Upon death, instead of leaving a Shade like the Knight did, Hornet instead leaves a cocoon of silk that refills all 8 notches of silk in her bar when broken. However, this depletes her entire bar of silk. She can near instantly heal three empty masks on the move using an ability called 'Bind' instead of needing to stop and slowly heal one mask at a time like the Knight, which could put it in danger from receiving more damage.

Instead of using soul to heal like the Knight from Hollow Knight did, Hornet uses silk. The checkpoint system from the first game will return in Silksong. Hornet will be able to craft weapons and tools from materials. The quest system has at least four sections: Hunt, Gather, Wayfarer and Grand Hunt. Silksong will have a quest system, with characters asking Hornet to do what they want. Hornet will also find many friendly non-player characters. The game has 165 confirmed different enemies. During her adventure, Hornet finds many hostile creatures.

The player controls Hornet, an insect like creature who uses a needle to fight enemies. The gameplay is similar to that Hollow Knight. Hollow Knight: Silksong is a 2D Metroidvania action-adventure game, which takes place in a haunted kingdom inhabited by bugs. It was originally announced in February 2019 as a sequel to the 2017 game Hollow Knight. Hollow Knight: Silksong is an upcoming Metroidvania action-adventure video game developed and published by Team Cherry for Windows, macOS, Linux and Nintendo Switch. Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Nintendo Switch

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