Can I beat Tears of the Kingdom WITHOUT pressing the Y Button?

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is pretty much my game of the year at the moment and ever since I beat it, I thought a weapon-less challenge run could be possible. So in this video I decide to find out, can you beat the game without pressing Y?
this totk challenge run has taken me over 2 weeks to film and put together and I did all of it while sick. I still am. this is my excuse for having a bad script read.
External footage used:
The video that started it all: • Zelda: Fighting Hinox ...
Duping method: • NEW Infinite Duplicati...
Speedrun: • Tears of the Kingdom A...
Music used: (in order)
The Final Fall
Small Dungeon Battle
Shrine Battle
Wind Temple Boss
Water Temple Mini Boss
Fire Temple Boss
Yunobo Puppet
Fire Temple Mini Boss
Lightning Temple Boss
Descending into Gloom's Lair
Water Temple Boss
Spirit Temple Boss
Ganondorf
Ganondorf (Gloom)
Dragon (Darkness)
Credits
FULL RUN:
PART 1: • Tears of the Kingdom w...
PART 2: • Tears of the Kingdom w...
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[@MrsMadisonrose]

The fact nobody realizes all of the boxes at monster camps have an absurd number of arrows is insane to me. I have like 400 arrows and I’ve never bought any

[@RTMP_]

I didn’t really interact with those camps very often and I had maxed out arrows by my third dungeon. Just break every crate you come across, and you’ll have more arrows than you’ll ever need.

[@Jaysvwes]

An even better way is just doing the floating collouseum with the Lynel killer thing

[@user-qg3xi1bb5d]

fr bruh i killeed like 20 lynals and im ad 800 arrows

[@user-qg3xi1bb5d]

@@cheeesybread5594 theres probably more arrows in the game since there making up for the fact there are not elemental arrows and there is now fusing

[@raze2012_]

if you're good at lynel fights the Floating colleseum gives you like 200+ arrows per gauntlet. Easily maxed out arrows while farming up parts to upgrade the barbarian armor.

[@Leekodot15]

Fun fact nobody mentions, Tulin's draft can be used much like Yunobo's where you can aim it on the ground and blow away sand piles or.... anything that can be blown away, really.

[@thepotatoportal69]

Including your rare items off a cliff

[@Pigismal]

like a frozen boko boss, into water!

[@Leekodot15]

I'm getting a feeling the two replies above me are speaking from personal experience Edit: And the replies below me, too

[@RowletRissoto]

Like a dragon part off a sky island

[@VyNguyen-dq4nw]

Like a bunch of bombs into a hinox

[@doublenikkel]

This ending feels just like the Breath of the Wild without stamina run that fails because Dark Beast Ganon's final hit has to be in bullet time

[@dhans9662]

Unless you do what Limcube did and kill Dark Beast Ganon with a sword beam instead

[@doublenikkel]

@@dhans9662 oooohh yeah that is a thing... well I forgor

[@Anas_SMO]

@@dhans9662 no thats wrong rewatch the end he needs to go into bullet time for the beam to connect

[@dhans9662]

@@Anas_SMO Ah wait you're right lol

[@networkofneurons]

i mean, urbosa's fury is instant damage

[@tronyboy6016]

This is actually really refreshing. So many challenge runs set up such fun limitations id love to see tested in the dungeons. But most of them just go straight from the great sky island to the final boss which is boring as hell

[@zacoliver5547]

For the construct in the boss rush, you can stun it with a fire arrow and throw it against the wall by using Yunobo's ability ;)

[@Wagintrowl]

No fucking way

[@Randomvids72]

You can also use the lightning arrows from riju then hit it with yunobo thats how i beated it because my first playtrough is skipper the 5th sage

[@AdaTheWatcher]

Or you could just throw a bomb to stun it too.

[@wholeeggmayo]

what a twist ending

[@charteon9092]

Ya I watched it and realized midway through that the last scene was a qte

[@Nick-jt1eh]

Fr tho

[@christopherkenzogunawan6466]

Btw beating the game is grabbing zelda's hand soooooo

[@Actually-Insane-]

@@christopherkenzogunawan6466 that is the A button

[@starcre8tion378]

oh man that last bit with the mandatory y press..... so cruel. i choose to believe it doesnt count but man you couldnt get better comedic timing

[@l_spagal7649]

Gonna be so funny when this becomes a speedrun category and people are performing data dumps and wrong warps in order to skip this one press

[@Wagintrowl]

god if that happens i want to be there when they do it for the first time

[@mr.crafty5303]

Great video and definitely deserves more views, I’ve finished the game so I saw the sad ending coming but getting this far is really impressive.

[@pumpkin7446]

Yeah as soon as I saw the challenge I was like.."oh you poor innocent child"

[@noahdoesstuff22]

In my opinion, duping items in a single-player open world game isn't cheating, it's just playing how you wanna play.

[@coltnigh308]

I think you should only do glitches once you have beat the game unless the glitch doesn’t benefit you in battle or story

[@Sqk.]

@@coltnigh308i think it is up to the player but glitches can help a lot. dupes especially as many people don’t like grinding for materials

[@andupantsu685]

11:20 It's possible to use Sidon's ability without pressing "Y". Any weapon with a "projectile component" (ex: Cannon Clubs, Magic Rods, Master Sword, Sidon's Ability, etc.), throwing a weapon with "R" actually aims the projectile, without throwing the weapon. Edit: After reading the comments, I guess this doesn't matter if you weren't planning on using Melee weapons anyways, but it is a loop hole to the challenge.

[@Robobrine8358]

Actually just any weapon

[@JJafan.]

could've used sidon as dps tho

[@teatimereviews454]

6:06 is my reaction to this challenge

[@cdgames69]

You can apparently trap Ganondorf in the inverse circle blocks that you use while getting one of the pieces of Mineru's mech It's the one block that doesn't get broken by any of his attacks. Coincidentally, it is also the only block in the game that you can generate with Autobuild and not have it dissolve

[@Wagintrowl]

yeah that was found after i did the challenge

[@Salmonboyo]

You can actually start the spirit temple quest early, if you have enough hearts to open the gate. I'm about halfway through the video at the time of writing this, so if you ended up doing this and I'm just stupid, I apologize. Regardless, you've done a wonderful job making this video entertaining, especially for it's length. Well done! Edit: I unpaused the video after making this comment and you IMMEDIATELY explained how you can go to the spirit temple, whoops.

[@stonemanga2782]

For the construct fight, spike balls appear during the fight so you could have just fused a rocket to Minerus hand and beat the boss with the same attachments. The arena also has canons which can be used to take down the construct during second phase when he is in the air.

[@alexholley2712]

Lol, watching him struggle by thinking he can't do the spirit temple is hilarious, it was literally the 3rd one I got

[@LiloTheGermanShepard1]

Never let them know your next move. *swiches attack button to ZR*

[@cooler9495]

Lol 6:32

[@Tohkaku]

water temple could of been possible, considering the master sword is REQUIRED and WILL end up in your inventory, picking it up before the last fight and using the throw attack to use sidons ability you could beat the entire dungeon without pressing Y. sure it sucks cuz you need to upgrade your stats but a good way around this is after youre done with the spirit temple, go to the dark statue and switch off your hearts to stamina, this satisfies the minimal shrine run while also satisfying the no pickup swords rule since you know youre gonna end up with the master sword anyways. good run tho

[@EdgyPuer]

You can actually complete the water temple, just use the throw button instead and it'll shoot out Sidon's attack without having to press y.

[@Wagintrowl]

that only works if you have a weapon equipped

[@EdgyPuer]

@@Wagintrowl Can't you equip a weapon without pressing y?

[@Wagintrowl]

@@EdgyPuer yeah but i had a self-imposed challenge where i didn't pick up any weapons

[@EdgyPuer]

@@Wagintrowl fair

[@elliothammer9485]

​@Wagintrowl wouldn't the master sword allow it then?

[@shapshapshapshap2829]

This game has been put for less than a month and you already managed to complete an insane challenge run of it, well done. (Also I now see in my play through I did everything in the wrong order cause I never saw that meeting with Bularia cause I wasn’t wondering the desert and just stumbled upon Riju, as well as just randomly finding mineru after that cause I saw a giant lighting cloud and got curious)

[@zombieasparagus6021]

Same

[@jaxonzwart4645]

This is actually insane quality of content. You're gonna be huge!

[@AdaTheWatcher]

Fun fact, you don't need to use the master sword to kill the final boss, laser arrays still damage his weak spots. So the master sword is technically unneeded. Edit: except for the final strike.

[@joaquinbevan6990]

Can’t you damage him with any weapon though…

[@AdaTheWatcher]

@@joaquinbevan6990 yes but laser arrays are more effective since when you're finishing the game your zonai amount really doesn't matter much.

[@nightshiftsoleil4707]

Loved the video bro, you're super entertaining. keep it up!

[@etourdie]

Reminds me of all the "can you beat all of botw with no weapons/only shields/only runes/etc" challenges people did where they'd find all these clever solutions to problems, overcome every curve ball the game threw their way, before concluding, no, because you're forced to use the light bow

[@prof7304]

The plot twist in the end was hollarious!! 😂😂😂😂

[@ZRZ123]

Thats a nice challenge because it puts your creativity to the test!

[@lytehaus4686]

"Hello, Nintendo support? I got a new switch and the y button doesn't work. Can I get a replacement?" "The y button is just optional. You should be fine."

[@cheerio1700]

High quality video!! U deserve more attention!

[@RowanB6]

I'm genuinely surprised you didn't think of the final Y press immediately when thinking about this run. It's such an iconic moment! Regardless, nice work!

[@DatJaneDoeArchive]

27:20 I just fused a Rocket to my shield and launched myself up there, then Mineru teleported to me.

[@Wagintrowl]

smh mineru making it easy for you

[@boogie5]

whoopty do! do it with out ever pressing forward on the joystick! :D

[@pumpkin7446]

Going back to the 64 Zelda strats 😂

[@eitanfeiwus599]

underrated as hell great vid bro

[@captainfunk972]

So entertaining! Great video dude :)

[@Wagintrowl]

Thankies

[@thefireturkeys4919]

Am I the only one who had NO IDEA you could just dive through the weak points of the wind temple boss instead of shooting the weak points with arrows???

[@kirbynova279]

No, your not😭

[@sselesUneeuQ]

I, also, didn't know about it. By the time I got to the Wind Temple... I already settled on using duplicated bomb arrows to solve basically any problem I was faced with. Especially. Those. Damn. Gloom. Hands.

[@kirbynova279]

Ah yes, the gloom hands, the new guardians

[@woomigi_64]

Its interesting to see this run after seeing Smallant’s run without shields, bows, or weapons.

[@Wagintrowl]

yeah, its also really interesting to see how one original idea (no weapons run) evolved into two separate ones (smant with no shield and bows, me with no y button)

[@Im_Hungry1]

Me realising I have done literally everything the unintended way lol

[@Randomalistic]

32:00 you blew up Tulin here LMAOO Also awesome video!!

[@SpicyInk]

I like how he completely changed the challenge to an impossible one when he could've simply made a "no new weapons run"

[@Wagintrowl]

That would have required forethought

[@SpicyInk]

@@Wagintrowl Technacly your not picking up new weapons since you get the master sword at the start and your forced to get it again 2 times

[@MC11723]

@@SpicyInk but you still have to use the master sword at the end making the no weapons run invalid

[@keiyakins]

Though in that rule you could get the Earthwake ability from the Yiga

[@dimenzio3612]

But you could still throw Chuchu Jellies or Waterplants at the Boss

[@Armored_Lasagna0327]

I’m not sure if this would’ve killed it, but in the beginning in the fuse shrine, you could’ve attacked the captain construct by throwing a fire fruit on the ground because of all the dry leaves on the floor

[@Wagintrowl]

You could have killed it by throwing fire fruit at it anyway I believe but then I'd have to find a way past the stone walls without it

[@davidtorgerson8970]

@@Wagintrowl 3 stones on top of eachother

[@Knightonomere]

Great video, I liked the part at 20:00 where Tulin just falls

[@tolsgaming6058]

I straight up accidentally stumbled upon the Spirit Temple by deciding to explore the Sky Islands with the giant storm and just kinda fumbled my way to a big story sequence. Was lowkey bummed out I missed a portion of the story -- I had beat the game before finishing the spirit temple story 🤣

[@victorperreault3592]

Well done! I will try the time bomb run

[@porro1915]

you don't know how fun it is to see im not the only person who had to stand on the Dragon and throw bombs cause they had no arrows

[@A_Surpluss_of_Stupidity]

17:01 i couldn't possibly refuse

[@TheInkyRock3410]

You know, there aren’t a lot of KZbinrs who will straight up say “killed a hinox with a penis” most of them would refer to it as “a certain male body part” or “dick” but never the real name, for some damn reason, referring to a penis as “a penis” makes people more uncomfortable than saying vulgar things, but still, i love how you can beat monsters with your meat in this game.

[@Wagintrowl]

They stand no chance against the penis

[@Zergeras]

10:05, that backround boss music for the wind temple was fire.

[@AquaKing1234]

I already beat the game so I was just waiting for you to do the final attack. LOL

[@_MildlyOffensive]

You can get to the spirit temple without the quest, it’s just harder because the storm really blocks your view. I did this, and didn’t even know the quest was a thing

[@eemelikorteniemi3966]

There is a way to use Sidon's ability without using Y. Drop a weapon, pick it up, press R and release Edit: on a closer look, just pressing R is enough to unsheathe your weapon so yeah, just press R

[@Wagintrowl]

Oh that's pretty cool, if only I had used weapons

[@eemelikorteniemi3966]

@@Wagintrowl technically it would've been within the rules, but might've been against the spirit of the challenge. Regardless, I think it is the better way to use the power since you can actually aim with it

[@Wagintrowl]

@@eemelikorteniemi3966 yeah it 100% is

[@piotrmalara5161]

I didn't know you could get rid of the clouds until I finished the game . Also tulips ability can ger rid of sand plus you can use splash fruit for the mucktorok

[@zygarde.r6461]

its very nice of ganondorf to give an updraft, otherwise that would have been a lot harder

[@Wagintrowl]

harder but still possible

[@noahvasiliauskas233]

I don’t think you even need to pick up the master sword at the end

[@Krankify]

I loved every second of this lmao

[@lukesupergames5472]

Most people say that the final attack doesn’t count because it is required

[@Staticgamingbro]

Hey dude! Great video, you pretty much pulled off the whole thing besides the last part. But I actually found a way to beat it without pressing Y! If you use the gamecube controller, the B button takes the place of the Y button. See where I'm going with this? If you go back to your last save file, hook up your GameCube controller, and beat the game. Great job and your welcome!

[@ls190v2]

(Meanwhile, at Zora's Domain) Sidon still waits for Link.

[@Wagintrowl]

o7

[@ThisWillCharacter]

The legendary swordsman, the one who saves all of hyrule… without using a sword

[@Enderia2]

“The first turbine was really easy” meanwhile I was dumb and didn’t realize you could attach an icicle and then move it

[@cringe5973]

Sidon fact: you can use his ability by throwing away your weapon with the R button, sidon will use his ability without losing your weapon.

[@Wagintrowl]

Had a self imposed challenge to not pick up any weapons

[@Levi-yp1dt]

Surely I cannot be the only one that immediately thought of the final boss sequence when reading the title

[@shadowsa2b]

"It didnt have enough speed to do any damage" One of the things that always struck me about this game is how ultrahand is much less whippy than its magnesis predecessor. I think Nintendo wanted to encourage players to actually use weapons.

[@sunnyhvar1992]

27:35 is the exact kind of shenanigans why I absolutely adore this game XD and as for duping... I think creating more of things you have access to is fine, because you could do that same thing without glitches, just much slower - would be different if you cheated in a second copy of a thing you're supposed to have only one of, but duping bombs and diamonds is just collecting bombs and diamonds...faster. That's how I see it.

[@nitrouscurve2234]

It’s amazing how many challenge run that Y at the end messes up

[@Wagintrowl]

I think it shouldn't count cause it's a glorified cutscene

[@Cpufi]

The thumbnail is epic for dark mode users

[@jejeneumen4931]

Those second I saw this title made me know it’s impossible because you have to do the “final attack” for demon dragon

[@BlueGuyOrSomethingIdk]

alright im gonna beat all the bosses with only time bombs wish me luck people

[@BlueGuyOrSomethingIdk]

alright update i will do the bosses with time bombs only but this will be in a challenge run of Zonai equipment only e.g zonai weapons, armor, shields, devices and i'll have a few goals to complete in the challenge run

[@BlueGuyOrSomethingIdk]

done the run

[@Kokoleaf]

Man literally said, fuck Sidon

[@Wagintrowl]

Reluctantly, I might add

[@Myobioos]

As long as you have 10 hearts you can do the spirit temple.

[@Mal-fv4jy]

The NPC's who make the Champion's weapons who say that "You can't have another one, there's already one in the world" are so silly to me. 1. Tulin has a bow the same time I do. Yunobo has a boulder breaker the same time I do. Sidon has a lightscale trident the same time I do. Riju has a Scimitar of the Seven the same time i do, disproving that point. 2. Duplication.

[@Wagintrowl]

those guys have a death wish honestly

[@Tassey3343]

Can we all agree the collgera boss fight music is really good 👇

[@Wagintrowl]

one of the best tracks hands down

[@sangohanvde1294]

Fun fact when you are under one of the pillar that gives light in the depths you can do whatever you want your durability on your weapons or sheild won't go down so it's really usefull when duplicating stuff

[@Sci_X1]

25:05 you say as he, his son, and you have a great eagle bow

[@ZRZ123]

The final input on a controler is the end of the game so sorry you lost:(

[@starcre8tion378]

so whens the bow-less challenge

[@Wagintrowl]

get this video to 20 likes then we'll talk about a bow-less challenge

[@starcre8tion378]

@@Wagintrowl 23 likes 😏 bow-less run confirmed?

[@Wagintrowl]

@@starcre8tion378 fuck

[@Wagintrowl]

@Marco Bonk 😱

[@naomirice-lc8jo]

In the fuse shrine you can fuse a boulder to your shield and parry at the rock wall to break it. Though, you didn’t have a shield soooo-

[@spencerblomerus2075]

I haven't watched the entire video so I don't know if you found this but there is a very simple way to do damage: fuse a weapon to your shield and parry (no y press necessary.) Edit: literally did that 2 minutes after continuing to watch :)

[@Wagintrowl]

yeah but i found that, in my opinion, using a shield to block potential damage was better than using it to deal damage

[@MumboJ]

Me, watching this whole 37min video knowing full well how it will end.

[@Doggyandmonke]

This video was entertaining

[@PFGFrankly]

You did beat the entired game. Cutscenes dont count in my book so gg

[@Wagintrowl]

YEEEEAAAAAHHHHH

[@dannymoore8194]

24:06 I CANT STOP LAUGHING

[@grrr7673]

If you throw a weapon with sidons ability it won’t throw the weapon but shoot the water projectile

[@Wagintrowl]

damn, if only i didnt have my self imposed challenge of not picking up weapons

[@Clemoto]

I thought that in the coldgera fight that you had to shot the belly and I never knew you could dive😂

[@mavriiick]

This has the quality and production value of a verified channel! You deserve more recognition.

[@-lowquality-3384]

18:42 There’s nothing I’m able to use… Tulin: am I a joke to you?

[@Wagintrowl]

ngl i completely forgot he existed

[@matthewwelch423]

One note. When you drop ur creations off a ledge (such as at 7:55) you can use recall to bring them back

[@Wagintrowl]

i did try that but it was too far away for recall to even find the path

[@fernando98322]

I'm surprised not many people know about activating Zonai Devices by throwing something (like Apples) to your device/vehicle. Once I figure that out, no more accidentally breaking wooden contraptions and a lot of arrows and weapon durability saved.

[@SassyFilmingo]

I did the spirit temple before I got all the avatars. I just used a hover bike to fly up there. I didn’t even know there was a quest with the ring ruins to get you up there

[@EeyoreN]

Clear out the sand piles you can use Tolland

[@nickolaswilcox425]

oof, duping bomb flowers, tried it all of once and decided it wasnt worth the risk

[@Wagintrowl]

I seemed to work when only duping 4 at once, so none of them fell far and exploded

[@Tello_Hhere]

Fun fact you can actually use Sidon's ability by instead of pressing Y, you instead try to throw your weapon as if it was the master sword for a beam, so you actually can do the water temple without pressing Y, you just need to have a weapon though

[@alexishowell5818]

I thought that you had to go underneath Colgara and shoot the weak points, diving looks ALOT easier

[@MepumpkinYessir]

0:16 already got me I was laught way to mutch

[@SD-MB-BB-CR]

My favorite part 27:12 because you have to use those logs to build a really long bridge just to get cross to the other side to head to the boss fight like that since you can't press the y button for the rocket to get on the other side to head to the boss

[@Wagintrowl]

i like long bridge

[@RealNikTrustMe]

riju helped a ton with the construct, but it makes me wonder if you could just pull out some carts and push the construct away to the ropes while it's stunned / frozen

[@ayo9290]

Nice work! I pity whoever tries a throwing only run.

[@Wagintrowl]

well...

[@BladesPowers]

Fun fact that I don’t think many people know, if you get the right angle you can actually break the rock walls of the in-Isa shrine by dropping them from near the top

[@MaikDreijer]

I consider this a win

[@xthriteenx]

6:00 is that THE GOD SONG (This reminds me of everytime I watched a botw video and the vah naboris battle nearby theme was in video I commented that)

[@Wagintrowl]

Yes it is

[@xthriteenx]

@@Wagintrowl omg you replied! You gotta actually do the every boss but time bombs now that you said that lol

[@Wagintrowl]

@@xthriteenx 😶

[@xthriteenx]

@@Wagintrowl would colgera even be possible… would gohma second phase be….. also that final attack is such a troll

[@Wagintrowl]

@@xthriteenx I have no idea if it's possible that's why I asked other people to try it

[@rayray-kq7zj]

when i clicked on this my first thought was "what about the final attack?"

[@nerdzr6131]

The water temple, as far as I know, is completely possible within the rules of this challenge as you can hold R to throw a weapon, which can use Sidon's ability. If that's confusingly worded then it's what was done at the beginning of the game when the vines were broken using the decayed master sword.

[@Wagintrowl]

0:24

[@waffleswaffles7924]

So you CAN use Sidons wave by using the R button. If it counts for those early vines then I think this would be a solution. Good job on the vid tho

[@Wagintrowl]

i had a self imposed challenge to not pick up any weapons. also thank you!