...
meager cedar
Silent protagonists are better than those protagonists that constantly talk and are really annoying 
burnt perch
let me know if you need help Ive gotten to Lace 2 on steel soul
thats the equivalent of dying to Watcher Knights
versed wagon
Don't ask me for help unless it's about Seth 2
burnt perch
have you done seth 2
versed wagon
Yeah bro
burnt perch
get a life bro..
versed wagon
It's fake 100% but of course I went for it
It's Skong
Or more like fake 110% I guess
versed wagon
More than plenty for the achievement
You need exactly 9 hours and 50 minutes to beat || Act 3's|| boss
carmine garnet
They have invented swimming
burnt perch
how do I not recognize where you are
versed wagon
Starting area bro
burnt perch
this isnt in my moss grotto route..
burnt perch
are we getting a ström...
versed wagon
I was there before I saw my first enemy
cerulean vigil
Holy shit there's a shut the fuck up button
but you need those for echolalia
burnt perch
I was there before I saw my first enemy
there is an enemy in the picture idiot
cerulean vigil
thats not an enemy, thats a fluffy friend
burnt perch
40 minutes to ||moss mother?||
versed wagon
there is an enemy in the picture idiot
If they don't attack me they're not an enemy
versed wagon
40 minutes to ||moss mother?||
|| To Bell Beast and to beat it ||
carmine garnet
True
burnt perch
stream??
burnt perch
My Nintendo Switch 2 can
carmine garnet
I did find a bench. Let me know if you want more or less screenshots
carmine garnet
My Nintendo Switch 2 can
Sure, bring it over and I'll use it
carmine garnet
Boss down
burnt perch
Its where you will swap characters between Hornet and Zote
versed wagon
First tried Moss Mother 
carmine garnet
Me when I find a stick
versed wagon
YEAH
burnt perch
have you used your heal (bind) yet
versed wagon
I like how Hornet was ready to stab a bitch no questions asked
carmine garnet
yes
versed wagon
But she passed out
burnt perch
My gf really likes when she says "Friend!" when she heals
carmine garnet
Oh no there's a quest list
burnt perch
Collect 12 boar flanks..
versed wagon
Completionists love this one trick
Completionists also hate this one trick
burnt perch
Im betting on 6 deaths on the 2nd boss
carmine garnet
Let me in!
burnt perch
bro fell back down...
versed wagon
Im betting on 6 deaths on the 2nd boss
|| Beast? ||
burnt perch
yes
carmine garnet
I had to check if I was missing any items
versed wagon
I'm gonna say 3
carmine garnet
Also I wanted to get the mossfruit
versed wagon
But the 40m I bet earlier, I meant from start of run in my mind, so it would be in 25m or close to it or I lose that one
versed wagon
I believe in Flitter
carmine garnet
This town is full of boners
burnt perch
Flitter is going to SING with SHERMA for at least TEN minutes
versed wagon
Better than full of Boomers like Dirtmouth
versed wagon
Flitter is going to SING with SHERMA for at least TEN minutes
I'll take that bet. I'm gonna say 3
carmine garnet
I wanted the opening cinematic to start with six guys and end with three carrying it
How convenient that mask shards just happen to look like your mask
versed wagon
Copying from HK no originality 0/10
carmine garnet
Need a double jump
versed wagon
Skill issue
carmine garnet
Great way to shut this guy up: Talk to him
versed wagon
burnt perch
fa ri de ma sho bi de
versed wagon
do ni pwana voo ri net
carmine garnet
How dumb is that guy
cerulean vigil
sherma's just a lil goober 
you cant be mean to sherma
versed wagon
carmine garnet
Anti-homeless VIP seats
Shame they didn't hide a secret platform you can reach by pogoing the bells
I'm too lightly dressed for this weather
versed wagon
Shame they didn't hide a secret platform you can reach by pogoing the bells
Exactly what I tried at every single bell-bench
carmine garnet
And jumping in the lava doesn't kill me
versed wagon
Yeah it's a very easy game
carmine garnet
carmine garnet
Well it said I automatically equipped it so I have to
burnt perch
except for the money magnet that one is legal
versed wagon
That's a yellow tool don't gaslight him
Artiks played without using red tools which is a fair extra difficulty challenge
Playing without compass is for psychopaths
There's yellow, blue and red tools. Do as you wish with them
carmine garnet
Nice work
versed wagon
TOSHANKA
burnt perch
why
carmine garnet
Developer intended skip acquired
burnt perch
o
versed wagon
Lost the 40m bet...
carmine garnet
I just made enough money to buy this person's shop out
versed wagon
That's a fair amount of money
carmine garnet
Me when I play Shovel Knight and fall in one hole
burnt perch
uff...
carmine garnet
I could probably use the little mosquito guys to go further west but I don't know if I should
versed wagon
On my first playthrough I went for all potential enemy pogos I could see and I got a couple stuff early like mask shards but never felt like I made it to an area too soon or skipped stuff
Not an authority, but for reference. Play as it's normal for you
carmine garnet
Infinite pomegranate machine?!
What the fuck it ran out
What does this sign mean?
versed wagon
It means you have fleas
carmine garnet
This reminds me of the fake bench from the first game where they fucking kill you
versed wagon
Didn't make that connection but fair
I definitely approached this area with caution my first time but after I realised it was an NPC I could talk to I let my guard down
carmine garnet
It's the way they're all bouncing
versed wagon
That's what fleas do
carmine garnet
It is fucked up that they brought back the little beetles from the previous game but now they shoot out retractable metal spikes
primal hedge
you've seen nothing yet
versed wagon
This guy's complaining about grubs
carmine garnet
I've seen nothing because I am actually lost
versed wagon
Did you get your first skill?
versed wagon
Congrats on your first vessel fragment
carmine garnet
Such rude words, totally not body positive
primal hedge
TIL Sherma can show up there
carmine garnet
Not letting me sing with him either, he just wants the beast to sing
primal hedge
you have that bug-of-few-words aura
versed wagon
You didn't earn the skill to sing with him
burnt perch
Im on 98% but I cant see anything missing on the menu
versed wagon
Show me menus 1 and 2
carmine garnet
Oh I forgot this area existed
burnt perch
im gonna check if its ||Everbloom and Eva first||
versed wagon
Both of those count, yes
carmine garnet
Favour vs Favor
I thought Australians did Favor
I hear singing and/or screaming
Mommy?
Seems a bit strong if it can cut all that, innit
Let's kill - I mean free the beast
Rude! I guess I'm doing both?!
versed wagon
10m to beat it is pretty good
carmine garnet
What I needed was to find the nearby bench instead of going the long way and losing HP
versed wagon
The looooong way
carmine garnet
I'm not that ugly
versed wagon
Congrats on getting adopted
carmine garnet
A quest board?!
burnt perch
final boss time 
versed wagon
You have a quest board in your menu
versed wagon
Didn't even get to the first lesbian scene...
carmine garnet
What do you think this was? https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1091169976217509918/1453524979684737024/Hollow_Knight_Silksong_RLBYm40iFH.png?ex=694dc420&is=694c72a0&hm=e9866ec5690a10ba62a235ceac54472175fe8f8e2b45cc5f2faa3df76582f020&
primal hedge
||inexplicably correctly assuming Bell Beast's gender this early is such a Flitter moment||
carmine garnet
Is this spoiler for me or against me
versed wagon
Yes
versed wagon
Now beat Seth 2
versed wagon
Hunter Journal is easy, you don't get locked out of any entries they made certain of that
burnt perch
probably gonna put this game down for a bit ive been playing since september
versed wagon
It's just a matter of huntign down what you're missing and sometimes looking up where they spawn
burnt perch
90 hours played according to my switch profile
versed wagon
Oof. Steam says 150 for me
201 in HK
If Skong gets an equivalent to Pantheon I'm easilly going to end in the 500s
burnt perch
next time im playing this game im learning another crest
versed wagon
I used one of the mods to start a new game and have Beast from the start, forced myself to only use that
I could really feel how the early game wasn't build for that mobility or attack, but it was doable
burnt perch
No mods for Nintendo Switch 2 
versed wagon
And it was interesting for a while but I grew bored. To be fair though, it was my 6th or 7th playthrough
burnt perch
ive played the early game so much because of steel soul
carmine garnet
Oh yeah silksong has mods
versed wagon
Yeah I hate everything up until you get Dash
carmine garnet
Let me grab the one that makes Hornet into homer Simpson with big boobs
versed wagon
It feels like being forced to watch a prologue
primal hedge
yeah, holding one's interest for multiple playthroughs is already a top N games ever result
versed wagon
Then the game really starts, on a replay
burnt perch
I think Im gonna give Skong the esteemed Artiks game of the year award
versed wagon
Does it get Artiks Indie Game of the Year Award?
burnt perch
probably
carmine garnet
No because it has Awesome Iesbians
burnt perch
Then the game really starts, on a replay
until you have to do the drifters cloak quest for the 8th time
versed wagon
Getting those needles got very easy after the third time
Just one loop, and I end up exactly back to where you deliver the quest
elfin kettle
Oh I miss flitter Silksong narration, skimmed it though.
Happy they got to the ||dog||
carmine garnet
If you want I can have a fixed timeslot where I play the game during
elfin kettle
Nah don't worry, especially during the holidays I'm not sure when I'll have time to follow anyway
Besides I wasn't even that busy, I just didn't check the channel
versed wagon
Sounds like a Silkpost to me
carmine garnet
You started it because you wanted to share with us your Hollow Knight playthrough
ivory ferry
and then i gave up at some point and played vicariously through About Oliver instead
mortal yarrow
sad!
carmine garnet
Hi. Let's play Silksong
I want to start by doing a second pass where I appreciate the backgrounds
Who died?
primal hedge
given the staff, pretty sure that's one of the bugs escorting your cage in the opening cutscene
carmine garnet
Oh yeah I forgot they existed
primal hedge
it's weird how refreshing it is when the place a cutscene happens in is also a "real" place in the game world
carmine garnet
Oh look, a shiny lever
Surely this will open the door in the front and not make the cage above fall on me
They even have a bench for sitting
Why does this platform exist?
Did they record a puppy for this voice?
primal hedge
awooo
carmine garnet
Of course, what else would be inside?
I can't believe one of the quests in this game is kill 12 hobos and strip them naked
Yellow paint phenomenon strikes again
Can't believe the game tried to pull a minecraft TNT house trick on me
primal hedge
did it work
carmine garnet
I'm not slow enough for it to work
They gave me three times as much time as necessary to get away
I like how hitting these does NOT bounce you more than hitting a wall,
But it feels like it does because the screen shakes when you do
The fact that you can chain ledge grabs directly into jumps that have about the same height as if you were to jump from a standing position makes me feel like a ninja
Are these spikes red because they hurt for 2?
primal hedge
one of the things that makes the speedrun movement fun to watch is how situational the ledge hop is for height vs speed
carmine garnet
No they hurt for 1
primal hedge
I think passive hazards like this always hurt for 1
at least when I was playing I had a few moments where I chose to let spikes hit me instead of a 2-hit enemy, when I couldn't think of a way to actually escape unhit
carmine garnet
The lava hits for 2
carmine garnet
This guy is just waiting for me to move him into frame so he can stab me
Why would I help you? The first guy I tried to free assaulted me with a greathammer
He's rude too
elfin kettle
Ye, I hate his ass
carmine garnet
There's loot in the cell above him, and I suspect the only way to get it is by freeing him
He looks terrible with the helmet off
elfin kettle
Oh, you killed that one early I think, that's pretty cool
carmine garnet
No wonder he was fucking hard
primal hedge
oh yeah, I tried this guy early and went "nah, this isn't fun with my current gear"
carmine garnet
It sucked that I could not live more than three hits from him, so I stood back and watched him for five minutes and that helped
The hardest attack he has is the one where he would jump up because my first instinct is to jump up too
elfin kettle
What movement abilities you have yet?
carmine garnet
I walk under the jumping attack, use diagonal down dashes for the swinging attack, and hit him during the time he's preparing to dig
versed wagon
Did they record a puppy for this voice?
Awoo
carmine garnet
Hi
Let's play more Silksong.
It may be too early to go to Hunter's March so let's explore elsewhere
The map indicates this entrance on the top has something but I think it's a one-way entrance and I'm on the wrong side
Cool method of transport!
There are guys that shoot grenades at you, and you can knock the grenades back at them! Cool
carmine garnet
This bitch has my last mossfruit. He gotta die
This druid sucks
Surely shards will have a use soon. I'm capped
At the seventh bell toll, send:
Thirty measures, four beats Smokerock,
Eight beats Sweetsmelt,
Mark of fealty, all workers.
This seems important
At the ninth bell toll, send:
Twenty measures, two beats Smokerock
Seven beats Sweetsmelt,
Mark of fealty, all workers.
This arena's a bit too easy. Needed to give me enough enemies at a time that I have no openings to heal
No boss fight?
I like the airlock style doors
Makes it feel like the whole area should have been underwater
carmine garnet
Oh the little horsies that are impervious to fire and have a ton of health are probably made so you can pogo on them without the fire protection
Shame I went the other way first
Ooh,
Good time to stop. I like the sprint
versed wagon
elfin kettle
Sprint is great
carmine garnet
shards are for red tools
Makes loads more sense why it's capped
burnt perch
flitter...
carmine garnet
Not today
versed wagon
How do I refund a game I gifted...
versed wagon
Flitter hasn't played Silksong since last year...
carmine garnet
Hi
Let's play Silksong
A running jump gets me here! https://i.imgur.com/7VIjRAr.png
Wait nevermind a normal jump does too
Why were rosary beads on the ground here? https://i.imgur.com/HPktxRi.png Did something happen?
Running DOES let me get to this spot
An
And it unlocks a new zone!
I knew it
I think I could have done pogo on the mosquitoes to get to it
I should go back and buy the key for 300
A breakable wall! https://i.imgur.com/8k52qQ3.png
Bonus ledge https://i.imgur.com/uhsVpyt.png
Annoying, it's actually 500. Maybe later
THIS ledge does need run to reach https://i.imgur.com/MYe0FYf.png
Evil bitch energy
versed wagon
Bonus ledge https://i.imgur.com/uhsVpyt.png
Dang, this was one of the last things I ever did/found
And with full mobility it still took me a few attempts to get to that relic or whatever it's called
carmine garnet
versed wagon
OH SHIT the 3h sesbian lex scene, good luck on the QTEs
carmine garnet
And with full mobility it still took me a few attempts to get to that relic or w...
It took me two attempts. It helps that I did them from multiple angles, which let me vary my approach
versed wagon
carmine garnet
Who you calling child
I'm going to save and quit and rest on a nearby bench instead of trying the fight
Cool! If I attack while running I get a nice piercing stab move
Break time
cerulean vigil
I think I could have done pogo on the mosquitoes to get to it
you can! thats basically the first area i went when branches started showing up, it was a bad idea
carmine garnet
Break over let's get stinging https://i.imgur.com/FbfJx5e.png
cerulean vigil
i used that thing until i got distracted and stopped playing 
carmine garnet
Oh sweet it automatically subtracts shards to make them
versed wagon
Sting is great
carmine garnet
Great fight
versed wagon
Love it on big bosses that I can embed inside their hitboxes
carmine garnet
Turns out, the trick is to avoid attacking as soon as you can and instead wait for the fun openings
Doing this makes the fight like a fun dance. Definitely intentional
carmine garnet
Love it on big bosses that I can embed inside their hitboxes
Like the turbo spitter near the small key!
burnt perch
thats the trick of the whole game
carmine garnet
Not nearly to this degree
burnt perch
yes bro ive played it you're in the starting area
versed wagon
Like the turbo spitter near the small key!
That guy sucks
burnt perch
true
versed wagon
Just don't take damage
carmine garnet
I went through all this trouble and both were fake breakable walls?
Also, it feels like the hot air flow has a feature where I can just hold my dress to make a baloon and fly up
Music stopped. This is a boss arena
It's dad!
False alarm!
There was one in the first game, right? https://i.imgur.com/4lVNRxe.png
Aha! I knew it https://i.imgur.com/m0pvX58.png
I have the option to decline. Is it possible to finish the game without granting any wishes?
burnt perch
not glitchless
carmine garnet
I was hoping to break something with these giga TNTs https://i.imgur.com/rPACXE8.png
This idiot doesn't know I have the "don't make things rattle" autism https://i.imgur.com/cAytt4z.png
https://i.imgur.com/g38WjxJ.png Fuck off
Yooo, I can float even without air currents
burnt perch
great ability
carmine garnet
And I can dash from floating or float from dashing
But I can't dash-float-dash
Curious webs https://i.imgur.com/0IgsSna.png
I fucking knew it https://i.imgur.com/CaSIy3R.png
That's enough for today. I'll tackle the boss tomorrow
versed wagon
carmine garnet
Hi
https://i.imgur.com/rALI6VG.png You expect me to believe that's how it works?
Cleverly done https://i.imgur.com/nlmMXYO.png
I needed to set up and trigger a trap to shoot a needle to make the TNT fall
Wait fuck you can just use the wind to get to it https://i.imgur.com/UXvZBxq.png
https://i.imgur.com/ZOpWcMa.png Great fight
I wonder how much longer would it take if I didn't use TNT
I killed those poor guys and they were just practicing their aim
https://i.imgur.com/gATjkTT.png Please, if you're gonna commit to the broken sign thing, make it so more than only one letter is missing
primal hedge
how do you know it's just the one letter
carmine garnet
It makes sense and aligns with previous signs
This guy obviously had a headache from Loud Rude Baby's wailing https://i.imgur.com/kFA2cqL.png
Bullshit shop
I paid 30 to enter, accidentally went right and had to pay another 30 to enter
primal hedge
I really wish I'd noticed that shop ||lets you destroy the entrance mechanism so you can enter for free in the future||
carmine garnet
Made it to the surface https://i.imgur.com/1xjugaD.png
primal hedge
welcome to the-not-so-easy-part
burnt perch
wind going through thorns totally makes sense
carmine garnet
If the thorns don't make the wind weaker then they should have so much space I can slop between them
snow wigeon
primal hedge
TIL this is a thing: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVdO6jHCmOVusYJcx-nEL7o1GiJZCcUG9
burnt perch
those are really scary
versed wagon
Tutorial mob to prepare you for Flintflame Flyers
carmine garnet
It's fucking glinting on me but interacting with it just reads it. This is giving me item glint
versed wagon
Try finger but hole
carmine garnet
That's enough for today
carmine garnet
Tomorrow in 14 hours I have to go to the police station to dispute a parking ticket for the wrong car
burnt perch
even more messed up..
meager cedar
Im gonna try and find some mask shards in HK
I have six masks currently
I saved Bretta
Did she write fanfiction about meðŸ˜
Well, that's different
Greenpath is still my favourite area, it's pretty
meager cedar
Seventh mask acquired
meager cedar
I now have eight mask shards
elfin kettle
Nice, how far are you with the ||dreamers||?
meager cedar
||I haven't fought any of them yet||
I'm prob gonna play some more tomorrow, see if maybe I can find one of them
meager cedar
You can?
carmine garnet
Yes!
meager cedar
How do I do that?
carmine garnet
You should explore around and find by yourself. It's a bit tricky but you can find it
carmine garnet
Very good idea
versed wagon
The best resource in the game
meager cedar
I got a sixth charm notch
meager cedar
Got the seventh charm notch, now I just need to get seven more charms to be able to get the eighth
versed wagon
meager cedar
Taking a break, cuz I can't get past Hornet
carmine garnet
They should add the hornet 2 fight to silksong
carmine garnet
nice
versed wagon
burnt perch
where tf is flitter..
versed wagon
He went to jail for that parking ticket...
carmine garnet
Can't play for a while, sorry
carmine garnet
Another simple key slot?
Now I'm not sure where to put my first one
Hmm, I don't know how to get past this door
Why is Hornet sniffing Flintbeetle poop so hard? Surely you can track it without burying your face in the smelly stuff
Flintbeetle 2 caught
Turns out being passive and watching them first is a much worse idea than just attacking as fast as possible
versed wagon
Yeah any enemy that explodes is worse the longer it's alive
carmine garnet
I like how when you kill something the big rosary beads always seem to fall on safe spots
I recognize this room shape
Holy shit when you kill the ant guys the little ants carry their corpses away
primal hedge
it took me a while to catch that
carmine garnet
He broke out on his own
How dare the game not let me live with the consequences of my inaction
Let's do it
Cool animation
"Beware fatty"
For they were all of them deceived
Feels like I will receive a way to pull on this and open the door
versed wagon
Yeah you're close to touching grass
snow wigeon
Argh. So I'm in HK (not Silksong), area i've gotten to is the waterways and i've encountered a ||maggot boss? or a queen that spawns those fast flying bugs||. Currently takes me two hits to kill them so i feel i'm getting overwhelmed. I've encountered the nailsmith once and have the basic nail repaired already, but wondering what I can do for an immediate damage increase
(looked at a video with ||pale ore|| locations but these all seem to be parts of the world I haven't gotten to yet
All I have access to/explored so far. Have the hook and dash, have not beaten ||mantis lords yet because again I feel i am behind on damage dealing||
versed wagon
Pale ores->nailsmith are your only source of direct damage upgrade
There's a few charms that help, one for spell damage, a Fragile one for nail damage. Fragile one will break if you die, and then you pay to repair it
There's three spells in the game and each have their upgrade but I think you're quite a ways away from that.
Aside from that, is the only option
versed wagon
All I have access to/explored so far. Have the hook and dash, have not beaten ||...
You're only behind one damage upgrade at best, if you find one pale ore. Next upgrade will need 2, and the next one 3. But by all means just explore and collect things like charms and charm notches, even just money to go back and buy out Salubra can help
Eventually you'll have to fight something with what you have but there's no rush
snow wigeon
Salubra is that laughing one to the east, right?
I checked my charms, I think I have one extra notch but not really much charm wise that helps with combat 
versed wagon
Look up Legeater in Fungal Wastes, he sells the fragile ones
The one that increases spell damage is sold by Salubra
There's also the one that earns you more soul when hitting things, you should have that one
primal hedge
Flukemarm is also not blocking anything important, you definitely don't need to prioritize her right now
Mantis Lords should be much less of a gear check though
elfin kettle
Mantis Lords is definitely meant to be fought at 1 nail upgrade, FWIW
carmine garnet
Can you explain?
elfin kettle
Oh, I say that because if you die to them once, the next time you do the run back you meet quirrel that explains to you where to find the nailsmith, so essentially, the flow for most players would be "try the boss once, die, talk to quirrel, get the nail upgrade, try the boss again"
Well at that point you probably also have the desolate dive so it's not only upgade you'll have gotten by then, but still
carmine garnet
Neat!
primal hedge
huh, TIL about that Quirrel encounter
by "less of a gear check" I mean that they have such a fixed pattern with no extra helper enemies or anything that the fight is basically identical no matter what damage you're outputting, just slightly longer or shorter (unlike Flukemarm which is extremely different if you can one-shot the helpers)
snow wigeon
Yeah I think the quirrel encounter happened and I got it then. Also, desolate dive is the downwards impact thing?
primal hedge
yes
snow wigeon
Righto, I do have that
primal hedge
often called "downspell"
meager cedar
Oh, I say that because if you die to them once, the next time you do the run bac...
I never knew you could find Quirrel there
I still need to fight the mantis lords
meager cedar
I've gotten better at ||hornet 2||, but I still can't get past it
GG
That was probably the hardest boss so far
primal hedge
she had to be really sure you were worthy
versed wagon
SHAWed her last EDIRA
primal hedge
(and yes, in Silksong you get to throw out those little spike traps yourself)
versed wagon
Now was that so hard?
versed wagon
Take a dip, join the party
meager cedar
What the fuck
versed wagon
Friend
primal hedge
everyone remembers this hot spring
meager cedar
It's you again
meager cedar
I don't think I can get to him yet
Another one of these things
Oh, I found the tram. I still cant use it tho
They're back
oh
This boss is annoying
||It should be put in jail for identity theft||
versed wagon
He's just a little guy doing his little dance
Before exploding his orange fluids everywhere
meager cedar
I'm gonna stop now cuz this guy is annoying me
I still want to know why the xbox app says I've played the game for 2.9 days, while my time played on my save file says 24 hours
carmine garnet
It counts paused time and main menu time while the save doesn't
meager cedar
Oh yeah, I didn't even think of that
carmine garnet
Evil machine stole twenty of my rosaries
primal hedge
I never made rosary strings once I understood there was a significant cost to it
carmine garnet
Yeah just don't die
meager cedar
I wonder how far I am in HK
primal hedge
there's a lot of non-linearity and a true ending so it's hard to put a number on it
but my gut says you're probably between 1/3 and 1/2
...ignoring DLC
meager cedar
there's a lot of non-linearity and a true ending so it's hard to put a number on...
Yeah, that's kinda why I don't really know
You have to do 100% for the true ending right?
primal hedge
nope
meager cedar
Oh good
primal hedge
I would strongly recommend going for the true ending but it would also still be a spoiler to give you any idea how to do that beyond "keep looking" lol
meager cedar
Fair. I am going to go for true ending tho
primal hedge
one of the things I find uniquely fascinating about HK is how the story, if you're paying attention, only really starts making complete sense when you're very nearly at the end of it
elfin kettle
I would advise, if you happen to stumble on the grimm troupe DLC, to at least poke around, it's exceptional content.
primal hedge
so how much you've made sense of things is a hint about how far in you are
I mean poke around in general is always the right move in this game
you shouldn't worry about whether or not it's DLC until you've gotten multiple endings and run out of places to check
elfin kettle
Yeah true, you can't really be locked out of content easly in the game, and even then, it's super rare
meager cedar
I don't really know what the story is so far It's very abstract
elfin kettle
Even when you finish the game you can go back and explore for more stuff
primal hedge
yeah you're still "early" enough there's no chance it'd make sense yet
very little hard information has been given out at this point
elfin kettle
Oh, this is a fun one, I'll not confirm nor deny anything but this is like the best part.
What is your best guess?
primal hedge
stream of consciousness is fine, we know it's not "solvable" yet
meager cedar
||I feel like the Knight is a vessel for something (of what I am unsure), based off of the fact that the broken vessel is eerily similar to the Knight and that I'm either trying to save (I'm not sure if that's quite the right term to use there?) the Hollownest, or the goal of the knight is to bring the Hollownest to ruin||
that's my general thoughts currently, although i'm probably pretty far off
elfin kettle
Very interesting answer
meager cedar
carmine garnet
Hallow
meager cedar
Oh is it spelt Hallownest
primal hedge
||that is not at all the hint I was expecting to see but wow talk about nailing the read of that one hint||
elfin kettle
Easy mistake to make, with everyone being hollow here, hollow that
meager cedar
I think I keep reading it wrong
meager cedar
I know, I just always thought it was spelt Hollow
Maybe I have a minor case of dyslexia
primal hedge
eh, it probably happens to anyone who isn't being super conscious of which proper nouns the story has used so far
especially before you get to the lore-rich areas that say these names repeatedly
meager cedar
True
meager cedar
||that is not at all the hint I was expecting to see but wow talk about nailing ...
I probably shouldn't click this should I?
primal hedge
correct, do not click
meager cedar
Ok, got it
I hate that the shadow guy that appears when you die will be in boss rooms sometimes, so you have to beat the boss to get your geo
carmine garnet
It's glowing. Let me get it
I'm sure it's possible to pogo up the two birds up there
primal hedge
my memory is that all the shade spawns in boss rooms can be got without re-triggering the boss fight, but it's not like I tested all of them
carmine garnet
Even when you trigger the boss, you can just pause and exit to main menu
primal hedge
lol, fair
meager cedar
Oh good, Im going to do that, cuz I don,t want to fight this boss right now
primal hedge
admittedly this is also why I'm not a fan of that mechanic... but most games make the consequence mild enough it's a non-issue in practice
meager cedar
I got the tram pass
carmine garnet
I give up
It's clearly possible but I'm not sure how to maneuver the craws
How does one make it here?
Oh you just swim under
Why do doors exist, if not to lock me in
Did you know you can hold run to swim faster? Neat
meager cedar
Can you get all endings in one save in HK?
carmine garnet
Tough fight
But I still can't pass through this door
They'd better not lose like 20 more fleas
Wow it was junk anyway
meager cedar
I bought the elegant key. No idea where it goes tho
It mentions the soul sanctum in the description, so maybe I should go there
carmine garnet
meager cedar
Ok I found where it goes
meager cedar
You can ||kill one of them before the fight starts||
I just figured out how to do this
When the hell is there an opportunity to heal in this fight
meager cedar
I know, Im just really bad at avoiding damage
carmine garnet
It is not something you can improve without practice
But
There is a charm that makes you heal faster. That exposes more openings
versed wagon
Can you get all endings in one save in HK?
Yeah, if you get an ending and load back the file you're at your last bench
versed wagon
meager cedar
I defeated the watcher knights
The shade soul spell was very useful
I also used the spell damage up charm
primal hedge
even for non-spell builds, it's kinda the perfect fight to stock up soul and then unleash when there's 2 awake so you spend as much time as possible with only 1 active or at least only 1 healthy
meager cedar
I feel like this is going to be a hard fight
primal hedge
nope, Watcher Knights was the fight, this is just a funny-shaped treasure chest
carmine garnet
The treasure is murder
meager cedar
Yeah I just figured that out
meager cedar
My map
primal hedge
ok good you did find the thing that gives you the map markers
meager cedar
also do you have any idea who that guy was <:izzynothoughtsheadempty:91019822225...
No, all that I know is that I ||killed them in their sleep||
primal hedge
indeed, you can't do the thing there yet, but it's good that you noticed it
meager cedar
I found this person, they said I look ||almost regal||
primal hedge
iirc her dialogue is affected by (up to you) ||whether you have the King's Brand||
meager cedar
Oh I see
I wonder who i'm going to fight
Oh I cant go that way yet
I have 9 rancid eggs now
carmine garnet
Why does dung have a defender anyway
primal hedge
I wonder if you'll ever use the eggs
carmine garnet
It doesn't need defending; it's shit
versed wagon
Why does dung have a defender anyway
Because dung has an eater
versed wagon
Hence the defender
primal hedge
wrong franchise
meager cedar
That was easy
primal hedge
Dung Defender?
meager cedar
Yeah
primal hedge
the real swag move is waiting for him to jump, then doing the entire fight just by juggling him
(I have never done this but I know it's possible)
meager cedar
You can do that?ðŸ˜
Not sure why I had to flip that switch after his boss room yet
versed wagon
The advanced swag is using the downspell to force him to come out from burrowing
versed wagon
Great ability
Doesn't stand out but one of the best
Randomiser really makes you appreciate it
primal hedge
the randomizer always gives me isma's tear before regular swim
which has made me hilariously afraid of water
meager cedar
cool
primal hedge
thank you dead snail
meager cedar
I found the Queen's Garden
primal hedge
good luck
meager cedar
I now have a tenth rancid eggðŸ˜
primal hedge
perhaps someday you'll find out what those are for
(I missed their main use for basically my whole first playthrough 
)
meager cedar
Sherma is cute. I have no clue who they are, but I like them
primal hedge
caught up on the Silksong Low TE Awoo TAS, best YT comment:
"Doing Groal during the [Fleatopia] delivery" is the exact sort of madness I expect from a TAS and I love it.
meager cedar
My sister would hate deepnest
versed wagon
No need to specify. Deepnest is an equal-opportunity hate generator
meager cedar
Where the fuck is my shade
versed wagon
||did Hornet ever express an opinion about it?||
All we know is she set foot in Wormways and didn't even blink, so
Sounds to me like she's used to that bullshit
versed wagon
Which room did you die in?
Alternatively, we can always spoil ||what rancid eggs do ||
meager cedar
That room
primal hedge
Alternatively, we can always spoil ||what rancid eggs do ||
||assuming she has a spare key...||
versed wagon
It's a big room. If you died to one of the guys that does the charge and swing, the shade could be behind them
Or above you
This is that room without the darkness, if you wish too look at it, you can use it to navigate and check every corner.
meager cedar
I've checked everywhere in this room and haven't found it
versed wagon
Did you go inside a door?
To the right and behind of that charger in the third level, right side
meager cedar
Ok, I'll check there
versed wagon
It would count as that room because it doesn't have it's own map, it's technical an inside area
versed wagon
That is Deepnest is legitimately one of the worst places in the whole game
And I think most people's first encounter with the chargers
burnt perch
any skong today
carmine garnet
Hi. Silksong
mortal yarrow
crowd IMMEDIATELY starts going WILD
carmine garnet
This pogo is much easier to get
Help, I can't jump that high
I guess I won't investigate this area further
Hello, what's this?
Oh, just money
I don't care who mom sends, I'm not cutting my hair
Cute
A secret in the greymoor tram
Bear traps?
No, rat traps
This game needs to stop making bosses easier than normal enemies
carmine garnet
Haunted Bellhart. Horrifying
This room's not bad
I don't like her singing
Great NPC
"The time of birth approaches."
You again? Stop following me
That's enough exploration. Let's go back and find stuff I missed
You should not use the word wish in the story and in the mechanics
Did you notice that the sound the explodey boys make is the same as from Hollow Knight's equivalent?
I want to mod this freak out of my game right now
Great boss. Highly rewards being aggressive
Ability 3: Spider
This seems important
burnt perch
Thats widow the hardest boss in the game
versed wagon
Great Silksong
carmine garnet
The boss has an amazing theme
carmine garnet
I could take the voice or leave it
primal hedge
This game needs to stop making bosses easier than normal enemies
that is such a you thing to say on goddamn Moorwing
versed wagon
New generations have it so easy these days...
carmine garnet
You can acquire and spend infinite amounts of them
carmine garnet
Nice work
carmine garnet
Hi
Like's silk that song
Last time I tried to clear up older areas and immediately got taken to the frontier
Curious
I already ran into enemies that can be prey to it
carmine garnet
Oh I did not notice you can expand those before
carmine garnet
Fucking finally
carmine garnet
I assume this needs some sort of hookshot to reach https://i.imgur.com/v0l83mF.png
And this ring is the same style
Would have made more sense to get wall jump first
carmine garnet
These strings are the mark of the enemy
Oh it's this fucker
Nope, different fucker
spooky
Grenades!
That's enough for now. Next time I will tackle the widow
versed wagon
Fucking finally
You'll need another four before you can take am extra hit
versed wagon
Four
carmine garnet
It already pushes me past certain breakpoints
versed wagon
You have 6 health? Or 7?
versed wagon
Math checks out
carmine garnet
It is refreshing to see the game freely hand out 2 damage hits even on early bosses
burnt perch
Sinners road is scary
versed wagon
Remember to pet the dogs and take a sip of the local refreshment
carmine garnet
I'll come back to it after beating up the poor old widow
meager cedar
Silksong should have an area named Eepnest, where you can sleep and relax
Do this to counteract Deepnest making you never want to sleep again
Very glad I don't have arachnophobia rn
I found the Stag Nest, neat
Weird that it made that noise when I interacted with it
Oh that's great
carmine garnet
Did you know there's a shortcut that enables you to get up without being caught?
meager cedar
No
carmine garnet
Try to find it after you're done
carmine garnet
It pays to explore everywhere you can
primal hedge
"but we're still cool"
carmine garnet
Where else haven't you looked?
meager cedar
I'm gonna continue looking after my ice cream
meager cedar
Oh, so that's whos been imprisoning the grubs
They put the shade in a jar when you die
I'm gonna stop for today
snow wigeon
Meanwhile, I have beaten the Mantis lords and explored ||Howling Cliffs|| and gotten all that I can from there. Now not entirely sure where to go
versed wagon
Past Mantis Lords
snow wigeon
Been there, that place is annoying. I don't think I fought anyone big in there though
versed wagon
Crystal peak?
snow wigeon
That's to the east, isn't it? I haven't been there yet (I think I needed that shockwave ground attack to continue and got that a little while ago)
versed wagon
That or lantern
snow wigeon
I have that! I think
meager cedar
||The Collector|| is annoying
I have a really bad habit of just standing still and getting hit 
carmine garnet
Works best with small movements instead of standing still
versed wagon
I just stand still and mash attack
He jumps over you without hitting you
You can even attack up and land a hit, don't even need to jump
versed wagon
Yeah
meager cedar
I don't think I ever noticed it before, or I just forgot
I got the ||great slash||
Now I have all three
primal hedge
If you mean the guy who looks like you, yes. The usual read is that Hornet was finishing it off when you arrived:
when you beat her and she runs away, that's when it finally falls over, and you pick up the Mothwing Cloak from it
versed wagon
When the fight finishes the corpses falls off from sitting to lying down and you pick up dash from it
But I also only noticed after several replays
primal hedge
everyone's missing stuff this early in the game
versed wagon
Two bugs in the hot spring 1 meter apart because they're not gay
primal hedge
it's a communal bathing culture, no gayness is implied
||do Vessels even have a libido? that'd be a pretty huge oversight||
meager cedar
oop, accidentally clicked that. I already suspected that's what I was, so It's not crazy spoilers
primal hedge
tbf I could be talking about Quirrel... but yeah you mentioned before that you'd put that one together
meager cedar
||Broken Vessel was pretty much just the game telling you that you're a vessel tbf, or at least a major hint towards that||
versed wagon
Yeah
meager cedar
I'm trying to figure out how to get into the ||beehive||
primal hedge
I always forget how to do that and have to re-solve it every time I play HK rando
versed wagon
I think it has 4 entrances, one is the deadend sillysnepp already found so not really an entrance, and one only opens from the inside
And it's the same for me, I never remember which side I can get in from
Specially in randomiser
meager cedar
I have scoured the bottom of Kingdoms Edge so many times and have still not found a way in