A pack-in booklet shipping with early copies of the Hollow Knight: Silksong physical edition says the game “will expand with free content packs,” wording that suggests Team Cherry has more free DLC planned beyond the announced Sea of Sorrow expansion. The copies began reaching players on November 9, 2026, a day before the official delivery start.
Photos of the manual’s Content Packs chapter, taken from a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition and posted by Reddit user Me_975 and X user arfa2706, were first gathered by Eurogamer on November 9. The booklet’s plural phrasing has been read by multiple outlets as meaning more than one free download is on the way, though Team Cherry has not said how many packs exist or confirmed any beyond Sea of Sorrow.
“Prepare for even more adventures filled with new friends, new abilities and new ferocious foes!” the booklet reads, promising additions to a game that launched on Steam in September 2025 and peaked near 600,000 concurrent players.
‘First giant expansion’ and no date
The same pages call Sea of Sorrow “the first giant expansion” and send players to “voyage across and beneath a salt-stricken ocean brimming with mystery and menace.” Team Cherry announced the free, nautically themed expansion in December 2025 with only a 2026 release window.
The booklet lists Sea of Sorrow as “coming soon” with no date attached. Team Cherry has a history of free post-launch support: the original Hollow Knight, released on Steam in February 2017, received substantial free packs including Hidden Dreams and The Grimm Troupe. Silksong itself began life as Hollow Knight DLC before growing into a standalone sequel that took more than six years to ship, and Team Cherry announced its release date only two weeks before launch.
The rest of the physical package includes a large map of Pharloom, the kingdom Hornet climbs through, alongside artwork from the game.
What the leak does not settle
Whether Sea of Sorrow still ships in 2026 is unresolved, and Team Cherry has made no statement on the booklet leak. Silksong sold more than seven million units as of December 2025, with millions more playing through Game Pass.
Official physical edition deliveries began November 10, 2026.
