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There’s plenty of debate online around the difficulty of Hollow Knight: Silksong, but while most of us are struggling, speedrunners have already beaten the game in under 90 minutes mere days after release.

The record is moving fast, literally! Yesterday, YouTuber Onaku managed a Silksong any% speedrun in 1:46:47, but hours later YouTuber BlueSR managed a run in 1:26:20. What’s more, the speedrunner will be aiming for an even quicker World Record time today.

I’ve linked to the runs of both speedrunners above, but of course these will be full of spoilers for anyone still back in the early game. Or perhaps you’re keen to check out some expert strategies.

Hollow Knight: Silksong – Release TrailerWatch on YouTube

The official speedrunning leaderboard won’t open until 1st October, at which point we’ll have a firm idea of the World Record time and the official rules. Until then, speedrunners will be rapidly sharing their times on social media.

Judging by the game’s achievements, it’s possible to achieve 100 percent game completion in under 30 hours, but there’s also an achievement for completing the game in under five hours (aptly named “Speedrunner”). So even if a run of just over an hour isn’t achievable for you, those looking to gain all achievements will still need to complete an exceptionally fast run.

For comparison, the current World Record for the original Hollow Knight sits at just over 30 minutes!

If, like the rest of us, you’re struggling with Silksong, check out our Hollow Knight: Silksong walkthrough to help get you through.

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Hollow Knight: Silksong hasn’t even been out 24 hours, and already speedrunners are pulling the game apart in search of tricks and techniques to shave off precious seconds from future playthroughs. Already, they’ve made some key discoveries.

A select few in the dedicated Hollow Knight Discord server are sharing clips to each other, laying the foundation for a bustling competition on who can beat the game the fastest. Already, players have discovered a technique to travel faster than the standard sprint, as well as various skips using the aerial downward attack.

Users like SkysThLimit have discovered you can easily bait various flying enemies to ledges otherwise unscalable early in the game. Then, using the aforementioned downward attack (affectionately called pogoing), players can gain some extra vertical distance access rooms early.

Here’s the Hollow Knight: Silksong launch trailer.Watch on YouTube

This style of skip was numerous throughout the original Hollow Knight too, and it looks like some of the old favourites are still as good as ever. However, several day-one speedrunners have pointed out, Hornet’s unique movement abilities allow for new strategies too.

If you do a jump and immediately dash (once you’ve unlocked it) and repeat the process over and over, you can move horizontally across the ground far faster than if you were just running normally.

These may seem small, but Silksong’s fastest playthroughs will be built on small tricks like these. Considering the game has an achievement for beating it in under five hours, you can be sure maneuvers like these will be sorely needed in the weeks to come.

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While we’re struggling with Hollow Knight: Silksong, speedrunners are beating it in under 90 minutes

Hollow Knight: Silksong speedrunners are already finding game-changing skips and faster movement techniques