5 Best Early Game Purchases in Hollow Knight: Silksong

This list details the best purchases you can make during the early game for Hollow Knight: Silksong.

Hollow Knight: Silksong features many items that players can purchase during their gameplay. However, not all of them can be considered necessary purchases given the rarity of Rosaries in the early game. Rosaries are the in-game currency, and investing in everything will drain your supply, leaving you stranded when you really need them the most.

This article will list the five necessary purchases you should consider in the early game to help you progress without wasting any Rosaries.

Best Early Game Purchases in Hollow Knight Silksong

Here is a list of items you should get as soon as you start the game:

• Map and Compass
• Crafting Kit
• Simple Key
• Magnetite Brooch
• Benches and Bellways

1) Map and Compass

Finding Shakra in the Marrow and getting these items should be the number one priority for any Silksong player. The early maps, combined with the Compass, will carry you for a long time.

Moreover, this advice remains valid until the end of the game. Finding the map of an area is likely going to be your first task whenever you get to a new area. This will not only help you explore all the secrets of an area, but also help you plan your routes better.

2) Crafting Kit

This can be obtained from the Forge Daughter in the Deep Docks. You can use this item to increase the damage done by your offensive Tools (Red). Thus making this one of the prime items to purchase early on in the game.

Although, it is likely that you will not be using many Tools, unless you are rocking the best early-game build for Silksong. Still, grabbing the Crafting Kit early means you are making a long-term investment.

3) Simple Key

There are only four of these keys in the entire game. However, the first one can be acquired quite early via the merchant in Bone Bottom. Although this purchase is quite expensive, its uses are just as great in comparison.

You can enter the Wormways earlier than usual through a locked door, or even open other doors throughout the game using this. If you do not have the Rosaries to purchase this, do not worry. Simply keep this purchase in mind in case you ever need to use the key.

4) Magnetite Brooch

This is a Tool you can equip, which does as it implies. It acts as a magnet for Rosaries. This is a really helpful item if you are ever choosing to farm Rosaries, as the currency can roll off the edge into lava and spikes, or fall into wind tunnels and get blown away.

So, this Tool would minimize the risk of losing Rosaries while also increasing the efficiency of Rosary farms. You can get this item from the same merchant in Bone Bottom for just 120 Rosaries.

5) Benches and Bellways

There are many Benches that will be locked. You will need to pay Rosaries to use these. The same goes for all the Bellways in the game. Therefore, it is a good idea to keep some Rosaries in hand just so you can make these purchases at any time.

One last thing you can do to ensure you always have enough Rosaries for these stations is to keep your Rosary Strings handy. You can use these in an emergency to acquire some Rosaries and unlock these rest spots.

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