Hyrule’s Forgotten Ghost Town Ruins! (Tears of The Kingdom)

[@HyruleGamer]

Happy Birthday to Breath of The Wild!

[@keo528528]

Top 10 most magical days of my life!

[@rewdonaghy1305]

How did you do that heart?

[@Cosmosis-86]

“Link, you are the light” ❤❤❤ I never forget the anticipation, going to a midnight release at my local gaming store, it was great… then being blown away!

[@itzriotplayz2377]

Happy 7th birthday anniversary to BOTW!

[@mimiklureaegis9906]

“Babe wake up!! New video about the ruins of Hyrule just got uploaded!!” *sheds tears for the kingdom*…

[@HyruleGamer]

Enjoy!

[@hylian_bricks]

Rauru's settlement is interesting, I like to think that it was like an inn for the knights who trained in the training grounds, like a military camp. With Age of Calamity we could confirm that this is were Cedro the blacksmith worked

[@s0m3Guy37]

In regards to Bone hill pond, and other individual abandoned structures, it's possible that they're were seasonal hunting lodges; the near by rivers may have had migratory fish, or other areas may have seen animals roaming between praries

[@ZayaMillis]

I love botw and totk, but I hope the next game has a fully intact civilization. It's mainly because we haven't had a Zelda game with a large amount of towns and cities and it would be pretty cool for the next open air game.

[@ernshaw78]

It would be because despite how much the games innovated, it felt so empty. More so in BOTW than TOTK but I honestly want more dungeons and unique items to feel timeless.

[@ralphwoodruff]

When they showed TotK previews and the staging platforms with wood and wheels, I was so excited because I thought we would be rebuilding civilization. Lol totally different game mechanic in mind.

[@fenrirslip]

This is the thing that a lot of people tend to forget about BOTW and even more so in TOTK, it's that both games primarily focus on environmental storytelling over the main story we see through the memories in BOTW and the dragon tears in TOTK. A lot of fans are so used to having the story given to them through cutscenes rather than having to piece things together on their own. Of course, the previous Zelda games also had environmental storytelling, but not to the same degree as the open-world titles. I prefer this storytelling method as it allows for more variety when it comes to theories and discussions.

[@Mari_Izu]

Yeah, people got so used to cinematics they forgot games can tell more story from environment than cutscenes, Hyrule is a character on its own. It's also the story we make ourselves while playing, BotW and TotK does that very well.

[@Rustyhound-Cartoons]

While I agree I see no reason why the two shouldn’t co exist and collide with each other. I think majoras mask does this best. Imo it does a very good job of delivering a highly competent main story. While simultaneously giving a lot of environmental and implied storytelling that allows the player to piece things going on in the world around them. Different series, but The last of us is another example of good environmental storytelling with a strong narrative. I was more willing to forgive botw because it had a stronger focus on the surface of hyrule. But totk often leaves me dissatisfied and wanting more from areas such as the depths or especially sky islands

[@fenrirslip]

@@Rustyhound-Cartoons You'd be surprised as to how much environmental storytelling there is in the Depths and Sky Islands.

[@darkdagger5237]

monster maze did a video on the depths and there connection to the japanes under world

[@Fluffkitscripts]

Cutscenes where you watch the plot happening are NOT “environmental storytelling”

[@aaronolson6736]

The biggest thing they could do for TotK DLC/followup would be letting us rebuild Hyrule now that its been a few years since the calamity was defeated and all the discoveries thanks to the upheaval. They could use the construction for Link's House in Tarrey Town and do a spinoff finally using the fact that Hylians are built using Miis.

[@froudos8962]

Yeah that would be brilliant. I'd love if it was like rebuilding lurelin village but you could choose what building do you want to build like a Blacksmith house or a shop

[@neox4735]

Headcannon: Moza is related to the possible knight who lived in the lone house by rikoka village. Moza would've been a good fighter since knight heritage and all that. But she chose the cook path Shoutout to the discord server!

[@aster4jaden]

I'm loving your Ruin Videos, it's nice to see a big Zeldatuber still so engrossed with TOTK.

[@HyruleGamer]

Thank you!

[@linkzelda9734]

In age of calamity there are a lot of settlements and landscapes that look lively before the they were ruin in botw/Totk. I just wish there was a zelda game that wasn't a spin off. where we could explore this hyrule before it was destroyed.

[@Mari_Izu]

I think AoC satisfied me enough on that and TotK made me satisfied with this world and want to move on, but I would kind of like if a small team made another game in this world, but not as a mainline Zelda, but as a MMO where you play as a random Hyrule Citizen having to deal with all the dangers the world offer while the main team makes the new big Zelda title.

[@chrispchicken13]

I find myself spending hours walking through the ruins of settlements I especially love seeing broken beds and tables with plates and pitchers. It’s so sad to think that many families were probably sitting down for their last dinner together. :(

[@cassidynoelle741]

My personal hypothesis on the house above Bonè Pond was that either a hermit, shaman, or even a witch could have lived there. It’s a very small house, likely big enough for only one person. I don’t think a zora would have lived there because they prefer to sleep in water, likely a way of preventing the desiccation of their gills. It being surrounded by bones gives me the impression that a pretty hardcore person lived here by themselves but were still close enough to the village below to interact with people from time to time. I remember that in older Zelda titles that witches would usually live alone in houses with bone-decor, so it might not be too much of a stretch. I’m sure the Hyrule could make use of a witch or mage for combat or potion-making purposes.

[@Zimothy]

No snack for this one, but a cuppa tea and knitting, ready to watch!

[@HyruleGamer]

Enjoy!

[@AudacioresPuella]

I just want to point out that the outpost in Rabella Wetlands is right next to the path from Lurelin Village to Hateno Village. There isn't really a proper path that you can see, but based on the landscape it was clear enough that it was supposed to be one. The path goes right past Keya Pond. In totk before you clear Lurelin of pirates there are actually signs on the "road" very close to that outpost ruin saying that the road to Lurelin is closed due to pirates. There is also what seems to be a checkpoint or toll booth sort of structure at the beginning of the path on Firly Plateau. In botw you could go though basically undisturbed but in totk there are a couple low level monsters camping at the checkpoint ruins.

[@skullkid7989]

It’s too bad we didn’t get to rebuild any of the ruined towns

[@LunaP1]

With how much damage was done to Hyrule, they'd need waaaay more than Bulson Construction and Yunobo Co. to fix the place up. And just as well as building a new castle for the future royal family to live in.

[@A-RonHubbard]

I love it. HG -- Literally one of the only ones not spreading and partaking in the negativity with regard to Tears of the Kingdom, and instead allowing the positivity that exists to flourish. It's not a perfect game by any means, but there is still so much detail and lore to be extracted!!!!! People don't understand, this is what it will take for Nintendo to change their minds about adding DLC to the game.

[@Npcnum2]

I love how this dropped 6 min ago but already has 111 people waching

[@gavintheshiba8304]

Drop everything, HG uploaded!

[@HyruleGamer]

Aww thaaanks!

[@verdantmistral442]

That first ruin reminds me a little bit over Link's house in LttP. Up on a hill with a single tree, to the south is a wetland and in view of the castle. Though there wasn't a waterfall. Lol

[@zacheonwolfstuffheh7476]

Did you see the blupee burrow, and the ancient underground fortress (depths under satori mountain and akkala citadel)?

[@altergymcosplays]

I like to think Rauru settlement ruins was for Rauru and his family and some people who were under him that was Zonai

[@iknowyouhavebugs3524]

YAY!! I love this series!! Excellent as always. You make me want to pick up the game again and explore!

[@LunaP1]

It would be cool if after TotK Zelda decides to have some of those towns/villages rebuilt. She already had a school built, why not other places?

[@skulldrac0]

Honestly with Bond Pond Hill's ruin, I have my bets it was a Hylian way point to zora's domain. Hyland messengers heading to the domain would probably stop in to rest. Or it was just an outpost for the Royal family to keep a guard posted to oversee traffic in and out of Zora's domain by that path.

[@RyuuKageDesu]

I always enjoy these. Interestingly, when aligning the map of A Link to the Past to the current map, Rauru settlement lings up with the church.

[@Mari_Izu]

The first one I can see Moza rebuilding to open her restaurant, along with the revitalized Goponga village.

[@teina123]

Happy Birthday BOTW 🎉

[@keo528528]

I'm not as big into TOTK as BOTW, but I really do appreciate you still making content about it. Thanks Hyrule Gamer.

[@RSanchez111]

I was hoping you'd find something about Rauru Settlement that no one else could. It's a direct reference to the original King's name, there has to be more to it.

[@Mari_Izu]

There's always the possibility they hadn't decided Rauru was Hyrule's first King when they named that settlement in BotW.

[@k_boo8232]

Aw man :( I’m late again. I’ve been doing a project all day. So excited to have another video- especially a botw one! 🎉

[@BalooDumptruck]

You should do a video on the intresting landmarks in the depths like the anicent underground fortress or the House of Bones for example. Even the groves are cool too. Love this video btw

[@HyruleGamer]

Cool idea!

[@witchymommadonna]

I love these kinds of videos thank you for making them. With the first one I like to imagine it was some kind of craftsman or brewer since it is located next to natural spring water that would be needed for stuff like that. Maybe? Thanks again for the great content

[@Geekaloompa]

If you stop and really think about it. That 1 rusty shield might have been the last line of defense around Deya Village/Lanayru Wetlands just as the Malice possessed Guardians made their way up the steep hills.

[@SuperllamaStudios-gk6cb]

I really love your content, keep it up!

[@HyruleGamer]

Thanks a lot!

[@Rhyz-1]

I would love a rebuild the kingdom DLC

[@HyruleGamer]

Oh yeah, that'd be really cool!

[@DarkAngelBluejay]

A thought strikes me. You seem to keep looking to these places in terms of happening "pre-calamity". Everything that was there being there since before the Calamity happened. For stone structures, especially ones like the outposts, that makes sense. But for wooden structures? Less so. I'm not trying to say none of the theories could work. Many could, and I could be looking at this wrong. But the Calamity would have changed more than just living spaces. Roads, trade routes, hunting trails, wildlife. All of these would have had to change to account for monsters and guardians. For the sake of safety. And there's no reason to think the monsters wouldn't move about. What I'm saying is, the map of Hyrule we see in BOTW and TOTK is the latest version of things. All these roads are dirt paths. Some barely that. But with the exception of the ones furthest from the Castle, it's likely these roads are less than 25 years old. Some of the houses we see may have been attempts to settle trade routes, or hunting paths and such that were viable 10, 15, 25 years prior. But have since become too dangerous. Or were beset by monsters at some point that moved on after the people left. People go to where the resources are. anywhere with a Well was likely to have been an attempt at something bigger. Anything without, could have been a single, or group of traders, or hunters. Someone living where they could acquire their livelihood.

[@Christophoronomicon]

Isolated houses may simply have been inhabited by hermits. People who for some reason or another actively avoided human contact. The (dark) flip side is people who were shunned or downright banned from contact with other people might have lived in those isolated houses. There's no reason to believe Hyrule was this perfect society free of discrimination.

[@dbweinhaus]

Shout out to bogs and other wet places, particularly Nautelle Wetlands and Ludfo's Bog

[@joseybryant7577]

Man I wish we could find new little settlements set up. People scattered by the recent calamities, talking about their hope to go back to their permanent homes

[@meloncreampuffs]

I see some of the smaller ruins more as “rest stops” that have been destroyed and abandoned rather than actual homes. They seem too small, simple, and isolated to be homes.

[@Gyashonav]

Start a new file and explore around the great skyland, usually when going through it you are just trying to complete it and can miss a lot and for me, I managed to miss the actual town ruins at the start and an entire area in the snow below acsend, along with the fact that some lamp posts even still work.

[@Electricboy2.0]

I like the Mario galaxy music at the beginning, you should do Mario galaxy lore I’d love that.

[@Electricboy2.0]

Yay I got a heart, hell ye. Also great content dude.

[@SelenaSolisss]

i can tell so much love and care went into this video omg. btw what song is playing in the background of the rikoka hills segment? :)

[@paulmatulevich3623]

I seem to recall you saying that the sheikah lab ruins are not named in TOTK, but the name pulled up when I visited them?

[@drbrandoni4563]

Maybe King Rauru And Sage R, Are the Same Person?

[@jaredekelman4229]

I Truly Hope that the Next Big 3D Zelda Game will Have a Fully Beautified Hyrule instead of Another Ruined One Like what We Got in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom.

[@flanger001]

Let's gooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@Lyladagger02]

What I wanna know is how some of these people are getting out of those wells. There are SO MANY PEOPLE IN WELLS NOW. Why are you in there?? How do you get out?? Some of these things dont have LADDERS or DIRECT ACCESS TO THE HOLE. DO YOU CLIMB THE CEILING?? WTF?

[@leoryff979]

You know, people are always asking about the whale skeletons, but I have a better question. WHERE DID THE GIANT RIBS COME FROM!? AND WHAT KILLED THEM!?

[@hani951]

Yeaah a new video 🥰

[@bdawg923]

I'm new to the channel. You said this is the 6th video? What's the first 5 so I can watch them before this

[@patrickaycock3655]

so... have you heard that modders are going to make the third wild game themselves since nintendo wont? yeah apparently they are gonna call it Zelda: Gone Wild.

[@Mari_Izu]

Isn't that a porn mod? lol

[@FieryRed_BE]

I am proud to say first. Looking forward to this video!

[@HyruleGamer]

Enjoy!

[@kakarikokage2514]

I'm curious to what you think about the houses on Death Mountain.

[@Mari_Izu]

Yeah, I don't think I ever saw a video talking about Shadow Hamlet ruins too.

[@moritzraum4444]

Does anybody know the name of the music playing during the end credits?

[@yuu3024]

I agree that Rikoka Hills is based and central.

[@Innerspacezombie]

day 86 of mentioning that on 6/6/2023 hyrule gamer made a video where, at 43.46, he spent 12 seconds simping about the ancient gerudo soldiers

[@jasonrandolph42]

If the next Zelda game is Zelda Maker would you build all your speculation?🤔

[@Innerspacezombie]

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[@MiroBouchard]

To draw ruins, you need, first to draw the building in his original state.

[@lilkorok]

💜

[@HyruleGamer]

🖤

[@majesticespeon3126]

Oh the joy of hearing people still claim that breath of the wild and tears of the kingdom are in the same timeline as the split timeline when they aren’t 😂

[@HyruleGamer]

I'm a big fan of the inevitable outcome suggestion personally.

[@Mari_Izu]

I also believe they're a soft reboot for the series, but until devs confirm, it's all speculation.

[@majesticespeon3126]

@@Mari_Izu no these two games are definitely in a different timeline than the split timeline it was even proven in the games of tears of the kingdom that there was never a war so that means this does not belong in the original timeline but for its own

[@zkproductions4351]

lol you got like 10 videos with basically this same title

[@HyruleGamer]

That do kinda happen with a series

[@ginpachi1]

Did I miss something? Why did you stop posting snack and drink pics?

[@Mari_Izu]

Probably people stopped sending them?

[@richardbarrow7498]

Calm down bro it's a game no one really lived there or worked there lol I love the game as well but really

[@Innerspacezombie]

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[@HyruleGamer]

Closing in on 100 days! 👀

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