Hollow Knight: Silksong is getting its second post-launch patch soon, and Team Cherry has unveiled what's in it. The long-awaited sequel spent years in development, and by and large, players and critics alike have seemed more than pleased with its initial state, but the dev team is still fine-tuning the title. As part of that endeavor, Hollow Knight: Silksong Version 1.0.28626 is now live in the public beta and will release to all players soon.
Unsurprisingly, the metroidvania is off to a blistering start. Since releasing in early September, Hollow Knight: Silksong has amassed over 5 million players across all platforms, and half a million of those users jumped to the game on Steam within hours of its launch. As its numbers continue to climb, both current and new players can look forward to some upcoming tweaks and changes that should make Silksong a more polished experience.
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Team Cherry announced the new patch on September 16, confirming that beta participants can try it out now before it goes live across the board. While the devs didn't name a specific release date, they said they were "getting close to finalising" it, so the wait won't be long for anyone not in the public beta. The first Silksong update made the game slightly easier by adjusting the difficulty of two early game bosses. The second doesn't technically include any more difficulty tweaks, but it does fix several bugs that may have given players a harder time than intended. That includes fixing some enemies drifting out of bounds, addressing some unreachable cocoon locations, and fixing the Volt Filament damage multiplier not applying everywhere it should.
The upcoming patch also clarifies the Herald's Wish achievement to make it easier to understand what players need to do to earn it. While users don't have to complete all Silksong wishes to 100% the game, some fans will inevitably want to finish everything the title has to offer, and the updated description should make it easier to learn how to do so. Much of the update focuses on smaller bug fixes and tweaks, some of which affect gameplay, and some of which are mostly visual.
Fans who've struggled with how Silksong is harder than the first Hollow Knight game may be disappointed to learn that there aren't any more difficulty-lowering adjustments on the horizon for now. At the same time, others will likely be thankful for the challenge. Whatever the case, Silksong has already become an undeniable success, and future updates should refine it even further. Team Cherry says the final version of this latest update will likely be slightly different from the current beta build, but fans won't have to wait long to find out for themselves how it impacts the game.
Hollow Knight: Silksong Update 2 Patch Notes
- Added Dithering effect option in Advanced video settings. Reduces colour banding but can slightly soften the appearance of foreground assets. Defaults to 'Off'.
- Updated Herald's Wish achievement description to clarify that players must both complete the wish and finish the game.
- Fixed Savage Beastfly in Far Fields sometimes remaining below the lava.
- Fixed rare cases of Shrine Guardian Seth getting out of bounds during battle.
- Added catch to prevent Lugoli sometimes flying off screen and not returning during battle.
- Further reduced chance of Silk Snippers getting stuck out of bounds in Chapel of the Reaper battle.
- Fixed various instances of dying to bosses while killing them causing death sequences to play messily or out of sync.
- Fixed Shaman Binding into a bottom transition causing a softlock.
- Cocoon positions in some locations updated to prevent it spawning in inaccessible areas.
- Fixed Liquid Lacquer courier delivery not being accessible in Steel Soul mode.
- Fixed some NPCs not correctly playing cursed hint dialogues in certain instances.
- Fixed Pondcatcher Reed not being able to fly away after singing.
- Fixed Verdania memory orbs sometimes replaying layered screen-edge burst effects.
- Fixed the break counter not working for certain multihitter tools eg Conchcutter.
- Fixed Volt Filament damage multiplier not applying for certain Silk Skills.
- Fixed Cogflies and Wisps inappropriately targeting Skullwings.
- Fixed Cogflies incorrectly resetting their HP to full on scene change.
- Fixed Curveclaw always breaking on the first hit after being deflected.
- Fixed Plasmium Phial and Flea Brew sometimes not restoring as intended at benches.
- Various other smaller tweaks and fixes.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 91 /100 Critics Rec: 97%
- Released
- September 4, 2025
- ESRB
- Everyone 10+ / Fantasy Violence, Mild Blood
- Developer(s)
- Team Cherry
- Publisher(s)
- Team Cherry
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Become the Princess Knight
As the lethal hunter Hornet, adventure through a kingdom ruled by silk and song! Captured and taken to this unfamiliar world, prepare to battle mighty foes and solve ancient mysteries as you ascend on a deadly pilgrimage to the kingdom’s peak.
Hollow Knight: Silksong is the epic sequel to Hollow Knight, the award winning action-adventure. Journey to all-new lands, discover new powers, battle vast hordes of bugs and beasts and uncover secrets tied to your nature and your past.
- Engine
- Unity
- Franchise
- Hollow Knight
- Number of Players
- Single-player
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- Verified
- PC Release Date
- September 4, 2025
- Xbox Series X|S Release Date
- September 4, 2025
- PS5 Release Date
- September 4, 2025
- Nintendo Switch Release Date
- September 4, 2025
- Nintendo Switch 2 Release Date
- September 4, 2025
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PC
- OpenCritic Rating
- Mighty
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