
How Steel Soul May Translate to Silk Soul RELATED: How Hollow Knight: Silksong's Silk Soul Mode Can Differ From the Original's Steel Soul Mode Team Cherry confirmed Silksong will have "Silk Soul" mode in its 2019 announcement blog post, and while details are currently sparse there is a lot of room to improve upon Steel Soul's offerings.

One of the biggest challenges players can tackle is Steel Soul mode, which adds permadeath that wipes out a save file ala Hardcore mode in Minecraft. No doubt the upcoming Hollow Knight: Silksong will follow in its footsteps.īasic movement and combat are taken to extremes in Hollow Knight's base game, but there are also optional challenges like the White Palace's Path of Pain or boss rushes in the Godmaster DLC to contend with. Team Cherry's Hollow Knight is well-regarded for its challenge even among contemporaries because of its Souls-like elements, and how it builds upon the oppressive atmosphere of Hallownest with tough-as-nails bosses and tricky platforming. Their core conceit revolves around surmounting once-impossible challenges by obtaining mechanics that open up portions of an interconnected world.

Just be aware of your health at all times.Metroidvania games tend to be more difficult on average than many other genres. If you follow all the above advice, then there is little reason to be all too cautious in the moment to moment gameplay. Just defeat the Hollow Knight to get either the Hollow Knight or Sealed Siblings ending. Note that the Radiance can also actually kill you, but that isn’t a problem because:įor both Steel Soul and Steel Heart, defeating the Radiance isn’t necessary, so don’t. When essence hunting, priorities the dream variants of bosses over Dream Warriors, as they can actually kill you. You can’t die in dreams, so you can drop the above two remarks when in a dream. You may wonder why Failed Guardian or the Nightmare King aren’t mentioned.

Bosses such as the Traitor Lord and Hollow Knight and enemies such as Hive Guardian and Ooma can deal 2 maks of damage, so when around them, quit the game when at two or one health. When facing enemies that deal 2 masks of damage, Two is also NoneĮxtend what I said above to this point as well. You’ll return to your bench, which might be a pain, but anything is better than losing the save file. Quit the game, and return to your save file. Don’t even try to heal, the risk is not worth it. My simple solution? Quit the game when your health is at one. It is important to NEVER let it go to zero. In a mode where losing all you health means losing hours of progress. A methodology of sorts to do Steel Soul easier.
