24 MORE Things You STILL Didn't Know In Zelda Breath Of The Wild

This time in Breath of the Wild, we'll be trying to wake sleeping monks, cook eggs in unconventional ways, and uncover Nintendo's secret code names for Zelda projects.
In the video above, we cover 24 facts, tips and tricks that aren’t quite as well known, ranging from secrets to glitches, some that are pretty simple and others that are fairly complex. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has been out for four years at this point, and players have found some amazing things, intended or not, that keep the game and its sense of discovery feeling fresh.
0:00 Intro
0:14 Lynels Teleporting To Attack
0:44 Teleporting With Lynels
0:51 Wake The Monks in Trial of the Sword
1:31 Monks Copy Seven Sages Poses
1:49 Monks Copy Triforce Symbol
1:56 Water Is Pulled Up For Lakes
2:09 Nintendo's Heightmap Editing Tools
2:31 Nintendo's Codenames For Zelda Games
3:00 Default Sunshroom Photo Exists
3:25 Pebblits Destroyed By Body Slam
3:41 Misplaced Log Near Hinox
3:56 Zelda's Secret Recipe
4:24 Hinox Can Swim
5:04 Weird Way to Cook Eggs
5:28 Sheikah Love the Rain
5:52 Food Heals Enemies
6:01 Guardians Follow Your Frontside
6:37 Guardians Can Team Up With You
6:51 Dodge A Talus' Punch
6:59 Secret Ice Patch in Lost Woods
7:27 Maz Koshia's Ninjutsu is in Sheikah
7:45 Maz Koshia Can Be Found Through Camera
7:59 Maz Koshia Loves Bananas
8:10 The Ultimate Final Battle
8:55 Outro

[@RinHara5aki]

How did I miss that the playing cards are referencing Nintendo’s roots of being a playing card company… Alice is still strange though. Anyways, let us know your favorite thing you learned this time! 😄

[@struggle29]

I came here to comment this! Glad to see your pinned comment lol

[@zbigniewsmyk]

Keep on the videos till te sequel LOVE EM

[@boizelda]

Didn't know the guardian or hinox AI ! Also, the camera trick with Maz Koshia makes total sense, but I've never thought about it ! xD

[@isaigerbecks747]

I think the alice card might stand for the ace card

[@melissakare8704]

Max have you noticed there is a delay in enemy detection if you are wearing a mask that covers Link's face? Korok mask and phantom helmet I've noticed the bokos don't attack right away even if I'm standing right in front of them. This could be a thing people don't know about botw

[@ethie.j]

the dark beast gannon fight with all those guardians actually makes it look pretty epic

[@mathieubach6851]

They should have done something like that initially

[@robocu4]

@@mathieubach6851 Yeah, as a designer myself the fact they were okay with the original fight is weird considering Zelda as a franchise rarely has lazy bosses

[@mathieubach6851]

@@robocu4 Especially final bosses 😅

[@robocu4]

@@mathieubach6851 I'm hoping botw 2 can make up for the total lack of closure cuz I'm still not over how hyped I was to beat the game only to face dark beast ganon 😂

[@mrcombustiblelemon2902]

it should definitely be made into the master mode version of the fight.

[@nategwright]

I like that the Guardian AI almost has a natural difficulty scaling built into it. When you're new and scared of the Guardians, they relentlessly pursue you as you try to flee, but when you're seasoned and more confident, they settle down once you're willing to face them. Something I've noticed is that I've found it tough to shoot Guardians' eyes from point-blank because I'm trying to chase the eye with the crosshair, meanwhile the guardian is trying to line up with where I already had it, making it seem like it's dodging my shot.

[@wildebeest333]

This is kind of the equivalent with the gloom hands in tears of the kingdom

[@QueenofSilence101]

If you equip any ice-type melee weapon, it cools Link down, obviously. But if you pay attention, you'll see his skin flush in real time. And if you switch weapons, the skin flush will fade. A nice little detail that I really like.

[@shadowraith10]

I KNEW I WASNT CRAZY THAT HIS SKIN CHANGES COLORS!

[@ghoulchan7525]

i literally noticed that a few days ago 🤣

[@augursabound]

It flushes in cold conditions in general not just cold weapons

[@justsomeguywhoneverdies9210]

not something new for me, but well. fire-type weapons also warm you up 1 stage/1 clothing part

[@20000dino]

@@augursabound literally everyone knows that

[@erichunt9003]

Oh my god, the Guardians following your frontside makes so much sense... I thought I knew everything there was meant to be known in the game but yall taught me something new lol wow.

[@casperdewith]

I thought Lynels did this too: they try to be at the top of the screen.

[@SuspiciousTemmie]

@@casperdewith They do, but during certain actions.

[@casperdewith]

@@SuspiciousTemmie Ah. Thanks for clarifying. I saw it in a clip that a Lynel could be ‘captured’ by constantly moving the camera.

[@SSM24_]

@@casperdewith Lynels are based on the camera, whereas Guardians are based on whichever way Link is actually facing.

[@MrZhdarkstar]

The banana distraction only works once during the fight though, so it's best to use this distraction when you really need it.

[@lydiabeachy4668]

That's good to know before going in lol I didn't know it was a one time distraction and used it WAY too early. That was a harder fight than calamity!

[@mark9056]

how to fight them i played zelda botw 4 times and didn't fight them even one time (sorry for bad english am arab)

[@theabominablesnowman8433]

@@mark9056 there’s a few videos you can find online. you can destroy a few of the copies, but only do actual damage when you attack the real one. using the camera will show you which one is the real one, so attack that one.

[@joz1302]

@@mark9056 DLC

[@julianneroe6436]

Great addition, so this must be why it never seemed to work for me in my fight. I suppose I botched doing it the first time, and in other attempts he was like - nah

[@JKSNsensei]

Probably even Gamespot didn’t imagine this video becoming a one of their longest running series!

[@richardmahn7589]

I just commented that I hate to be the guy who makes these.... "Again? I got to go find more again???" He probably has 100 things already for more videos but doesn't share them just so he can secure his job, lol.

[@MattRose30000]

Nintendo pls just release BoTW 2 already so these videos stop 😭

[@ElysiaPristine1]

@@MattRose30000 they never will

[@uanciufule]

@@richardmahn7589 most of this stuff they found it on Reddit

[@lordrikudouzero9119]

In a post Elden Ring world, I’m amazed that BotW still has more discoveries!!! One that almost brought a tear to my eye was the parallel with the sages from Ocarina of Time. Great content guys!!!

[@zemocon2868]

BotW is still my favorite open world game :) The physics and tricks you can do with the engine (not meaning glitches) are still unmatched to this day.

[@Indy921]

@@zemocon2868 In my opinion I %100 agree.

[@bobbobbobbobb]

Elden Ring can't hold a candle to Breath of the Wild. That isn't to say it isn't still GOOD, but as an open world game, it just isn't as good as BotW,

[@ianprescott7924]

@@bobbobbobbobb I don’t think you know what that phrase means. Elden Ring is almost as good as BotW

[@bobbobbobbobb]

@@ianprescott7924 Did you miss the part where I said that the game is still GOOD? Or how I specifically stated that, *as an open world game* it just isn't as good as BotW. Elden Ring is at its best in the Legacy Dungeons (which is to be expected, since their relative linearity is what From has the most experience with.) The open world, while certainly not TERRIBLE, just isn't quite as good as it could have been.

[@romanfuchs1932]

This is the best series ever! I think I know everything about Botw but Gamespot always proves me wrong! The videos are so good please keep the series going!

[@jack27632]

"Most of these are glitches and therefore don't count 🤓" -Some nerd in the replies, probably

[@ThornyFox]

​@@jack27632 fr I don't understand those people. I've already beaten the game, completed the shrines etc. BOTW's glitches just give me more things to do. Almost none of them are dangerous or harmful, they're just fun. Thats the point of games.

[@richardmahn7589]

They have this panned out until 2038....I know, not long enough!

[@xplorer7882]

When I had my first ever encounter with a lynel (west of mount lanayru), I tried to cheese him by just shooting all the arrows I had at his head. At some point I gave up, because I didn't have enough arrows (or rather a better bow) and he kept killing me by letting his arrows rain from the sky. So I tried to escape, ran off through the gate, past the memory spot, up the hills to the left and when I was quite far away already, he suddenly teleported right in front of me 😄 Never has a lynel done this again and it was both terrifiying and awesome 😄

[@zeroshadow2468]

If BotW has all this stuff that keep getting figure out 5 years after its release. Just think how much stuff will be packed into the sequel!

[@maddinzf7967]

I bet they'll still figure stuff out in BotW when the sequel is allready here lol

[@richardmahn7589]

Or, it might be a let down...that is, nothing really new in comparison.

[@cadainn3718]

Well, we don't know much about BotW 2. We do know, however, that unrealistic expectations can lead to disappointment (No Man's Sky, Cyberpunk, Anthem). It's fine to be hyped for a game, but don't set yourself up for disappointment.

[@richardmahn7589]

I of course don't mean the game will be bad or a let down, but finding stuff might not be as new and exciting, especially if most is based on the same game engine that has fixed stuff and understand more of what players will try/have tried.

[@cadainn3718]

​@@richardmahn7589 Yes, that's right. However, in the game industry, this is a given. Ted Tschang wrote an interesting paper that dissects the rationalization of video game production through the interplay of consumers' increasing demand for novel games and the creators' obligation to accommodate by developing original and creative intellectual property. This has long been established as a precedent. As a result, the expectation of something innovative that will please customers' constantly shifting tastes, as defined by its prequels, cannot stand up to the harsh reality.

[@a.liguria2698]

We need swimming Hinoxes to be more present in botw2! The fact that you have to go out of the way so much to force one of them into water (since no Hinox is found close to deep water), proves that the general idea of being able to off them by throwing them into a body of water was almost actually cut. And it would have been a shame!

[@anansis3978]

1:29 This is NOT THE ONLY ONE the one Lynel near Hateno Village at the snowy mountains near to the Goddess water spring fountain (there is also a Hinox near the Lynel) this Lynel can also teleport to you up to the mountains and fight you this was discovered years ago by the German Nintendo Let’s Player called @Domtendo This happened in his first Botw letsplay it’s in the first parts of his letsplay and the title of the video was something like „Erster Leunen kampf“ or „ Mini Ganon“ Update it was in Part 20 of his letsplay at Minute 18:00 and foreward there you can see the fight at the place that I mentioned earlier and the teleport in this fight :) I hope yo could help Your Fact seems like a mistake :) maybe other Lynels can do this too but it’s undiscovered yet :D

[@diegogutierrezhernandez462]

They actually should've added the guardians to the final fight it looks so cool

[@richardmahn7589]

Yup...at least in Master mode.

[@david95ms]

It suddenly went from lame to insanely epic

[@MaeXM]

The amount of effort the developers and their team put into the game is really amazing and astonishing. I believe they'd feel a sense of accomplishment for every detail that was discovered by us in botw.

[@zemocon2868]

Just thinking about the sequel... it will likely have all the stuff from the original x 2! Or maybe even x3 or 4 :O

[@JonathanRiverafrickinnice555]

Honestly, having the monks there when Link pulls the sword makes it better.

[@ashthomas4092]

Is it a dlc?

[@desmondschneider5397]

@@ashthomas4092 Yes, trial of the sword.

[@dc8rdecoded]

Love these new additions. Just had a thought on the monks and their Tri-Force pose, I wonder if there’s correlation between the position and the respective trial? Would be interesting if they are based on wisdom, courage and power.

[@proffessorlexicon9039]

Espeacily the guardian look direction one was cool. Thank you for making this series and showing us new stuff. Thumbs up!👍

[@ike8028]

Before Breath of the Wild even came out, I envisioned a final boss fight that somehow involved dodging a massive amount of guardians; it only makes sense that Calamity Ganon would pull in all his available protectors to help in the battle. It's a shame to think about what could have been

[@Ray__E]

2040: "Things you didn't know you could do in the first Breath of The Wild!!"

[@MaxWelton]

5:45 I love the way Pikango’s rain hat awkwardly vanishes from the back of his neck and reappears on his head.

[@jonathandejong8170]

Another interesting fact that I don't think you have covered is that hinox's have a unique stun animation if you crit them with bomb arrows and only bomb arrows.

[@jovyrivera7055]

I also love how the monks are warching you upgrade your sword Also #24 looks like a tad of fun

[@brunoratto253]

It never ENDS!!! Also, I really have to try that giant final battle! A horde of guardians acompaning Beast Ganon!?!?!? Cue the epic music! 😋

[@michaelwhitehead6594]

I found using horse whistle at Keese causes them to align their flight to you straighter, making them easier to either shoot with arrows or hit with melee weapons

[@Tortooga102]

One detail I noticed on the Snowquill outfit was that Link’s right glove is the same type of glove used irl for professional archery

[@ordinaryalan]

The Hinox drowning and the feeding enemies heals them both Blew me away

[@deepakbhatti155]

That Ganon + Guardian fight at the end looks EPIC

[@matttvgaming6855]

This game never gets old. There is always new things to discover. BOTW will always be my old time fav!

[@Seabearbrenz]

The first time I played BoTW I was certain that the final battle was going to include defeating hoards of guardians as well as Gannon. The real battle was fairly easy

[@TOMMYDiG1TAL]

Finally got a switch last month and haven't touched my PC since 😂 addicted to BOTW and Smash Ultimate these first party Nintendo games hit different 🔥

[@augursabound]

I just bought donkey kong country, it's great

[@kioshekat7931]

fun fact: similar to nintendo games, code names are used when shipping big-title movie posters too. the avengers end game code name was something along the lines of "Mary Loe" and Wonder Woman was "Nightingale." I used to manage them when I worked at a theater and we got these posters pretty far in advance, but it still helped against thievery

[@jeremyfox4186]

I've never agreed with Dark Beast Canon being a push over as being a bad thing. When I fought him the first time, I was exhilarated and it felt like a cinematic experience, where you beat the challenge and now you get a cool scene. I don't feel like it was meant to be hard. Just my opinion.

[@zemocon2868]

Yeah, I also thought Calamity Ganon is the actual final boss, while the Dark Beast is just a cinematic ending scene with a bit of game in it.

[@augursabound]

My favourite part of that fight is you can get off your horse and ride the master cycle zero instead

[@desmondschneider5397]

@@augursabound Strange glitch: Fuel doesn’t transfer on save load, but oddly enough, if it’s used against Ganon it will transfer.

[@augursabound]

@@desmondschneider5397 emergency ganon fuel

[@west3Dgaming]

Since we tweeted each other about Hinox swimming after the last video I'm just going to take credit for that being on this list. Legitimately in my 5th playthrough for a Zelda podcast working through all games and came across this organically believing I was safe by crossing a shallow river, only to have the Hinox swim after me. Then of course I realized people discovered this in 2017... but most had no idea

[@lunnihyre4215]

The number one thing Nintendo did right with this game that many other devs in the past haven't, is embrace the bugs. They let you break the game like it's feature and it's great! It's like newer fps games adding bunny hopping as a feature.

[@Swiffy22]

Glad I could make a couple contributions to this one! Great work as always!

[@Menacetosociety05]

Wow. I’ve played this game for three years and I have NEVER seen a campfire egg before.

[@Catttails.-.]

Guardian when a mob other than link hits them “ *turns head* Excuuusseee, meeeeee? GET DOWN HERE IMMA SNAP YO LEGS”

[@sylg1733]

This game still amazes me! Can't wait for BOTW 2! 🤩

[@MaximusXavier]

I really just found your series a couple days ago and you *grace* us with another video already?! Incredible

[@art83z]

This game.... simply Masterpiece ❤️

[@dominikisaweeb2990]

It's ridicolous how many episodes you can do about this game. Speeks for itself i think.

[@tattertot8259]

We still don't know how to save Marin from being trapped as a seagull forever !

[@Jknight416]

Kudos to whoever discovered the camera spotting trick to make the doppelgänger phase Maz Koshia boss fight a lot easier to figure out.

[@lil_savage446]

I focused on the main story quests so I enjoy watching these videos theres always something new I found out, like the monk fight

[@radar9561]

I'm amazed that these continue to be interesting facts. Swimming hinox blew me away.

[@ravenger2445]

I believe that the Relics of the past mod adds lots of guardians and even lynels to the Dark Beast Gannon bossfight. Oh yeah, also when you're fighting Dark Beast Gannon, it technically has 3 phases, with a completely different song playing after each 1/3rd or so portion HP he takes.

[@diamondmemer9754]

I've had the lynel in the great plateau teleport into an enemy camp after I defeated all the monsters and he killed me, so he also does the teleport attack thing

[@richardmahn7589]

Funny.... I just made a joke about how glitch hunters now need to find a way to make that lynel teleport to the castle with you riding on his back for speed running...

[@diamondmemer9754]

@@richardmahn7589 that's not how it works but it would be cool as heck

[@west3Dgaming]

Was about to ask if this was in master mode... but clearly yes

[@richardmahn7589]

@@diamondmemer9754 I know. Heh. But still, if only you can wrong warp/teleport somehow...even if it is random. Then that got me wondering if anyone has ever tried something that would overload the map screen and somehow let you teleport to a shrine that isn't activated or something.

[@richardmahn7589]

@@west3Dgaming Yeah, master mode, and not even sure if there is speed running for that other than some category that doesn't really matter.

[@huynhcris]

Keep this series alive at any cost ‼️

[@michaelwhitehead6594]

Also found you can Metal surf with metal plates using magnesis, simply stand on one metal plate, then activate magnesis on another plate, move it to the edge of the plate you are standing on, now you got transport! Very handy in shrines with spikes, instead of keep lifting plates in front of each other like stepping stones, which takes a longer time

[@DDoodles_]

Number 6 I knew, but the Seven Sages thing is incredible

[@T0x.S1NS]

the fact that this game came out in 2017 and we're still finding cool secrets and stuff for it is baffling, devs put so much into this

[@Thecrazymerio]

This was a really good episode.

[@XshXD]

Guys I have two things about the same Lynel, the one near Zora's domain. 1.- He has followed me too to fight with teleportation, same process as in the video. 2.- We all know it is supposed to be a forever Red Lynel but there was a time after a blood moon that it got upgraded to a Blue Lynel, it was on my first playthrough and I didn't know that wasn't suppose to happen so I didn't take a photo or a screenshot and I just proceeded to defeat him and this hasn't happen ever again.

[@anonymousanonymous3707]

I've only just started this now for the first time .... I love the Wind Waker and I feel like I'm in that world that timeline instant grin when I bumped into Beedle felt like a long lost friend hahah 🤣

[@DRAGON-rf1jp]

Would have been a cool thing, that if you shoot those gurdians with Light-Arrows, they would become normal again, like an Easteregg/reward!

[@teelyn1609]

That is a seriously good idea!

[@seven3197]

Oh god the Hinox dying song being basically called “giant crying” makes me feel so bad T.T

[@anxia-tea5846]

NO BECAUSE THE JOKER CARD FITS MAJORA’S MASK SO WELL

[@kirara2516]

This game never gets old. I'm playing it right now

[@lukesams3349]

6:46 caught me completely off guard, that was hilarious

[@Mote.]

I love this series. 10/10

[@jinzo2678]

It's the game that never ends. It goes on and on, my friend.

[@sarahmcarthur2723]

I never get tired of this videos.

[@cassiaprior453]

Of all these the coolest one was the Hinox drowning. Gonna have to see how I do that now XD

[@randomslomo1875]

The first 5 blew my mind! I love it! 😻

[@richardmahn7589]

While there is obvious so much material to cover in BOTW to keep making this videos, I would NOT like the job of being told "Put out another 'More Things You STILL Didn't know' video!" and having to find all sorts of new things. I don't know how you do it, and if you have backlog of things you haven't shared just so you have content when you do have to produce yet another one. Hats off to you! Must be stressful in a way, and then you have to make some of these kind of interesting!

[@elainaleach955]

This might be my favorite episode so far!

[@fun_nels]

hey, just a random fact i discovered. when you submerge a drawn bow with elemental arrows on said bow, the visual effects from the arrow will be completely gone, giving you a great look at the arrows' actual models. this works with all types of arrows, even ancient arrows. (not sure if it works with light arrows cuz im way too lazy to do memory storage) ok bye

[@explicitwalrus6489]

That peblet flurry mechanic is dope. It’s like a martial artist destroying cement with pure physical power

[@krinklerstuff8983]

Majoras mask being the joker card is great.

[@MaxWelton]

5:30 could it be a Hyrule Warriors reference? Impa IS a water-type Pokémon in that game, after all.

[@struggle29]

The hinox drowning sound effect sound JUST like the sonic the hedgehog drowning sound effect from the Sega waaaaay back in the day!

[@darthganon944]

I love these videos, I always learn a cool glitv6or fact about this game.

[@grant2989]

The Hinox swimming/drowning fact is amazing

[@davidwalter9092]

this video was maybe the best in the series

[@aaron_aj_knight_95]

Guardian: "Step away now or be vaporized." Link: "Fine." Guardian: "DON'T TURN YOUR BACK ON ME!!!"

[@Silails]

0:54, I discovered that 3 years ago when completing the third trial with the shield surf glitch that lets you go through walls, to defeat the hinox of the first trial. I then tried to glitch through the barrier to see what would happen, but it was too thick to work so I just "hacked" my way though it (there's a video on my channel)

[@shadow_gren1nja]

I had no idea that Guardians follow where Link's facing! Thanks for the tip

[@Lightmanone]

This game keeps giving man, and so does Gamespot. Keep this going!

[@Enderbeastvr]

Thx for the vid helps me out alot

[@pixelninja76]

am I tripping or does the hinox drowning audio sound like the sonic drowning audio

[@RinHara5aki]

Ehhh I added the sonic drowning audio for comedic effect, looking back now I think that was a mistake because people think its an in-game thing, sorry! I was referencing the Hinox dying sound effect.

[@stilllleaf4973]

Love this series!

[@MrMoose-mf1oy]

The little details in this game continues to amaze me

[@abbbbyyyyy]

i found out while fighting some bokoblins that the champion’s tunic isn’t the only armor piece that shows you health bars because all of the amiibo divine helmets show your enemies’ health bar as well

[@mayonnaiseisaninstrument9691]

Fun fact: when you don’t have any clothes on and go up to hetsu in the korok forest, he will sing, “you are nekkid”

[@tylerlynch2796]

It’s dope after all these years there’s still stuff to find out in the game I neva knew hinox’s could swim

[@ash_tray]

Every single time y’all upload these I get so excited. I genuinely don’t know so many of these. And I’ve been playing BOTW since it’s first week out to the public. Yay!

[@AlexWesker]

Such a cool video!! Thanks

[@papps2937]

Nintendo should update the game so guardians will be in the dark beast fight. Also can you make a tutorial on specifically how to do this?

[@hagen6133]

I just love this series

[@ShaunRF]

I've seen the lynel in Zora's domain teleport in order to attack Link.

[@thenewherooftime815]

I want the sequel to have fights sort of like what we see at number 18, that would make the game so much more cool!!!!

[@superkoopa6423]

Nice, I love watching these BOTW videos, can’t wait for the next one, BOTW is so fun!

[@falcore91]

The posing of monks is something I would never have considered.

[@superiorgames2007]

In 3022, 22 more things you don't know in Zelda BOTW

[@boxesncrates6007]

Lynel: Leave me alone! Link: Not leaving are you? *TPs with Lynel* Lynel: SOMEONE STOP THIS MADMAN

[@Nathen111]

yessss another ep!!!!

[@moonlilythedragon9308]

In Kakariko Village, you can go to someone’s house at night before them, and when they see you upon opening the door, they will be surprised, and Dorian thought you were part of the Yiga Clan

[@jamesonweaver4224]

The egg thing is probably because the Sheikah are the ones who made the shrines 10,000 years ago, but are also the ones who raise the cucos, who lay the eggs. They most likely respected their animals so much that they decided to make their shrine lasers specially designed to not destroy eggs.

[@The0mega79]

Well, I didn't know that little fact about those Guardians. I'm going to try that next time I play the game.