Silksong Secret Item Makes The Game So Much Easier

If you’re struggling to make your way through some of Hollow Knight: Silksong’s most gruelling boss fights, a rather handy hidden item will likely make your playthrough much, much easier (although it will take some getting used to, once you hunt it down).

I don’t know if the near-decade-long wait has just cooked my reaction times, but I am finding Hollow Knight: Silksong to be much harder than its predecessor.

If you’re in the same boat, then you may want to track down an extremely useful secret item. That being said, the item isn’t going to make your playthrough easier in the way you might expect– at least, not where combat is concerned.

As detailed in an article by Dextero’s Joe Pring, one of Hollow Knight: Silksong’s crests functions a bit differently from other crests in the game, because it arguably makes combat a bit harder.

The Reaper Crest can be obtained by beating the combat trial located in Greymoor's Reaper Chapel. The combat trial is relatively straightforward and shouldn’t be too much of a struggle (regardless of how good you are at the game), but the reward is very much worth it.

The Reaper Crest is a bit of an odd crest, as while it does increase your damage, it also makes your attacks noticeably slower. This included your downward strikes, which means that pogo attacks are going to be noticeably harder to time.

So, why bother picking it up at all if it’s going to make the game harder?

That’s because the Reaper Crest has another, pretty huge bonus: you generate more Silk when it’s equipped.

Personally, the trade-off is more than worth it. While the slower attacks take some getting used to, being able to spam your heals and abilities more often makes some boss fights an absolute breeze (and it also makes traversing certain areas that have a lot of enemies way easier too).

Just make sure you unequip it for some pogo-specific platforming sections…