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Silk Song clear challenge using only the snare setter!
This video shows the challenge of clearing bosses and arenas in Hollow Knight: Silksong using only the Snare Setter tool. It covers tool modifications, strategies, and a journey that requires luck.
1. 🎯 Intro to the Snare Setter Tool and Modifications
- ✅ Challenge to clear bosses and arenas in Silksong using only the Snare Setter tool
- ✅ The tool is given from the beginning of the game, using a mod that increases the tool capacity to 20
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| Snare Setter | Tool with the highest single damage, used by drilling directly into the enemy or installing it on the ground |
00:00 - 00:30
1. 🎯 Intro to the Snare Setter Tool and Modifications
- ✅ Challenge to clear bosses and arenas in Silksong using only the Snare Setter tool
- ✅ The tool is given from the beginning of the game, using a mod that increases the tool capacity to 20
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| Snare Setter | Tool with the highest single damage, used by drilling directly into the enemy or installing it on the ground |
01:01 - 01:26
2. ⚔️ Early Boss Strategies and Silk Issues
- ✅ Snare Setter damage cannot be stacked
- ✅ Moss Mother is easy to install snares when descending after attacking
- ⚠️ Silk is consumed when using snares, silk management is important
02:01 - 02:35
3. 🛠️ Increasing Tool Damage and Luck Factors
- ✅ Need to acquire a crafting kit to increase tool damage
- ✅ Tool and damage calculations for clearing bosses and arenas
- ⚠️ In some arenas, it is difficult to use snares due to the enemy's location
02:36 - 03:12
4. 🕷️ Widow Boss Strategy: Phase 1 and Phase 2
- ✅ In phase 1, install snares at the end of the boss room and induce diagonal attacks
- ⚠️ Phase 2 requires luck due to the increased boss movement speed
- ✅ Snare placement is important, and hit when spawned between attack phases
03:13 - 04:11
5. 👻 Phantom Strategy: Damage Calculation and Parry Trick
- ✅ Calculate the number of snares needed to catch Phantom (14 times)
- ⚠️ Phantom can parry snare explosions
- ✅ You must induce a parry animation when HP drops below 0
- ✅ Dashing to Phantom during the last attack automatically triggers the parry animation
04:12 - 04:32
6. ✨ Utilizing the Architect's Tome
- ✅ The Architect's Tome is the tool user's secret weapon
- ✅ Utilizing the Architect's Tome in specific situations
04:33 - 04:52
7. 💃 Cogwork Dancers Strategy
- ✅ Can be easily cleared by tracking specific dancers
04:53 - 06:35
8. 🌪️ Trobbio Strategy: Utilizing the Architect's Tome and Plasmid
- ⚠️ Trobbio has unpredictable movements
- ⚠️ Estimated to be invincible when attacking with a whirlwind
- ✅ Re-challenge after acquiring the Architect's Tome
- ✅ Use snares in Plasmid state for continuous damage
- ✅ Utilize Craftbind in phase 2 to respond to bomb attacks
06:36 - 07:43
9. 🏰 High Halls Gauntlet Challenge
- ✅ Challenging the High Halls Gauntlet without summoning Shakra
- ✅ Maestro uses Cog Flies to trigger snares
- ✅ Choir Bell Bearers attack directly with tools after jumping
07:44 - 08:04
10. ⚔️ Lace Strategy: Utilizing the Pilot Pouch
- ✅ The Pilot Pouch plays a decisive role
- ✅ Lace is predictable but very fast
- ✅ Difficult to secure time to set traps
08:05 - 09:32
11. 👵 Grand Mother Silk Problem Discovered
- ⚠️ Grand Mother Silk's attack does not reach the snare activation height
- ❌ Concluded that it is impossible to clear with only the Snare Setter tool
09:33 - 10:21
12. 💡 Grand Mother Silk Strategy Solution: Direct Hit
- ✅ Attack by using the tool directly
- ✅ Utilize Reserve Bine, Spool Extender, and additional silk spools
- ✅ Silk refund upon successful attack
- ✅ Challenge in Plasmid state
- ✅ Successfully defeat Grand Mother Silk with the last tool
10:22 - 10:51
13. 🏆 Successfully Cleared the Game with Only the Snare Setter!
- ✅ Cleared the game with only the Snare Setter with the help of the Architect's Tome, Palette Pouch, and Blas Files