Hollow Knight Silksong Multiplayer Mod Adds Experimental PvP and Co-op Features for PC Players

New PC Mod Adds Experimental Multiplayer to Hollow Knight: Silksong

While Team Cherry's Hollow Knight: Silksong has achieved titanic success as a single-player game, it by no means has multiplayer features. Now, a new mod for the PC version, by XvX, will introduce basic online Player vs. Player (PvP) and co-op features.

What the Mod Offers Now

The mod is still in its infancy, but quite remarkably, it can already boast of:

• Player vs Player (PvP): The online PvP battles allowed by the mod can accommodate as many as 30 players. Admittedly, playing with that amount of people, things can get a little chaotic.
• Limited Co-op: A co-op experience is currently included; however, this mode only supports one boss fight against "Fourth Chorus." The boss is now tuned to receive damage that is synchronized by all players in the session.

Long term vision is to improve the mod by including complete cooperative playability at all stages of the game.

How to Install and Use the Mod (Exclusive to Steam Versions)

The mod will only work with Hollow Knight: Silksong's official version on Steam so try it out using the following steps:

1. Unpack the mod files into the game's root directory.
2. Once all players are at the main menu, the host must click “Create Room (创建房间).”
3. The host then clicks “Invite Players (邀请玩家).”
4. After all players accept the game invitation, they can enter the game together.

The PvP configuration file can be found at: Hollow Knight Silksong\BepInEx\config\com.XvX.cfg

Important Warnings and the Current Status (Version 0.7.1)

Users should keep in mind the rigorous underlining limits and instabilities that the modification presently has:

• Beta Version: Version 0.7.1 is not identified to be very stable and is just a test version.
• Co-op Boss Requirement: All save files of the player must not have defeated the Fourth Chorus before the boss fight is in synchronization.
• Activation Sequence: For the co-op boss, every player except the host has to activate the boss first. The host should be the last one to activate it.
• Host Dies: When the host dies, during the boss fight, there is a chance that the boss may become uncontrollable. It is suggested for the host to install a cheat to avoid that.
• Resurrection Warning: Resurrected players must not return to the boss arena as this may lead to other problems.