The SECRET Stats behind Health and Armor in Breath of the Wild EXPLAINED!!

[@Croton]

A quick update regarding the final part of the video - the lynel attack we mentioned near the end was only the SECOND highest form of damage in the game - the first being a gold lynels massive explosion that deals 216 damage!! (210 normal, 6 flame damage) With max defense (112) this means that the player will still take 104 damage upon a blow, or 26 hearts!!! Sorry for forgetting to include this, but now you all know the top 2 highest forms of damage in the game!! Thanks for watching though, feel free to like and sub if you haven't already to support the channel, and check out my other Stats of the Wild videos in the playlist linked below!! 😄 kzbin.info/aero/PLAjULYyNSE9aa7aQW31IupW685MO-ZBHc

[@Human_85]

Keep up the amazing work

[@delanohyman3176]

yaaaaaaas!! im so early! thanks for the vid Croton!!

[@awesomeapollo5169]

hah i was faster than u croton

[@BoxCat5484]

U ARE Awesome

[@Croton]

Thank you guys!! 😄

[@monti8019]

Even with max armor, all enemies still yell at Link, hurting him in ways no weapon could ever do.

[@littlestrike6811]

The worst kind of pain

[@Rpground]

"Your mother was a bokoblin!"

[@novastar3990]

Ok this was funny

[@Akira-ss6cm]

@@Rpground "And your father smelt of korok seeds!"

[@heroofangst]

XD

[@Human_85]

My favorite unit of measurement: LINKS

[@promeyboy]

Bro how tall are you About 1.3 Links

[@EonicX_21]

Frog

[@rysea9855]

Yes doctor I grew taller, I'm 0.98 links now!

[@adamwallace7219]

Americans will do anything but use the metric system

[@andrixproto46]

@John Wehrle anything is better than the imperial system

[@Vwatchlist]

So basically, the flame breaker armor is better at resisting guardian lasers than the armor that straight up says it helps resist against guardian lasers?

[@Croton]

the game works in mysterious ways xD

[@yba_xoxo]

Yes, questionable ways...

[@Rpground]

It just works.

[@catalyst539]

No. It only protects you from the fire. Whereas the Ancient Armor reduces most damage you take.

[@Soul_King77]

@@catalyst539 But if your defence is high enough it doesnt make a difference

[@ObscureSwan]

Me: Hey Daruk, instead of blocking those 3 pebbles that guy threw that deal less than a heart, could you block that Crusher that rivals Ganon's power Daruk: No can do little buddy, those rocks could give you amnesia again

[@jerryhu9005]

Every f**king time man

[@ralexcraft990]

Link:Ah fair point

[@andrewenderfrost8161]

I just turn Daruk’s protection off when I’m not fighting bosses

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

@@andrewenderfrost8161 a lot of people don't seem to know you can

[@obscvre]

@@andrewenderfrost8161 wait, you can turn it off?

[@dracoerrarus4834]

Dev: “Mitamoto-san, when should fall damage kick in? Maybe 5 meters? 10 meters?” 宮本茂: “10 Links.” Dev: “wut.”

[@Musikur]

Oh, you mean 201cm (10 x 1 link)? 😛

[@zachken5399]

@@Musikur So you're saying Link is only 20.1cm tall?

[@grantw1899]

Who needs good armor when you have Tingle's suit?

[@willard1089]

Take my like and leave

[@x2buller47]

Personally I'm more of a fan of Royal guard outfit but that's just me

[@mysticshadow780]

Yes and the Phantom Ganon armour set, the added cape is really cool, and the mask too the horns really brings it all together.

[@trplthreat890]

📠

[@thecno2008]

I need a switch to play It costs more than 500 dollars (2700brl) here

[@Human_85]

Dont mind me I'm just drowning myself in botw facts while waiting for botw 2

[@WildflowersCreations]

LOL so true

[@locrianphantom3547]

Bruh, it came out months ago.

[@locrianphantom3547]

The game AoC or Age of Calamity is out and based off of botw, so is therefore botw 2.

[@charlinetusche7005]

REALLY????

[@consider_mo]

no

[@origiginal8056]

One thing that would be interesting to see in BOTW2 is enemies wearing armor. Enemies can already use weapons, it would be cool to see early game enemies with makeshift bone helmets and enemies later with full sets of armor. Maybe they could add a few sets that rarely drop from the enemies wearing them as the only way to obtain them

[@SuperNerdAdamsGarage]

Minecraft style

[@phud69]

I probably wouldn't want the drop rate too low, since they'd be a chore to obtain if they're gonna use to same world reset system

[@rohan1_]

If they did this, it would probably mean armour also has a durability system which would be a pain imo

[@DJ-0]

Honestly a bad idea if you think about it the way Bokoblin hp works is already fine and to do what your suggesting they would have to completely change how armour works to make it fun

[@vadenlow5953]

Everybody's saying they think it's a bad idea, when the trailers show moblins with armor. Ahead of your time, you were

[@brandimullins8813]

God damn. Poor Link had to get absolutely THRASHED for this episode in the name of science lmfao our poor elf boi

[@Human_85]

Who cares about school this is all the learning I need

[@nickpop4344]

Ya I want to go to my teachers and say **** you I got croton

[@gretahhounshell3061]

Yep Croton helped me understand this (kinda) confusing math better than school does with showing a demonstration of the dmg and having it also be worked out (with this vid.)

[@wPorpeta]

Fax

[@JudgmentLink]

These are the important topics

[@heroofangst]

Ikr

[@BGamer-tf9zn]

This is such an awesome video (Especially for a math nerd like myself) I never realized just how many different modifiers or adjustments affect everything in Breath of the Wild. Keep it up Croton, and I hope you do this for Breath of the Wild 2.

[@Croton]

I most definitely will be doing this for the sequel!! Happy you enjoyed it though, thank you!! 😄

[@Mrd-kd4zb]

@@Croton Hello again

[@Taiokarlo]

Stats of the Wild has to be one of the dopest names for a highly technical series like this!!

[@LtCdrXander]

Just wondering: does having your metal weapons/bows/shields get struck by lightning have any effect on their durability?

[@Croton]

Nope, they just disarm!! (if currently out)

[@LtCdrXander]

@@Croton Cool, thanks! Botw has so many interesting mechanics to learn about, and watching your videos on them has been a blast!

[@Croton]

I'm happy I could share a thing or two about it then, thank you! 😄

[@EonicX_21]

Frog

[@siraj7702]

@@EonicX_21 Snake

[@ancalagon2310]

Perfect timing for me to watch during my lunch break! Thanks Croton your videos are always great no matter what it’s about! Can’t wait to see you on stream next! Woah, my throat is soar from all that yelling about how great you are...

[@Croton]

Aw haha, I'm happy you enjoy them all! Thank you :D

[@Mrd-kd4zb]

@@Croton Hi

[@pablomijares1260]

I,ve actually discovered an even more damaging attack than a Gold Lynel with a 108 Savage Lynel Crusher (besides fall damage). It is still the Gold Lynel, but regardless of the damage of the weapon they have equiped, their explosive attack that has a massive AOE and it's commonly used to start the battle does 214 total damage (by my calculation).

[@bluerious5475]

the pinned comment exists

[@MoisesR_XDashGD]

Yeah, he didnt check...

[@Fishal713]

The game: Majoras Mask and the Phantom Gear help out new players when buying the DLC Me: ooh Midna Hat! Yes pls

[@ghost245353]

Do you start those quests like you do normal quests?

[@natejb06]

that's the first thing i did immediately after i got the DLC lol

[@jorisvanperlo5573]

My favourite KZbin series is back

[@Capy_doesYT]

I've put like 630 hours into this game and I still learned so much from this video. Such good content!

[@kyledahlquist9423]

This video is basically 14 minutes of Link getting his shit rocked. Good stuff!

[@zacrad3774]

Great video ! I really respect the time and effort put into this to gather all of this data. I won't take much of it in but hopefully remember bits on my next playthrough...

[@Croton]

Thank you so much!! I love researching into this game 😄

[@natsu9594]

This seems like it took a really long time to make. Thank you for using your time to help the rest of us!

[@Croton]

They usually take a while, but are always worth it for the research! Happy you enjoyed, thank you :D

[@chessycopter9619]

I think you are one of the most underrated youtubers ever.

[@gaviogaming2949]

Keep up the great uploads! They are always so high quality!

[@Croton]

Thank you Gavio! 😄

[@The_AroAce_Autistic_Panda]

Loving the vids Croton, I utilise these facts every time I play. Shield surfing? I want it to rain. Enemy with a weapon I want? I use a shield with a higher number than the weapon. Thanks for the videos dude, and I'm looking forward to your BOTW 2 content!

[@ruffles2824]

I've been watching for soo long and his voice is still soothing

[@edwheezer6231]

Do the Yigas in the hideout have different damage settings, since they can oneshot you? Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I'm curious. :)

[@plusarik8879]

I think they are programmed like that to either teach warrior stealth (it can't raise the alarm if everyone's dead) or actual stealth

[@jonathanodude6660]

if so theyd just deal the damage cap and ignore armour, but i think its more likely that they are programmed to simply kill you.

[@Skittles69420]

@@jonathanodude6660 u are correc cus i use max armor (that i know of wich is 64)and hav max helth an he still 1 shots

[@SSM24_]

They even bypass things like Mipha's Grace and fairies, so I'm pretty sure they just ignore the damage system entirely and are hardcoded to always instantly kill you.

[@elrichardo1337]

max armor is 32+28+28+24=112 iirc, with maxed champion's tunic, maxed ancient/soldier's helmet + greaves, and lv 3 defense buff

[@noveralex1672]

Eyoo. I love the fact that you still make zelda content and explaining things we never though about. I got the game 2 months ago and really find these helpful. Keep going.(i'd like to see more advanced tips and tricks)

[@jonathanschaffer2594]

One of my favorite pieces of Botw trivia is that you can use Daruk’s protection to completely negate fall damage

[@rpd_hyper7397]

That damage calculation was actually super helpful, I often dies to enemies holding a weapon I normally wouldn't die to but I ended up dying

[@ASInf]

I'm just out here appreciating the Spirit Tracks bgm

[@HarmonicWave]

I was enjoying the music from the forest in A Link to the Past, one of my favorites.

[@stonerbland256]

I didn't know weapon boosts were applied to the monster carrying it You could, in theory, calculate the boost based on how hard the enemy hits, which is SO COOL

[@love-hammer]

Wow. This was incredibly helpful! I'm surprised the system is so simple. From a game design perspective it's really cool seeing how that system scales so well.

[@justfifth4260]

Never been this early, and these are really helpful, so thanks for doing what you do!

[@Croton]

I'm happy you find this useful, ty!! :)

[@catalyst539]

JustFifth I see that pfp MY MAN MILES EDGEWORTH.

[@sunisverycool1]

bless your soul for using music from spirit tracks

[@Croton]

🚂🔥

[@Dovahshark]

0:11 lol yeah, who knew when my sword starts making noise and has electricity around it, that's a bad thing

[@deltavegas4770]

You’re the reason i still play the game. Keep entertaining me, love your content❤️

[@Seraphic2004]

I started a Master Mode recently, so I play everyday again xd

[@grim7872]

I already experimented with how the armor protected you but I like how you went more in depth because it is very entertaining.

[@pardoxxy8579]

nice two weeks ago I just said to myself that you should do on video on this, and here it goes

[@pl8252]

I didn't know someone could be so thorough until I watched your channel. Kudos!

[@r_e_e_e_c_h]

The thing I like about your channel is how you make a video game seem scientific

[@Croton]

I always love uncovering these hidden systems!! Glad you like it too :D

[@dragonflytoo]

I really appreciate your time and effort in figuring this out

[@RobertF-zj2rm]

Croton, this is just such an impressive video. You’ve somehow deepened my love of my favorite game of all time.

[@ter9799]

just to add on, the highest damage an enemy can do is the explosion gold lynel make, which gives 216 damage. if u wear 88 armor point with lvl3 defense buff at maxed health(30 hearts), u will take the explosion with 4 heart left

[@falcoperegrinus2292]

88 (armor rating) + 24 (level 3 'defense up' buff) + 120HP (❤x30) = 232HP (❤x58‼️). 232HP - 216 (Max Gold Lynel attack power) = 16HP (❤x4) remaining. Math checks out. 👍🏽

[@casperdewith]

4:22 I’ve never seen that Hinox-throwing-a-trunk animation before. Looks neat.

[@biCARRIEous]

This makes so much more sense. Thank you for explaining!

[@Dawnbuneary]

Hearing that Spirit Tracks music just made me so stupidly happy

[@ruffprofessional]

great work you did there!

[@Croton]

Thank you!! :D

[@Mrd-kd4zb]

@@Croton Hi

[@jayden42654]

Thanks for sharing this information with us! These videos have really helped me understand breath of the wild better!

[@Croton]

I'm happy to hear they helped!! Thank you glad you enjoyed 😄

[@jayden42654]

Also can you explain why the master Cycle can’t go into the desert area of breath of the wild because I am not sure why it won’t let me spawn it in when I am in the desert area

[@thesynthscreamcollective]

Thank you for the video..very informative

[@polarn0w508]

I love the falcon bow it just looks on links back

[@starchild7171]

Definitely earned a sub, super useful info on the lynels, especially since I'm playing master mode for the first time

[@Shadenxox6]

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS YES!!!

[@JoseSalazar-d5p]

The most useful and helpful video ever! Thank you soon much ... I send my thanks and greetings from México. After I saw this video I enjoy this game even more!

[@Rcd5000]

When rounded to the nearest 10 Croton: 52 gets rounded to 60 50: Am I a joke to you?

[@ryder98307]

rounded up

[@gubjorgm.2259]

1:01 Man I have a hard time focusing cuz I hear one of my most favourite type of nostalgia music, music from spirit tracks (I know it could be in also another game but this is where the nostalgia is for me). I love music from Spirit Tracks and I often put on the soundtrack. It's really good.

[@skadi2911]

Just checked HMK's 5th dimension podcast, and i wanted to tell you how much of a man of taste you are, needless to say that my top 2 Zelda games are also Breath of the Wild and Skyward Sword. Anyway, great video as always, we always learn interesting stuff. Keep up the good work :D

[@Croton]

Yess, both fantastic games!! Can't wait for the remaster!! Thank you though, I appreciate it!! :D

[@user-me5fh3yu1j]

So grateful for the explanation of base damage, definitely one of my biggest questions

[@Im_Him.]

Been waiting for this one

[@_Guardian]

Can’t believe that I was right about how your armor gets reduced with the enemy output but with the rest of this video was entertaining to learn

[@bear4824]

I love your videos and really help me in my breath of the wild gameplay, so thank you

[@Croton]

I'm glad!! Thank you 😄

[@heroofangst]

Thank you for the fall damage part!!! I once fell less than 2 link's, and lost a heart, and I was really confused XD

[@andrewbegay1261]

Just got back into my master mode to finish up the hero ballad dlc. I love this info

[@lanmandragoran6103]

Am I the only one who is watching this looking for ways to stay alive longer in the Trial of the Sword? Just me? Okay.

[@matthewp8857]

Me to

[@heroofangst]

Lol, if I hadn't already finished it, me

[@lanmandragoran6103]

@@heroofangst I finished it on Normal Mode. Now trying on Master. It’s so hard!

[@heroofangst]

@@lanmandragoran6103 good luck!

[@lanmandragoran6103]

@@heroofangst Thank you! I beat the Beginning and Middle Trials. Now I have to start the Final. Not looking forward to that Lynel room.

[@map-reduce]

Really useful video thanks! I had no idea flamebreaker was the best armor against guardian beams!

[@linkrichardson6226]

Thanks Croton! Great video.

[@theknight1573]

A question that still lingers in my mind, how does the actual ragdoll dmg work compared to "straight" fall damage? The damage ticks sometimes seem really random on relatively even slopes for example. Sometimes you can slide half a mountain without damage, other times every second seems to do 1 HP dmg. Is the "10x Link height" a static number or did you mean that if you were to fall while horizontal (due to ragdoll/glitch) you will reach that 10x Link size sooner? Asking for a friend who is definitely not me who almost lost an almost complete no death run due to a bad bomb placement followed by a trip down a mountain

[@stonkstheboomz]

I was about to buy the ancient armor. Now I changed my mind cuz I have the flamebreaker set. This helps alot. Thank you

[@Shadenxox6]

Why does the master cycle despawn during falling and when do u automatically fall of the master cycle

[@Realrat2]

thanks for uploading this, it was really informative. How long did it take to get all the data? it must have taken a long time

[@auralxtc]

These are always so helpful! Thank you for continuing to expand our knowledge on this game!

[@onion_unYun]

does enemy damage have anything to do with player knockback or is that depenedant on the type of attack?

[@Croton]

From what I've seen, its mostly just enemy/weapon type that determines that - the actual damage shouldn't matter!!

[@onion_unYun]

@@Croton Thanks you

[@Skittles69420]

@@Croton basically a moblin with a lynel crusher will yeet u farther than a lizalfos with a squeak hammer

[@whysakurai3179]

Thanks I didn’t know that the flame braker set was the best for guardians

[@NickSchoenfeld]

Really happy I subscribed. Great videos and I love learning about the math involved 🙂

[@isaiahthechristiangamer8716]

Lol, at the beginning of my Master Mode journey, I had like 8 hearts and fought a Lynel at Polymus Mountain WITHOUT NO DAMAGE!! And then, I took a picture of my glorious victory next to the Lynel and gave it to a NPC Zora to complete the “Savage Lynel” side mission. It’s interesting that the NPC had a accurate reaction.

[@isaiahthechristiangamer8716]

Lol, this has nothing to do with the video XD

[@crusadergrel4343]

this actually helped me understand the armor rating in botw thanks bro

[@juleswoodbury58]

i've upgraded the soldier's set to level 3 and i feel invicble. Things that used to oneshot me now take a third off one of my hearts

[@nickcampbell3812]

4:42 It looks like the Lynel's charge damage is just ×2.5 of it's normal damage. Good to know, less to remember.

[@BalboaBaggins]

Didn't know there was so much behind all this, thank you. I'm currently playing Master Mode, sad thing is, in this mode you're forced to wear Majora's Mask most of the time otherwise you'd get attacked every 2 minutes.

[@ShadowSkyX]

"You're forced" to do nothing of the sort. Shock arrows and blizzard rods are nice and busted and easy enough to get ahold of. There is a blizzard rod near the Namika Ozz shrine (which is north of wetland stable). The quickest shock arrows you can just buy is probably korok forest. Fun fact, the shock arrows still create an aoe when hitting a frozen enemy.

[@Tetragramix]

Git gud

[@BalboaBaggins]

@@Tetragramix Never said I couldn't handle the enemies. I just hate the battle music.

[@inastaria5075]

Thanks for your research, dude!!

[@yashivarma8512]

I would recommend instead of wearing the soldier's helm for defense, wearing the amber and diamond earrings. They look a lot nicer AND the diamond circlet provides a bit of ancient proficiency.

[@Tilda_the_mage]

Their defense value is only 10 though when fully upgraded, which is a lot worse then the 28 provided by the fully upgraded helmet.

[@catalyst539]

The Jewellery is useless.

[@rileymartin8284]

@@Tilda_the_mage As someone who has maxed out both the Amber Earrings & Diamond Circlet I can safely say you did not. Both the Amber Earrings & Diamond Circlet have a maximum defense value of 28, making them both viable options for pairing with the Champion's Tunic & Soldier or Ancient Greaves.

[@yashivarma8512]

@@rileymartin8284 Agreed. I'm not sure what you mean, @Matt Fisher

[@Tilda_the_mage]

Well then the wiki must be telling lies then. Give me a bit

[@emilyjanet455]

Honestly this was complicated enough that I can't imagine themtrying to explain this all succinctly in game!

[@kentb8621]

I was wondering why sometimes when I ate a lynel charge/swipe my hp went all the way down to a quarter heart. I thought no way it could be coincidence that I keep living with a quarter heart and assumed it was some sort of anti one shot or damage cap. Glad that this confirmed my suspicion.

[@JaredThe]

God I love math. I love knowing damage calculations in games. This stuff is so friggin cool.

[@flixiander8779]

online learning / more like just looking at stat vids :P

[@paczka695]

My favourite series!

[@Alano_22]

Love your vids!

[@mrmacross]

I don't know why, but I feel the pain when Croton takes intentional damage for illustrative purposes.

[@bryantmagic8344]

The rest if the world: uses the metric system America: 10:09

[@mayonnaise2396]

@Eli Sheets what

[@ioio3943]

The most damage in BOTW is 216 (54 hearts) from a Gold Lynels Aoe attack and with max stats is 104 (26 hearts)

[@kermitthealmighty3266]

This video got me thinking... it would be really cool to see a Breath of the Wild pvp mod!

[@emeralddragon5115]

Could be intresting but i wonder what would become of flurry rush and arrow-time

[@kermitthealmighty3266]

@@emeralddragon5115 those would be difficult workarounds, but to be honest bullet time is op, so maybe it’s just regular speed with quick drawback. For flurry rush, the slow-mo isnt really necessary, and could be op for pvp since your opponent cant do anything. So either it’s just normal speed but your opponent is frozen, or it’s removed entirely.

[@TheSignatureK]

I really hope Nintendo decides to show all the stats of each item and weapon in the next one.

[@Shadow-cp5er]

I love how these videos show under "Learn while at home" XD

[@kellerqueen5433]

Hey Croton did you know that guardian/ancient weapons set off remote bombs? found this out while messing around in a shrine it’s a lot of fun!

[@princesscadance197]

Still surprised me how my maxed Soldier’s Armor reduced the damage from the Lynels at Hyrule Castle to 1HP.

[@smolphoenix8942]

Me with my fully upgraded Diamond circlet, Champions tunic, and Hero’s pants when a moblin hits me: Tis but a scratch! (Currently working on ruby and sapphire circlets, snow quill and voe tunics, and snow and sand boots, as well as zora, stealth and climbing sets. Eventually finishing with ancient greaves, all in order to prepare for whenever I get the dlc. )

[@howardsternssmicrophone9332]

I really love all this technical stuff, and numbers concerning armor sets, elemental damage, etc. I still say my favorite sets in the game are my Normal Daytime Wear...Heros Tunic, Black Hylian Hood, and Dark Link pants, or Phantom Armor pants for a touch of attack. I also love the Radiant Set, especially if I get a buffed bone weapon, plus it looks so cool, and The Fierce Deity Link set. I have all of the before mentioned maxed out. I'm also starting to like the Soldier's Armor a lot. I really think they should have given that one a Defense Buff at level 2 since I can't see anything else that tops it Defense wise anyway. Maybe it's a secret buff or something. The Barbarian set is good too. I don't really use any of the Elemental sets too often unless I need them.

[@ScoutSilico]

I see a croton upload, I like it.

[@MoundN]

I think someone is watching simpleflips. The "T W O" at 4:46 didn't go unnoticed.

[@enochskindasus6yago619]

thanks this was a very useful and informative video