🎮 Silksong - Ultimate Silksong Platinum Walkthrough Part 11 - 100% Completion Guide & Pro Strategies

Based on segments [0:00 - 13:09] from the original content

Welcome back to Part 11 of the full Silksong Platinum Walkthrough! We’ve just opened up the Citadel and our next objective is to push through to the First Shrine, a central hub that will blow the world map wide open. This is a huge chapter filled with upgrades, bosses, and secrets, so let’s get into it.

First, make your way from Greymoor back to the Grand Bellway. Our path is up the main shaft, heading towards the top right of the map.

🔥 Key Takeaways:

• 💡 Act 2 Enemy Changes: As you progress through Acts, enemy placements and types will change. Advancing to Act 3 is a point of no return for some journal entries, so be sure to farm what you need in Act 2.
• ⚡ Rotating Chamber Puzzle: Early in the Citadel, you’ll find a rotating chamber controlled by a lever. Hit the lever to change its orientation from vertical to horizontal. It’s smart to rotate it after you pass through the first time to set up your return path for later.
• 🎯 Scam Alert: You’ll come across a vendor selling a silk ball for 40 beads. Don’t fall for it! It’s a total scam just to refill your silk, which you can do easily by hitting enemies.

🎮 Step-by-Step Path to the First Shrine:

1. Ascend the Grand Bellway - From the Coral Chambers, head up the main vertical shaft. Follow the path upwards and to the right.
   

2. Activate the Fast Travel - Before proceeding too far, you’ll find a new Bellway fast travel point. It’s crucial you buy this, as it connects the Citadel to the Grand Bazaar. If you’re low on beads, there’s a great farming spot just ahead.
   

3. Grab the White Key & Rest - Just past the farming spot, grab the White Key and rest at the bench. This area serves as the entrance to the First Shrine hub. After resting, the world state will reset, populating the area with new NPCs.
   

Covering segments [13:09 - 19:32] insights

The First Shrine is the “Bone Bottom” of Act 2—a new safe zone with NPCs and a Wish Board.

🚀 Key Actions in First Shrine:

• 🎯 Accept New Wishes: Interact with the Wish Board to accept three new wishes: Wandering Merchant, Fine Pens, and Building Up Songclave.
• 💪 Donate Beads: If you have the Rosary Beads, immediately donate them for the Building Up Songclave wish. It’s better to spend them on platinum trophy progress than risk losing them to an upcoming boss.
• 💬 Talk to NPCs: Exhaust the dialogue with the Caretaker and the scared little pilgrim to progress their stories.

Now, it’s time for our first boss of the chapter. Head out of the shrine to the left and continue upwards to the boss arena.

🔥 Boss Strategy: The Cogworkers
This is a visually stunning duo boss fight that’s all about pattern recognition. The golden rule: never be in the way of the white line.

Phase 1: The two bugs will telegraph their dash attacks by drawing a white line. Dodge the lines and get hits in when you can. Watch out for their AOE slam when they drop from above.

Phase 2: The attacks get faster. They’ll also perform a move where they draw lines all over the arena. Find a safe spot and wait it out.

Phase 3 & 4: One bug goes down, and the fight becomes reminiscent of the Mantis Lords. Their attacks are slightly delayed from one another. Focus on taking one down completely. The final phase is a pathetic, sad showdown with the lone survivor. Put him out of his misery.

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After defeating the Cogworkers, you’ll learn your main objective for this part of the game: find the three melodies of the Vault Keeper, the Architect, and the Conductor. For our 100% completion guide, the optimal path is to pursue the Vault Keeper’s Melody first. This will open up the entire Whispering Vaults area and connect multiple zones.

Head through the gates into the Cogwork Core, a treacherous platforming section reminiscent of Hollow Knight’s Path of Pain.

🏆 Cogwork Core Walkthrough:

1. New Enemies & Map: In this new area, you’ll encounter new gear-based enemies. After dropping down, grab the map to reveal the Cogwork Core.
2. Gear Obstacle Course: This section requires precise pogo jumps and dashes off of moving and spinning gears. Take your time. Your goal is to navigate a series of platforming challenges to reach the bottom left of the area.
   
3. Find the Mask Shard: After a lockdown fight sequence, you’ll open a shortcut back to the Coral Chambers. This is where you can finally grab the Mask Shard you likely saw earlier.
   
4. Open the Path to Whispering Vaults: Return to the main gear course and navigate the final tricky pogo section to open a shortcut back to the bench and the path forward into the Whispering Vaults.

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The Whispering Vaults introduces puzzles that require a new move: the Downward Dash Attack. We haven’t needed it until now, but it’s essential for 100% completion.

🔥 How to Execute:

• While in the air, hold DOWN on your analog stick/D-pad and press the ATTACK button.
• Hornet will perform a powerful downward slam, capable of breaking fragile floors and hitting switches below her. This is different from a standard pogo (down + jump). Practice this move, as it’s key for solving the sliding block puzzles ahead.

Based on insights from the content, here’s what NOT to do:

1. ❌ Rushing into Act 3 - Segment: 01:54 - 02:23

   • The creator explicitly warns that progressing from Act 2 to Act 3 is a major point of no return for certain enemies needed for the Hunter’s Journal.
   • ✅ Fix: Before you advance the main story to Act 3 later in the walkthrough, take the time to farm any missing journal entries. We will cover this in detail before it’s time.
   • 🎯 Silksong Platinum Walkthrough Impact: Rushing ahead can make the “Complete the Hunter’s Journal” trophy significantly harder, compromising your 100% run.

2. ❌ Wasting Beads on Scams - Segment: 06:18 - 06:30
   

   • In the Citadel, a vendor sells a “silk ball” for 40 beads. It’s a one-time use item that just refills your silk. This is a massive waste of currency.
   • ✅ Fix: Never buy consumable healing items unless absolutely necessary. Your needle is the best way to regain silk, and it’s free. Save your beads for permanent upgrades, keys, and crucial Wish Board donations.

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