Hollow Knight Silksong Wiki: Complete walkthrough, boss strategies, equipment, secrets, Hornet builds & quests for Team Cherry’s acclaimed 2D sequel!
About Hollow Knight Silksong
| Hollow Knight: Silksong | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Team Cherry |
| Publisher | Team Cherry |
| Franchise | Hollow Knight |
| Release | September 4th, 2025 |
| Platform | Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S |
Hollow Knight: Silksong is an upcoming Metroidvania game developed by Team Cherry and the sequel to Hollow Knight. The game puts players in control of Hornet, the former princess of Hallownest, who is captured and taken to a new kingdom called Pharloom. The story follows Hornet’s deadly pilgrimage as she climbs the heights of this unfamiliar land, uncovering ancient secrets tied to her nature and past.
Gameplay in Silksong builds on the 2D platforming and combat foundation of the original but is filtered through Hornet’s distinct style. Hornet is faster, more agile, and fights with acrobatic flair using a needle and thread weapon. Healing is faster and can be done on the move using a Silk meter, which adds a strategic element to managing health. The game introduces a new quest system with side quests tracked in a journal, categorized into Gather, Wayfarer, Hunt, and Grand Hunt tasks.
The game world is significantly larger with diverse biomes such as coral forests, mossy grottos, and gilded cities. Silksong features over 150 new enemies and more than 40 new bosses, providing challenging combat that demands precise strategy and skill. Crafting is introduced with tools that can be made and repaired using new currencies like Shell Shards. The overall design delivers a more acrobatic and fluid gameplay experience compared to Hollow Knight, with vertical exploration being a core aspect.
Silksong is highly anticipated for its refined action, expanded quest system, larger and more varied world, and the fresh perspective of playing as Hornet instead of the Knight. The game is set to release on multiple platforms including PC, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox in September 2025.
Become the Princess Knight
As the lethal hunter Hornet, adventure through a kingdom ruled by silk and song! Captured and taken to this unfamiliar world, prepare to battle mighty foes and solve ancient mysteries as you ascend on a deadly pilgrimage to the kingdom’s peak.
Hollow Knight: Silksong is the epic sequel to Hollow Knight, the award winning action-adventure. Journey to all-new lands, discover new powers, battle vast hordes of bugs and beasts and uncover secrets tied to your nature and your past.
Game Features
Discover the fallen insect kingdom of Pharloom! Explore mossy grottos, gilded cities and misted moors as you ascend to the shining citadel at the top of the world.
Engage in lethal acrobatic action! Wield a huge suite of deadly moves as you dance between foes in swift, beautiful combat.
Craft powerful tools! Master an ever-expanding arsenal of weapons, traps, and mechanisms to vanquish your enemies and explore new heights.
Solve shocking quests! Hunt down rare beasts and solve ancient mysteries to grant the wishes of the downtrodden and restore the kingdom’s hope.
Face over 200 ferocious foes! Beasts and hunters, monsters and knights. Defeat them all with bravery and skill!
Vanquish over 40 legendary bosses! Battle fabled heroes and fallen kings in epic combat to decide the kingdom’s fate.
Challenge Steel Soul mode! Once you conquer the kingdom, test your skills in a new mode that presents a more formidable challenge.
Experience a stunning orchestral score! Hollow Knight’s award-winning composer, Christopher Larkin, brings melancholy melodies, symphonic strings and heart-thumping, soul strumming boss themes to the adventure.
System Requirements
Windows
Minimum:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 version 21H1 (build 19043) or newer
Processor: Intel Core i3-3240, AMD FX-4300
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 560 Ti (1GB), Radeon HD 7750 (1GB)
DirectX: Version 10
Storage: 8 GB available space
Recommended:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 version 21H1 (build 19043) or newer
Processor: Intel Core i5-3470
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 (2GB), Radeon R9 380 (2GB)
DirectX: Version 10
Storage: 8 GB available space
macOS
Minimum:
OS: Big Sur 11 or newer
Processor: Intel Core i3
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Metal capable Intel and AMD GPUs
Storage: 8 GB available space
Recommended:
OS: Big Sur 11 or newer
Processor: Intel Core i5, Apple M1
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Metal capable Intel and AMD GPUs, Apple M1
Storage: 8 GB available space
SteamOS + Linux
Minimum:
OS: Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04 (64bit)
Processor: Intel Core i3-3240, AMD FX-4300
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 560 Ti (1GB), Radeon HD 7750 (1GB)
Storage: 8 GB available space
Recommended:
OS: Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04 (64bit)
Processor: Intel Core i5-3470
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 (2GB), Radeon R9 380 (2GB)
Storage: 8 GB available space
Media
Videos
Details from Team Cherry
A casual run-down by Ari and William on the details of Hollow Knight: Silksong
Hollow Knight: Silksong is the epic sequel to Hollow Knight, the award winning action-adventure of bugs and heroes. As the lethal hunter Hornet, journey to all-new lands, discover new powers, battle vast hordes of bugs and beasts and uncover ancient secrets tied to your nature and your past.
Reveal Trailer
Explore a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong, the sequel to the award winning action-adventure! Discover enchanting secrets and face foes in lethal, acrobatic combat as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
Hollow Knight: Silksong is the epic sequel to Hollow Knight, the epic action-adventure of bugs and heroes. As the lethal hunter Hornet, journey to all-new lands, discover new powers, battle vast hordes of bugs and beasts and uncover ancient secrets tied to your nature and your past.
Hollow Knight: Silksong will be launching on Windows, Mac, Linux and Nintendo Switch.
Release Trailer
On September 4, ascend to the peak of a haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong!
Play day one on Xbox Game Pass!
The game will be available for purchase on Steam, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox, Sony PlayStation 4, Sony PlayStation 5, and DRM free on GOG and Humble Bundle
Screenshots
About the Developers
Team Cherry
Team Cherry is a tiny 3-person team based in Adelaide, Australia. Our team initially formed around game jams, but we really bonded over our love for Zelda 2. Though we’ve all worked on games in the past, Hollow Knight is the culmination of the things we love in games. Its cute and creepy, quaint and epic; a giant, strange world to explore and conquer.
Ari Gibson
Ari is the co-founder of Team Cherry. He is an award-winning animation director and has worked in numerous creative fields across games, film and advertising. He previously ran the acclaimed 2D animation studio Mechanical Apple. Ari’s been modding games from before computers were colour and has loved them since his first ever game rental: Faxanadu for NES.
Ari is responsible for game design alongside William. He creates the game’s art, environments and animates all the weird and wonderful bugs you will meet in Silksong.
William Pellen
Willam has been designing and building games for years, and is co-founder of Team Cherry. He loves to create silly little worlds for people to poke around in and explore. He’s been enraptured with games ever since his Dad found the wing boots for him in Zelda 2, and wants to recreate that experience of adventure and excitement for other people.
William designs the game along with Ari. He creates the enemy, boss and game behaviour for Silksong. If any enemy seems too challenging or a gauntlet insurmountable, blame him!
Jack Vine
Jack is Silksong’s supremely talented coder. Jack’s been building out the systems for Silksong, tightening and optimising and adding a suite of all new exciting features. Jack has worked with Team Cherry for some time now, being instrumental in Hollow Knight’s console releases and the development of its huge final free Content Pack Godmaster.
Cherry Partners
Team Cherry is also collaborating with partners on elements outside the core development process.
Christopher Larkin
Chris is a highly accomplished composer for feature film, television and video games. He’s the co-creator of the excellent narrative puzzler Expand and provided the score for the acclaimed Pac-Man 256. Chris is based in Adelaide, Australia.
For Hollow Knight: Silksong, Chris is continuing in the exquisite, melancholic style he developed on Hollow Knight, providing both its sound effects and its epic original score.
Matthew ‘Leth’ Griffin
Continuing his role from Hollow Knight, Matt will be handling PR and marketing for the game in the lead-up to release and during the post-launch window. In the past, Matt’s also handled release for hit titles like Stardew Valley, Interstellaria and Wanderlust Adventures. Matt is also a legit game creator, working as the main coder for Wanderlust and the online-multiplayer coder for procedural platformer Risk of Rain.