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'Hollow Knight: Silksong' Guide: How To Beat The Moorwing Boss (Or Skip It Entirely)

One of 'Silksong's earliest bosses is a winged terror, but there are quite a few ways to make this fight easier.

Inverse

9 metroidvanias to play if you've realized Hollow Knight: Silksong just isn't for you

If fleas, beetles and needles aren't your thing, there's a world of possibilities out there.

PC Gamer

Hollow Knight: Silksong has caused bedlam in the gaming world – and the hype is justified

In this week’s newsletter: the long-awaited release from the three-person Team Cherry studio has crashed gaming storefronts and put indie developers back in the spotlight

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‘Silksong’s Difficulty Patch Can’t Fix The Game’s Biggest Problem

'Hollow Knight: Silksong' is toning down its difficulty in a new patch, but it's not touching the issues closer to its core.

Inverse

'Hollow Knight: Silksong' Surpasses 5 Million Players Within Just Three Days of Launch

"Hollow Knight: Silksong's" surprise launch breaks records, hitting 5 million players in three days, challenging traditional game release strategies with its massive success.

Player One

"I'm here to interrupt the Silksong": Peak devs echo Team Cherry by telling players the game is just "that evil," tease "the next biome" already in the works

To misquote Hornet: "Git gud"

GamesRadar

Silksong Easter egg hides a secret, super-hard permadeath mode, for those who want to suffer even more

Steel Soul mode can be unlocked at any time, and of course it's the Konami code.

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Hollow Knight Silksong is great but there’s one issue dating back to the original they really should have addressed

We need to know what we're fighting for.

Destructoid

How to unlock secret Steel Soul Permadeath mode in Hollow Knight Silksong

As if things weren't hard enough.

Destructoid

Upcoming Silksong patch will make the early game easier and the mid-game cheaper—nerfing 2 bosses and shoring up its stingy rosary economy

The economy's in shaw-mbles.

PC Gamer

Silksong's brutal Steel Soul mode can be unlocked without beating the game – here's how

If you somehow thought your first Silksong playthrough wasn't hard enough, here's how you can unlock Steel Soul mode without beating the game.

TechRadar

Where to find Silver Bells in Hollow Knight: Silksong

Here's the quickest way to complete the Silver Bells quest.

PC Gamer

I spent all weekend playing Hollow Knight Silksong and I'm totally enthralled, but nothing could completely live up to the hype after so many years

Silksong is a stunningly ornate game, and it doesn't go in for novelty for novelty's sake.

PC Gamer

The good news is Silksong has a true cheat code for a different difficulty setting, the bad news is it makes the whole game exponentially harder

Hollow Knight: Silksong should be harder, actually, said nobody at all

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PSA: One of Hollow Knight: Silksong's hardest early-game skill checks is an enemy cosplaying a boss that's destroying everyone too stubborn to come back later

Just wait for that upgrade

PC Gamer

All Silksong Pale Oil locations and how to upgrade your needle

Grab the needle upgrades from Pinmaster Plinney and complete the Pinmaster's Oil quest.

GamesRadar

Dread it, run from it, Hollow Knight: Silksong gets hit by the difficulty discourse as players can't decide if they should "git gud" or acknowledge "legitimate issues" Team Cherry has with the Metroidvania

Is Silksong too hard?

TechRadar

Chinese-speaking Silksong players are calling out the game's lackluster translation, and Team Cherry has promised improvements

Silksong players in China aren't happy about the game's translation, but Team Cherry promises improvements 'over the coming weeks'.

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All of Silksong's top mods make the game easier, including a returning Hollow Knight QoL favorite: An always-on compass without wasting a tool slot

I'm a big believer in friction, but I get the compass.

Destructoid

Hollow Knight: Silksong’s reviews are slowly eroding as players find it ‘too difficult’

Players angry about difficulty are adding up.

GamesRadar

Silksong takes a Steam review beating, falling to 'Mostly Positive' after a sterling launch thanks to a Chinese localization so bad Team Cherry has already promised to "improve it"

A blemish on Silksong's otherwise stellar reviews

PC Gamer

Update: Hollow Knight: Silksong sinks to 'Mostly Negative' Steam review status among Chinese gamers over its bafflingly bad translation, with Team Cherry promising to improve it

The extent of the issues makes it sound like a tall order.

Destructoid

Official Hollow Knight Discord link

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TechRadar

ICYMI: the 8 biggest tech stories of the week, from IFA 2025 to the Hollow Knight: Silksong launch and the iPhone 17

Our reliable recap will fill you in if you've missed what's been happening in technology over the last week.

PC Gamer

Is Silksong everything we hoped? 5 PC Gamer writers react to the first hours of Team Cherry's extraordinarily hyped sequel

Were those six years of Silksanity well spent?

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