Missed a map in Silksong? Don't worry, there's an easy way to grab it

Hollow Knight: Silksong Shakra - Ring — (Image credit: Team Cherry)

There's nothing worse than missing a map in Hollow Knight: Silksong and stumbling around the area blindly hoping you'll eventually find a bench of a Bellway fast travel point. Just like the original, you should grab map items early, such as the compass and quill, since they're pretty much vital for tracking your location.

Unless, that is, you actually enjoy map reading and inferring your location through local landmarks—I doff my hat to you if so.

The good news is that if you miss a map in Silksong and fail to find resident cartographer Shakra in her new spot, then you can still get the map quite easily. All you need to do is head back to Bone Bottom, jump up the platforms marked with gold rings on the right side of the town and hit the ring tied to the post in Shakra's usual spot two times. This will make Shakra return, where she'll offer you whatever map you somehow managed to miss.

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Hollow Knight: Silksong Shakra - Summoned — If you hit the ring to the right of Bone Bottom up the platforms, you can summon Shakra(Image credit: Team Cherry)

I can confirm this because I entirely missed her in the Far Fields, accidentally falling down a hole and having to find Hokers for the Seamstress before even being allowed to leave the area. When I did emerge from the bottom of Far Fields, I found that the location Shakra's rings were leading me to was completely empty.

Thankfully, though, I could still grab the map from her in Bone Bottom, so make sure to check back with her whenever you're in town—especially if you find yourself falling down any rabbit, or bug, holes, which is honestly one of the most enjoyable things about these games. It's also handy if you don't have enough Rosaries and need a little more cash to purchase the map later on.

If Shakra's little ring disappears, then you've likely opened up Bellhart and she's set up there now. Look for her on the upper right side of the town, where you should be able to see her little ring markers.

Sean's first PC games were Full Throttle and Total Annihilation and his taste has stayed much the same since. When not scouring games for secrets or bashing his head against puzzles, you'll find him revisiting old Total War campaigns, agonizing over his Destiny 2 fit, or still trying to finish the Horus Heresy. Sean has also written for EDGE, Eurogamer, PCGamesN, Wireframe, EGMNOW, and Inverse.

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