The 20 Hardest Items to Get in Zelda Games

[@mojoplays]

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[@BradleyReid-qj6up]

NO ONE CARES

[@brandoncampbell7274]

No no no no no you are completely wrong about the hardest item from Ocarina of Time. It's without a doubt the biggest quiver. The second round of the horseback archery is the most annoying thing too because you cant bypass the first round and get the quiver right away. If you get over 1500 points the first time you still only get the heart piece. Then you have to try and get it again, luckily you don't have to beat your score to get it, as long as you're over 1500 points. Also any new player would be greatly annoyed by this because of how finicky controlling the bow on horseback is. You think hunting the big poes is an issue? Getting the minimalist of time, and the automatic movement limiting your range as you progress through the mini-game, puts a wrench into your effort. It's fucking annoying as hell!!!

[@andyhenry2014]

@BradleyReid-qj6up You clearly care, and care A LOT, since you clicked/tapped on the video, and took the time to leave your comment.

[@joffa99m44]

Hyllan Shield in Skyward Sword, worth.

[@just-Boldi]

Last heart piece phantom ourglass Not worth it

[@xmelonslayerx8135]

shocked that the trial of the sword from botw isn’t on this list. that gauntlet is much harder than getting the master cycle zero

[@KoopaKid660]

Easy as heck with the skew clip which is what I did to bypass the whole thing😂

[@serixskylark]

@@KoopaKid660but for people playing it as it was intended, it’s undoubtedly much harder than the master cycle quest, something I completed my first attempt.

[@Only1WithAnE]

​​@@serixskylarkyeah I completed the master cycle DLC in 1 go, but made it to the middle trials of Trial of the Sword and gave up after the 2nd room 😅

[@jacksonsingleton]

​@@serixskylark Yeah I was shocked that the master cycle was included, I don't remember it being difficult in the slightest.

[@kbob289]

I think it may have not been included since it’s not an item but instead considered an upgrade. With that said, it’s by far one of the hardest things I’ve ever done in a game it’s actually insane

[@L337M4573RK]

Getting the Hylian Shield in Skyward Sword can be made much easier by downing an Invulnerability+ Potion while in possession of the Medallion that doubles Potion durations right before you start talking to him to begin the battles. The Potion will run out eventually, but it does allow you to beat a few of the tougher battles early on.

[@unclejoker9975]

Down an infinite stamina as well, and it's smooth sailing. Getting record times seems to also increase duration. Planning ahead for taking down all bosses in Hero mode by not getting good times in earlier attempts made this challenge easier.

[@HotRod996]

The Trial of the Sword was undoubtedly hard to have unlocked a Master Sword with higher attack power in BOTW.

[@Thelodis]

Even worse you if you make the same mistake that I made and forget to save afterwards, since I relied on the auto-save. The next time I played it took me a while to realize that I didn't have the upgraded Master Sword, so I had to do the challenge twice.

[@HotRod996]

@@Thelodis exactly. I think the 3rd set of trials (which are the advanced trials) is the hardest. If I died in there I just quit.

[@ILiveAmongLions]

On master mode, the trial of the sword is nearly impossible.

[@Gogopowerandy]

I always made sure I watched KZbin strategy videos before each trial! Lol

[@joeavila14]

Spamming bombs was my strategy 2nd playthrough lol

[@ILiveAmongLions]

On my recent TOTK play through - I just deleted the last Lynel by firing an arrow with an ancient blade at it for Majora's Mask. I didn't get the Lynel parts but I was there for the mask.

[@BRACE_The_Ace]

@@ILiveAmongLions so could we just use the ancient blade on All of them? Or is it just the last one?

[@Marco-fs9bs]

@@BRACE_The_Ace you can use it on every Lynel you want

[@BRACE_The_Ace]

@@Marco-fs9bs Sweet, thanks for the tip!

[@CrazyJay007]

Lol same

[@BrownMan-gg7dx]

Hey. At least you did it. It wasn't that hard to me. It ain't no punk if you not ready for it but it's not too hard

[@wheskeraustere5642]

Let's not forget getting all the armor upgraded in the new BOTW and TOTK is a nightmare. Not technically an item but would like to add it to the list.

[@iLLadelph267]

my gosh, farming some of those items is a nightmare

[@cosmicsilhouette3858]

I never really bothered upgrading my armor pieces in Botw. I did some but flurry rushing and parry is just so much easier then needing to upgrade armor. When you compare grinding or just timing, I'd go with timing since its generous when you can pull it off. Along with cooking defense up foods, kinda makes upgrading armor pointless.

[@nathanaellopez9638]

there really was no reason/incentive to upgrade all your armor. most i did was just unlock all the outfit abilities and max upgrade a couple outfits

[@wheskeraustere5642]

@nathanaellopez9638 it was pretty pointless but a lot of things on this list aren't must have items so level 5 armor is right up there. And holy crap if you got the DLC just more armor. Been nice if the game was a little tougher to make it feel more rewarding. By the time you get some of the things you're generally overpowered already. Does feel a little better in the harder difficulty but if you can already kill a lynol it's no big deal. And shield counter can really rip those bots apart.

[@airtiger4577]

I was one of those people who chose to fully upgrade every single piece of armour in botw. But then I sold all the gerudo jewelry because I had to make room for the outfits I wanted to keep. I'm not putting in all the effort for totk though

[@C41N4]

It’s the same amount of Korok puzzles in TotK as in BotW. They’re both 900 puzzles. TotK just has a lot of double seeds.

[@Aeon1417]

100 to be exact. 800 normal ones and 100 Escort ones that gives 2 seeds

[@piguy314159]

For the Biggoron's sword quest, if you go to the map on the pause menu, there'll be a flashing arrow telling you where to go next... that was how I figured out where to take the poacher's saw

[@Duality333]

Is this the 3d version or original

[@piguy314159]

@@Duality333 Original

[@Duality333]

@@piguy314159 maybe that’s how I did it as a kid then, I vaguely remember something like that.

[@tristanreagle7060]

I thought the BigGoron sword quest was actually easy, I got it every playThrough

[@nighttimekitsune423]

Only failed this quest once and it was because of what was shown, not having enough time and missing the area to it give it to the person lmao super mad.

[@Thunderstar-ky4tf]

I remember seeing someone online ask where Majora's Mask was located in the depths, and all 2 dozen replies said something like, "Floating Colosseum, you just have to kill a few monsters, nothing too challenging so you'll be fine."

[@BleachShloki]

I literally just bought ancient arrows at the place where Mineru is found by speaking to a construct.. They are 100 rupees for one. But it's worth it, got it the easy way out, that way and didn't fight any lionels. 😅

[@maxvandewalle5743]

@@BleachShlokitbf if you’ve encountered a bunch of them, lynels aren’t even that challenging. All you gotta do is practice your parry and flurry rush. But ancient arrows are actually a good idea

[@BleachShloki]

@maxvandewalle5743 Yeah, I'm better at it now- but then I kept dying on the last lionel. Haha.

[@Thunderstar-ky4tf]

@@maxvandewalle5743 I didn't know about the mask when I went there. Someone told me there were 5 lynels there and I was like, "I'm about to farm the hell out of that coliseum!"

[@Xmarkthings]

@@Thunderstar-ky4tfsame every blood moon we go back for free silver lynel horns😂

[@stangabe1993]

In the original Twilight Princess, you have to complete the Cave of Ordeals (with the magical armor, preferably) to earn the fairy's tears for all areas with mini-lakes. You can also collect fairies in those areas. It's very difficult, but worth it.

[@fantasystaplesuwu1554]

Man, that brings me back. I had a notebook and would record every single level in the cave of ordeals so I knew what to prepare for when I inevitably died and had to come back. I was SO proud of myself when I completed it

[@stangabe1993]

@@fantasystaplesuwu1554 Well done. It truly is an accomplishment.

[@iLLadelph267]

Cave of Ordeals is tough the first few times around but I recently beat it with 3 hearts, no bottled items, Ordon Sword, and no quiver/bomb bag upgrades. took maybe 15 tries. now I'm stuck at over 30 tries in Savage Labyrinth (Wind Waker) with the same ruleset, level 1 Master Sword replacing Ordon Sword in this case

[@stangabe1993]

@@iLLadelph267 You're more skilled than I am. I need most, if not all, my resources.

[@hellbentoyster1088]

​@@stangabe1993 the cave of ordeals was a nightmare alley in the middle of agony city. Haven't done it in years, wonder if I could do it in the first try this time?

[@sparrowflyaway]

“We won’t be including any pieces of heart” *Shows a clip of the most time consuming, obnoxious piece of heart in the entire series that requires hours of farming shells to finish the entire figurine lucky dip collection to access* Yeah, if you were including heart pieces, that one would win by a WIDE margin for how obnoxiously tedious it is. It’s close, but I think I would prefer hunting down the Korok seeds over farming those stupid shells. At least there’d be variety and puzzle solving rather than repetitive farming…

[@segafreak2000]

To be fair, that one isn't hard to get. Just time-consuming. There's a whole lot of a difference there. Heart pieces like the one from the friggin' Octoball Derby are much worse in that regard.

[@veghesther3204]

That's why in Link Between the world Octoball Derby (the baseball mini game) its the ONLY heart piece in the ENTIRE game I never could get which is Ironic since that mini game is in the SAME Location as the Digging up the small heart piece in Link to the Past but what made THAT heart piece annoying isn't its random location but the 80 Rupee cost per digging atttempt.

[@KaitouKaiju]

​@@segafreak2000It is hard because it's entirely luck-based and the more figurines you get the less likely you are to get at figurine you actually need

[@segafreak2000]

@@KaitouKaiju You can always drop enough shells at the machine to get a 100% new drop. It's only time-consuming, not hard.

[@ArdentCadenza]

@@segafreak2000 The hard part is getting aaaaaaaallllllll the shells you need, 999 at a time.

[@maddestmike5791]

22:02 Most relatable moment in this video.

[@Nicho120]

Fun fact: for the Biggorons Sword quest in OoT, the world map will show you where to go with each item

[@bricelory9534]

I kinda hate learning this 20 years too late 😅😂

[@TheDaktary24]

5:22 not 4 for each champion, 4 new at the great plateau which you have to complete with the One-Hit Obliterator while with a quarter of a heart, for each champion there's 3 new shrines

[@LandonElsberry-if3rh]

Trial of the Sword on Master Mode takes the cake for me for sure. Countless attempts before finally completing the 3rd trial. Grueling to say the least.

[@Guywhohasntslept]

Like a normal person, I just clipped through the wall

[@theatrebrad]

I think the heart piece from the Swordmaster in Wind Waker is worth mention. Hitting him 500 times before he hits you 3 times isn't particularly hard, except that paying that much attention for that long without making 3 mistakes is pretty difficult.

[@iLLadelph267]

getting the 1000 hits is even more mind numbing lol

[@cosmicsilhouette3858]

@@iLLadelph267 I remember that, oh yeah I spent some time on accomplishing it. I'd say it made me better at sword combat in all the games.

[@theangry8876]

I agree with this one i was just thinking about that

[@clanpsi]

"just a hair off-centre" Runs into the support pole.

[@HelpTheWretched]

I know Tri Force Heroes doesn't get much attention but the Fierce Deity Armor is a tough one. At the end of the Den of Trials you have to fight three Shadow Links at once, they have a randomized set of weapons that are more powerful than the ones you can use, their swords do two hearts of damage AND curse Link so he can't use his sword for five seconds, and they chase you relentlessly so they WILL hit you multiple times in a row.

[@schwindsichtigaderechte5293]

OMG, I got PTSD flashbacks from the BOTW riding minigame footage! Playing these is the most exquisite pleasure ... for hardcore masochists.

[@brandonloaiza8595]

The last piece of heart on the roulette wheel in Skyward was the biggest pain in the ass I couldn't deal with

[@seabicuit7247]

I had a harder time getting the gilded sword in MM as a kid than the big goron sword. Struggled with the goron races.

[@mccuish]

I struggled like crazy as a kid. I had an easier time doing this as an adult

[@DemonicBolt66]

plus the fact you have to do it all in one perfect run of the cycle within the time limit. Take too long and, even if you win and get the dust, you won't have enough time to wait for the sword to get finished... hated that

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

@@DemonicBolt66 You usually have more than enough time to do that. Just hand over your sword to the blacksmith and slow down time to have even more time.

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

It is funny that you can sometimes win when it looks like you lost. Darmani: F YOU! F ALL YOU RACERS! YOU'RE ALL A-HOLES! Goron: Darmani! Darmani: WHAT!? Goron: You won dude. Darmani: I knew I could do it!

[@WilliamScavengerFish]

Big goron sword..useful, hammer...necessary, 900 seeds for a piece you know what...utterly pointless.

[@mistahkrazy805]

Lmao "a hair from center" **literally going to hit the left pole**

[@hudsonball4702]

Fairies' tears in the original Twilight Princess at the bottom of the 50 floor Cave of Ordeals. What a nightmare that one was. And at the very bottom you have to fight 3 Darknuts at the same time. And that's after facing another one on the 49th floor. So basically you had to fight 4 Darknuts back to back. And you have to do it ALL AT ONCE. All 50 floors with no stopping. Only saving grace if that you're allowed items and the Magical Armor (if you have enough rupees).

[@CaptainErn]

The big poes and n OoT actually spawn repeatedly if you just stand in the spot that triggers them. You can take your time link g up the shot standing still and just put two in em

[@johnarntzen8945]

Not going to lie, I'm glad I wasn't the only one to have an absolutely terrible time with the horseriding mini game in BotW. That took me way longer than it should have.

[@lastclassairman]

Can we just acknowledge that Bombchu Bowling in OoT was massively frustrating before the advent of gamefaqs 😩

[@Xan4591]

I don't remember the boss rush being that hard. Then again, considering Koloktus was my favorite fight, starting with him guaranteed I'd make it to boss two with all my hearts. Although the more I think about it, the more Imprisoned 3 begins to haunt me once more

[@LokkerG]

The only use out of the bigger Hestu's Gift is making Hestu do all 6 dances on command. 1 for each inventory upgrade type, and another of each from the original game.

[@iLLadelph267]

I only realized that weeks after finishing all 1000 seeds 😂

[@WillRennar]

TotK's Majora's Mask is significantly easier if you've gotten a few Ancient Blades. Attach them to an arrow, shoot the Lynels with them...POOF, NO MORE LYNELS.

[@AdamEspersona]

I actually got the Ancient Hero’s Aspect myself. I consider it a badge of honor. But I’m also missing the Hinox medal… purely because I may or may not have missed the one missable Black Hinox that’s only available during the siege on Hyrule Castle in the story. And that’s frustrating because I had gotten all the other monster medals for the Froxes, Flux Constructs, Gleeoks, Taluses, and Moldugas. I’ve scoured all of Hyrule twice over and now I fear that that is the one thing I will never get in TOTK.

[@Echo81Rumple83]

I'm not sure if that one counts. But I do recall going crazy tryna find the last Hinox for my medal. Turns out, based on reviewing my Hero's path incorrectly, the last one was a Stalnox in the Giant's Forest when, early on, I came across it during the daytime and made the mistake of not leaving behind a stamp for a mental reminder. In hindsight, I didn't remember having to deal with panicky wild horses nearby when fighting the Stalnox at night (at last!) and later got my Hinox medal. Horses don't even LIKE being in forests IRL; they're planes animals. What's up with that??

[@SorenDaein]

@@Echo81Rumple83 The Hinox encountered during that run through Hyrule Castle after completing "Regional Phenomena" counts. If the Original Poster(OP) is missing a Hinox, try looking up the interactive map for Tears of the Kingdom and use "Hero's Path Mode" to cross-reference locations you've been to the locations shown on map. You also have to take out the ones in The Depths. If the missing Hinox is not on the surface, it's likely in The Depths.

[@BRACE_The_Ace]

Me: "Let me guess, the fourth bottle?" Video: Fourth bottle! Me: "FUCKING CALLED IT!"

[@fuzz6938]

Grow up

[@BRACE_The_Ace]

@@fuzz6938 ?

[@halallink2003]

I almost read it as "the fourth battle" and pictured The Imprisoned from skyward sword!

[@ericb3157]

one really annoying thing about Majora's Mask: near the end of the Wedding Mask quest, the shop guy gives you a letter, from Kaifei to his mother. (the mayor's wife) you can deliver it yourself, in which case she gives you the 6th bottle, (and some Lon-Lon milk) or you can give it to the Postman and follow him, which gets you the Postman's hat. to get BOTH, you would need to do the entire wedding mask story TWICE! that bottle is one of only two items i missed on my last playthrough. (the other was the piece of heart on the moon that requires you to do all those tricky jumps as a Goron)

[@sharkbaitcustoms6111]

Don’t forget the side quest for turning kiltons bro into a blupee, and hudson construction signs in hyrule totk.

[@DaleStrife]

One of my biggest gaming accomplishments was getting the Hylian Shield in Skyward Sword. I barely made it (didn't know about the invulnerability potion, or the easy way to kill the Imprisoned) and it felt amazing. I can do it on Hard mode casually now, but when it first came out, no one could do it but me.

[@IsurvivedAntiochCA]

Large Cucco in Link between worlds was brutal, and although it’s theoretically nice to have a heal in practice it ends up being pretty useless. Maybe technically not an item but I’d count it in a list like this.

[@halallink2003]

I couldn't go past 200 even with the pauses 😭😭😭

[@halallink2003]

NEVER EVER PAST 200 SECONDS THAT MINI GAME I wish an updated one where you get tagged three times instead of once just like that Wind Waker mini game with the old man!

[@halallink2003]

In Twilight Princess, the red tunic is happiness when bought AND annoying to get. Especially when Link walks across from Kakariko Village to East Hyrule Castle and those spinning creatures keep dropping that barrel!

[@WilliamScavengerFish]

21:09 yes, goron dancing is a royal in the buttinski. I did manage to acquire all rings eventually.

[@batmanman0888]

I actually got all of the seeds in botw, then upon realizing they were also in totk, I almost completely ignored them. I got a few mainly seeing familiar mini games that didn't require grinding.

[@TheEndTimes101]

Wow he didn’t mention the hardest of all zelda items. It's a heart-piece Minish cap you get for gambling for all the figurines with shells. It takes thousands and is pure pain.

[@wheskeraustere5642]

Big Goron sword is easy. OCT is actually pretty well designed where everything can be done with intuition. That being said it takes a lot of practice for the time trial items and you have to have explored the world enough to know where each item goes. Never needed a game guide for this but did love using the internet for a glitch guide so many fun things one can do

[@pyrusmew5]

7:53 Got to be honest, a part me was hoping that the last one was a golden armored lynel when I first got to that part of Tears of the Kingdom

[@MrManDiller]

I am surprised you did not say the sword upgrade from Link's Awakening. Finding all those acorns without a guide is kind of hard

[@thomaszeh2577]

You mean the magic sea shells. 🐚

[@thetan95]

In Skyward Sword you can cheese the first boss fight you do. Potion Effects taken before fight on timer last during fights; so get the Monster Showdown cliff fight boss out the way to essentially get the shield no issue. The Zerg Rush is a killer for full runs so having max level invincibility saves you couple of minutes from taking damage.

[@DjimonGuity]

They made the best shields in Minish Cap and Skyward Sword the most annoying to get. By finishing the main story and going through a brutal Kirby-like boss rush. They’re almost very similar. I’d say the Mirror Shield was almost harder, because it requires beating the game which is so disappointing. Both strongest shields in these two games just never get much use because of how hard you have to work for them. Including the Mirror Shield. If Minish Cap ever gets remade whenever, they would fix that problem and make sure you get it during the story. Too bad even in Skyward Sword HD, you still only get the Hylian Shield in the late game boss rush instead of just purchasing it like in other games.

[@Commander_Tarnum]

The Floating Colosseum (with the Lynels) in TOTK was the first Colosseum I visited and triumphed over; okay, I died a few times, but I still did it. And it was also enough to make a Silver Lynel appear over a Blue Lynel spot in southwestern Hyrule somehow.

[@randomjuicebox143]

I’m suprised the fully powered up master sword for the botw dlc isn’t on here

[@C41N4]

Because it’s not hard. I’m not the best gamer and did it once in normal mode, and 4 times on MM. Good strategy is all you need.

[@randomjuicebox143]

@@C41N4 boy I’m just saying it’s harder than some of the collectothons, I mean it’s like 60 floors and enemies you gotta beat it’s definitely harder than some of them 😭

[@jasonwolf3591]

I got the Link & King of Red Lions statue in the GameCube version of Wind Waker. I had to use a legal pad and about a dozen pages and check off everything as I went. It took weeks of just doing that. Totally worth it.

[@strikerhawk_gaming]

I got all of these except Hestu's gift in Tears of the Kingdom which I am currently working on. It's very time consuming. But I agree with others that say trial of the sword for the permanently upgraded Master Sword is the hardest thing to get in any Zelda game. Completing it on master mode is probably the hardest thing I've ever done in a video game and I've completed and platinumed every souls game. People who have done the master sword trial in master mode know what a nightmare room 10 of the second trial is.

[@rudydaly1451]

not to mention with the minish cap kinstone fusions that if you dont have the right kinstone with the farmer you can never fuse with him again and it locks out the whole quest

[@thomaszeh2577]

The magic seashells in Link‘s Awakening are a serious challenge to get without using a guide - you need to get enough in order to receive a sword upgrade/ the Koholint sword.

[@BenjaminWirtz]

The Gold Rupee you get from collecting all 100 Gold Skultullas in OoT

[@gunslinger.3573]

Well you can keep going back for more money. Every time you exit his house then re-enter to talk to him he'll give you another gold rupee. It's like unlimited money.

[@BenjaminWirtz]

@@gunslinger.3573 Right and at some point that would be useful, but by that time in the game there really isn't anything you need to buy.

[@tristanreagle7060]

There is a gold skulltulla glitch that you can do to get 100 early in the game. All you need is bombs and the boomerang. Down the hole, under the tree, next to Zelda castle. Target the gold skultulla with the boomerang and stand next to the exit, throw the boomerang and the second the boomerang pics it up exit the hole. If done correctly you will collect it while exiting and when you go back in it will be back, and you can do it unlimited times. You can even go past 100 if you want. lol. I’ve done it most of my Playthroughs.

[@BenjaminWirtz]

@@tristanreagle7060 Oh I know and I have exploited it before. I only know of it working in a hole near Hyrul;e Castle.

[@tylerhoward2217]

Hylian Shield in Skyward Sword is a lot of fun to get. Especially on Hero Mode.

[@ethan24572]

I will live and die thinking BOTW and TOTK would have been the absolute best time to bring dark link back. All the other hero’s in the game got blights that directly mimicked them but better. Dark link would have been a perfect fit as like one of the final boss fights or a fight to get the master sword

[@WalkThrough_101]

As for the Big Poes in Hyrule Field, another annoying part about them is that they dissappear if they hit a wall as well

[@ExSharkV]

Finding all 1000 Korok seeds in TotK took me 13 actual DAYS and I was using a guide that gave their exact locations. It also took me three days to find the final one.

[@Okami1020]

In TOTK I thought the reward for the Lynel arena was something else and seeing Majora's mask pissed me off so bad 😭😭

[@RimefeatherMage]

I'll admit I missed a few titles and need to play them, but I've 100% every Zelda game I've played. The extravagant saddle and reins were definitely a pain.

[@genebbyy]

the extravagant horse set in botw drove me INSANE

[@fatalwaffle1715]

As long as the items are worth getting. It's find to do what you need to do to get them.

[@Lytic1000]

Majora's Mask in TOTK/BOTW is great. In BOTW you can also get it pretty quickly. I've never actually gotten the extravagant bridle/saddle from the horse riding games although I've finished BOTW multiple times otherwise. Too frustrating.

[@fatalwaffle1715]

Yeah.

[@carlma2facts811]

For number 2 (sws) hylian shield, I can smuggle affects in. Like invincibility, so take invincibility, fight demise and almost every time I have giriham 3 afterwards with invincibility time left

[@Mocita]

You should've done one entry per game. This just makes it seem like it's difficult to get most items in all the games.

[@TheHalloweenGuy13]

Finding just 20 Secret Seashells in the Game Boy version of Link's Awakening is one thing; finding all 50 in the HD Remaster is quite challenging, even with the seashell finder.

[@sagepirate5302]

I did the Floating colosseum early in my TotK playthrough, so I jumped from red with a few blues to black with a few silvers.

[@ryanchurchill5081]

I have heard light arrows are in minish cap but are missable if you don't know when and what to do.

[@halallink2003]

I thought of making Kinstone with that lady next to the bed before going to the Palace of Winds!

[@ryanmiller7785]

You forgot about the knuckle figurine and the controller accessory you needed to use the tingle tuner

[@AaronPICAR]

Goron dancing almost made me quit Oracles

[@wheskeraustere5642]

If I didn't have rewind I think I might have quit. Can't believe anyone did that original format. I was like I totally would have done this but wow this is frustrating.

[@matthewmusco2581]

The constant cowbell playing in the back of this video is drove me insane. it also keeps reminding me of the cowbell Fortnite emote

[@snbks4ever]

In link between world when doing the Treacherous Tower runs, while the enemies don't drop hearts, every 10th floor there are a couple hearts given, 5, 3 then 1 and I think the 40th has a fairy. Bring along a couple fairies and blue potion, isn't really so bad and pretty fun. Fire rod is your best friend

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

I think I used the Gust Rod.

[@eduardocatano6852]

The Big Poes appear if you stand or pass by a specific point. You can stand there instead of chasing them is easier.

[@pixywings]

Ocarina of time: I never bothered to get the fourth bottle. I kinda suck at horseback archery, and while I was able to do the Gerudo minigame...I'm just not willing to hunt down all of the poes that disappear after 2 seconds of galloping at them. Especially since there's the glitch that lets you turn other items into bottles. Skyward Sword: You bet I got that shield! Not really worth the effort, but I still had fun. Windwaker: I never bothered to get any figures. LOL 😅 OOT Ice Arrows: I always get the ice arrows and then never use them because they're pointless. BOTW Master Cycle: This thing is cool, but by the time you get it there's not much else to do. Spirit Tracks Scrolls: I never got all of those! 😫 Majoras mask TOTK: My first playthrough it was one of the first things I got. My second playthrough I didn't bother to even go to the depths except for the initial Robbie mission. Extravagant saddle and bridle: These are actually pretty easy to get, but don't look cool enough to actually use. Horses are pretty much useless in that game anyway unless you have the ancient saddle that teleports them to you. Zelda 2 Adventure of Link: I don't remember much from that game other than a lot of furious anger and determination to win the thing so that I never had to play it again. I never played the Oracle games sadly. Hestus gift: Anyone who actually bothered to get all of the Koroks is freakin insane! Biggoron's Sword: Is so worth it and actually fun to get. I only played the original Wind Waker: Tycoon wallet: I got it my first playthrough, but yeah that side quest is tedious. supernet: I love Link Between Worlds and i got everything in that game!!! Of course I got all of the shrines in BOTW and TOTK. Fierce Deity mask: Ah I was wondering when this one would come up. I love that game soooooo much! Definitely my favorite Zelda. Getting all of the masks can be tough, but it's so worth it. Not just for the Fierce Deity mask, but for all of the story and character development you get. I didn't play the HD version of Twilight Princes. Only the original. Sadly, I never played Minnish Cap.

[@tkblackbourn]

Collecting the Knuckle figurine in the original Wind Waker would be number 1 for me. You needed a GBA connected.

[@Aeon1417]

Fun fact about the bote shrines, there were only 3 per region. 4 for the Great Plateau at 1 HP

[@CrazyJay007]

Honestly the lightroot medal was pretty hard to get considering all the darkness and the cliffs and walls in the depths in totk

[@Gogopowerandy]

I didn’t think the boss rush to get the Hylian Shield in SS was that difficult. But then again I was really determined to get it because I hated that the shields degraded over time.

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

The magic shield repairs itself.

[@linkerdoo123]

Getting all the figurines in minish cap was a pain

[@elliotlevy8610]

Not only a pain, the method is ludicrous. Nothing about the system is sensible. Getting only an extra 1% bonus for betting an extra shell? Statistically worthless unless you are in the single digits. Limiting the number of available figurines based on progression makes some sense, but it means that your chances drop faster unless you wait until the end of the game. But waiting is pointless too because it risks wasting the shells you find when you can't hold anymore. And then there's the fact that the shells can only be found singly outside of treasure chests.

[@REAL_rimuru]

Getting the fourth bottle on my 100% playthrough on OOT made me wanna kms

[@halallink2003]

How do you get that bottle? I slightly forgot OOT because I was diving in The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess and A Link Between Worlds

[@luishoraciohernandez4240]

Arin Hanson knows about the pain the Joy pendants imply

[@Yggdrassil_knowledge]

I got botw a while ago, and when I got the master cycle, I screamed my Lungs out

[@franciscojaviermendezrinco1902]

The hardest item for me to get in the franchise is the cow in Ocarina of Time, something that should have been on this list because of it's almost impossible condition to get. The condition is simple, complete the Lon Lon Ranch's obstacle course with Epona, but do for that you have to beat the record set by Malon, which is of 50 seconds. The problem is that you have to play the course perfectly if you want to at least beat the record by 1 second, getting at 49, and yes, it has to be in that time because if you match the record the try doesn't count.

[@Sigmaairav]

In totk I got majoras mask by endlessly pelting the lynels with cannon fire using zonai devices while safely located high above the colosseum and using ultrahand to hold and move active zonai cannons. It took a long time to chip away at their health

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

The cheese method. I like it.

[@Sigmaairav]

@zachtwilightwindwaker596 I didn't even know what the reward would be for the tedium tbh. I just went for it after discovering the arena and using a zonai hover bike to ascend to the top of the arena wall. It wasn't always clear if the cannon fire was actually connecting and damaging the lionel >v< I fired a lot of arrows at them and fell into the arena a few times when feeling impatient but just flew right back up to the top to resume cannoning the beasts at different angles. Getting the mask and monster spoils for the effort was kinda nice. It is unfortunate that by the time I got the mask, I had already beaten the game and gotten my fill of the game's content and done all the labrynth stuff and gotten the zonai battery armor set. I actually defeted gannons army with a zonai device: A horizontal wheel attached to a static platform with 4 laser emitters attached to the wheel in a + pattern. Rotating death rays shreadded all but the short gibdos that were able to crawl underneath the beam array. It trivialized the whole fight once I managed to construct it mid battle

[@darknesscatastrophe331]

I remember taking potions into the boss rush to get the hylian shield I took the stamina potion specifically for the imprisoned and a friend took fairies on his copy of the game I don’t know about the remake though

[@ieetemos4breakfast]

The heart piece and the golden scale from OoT’s fishing hole.

[@Apollo1989V]

The Goron moon dungeon is infuriating. I don’t even try for the peace of heart in it.

[@v12shane]

The great fairy sword is far harder to get than the fierce deity mask imo. Some of those stray fairies are really tucked away

[@ColorsBright]

It amazes me how my younger self had the patience to play this stuff

[@carlosjfernandez9214]

Love this list, very accurate

[@EndlesslyGodwinning]

I'd like to add the Great Fairy Sword from Majora's Mask to this list as well

[@JohnNelson-er9nf]

In tears of the kingdom I was essentially forced to fight the armored silver lynal on 3 hearts I essentially had to beat it without getting hit and by the time I eventually beat it I was in tears from the relief

[@kerstin1719]

How is the Ancient Hero's Aspect hard to get? The mirroring of the Lightroots in the Depths made all the shrines on the ground easy to find. Sure, it took a while but even I had the patience for that because all of it was so fricking fun.

[@thebenmidthun]

4th bottle in OOT deserves to be much higher on this list

[@wheskeraustere5642]

I cheated with rewind functionality to do that Oracle music dance and even with that... unbelievable difficulty. And to think they locked 2 things behind a random chance window of 5% when you do beat the thing. Need to go finish that one

[@themood1984]

You can stand still for big poe on its spawn and just look what route he takes.

[@shadowDG97]

FUN DETAILS IN TOTK 1: The Hestu's Gift has one more layer in TotK than it does in BotW!

[@soupnoodlesam]

I haven't beat skyward sword without collecting the Hylian shield because the final boss without it is so hard.

[@Mr.FunnymanVR]

Trail of the sword can be cheesed and majoras mask can be cheesed if you have attack up and and a royal guards claymore.

[@alexyuuki-el4yu]

In totk majora mask can be easily be obtained by getting 5 ancient blades from the spirit temple.

[@Leopez02]

I like you use Link's motorcycle from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on this video's thumbnail! 😅

[@AngelStickman]

They didn’t show the Goron racetrack maze that you have to complete with an N64 controller which makes getting the fierce deity mask so freaking hard.

[@KevzeNevze]

Trial of Master Sword on Master mode is the hardest imo. Never passed the part.