Can You Leave the Great Sky Island Early in Tears of the Kingdom?

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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom starts us off in a very peculiar place. The Great Sky Island takes the place of Breath of the Wild's Great Plateau as the player navigates this area to unlock more abilities for their zonai arm. But can we leave this island early and sequence break the game? Let's find out!
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[@SwankyBox]

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[@Cliffordlonghead]

Kkk

[@Cliffordlonghead]

First

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Awesome video

[@Cliffordlonghead]

K K😊

[@KingTrex]

Okay!

[@524silverstripes]

I feel bad for whatever poor bokoblin got crushed by the unfortunate slipups of the bridges falling off the islands

[@hyper_tex9834]

don't worry, he'll respawn during a blood moon

[@oye6124]

i do not

[@cyanthehedgehog777]

if it was a silver one though that's a completely different story

[@dagobahstudios3662]

@@cyanthehedgehog777 he'd probably only lose a quarter of his health

[@brockdanoob9746]

It wasn't a bokoblin... It was Kass! why else is he not here? dun Dun DUUUUN!!!

[@rjai5003]

When you started talking about building “stupidity long bridges and ramps”, I legitimately thought you were planning to try and build one long enough to reach the ground

[@WildWaker]

That would be hilarious

[@shivanshuverma9784]

Me who thought the exact same: 👁️👄👁️

[@AidenYun-e7h]

Not possible unfortunately due to the fuse limit :(

[@monhi64]

⁠@@AidenYun-e7hdamn how does the fuse limit work? Is it a maximum number of fuses in one “object” or like a literal maximum number of fuses that can exist in game at all. At least if it was the first there may be some conceivable workaround. Otherwise we’re probably fucked and that’s kinda on brand for Nintendo

[@lillith7257]

@@monhi64 i mean to be fair it is absolutely not what we're meant to do, and is a good bit of genius on their part considering how that is actually good game design. Sucks to be us wanting to cheese but it is what it is.

[@paulbunyunn]

I was able to get behind the Temple of Time with Ultrahand and Ascend! I didnt try jumping off the island but it was fun being back there. 😂

[@damiencouturee6240]

Lol first thing I did was walk across that grind rail next to the first shrine, before you get Ultrahand. Don't think I was supposed to do that, it was hell getting to the shrine from the other side, I had no way to make a bridge yet lmao.

[@IdentifiantE.S]

It's funny to see the freedom the game gives us !

[@KeinNiemand]

I got back there by just climbing with no abilitys at all

[@SGNcool]

All you need is ascend

[@Leon玲央]

Same, but with no abillitys. Then I shiled jumped over, if I remember it correctly.

[@dubbydan1361]

I feel like you can tell how excited he is to have TOTK to break now, I love it!

[@SwankyBox]

There’s WAY too much to this game. I am honestly surprised at the scale of it. Potentially limitless possibilities given the sandbox nature of it!

[@dubbydan1361]

@@SwankyBox Agreed, I'm thoroughly enjoying myself with it at the moment, haven't been able to give it much time but still I'm enjoying every new discovery when I get the chance! Looking forward to watching your new discoveries in the future :D

[@RyzenZegend]

I've been trying to leave the sky island for days now. Need help. With just 3 hearts it seems impossible. Is there any way to use an amiibo to obtain a heart container? Great video by the way. I thought I was the only one trying to do the impossible! Sincerely,

[@znerd3664]

​@@RyzenZegend you're supposed to trade the spirit orbs in at the goddess statue and get a 4th heart

[@RyzenZegend]

@@znerd3664 Thanx , appreciate it!

[@legacytag]

Just for future reference, rotating the objects is based on with part of it you grab. I think you'll have an easier time moving stuff around by grabbing one of the ends rather than the middle

[@hyrekandragon2665]

Anything good thing to note is that recall has a very long range and you can use it to bring back constructions you accidentally dropped.

[@toxicgreen8625]

@@hyrekandragon2665 recall is the final shrine of the sky islands. at that point all this would be pointless as you'd have gone through all the beginner tutorial content

[@scribblecloud]

@@toxicgreen8625 ah, still good to know though

[@jaxsonadros2066]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you don't get it at the last shrine, you get it beforehand, after getting the first three you go to the temple of time. Afterwards you have to open a 4 hearts door and then are directed to the final shrine.

[@MBZ901]

@@jaxsonadros2066 yep

[@statichammer9984]

just in case someone is planning to do something similar to this in the future, keep in mind, you dont have to carry it in its bridge for, you can stack the materials in a more compact way and then disassemble the condensed stack when you need to build the bridge. Helps greatly with not getting caught on the environment.

[@sparrowflyaway]

you might not be able to make the Wing fly with just Ultrahand, but you can with both Ultrahand and Recall. Lift it up with Ultrahand, hold it there for e few seconds, then drop it at your feet. then stand on it and Recall, and BAM, you're in the air! Cancel the recall at the height of the lift, and you start to fly!

[@Hauntaku]

My guess is that the destroy box is connected to an event activation, so if you could activate a thing early on then you'd be able to leave the area. This would be some Paper Mario level stuff though.

[@mayanightstar]

I really respect how hard you tried even though I was sure it was as futile as the Great Plateau was

[@randomcatname7792]

But we can escape the plateau

[@GIRGHGH]

@@randomcatname7792 Not without relatively advanced glitches.

[@mayanightstar]

@@randomcatname7792 NOW we can but it took years to figure that one out

[@MLennholm]

@@randomcatname7792 Not really, we can trigger the event that removes the death barrier, i.e getting the paraglider in the inventory, without doing some other prerequisites but there's no way to circumvent the actual death barrier.

[@MaxLebled]

​@@MLennholmwhich new finds are you two talking about? I looked around for a while but couldn't find any info

[@Raybro16]

In regards to the floating platforms, I learned about their despawn feature in the hardest way possible literally last night (as of writing). Was trying to make my way to one of the labyrinths in the sky using these platforms and Zonai fans like a makeshift air ship. Was making pretty good progress when I suddenly noticed the platforms started to flash. Realizing what was about to happen, I scrambled to figure something out cuz as far as I can tell, the sky labyrinth was the ONLY place that had a shrine, aka a fast travel point so if I fell I would lose A LOT of progress. I quickly made a campfire and added a pine one to make a whirlwind JUST as the platform respawned to give me just enough height to reach the structures just below the labyrinth entrance. I am very proud of this feat :^)

[@squeenixu]

i think i jusssst managed to glide to the platforms underneath to ascend through hehe

[@Raybro16]

@@squeenixu same here. Talk about a butt clench moment, right? XD

[@summerycast7936]

I had the bird with me, but it was still a clutch moment lol!

[@disguysn]

The wings disappearing after a certain amount of time gall me to no end.

[@lozangekitten-gamer7626]

The only way I made sure I wouldn't get a "time's up" on my build, especially in order to reach the Easternmost Sky maze, which has amazing and surreal music, is to pick a sled, 4 fans facing downward, and a steering stick, and voilà! a drone that would NEVER expire (also extra useful for exploring the depths while using some occasional Large Zonai charge until you get all 45 battery upgrades)

[@rtyuik7]

its a shame that youre trying to leave the Sky with JUST UltraHand...if you at least got Recall first, you mightve been able to save some of those bridges from orbital-striking Hyrule's Surface...

[@karelissomoved1505]

but recall is the last ability

[@sparrowflyaway]

Can also fly with Recall and Ultrahand and a Wing. Ultrahand, lift wing, place it down. climb aboard, Recall, and it lifts back into the air where you had it. cancel the Recall in mid-air, and now you're flying!

[@rtyuik7]

@@sparrowflyaway meh, that method isnt that great in my experience...you cant UltraLift the Wing high enough for it to REALLY get a good glide...but you can shoot an arrow with a bundle of Wood fused to it, and then attach things to the Wood and Recall it for a super-quick way to carry things...like, say, Koroks (go to the 'destination' Korok, fire the arrow towards the 'stranded' Korok, Recall the 'stranded' to the 'destination')

[@TheGoldenDunsparce]

@@rtyuik7 My god... You're a genius!!

[@KaitouKaiju]

​@@karelissomoved1505 you can get them in any order

[@meliasnahtony2951]

I've got three for you. 1: Korok torture devices 2: Korok Space Program 3: Giant Mech

[@drygnfyre]

When I first got Ascend, I used it to get to the very top of the Temple of Time, thinking there would be something cool up there. Turns out nothing is there, at least as first. I didn't try to leave the island but it was fun just seeing how many places you could get with just the innate abilities.

[@craigmoon2121]

I found one single Korok near the top of it when I came back later on.

[@flametoooth]

I did the same exact thing. I found a small spot to ascend through the ceiling and thought I was Einstein playing 4d chess. Didn't find anything though

[@Dr._is_sleepy]

After you get the Zora armor(I believe it’s the prerequisite) then it unlocks a cool side quest.

[@guffthebir72]

If you can, speedrunners are gonna love this. We can already beat gannondorf early and now the sky island

[@galaxygamer2220]

I'm so excited to see how broken this game will get with glitches and speedruns

[@isaacsellers8216]

I did the same thing with the floating platforms my second playthrough and found something interesting. They only despawn if you go too far away from the original x and y coordinates, but not the z coordinate. Using this knowledge, I went to the recall shrine before getting recall, except the game wouldn't let me into the shrine. I was very disappointed.

[@romano-britishmedli7407]

I tried the same thing with two floating platforms, because I forgot that Ascend existed and couldn't figure out a way to get on the rotating gear (in the Room of Awakening) I clearly was supposed to use Recall on. Tried to get on top of the island from the outside (and way, waayy down) with these platforms. Good times. :)

[@buzzbeeboo]

Your tenacity is extremely admirable. Thanks for suffering just for our entertainment, SwankyBox!

[@user-S853]

I was assuming that the rest of the map wouldn’t even load in until you lose the Master Sword.

[@GIRGHGH]

The loading system for botw and this game is generally based on proximity only. There aren't many instances of things being unloaded due to sequence breaking. Only times you see unloaded areas are from moving too fast, and you have to move REALLY too fast.

[@daf6332]

​@@GIRGHGH or when you escape dark beast ganon in botw

[@GIRGHGH]

@@daf6332 I meant only times during semi-normal gameplay

[@daf6332]

@@GIRGHGH ah okay, then yeah, you'd be right afaik

[@defacedmusic]

Rauru watching Link build a 300 foot wooden bridge to escape the island rather than doing anything asked of him: 🤦😭

[@19TheFallen]

The part where you talked about moving the two floating platforms around.......That's how I got to the shrine up on the icy section. I gave up on finding the path, said "SCREW IT!" and used two of them to get up there. It must've taken me fifteen minutes or so........But, that's infinitely better than the time I poured into looking for the right way up!

[@alejoflorez4715]

i managed to get to the other side of the temple of time just with clever climbing and no rune abilities

[@KeinNiemand]

I did that too

[@_LorenzoCosta_]

Off topic question, but, what is the name of the OST at 2:00? I heard it many times in other videos, but i don't know from what game it comes from 😅

[@gaaargehazard2501]

Ruins from Undertale

[@_LorenzoCosta_]

@@gaaargehazard2501 thank you!

[@miniiodine]

Currently yes however it takes about an hour and a half of waiting and half an hour of setup

[@atommidas200]

You can leave early, not in one piece, but you can do it.

[@cattoloafs85]

Yes in one piece, but not alive

[@Diddz]

if you can get those floating platforms in an infinite tilt from another floating plat, you can get them to zoom in the tilted directino extremely fast

[@kurtweeks6812]

If you put enough weight on the floating platforms, they will start to sink slowly and you can ride them down as they do. I didn't find out about this until I was off of Great Sky Island, but it might be worth a try

[@matthew8153]

You’d still hit the invisible death wall.

[@kurtweeks6812]

@@matthew8153 Yeah I was already past it when I posted and couldn't test or anything lol I hadn't heard about the 1 hr speedruns at that point yet either

[@NitsuaGamer]

Here's something to try! Try to get to the 4th shrine without fast traveling!

[@craigmoon2121]

I didn't even realize you could fast travel by the time I reached the 4th shrine.

[@KAClown]

Protip: you can make a bridge out of the floating blocks then go to the one you want to pivot around and detach it so you can grab bulk of the bridge and rotate it to where you need it to be and reattach. You can also make staircases this way. There's also ways to make the floating blocks propel each other because they will always exert force to try to self-right, and you can oppose their self-right force to each other in such a way that they can't quite reach equilibrium, so they produce a vector of motion perpendicular to that. The next major thing in this is to check what precise conditions cause the box-of-no-escape to disappear.

[@Hauntaku]

I'm sure speedrunners will find a way. For now though, it's a waste of time to attempt any skips on that floating section.

[@bmart54]

You can try going to the back of the temple of time after doing the 4 shrines but without going into the temple (use ascend or ultra hand to get to the 4th shrine without rewind)

[@Scoutp1]

Wrong warping to the depths of to ground level may be different in this game as they are different maps.. If you can do the depths you can technically wrong warp to depths then use the "control stick" glitch to enter gannon early

[@valdemarborglind4281]

You dont need a bridge to get behind the temple of time. In my first play-through I just walked on the ledge around it and used ascend to get behind the door before 4 hearts

[@actualatom]

Fr this guy's just bad

[@TheFuriousNightFury]

He was doing it with just Ultrahand

[@valdemarborglind4281]

Yeah but why was he doing it with only ultrahand?

[@transmote]

Haven’t red the (374) comments so maybe not news, but you can attach a wing to a floating platform, and a fan to that, and cruise without losing altitude as far as the wing lasts. Best place to start is the eastern capsule dispenser. However, you can’t sequence break because as soon as you hit the region boundary on the over world map you instantly die/respawn. You also cannot change altitude

[@transmote]

This trick also works to sail to the top of Temple of Time, not that there’s anything there…

[@329link]

I'm willing to bet if someone could somehow get a fourth heart early, they could theoretically get into the temple of time (maybe through clipping or something, I KNOW there's gotta be something they could pull) and open the door behind the goddess statue. I think that door is probably what triggers the master sword cutscene to activate. Just need to find out if a fourth heart early is even possible.

[@RyzenZegend]

I've been working on this since launch. Maybe an amiibo or a door glitch.

[@Hauntaku]

You probably have to time a roll and sidestep in a way that Link gets through collision and then you angle the camera before rolling or something. Sorta like in Wind Waker with the barrier.

[@theshwong]

@@RyzenZegend I wonder what triggers the death box to disappear? I believe you needed to have the paraglider item to leave the botw plateau death box. Maybe this is similar? Does losing the master sword item remove the death barrier? Or is it the cutscene with Zelda that removes it? Because if you could find a way to lose the sword early (or not pick it up in the first place), maybe then you could leave the death box. Or early heart...

[@RyzenZegend]

@@theshwong So far I've been able to duplicate recharge batteries to fly anywhere I want. However because of only having 3 hearts It stops all my flying contraptions. I figured if there is a way to fly to a floating Island with a boss, then you could defeat the boss and get a heart then make your back to sky island then simply open the back door without exchanging a blessing! But right it's difficult. Also I have plenty of Masters Swords with a Broken one. Maybe there is a way for Link not to lose his hearts in the beginning. I'll keep updating my progress.

[@theshwong]

@@RyzenZegend Ok. I was trying the recall launch glitch to get major distance but I'm not very good at it.

[@Zarren_Redacted]

I know I did manage to get to the top of the temple with Ascend, but it requires very specific locations to go up. There's like there weird sections of...dirt? gravel? not entirely sure but you have to find where those are on the level above you and ascend through them,

[@Cj_Plays_Everything]

I forgot about your channel but just found it in my fyp, bout to binge vids

[@sugarkitty2008]

What about getting accend, then going under the temple with floating platforms? Goal being to get behind door without the hearts for it and trigger cutscene that gets rid of death barrier.

[@jco_83]

You can get behind the Temple Of Time without going through the door but the cutscene doesn't happen

[@spacedoge5477]

Ultra hand making robot,gundam, Him:long stack of wood,hehe

[@camwyn256]

1h 09m 55s is the current any% record, made today, May 24th 2023

[@yumyumcookies4556]

I didnt build a raft to get to that one shrine, i just glued the maximum number of logs together to make a Stupidly Long Bridge™

[@herosshade2247]

Link does freefall in the title sequence. Is there a way to steer him around and maybe dive fast enough to bypass the loading zone, or did the devs already consider that?

[@labaluba]

"Too long; didn't watch" version: No, you can't

[@michaelbennett7561]

I accidentally got behind the temple in the area I was supposed to jump off before I was supposed to, because I flew to it with a wing and got on the upper levels. I could not figure out how to get down! I ended up just going to a previous save because I was stuck high on the temple.

[@joelsmith3473]

Don't need Ultrahand to get back there. All you need to do is get to the snowy dispenser area and you can take a wing down if you are careful. I was able to get there without any abilities, battery, and only 3 hearts.

[@w.d.gaster1660]

Btw you can get the batteries from one of the constructs when you talk to them. I'm not sure which one it was but that's how I got it.

[@betchaos7383]

I think the most fun I've hade with game so far was climbing to the top of the new temple of time instead of activating the event at the front door. Unfortunately, there's not much of anything up there. Also can I just say how stupid it is that you can't go into the shrines until activating that event? You didn't have to talk to the old man before doing the great plateau shrines. I had already been to the snow area and gotten zonai devices from the gumball machine by the time I tried going into the ToT and it made me go all the way back there. And for what? ASCEND? The worst powerup?

[@todd3143]

prevideo answer: no, because zelda has to dispel the “spell” that hides sky islands from the ground, and that barrier will just send you back

[@Sour.Lemonz]

The only thing better then insanely long bridges is attaching as many rockets as possible to stuff. Conclusion? Rocket bridge.

[@kaidenst.dennis6982]

I enjoy when I recognize the background music behind videos

[@gocle]

i found this out because i glued 2 of the wings together and used the break apart method to fly to the dragon of light right away and was despawned when i got like ten feet from her

[@justsomeguypostingmemes945]

You actually don't need a large bridge to get behind the temple of time, just a single use of ascend and then a bit of climbing. 3:02

[@DiegoG2004]

We clearly have way too many options at our disposal. Even with just Magnesis, we already made flying machines. Now the flying machines are intentional.

[@DONK0]

too long didn't watch summary: no, you can not leave the great sky island early.

[@yenpham-jb4wo]

The sky islands were so cool. Super underused

[@sodium_chloride932]

2:56 you dont need a bridge, just climb around

[@RondoOfBloodX]

I guarantee you someone WILL find a way to escape eventually. Never underestimate the power of Speedrunners.

[@tysonsiemens9009]

this could have been a 2 minute youtube short that just said no you can't

[@user-op6bt7bk9j]

I accidentally fell off the Zonai wing and landed behind the temple of time but I had no idea what was going on

[@TheFernMeadow]

If you can go really fast, you could unload the death barrier and prevent a void out

[@Various600]

U can use ascend to get on top of the temple of time then go behind it

[@richardmahn7589]

Once you have Ascend you can get behind the Temple of Time anyway. Why try this? But no yellow ball of light if you get there.

[@RetroCheats]

Question: can you get recall early? With Ultrahand to move objects & accend to go through ground.. would assume you can build something just underneath the closed doors to get inside.

[@andresf6625]

Brooo i didn't even know the game was going to launch and there are videos about it already

[@shawnp2549]

On my first playthrough I just ascended to the top of the temple and then used a glide wing to get back dowb

[@richardmahn7589]

Yeah, I did that too. But as I expected, nothing awaiting you if you go that route.

[@camwyn256]

Pretzel Crust is back!

[@plant3341]

Its impressive that you found something you *cant* do in this game

[@Lexical_Archive]

I actually managed to get behind the temple of time with only ascend... it took a bit of work tho

[@Lodada]

I didn’t know you were supposed to use the assent ability so I made a long bridge to get to the top island.

[@Ag3nt-MC]

8:57 so we aren’t going to talk about that insane clutch?

[@nathanblackburn1193]

I do have to wonder, what is the prerequisite for the scene past the doors at the temple of time? Is it after you get recall or after you open the door? Because if you have to open the door then that presumably means that you have to clear all 4 shrines no matter what

[@jco_83]

Yes. You have to open the door

[@tommystalesen8079]

3:20 literally me

[@AceWerewolf]

Dude, u could easily use ascend in the temple of time.all that building lol. U can get to the back where the master sword should be transported to zelda. But there no triggers for the cutscenes, just like botw great plateau. No cutscene trigger equals no progress.

[@clipso9061]

can you pull the sword from the light dragon before leaving GSI

[@ilonam.3749]

I got behind the temple of time on accident with a glider

[@MrKahrum]

if you can see it, you can Recall it.

[@noble_lime]

O my god, thos bezels are not worth it for Jain broken switch. Good that brought oled switch

[@actualatom]

Yeah it costs loads to jailbreak an oled sadly

[@odysseasv7734]

now this is a job for RTGame... great video!!

[@chrismeulen8108]

4:31 you can simply get to the top of the temple of time, with your ascend ability, just stand under one of the ceiling parts above the main door, and go up directly.

[@R.O.T.C._SEEM]

When I first played it I got to the top of the temple with the glider

[@kidsupplier3305]

Couldn’t he just get rewind before losing 2 bridges

[@Tea_Dawg]

Whenever I'm stuck i just build a really long bridge

[@irok1]

What if you saved yourself some time with the Rewind ability...

[@Zeldaguy._.]

are flurry rushes easier in this game? or is it just me

[@RyzenZegend]

No one has found a way to leave the sky island with just 3 hearts? Or Glitch the backdoor or cutscene? Sincerely,

[@dragonyami]

I wonder if the Light Dragon could be the key

[@rexman1231]

Can someone tell me the background music starting from around 1:59 ?

[@ArmorAdv413]

I merged 30 logs in one shrine maybe more

[@RifaOnGaming]

incredible theory & effort

[@ElitzAdrenaline]

Could’ve just said no in the beginning question fans would’ve stayed

[@TKnightcrawler]

Could you have the wing spiral downward?

[@coriklocek1841]

I was actually able to leave by going through the tutorial

[@David-bh1rn]

What's the music at 3:53 ?

[@RyzenZegend]

Ive been trying to do this for days now. Please help me get off this island with 3 hearts. Also you can go behind the temple of time just by staying on the first floor and just walking around the back then use ascend to the Bridge! Also can we get a heart container with an amiibo?

[@CurtisJensenGames]

Short answer: no, not yet at least

[@sakuyabestgirl3418]

Is it just me, or does Swanky sound a lot more... Upbeat? To be fair, I've only seen his Luigi's Mansion and horror game stuff, but he just feels so happy to do this video

[@shadypielover]

LOL I also used a super long bridge

[@FerreroMan]

how can Nintendo still blow my mind, this game is nuts

[@sagacious03]

Neat run & analysis video! Thanks for uploading! It's always interesting when stuff like this is at the innovation & development stage; To me, such stuff is far more interesting than the "Who can do the same stuff but with better reflexes?" that comes later.

[@gugomajo4161]

What's the song's name

[@dsb227]

That was fun Dude!