The breakdown
| Category | Count | Worth |
|---|---|---|
| Tools | 51 | 51% |
| Silk spools | 9 segments (18 fragments) | 9% |
| Upgrades (crafting kits, tool pouches) | 8 | 8% |
| Abilities | 7 | 7% |
| Silk skills | 6 | 6% |
| Crests | 6 | 6% |
| Mask shards | 5 masks (20 shards) | 5% |
| Needle upgrades | 4 | 4% |
| Silk hearts | 3 | 3% |
| Everbloom | 1 | 1% |
What does not count
- Bosses, wishes, fleas, Bellways, Ventricas, maps: none of it is in the percentage. Most of it is a prerequisite for something that is.
- 93% is the ceiling before act 3: the Shaman Crest, Silk Soar, the last tools, the last shards and the Everbloom are behind the snare.
- The Everbloom is the Red Memory (Remembrance); Sylphsong is binding Eva (Entwined).
- Speed Completion wants 100% under thirty hours of in-game time on one file; Speedrunner wants credits under five. They are separate files for almost everyone.
Still to verify
Cross-checked on 17 September 2026 against the Hollow Knight Wiki’s Completion (Silksong) page, which gives the ten categories and their weights used here, and Game8’s 100% checklist. What is still unverified is the only thing reading cannot settle — nobody here has played it.