Hollow Knight: Silksong physical booklet hints at more free DLC

After roughly a decade of waiting, Hollow Knight: Silksong launched last fall. Players were eager to jump in, and Silksong peaked at nearly 600,000 concurrent players on Steam alone. Critics adored it too: Silksong was nominated for several end-of-year awards and won a handful, including Best Action/Adventure Game at The Game Awards. Around that time, Team Cherry announced it was working on a new Silksong expansion called Sea of Sorrow.

Physical editions of Silksong are out this week, and some players have gotten their hands on them early. Inside those copies are a map and a little booklet (remember those?), and that booklet has a section hinting at more free Silksong DLC.

Silksong will expand with 'free content packs'

A Reddit user shared pictures of their physical Nintendo Switch 2 copy of Hollow Knight: Silksong, showcasing the booklet. "The world of Hollow Knight: Silksong will expand with free content packs," it reads. "Prepare for even more adventures filled with new friends, new abilities, and new ferocious foes!" The wording of the "Content Packs" section makes it seem like these "free content packs" might be considered separate from the Sea of Sorrow expansion, though that too will be free for players.

The booklet also calls Sea of Sorrow the game's "first giant expansion." The "first" here is interesting, as Silksong fans will surely hope that means "first of many" rather than "first and only."

Sea of Sorrow was announced last December with a very vague 2026 release window. The booklet simply says it's "coming soon," with some Reddit users wondering if that means it's been quietly delayed. However, it's possible the booklet text was written months ago and Team Cherry went with a generic "coming soon" descriptor, and that the DLC is, in fact, coming soon.

Of course, 2026 is almost wrapped, and Sea of Sorrow is without a firm release date. Team Cherry marches to the beat of its own drum, and announced Silksong's release date two weeks before the game dropped, so who knows if Team Cherry is planning the same strategy for its expansion. After Silksong began as an expansion for the original Hollow Knight before blossoming into a full-on sequel, who knows if Sea of Sorrow will even remain an expansion when it comes out — whenever that is.