Team Cherry’s long awaited Hollow Knight: Silksong has taken over the gaming world since it’s release last week. Today the developer announced the first post-release patch for the game that is mostly focused on bug fixes, however the mention of difficulty is the one most will likely focus on.
The patch, which will be applied retroactively is available now for PC players if they switch over to the public beta branch of the games build. Players on console or those who don’t switch to that branch can expect to see the patch mid next week according to Team Cherry.
While we haven’t heard too many reports of bugs from the mass amounts of players so far there are still some issues with the game. Things like not being able to complete the Infestation Operation in the late game and players occasionally getting stuck floating when they do a down-bounce should all be addressed in patch 1.0.28470.
What is of particular interest to many players however is the slight change of difficulty that is being implemented with this patch, particularly in the early parts of the game.
Early game bosses Moorwing and Sister Splinter will see a “slight reduction in difficulty” and the Sandcarvers will do slightly less damage with the new patch. Additionally there will be a slight increase in rosary rewards from relics and psalm cylinders and more rewards for doing courier deliveries.
These changes in difficulty and additional rewards should help players who are maybe new to the series or just want a bit of an easier experience. We've already seen some "easy mode mods" prove quite popular and I'm sure Team Cherry is taking notice It’s good to see them listen to the fanbase on these issues and act quickly on them.
You can see a list of the full patch notes below. Team Cherry says you can expect to see a second patch coming shortly for more bug fixes so if you do run into any let them know via their support channels
Full Patch Notes
- 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.
