10 Things You Must Do First in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom

Here are the BEST TIPS for you to start your adventure in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom! These Tears of the Kingdom Things YOU NEED TO KNOW will help you have the best experience possible with this game on Nintendo Switch!
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[@nitsuanomrah6997]

1st thing I did was fly to the very tippy top of hyrule castle from the very 1st sky tower. All you need was like 2 or 3 stamina meals. At the very top is zelda's bow which does thirty base damage and shoots farther than normal bows. Then just explore down from there there's no enemies at the top. I got royal guard weapons and shields and if you light the torches in the throne room you will unlock a chest with champion armor.

[@MarcoHernandez-nb5dc]

STEP 1: beat Ganondorf before he can rehydrate

[@michaelwautraets7126]

he becomes long and noodely

[@leakylegends9888]

Dry Ganon must die

[@JohnAbdielgonzalez-bl4xl]

Step 2 rehydrated him and marry ganadorf

[@hakonX]

yes

[@calentecardwell5266]

Rehydrate Ganon to suck him dry again 😅

[@damien1869]

Should of talked about getting the leggings after the 3rd shrine… just make the right and go up through the floor and the leggings are in a chest so you can stand the cold from the beginning. Very important item to have quick.

[@petersmith1591]

I would also recommend getting climbing gear early as possible and Auto Build very early. Also, the game has a lot of areas great for stocking up on Bananas. 5 Cooked Bananas adds attack up 3 levels for 4 minutes. I can find 30 Bananas is a couple of minutes

[@Vic_714]

go bananas for bananas

[@Amexy-mr6lw]

Nice to see Nintendo make another massive W this year, as a corporation they aren’t always the best but luckily their games and products (almost) always deliver. Especially this time

[@katzelol]

much agreed, funny how they’re beating the industry with outdated technology. say all you want but nintendo’s winning

[@generallife4923]

​@Seth O my guy botw was game of the year and totk will most likely also be a game of the year

[@Willified]

​@@sethsheen7301Considering BOTW won game of the year, this is definitely going to be one of the star candidates this year

[@austindeaton622]

Nintendo sucks, imagine if they care about their games and allowed other engines to be used. This game would be 10x better on ps5 or Xbox! I want real graphics for my mario,pokemon, ect.. start sharing licenses nintendo!!

[@Willified]

@@austindeaton622 Nintendo has always only used there own hardware, and its frankly unreasonable to assume they would do otherwise

[@sethh1943]

I wasn’t given the option for a stamina wheel for my first light of blessing trade in. It just gave me my fourth heart, I figured in order to open the door in the temple of time.

[@stephaniew4753]

Came here to say this. I didn't get that option

[@NayDeevo31]

Yes that's intended but you can change it later on after progressing a bit if you want pure stamina so it's not a big deal especially considering the amount of shrines

[@MuchBacon]

When people say "spend your first 8 lights of blessing to stamina wheels" they generally mean after the first forced heart container you get.

[@DATBOI_KINGKAI]

I’m pretty sure link and all of us got ptsd when that guardian hand grabbed him in the tower

[@Artemis_F0wl]

very well done video, because it gave me a lot of ideas and priorities of things to do, WITHOUT SPOILING ANYTHING :) thanks!

[@larry8134]

I killed around 30 hours in 2 days and some of this Tips are still very helpful. Didnt know the double ascent thing and the underground quest

[@k.c.simonsen2]

This was great. I'm watching videos at work to get psyched to play the game tonight but I don't want any spoilers so this was the perfect video to see a little something new but not see anything I didn't wanna see. And I wrote down the tips because nothing is worse than getting stuck in corners when you're excited to get a new game going! Thanks!

[@LordBorkidy]

Don’t forget the greatness and darkness that is…The Depths…

[@skins4thewin]

Surprised you didn't suggest the fact that you can turn regular Chuchu jelly into whatever element you want simply by hitting it with that element. You can turn a large group of ChuChu jelly that you've thrown on the ground to all ice, fire or shock with just a single elemental item. VERY handy & effective for stocking up on those elemental ChuChu jellies!

[@brokenwave6125]

I mean, that's a mechanic from BotW so it's many years old and basically common knowledge

[@gio7264]

@@brokenwave6125 okay but as he said it wasn’t mentioned

[@shadyshane8125]

​@@gio7264 the game literally tells you that in the inventory description

[@gio7264]

@@shadyshane8125 okay and? my girlfriends new to video games and so are a ton of other people picking up switches to game for the first time not everything is so transparent for a noob they don’t sit there and read everything at least most don’t

[@kmoneyyyy1994]

⁠@@shadyshane8125I’m new to Zelda never played it before but heard rave reviews of TOTK and BOTW so I bought TOTK and had no idea. Even tho it tells you that in the description I didn’t know what it meant 🤷‍♀️

[@Carniestud4259]

I promise you man. I will come back to this video but my copy gets here tonight and I feel like this is a video that would be best suited for me to watch. After I get an hour in It's so hard for me not to go after all of these reviews and things like that. But I want to go in as fresh as possible

[@xiiithhazard8802]

Legend of Zelda - Where death is temporary, but being out of shape is forever.

[@junnananas]

this video is so helpful! thank you

[@tikar8982]

Best game ever! Thanks for the help ❤😊 I am a BotW lover and what bothers me the most is a blank map so I started with unlocking them.

[@Poudigne]

Time saver : Don't watch if you don't want spoilers!

[@enriquecotza]

Thank you

[@Willified]

This video is literally made to be spoiler free, wdym

[@ACESGaminglcs]

I feel so overwhelmed and I love it

[@PugFitNation]

Good video. As a Marine chilling around post it's good to kill time watching some good videos that are informative in one of my favorite titles. Long live Zelda and Link.

[@tennesseehighclass3373]

Damn I had forgotten how bad it sucks to only have three hearts for four hearts. You go to fight anyone good. One hit and you're beeping. Or game over? I have 93% completion, breath of the wild.

[@daxota_6750]

I took off work tomorrow just for this! 3 days with Totk 😊

[@dustinschalk8825]

Ditto!

[@lazume]

swap two and three imo on the first one, u can actually use the wings from 3 to get to 2 then tp to 1 for easier travel

[@TheVerity77]

Yep that's what I did. I trust the dev to guide me during early game. However, I got distracted so unlocking the geoglyph slowly atm. Too many side quests so overwhelming what with caves, shrines, mining, chasing all the armours, unlocking the great fairies etc.

[@buttafly58]

Thank you thank you thank you for the hot tip about Costco selling the game for 59.99 didn’t think I would get day 1 but couldn’t pass up getting it on sale day 1 🎉❤

[@joseph8208]

That's a great video without spoiling anything. Thank you.

[@ashbringer5999]

I defeated phantom ganondorf using purely arrows are the bread and butter of totk😅. While stamina is awesome in this game getting hearts is paramount as well because some enemies can easily one shot you and nothing wrong with having extra health; but as botw you can interchange vessels accordingly.

[@anjellicac]

Thanks for the tips

[@Grr8jon]

Do whatever you want. The fun is in the experience.

[@kayceec43]

Cool, so this video isn’t for you. Some of us love gaming but have ADHD or other issues that prevent us from playing or low down/halt our progress. My attention span is hella low. Knowing little things that can help quicken or improve my gameplay is huge for me. I always watch “what to do first” or “what I wish I knew before” videos before I start a game. I’m so appreciative of them. Just cause this video isn’t for you, doesn’t mean it shouldn’t exist. Advice and tips are great. Have a nice day.

[@davidwatkins6307]

I love how you said little green meter,lol.

[@CptnUnseen]

Last night I finally beat Dark Ganon the final boss of botw on my second try… can’t wait to play totk which I recently purchased😊

[@danielle_z]

So excited!

[@cedrichayes7094]

Thank u❤for your help

[@jaquonlindsey4254]

Let me tell you ive been playing on my oled since Monday and hes right on all of this. Also i got 15 seconds on the mini game on courge Island

[@henkwhvh]

Tried to get to Courage Island, but the mini game doesn't start unfortunatly. What do I have to do on the Island in order to start it?

[@JohnnyV83]

Step 1 post sky-island: Go to lookout landing and get your paraglider...do not get distracted by the early shrines on the ground; you'll end up in the sky with impa and no para-glider.

[@jschindler1985]

The glide gear once you have it all actually moved across the map faster than the paraglider too…

[@piffromney1916]

A rip for arrows break all the crates u see especially early on sky island u can easily get like 100 before u reach hyrule

[@KPZ88s]

hi switchforce great videos think you can make time make a video guide for pins and the other pins placements, also whats the meaning purpose and placement. i asked some if they played botw first and what guid on youtube is avaliable for map pin markers most said no i looked. just a idea for a new guide

[@tennesseehighclass3373]

Does anyone know what those weird floating boxes are in the sky Island that look like some kind of a puzzle box, but they're huge with two dragon heads on them? Do they serve any purpose other than floating there? I just picked tears of the kingdom up yesterday evening at about 5:00 and I started at about 10:30 and pulled it all. Nighter and pretty much all day today, Sunday mother's Day. It is now 248 p.m. in Tennessee and I just stopped playing to walk the dogs and then going to see Mom for mother's Day. Y'all have a good one. 41-year-old bearded combat veteran redneck country farm boy whooping the hell out of some Zelda.

[@brokenwave6125]

They float there and you can attach Zonai devices to them. Say you attach a rocket. It will lift the platform...but those platforms are special. They won't fall after being lifted, they will stay there

[@endertgyjvcvcdfg]

Ooo, i can't wait for tomorrow.

[@Later_Nerd]

I gotta disagree with getting a full bar of stamina before getting any more hearts of health. I think you should get 4 hearts (you'll get another one from a regional phenomena questline or at least I did) and then put the rest of it towards stamina. If you just stay with 3 hearts you can get killed in 1 hit by some enemies and that is really annoying. Getting up to 4 hearts and grinding stamina has suited me very well and the way I would recommend. That 4th heart can allow you to top up on some food after a slip up during a boss battle instead of having to restart the whole thing if you make a single mistake. But regardless, awesome video. It's funny, I bought a Switch for BOTW, then I barely played any other games on the Switch and eventually sold it and bought an Oculus Rift because it was just collecting dust. Now for TOTK, I bought a Switch Lite and it's one of my favorite games of all time. I'm not a huge Nintendo fan or anything, but Zelda is such an amazingly unique franchise. Plus, the Switch Lite is an amazing piece of hardware for the price. I also have a Steam Deck but have been playing the Switch Lite almost exclusively since TOTK. Just make sure you buy a grip case to go with it if you have reasonably large hands.

[@ratedRblazin420]

And make sure to put away money for another Switch Lite when those unremovable joy-cons inevitably get stick drift!

[@pollythehomeless3400]

I did the geogliphs first too and that was the best decision ever

[@lizkrulderkumar6652]

Same but it kinda made the main quests seem weird since the geoglyphs reveal a key story component

[@nalder4x4runnerfamilyoverl93]

awesome list. thank you for giving noobs like me a little boost.

[@maddox304]

I don't have the money to get the game yet but I'm sure it will be an amazing experience

[@bigwiteonebigwite1125]

Hhahaahhaahhaahhahahaahhahahahahahahahaha

[@GangstersNLD]

This Gets me hyped so badly😂😂😂

[@maxcruz5936]

I feel kinda lost cause in the beginning I went to the bird people to do main quest and getting my ass beat so I’m doing shrines to get some hearts so I don’t die on 1 hits

[@user-lr3of8us3q]

I sold the glide shirt in early game thinking it wouldnt be useful so is there any way for me to get it again

[@skins4thewin]

So glad that FINALLY ppl are suggesting to upgrade Stamina over Hearts. This was my motto in the 1st game. I literally didn't even care about hearts, & I don't see that being any different here. I honestly really hate that you HAVE to take a heart for your first upgrade in this game... I really wish it could be Stamina.

[@AbstractM0use]

Yeah, especially in the beginning. Many things can one shot you even if you have 6 to 8 hearts, so it doesn't matter if you only have 4 hearts, focus on dodging. The stamina is far more handy. You get hearts when you defeat bosses, but there's no other way to get more stamina.

[@iwillrobyoutrustme]

8:06 this is wrong, you mean be4 you get a 5th heart. Because in the starting island you must have 4 hearts to leave you dont have a choice between stamina or hearts. However after the great sky island tutorial, with 4 hearts ull be able to pick stamina in hyrule.

[@pokejuice1495]

Make you a ruby shield and go to rito in the northwest first. Can I gripe on such a great game? I don't care. Stamina should recharge when diving

[@ah2190]

"Put your first 8 shrines into stamina before getting that fourth heart" Uh... You can't exactly do that. The first Goddess Statue upgrade is forced to be a Heart.

[@heathg28]

Is totk out already, I thought it came out tmr

[@CriticalChaosx]

Oh sweet, TotK has a gacha

[@g0rgeos]

30hour, finally "find princess Zelda complete"

[@travissfwc5736]

Does anyone know of a way to complete/ or a glitch for the temple of time last door without exchanging with the statue? (I.e opening the door with 3 hearts) don’t expect many to agree or understand but it is just too much of an offensive thing to do (praying to a goddess statue), but the game it seems won’t let you progress without doing it. I was able to do botw without ever interacting with a goddess statue, was hoping to in totk as well

[@UrbanRave1982]

Is it lile botw whenyou buy arrows? Thst they dont respawn ever again,

[@SexiTRfan]

Zammit, Zach!!!! I misremembered your tip about which order of shrines to complete and wasted an hour trying to do it the opposite way 😆😭

[@psychotogether5114]

I wish you could pick up items on your horse like Elden Ring. 😢

[@k-realm]

Was that a toenail shield???😂😂

[@cergam_misteri]

Remember, ascend is your best friend

[@thomasusheriii971]

Should I buy physical or Digital?

[@Warlance001]

Just a nitpick but, DONT BUY ARROWS! EVER! They are so free and plentiful if you just break every crate and barrel you see, seriously I use arrows CONSTANTLY and I am still at 500-ish and counting , there is no reason to waste money on arrows

[@Nunya310]

My guy had a toenail shield 😂

[@dougfoster445]

I'm so confused...I just left the first sky island and I'm getting absolutely slaughtered on the main land. Where am I supposed to go?

[@unruly9567]

Everything u said to do is how i already started 😂 you know how to play lol

[@deeznuts3418]

Thank you sir, I will hit the towers 🤗

[@koriharpoon3357]

First thing i will do, after the tutorial, is find armor and unlock the map.

[@Willified]

You find armor and unlock the map IN the tutorial byw

[@AJthehedghog]

Me watching this for the first time after I beet the game got every light root every shrine every armor 50 k money and has every sages will and every memory a house and every tower and master sword

[@Defender1876]

speed runners are going to hate this

[@DeadnChrist]

I can't get to the third shrine on sky islands as I keep freezing to death and dying

[@newtmaniac1]

Cook 5 spicy Peppers...make a few batches. You'll get cold resistance for 12 minutes

[@deshmukh555555]

Can we play TOTK without playing BOTW and not miss much at all ?

[@BigDookieee]

Yes but you should play BOTW, it’s just as fun and basically looks the same graphics wise.

[@sirboxalot6654]

I got glide pants first lol

[@NaveRellim34]

Tears of the kindom Jedi Survivor Spiderman 2 Thus is the year of part 2s

[@michaelashby9654]

So far it sucks. I'm stuck in ice area. The starting area is way too big.

[@Rin-ue5li]

sad its not out for me yet :c still got 11 hours

[@kharl92]

Hey! Where do i know thia dude from?

[@RyanLawlessX]

There are 4 shrines on sky island

[@nikomint4894]

Only 5hours to go guys🤤

[@gamerdudepunk]

Where are you bestie? It’s nearly 12 hours away for me

[@nikomint4894]

@@gamerdudepunk germany haha, but i still have to wait for amazon ._.

[@COLD44]

I do whatever I want

[@Waffleart777]

That’s just the first 6 hours?? 😳

[@littleakibagames]

Is there an actual meta for heart/stamina distribution?

[@brokenwave6125]

Personally I add about 1 heart for every three stamina until stamina is maxed

[@spunkanimechick]

I hear you, but what's the point if you don't go around, try new things, and get lost. Besides, if you find stuff along the way, how much time are you actually wasting? Not to mention, if people do end up wasting their time on the game then that's just on them at the end of the day.

[@Tundra1428]

geoglyphs are crop circles. I will not change my mind on this.

[@brokenwave6125]

They aren't on crops, most of them aren't on grass even

[@boldybs3644]

tirth

[@ed2506]

ghost robo ?

[@MakaBrplays]

"Follow normal progression" did you even play the first game?

[@crunchyblend8809]

No need for me to watch. I'll go my own path in totk.

[@ghostAgent99]

Needs timestamps

[@Dan_Letters]

I mustn't

[@atomicfox_TF]

I did number 1 accidentally

[@joshsmith7033]

Sky maps wernt huge at all

[@fakenickib6245]

THE BEST ADVENTURE COMES FROM NOT WATCHING VIDEOS AND JUST EXPLORING!!!!!!!!! Sorry, love the content but that is truly the truth. that is one thing i have loved playing early is NO GUIDES its been forcing me to do things i would have never done if there were guides out.

[@Alodiaa1]

So why are you here?

[@Drip404]

Pokemon leak o:

[@cristof41]

Get the camera !

[@reidstephenson3898]

Paraglider?

[@PureAssassin45]

First

[@Reaperguy67]

So what. Switch Force doesn't care about what number comment you are.

[@ian_sear]

The first thing I must do is unsubscribe

[@12345oce]

You will not be missed

[@ian_sear]

@@12345oce Am I bothered?

[@12345oce]

@@ian_sear hope not, because we aren’t

[@ian_sear]

@@12345oce we??

[@darklordyianni4463]

SPOILERS!

[@ICr4zyI]

Saying it’s not botw 2 seems a little steep to me, I mean it looks identical

[@jeffc7656]

A modded version of BotW.

[@Alpha_beef]

Id like to see any mod of this scope. Go ahead and show me one

[@jeffc7656]

@@Alpha_beef they are it being released soon, just have to wait later today or tommorrow.