33 MORE Things You STILL Didn't Know In Zelda Tears Of The Kingdom

This time in Zelda Tears Of The Kingdom, we show off some interesting fuses, blood moon facts, and some secrets in Gerudo Town.
In the video above, we cover 33 facts, tips and tricks that aren’t quite as well known, ranging from secrets to glitches, so me that are pretty simple and others that are fairly complex. The recently released Legend of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom has a massive world with endless possibilities, and we're only starting to scratch the surface of all of the secrets and tricks this game has to offer.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:15 Stacking Updrafts
0:45 Vegetation Updraft
0:56 Zonai Stake Recall
1:15 Force Panic Blood Moons
1:30 Blood Moon Cutscene
1:45 Constructs And Blood Moons
1:59 Snowball Size Damage
2:10 Frost Gleeok Icicle Fuse
2:21 Arrow WoodCutter
2:35 Bomb Spear Rebound
2:51 Zonaite Bow Masks
3:00 Tomatoes and Peppers Are Fruits
3:14 Patricia's Secrets
3:24 Gerudo's Cannon
3:31 Gerudo Jail Interactions
4:05 Wear Banned Clothing
4:21 Mysterious Lava Patch
4:46 Don Dons
5:02 Don Don Cute Drawing
5:16 Nintendo News Gifts
5:30 King Dorephan's Scales
5:38 Koroks Undo Previous Puzzles
5:51 Sage Avatar Compendium
6:07 NPC Awareness Upgrade
6:34 Link's Humming References
7:53 Mineru's Rear Equips
8:10 Mineru's Balloon Fire
8:16 Mineru Walk Over Hazards
8:24 Mineru Jump Mount
8:29 Mineru Height Farming
8:35 Mineru Can Parry
8:42 Mineru's Secret Mask
8:48 Mineru Warmth/Cooling
9:15 Outro
#gaming #gamespot #breathofthewild

[@RinHara5aki]

Another one for the books! Which one was your favorite? 😁

[@dudeno8711]

All of them!!!

[@user-mp9tj9lr4z]

number 5, because TYSM for not adding spoilers! i hate when people add spoilers to a vid (besides that, all of them)

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Ok

[@nikifallen93]

My favourite was arrow woodcutter! Super useful and I had no idea. Also cool, that Mineru equipping cold or hot things can help, though it’s less cost-effective. The rebounding spear was cool, but without the angle, not as useful. Another fantastic episode!!!

[@reedapopolis4235]

all

[@TheBreadPirate]

Korok Boulder puzzles are really clever! I'd had no idea it was reversed.

[@FieryRed_BE]

hello friend

[@elisha6137]

Hey captain!

[@ElectricShark446]

How'd the latest bread heist go, captain?

[@GlacierGamer2018]

Ikr That Was Really Cool!

[@n0reaga123]

you can solve boulder puzzles by fusing a boulder to your weapon and holding it into place (throw aim). Its similar to the rock circle puzzles

[@TheTolnoc]

The fifth sage gives Link his most powerful advantage... Making him taller.

[@xn9716]

FR i now can pick apples with EASE😭

[@minotaursgamezone]

i can tell who your favourite totk youtuber is

[@Everything_Was_Taken]

who is it?@@minotaursgamezone

[@minotaursgamezone]

@@Everything_Was_Takenquinbobin

[@Everything_Was_Taken]

@@minotaursgamezone yeah i thought you were gonna say point crow, i barely know who quinbobin is

[@silverthehero1295]

Mineru can even steal the blocks right off of flux constructs that haven’t been stunned. I’ve used this to have a boxing match with them.

[@sonicx1298]

You should make a video of that

[@TheTolnoc]

This just confirms that the music is all in Link's head.

[@asianaalvarez]

Might try putting balloon at Mineru's back and fuse her hand with Elemental Gems . Never thought of those things until I watched this video . 😅🤣

[@atgosh]

Just be careful the balloon doesn't run out midfloat, think it has the same minute or so timer. Lucky Mineru is immune to fall damage like a cat 😂

[@jovlem]

What soooo great that after 100+ hours, you still sometimes get that "???" mesaage that you found something new.

[@MrSmoothBrain-nt8vx]

Apperently untill yesterday ive never discovered roasted wildberries and roasted chickaloo nuts

[@Jiroku7501]

Kite shield is also a wing and works very well on giant boomerang giving it guard abilities and flying farther

[@ofstrings2]

what do you mean by it's "also a wing"? does it provide bullet-time via shield-surf jumping like the wing shield does?

[@hatti...]

​@@ofstrings2It has the same far flying buff as a monster wing when fused

[@brendanluttrell7106]

You guys really deliver. Every time I'm like, "we'll see what I don't know", and to my surprise, it's most, if not all things you list. There's so much click bait and lazy videos out there. You really do the work, and that's awesome!

[@LARKXHIN]

I like the idea that you went "does the lava spot still exist?" And went on not only to look for it but find it somewhere else too.

[@a.jthomas6132]

Link's hummings not only give him more personality. But a ton of callbacks to other games like Skyward Sword, Twilight Princess, and Ocarina of Time

[@flap.d.jack247]

it also shows that he remembers Kass 😭

[@Jontohil2]

When it comes to getting pictures of the sages, it’s really difficult BECAUSE they’re programmed to get out of your way when you try to take a picture. You can see this by just pointing the camera at them and they’ll always run out of frame.

[@Tankervenom]

Whenever I try to take pictures, instead of running out of frame, they just instantly teleport back into my hand, not even giving me a single chance.

[@toanthlp]

no they're just shy

[@penguin_master_]

I don't know if it's just me, but I can't seem to hear Link's humming even though I try so hard to hear it. D:

[@Linkathon]

Same, the cooking sounds just block it out.

[@theironking0075]

Fun fact When you finish the wind temple you can float on top of the cannon because game doesn’t register the hole in the cannon as a hole

[@dertechl6628]

Suddenly Mineru got way more useful.

[@glassboi2677]

All the sages have a bunch of practical uses that people don’t know about.

[@McMuffins42]

She's also great for duping in the first couple versions. She's high enough that you don't need to shield jump or glide to be in the air.

[@idontwantahandlethough]

@@McMuffins42 oh neat! thx

[@idontwantahandlethough]

Also useful for breaking rock walls without wasting durability/resources. She seems stronger than link, although it's kinda apples to oranges I suppose

[@HennryHammerhead]

@@idontwantahandlethough Stronger maybe. But in a strait fight my money would still be on link for the soul reason mineru is to slow with out zonai devices helping to boost her speed to catch him.

[@OmniLightning]

Another thing with the mineru construct is as long as link is in the pilot seat, if you fall off a high place you won't take fall damage even somewhere as high up as a sky island.

[@idontwantahandlethough]

Oh, one more tip: if you "pump" the glider boost from the bird (the new revali's gale, whatever it's called) by rapidly taking out and closing your paraglider, you get *SIGNIFICANTLY* more distance/speed.

[@FunnyTopHatFrog]

I think you’re talking about Tulin, the one with the wind gust.

[@rubellite4480]

Im pretty sure its called tulin pumping

[@gogokowai]

You mean Tustin?

[@Everything_Was_Taken]

he already mentioned that i a previous video

[@jNetDowling]

@@gogokowai hello fellow Lovely

[@Dudeman9339]

What's easier... pulling out two hot things to fuse to Mineru or just putting on your warm pants?

[@idontwantahandlethough]

BUT I WANT MY ATTACK PANTALOONS!

[@miraculousmongoose2110]

but how else am I supposed to wear the frostbite set?

[@Everything_Was_Taken]

just add a cold and hot thing and you are set for any climate

[@sarenarterius6217]

Two "heat things" will stack?

[@Everything_Was_Taken]

i don't think so, but you could try@@sarenarterius6217

[@noahwall6970]

I really wish I could put a beehive and mineru’s back and just release a swarm against my enemies on command… if only there were more item interactions for mineru’s back slot.

[@Everything_Was_Taken]

it could do it before but they patched it because it was not supposed to happen and they just attacked link if he was closer than the enemy

[@alexanderbraund8908]

Here’s a fun one, whilst carrying something heavy for example, a heavy ice block or shrine crystal jumping makes you move faster rather than regular movement

[@kienter3131]

I have found a really cool detail that you could show in your next video. The bosses for each dungeon's battle theme links to the theme of the village they are attacking. Here's what I mean - Colgera's theme has a part of it which is the same as rito village's theme. (23 seconds into Colgera final phase/1:13 minutes into rito village's theme.) And Mucktorok's theme has a part of Sidon's theme. (58 seconds into Mucktorok's first phase/10 seconds into Sidon's totk theme.) I haven't tested it yet for the other two bosses, but I am sure they are the same. Please consider doing this in your next video.

[@stellar1463]

Link knowing all those songs from the other zelda games made me think he's the same link that just traversed into time lol

[@garrettt777]

Oh wow, if Mineru can keep you warm or cool with fusions, then maybe we can equip those elemental attack suits without having to fear the temperature changes

[@sarenarterius6217]

Yes, but only lv 1; for lv 2 you'll need a suit/potion

[@unitaryfungus]

nice of them to just add revalis gale

[@arowyn.m]

For those who want to know what triggers the change in the blood moon cutscene: The Zelda speaking in the blood moon cutscenes is implied to be Phantom Zelda. When you defeat her true form at Hyrule castle, she's no longer in the cutscene because she's dead. this is also why Zelda sounds much more sinister in the cutscene, and doesn't implore Link to be careful like the cutscene did in BOTW.

[@Chubby_Bub]

I really, really wish they replaced the voiceover with Ganondorf

[@lumos_aeternum]

@@Chubby_Buboh, they should totally do that! Make it: “When MY blood moon rises…” extra sinister sound.

Ah that’s what those funny looking trees are. You put a boulder on top. I never would have guessed.

[@thishandleisnttKen]

Epona’s song is played in Malanyas spring

[@johnfarr8292]

Me watchs video twice to learn 66 new things

[@starfish258852]

The mineru ones blew my mind lol

[@TZ_09]

Finally another video of this series! 😊

[@ChrisLeeW00]

They are teasing me with whistling the original Ballad of the Wind Fish. All I want is playable instruments again in a new Zelda game! 😔

[@MianProGamer]

What I found: when you enter camera mode you can see in de shadow, that link is holding something

[@fenixa2z936]

How does Nintendo get 30fps so right? It still looks great. Other devs, take note. I was playing Mario 64 the other day and forgot it was 30.

[@lightnings4610]

1:59 this isn’t the case in botw, bloods moons in that game did respawn shrine Guardian Scouts

[@RinChan82]

When I first found one of those little korok trees I had no idea what to do with it, but I knew it was a korok. Then I noticed a couple others near where some of the boulder puzzles were in BotW and that's what made it click. I put the nearby boulder on the tree and voilà, it worked. As a completionist who tortures myself collecting all of those little buggers, I was delighted to discover that because I knew there would be one at every one of those locations, and I already knew where they all were.

[@ja-melvinson7994]

The additional Hums are so cute! I love them

[@AmitafAmitaf-lz2is]

Suddenly I don't have to keep Mineru locked all the time-

[@romanfuchs1932]

Honestly undoing your Work with the Koroks in Botw is really funny!

[@GriffinWolfAardvark]

oh my gosh! I actually discovered that invisible lava patch by myself while fighting constructs!

[@phantompop3192]

Fusing more stuff to Mineru sounds awesome. I’ve been against it since items seem to go away really easily

[@jamiesbreed]

Link humming the different songs while cooking definitely was my favorite

[@emmamiller.]

The attention to detail is crazy

[@bigdrakeo2125]

I thought this was going to be a recycled video of every tick that’s been talked about but this one was actually useful

[@mondaysman5253]

Link humming kass's songs while cooking is such a heartwarming detail, why isn't he in this game again ;-;

[@sh4rkss]

8:19 mineru definitely reminds me of phantom zelda from spirit tracks, she could hold you above her head on her shield and you could ride her through lava and other dungeon hazards . i wonder if they took any inspiration from that for mineru.

[@lemonking3851]

that korok boulder puzzle thing was so clever

[@rifledanimations2327]

If you look closely at link in totk, you'll see that his right arm has his fingers less bent than his other hand because I only assume it might way slightly more as it isn't his arm, but before he gets the new arm, in the intro, his hand is still less bent than his other one, proving it's just a armor set slapped on for the intro of the game.

[@rifledanimations2327]

by bent I mean clenched fingers.

[@Everything_Was_Taken]

@@rifledanimations2327ohhhhh

[@Chubby_Bub]

You're exactly right, Link's Champion's Leathers in the intro are an otherwise unobtainable separate outfit because of his arm.

[@Everything_Was_Taken]

@@Chubby_Bub can you elaborate what this man said?

[@hyper_lynx]

​@@Everything_Was_Takenlink's right hand from this game is animated a little differently as a detail, however it still uses that different animation in the intro sequence.

[@jasonzervos]

I miss Kass… And now that DLC isn't coming I miss him even more…

[@Will_9293]

What makes you so sure 🤔

[@poggestfrog]

Honestly there's a good chance they'll suddenly announce one but likely not this quarter

[@west3Dgaming]

YES. i thought that's where he would show up. HE HAS 5 CHILDREN NINTENDO. THEY NEED THEIR FATHER

[@west3Dgaming]

in an interview they literally just said they have no plans for dlc @@Will_9293

[@danielkeslerjr4407]

They sold it with expansion pass. It's Practically missadvertisement at this point.. they better make a dlc..

[@breemulick3230]

Love these videos!

[@RoCkbunny769]

Link’s humming shot a love arrow through my heart, I never even noticed😭

[@michaelt7687]

did you know that the platform where you fight The Demon King’s Army is shaped like a human heart? 🫀

[@west3Dgaming]

main quest for mineru also teaches you about the fans. i find the hoverstone to be very cool

[@USMCbrantley]

Love this series and cant wait to watch it for 6+ years 😂

[@KevinTheFluffyWolfy]

these are all awesome! I especially love the humming easter egg.

[@EliaKurmann]

If mineru was faster and could jump she would be so much more usefull

[@fkbuki]

They literally teach you the pine cone super fire mechanic, it's how you're supposed to get to Rito Village the 1st time

[@zane.s.5491]

I recalled a sky rock

[@Everything_Was_Taken]

i just BUILT THE BRIDGE TO RITO, it is very basic, you used a hylian pine cone, i used the bomb flower shield glitched, someone else used a sky rock and i built the bridge to there when i got there, returned and saw that the bridge was gone. no way is the way you are supposed to get there, i think nintendo just wanted to see how we got there

[@itstachi_]

FINALLY, I’ve been waiting

[@yatanogarasu]

Learned about Mineru's many hidden attributes.

[@egg_mite1006]

DUDE THE ZONAI BOW THING IS SO EPIC NOW I HAVE TO GO CHECK FOR MYSELF😂

[@satellachannel6423]

I've seen numerous videos talking about Link humming while cooking, but i hear nothing! ^^' Only the cooking noises.

[@Indy921]

This game surely is incredible.

[@GalarianGuy]

Weird that you pointed out how the blood moon text disappears but not that the text is occasionally different during Blood Moons. Not sure what causes the change or if it's just random though.

[@BOREDASSDUDE]

Mineru has a helmet? Niiiice!

[@jacksongaming854]

4:32 i think this is from one of the memories where Rauru sets up a campfire

[@KitKat-pl5vs]

Link humming the champions ballad is actually really cute and really sad

[@jacobcook5436]

I did notice the korok Boulder puzzles while I was getting all of the koroks

[@Kupari9]

your back with more good videos, nice

[@thungasandeesh4397]

Hey! Thanks for the blood moon glitch. Really helps for extreme combat wizards like me!!😂😂

[@zeromontalvan1514]

a detail i learned from this series but in botw, it was that only moblins are strong enough to cut down trees with a spear, but now in totk, the fifth sage is also able to

[@Deinz54321]

I had no clue you could fuse monster parts to mineru lol I was wondering why she felt so weak

[@rhea9630]

Oh so that's why. I was so confused why Zelda wasn't talking anymore during the blood moon cutscene

[@FunnyTopHatFrog]

3 more things I missed (and I played like 4 times) 1. The construct bow has the same level construct on it (construct is lvl 1, strong is lvl 2, and mighty is lvl 3 or 4) 2. When you first get a blood moon, it had different dialogue. Spoiler warning When you are about to fight Ganon, you can see Zelda’s torch from where she fell.

[@denischen8196]

The Nintendo News Gifts system looks like it can be exploited to spawn any item in the game if figured out.

[@Splushr]

this means that we technically have a water element wing!

[@SoupKami]

Mineru can be good at climbing certain mountains

[@tdemileto]

Great work

[@TrueSTARbornFall]

I didn't know how many things mineru had special interactions for.

[@blackcat_064]

For number 5 (the blood moon cutscene) - which story event causes the voice to disappear and why? (I have beaten the game, so idc about spoilers anymore)

[@Mendas_Drainova]

The fight against the Phantom Ganons at Hyrule Castle after completing the regional phenomena quest.

[@1982edwardcullen]

Completing crisis at hyrule castle

[@miraculousmongoose2110]

phantom ganons at hyrule castle

[@Not_a_mii_maker]

I had no idea mineru can parry!

[@Sheila_Chu]

please make these episodes longer!

[@SuspiciousTemmie]

Idk, I personally really appreciate how they get straight to the point and don't waste our time by going on unnecessary rants.

[@Sheila_Chu]

@@SuspiciousTemmie i dont remember asking them to rant more and waste time? i want them to be longer with more trivia, exact same style, literally just longer

[@SuspiciousTemmie]

@@Sheila_Chu I mean, what extra trivia could they really add though without it feeling forced?

[@bastiulloa3926]

Yiga traps (the trees) also dont respawn with bloodmoons

[@petterlerdahl1193]

The avatars tend to disappear or move out of the picture when you try to take photo of them.

[@TOGade-dj6jh]

Learned loads I didn’t know. 👍🏻🇸🇪

[@steak9194]

4:55 that lava hotspot bug just proves they didn't actually work on tears of the kingdom nor did they try to actually fix anything that was broken about it from breath of the wild

[@MiridonEnjoyer-jl2lm]

Why are those hinox toenails sharp :O

[@GemmaBee14]

Well I never thought to try parrying with Mineru

[@DiamondPunk]

if you buy a house in TOTK, the music is a slightly slowed down version of the house theme in oot

[@psyduckrules]

That music is not exclusive to The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. It’s in almost every Zelda game after that.

[@psyduckrules]

Speaking of repeated music, I wonder if a lot of people realized the Song of Storms is in Pikmin 4…

[@Professor_Wisteria_]

i accidentally found the Panic Blood Moon myself when i was spamming bomb arrows at a Stalnox in a pile of boulders. its a pretty funny trick i cant lie

[@HurricaneWavves]

Link humming is so cute 🥺

[@Stabby_red_slugcat]

Another thing, setting off 20 (21 to activate) ZONAI time bombs- not monster -should force a blood moon. I say should as i never tried it

[@CasenSpencer]

There were ancient Japanese ninja tribes called Iga and Koga, perhaps these are inspiration for the Yiga clan and Master Kohga?

[@Koopai386]

Finally... a new episode

[@Whofan06]

Bols of you to pronounce Mineru like that when the game tells you how to say her name. Did not know she got a matching Zonai Helmet boy was I not paying attention

[@Lamz.Z1]

I think by now, we know all Mineru can do. Would be nice to now delve into her glitches.

[@Boredchinchilla]

Did anyone else hear “ you can shoot stakes and use recall to move Koroks” and use an actual piece of meat‽ I saw the comment to shoot “stakes” and recall and assumed they just couldn’t spell and meant steaks, not stakes…..I’ve been calling those posts and I didn’t even think of those as stakes. Btw, recalling koroks works with chunks of meat as well lol

[@idontwantahandlethough]

I'm sure most of you have seen this trick, but instead of using Mineru to farm apples, do this instead: 1. take about 50 apples out (and a few gold apples for good measure), and fuse them all together. 2. Save your apple "creation" as an auto-build. 3. Go into a forest with apple trees, and open up your auto-build menu to your new apple bundle. Walk around the forest. All the apples will be plucked right off the trees into your hands :D (this works with other things too, but not all materials are plentiful enough for this to be all that useful. I've found it to be helpful with tomatoes and bananners so far)

[@thetophatguyandroid5959]

4:44 it's an invisible campfire left by the side quest related to it not lava

[@k0rriban]

Learning about #3 infuriates me

[@GodLovesYou_21]

Can we just take some time and appreciate how much time GameSpot took to make this video

[@dudeno8711]

how original

[@NoSpoilers-wd4vv]

Where’s your off switch, robot?

[@julo_ghost]

How do you make the master sword glow like that?