Hollow Knight: Silksong Officially Gets Massive DLC Update

The release of Hollow Knight: Silksong in 2025 put an end to years of endless speculation, but it didn’t take long for fans to start looking to the future once more. Team Cherry quickly confirmed that a DLC was in the works, ultimately revealing plans for a 2026 expansion called Sea of Sorrow last December.

It’s nearing the end of 2026, and Sea of Sorrow hasn’t yet materialized, leading fans to re-enter the doubting phase that most of them know all too well. Thankfully, a new physical edition of the game has come with a major update on DLC plans that should make up for the extended wait.

Reddit user Me_975 shared an image of the booklet included with the new Hollow Knight: Silksong physical release, and it contains a couple of major teases for the game’s DLC plans. To get the bad news out of the way first, Sea of Sorrow is simply listed as “Coming Soon,” with no re-affirmation of the planned 2026 date. While it could still arrive before the end of the year, this might lend further support to the theory that the 2026 date no longer holds.

More excitingly, however, the booklet refers to “free content packs” for Hollow Knight: Silksong, and calls Sea of Sorrow its “first giant expansion.” This isn’t the first time that Sea of Sorrow has been referred to as a first expansion, but it’s the most detailed description of multiple updates that we’ve gotten yet, suggesting that the Silksong journey is far from over.

While this news comes courtesy of an early copy, the physical edition will officially release on November 10, meaning that plenty of fans will see the booklet for themselves shortly.

Even without an expansion, Hollow Knight: Silksong is already a massive game, and the third act essentially feels like an expansion to a reasonably complete experience within the first two acts alone. Over a year later, though, most Silksong fans have already mastered the trials of the base game, leaving the diehard community itching for more challenges for Hornet to overcome.

If the DLC for the original Hollow Knight is anything to go by, Sea of Sorrow should be a substantial update, and Team Cherry’s track record suggests that its quality will almost certainly be comparable to the base game. It could also end up being the toughest Hollow Knight gameplay yet. Hollow Knight‘s Godmaster DLC kicked things up a notch, and Silksong already represents a significant step up from the difficulty of the original game.

Hopefully, we’ll get a look at some gameplay from Sea of Sorrow soon, whether it ends up making its planned 2026 launch window or not. If there is a delay, it would also be nice to get a statement from Team Cherry clarifying the situation. True Hollow Knight: Silksong fans know that Team Cherry might prefer to keep working in silence, though. Even if that is the case, the wait will probably be worthwhile.

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