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Hollow Knight: Silksong Fans Discover Secret Mode That Actually Makes the Game HARDER — Here's the Code to Unlock It
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 68491" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><img src="https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/09/09/ss-2ebe4dc35ad33ad86b672f7cf9faed44c9b1668e-1920x1080-1757411532365.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/games/hollow-knight-silksong" target="_blank">Hollow Knight: Silksong</a> is a hard game — that much is clear. Indeed its difficulty is one of the main talking points in the days since Team Cherry’s hotly anticipated sequel came out. But fans have discovered there’s a secret mode that actually makes the game <em>harder</em>.</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Warning!</strong> Spoilers for Hollow: Knight Silksong follow.</em></p><p></p><p></p><p>Fans have found the unlockable Steel Soul Mode Permadeath using a variant of the famous Konami code. As IGN has detailed in our <a href="https://www.ign.com/wikis/hollow-knight-silksong/Cheats_and_Secrets" target="_blank">Hollow: Knight Silksong cheats and secrets guide page</a> and in the video below, you activate this mode by going to the Extras option on the main menu then inputting the following sequence via the D-pad:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right.</li> </ul><p></p><p>If you're having trouble doing this, be sure to check out our <a href="https://www.ign.com/wikis/hollow-knight-silksong/Cheats_and_Secrets" target="_blank">Silksong cheats and secrets guide page for extra advice.</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>Over the weekend, we reported on how <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/criticism-isnt-hate-hollow-knight-silksong-sparks-debate-about-difficulty-runbacks-and-the-dreaded-git-gud-comments" target="_blank">some Silksong players were expressing criticism across social media, subreddits, Discords, and Steam reviews about the game’s difficulty scaling and brutal runbacks</a>. There’s <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/an-early-unassuming-miniboss-is-wrecking-hollow-knight-silksong-players" target="_blank"><u>one very early miniboss causing a lot of players a whole heap of trouble, too</u></a>.</p><p></p><p>Today, September 9, Team Cherry detailed <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/hollow-knight-silksong-developer-team-cherry-reveals-first-post-launch-patch-notes-makes-slight-balance-adjustments-in-the-early-game" target="_blank">Hollow Knight: Silksong’s first post-launch patch</a>, which makes “slight” balance changes to the early game, perhaps in response to this initial feedback from the community.</p><p></p><p>Thankfully, IGN is here to help. Here's how to <a href="https://www.ign.com/wikis/hollow-knight-silksong/How_to_Unlock_the_Map" target="_blank"><u>unlock and use the map</u></a>, <a href="https://www.ign.com/wikis/hollow-knight-silksong/How_to_Get_Rosary_Beads" target="_blank"><u>how to get Rosary Beads</u></a>, <a href="https://www.ign.com/wikis/hollow-knight-silksong/Achievements_and_Trophies" target="_blank"><u>Achievements and Trophies list</u></a>, and our ever expanding <a href="https://mapgenie.io/hollow-knight-silksong/maps/pharloom" target="_blank"><u>Silksong Interactive Map</u></a>. Also, you may need the <a href="https://www.ign.com/wikis/hollow-knight-silksong/Bell_Beast_Boss_Guide" target="_blank"><u>Bell Beast boss fight guide</u></a>. It's a hard one!</p><p></p><p>We've also got a story on <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/hollow-knight-silksong-players-are-trying-to-help-out-those-who-have-quit-the-game-outright-because-theyre-finding-it-too-hard-by-pointing-to-mods-that-make-it-a-lot-easier" target="_blank">Silksong's best mods</a>, almost all of which make the game easier.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at <a href="mailto:wesley_yinpoole@ign.com">wesley_yinpoole@ign.com</a> or confidentially at <a href="mailto:wyp100@proton.me">wyp100@proton.me</a>.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/hollow-knight-silksong-fans-discover-secret-mode-that-actually-makes-the-game-harder-heres-the-code-to-unlock-it" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 68491, member: 1"] [IMG]https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/09/09/ss-2ebe4dc35ad33ad86b672f7cf9faed44c9b1668e-1920x1080-1757411532365.jpg[/IMG] [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/hollow-knight-silksong']Hollow Knight: Silksong[/URL] is a hard game — that much is clear. Indeed its difficulty is one of the main talking points in the days since Team Cherry’s hotly anticipated sequel came out. But fans have discovered there’s a secret mode that actually makes the game [I]harder[/I]. [I][B]Warning![/B] Spoilers for Hollow: Knight Silksong follow.[/I] Fans have found the unlockable Steel Soul Mode Permadeath using a variant of the famous Konami code. As IGN has detailed in our [URL='https://www.ign.com/wikis/hollow-knight-silksong/Cheats_and_Secrets']Hollow: Knight Silksong cheats and secrets guide page[/URL] and in the video below, you activate this mode by going to the Extras option on the main menu then inputting the following sequence via the D-pad: [LIST] [*]Up, Down, Up, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right. [/LIST] If you're having trouble doing this, be sure to check out our [URL='https://www.ign.com/wikis/hollow-knight-silksong/Cheats_and_Secrets']Silksong cheats and secrets guide page for extra advice.[/URL] Over the weekend, we reported on how [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/criticism-isnt-hate-hollow-knight-silksong-sparks-debate-about-difficulty-runbacks-and-the-dreaded-git-gud-comments']some Silksong players were expressing criticism across social media, subreddits, Discords, and Steam reviews about the game’s difficulty scaling and brutal runbacks[/URL]. There’s [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/an-early-unassuming-miniboss-is-wrecking-hollow-knight-silksong-players'][U]one very early miniboss causing a lot of players a whole heap of trouble, too[/U][/URL]. Today, September 9, Team Cherry detailed [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/hollow-knight-silksong-developer-team-cherry-reveals-first-post-launch-patch-notes-makes-slight-balance-adjustments-in-the-early-game']Hollow Knight: Silksong’s first post-launch patch[/URL], which makes “slight” balance changes to the early game, perhaps in response to this initial feedback from the community. Thankfully, IGN is here to help. Here's how to [URL='https://www.ign.com/wikis/hollow-knight-silksong/How_to_Unlock_the_Map'][U]unlock and use the map[/U][/URL], [URL='https://www.ign.com/wikis/hollow-knight-silksong/How_to_Get_Rosary_Beads'][U]how to get Rosary Beads[/U][/URL], [URL='https://www.ign.com/wikis/hollow-knight-silksong/Achievements_and_Trophies'][U]Achievements and Trophies list[/U][/URL], and our ever expanding [URL='https://mapgenie.io/hollow-knight-silksong/maps/pharloom'][U]Silksong Interactive Map[/U][/URL]. Also, you may need the [URL='https://www.ign.com/wikis/hollow-knight-silksong/Bell_Beast_Boss_Guide'][U]Bell Beast boss fight guide[/U][/URL]. It's a hard one! We've also got a story on [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/hollow-knight-silksong-players-are-trying-to-help-out-those-who-have-quit-the-game-outright-because-theyre-finding-it-too-hard-by-pointing-to-mods-that-make-it-a-lot-easier']Silksong's best mods[/URL], almost all of which make the game easier. [I]Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email]wesley_yinpoole@ign.com[/email] or confidentially at [email]wyp100@proton.me[/email].[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/hollow-knight-silksong-fans-discover-secret-mode-that-actually-makes-the-game-harder-heres-the-code-to-unlock-it"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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