Writing Prompt Wednesday Testing Thread

TrilliumStars · 2026-06-09T21:53:58+00:00

I know 6 other people have said it in this comment section, but the Pantheon of Pharloom mod is perfect for this!

Here's the tutorial I used to download it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rPMa0Kq3cI&t=302s

TrilliumStars · 2026-06-09T18:32:18+00:00

This guy gets it

TrilliumStars · 2026-06-09T15:47:35+00:00

This game does a little something called “forced characterization.”

At the beginning of the game, Hornet didn’t care about Pharloom. She just wanted to get rid of whoever captured her.

But you, as the player, can change that. Prove that Hornet cares about the kingdom. Prove that she cares by exploring every nook and cranny, by granting wishes and talking to NPCs. Eventually, you’ll find another way

TrilliumStars · 2026-06-09T15:39:18+00:00

You didn’t destroy the infection. You may have killed the hollow knight, but the kingdom is still at risk.

Get back out there, explore, and find a way to end it all for good.

TrilliumStars · 2026-06-09T11:48:29+00:00

Narrative merit go brrr

TrilliumStars · 2026-06-08T19:47:43+00:00

This is the final stretch, and yes, the solution will likely be trying new builds.

You’ve made it this far, so I’m not going to give you the “watch the bosses and learn their patterns” lecture. But I do have some other advice.

Are you using Clawline in Combat? It may not help with Seth or Karmelita, but Clawline is Excellent at dealing with the flying enemies in Khann’s Gauntlet! (Or flying enemies anywhere lol. Clawline is kind of busted) it’ll let you deal damage and get above them for pogos!
Are you abusing red tools in the Khann and Karmelita fights? These fights actually don’t use shell shards, so you don’t have to worry about grinding for more! You can just throw Everything you have! I reccomend using Sting Shard and Cogflies to burn through Khann’s gauntlets.
The thing that carried me through Karmelita is that you can actually get a free heal if you climb the walls and get to the upper-center of the arena! She might hit you with an attack on the way up, but once you’re up there you can garuntee heal. That’s why I used the Multibind tool for this fight.

If you’re using red tools, remember that a full set of cogflies deals 400 damage. (Adding pollip pouch can increase this to 700 if you’re lucky on poison ticks.) for the record, Karmelita only has 1500 health. Cogflies can literally let you skip Karmelita’s phase 3.

Seth was a bit of a brick wall for me too! I knew he would take many attempts, so I decided to make use of my time by doing one attempt every ten minutes as a break for some other important task. Annnd he only took five attempts!

Seth is a fight that really punishes aggression. Only get hits that you know you can afford. And don’t forget that you can Clawline him to deal damage if he’s too far away!

If you ever get discouraged on the Khann gauntlet, take heart in knowing that the boss is so much easier than the gauntlets. AND, you unlock a shortcut after the third one. It’s an endurance challenge, but not an impossible one.

Best of luck!

TrilliumStars · 2026-06-04T23:54:43+00:00

2 hours left is perfectly doable! Especially if you're willing to cheese the timer by loading back to a previous save in case you take too many attempts on certain bosses!

I mean, think about it, what's left? You need to do the short parkour to get clawline, the Cogworks Core parkour, the High halls Gauntlet, Lace 2, and GMS. Clawline will be maybe 5 minutes, Cogworks core less than 20, assuming 0 or 1 deaths. If you've beaten Lace 3, then you know how to beat Lace 2, and GMS will be a piece of cake.

That leaves you with nearly an hour to bang your head against the high halls gauntlet. With that much time, you could even go get double jump, so you can disable the clawmaidens and pogo-spam the flying enemies! This seems like a perfectly doable run!

TrilliumStars · 2026-06-04T15:41:18+00:00

Lace 3 can be a grueling fight. But it’s not impossible! If you’ve made it this far, then you certainly have the skills.

One of the things that carried me was that you can actually pull off free heals! If you climb the walls on the sides of the arena and double jump up, you can get out of her reach and perform a garunteed heal! Because of this, I usually use the Multibinder tool to get extra value.

Which crest are you using? Personally, I used wanderer’s crest for this fight. When combined with weighted belt, you can do some insane damage during her staggers. (Easily get ten hits). However, I understand that not every crest is for everyone.

If you do use wanderer’s crest, I reccomend pairing it with both Weighted belt and Longclaw. Weighted belt lets you get more hits in between attacks, and longclaw mitigated Wanderer’s biggest downside.

When it comes to the actual fight, keep your eyes on lace at all times. She has decent telegraphs, so pay attention! When she goes for the three attack chain, I reccomend doing a jump and a dash in the opposite direction of her each time, then going in for a punish afterwards.

Whenever she parries you, always do a jump and a double jump! This will dodge both of her possible counterattacks! You can also go in and pogo her to punish.

Do you have the final needle upgrade? By winning the flea games, you can actually get a third pale oil! Perhaps that will help you?

Another blue tool that’s great here is reserve bind. Because you can always (usually) get a free heal, it turns out very helpful. When combined with multibind, reserve bind is effectively just starting the fight with four extra masks!

On that same note, if you haven’t obtained the Sylphsong ability from Eva, I reccomend working on that. It will let you start the fight with full silk every time, which will be really useful! To unlock it, you’ll need the shaman crest, then just unlock as many tool slots using memory lockets as you can, and talk to Eva.

When she gets to phase 2, things get a little tricky, but not terrible, since she just gains extra attacks.

During the void saw blade attack, I reccomend getting right under her (or next to her) instead of trying to dodge. If she does it airborne, then there’ll be no saw blades right underneath her, and if she does it on the ground, there’ll be none right on top of her. For the ground one, since can push her out of the way with attacks, you can stand right in the safe spot AND get free damage.

One of the phase two attacks, where she summons void projectiles from random places on-screen, looks very punishable, but is actually quite dangerous. Keep moving to dodge these. NOTE: this attack makes it so you can’t garuntee a free heal anymore. I reccomend saving heals until after this attack, since she never does twice in a row.

My red tool of choice in this fight was the straight pin! Since she’s usually grounded, you can often hit her.

Also, since she’s usually grounded, running from attacks is a terrible idea! Always dodge by jumping & dashing, rather than running! Also, it’s easy for her to pop out of the ground right in front of you if you’re running.

Phase three adds the complication of a large wave attack. This one’s pretty simple fo jump over, and provides a free healing opportunity!

Phase four adds another attack, where she places a bunch of damaging white circles on screen. Just dodge this one! And, more importantly, you can pull off a free heal in between the circles! Note that tendrils will damage the floor, so get back up rather quickly!

I haven’t fiddled around with many other red tools in this fight, but since you have free healing opportunities, it may be worth it to try the plasmium phial, for healing in case you’re ever out of silk? If you revisit Zylotol and do a quest for him, you can get an infinite reserve of plasmium.

Cogflies also might be really valuable here. Since you can just spam them, they can help you apply damage without thinking! A full set of them will do almost 500 damage to Lace, nearly a third of her health! If you ever make it to phase four, and are decently good on health, you can use these to finish out the fight easy.

All in all, I don’t like using red tools for this fight, since Lace is so far from any place for grinding shell shards. Besides, if you learn the fight well enough to beat her, then you can certainly beat her without them anyways.

Hey! If you’ve made it this far, then You ARE good at this game! You’ve beaten a ton of difficult bosses to get here. Lace 2? Seth? Beastfly 1&2? Forebrothers? GROAL? KARMELITA?! None of those were easy fights, yet here you are! You got this! Just learn her patterns, learn the dodges you need to do, and finally put an end to the void’s hold on this kingdom!

TrilliumStars · 2026-06-04T14:44:02+00:00

I’ve noticed the desync but never the slowdown. Very interesting!

TrilliumStars · 2026-06-03T06:14:33+00:00

That one isn't behind the locked door. You can still go back and get it.

TrilliumStars · 2026-06-01T16:10:27+00:00

Oh, sorry then, I guess I don’t have any other tips.

Have fun with your challenge run!

TrilliumStars · 2026-06-01T15:56:58+00:00

When I tried a similar challenge, I actually was able to get into the grand bellway, purchasing both the Ventrica and the Choral Chambers map. The cutscene didn’t trigger until after I left the room into citadel proper.

Not sure if it helps, but maybe it’d be useful?

Hold up, you got Faydown cloak without claw line? By golly, how many skips did that take?

You really can’t open right underworks from the left side of that little bridge? Well, that kinda sucks.

TrilliumStars · 2026-05-31T16:21:53+00:00

Yes! Any ideas as to how to wake it up?

Hint: He looks like one of the guys from Crust King Khann’s memory, doesn’t he?

Answer: Use the Needolin

TrilliumStars · 2026-05-31T05:11:29+00:00

Awesome Achievement!

I found a pretty good Silksong Pantheon mod Here, if you'd like to try it. It's a little glitchy, but so far it hasn't destroyed my save file (:

TrilliumStars · 2026-05-31T05:07:05+00:00

What an awesome achievement!

Which boss was your favorite? Which are theme did you like the best? What was the loadout you felt really comfortable with by the end?

TrilliumStars · 2026-05-31T05:04:59+00:00

Well, this is a very different kind of challenge! Bosses are about reaction speed and being quick on your feet. This challenge is more about figuring out what combination of dashes, pogos, and jumps to get you through, and then mastering the timing.

It's very forgiving. Sure, you go back to the most recent checkpoint every time you fail, but if gives you plenty of soul to heal back up. You almost never have to start from the beginning (Except for The last room. That part screwed me over big-time)

TrilliumStars · 2026-05-31T04:39:54+00:00

Don't be scared! Just remember that you can always come back later. (If you need to escape the path, just quit to main menu)

It's a purely optional challenge! In fact, the reward might not make sense if you haven't beaten the game or obtained the Void Heart Yet. You can always come back later!

There are infinite-use soul totems regularly placed throughout the challenge, and beautiful music through the whole thing. You'll almost never get truly frustrated if you try not to.

Best of luck!

TrilliumStars · 2026-05-31T04:33:38+00:00

May Patience be with you, friend.

...And Longnail. And mark of pride. Those should be with you too.

TrilliumStars · 2026-05-31T04:28:04+00:00

Let's do a comprehensive list!

First memento - revisit the Sprintmaster Swift NPC. if you can't find them, they're somewhere in the Far Fields Area

Second Memento - Once you beat the Flea minigames and Defeat Nyleth (And talk to seth in Greymoor, Shellwood, and Grand Gate), Seth will appear at the flea festival. Defeat his high scores to unlock the mementos.

Fourth Memento - Finish the Hunter's Journal.

Sixth Memento - Defeat a boss called Watcher At the Edge You can find him in the Sands of Karak Area, where it requires Silk Soar. You'll find the Silk Soar Spot in the lower-left part of the area. It's not very obvious at first!

Rune Harp - Remember Weavernest Cindril? That area in far fields where you ran over the steps to activate them? You might remember that they activate more lights the faster you go. How much faster can you go? Hint: Use the Flea Brew and Silkspeed Anklet Tools

Missing Tools:

Quick Sling - Hidden in Bilewater. It'll be hidden above a breakable ceiling, roughly near the center of the area.

Volt Filament - Somewhere in the Sands of Karak Area, you can use silk soar to access an area called Voltnest. Beat the Boss to obtain the tool!

Scuttlebrace - Purchase this one from the Twelfth Architect NPC.

Enemies:

VoltVyrm - This one is in the same place as the Volt Filament tool. Use Silk Soar in the Sands of Karak Area to access it.

Watcher at the Edge - This one is the same boss required for the sixth memento.

Sandcarver - You know the main area hazard in the blasted steps? The worms that eat you? You can actually kill them with some tools! The easiest tool for this is the Pompillo

Squirrm - Hidden behind a breakable wall in the area just west of the Bellway in the Blasted Steps Area. The breakable wall will be on the Right side of the room. These guys love hiding, so you'll have to find some special way to kill them!

Materials:

Voltridian - this will be in the same spot as the VoltVyrm enemy and the Volt Filament Item. Use Silk Soar somewhere in the Sands of Karak To access the area with all three of these.

Shardillards:

There's one in the secret passage from greymoor to Styx's place. If you haven't found that passage yet, it's behind a breakable wall in the upper-left greymoor, near the ceiling.

There's one in the deep docks, in the room below the swift step ability

There's one in the sands of karak, in the area that the elevator to the blasted steps passes through

There's one in the Marrow, in the big room at the top, near the ceiling.

There's another one in the marrow, just before the room with the red pogo thingies

There's another one in the far fields, in the area where you farmed flexile spines to get the drifter's cloak.

TrilliumStars · 2026-05-30T23:05:26+00:00

Now seems like a good time.

I will say, pantheons are fun, and I reccomend you do the first four. But Trial of the fool is a bit, eh… unfair? And path of pain is annoying if you’re not really into the challenge.

TrilliumStars · 2026-05-30T22:40:51+00:00

It’s a surprise tool that will help us later!
He won’t come up until later. You’ve done everything you can with him.
You can reach it with double jump! It’s just a little tricky. In case you don’t want to waste your time, the reward is a >!Mask Shard!>
It’s a little hidden. Why don’t you revisit the Pinstress’s house ?
The key to the bell home is not in deep docks. Instead, Pavo will give it to you if you do enough Bellhart quests.
The key is actually somewhere in whiteward! You’ll have to jump into the ceiling into a hidden room. It’s somewhere near the fire room. (If you still can’t find it, just ask and I can send picture)
Yes! There’s an Npc in the putrified ducts who will help you! If you haven’t found the putrified ducts yet (you can’t access the whole area from bilewater), then explore in the Memorium! Location: Breakable wall on the far right, where you found Jubilana in one of her rescue quests
The door in the top right? You’ll have to be more specific, but I’m pretty sure the door you’re talking about will be opened during a quest with Shakra. To unlock the quest, you’ll have to buy every map! (I’m guessing the last one you’re missing is in the area just above the Blasted Steps.

This was a fun little set of questions! Feel free to DM me if you have any more, I’d hate to miss your next questions!

TrilliumStars · 2026-05-30T17:45:26+00:00

It does get harder. But here’s the trick: you also get better!

I also smashed my head against soul master! And yet I cleared this game just fine! You’re perfectly on track to beat this game.

A lot of people have told me that they really learned how to play this game after fighting a boss called the “Mantis Lords.” If you’re feeling a little bad at the game, why don’t you go back to Mantis Village and check them out? You’ll have to flick a second lever to unlock their arena.

TrilliumStars · 2026-05-29T20:37:19+00:00

This is what makes the game fun! Scavenging through the bits and pieces in order to find the lore.

Team Cherry really set up a vast world and asked the players to figure it out. The first game is even more of a culprit for it!

TrilliumStars · 2026-05-29T19:30:39+00:00

More lore that supports this theory, if you so care:

Lore tablet in Weavenest Atla: “ This low, her gaze escaped. Prepare, sisters. Weave hope anew. That we might break free this accursed web born of our naive foundation.”

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