Silksong Faydown Cloak Guide: Climb Mount Fay for Double Jump
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I have a confession: for most of my early Silksong run, I kept staring at ceilings and thinking about the Monarch Wings. In the original Hollow Knight, that double jump opens up so much of the map, and Silksong withholds it for a long time. That is exactly why the Faydown Cloak feels like such a huge prize. It gives you a double jump and cold immunity, and you can grab it fairly soon after getting the Clawline. Sound too good to be true? It is not, but the climb is a real test. Before you start, make sure you have the Clawline. Without it, you will be stranded on Mount Fay with no way up. You also need enough progress in The Slab to have free access to the Bellway station there, because that is the route to Mount Fay. I highly recommend running Weavelight for this entire segment. The improved grapple feel is not a luxury here; it is almost a necessity. And yes, I promise this is not a Celeste guide in disguise, even if the platforming gets spicy. Quick Prep Checklist Check Why It Matters ✅ Clawline unlocked You cannot climb Mount Fay without grappling ✅ The Slab Bellway access The only practical way to reach the mountain ✅ Weavelight equipped Better grapple and silk regeneration ✅ Rosaries for Shakra The map is worth buying if you can spare them ✅ Patience The cold timer will punish panic Mount Fay simulates a very bad winter. Once you step outside, you have roughly 30 seconds before the cold kills you. The key rule is simple: keep moving toward warmth. Metal lamps, benches, and warm rooms reset the pressure. If you make a mistake near a room transition, duck inside and step back out to refresh the timer. Why not use every trick? The mountain will not show you mercy. The Foothill Leave the station and jump off the first ledge to grapple the rings. Keep fast, constant momentum going left. Cross the gap and run into the cave where you meet Shakra. The map here is not complicated, but it is still nice to have, so buy it if you can afford it. Sit at the bench, breathe, and prepare for the run. Jump across the freezing lake, because even touching the water hurts. Get onto the floating platforms and climb right. Watch for the metal lamps in the ceiling. Those warm spots are your lifeline, so start treating them like checkpoints. 100 Meters Run right, grapple the floating platform, climb up, and jump across the crumbling block platforms as quickly as you can. Grapple to the platform on your left, jump and grapple the enemy, then grab the ring and jump onto the wall. Climb fast, grapple, wall jump, and hook onto the wall that leads to another safe zone. Time your wall jumps so you do not hit the spikes. Grapple through the spike tunnel and slide down the left wall to safety. Grapple over, tap dash to climb up the wall without jumping off, then grapple the enemies ahead. Use them to reach the left wall, climb up, and dash quickly to the next safe zone. The next room is full of silk and warmth, so take a real breather there. Crystalline Drop Counter-intuitively, you need to drop down here. Before you do, camp on the ledge and keep hitting the metallic bug for infinite silk. If you took damage earlier, this is your chance to heal. When you are ready, begin the descent. Drop your glide a little to speed up the fall, stay on the left side of the crystal, and enter the first hole on the left that you can slide into. The tunnel inside is warm and full of silk, though there is a strange little guy you need to smack. Head to the end and break the wall on your left to reach another frozen lake. This time, grapple across the enemies that shatter into needles. With the extra silk, you can constantly grapple and glide while barely losing height. If you cannot do that, grapple any enemy you can find and look for a wall, ring, or piece of ground to stall on. The second and third enemies in this sequence can lead to a wall and a warm spot.
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I have a confession: for most of my early Silksong run, I kept staring at ceilings and thinking about the Monarch Wings. In the original Hollow Knight, that double jump opens up so much of the map, and Silksong withholds it for a long time. That is exactly why the Faydown Cloak feels like such a huge prize. It gives you a double jump and cold immunity, and you can grab it fairly soon after getting the Clawline. Sound too good to be true? It is not, but the climb is a real test. Before you start, make sure you have the Clawline. Without it, you will be stranded on Mount Fay with no way up. You also need enough progress in The Slab to have free access to the Bellway station there, because that is the route to Mount Fay. I highly recommend running Weavelight for this entire segment. The improved grapple feel is not a luxury here; it is almost a necessity. And yes, I promise this is not a Celeste guide in disguise, even if the platforming gets spicy. Quick Prep Checklist Check Why It Matters ✅ Clawline unlocked You cannot climb Mount Fay without grappling ✅ The Slab Bellway access The only practical way to reach the mountain ✅ Weavelight equipped Better grapple and silk regeneration ✅ Rosaries for Shakra The map is worth buying if you can spare them ✅ Patience The cold timer will punish panic Mount Fay simulates a very bad winter. Once you step outside, you have roughly 30 seconds before the cold kills you. The key rule is simple: keep moving toward warmth. Metal lamps, benches, and warm rooms reset the pressure. If you make a mistake near a room transition, duck inside and step back out to refresh the timer. Why not use every trick? The mountain will not show you mercy. The Foothill Leave the station and jump off the first ledge to grapple the rings. Keep fast, constant momentum going left. Cross the gap and run into the cave where you meet Shakra. The map here is not complicated, but it is still nice to have, so buy it if you can afford it. Sit at the bench, breathe, and prepare for the run. Jump across the freezing lake, because even touching the water hurts. Get onto the floating platforms and climb right. Watch for the metal lamps in the ceiling. Those warm spots are your lifeline, so start treating them like checkpoints. 100 Meters Run right, grapple the floating platform, climb up, and jump across the crumbling block platforms as quickly as you can. Grapple to the platform on your left, jump and grapple the enemy, then grab the ring and jump onto the wall. Climb fast, grapple, wall jump, and hook onto the wall that leads to another safe zone. Time your wall jumps so you do not hit the spikes. Grapple through the spike tunnel and slide down the left wall to safety. Grapple over, tap dash to climb up the wall without jumping off, then grapple the enemies ahead. Use them to reach the left wall, climb up, and dash quickly to the next safe zone. The next room is full of silk and warmth, so take a real breather there. Crystalline Drop Counter-intuitively, you need to drop down here. Before you do, camp on the ledge and keep hitting the metallic bug for infinite silk. If you took damage earlier, this is your chance to heal. When you are ready, begin the descent. Drop your glide a little to speed up the fall, stay on the left side of the crystal, and enter the first hole on the left that you can slide into. The tunnel inside is warm and full of silk, though there is a strange little guy you need to smack. Head to the end and break the wall on your left to reach another frozen lake. This time, grapple across the enemies that shatter into needles. With the extra silk, you can constantly grapple and glide while barely losing height. If you cannot do that, grapple any enemy you can find and look for a wall, ring, or piece of ground to stall on. The second and third enemies in this sequence can lead to a wall and a warm spot.
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