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From there, the "1031 = Silksong release date" theory exploded. Believers argued that Team Cherry would announce the game on (10/31). October 2023 came and went. October 2024 came and went. Nothing.

For over five years, Team Cherry’s masterpiece Hollow Knight has been dissected, analyzed, and celebrated by millions of players. From the haunting melodies of Greenpath to the brutal precision of the Pantheon of Hallownest, the game’s secrets have largely been unearthed. Yet, for a vocal pocket of the community, a single number haunts the discussion boards and Discord servers: 1031 .

So, technically, "Hollow Knight 1031" began as a . But as with anything surrounding this game, the internet turned it into a legend. The Great "GODSEEKER 1031" Theory The most famous theory linking 1031 to Hollow Knight lore revolves around the Godmaster DLC. In the Pantheon of Hallownest, the final challenge against Absolute Radiance has a hidden internal timer. Dataminers discovered a cut variable called absoluteRadiance_phase_switch that originally included a value of 1.031 seconds for a specific transition between her platform-spam phase and the climb phase.