Even More Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Zelda: Breath of the Wild

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the gift that just keeps on giving. Even 50+ hours in, we're still discovering more things about the game, and Matt is here to show everyone the things he's discovered in his quest.
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Did you find something cool in Zelda this week? Let us know!

[@nemi9103]

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[@TheMitzez]

Dark link armor

[@DecipheringAngel]

GameSpot hylian shield

[@umbraviventem]

I found something cool, the fact that you are told ALL of these in either hints during loading, or by talking to people. (except the rusted weapon one)

[@DrCitrus]

CUT DOWN A TREE AND THEN CUT IT AGAIN FOR THE WOOD PILE. HIT THE WOOD PILE WITH A FLAMING SWORD TO MAKE A CAMPFIRE YOU CAN HAVE ANYWHERE YOU'RE WELCOME

[@christiancampbell8252]

I found this really cool mechanic where whenever I try to climb a mountain it starts raining 🙄

[@soesan2963]

How to change weather?

[@tbhandrew5857]

@@soesan2963 Sleep

[@realCaveJohnson]

Nah man, my paraglider tells me otherwise. Whenever it starts raining I just go WHOOP goodbye then

[@notconor1564]

F

[@pendragongameart]

Me: whistle-runs aggressively

[@aminelmaz1468]

Rusty weapons are very dangerous! Hit an enemy and in the following days he will die because of a blood infection

[@alanrocks5812]

Stay safe, monsters.

[@Chippeddiamonds2]

Anti-vax monsters, they brought it on themselves.

[@emperorpalpatine5559]

Tetanus.

[@spits61494]

Is tht useful ? Waiting days to kill an enemy?

[@xhrep9209]

Maybe I should try that.

[@ashleygarrett1427]

Two days ago: whelp, guardians. Better retreat. Today: *stands purposely in front of a guardian* Hit me, come on. I want you to hit me

[@neufeldethan]

Ikr

[@Pansexual-Imp]

Come on stop trying to hit me and hit me xD

[@aamu3]

@@johntu9604 i only managed to parry it once so far !! Damn

[@Awr141283]

I dare you to hit me 🤨

[@ashleygarrett1427]

There's a sort of rythm to it; a pattern. Keep trying!

[@user-vl5st5vj5s]

Me: being a noob with the master sword Him:*parrys a guardian beam with a pot lid*

[@XZeroOneArmour]

Him: can also be done naked. no armour needed.

[@critrawkets]

Because skill always beats luck. And if its even the Pot Lid, it doesn't even matter, you can parry with EVERY shield.

[@yourstrulyeuphoria5130]

FELT THIS

[@adi2922]

They are the elite guardian shield

[@themagicsoup]

@@critrawkets hell apparently Link has parried a Guardian blast before with just a pot lid before he became Zelda's appointed knight

[@joncabral1232]

Getting this game was a bad idea.. i can't put it down!!!!!

[@Cilverkid456]

Jon Cabral you too huh? same

[@nicolebeardsley2215]

Jon Cabral I know!! What's worse is Im in finals, I am studying but I just wanna play...My mistake was starting instead of waiting to be done with school 😑

[@Zeldagamer9000]

I've only had it for just over a week, and I have close to 40 hours in it already. It's that good.

[@JonathanOber]

I left mine at home so I actually get work done at the office today :/

[@wimpyshrimpy7836]

I've put in 90 hours so far :( no lyfe gang

[@theycalledmechris]

If you kill a blue chuchu with an elemental weapon, it gives you that same element of chuchu jelly instead of blue jelly.

[@fightnight14]

Christopher Wasow chuchu train

[@Arkegox]

you can also change blue chuchu jelly into other colors by hitting them with the different elements

[@aemzso]

The blue jelly's description tells you this. Nothing new.

[@firekitsune8]

You can make blu chuchu jelly red by putting it in a fire and turn it white by sticking it in a cold river. Just make you put it somewhere it won't float away and you won't die. XD The red and blue sell for double the amount of the normal stuff too so if you want to sell some chuchu jelly change it first.

[@Dan-pv1hu]

Nyxeon You could also do the easier thing and slash blue jellies with an elemental weapon to turn it that type.

[@jasongooden917]

2:18 takes a selfie while Guardian explodes behind him ...lol

[@aamu3]

That was fukin awesome xD

[@ExoTheDrakoXIII]

So FK'n epic!!!

[@LaBerengenaAtomica]

Taking a selfie just before a Lynel runs you over seems better, classier.

[@araceliamezcua2014]

You can feed more than just the dogs! You can feed the sheep, cows, and goats at the stables. They eat herbs, and if multiple of them gather around, they take turns eating. It doesn't really do anything, but its cute to watch the goats and sheep act surprised before chowing down

[@plantsandtigers]

you can feed horses apples too

[@JennifuhhGilardi]

@@plantsandtigers or carrots, in true Zelda fashion

[@chrisd6287]

​@@JennifuhhGilardian endura carrot gives you extra spurs

[@daniellestrother2569]

Did anyone else die laughing when they went to the yiga clan hideout and they saw the guards tiptoeing to the bananas

[@nowieso]

^

[@jvsweet177]

*WE ARE THE FOLLOWERS OF THE DEMON KING, GANON. IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS EVIL AND FOUL, WE SHALL SLAY THE HER-* ooo look nanners

[@YourCrazyDolphin]

Opstricious They will do this with your bombs too, of which you have indefinite of. SO YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE BANANNERS!(and attack boosts)

[@Gryphonzwing]

yes it's adorable and you can use anything not just Bananas

[@cronaman3196]

Opstricious you can actually distract the yiga clan boss with a bannana too

[@dawsonglawe2358]

I like to think monsters know you're not really one of them, but they're just trying to play along. Kind of like "Hey, why is that hylian wearing a bokoblin mask?" "I don't know, but just pretend you think he's a fellow bokoblin. If he attacks, kill him." "Okay."

[@MiraSmit]

Dawson Glawe Doubtful. They're so dumb they will run into a river to get to you and drown.

[@SuperFlippywippy]

My cousin did that to a lizalfos pack, gathered a huge crowd and jumped with them going "Friend! Friend! Friend!" Then spun attacked them all

[@ElysetheEevee]

The only one I know of that realizes you're not the same species at all is the Lynel, I believe. He kind of stand a there, spreads his feet and bows down sniffing like he does when he sees something at a distance, stands back up, roars, then you're dead lol. I can understand the others but I wonder if he maybe thinks you're some kind of baby Lynel at first haha. Then is like "Wtf? One, two...this thing is missing two legs!"

[@aditprasad1022]

XD haha lmao

[@ibrahimshamsi4845]

I'm pretty early on in the game, does anyone else think that Lynels are mostly bark and no bite? They're pretty easy, to be honest.

[@kik0le]

You can sneak up to a Hinox's hand while it's sleeping and it'll lift you onto its stomach. From there you can simply grab the weapons around its neck and run away. I learned this just a month ago...

[@chareemelissa]

I’m gonna try this

[@kik0le]

@@chareemelissa Let us know how it goes

[@chareemelissa]

@@kik0le I’m skeptical but I’ll report back lol

[@chareemelissa]

@@kik0le it works!

[@kik0le]

@@chareemelissa Lol, I'm glad I could pass on this little known trick

[@stxrstars5040]

Fight guardians with horse Flashback: Me: no no No no no Mipha:its my pleasure

[@rylie5576]

xd

[@XerneX127]

I only learned one thing But that's probably because I never rode a horse straight towards a guardian before

[@galaxyaboveus1374]

XerneX same

[@emperorpalpatine5559]

Yeah. That the one thing I didn’t know

[@aaronolson6736]

because we care about our horses and aren't going to charge them towards the tanks

[@georgaseebalack6003]

@@aaronolson6736 that and also cuz we don't want to die from the lasers which will also kill my beloved horse

[@marie-evegalipeau4443]

Same lmao

[@donnie9010]

The game tells you half of this stuff, what it doesn't tell you is that there's a thing called critical cooking. If you cook during a blood moon there is a chance that your cooked meals will give you more hearts that it would have otherwise.

[@miguelangelvaquiromunera774]

OMG my butt u always get a critical recipe during a blood moon

[@QueenOfBrokenStone]

It does tell you. In Gerudo town there's a room where they hold a cooking class every evening and in one of the two books there it's written down.

[@zeddy2284]

MMM

[@tessadijkstra7013]

Me: "watches the video" Me: "sees u can use Cucco's as a weapon/army" Me: "brings Cucco to Ganon" :)

[@libbys9141]

Will it work ???

[@thatonecabridog]

@@libbys9141 Actually, some guy made a video about it.

[@crisantocarrillomartinez5868]

It does not work. The cucco will disappear do to the cutscene

[@EpochlovesKidIcarus]

Why did you think bringing them to their dad would work?

[@OGxNoxu]

@@EpochlovesKidIcarus wow that’s brutal 🤠

[@wetsocks4460]

It’s adorable to see lizalfos talk about their problems while you have the mask on

[@matthewsloan1858]

then murder their entire blood line

[@yogeshsharma-cw6cc]

if you cook 3 hearty radish and 2 big hearty radish , you will get full recovery and 19 extra hearts

[@WeirdDNA]

or cook them separately and get 5 full health recoveries.

[@abinoyes771]

could you use that to pull the master sword early?

[@WeirdDNA]

no, temporary health doesn't work towards master sword. however there is a demon statue in one village you can use to convert your stamina into health and vice versa.

[@shock6228]

And if u cook 5 hearty durians, u'll have 20 extra hearts.

[@maidenslayer]

@@WeirdDNA In Hateno village

[@octaviuskane1941]

Four or five campfires put close together will make an updraft that stays constant.

[@RandarserousRex]

WHAT?!?!

[@RandarserousRex]

Thats hella cool

[@jenn9120]

Josh Kane I did that on accident lol

[@Penn-]

Set grass on fire does the same thing :)

[@ABlackPatriot]

Grass updrafts don't stay constant though.

[@frosty5862]

When I first started I gave a dog a lot of food, and got sad when he ran away. I now feel really dumb😂

[@dashman8499]

Finding out that elemental weapons change your temperature was genuinely one of my favorite gaming moments in recent memory.

[@xxOnigiri99]

- You can identify most monsters with the camera rune, even the ones hiding, like the stone talus or decayed guardians. - The Master Sword glows in the presence of malice, which, for the most part, is only inside the Divine Beasts (the bosses) and places where malice pools exist. But, if you approach a guardian, the Master Sword will glow and gain it's full power, not use energy, and it is as effective as ancient weapons for killing that type of monster. Works on every type of guardian, except the shrine ones, because they aren't under Ganon's influence. - Ancient weapons like axes and swords, and the Master Sword, are all capable of cutting guardians legs, and when you do, they get stunned for a brief period of time, allowing you to cut the other ones. This also makes a lot of spare parts when the legs are broken, and makes them basically dead, because of the damage you dealt while destroyng the legs. - Every stable has a poster with a recipe inside, most of them are for good meals, but there are elixirs as well. - Every test of strenght gets respawned when the blood moon happens, as does any weapon and enemies through out the map. These are the ones I can think of, but there is plenty more.

[@audreedavis191]

The game doesn't hide these but it took me a while to notice: 1. You can spin attack in the water if you'd wearing the Zora helm. Useful against those stupid octorocks but not lizards. 2. For an extremely short amount of time, you cannot use the cryonious rune. It's during the time the pillar grows plus a second. 3. You can feed domestic cows, sheep, and goats. It doesn't do anything special but its fun. You can also find Riju' s Sandseal Patricia and feed her dessert fruit for a dumb seal pun. 4. If you chop up grass and trees and fast travel somewhere and back, it automatically respawns. I used this with the Rito Stable and their hoard of logs. 5. Horses are harmed by Malice, but usually escape in time before they did. Also if your horse dies enough, the horse god charges you. 6. You can avoid bloodmoons by going into a shrine. The blood moon will return the next night though. 7. You can leave divine beasts after claiming them and can return anytime. If you go to them without fast travel they will damage you. The only exception is the lizard. It will automatically put you on the beasts.

[@TheSwordSmasher]

For the camera part, the upgrade of stasis works better for me. Then it clearly highlights the enemy.

[@itsjustme6906]

Time to screenshot

[@th3SyLvEsTeR]

Oh shit the tests of strength respawn?!

[@sonicsavior01]

Audree Davis The shrines aren’t the only palace where the blood moon fails to activate. If you go to Hyrule castle before a blood moon happens and wait till midnight, or when the red light disappears you can leave the castle and enemies will not respawn.

[@theoakty9242]

the game is so fucking good man, so many options and stuff to do. i havent played that kind of game since ages.

[@fargonthebrave]

its feels new and refreshing again

[@bazardau2035]

It looks like a new breath... *of the wild* get it?

[@SolaireGamingPT]

Le Bac à Jeux *slow clap* Not bad, dude!

[@osskeet]

Thodoris Aktipis agreed. I'm over 70 hours in it and I'm discovering new things everyday and not even close to being done

[@durkadur27]

180+ hours in and only 37%

[@adrianheffley4873]

Actually, the game does tell you about Kilton. He is mentioned during the "A Shady Customer" side quest where you are tasked with finding and taking a picture of Kilton. The quest giver also mentions the fact Kilton was last spotted at skull lake. However, the quest giver does not mention the day/night cycle relating to Kilton. The quest giver is a patrolman at stable nearest to skull lake.

[@JennifuhhGilardi]

Lots of small characters mention him too

[@felixevers478]

There's also an NPC that tells you about him and gives you Monster Extract whenever you save her from monsters. I don't remember her name, but she has green hair and can be found in a multitude of places.

[@scruffyronin9382]

There is a quest that makes you go find Kilton, he isn’t a hidden element

[@floridenko6337]

Only if you visit Skull Lake at night

[@jdgreen2307]

Yeah gotta talk to Roz at one of the stables to get the quest, don't remember which one

[@mechadonia]

JD Green East Akkala stable I think. It isn’t “hidden” perse but it’s out of the way and easy to miss if you don’t do too many side quests

[@paulrance5445]

*Hoz

[@dragonace5177]

There are recipes on the walls of stables.

[@celestialspark5697]

Unfortunately, recipes do literally nothing. Healing value is just double the healing value of items used, with a multiplier for number of ingredients. Buff duration and level is based on the number of ingredients giving that buff and total number of ingredients (monster parts also increase duration for elixirs but not buff level). Sale price is 2.8x the sum of the selling prices of the ingredients for a 5 ingredient dish, rounded up to the next multiple of 10. You can also "crit" when cooking (this is random but always happens in the 30 minutes before a blood moon) which randomly either heals for extra, increases buff tier by 1, or increases buff duration by 5 minutes.One Hearty ingredient cooked by itself heals more than the most intricate recipes will.

[@durkadur27]

you can take non hearty ingredients like the salmon dish and get awesome food.. its useful until you find the durran tree farm.

[@whatfreedom7]

You kidding? I just made it to my first stable and the guy ask for a recipe. I looked everywhere and even looked at the picture on the wall but I couldn’t interact with it or read it so I moved on.

[@alba489_]

whatfreedom7 You don't have to interact with the recipes. There are pictures of the ingredients on the bottom

[@gabriellahaskell2609]

Thanks! I took pictures of all of them, and now I have a library of recipes in my slate!

[@aloeveran.3597]

me: hell yeah i just finished botw!! what a trip man it took so long,, -watches this video- me: me: i can P A R R Y guardian aTTACKS ????

[@Gailardia1]

Really? Lol How come u didn't think parrying guardian laser if u can also pary the boss fireball? Lol

[@eve7529]

parry this you filthy casual *fires death laser*

[@Bosnia1291]

Me 2. I just finished the game did not know that i can get new weapon from this Vacuum Cleaner Mobs haha or to parry the Laser. I just shot them an arrow in the eyes, so they be like confused.

[@VNYoshi]

@@Bosnia1291 If that's the extent of what you know... there's a lot more. And that's not a bad thing, that gives you an excuse to jump back and discover more. There's a lot of advanced tricks in the game. For example, did you know you can use Cryosis to break the ice block during Vah Ruta entry fight?

[@Bosnia1291]

@@VNYoshi Cryosis? Whats this? I just used the ice cast you have to make those platform's. Sorry i played in german haha

[@TheUltimateWord]

You can lead a lynel to another lynel and they will fight to the death, then you just take out whichever is left, as he will be pretty heavily damaged from the fight.

[@mangixbrew1]

how?

[@Inkki89]

Whaaat. I wanna try it! And how? You mean those areas where there is two lynels near by and get ones attention, then run to the second one? Why do I have the feeling thats a double trouble suicidal mission? 😂🤪

[@nightingale3847]

TheUltimateWord but if you try to take a lynel to one that’s too far away, the lynel will just teleport back to where it spawned

[@williamjin4968]

That doesn’t work once a lynels outside of its range barrier it’ll just go afk and after a few minutes it’ll just teleport to its spawn point

[@paulrance5445]

Benjamin Le, Hebra Tundra.

[@seojunghoe1216]

“even after the fifty-hours mark” bruh i’m past 140h and i didn’t even complete all 4 colossus. i’m having too much fun😂 edit: people commenting they completed the game in a few hours really missed out on all the fun. it’s not a race on who’s completing it faster, all the contrary. why do you even play this game if you don’t enjoy exploring🤣

[@the_blue_death6887]

I have 30 hrs and I have one down and have found the other 2 but haven't done the puzzle yet

[@tangerine3403]

i’m at 140 hours and i jUst now beat ganin

[@lidz7164]

I have 90 and i have 2.5 down aha

[@cozmic8288]

Bruh I beat the game in 40 hours on my casual playthrough

[@coolits01]

I’m all about farming and gathering, cooking and selling. The money earned only supports my hoarding.

[@emma-nw1ew]

Also if you run out of stamina while paragliding or lose stamina and fall off a cliff/mountain, you are still able to use your paraglider one last time, but only for a split second. It might help you out and save you hearts if you’re falling because of your stamina.

[@failure4452]

Yeah I figured that out it saved my butt a bunch

[@thesurvivorssanctuary6561]

You can also teleport before you hit the ground!

[@auby7778]

the selfie with the destroyed guardian was awesome ☺

[@dedender0726]

I have a selfie of link Holding on hand in the air and Its pointing to a vai laying on a shrine entrance and her ass is up in the air

[@SheepdogSmokey]

I wanna know how to do that

[@dedender0726]

When you use camera look in the bottom i think its "y" button That flips the camera And use the d-pad on the left joycon to pose for your selfies👍

[@SheepdogSmokey]

@@dedender0726 I'll hopefully remember this in a few hours when I go to work, then work several hours before things die down and I can play again.

[@bioumx4830]

If you press the whistling button and run at the same time your stamina won’t go out

[@tylerb6981]

This is really cool, it is a super powerful speed-running technique. It's obvious disadvantage is that it makes you SUPER loud, even when the whistle audio isn't playing you are "whistling." This is fine, cause if you are sprinting you probably aren't trying to be stealthy, but it makes it so any mobs will hear you from much farther away.

[@EvenFlow391]

If it's raining outside, Link can still climb effectively if you count how many times he moves his arms to climb. Link will start sliding down after about 5-7 movements, so jumping before that will pose no issue in the rain.

[@chrisboba8]

you can re-enter shrines of test of strenght to farm guardian weapons and shields

[@hachii4428]

what? they dont respawn

[@quentinbecherand7068]

Only after a blood moon

[@PaulWooters]

On the map, I put a sword icon next to the Shrines with the weapons so I can find them at a glance

[@miguelangelvaquiromunera774]

chrisboba8 they don’t respawn bruh

[@PaulWooters]

Wait for a Blood Moon and they'll be back

[@dylanvscomics8138]

How to get a free ride without a horse: Land on a guardians head, it doesn't know you're there.

[@aleksijuhola7071]

*metal gear music*

[@paulinamorales8854]

Loool

[@sam53143]

If you get it to see you, you can freaking STEER IT.

[@candypants994]

What!!! I've been traveling through hyrule the wrong way this whole time

[@DisasterEnby]

@@candypants994 *cut to a Guardian running towards Hyrule castle, with Link occasionally lowering himself in front of it*

[@CJW0056]

This game makes every other open world game feel shallow by comparison, just a masterpiece.

[@TonyContiniProductions]

Agreed !

[@Inkki89]

You can get as many arrows as you want with wooden shields. 😊 If in a monster camp kill everyone else exept for one arrow shooting monstie. Stand as close to him as possible while defending with the shield. When your shield gets hit 1-3 times then unshield, you get 3 arrows at once then repeat until the shield breaks and change to a new one.

[@JennifuhhGilardi]

Or take a bow that fires multiple arrows and shoot them at the fire post at the entrance to the lost woods and you will max out quickly

[@Inkki89]

@@JennifuhhGilardi Really? Didn't know that. 😜

[@JennifuhhGilardi]

@@Inkki89 it’s the best hack of all time lol

[@umadkek]

Nah the best arrow hack is going to go to evemtide island theres a chest there save open the chest then save and load the save that you had after opening the chest, rinse and repeat, it doesnt use bows either

[@nickiebanchou]

"things the game doesn't tell you" unless if you read the loading hints or talk to NPCs ........

[@DBSbluedevil]

nickie banchou absolutely not true.

[@Jellyfish_Abb]

DBSbluedevil The one about the dogs was a tip on the loading screen

[@wishingmusic]

Yeah, some of these are hints on the loading screen. The dogs one and the riding your shield one pooped up. Some of them I found through talking with people.

[@ruadeil_zabelin]

Most of these are in the hints. Not all, but at least half of them are.

[@wishingmusic]

Damn autocorrect. Lol. *popped up.

[@JonathanAnimate2]

- You can ride and tame skeleton horses! Sadly they go through an unpleasant death at sunrise. Try boarding them for a fun reaction - You can power a boat by using magnisis with metal objects against the mast (goes fast!)

[@bakedcrystal915]

Wait what? Explain the boat one again

[@JonathanAnimate2]

Get on a raft. Get a big metal object. Sword will do, but a treasure chart works very nicely. Then using magnesis, push the metal object against the mast in the direction you want to go. It can be tricky to keep it steady, but if you pin the metal object to the floor and wedge it between the mast and your body, then you'll be speeding in no time. Imagine this with oktobaloons thrown it! Although if flying, you'd definitely struggle to keep objects on the raft, could be fun to try

[@StartouchArts]

Actually, if you look at a comparison between the two methods, the Magnesis boat method is much, much faster.

[@furyberserk]

But can't you just stasis the boat and hit it in the direction you want with balloons on it?

[@DecipheringAngel]

furyberserk still better and faster with magnesis, but it's VERY hard to effectively pull off...

[@kaneo1]

Beam parrying depends on distance. Use the 'when you see/hear the beam' at a long range and you will parry too soon and then get blasted. You need to practice at all distances.

[@ariyuril]

I got meat easily by running over animals with my horse.

[@kooksies5712]

Yeah but do you have any in-game tips?

[@f.b.i.853]

kooksies burn the spicy chili peppers with a fire sword in order to create an airstream to make you fly

[@jellyf9608]

F.B.I. Also grass works or anything really (also do you mean updraft?

[@truly.linkster]

@@kooksies5712 Ayo?

[@Waluigik13]

You can stun Lynels by getting a headshot with your bow and arrow, then you can mount them and get some free hits in. Also, elemental Lizalfos and get insta-killed when hit with an arrow/weapon of the opposite elements ( ex: Fire arrows will vaporize blue Lizalfos, and vice versa) Also also! Upgrade your Stasis rune. When upgraded, anything you can interact with, including enemies, materials, boulders, chest etc, will glow Yellow. It's an effective way to scan the area for enemies and hidden chests, and can be used to spot which guardians are active and which one aren't. ALSO! when you spot any of the 3 dragons, it's a little dangerous, but they will kick up a gust of wind and you can ride along side them or whatever direction they're heading with your Para-glider.

[@littleolliebenjy]

What about electric Lizalfos? What works well against them?

[@bearfaery737]

Boulders

[@BIZARBIES]

Oliver Benson I was wondering rhis too!

[@Waluigik13]

i'm not sure yet. Aiming for the horn while keeping your distance seems to be the best bet so far.

[@Jack-rk7jc]

Also using lightning arrows while it's raining makes them incredibly OP, the radius of the area affected by lightning increases, great for crowd control.

[@Melkac]

>Nintendo's first real open world game >Is the best open world game ever IT'S NOT FAIR

[@brosplit]

Unshaved Malevolence nintendo 1st open world is back to Zelda's first instalment.

[@Grrimbark]

Unshaved Malevolence Nah. Breath of the Wild is still going to be tied with Red Dead Redemption 2 when it comes out. RDR was the best open world game before BOTW and RDR'll step up their game for the sequel

[@vs5835]

Unshaved Malevolence what about xenoblade chronicles and x, they were good.

[@sterlings7098]

CD Project Red and the Witcher 3 would like to have a word with you

[@jonmkl]

>Nintendo's first real open world game >Is the best open world game ever Legend of Zelda (1986)

[@morgangassaway9774]

Buying a house in a village to store weapons and shields, you can also get a bed

[@fritsmartin8528]

Yea, I saw a house, but I have yet to find the Boss of the guy hammering around there

[@sexmaster7339]

Frits Martin hes behind the house

[@goodcat132]

@Unqiue Keys Wait, what? I can store anything else besides weapons and shields?

[@shivaun4]

I love that you can do that!

[@shivaun4]

Good cat no you can hold 3 shields 3 sword and 3 bows

[@cammiem3795]

Plays game for first time: Sees Guardian Me: NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE Plays game for 15th time: Sees Guardian Me: Sup * Parrys laser with pot lid instantly killing it Boy, how I love this game

[@chochang4132]

Ha ha!

[@sarahdavis4345]

Personally, I feed all the pups because I love them. Even if they’ve already given me treasure. owo They’re good bois and girls.

[@PassTheSnails]

UwU

[@shanes.6227]

UWU

[@spartacus17.]

Wasting resources...

[@uwunuzzlewuzzle2074]

Cute but ineffective

[@chabulous2211]

But if you cook 5 meat and sell it, you'll get at least 240 rupees. Or even more if they are gourmet/prime meat, it goes up to around 500 as far as I have experienced...This is one of my methods to make money in the game :p

[@alainbourassa1998]

Horses charging through guardians was new to me, thank you guys.

[@dipsy_6258]

Alain Bourassa same

[@hadenmontgomery4565]

Yeah

[@PassTheSnails]

I feel like it’s an exploit/oversight though. Idk just doesn’t seem intended at all.

[@gwendolynsnyder463]

I wouldn't do that with Amiibohorses tho because they can't be revived at the fairy fountains.

[@EdT0DoP3]

I tried that a few months ago but I broke off one of the legs of the guardian with my Master Sword

[@johnnyw329]

Tip for parrying the guardian stalkers every single time: (the distance between you and the stalker is key)when you approach the stalker, it moves closer or farther depending on wether you try to get closer or farther. Just stop moving and it stops moving, I found this to be the perfect distance for parrying their beams. Now all you have to do is wait for the guarding to start charging its beam and at some point its eye will turn white before shooting the beam, the moment it turns white hit the A button to parry and you will succeed every single time. This works with the rusted guradians too if you move in for the correct distance. Your welcome!

[@sayten8391]

I remember I think a rito kid telling you an easier way to get fish, was to “dive bomb” it. I’m pretty sure they meant it as diving for the fish ourselves but I took it as throwing the bombs. Gets you a lot of fish. Also, you can get plenty of fish at the river where you have to follow this one zora’s love letter. The current there is strong and the fish there swim in the opposite direction of the current, so they just freeze on the spot.

[@paulrance5445]

It is throwing bombs.

[@jellyf9608]

Say Ten the Zora river is The bank of wishes!

[@susiemiller2621]

Floating down Zora River is my favorite way to fish ")

[@rexysaurous4017]

You can twirl any spear-type weapon above your head while on horseback. Just equip a spear on horseback and hold down the Y button. Releasing the button attacks the closest enemy.

[@Rebel338lm]

I like to create my own updrafts with fire arrows. Also becareful what you throw at enemies. I tossed a boomerang at a lizalfo, and it caught it.

[@paulrance5445]

*Lizalfos

[@Chippeddiamonds2]

There are easy ways to improve the dishes you cook by quite a lot: - cook during a blood moon - add a dragon part - or add a star fragment Can get you much longer on effects, an extra stamina wheel, and I think a few hearts too depending what you’re cooking (ofc)

[@drogadepc]

But you don't have to rely on Blood Moons if you learn the cooking mechanics.

[@paulrance5445]

Lucas Vasconcelos, It’s a guaranteed Critical Cook when a Blood Moon appears.

[@Arpy459y]

"Things I wish I knew BEFORE starting" Dude: Attention! Possible spoilers ahead!

[@CaramelFae]

Canni isn't the only stablehand who will allow you to customize your horse. There are several in various stables that will allow you to.

[@Abcdghii]

Yes! i was like : not only canni while watching

[@melodieheldt4655]

ohh who else ? (just curious)

[@bananers]

Melodie Yolo vanille the stable in southern akkala and highland stable allow you to modify your horses as well. I think there’s one more, but I forgot which one

[@booty_hunter4207]

Dont all of them do that?

[@bananers]

booty_ hunter420 no, not all of them has a stable hand that allows you to customize your horse

[@saoirsehall7588]

When a lynel bucks you off its back, you can get a few guaranteed headshots with a bow. You also get 5 guaranteed hits while on a lynels back, and your weapon does not lose durability when attacking on a lynels back. If you set a spicy pepper on fire, it will create an instant updraft. Only 1 neccesary. Guardians are stunned when you cut off their legs, so cut off a leg, attack some, then cut off another whenever they get out of the stun.

[@emmeritz3906]

I never knew about the spicy pepper one, and I was farming them earlier today! Thx for the info!

[@user-gl7pw5gb6h]

for guardians i shoot their legs off, then while they are stunned, i shoot more legs off :D

[@curts7801]

One more trick. The time freeze tablet effect works on guardians. Chop at them, then as their laser is about to go off, stun them, and wail away some more. Or just use that brief window to shoot an ancient arrow into the eye piece.

[@BrogMan1]

My weapon just broke attacking on a Lynel's back so I'm pretty sure you do lose durability.

[@xavierrodriguez2463]

doubt

[@pankakemancer4952]

Me watching this with 200 hours on the game: *Watching this for whatever reason*

[@MikeCheckBiloxi]

Me watching this without ever even playing the game lol wtf

[@fyre_xd]

You can use Daruk's Protection when there are more than one guardians targeting you and the blasts bounce back to them.

[@vitopnicolaci4639]

with Kilton, if you complete the four divine beast and see him, you will have available the Dark Link costume

[@MisterMajora]

Vito Paolo Nicolaci it's so bad though. It looks awesome but you can't upgrade it or anything :/

[@dice5709]

MisterMajora yeah you look badass but you're weak af. I have hope in nintendo, we need a update

[@durkadur27]

i thought i was going to become a monster and not need those masks anymore but instead it does jack shit the stealth suit is better

[@Zhello79]

Vito Paolo Nicolaci wear it at night, drink max haste potions..... congrats, you are now sonic the hedgehog of the night.

[@junietwoknees]

sonic unleashed?

[@ninjelli5377]

if you steal an enemy's horse, you only need to soothe it once to achieve a max bond. you also dont need to sneak up on it, just approach it as if its already yours.

[@pugmaster7757]

Angela Hoch but the stamina is always two and so is speed

[@Tacocat4642]

@@pugmaster7757 no I have one of the white bokothingys horses with 223 stats and 3 sprints

[@ElysetheEevee]

@@pugmaster7757 Yeah, that's definitely not true. Almost every single time I encounter two or more enemies on horses, at least one of the horses is a 2-2-3 (3 stamina). I didn't get a max bond from soothing it only the one time after stealing it, though it is more well behaved (because they almost always have gentle-natured horses). I tried to turn a few in to see if they max-bonded but it didn't happen for me. EDIT: second half of the comment was directed at OP.

[@ItsKam]

That's how I got my first horse - obliterated the Mokoblin riding it and rode his horse off into the sunset

[@pugmaster7757]

thetacocat you must be hacking

[@brandonbrix5126]

They do tell you about most of the things in the games loading screen

[@Rosalia.Mine.]

But the loading screen goes by so fast for me, I usually can’t read any of those.

[@brandonbrix5126]

But the game still tells you

[@drogadepc]

@@Rosalia.Mine. what? You must be a really slow reader

[@Hetsu..]

@@drogadepc On cemu it's literally too fast to read more than one msg

[@Skyeon_]

i've yet to see any of these in the loading screen??

[@roguespartan2854]

3 years ago: oh no, a Guardian. Welp, I'm not going that way. Today: **Runs straight any Guardian I see** HIT ME.

[@zebrapleco7895]

The best thing I’ve noticed is that you can fast travel away to safety anytime your falling to your death/drown or about to die in combat

[@roguewhitewolf]

Yess, when you're about to die and you fast travel to a town or anything, I've also noticed the enemies are frozen at their spot as well

[@mangixbrew1]

I was thinking about the fast travel of this game. It's absolutly perfect, it's justified. Not like the other games, that you just teleport, or you have to drive yourself to some point and this point give you the ability to teleport. Sheikah Slate gave the teleportation power to Link, and that is it. Pretty cool in my opinion.

[@Hetsu..]

@@mangixbrew1Its also broken but ok

[@godzelda123]

If you hit enemies with your weapon long enough they'll soon die!

[@testthelegend1468]

And if you miss, they don't get hurt! Cool, right?

[@ElysetheEevee]

If you bang your head against a stone wall, eventually all of your fairies disappear! MAGIC!

[@LXVELAIN]

No shit. That's how it worked in every Zelda game. (I'm not trying to be rude)

[@testthelegend1468]

Space Toast, r/woosh

[@dedender0726]

Hey i dont know how the developers did it but there's this thing call DAMAGE *PRETTY AMAZING RIGHT*

[@dekoldrick]

I did not know about the rusted weapon trick. Now I need to remember that on my second play through

[@kurisu_9119]

I get my Switch tomorrow, and I am so looking forward to this game!

[@Mel-ht5wq]

How’s it going 😆

[@Model34x]

The game does tell you about Fang and Bones. It's a side quest to locate him, and then Kilton tells you about his shop and where to find him

[@paulrance5445]

You don’t need that quest.

[@MsSteffie1991]

If you cut off the legs of a guardian first, you get more loot. Cutting one off stops the beam as well so it becomes quite easy to kill them!

[@the_blue_death6887]

Ummm I break all legs when I fight one and it does not stop the beam.

[@booty_hunter4207]

@@the_blue_death6887 it does

[@s.ian1]

@@the_blue_death6887 they mean it'll interrupt it if they're powering one up.

[@drogadepc]

@@the_blue_death6887 temporarily

[@the_blue_death6887]

@@s.ian1 oh I thought y'all meant it couldn't shoot entirely

[@Salman-cx5uf]

Played in quarantine gang wya

[@JuanDiaz-zw7cc]

Yup, love this game so far

[@Byant]

Gang gang

[@rainbowballz6936]

Yup!! I’m visiting my parents and left it at home. What a huge mistake...:/

[@absalaomarques9965]

Four years ago: “This technique is incredibly ineffective against multiple Guardians” Nowadays: Dudes saying “Hold my Master Sword” as they parry every single Guardian in the Forgotten Temple at once (not to mention DSBR, when you actually is able to parry even without a shield)

[@or3356]

One thing I wish I knew before Divine Beast Vah Ruta: You can use Cyronis to destroy the ice blocks that the Divine Beast and Waterblight Ganon make during the fight...

[@donsolos]

are you fucking kidding how did you not figure that out instantly?

[@shock6228]

That seemed pretty obvious to me 🤔

[@Twistashio]

U could also use cyronis to break the spear

[@shock6228]

@@Twistashio Wow rlly ?! Seems legit.

[@Twistashio]

@@shock6228 yep

[@Poke-ladd]

You can ram your horse into wild animals for meat

[@shadowsinmymind9]

lol. wut

[@Poke-ladd]

shadowsinmymind9 have them charge into them and they die from the impact but I haven't tried it against a bear yet

[@hbizzle8037]

Travis letchford and you can also choke the chicken🐓

[@ZestraX]

Travis letchford Kill any animal with a fire arrow for cooked meat.

[@Melkac]

Jesus christ how horrifying.

[@julo_ghost]

You can skip a blood moon by going to Hyrule's castle and to a shrine. Note: The blood moon is only delayed for one night and will appear again the next night

[@apollocarlos6576]

you can skip it by going to any shrine!! it's p cool

[@David-wq3dq]

elemental weapons to stay warm or cool was one of the first things I learned and was how I got around for most of the game, the clothes were too expensive

[@retiredhater]

I feel like I don't run into a lot of these things because I literally talk to every NPC and aimlessly explore, the games so gorgeous. Like the octorock thing I was just taking a stroll around death mountain and there's an area that specifically has a bunch of rusty weapons and two lanterns marking their spot and a single octorock in the middle of lava. I figured it was too fishy to not have a purpose so I threw a rusty sword and voila. I see a lot of people trying to get things early and find exploits when if you just play the game and talk to NPCs you will find out everything you need to know

[@danneyland]

And that's exactly how this game is designed. It teaches players by having them play the game.

[@carterjones3423]

Yh unfortunately I was one of those people that wanted to know as much as possible very early on when I didn’t need to and it would have been more fun and rewarding to find stuff out for myself.

[@church113]

if you find a random weapon you like not in a chest, mark it because it will respawn in the world making it so you can get it again.

[@aleksijuhola7071]

Thanks that is REALLY gonna help me :D can you tell where you can find the stone smasher because it is one of the fav weapons of mine

[@jupiterguy5]

It's guaranteed to be wielded by a Black Moblin in the Hyrule Castle Dining Hall. The monster in question will always be found in the same spot after every Blood Moon.

[@BigLord]

John Doe even easier to find right inside Hyrule Castle: the secret passage in the library that leads to a mining area of sorts. It always has a Stone Smasher in it. The cool part about it is that there's a Shrine right near the Library. Really easy to go from the Shrine to grabbing a brand new Stone Smasher.

[@ShinSennju]

A Royal Claymore (52 damage) always spawns atop the stone skull that covers Woodland Tower.

[@leloup4810]

It doesnt seem to work for the shock arrows around the lynel at the zora's domain though, but thats kinda different. still, it will remain a red lynel through the all game (and ennemies respawn), so its the weakest and easiest one, and it can randomly drop around 10, 20 shock arrows if you kill it.

[@dyjhjfrtt6607]

I accidentally figured out the elemental weapons thing when I had a flamespear equipped when trying to go to the flight range for the vah medoh quest. And then I broke it fighting some horseback bokoblins and almost froze to death.

[@magickmiiror2853]

The only reason I'm not upset I'm such a late bloomer to getting the game (I JUST got it over this last weekend) is now there's all these videos out with tips and tricks and hints I get to watch as I start my journey and really help me obtain everything and not miss out on anything!

[@Isaac-cj7qm]

Talk about late bloomer I just recently got this game💀

[@terp1019]

Guardians can blow off other guardians legs. That was something I learned today

[@aleksijuhola7071]

Guardian: Why brother

[@oooodaxteroooo]

TerpGaming Terp i was very much surprised to fond a video of ENTERING and USING a guardian to fire away at enemies. goddammit... what is not possible in this game. ;) wait, eh... a fang of each dragon and a giant ancient core cooked together make a guardian key. sneak up to one between two legs and react to the prompt. voila.

[@benjaminf]

The party leader must have left friendly fire on for guardians on by accident

[@John-jy1dc]

There's a giant horse that you can tame and register at a stable. Its on the west side of the Faron region in the North side of a canyon (two Linels are blocking the south side of the canyon). Once you get a saddle on it it looks just like the horse phantom Ganon rides in Ocarina of time. It's huge and surrounded by regular horses.

[@jenniferchough]

there is a quest to tame that horse. the guy who gives it to you is on the way to that area from the SE side just where the road ends.

[@miguelcabreracastro6968]

also,i tame one regular random horse in the same zone has the giant horse,and,surprisingly,it is the best horse i have,its like the White horse of zelda,but with more speed

[@aditprasad1022]

It’s a side quest

[@bi_cycle]

@@miguelcabreracastro6968 If you go to (i think) Hebra tower and then paraglide over the canyon to the land that juts out slightly, the horses there are the fastest and strongest. There's one with the same strength as the giant horse.

[@matty3309]

I got that horse recently it's also really strong too occasionly it will attack enemies too

[@Razatronz]

A cool tip: If you ever come across an elemental monster such as the one that drop different Elemental rods, just shoot it with the exact opposite arrow of its element and it will be an instant kill no matter how much damage your bow does, for instance Ice=fire Electric=ice Fire=ice That’s all I really know about the elements in this game but I hope this is a useful tip to anybody trying to figure out how to beat these things, they always had me stumped

[@genevievekonklin6615]

Octo balloons are amazingly handy, especially to pick up the big slabs or boulders that you normally use stasis on and hammer away at. Saves a lot of weapon durability this way. I've even heard of people using this method to transport horses of rafts (though I understand it's a difficult task to master).

[@emi-yf8wj]

I kept laughing when the guardians tumble or roll around when u hit them with the horse

[@aleksijuhola7071]

ERROR: Hull at unusual angle. Execute spooked.exe

[@jonnybloodbath2462]

lol I chortled heartily at this

[@Prince_Smugarina]

But does it work with Big Black Mac, the "Giant Horse" with no stamina(spurs.)

[@xriotriley6243]

Aleksi Juhola currently choking from laughter. 10/10

[@jenn9120]

Last shadow lmao same

[@dgripper05]

Gosh this game looks so good, switches need to go back in stock

[@elijahhall38]

their supposed to restock at gamestop and maybe amazon on wednesday :^)

[@kleinerkasi]

how u know that ??

[@kleinerkasi]

hope that also counts for amazon

[@lexbeltran1354]

dgripper05 April

[@littleolejim8451]

16 million planed for this year, hopes are up...even though i already have one

[@Crumbly69]

There are three horses that are unique, Zelda’s pure white steed, and the giant horse by the great plateau. The lord of he mountain is more common to know about though

[@jubbiss7613]

Imagine losing to ganon because a couple of chickens killed you...

[@FireRinku]

I just found out that you can ride a bear. I always remove my upper bodyarmor and pretend to be putin while doing that.

[@yourpalsal42]

Otaku Attacks wait ive never seen a bear in the game

[@FireRinku]

There are!

[@yourpalsal42]

Otaku Attacks WHAT WHERE?!?!?

[@Nike_on_a_bike]

You can also ride deer

[@rockinmusicquarterly12]

i usually find a bear near the rito stable

[@AndrewSantoro]

You can also tell Kilton is near because the town's theme music will slow by about 50%.

[@mandrillkills]

Andrew Santoro that’s the village music that plays at nighttime anyway. If you haven’t found kilton yet and you go to a village, the music will still play slow

[@jenniferchough]

the music slows down in villages at night time, that's just how it works regardless of kilton.

[@circuitriderfpv5956]

Andrew Santoro once you find Kilton he shows up outside every village you travel to

[@amulet5719]

That’s very comforting...

[@cajunseasoning1846]

My first lynel was supposed to be the red one at Polymous mountain on Shatterback Point but, I sneaked around for the arrows and dipped. The first lynel i ever faced was a silver one when it discovered I was in fact not, a small lynel with a two-leg birth defect. I mean, killing that thing gave me the biggest hype in the game and made me realise I didn't have to run away from everything that wasn't a bokoblin anymore. My second lynel was a blue one at the first Gatehouse in Hyrule Castle :)

[@th3mu5ical0n3]

When you come across a weighted plate and you have a hard time finding a barrel to keep on top of it, drop some apples or other items on it.

[@ExoTheDrakoXIII]

I love you

[@JDBurnZ3]

Or just step on the plate and Stasis it.

[@perforongo9078]

I always just attach an octorok balloon to it.

[@mattstat716]

That great frostblade/flameblade tip... That explains SO MUCH about why I wasn't dying in Gerudo Desert.

[@mogulai9291]

If you throw a boomerang but you don’t catch it, the arrow that is up wil turn upside down

[@eviesherman2734]

I found out that cuccoos can swarm you the hard way two days ago😂😬 I was blowing them around with the big leaf thing, and I accidentally whacked one😂

[@daveminion6209]

Dude, thank you so much for making this video! I just started Breath of the Wild a few weeks a go, and had only heard about a couple of these tricks and techniques.

[@JCM311]

How you liking it? And why has it taken so long for you to play this masterpiece man??

[@mattiparadinha8843]

Pro tip: It is actually possible to shoot a thrown rock out of the air with an arrow. I did it earlier this afternoon while completing the Trial of the Sword. A bokoblin threw a rock at me and I was shooting an arrow at the same time. They collided in mid-air and bounced away. I suppose for a moment before they land and disappear, the rocks thrown are real and have physics.

[@xero255]

wow what the fuck

[@ShadowSkyX]

Well pretty sure if you time it right, you can also parry rocks thrown at you. Talus size might be too big, or you know, too explosive, hot or cold. Regular arrows can get lodged in wooden shields and putting it away will give you all the arrows that got stuck on it.

[@elieltavarez8950]

I did this too, I was like "what?"

[@Chippeddiamonds2]

You can also stasis rocks/barrels before they get thrown, bokos look around confused and then it falls on them, even more useful if they’re throwing an explosive cask.

[@emperorpalpatine5559]

That gets me thinking. Can you put a talis rock in stasis and launch it back at the talus? Holy fuck.

[@generalakbarr]

not sure why but I don't use my horse much.

[@CJ-jh9ri]

If I didn't have to go to a stable to grab one every time I would, but I think the horse cuts down on how much I explore so I rarely use it.

[@kuroakikitsune]

Julian Laureano even with all of the stables, I barely use them. My first horse got stuck on a bridge and some monsters killed it, after that I wasn't so keen + with all of the towers, I just teleport and the glide.

[@nworder4life]

yea I prefer mountain climbing and gliding to horse travel, this is why Nintendo called the game an "open air" title.

[@Firestar4041]

Same, the horses just become inconvenient due to only having one out at any time, and needing to summon one at a stable. That and unlike Skyrim the horses cant defy physics (mostly.) so your better off just legging it up and down mountains. And honestly when a game gives you an option between hang-gliding or horse back riding . . . I can't hear the rest of that option cause i'm busy hanging ten in the middle of the air.

[@HampterLover985]

Whenever I use my horse I just end up going on the paths and I feel like I'm missing a lot. Although I was just sitting watching my horse automatically follow the path while I was eating lunch so that was neat lol.

[@JT-xh1ih]

I always forget that the monster masks make weird sounds when you run, so I'll be doing fine and then hear a weird snort every two steps and stop in a fighting stance until I realize that it's my own head.

[@garymcderp1146]

Maaaan, I know I’m about 4 years late but I saw a video of a dude blocking 4 guardian blasts in one shot by quickly switching to different shields and doing a party for each blast. Once he unpaused 4 guardians were dead. Now that’s dedication.

[@LezzyBugO3O]

1:58 Listening for the beep on a Guardian really helped! Thanks a bunch!

[@Thorinox]

Please note that Kilton also sells the AWESOME Dark Link outfit, helm is 1,999, armor/legs for 999 each, but you need to complete all four Divine Beasts in order for his to start to sell them,

[@97dusk]

Unfortunately, you can't upgrade the Dark Link set. I'd use it more if I was able to upgrade it.

[@KoyasuNoBara]

Thank you! I knew about feeding the dogs because of a loading screen tip, but they never led me to treasure. I didn't realize you needed to feed them _three_ pieces of meat.

[@elliecarlson2788]

Same! I always gave them 1, then was like, oh, okay, you deserve an extra one you good doggo! And then I’d run in circles around it and play and then go on my merry way. Figured I didn’t really need the treasure lol.

[@morning.comrade8188]

When I first played Breath of the Wild, I saw a guardian and had nightmares about it. Now 2 years later, I'm taking down guardians every day time I come across one. This video was great, even though I already knew everything on it😂💕💕💕

[@sarahpaulson3464]

I had bad dreams after doing the quest through the Lost Woods (the one in the darkness). I kept putting my torch out and then having to fight wolves in the dark.