Silksong Manual Teases Free Packs, Sea of Sorrow Timing Unclear

Team Cherry’s physical-edition manual for Hollow Knight: Silksong points to free content packs and identifies Sea of Sorrow as the game’s first “giant expansion,” but gives no release date beyond “Coming Soon.”

The manual says Silksong’s world will expand through free content packs featuring new adventures, friends, abilities and foes. Its wording suggests the studio is planning content beyond Sea of Sorrow, although it does not specify how many packs there will be or whether each will be a separate expansion.

Sea of Sorrow was announced in December 2025 as a free expansion planned for 2026. The physical manual does not repeat that year or provide a new date. The original target has not been confirmed as changed, and the manual’s “Coming Soon” label alone does not establish whether the expansion will arrive in 2026.

The manual calls Sea of Sorrow the “first giant expansion.” That description signals it as the first in the content-pack plans, but the text does not set out a schedule for later releases. It also does not say whether the planned content-pack format changes the previously announced expansion’s scope or cost.

When Team Cherry announced Sea of Sorrow, it described the...