Hollow Knight: Silksong may have just launched, but the community hasn’t been shy about pointing out pain points. The highly anticipated Metroidvania action-platformer landed with huge numbers, even crashing storefronts on day one, but it also sparked plenty of discussion about its punishing early hours and stingy economy.
Team Cherry’s first patch answers those concerns with a mix of nerfs and buffs. The patch will officially be rolling out next week but is now live in the public beta branches on Steam and GoG. Early bosses like Moorwing and Sister Splinter have been tuned down slightly, and even the Sandcarvers will deal less damage. Mid-game costs are dropping too: Bellways and Bell Bench upgrades are cheaper. The update also tweaks the rosary economy, boosting rewards from relics, psalm cylinders, and courier deliveries.
Tentative Post-Release Patch Notes
Patch Notes (1.0.28470)
– Fixed situation where players could remain cloakless after Slab escape sequence.
– Fixed wish Infestation Operation often not being completable during the late game.
– Fixed wish Beast in the Bells not being completable when Bell Beast is summoned at the Bilewater Bellway during the late game.
– Fixed getting stuck floating after down-bouncing on certain projectiles.
– Fixed courier deliveries sometimes being inaccessible in the late game.
– Fixed craft bind behaving incorrectly when in memories.
– Fixed Lace tool deflect soft-lock at start of battle in Deep Docks.
– Fixed Silk Snippers in Chapel of the Reaper sometimes getting stuck out of bounds.
– Fixed Claw Mirrors leaving Hornet inverted if taking damage during a specific moment while binding.
– Fixed Snitch Pick not giving rosaries and shell shards as intended.
– Removed float override input (down + jump, after player has Faydown Cloak).
– Slight difficulty reduction in early game bosses Moorwing and Sister Splinter.
– Reduction in damage from Sandcarvers.
– Slight increase in pea pod collider scale.
– Slight reduction in mid-game Bellway and Bell Bench prices.
– Slight increase in rosary rewards from relics and psalm cylinders.
– Increase in rosary rewards for courier deliveries.
– Various additional fixes and tweaks.
All fixes will apply retroactively, so players who’ve hit a significant bug that prevents progress may want to switch over to public-beta to receive the fix.
Further fixes are already being worked on for a second patch. If you have an issue and you don’t see the solution in the list above, we may be working on it.
Additional details and temporary solutions for some of the more critical bugs mentioned above are available at https://hollowknightsilksong.com/help
Source: Steam
In our review of Hollow Knight: Silksong, we noted how its layered combat and unforgiving pacing could overwhelm newcomers. These changes look designed to smooth the onboarding curve without taking away the challenge that defines the series.
Team Cherry has already confirmed that more balance tweaks and fixes are planned, so this first patch is likely just the start of an ongoing refinement process. For fans of tough but rewarding Metroidvania platformers, it’s a reassuring sign that feedback isn’t being ignored.
