The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Iceberg Explained

100 years after being critically wounded, Link awakens to the Breath of the Wild - a world full of scars writing a story that he has to piece together on the way to saving Hyrule from Calamity Ganon.
But this story isn't a complete puzzle, and many stories keep their mysteries hidden. Let's jump head first into these mysteries, trying to answer all the questions that the land of Hyrule whispers to us.
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Icebergs
Slothbrainz ► / r7osub
multiversalshark999 ► / v6iud4
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Twitch ► / natiscool
Discord ► / discord
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Chapters
Introduction - 0:00
The Great Plateau - 2:45
The Fields - 9:01
The Underground - 21:50
The Calamity - 35:15
Outro - 44:50
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Music Used In Order
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Field (Day)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword - Ancient Cistern Theme
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Zelda's Awakening
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Zora's Domain (Night)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Theme
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker - Forest Haven
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker - Jabun
Emil Mårlind Music - Lights from Below
Dreyma - Stories of Old
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Hateno Village
Skryim - Far Horizons
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword - Groose's Theme
Witcher 3 - Evil's Soft First Touches (Calm version)
Witcher 3 - Evil's Soft First Touches
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Gerudo Town (Day)
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Gerudo Town (Night)
God of War Ragnarök - To Forgive or Kill
Dreyma - The Darkening
Emil Mårlind Music - Many Partings
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword - Island In the Sky
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Prince Ralis is Saved
Zelda Ocarina of Time - Temple of Time (Bezo Remix)
Oblivion - Peace of Akatosh
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Enter the Twilight Realm
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Palace of Twilight
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Lurelin Village
Resident Evil 4 Remake - Main Menu Theme
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword - Beedle's Air Shop Theme
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - Astra Observatory
Rozen - Children of Termina
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Omen of the Bloody Moon
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Death Mountain
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Talus Battle
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Credits
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The Last King of Hyrule
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Mysterious Old Man
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker - Farewell Hyrule King
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - House Theme
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Inside a House
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Kakariko Village (Day)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Kakariko Village
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - The Final Trial
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Divine Beast Vah Naboris
Dreyma - Winds of Keizaal
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Divine Beast Vah Medoh
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Divine Beast Vah Naboris Shrine B
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 - Carmilla's Spell
#breathofthewild #iceberg #tearsofthekingdom

[@natiscool]

Hope you guys enjoyed a bit of a different topic! Always wanted to get into some Zelda videos. Sorry about the slight audio cut out at 22:26, the line here is meant to be: "with some sort of energy, or power, emitting from him." I make up for it at 31:30 though ;) Apologies for my sloppiness :(

[@Tristans_rules_alt]

ROFL i love the mistake at 31:30 awesome vid though! ty for ur dedication to covering this and the great quality that came with it C:

[@OurWillLivesOn]

The SOS segments in each song is a detail I would of never picked up. That’s honestly such an amazing thing for them to put in. It really goes to show just how much thought goes into every aspect of creating a game.

[@Santirata]

Would've

[@Magnus_Chase.]

​@@SantirataHeh?

[@Dublin_N]

@@Magnus_Chase. would have

[@bigtone7824]

Not anymore

[@ZeroN1neZero]

Ngl, the divine beast Morse code discovery will never not fuck me up. Like the damn robots are crying out for assistance that never came and now the ghosts (and possibly reanimated champion bodies, depending on who you ask) are stuck inside them. Crazy.

[@mystuhree8827]

Major props for those timestamps, haven't been this hype for a game release since BOTW and avoiding spoilers has been next to impossible

[@natiscool]

No problem mystuhree! I know the struggle on avoiding spoilers so I always try to be wary with new releases

[@cameronbrown4865]

It's actually become difficult to avoid spoilers these last few days! I just want to wake up in the world and have a fresh, the trailers were enough for me

[@TerminalM193]

You talking about spoilers for the new one coming out? Nothings been spoiled as far as I know.... All information is purely from a trailers standpoint.

[@mystuhree8827]

@@TerminalM193 That's the big thing though, I've been avoiding the trailers too since I don't know if I want anything revealed, trying to go in as clean slate as possible.

[@cameronbrown4865]

@@TerminalM193 me personally, I'm talking about the gameplay that people have played, I'm okay with the official trailer that was released, I'm just avoiding the gameplay

[@DQBlizzard_]

The Hateno house IS Links House, the sign in the front even states it.

[@PjKneisel]

I mean after he buys it of course….

[@muttipi]

my favorite thing about the talus song is the pickaxes continuing through out the song which implies the miners just continued to mine the talus while it was attacking them 💀

[@scrunkore]

in a way that is actually how you beat a talus

[@muttipi]

@@scrunkore i usually just spam arrows at its big ore pimple

[@AngelofGrace96]

Breath of the wild was the first zelda game I ever played, I'm so hyped for Tears of the Kingdom! The sos in the divine beasts soundtracks is one of the coolest details about the soundtracks, thank you for amplifying it so it was easier to hear!

[@natiscool]

I can't wait as well, the S.O.S signals just shows how much thought Nintendo puts into their games!

[@drewpott]

With skyward sword and ocarina of time both being playable (with a few other zelda games) on switch now I'd really recommend a play through of them because skyward sword is the first link and zelda before the curse happened and ocarina is the second game in the timeline. After that is where all the zelda timeliness split because ocarina of time has 3 different implied endings. Plus they're good games

[@SebiBubble]

Damn bro/sis, good for you. There are about 20 games more for you to experience - have fun

[@phoenixofthestix]

SAME!!!

[@whotakesallmynames]

I heard that a lot of the developers who worked on breath of the wild and tears of the Kingdom also worked on skyward sword, so I think that a lot of us would get a lot of enjoyment out of that game! I'm glad they re-released it on the switch

[@DogsRNice]

0:05 I never realized that the cage must just be completely open on that side for Mario to jump in like that Why didn't peach just Leave

[@Shrekinspace]

at 19:13, that quote says that there has not been another male leader. that means males have still been born since ganondorf. i don’t think that the hero in the tapestry is a gerudo, but i thought it was worth correcting to avoid any confusion.

[@dominicmoisant8393]

Vilia is most likely a male gerudo

[@jatin3355]

my man loves to add a little zest when he says the letter s fr though keep up the good work

[@natiscool]

Haha, I was trying to make my voice sound a bit more natural when recording this one. After a lot of struggling and being unhappy with how I sounded, went straight back to the fake David Attenborough presenter 😅

[@jatin3355]

@@natiscool hahaha I love it mate - Aussie to Aussie its probably the most comprehendible Australian accent

[@smallestgoober9399]

This game had so much passion sunk into it that it's scary to think TotK may be even better.

[@6c83ff19fd]

wow that hudson is secretly evil is a mind bend

[@PjKneisel]

It’s silly, but I don’t think it holds water. The “Tarreytown” name is a mistranslation at best, it’s “From Scratch Village” more literally.

[@Celtic1020]

@@PjKneiselIt’s not a translated name at all. It’s localized. That’s the problem.

[@thicboibigsmoke7220]

I think all geographical differences can just be boiled down to Gorons just…picking up entire landmasses and moving them great distances. Seems like a thing they’d do for sport or to show off.

[@PjKneisel]

Hahaha Also the games are literally called the “Legend” of Zelda, so maybe right now the only games that are literal truth are Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. This is communicated through the nods and references (map names etc) without being LITERALLY the same. That’s how I interpret it anyway.

[@MikeVonwolkenstein]

Really nice in-depth iceberg about the game. Like how you always cover each entry thoroughly. Awesome vid 🔥🔥

[@johnbolduan]

39:48 The Last King of Hyrule theme is unmistakably from Link to the Past music in the royal castle. Love the musical breakdown and was blown away by the hidden Morse code.

[@PjKneisel]

Yeah a darker version is also I played inside Hyrule Castle, and in certain areas is bounced between that and Zelda’s Lullaby from Ocarina which is certainly a musical reference to Zelda holding back Calamity Ganon.

[@benpero6510]

It's funny because he plays skyrim music for part of yhe video

[@firelion3487]

Hey, brilliant video. Like not only is the content itself good but you've presented an iceberg in a super interesting way, and you absolutely nailed the transitions where these videos normally fail for me

[@KoalaMarch77]

Ah yes, the princess Soda!

[@nzpowa._.6662]

*stumbles to see where aoc fits on the ice berg- gets told its not canon* totk is gonna make it canon. All the champions need to do is mention their thousands of kills against bokos ;3;

[@natiscool]

Tears of the Kingdom could end up making aspects of it canon but I doubt they will make it all canon as it will be hard to properly tie it in with Breath of the wild

[@nzpowa._.6662]

@natiscool it should be easy. Age of calamity only touches botw twice and that's zelda with the triforce(crazy ideas, but likely) making her wish to save everyone, and the 4 champions of botw saying they experienced war and got to fight alongside their ancestors. It's not that hard, it'd be sooo simple. Especially knowing the zelda team worked closely with KT to write aoc story to make it fit so easily with botw memories.

[@veezopolis]

​@natiscool it's not, Not Canon, it's a different timeline

[@Neko123Uchiha]

Your channel has grown a lot since I first watched that Witcher iceberg all the way back! Great to see, keep up the good work :D

[@leiumstuart8875]

I have a feeling you'd be into snake jazz.

[@neogenninja]

I love these videos! Can't wait for Tears of the Kingdom

[@SkyeMueller]

I hope they do something with the forgotten temple and give it more lore and function it was so interesting to discover etc Honestly the prophecy was very vague and it might very well be about mummy ganondorf instead of the shieka tech, maybe they’ll do something about it in totk

[@yan-rayiller-may8443]

Exactly! That's when I started to get disappointed with BoTW. I kept finding all these cool locations but all they were was eye candy. I absolutely would have been fine with that as a kid but I've been spoiled by games giving interiors and treasures. Once you complete the Divine Beasts, there's nothing much left other than finding interesting things to look at.

[@PjKneisel]

It’s world building and environmental storytelling. This is the same reason the cantina scene in Star Wars was so impactful because it lets your mind go wild instead of handing it to you. Obi-Wan mention of a Clone War in A New Hope set imaginations running wild, but now it’s simply a reference to a TV Show and mediocre movie.

[@supremeclamitas5053]

:)) how's totk for you?

[@zacharyvinson6916]

Breath of the wild doesn’t have to take place on any particular timeline. It’s the inevitable outcome that’s destined to happen from the endless loop that is demises curse

[@taco0901]

listened in the background while working, very nice vid. had some slight editing details that stood out that could use some work, but enjoyed listening to this! was surprised how few views this had, part of why I'm commenting lol.

[@eliothutchins501]

Actually, Links Father is a knight, so he would be nobility. A Lord. In a medieval society, his father most like came from a noble family. It was exceedingly rare for people to be knighted in adulthood. You’d have to be a page and a squire first. How ever, the Hateno house could have been his family home. His father might have been an ambassador in Zora which would explain his familiarity, they’d have been there a year or two.

[@kaine4503]

To watch this now at work, or to watch this tonight in bed. The biggest struggle.

[@jeremyearley9162]

I mightve missed him saying it in the video, so correct me if I'm wrong. But the entrance to the Great Plateau that was blocked off by rubble and such, that all looks eerily similar to the gates of Hyrule Castle Town. Just remove the layers of earth and make the Plateau more flush with the rest of Hyrule, and its quite possible. Even directly outside, it looks like remnants of a moat that used to flow through it

[@PjKneisel]

Pj 1 second ago I mean game developer-wise it would make sense to reuse assets too for memory sake. I’ve noticed it somewhat throughout the game. Stairways reused just flipped, structures built of mirrored assets, it’s pretty amazing actually. It’s a masterclass in using the low performance of the Switch.

[@Celtic1020]

31:07 What's funny to me is that I think that most of those Zonai theories were correct at the time. Only, Nintendo saw how interested people were in them and fleshed them out a lot more in TotK. But when they did that they didn't actually build on what they established, but retconned all of it away. Being native to Faron? Nope, they're from the sky now. War-like? Nope, they seemed completely uninterested in conflict until Ganondorf started massacring people. And even their architecture has changed in Tears. They didn't remove the ruins but all of the new stuff is completely different leading me to think that the only explanation for this retcon is the Hylians conflating two lost peoples. That or the reason that the Zonai died out is because of their war-like nature and the few that remained learned from their mistakes.

[@IsaiahSalvagno]

If you get all the shrines in TOTK you get the zonai outfit from that painting.

[@asa9528]

Think I just heard some Skyrim music in a Zelda video!? My two favs

[@benpero6510]

I love the skyrim music in the background😂

[@TrevorCopter]

Breath of the Wild has such a great conceit: it’s the Adult Link Timeline WRIT LARGE! You think SEVEN years was bad for Hyrule, let’s show you what 100 years of this darkness can do

[@PjKneisel]

It’s actually kind of surprising how much isn’t destroyed, but I suppose that’s owed to Zelda holding him at bay really.

[@koalaTtime]

Giving a like for the Aztec info 👍🏼👍🏼

[@ladyred9613]

This video desires a million views. I have been searching for some of the theories to rewatch for a while. Thank you!

[@brandonbrooks779]

You're high if you think any iceberg video deserves that much attention

[@ladyred9613]

@@brandonbrooks779 Nah, just enjoying my life. :) Thank you for your comment though. :)

[@diaanlouw5039]

This guy's speech speeds up then slows down in every sentence, very interesting

[@npcrah]

Holy *beep*! At 41:35 hold your phone (or famicom screen for we Ancients) at arm's length... the "house" on our left side of the screen looks like a Kirby character... or maybe a boss from Final Fantasy X. (Is that the one with the cactuars? And dodging 1000 lightning strikes in a row?) I send love out to all

[@ZrowFoxGivn]

Damn I live near Tarrytown NY and I never picked up on that haha.

[@high_stakes_ikea7087]

Slowly making my way through botw in the weirdest ways and I haven’t met Hudson yet but I already hate him… lil bastard knows I’m a sucker that’ll do EVERY side quest 😤 Hudson? Lovable friendly character?? Couldn’t be possible, I’ve already bought into the conspiracy

[@Resonance1919]

Did 31:31 scare anyone else o.o

[@Celtic1020]

17:14 this theory is also terrible even without TotK existing to disprove it. Zelda does not look like a hylian in that picture either, she looks like an Octorok with a wig on. I always thought the art-style just made it look weird. Now with the Tears of the Kingdom ancient hero suit it seems that the hero was some other creature. Some people think he looks like a Zonai but to me he seems like a giant Picori/Minish. They're the only things with that kind of tail besides beast Ganon.

[@johnathanpessetti295]

@22:29 the sound cuts out

[@b_dockk]

ahhhhh i love the skyrim and witcher music

[@PjKneisel]

In terms of Tarrey Town: “ Ichikara Village From いちから (Ichikara), "from scratch".” So any meaning of Tarrey Town would’ve been introduced by translators.

[@DaSchantinga]

5:45 The Triforcsssssss…………

[@IsaiahSalvagno]

This is a beautiful videi

[@MapleSyrupEh-]

The wall hero is actually Groose

[@robuxyyyyyyyyyy4708]

I hate the Ganondorf was the hero 10,000 years theory

[@princememphis7726]

I think the shieka built the shrines inside the zonai areas

[@vozac4470]

If the time travel in Hyrule Warriors didn't save the champions or Roam would it still be considered not canon? Those only seem like the biggest things of the timeline differences to make it not canon.

[@Peartato59]

44:28 that’s “utsumu”, not “utusmu”

[@ADHD_and_Crayons]

From what I did watch, I really enjoyed your breakdown! I have a neurodivergent issue that makes certain noises frustrating to me, like nails on a chalkboard feeling (needed to preface it before what I say next so you can understand I'm not being an ass lol). Many commentary creators try using odd inflections at the end of every sentence like they're using their own version of a "narrator voice". It is unneeded & sounds negative towards people like me...... Since today's tech is much more clear then many decades prior, during that time, the use of a "narrator voice" was needed (even news channels still utilize a subset of this dialectical approach). Honestly, you have a good voice for commentary, just drop the rhythmic inflections at the end of a spoken sentence. Literally talk natural -- your voice sounded so much more clean, enjoyable, & professional when you did not use the "narrator voice". Instead of inflections, cut the end word short, give a short pause, then continue. I know there are other people like me out there, who avoid the contrived "narrator voice" so just throwing out an option to consider! 😊

[@natiscool]

Thanks for this brandiwolfe583, and you are definitely not alone with that concern! It's something I'm really trying to work on but I am definitely struggling with it, I'll definitely be trying some of your suggestions here!

[@americansantacruz6080]

Nope, he’s from the Kokiri forest, BOTW is from the child link timeline, where was child link from? Also, Hetano is where he can buy a house, it’s no necessarily his.

[@chewtag]

wrong

[@Celtic1020]

15:02 the Hudson theory is the worst I've ever heard and I'm glad it aged poorly.

[@conorkirwan1835]

18:55 i see the gow 4 baldur music in the background. Resoect

[@viktor_v-ughnda_vaudville_476]

@19:36 princess Mononoke much??

[@doomgirl5341]

After playing totk seeing how most of these were right and wrong, omg

[@Wyatt-lr1uy]

Am I weird for saying ALOUD that’s what she said when I saw the thumbnail?

[@Zacian2.0]

Zelda BotW Iceberg. Took em long enuf

[@codyt8541]

I won't listen to Hudson slander.

[@raskolnikov6443]

Damsel in distress stories are the best

[@Shad0wGam1ng6]

16:05 31:41

[@Spurs2192]

I highly doubt here a 4th piece of the tri force it makes zero sense

[@Floigenkaspar]

Many of these theories are based on the assumption that Nintendo has Fromsoft levels to attention to detail. I feel like Nintendo plays way more fast and loose with their symbolism. A spiral is very likely just a spiral and not a connection to another culture that used spirals.

[@savvywolfe9815]

Spoilers but I just got totK and the link going back time theory was so close but it’s actually Zelda 😭😩🤔 link would have been way cooler, ngl I’m disappointed in totK it was a let down

[@AnathemaSG]

Maybe its pink haired link and it came out red

[@kasparasbendoraitis3625]

Look at the japanees version of BotW and you will find out that Revali is not as aregent as you think

[@israeldavila27]

Well I am early, guess I'll comment.

[@natiscool]

I guess I'll reply! Thanks for being here nice and early :)

[@ws4857]

Why do you put so much emphasis on the letter S? "Distresss, Princesss, Thisss, Gamesss" and those are just in the first 15 seconds.

[@philino8198]

It's "breath of the wild" not "the breath of the wild"

[@kuroblakka3786]

You mean Utsumu

[@natefroggy3626]

who taught you how to speak my brotha

[@jordanvincent1246]

Didn't watch the vid, but wtf is up w that thumbnail??

[@BloodBathCVB]

You say ocariner…unwatchable.