Hollow Knight: Silksong fans showed Silksoul - a mod with increased difficulty, cut locations, and other content

Fans decided to restore content and add something new to Silksong.

Team Cherry has been developing Hollow Knight: Silksong for many years. Not all of the developers' initial ideas made it to the release version of the game.

Fans of the game decided to create the Silksoul modification. They position their project as a mod that "aims to return the world of Pharloom to its state during early 2021 development." Players will be able to visit cut locations, see an older version of the map, and other content, including gameplay mechanics:

Cut areas such as Red Coral Gorge and The Gloom will be returned, and locations like Hunter's March (Hunters' Nest) will be reworked to match the April 2021 map and known cut content. Cut mechanics will also be restored.

Modders note that Silksoul's difficulty will be higher than the original Silksong:

In addition to bringing back removed content, the game's difficulty will be increased — by strengthening bosses and other changes, and new content will be added, such as new interactions, to offer a fresh take on the game [...]

Modders are not yet ready to announce the release date for Silksoul and have set a (jokingly) release window: "Stay tuned until 2032 to see how it all ends!" According to them, progress is going "better than expected".