Silksong Player comes with funny new boss challenges

One player is trying to defeat each boss Hollow Knight: Silksong Just using the Hornet's taunt. While Hollow Knight: Silksong Already a tough game, this new challenge takes the difficulty level to a whole new level.

After years of waiting, Silksong has lived up to the hype for many fans since its release in September. Team Cherry's latest game has already sold over 7 million copies with millions of gamers playing on Xbox Game Pass. Additionally, the game was nominated for several awards, including Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2025. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33The game has undoubtedly been one of the most popular titles of the year. With many people playing Hornet's new adventure game through the Kingdom of Ferlum, some unusual challenges have been shared online.

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Hollow Knight: The Silksong player is beating every boss just by taunting

One of these wacky player-created challenges was created by YouTuber Bloblumord The 3. As evidenced by their recent videos, they are attempting a run of the game called “Garama%” in which they defeat bosses using only the challenge ability. Not mentioned in the game's controller options, players can perform a taunt-like gesture by pushing the right thumbstick (V on the keyboard). While it's mostly for show, the move deals a small amount of damage to enemies. Bloblumord 3rd has taken this and turned it into a formidable challenge, already defeating a variety of bosses. For example, one of their recent videos saw them take down Trobio Silksong.

This battle illustrated just how difficult the challenge is, as it took over 20 minutes to defeat the boss. When the player can only rely on one ability, learning the patterns of the boss is very important. It is worth noting that Bloblumord 3rd enlisted Shakra's help for combat in the High Halls. According to the YouTuber, the Maestros and their Cogflies are “impossible” to take down using taunts in several subsequent waves. While the overall challenge is daunting, the flying enemies inside Silksong Can be particularly distressing.

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It will be interesting to see how long it takes Bloblumord 3rd to complete his challenge run. They have already removed some SilksongThe most famous owners. They went out of order with one of their first videos, which showed them defeating the final boss with this method. No matter how long it takes, the challenge reveals a player's skill as many have struggled to beat some of the game's bosses while playing regularly.

Team Cherry will add more bosses to Silksong in the Sea of Sorrows

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Players come up with new challenges to make Silksong Even harder, Team Cherry is busy working on new content for the game. Specifically, the developer unveiled a free Sea of Sorrows expansion in early December. While details were sparse, a release window of 2026 was announced. Additionally, Team Cherry revealed that more bosses are coming to the game. With this in mind, Bloblumord The 3rd may choose to continue its challenge with the new expansion's content.

Unfortunately, it will never be known SilksongThe Sea of Sorrows expansion will be released in the New Year. However, given Team Cherry's reputation, the wait will likely be worth it. Fans will notice that new bosses like Nightmare King Grimm from the original Hollow KnightThe DLCs were the most exciting in the entire game. Time will tell what unique challenges inventive players will come up with for new bosses that will add to the ocean of misery.