Player Silksong comes up with a ridiculous new boss challenge

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

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

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Hollow Knight: Silksong has passed an incredible sales milestone just 3 months after its release

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Hollow Knight: Silksong Player defeats every boss with nothing more than a taunt

One of these bizarre player-made challenges was created by YouTuber Bloblumord The 3rd. As evidenced by their recent videos, they are attempting to launch a game called “Garama%” where they defeat bosses using only the Challenge ability. Although not listed in the game controller options, players can perform a taunt-like maneuver by pressing the right thumb (V on the keyboard). While mostly for show, the move deals a small amount of damage to enemies. Bloblumord The 3rd has taken this and turned it into a grueling challenge that has already defeated a number of bosses. For example, one of their more recent videos saw them take down Trobbio Silksong.

This fight showed how difficult the challenge is as it took over 20 minutes to defeat the boss. Since the player can only rely on one ability, it is very important to learn the boss patterns. It's worth noting that Bloblumord The 3rd requested Shakra's help for the fight in the High Halls. According to the YouTuber, it is “impossible” to take down Maestros and their Cogflies with taunt during the later few waves. While the overall challenge is daunting, the flying enemies in Silksong it can be strange to bother.

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It will be interesting to see how long Bloblumord The 3rd takes to complete his challenge. Some have already been taken down Silksongthe most famous bosses. They even broke down with one of their first videos showing how they beat the final boss using 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 be adding more bosses to Silksong in Sea of Sorrow

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As players come up with new challenges Silksong even harder is that the Cherry team is busy working on new content for the game. Specifically, the developer revealed the free Sea of Sorrow expansion earlier in December. While details have been sparse, a 2026 release has been announced. Additionally, Team Cherry has revealed that additional bosses will be coming to the game. With that in mind, Bloblumord The 3rd may have decided to continue their challenge with the content of the new expansion.

Unfortunately, it is not known when SilksongThe Sea of Sorrow expansion will be released in the new year. However, given Team Cherry's reputation, the wait will probably be worth it. Fans will remember that new bosses like Nightmare King Grimm from the original Hollow KnightThe DLC was some of the most exciting in the entire game. Time will tell what unique challenges inventive players will come up with for the new bosses that will be added in Sea of Sorrow.