Speedrunning Your Dumbest Zelda Challenges & Categories

[@Linkus7]

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[@lazyslothman6228]

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[@Dat_Thing88]

You’re so cute Linkus

[@Rainos62]

I got one for you if you are still doing them the Master Yiga% you have to get the full yiga outfit and eat 100 mighty bananas and Complete all yiga quests.

[@Luke-sx7nq]

Please tell twitch chat to stop staring at us and telling us to join it’s kinda scary

[@BelgradeMapper-n4d]

En grej du kan göra är att klara totk med bara kastade grejer

[@geraldthehamter]

breath of the wild % 1. get the nostalgic fabric and put it on paraglider 2. get well worn hairband 3. get hylian trousers 4. get tunic of memories 5. get master sword

[@ZeltonXD]

So good

[@hughmungus7015]

6. ride sidon uwu

[@Willow_498]

@@hughmungus7015💀

[@Liam-wp8kf]

Fr

[@MrArk1265]

Are you getting the Master Sword during exploration or during the battle? It'd be quicker to do so during the battle, but I believe the heart of the challenge would be doing it during exploration.

[@MiketheAuraWizard]

Family Reunion%: After completing Mattison's Independence, go to Gerudo Town and use a flying machine to bring Mattison back to Tarrey Town.

[@finchhawthorne1302]

Is that achievable? I figured it’d be too far

[@MiketheAuraWizard]

@@finchhawthorne1302 I've seen it done before, actually.

[@horses_068]

@@MiketheAuraWizard same

[@Evie_the_magic_foox]

Alternate name, reverse tears%

[@Chubby_Bub]

It’s actually hilarious that he went to Riverside Stable, because (at least in BotW) there's a running joke from several of the NPCs complaining about how there were no women there. One of them even reacts to Link in the Gerudo outfit before realizing, one of the only NPCs outside the desert to do so.

[@thediethrower1803]

Damn, dude has no taste if he realized and *stopped* flirting.

[@catsdogswoof3968]

​@@thediethrower1803he maybe doesn't want to be a creep? But why interact in the first place

[@mattymerr701]

​@@thediethrower1803 even Reggie thought link was hot. Link _is_ hot

[@brodyrichter8113]

​@@mattymerr701I mean, even from just an analysis of who he is... after all, who else would be able to slaughter hundreds of bokoblins (in lore)? None living.

[@quarepercutisproximum9582]

i think that's the wetland stable, not the riverside stable (at least in botw)

[@Flapjack3734]

Grandpa%: Bring a Korok with a backpack into the Lost Woods and place him next to the Deku Tree

[@JS_Guitar09]

This one is way funnier to me than it should be

[@kaydenv8669]

I like this idea a lot

[@thevioletbee5879]

Is that even possible? I thought Koroks despawned in the depths.

[@Flapjack3734]

@@thevioletbee5879 its definitely possible, but I don’t want to spoil how you’d do it. But yes, koroks do despawn if you try taking them through the depths.

[@JS_Guitar09]

@@thevioletbee5879 Oh man, I completely forgot you had to enter that way

[@MarkSchmidtTheRecoverySystem]

Mate that's not a divorce, Sidon became a Widower 😂

[@fernoagent8581]

Same thing

[@MarkSchmidtTheRecoverySystem]

Breaking up with somebody is the same thing as them dying?

[@Tom.Tomlet.T.Tomington]

@@MarkSchmidtTheRecoverySystemas long as there is a heart break in progress it’s a divorce

[@cairoraiser9338]

That’s Homewrecker% fr

[@TheMightyPikachuFUCK]

Its an assisted divorce

[@Vanessa.W]

NeverMeetYourHeroes% - Use a flying machine to bring Hudson to Addison, and then make Hudson drop the sign

[@markvo3137]

im assuming he hasn't done this one yet?

[@TommyKJgaming]

@Vanessa.W that's amazing

[@yoshidababies4222]

Ganondorf's never looked so tame! That restaurant% was just epic!

[@i_will_eat_your_bones]

ok bot

[@GarroshTV]

HappyFamily%: You have to build your dreamhouse near Tarrey Town and have a nice Painting of you, Zelda (The Yiga Imposter Zelda), your Horse and a Korok. The Moment you have the Painting in your House the Run is finished.

[@queer_basilisk]

aw, the korok will make such a good meal!

[@Silvergrove41]

Also get the light dragon in there somehow

[@Fawriel]

I'm not 100% sure y'all know what a divorce is.

[@liamliam1234liam]

Divorce Italian Style

[@kitsicles111]

It’s how it’s done in nature, the alpha takes over the mate of the weakling.

[@Chirrie]

murder, divorce, same difference

[@fernoagent8581]

​@@Chirrieas long as there a relation ship that is ended it counts

[@springlockgamerstudios6699]

They’re gamers; don’t expect them to know anything about relationships 😂

[@HungryWarden]

Poor Ganon. He only wanted to start a restaurant… truly one of the best character arc in the series.

[@mcfloridaman2192]

Chat had me chuckling at “ganon ramsey”

[@WillWatches]

The Anti Reddit Mod one would hvae been cool without ascend too, having to find and build a flying machine to make it out of the depths

[@Gamerman2910]

That would make it harder but redditors love to post them flying out of the depths

[@Wyvernnnn]

There's also the Recall Launch glitch where you fuse a plank to a spear, throw the spear which makes it spin around its axis, freeze it in place, then attach a wing to it to throw you upwards a chasm in seconds

[@CarterInosencio]

Or ride out on a dragon

[@citrusella-nomorecraptions]

You can climb out of the depths by hand, if you're really committed and properly prepared.

[@TsarBomba69420]

I can imagine that Ganondorf and Link could actually be friends if he wasn't... Ya know, a reincarnation of an ancient being who wants to destroy the world.

[@fluffycritter]

I kinda feel like that's what Wind Waker was about.

[@baxterbruce9827]

Demise hadn't even been invented yet by Wind Waker though

[@TsarBomba69420]

@@baxterbruce9827 What?? Demise was created in the beginning of the Zelda timeline

[@baxterbruce9827]

@@TsarBomba69420 I mean Skyward Sword, the game Demise was introduced as a concept, wouldn't be released for years after Wind Waker was

[@TsarBomba69420]

@@baxterbruce9827 ye

[@goliasgaming]

Wrong Hole%: Collect the statue's 4 eyes on the Great Plateau from the "A Call From the Depths" side quest and drop them into Death Mountain. The statue never specified which chasm the eyes need to be dropped into!

[@HungryWarden]

WOAH WOAH WOAH, Ganon’s serving undercooked meat? I knew he was evil but not THAT evil.

[@blarg2429]

It's steak tartare.

[@Syntex366]

@@blarg2429so you’re telling me you wouldn’t be disgusted if you asked for a medium rare quality steak and that mfer walked out the kitchen and dropped a cold raw steak on your plate?

[@blarg2429]

@@Syntex366 I'm only telling you that it's not undercooked if it's not expected to be cooked in the first place. It's about context. I'd be mad at the scenario you describe the same way I'd be mad at having a medium-rare turn out overcooked.

[@froggycolouring]

The funny thing about restaurant% is that in Majora’s mask ganondorf was gonna be just a simple npc (I believe he was a fisherman but I forgot)

[@justinmillard8196]

Wow. I’m going to have to look up that concept.

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

Honestly a really great way to drive home the idea that these characters are in no way connected to their Hylian counterparts, they just look the same because the devs needed to re-use models to meet the launch deadline.

[@tehbuggert]

Ok I have an idea the “so retro%” try to get the hero set with also the hero’s sword as fast as possible so link can be so retro.

[@paintbrussy]

uses emuiibo and edizonSE 😊

[@erincook5639]

yiga soup%: dress up as a yiga and bring a korok up to the giant boiling pot in forge island and make soup with a korok and as many bananas as you can ( I think its 21 or 24 before they despawn) edit: gotta have the whole yiga set not just the mask

[@baskisto]

scooby doo%: find any yiga imposter and uncover their real identity

[@seabassjames8222]

Do you also have to trap them? Fred loves his traps

[@TommyKJgaming]

"Link, You aren't shaggy" *Link picks up a dog from a stable and runs* "Link stop it"

[@TanerJD]

Yahah-yeet%: Yeet a Korok off the starting Island. The run ends when the Korok respawns.

[@Handington]

Restaurant % is a testament to how creative humanity can truly be

[@ToyKeeper]

Where The Sun Don't Shine%: Plant a brightbloom flower between the cheeks of every statue in the depths.

[@agent_beta420]

One of the best ideas here

[@justalagia]

"The Menace Unleashed, Demon Chef Ganondorf"

[@Piant_Genis]

**Gordon Ramsay in a Link outfit walks in**

[@OuroborosTheProtobean]

Ganon: “So, you finally made it- what the hell are you wearing.”

[@user-fr4hg8md5p]

Ganon Ramsay

[@creeperking3472]

Blackout drunk percent you need to get to the bar in gerudo with enough rupees to fill your whole inventory with noble pursuits (60 I think) then have link drink them all

[@patpat4937]

That is alcohol poisoning

[@riskyworks]

@@patpat4937Well, it's just a more "permanent" form of blackout drunk. Idk, that joke sounded better in my head.

[@aahijustalice8112]

"Do not look away. You witness a king's revival. And the opening of his new restaurant."

[@appledingdong3736]

Ultraveggie%: take 21 backpack koroks and glue them together Spicy Ultraveggie%: take 21 backpack koroks, glue them together, and explode them in a fireworks show. Maybe in Tarrey Town.

[@TheDigileet]

Landscaping%: Build a Zonai lawnmower and unleash it on Flowerblight Ganon

[@CarterInosencio]

Doordash%: - Find malanya - Use malanya bed - make whatever meal they ask for in the dream - Deliver the food to Malanya

[@Mayortortimer420]

Barrel%: At every stable there is a wooden barrel you can stand in time ends when you stand in every barrel.

[@BryGuy-64]

Link Cosplay%: Collect all the armor pieces of Link's previous adventures (The Time, Twilight, Awakening, Sky, Hero & Wind sets) and take a picture while wearing them.

[@Bobchickenstein]

Anti-gamer% touch every grass type/color while not touching any other surfaces meaning only touch grass

[@cogs_and_gears]

Can you go on dynamic stuff like zonai things or wood planks?

[@That1MilkJar]

ok

[@Bobchickenstein]

No, its only grass as a true gamer would despise. Thanks for the question though!@@cogs_and_gears

[@DrMonke-ud2ms]

Ultimate Offender% Enter every single town in the game, and hit at least one person in there. You must also get one of each race, so gerudo, hylian, Zora, rito, and goron.

[@erincook5639]

korok and Sheikah too lol

[@DrMonke-ud2ms]

@@erincook5639 weren't shekiahs hylians too?

[@erincook5639]

@@DrMonke-ud2ms yeah but you gotta have an excuse to hit cado the chicken guy

[@LocalTiredArtist]

These hands are rated E for Everyone

[@llsilvertail561]

Restaurant% absolutely killed me XD

[@michaeljeffery7931]

Gamble%: get one (or more) of each type of Zonai device using the dispensers.

[@brendanbeta487]

Gatcha%

[@froggycolouring]

So play genshin impact?

[@slasat_lived]

Sad that there is no cooking pot in Ganon's restaurant.

[@HowlingGale]

Demon Grocer Ganon

[@stevesamuals2651]

How about doing a max horse%? The goal of the run is to find a horse as early as possible, and then fully upgrade the horse to all five stars

[@amariak6002]

7:33 I cannot unsee Cucuì (sauvé) Ganon EVERY TIME HE IS IN THAT POSE 🕺

[@TheMongral]

Link standing there judgingly with his arms on his sides staring at Addison as he disappoints his role model and begs for forgiveness is just perfect.

[@Drewid44]

6:06 I like how he KNOWS that he failed so he just looks away and up lol

[@Syntex366]

What else can you do if they won’t collide with each other?

[@foxearr]

@@Syntex366not do the speed run???😊

[@west3Dgaming]

Personally I want some speedrun categories where you have to get constructs to fuse random items and attack you with them. Like butter smack percent or omelet percent

[@Leet-iz2fz]

Howtobasic%

[@ebonychan]

please consider Icarus % where you go to the highest altitude sky island in the game, launch yourself off it on a glider, wait for it to despawn, and fall to your death

[@ShadowSkyX]

You must dive the entire way down. No glide suit or fairies

[@Sami20187]

Divorce% would’ve been better if u went and completed the water temple and got to the bit where it looks like Sidon is proposing to link😂😂

[@froggycolouring]

What part is that??? I already beat the water temple but forgot most of it

[@skeletized]

@@froggycolouring when he gives you his vow, very proposal coded

[@emperortgp2424]

​​@@skeletizedLol I swear these fujoshis... Nintendo themselves snuffed out the ship and yet they are holding on to their headcanons and "coded behaviour"

[@skeletized]

@@emperortgp2424 i'm a man and i think the joke is funny lol, he's a fish

[@mcpuggynuggies]

​@emperortgp2424 Not everyone that ships Link and Sidon is a Fujoshi, much less a woman. Not only that, but Sidon, Yona, and Link all have two hands. Just cause they ship/talk about Link and Sidon doesn't mean they completely disregard Yona. Poly relationships are a thing. I've seen people ship all three together. TLDR; shut up and let people have fun.

[@ParkerRut]

Lowest %: Beat the game by going to every dungeon and getting the master sword, but by going to the least amount of map locations as possible and get the lowest % on your map after beating the game

[@totallyadifferentperson]

so the opposite of wolf links Minimalist 100%

[@ParkerRut]

@@totallyadifferentperson yeah pretty much

[@PahranaAndGoomba]

6:04 bro didnt even eat the korok. LINKUS YOU MUST DO IT

[@anastasiacostantini1040]

Bad boyfriend %:go to Zelda (dragon form) and hit her eye.

[@fluffycritter]

I always figured "Eventide" is pronounced like "even tide," not "event ide."

[@PhoenixGD-u3n]

Depression%: do the dragon tears questline so link looks sad, then do the tarrey town questline and die in your house

[@pokeli2728]

How about the "Burn Hudson%" where you set one of those Hudson boards in tarry town on fire as fast as possible.

[@randominternetman8177]

resistance%: get all yiga armor pieces and complete the master kohga side quest. you need to wear the full yiga armor and use only weapons used by yiga clan members. run ends after you defeat kohga beneath rito village

[@Dalynx09]

Aztec%: Build a House out of any Material, Build a Bed Inside of It, Stick 2 Koroks onto the Bed, Carry the House onto Eldin Volcano, and then Drop the House Into the Volcano. Time ends once you take a Picture of Link Posing on top of the Volcano right after you've dropped It inside

[@theme_greatest383]

Full marriage % drop yona, then take Sidon to links house

[@rockowlgamer631]

Divorce%? Wow poor Yona don't deserve this hate.

[@1ndiebird]

Well, think about this: Breath of the Wild was out for six years, and much of the fanbase really seeped into Sidon as the #1 husband in the game. Think of it like being given a puppy by your friend, and then one day, they just take them back and never let you pet them again.

[@rockowlgamer631]

Sorry I can't compare a fish husband to a puppy, not only is that kind of dumb of a comparison. I'm more happy for Sidon that he's married, like a true friend I'd be ecstatic to be the best man at his wedding.@@1ndiebird

[@Syntex366]

@@1ndiebird but the puppy was never given to you. You just stared at it from across the glass and obsessed over it, then when someone else came in and bought it y’all got mad.

[@Emberilliance]

One could argue that the Koroks don't deserve it either, but that doesn't stop us from relishing in their suffering.

[@rockowlgamer631]

The koroks deserve it for the shitty prize they give anyone, especially Hetsu. Golden pieces of korok poop is well worth our annoyance. We were just given the tools in the sequel to give justice.@@Emberilliance

[@CrispyAirFriedJiniret]

PTSD% Get and wear the full Yiga Costume and stand in Dorian's house next to his sleeping daughter's at night. Run ends after the dialogue that plays when he enters the door ends Weird Boyfriend% Get all 5 drops from the Light Dragon (Horn,Fang,Claw,Scale,Spike Shard). Cook them all into 1 dubious dish and eat them at the table in Link and Zelda's house Salem% Burn 10 koroks at the stake

[@chrisshorten4406]

Anyone else wondering what would happen if you attack Ganondorf while in his restaurant?

[@froggycolouring]

He will get very angry and mess up your order

[@chrisshorten4406]

@@froggycolouring no! He threw my pumpkin smoothie! 😫

[@Syntex366]

@@froggycolouringbro wouldn’t just spit in your fries he’d jump the counter and spit in your face

[@dany_fg]

get gf % 1. complete the Gerudo desert dungeon 2. return the bottled letter to Calyban in the shelter 3. eat one meal she cooked

[@Prod_by_proto]

how about True Reverse Reddit Mod%, where it's the same as RRM%, but you can't ascend

[@queer_basilisk]

reddit mods can't ascend anyways

[@JohnnyMC_hyrule]

Seal% Fuse a seal plushy to a weapon

[@kindagamer525]

"Moldoga" got me laughing wayyy to hard.

[@Acounthalo]

0:30 some what?!

[@KaneLivesInDeath]

OMG 🤣

[@Lyghfe]

14:05 "Yes, I would like a number 1 please, with some apples and some raw prime meat. Thank you very much! AAAAND THYME!" - Linkus7, Thyme enthusiast

[@Masked_Kiddo]

6:06, who's going to tell him that he failed Veggie% as korok was not eaten.

[@blueducky1]

This was just about the funniest way to get spoiled on the final boss

[@nitricacid2516]

6:05 what exactly is the definition of "eat" for this category lol cause the molduga definitely did not eat his veggie

[@Sneaky_Silent]

You forgot the cooking pot next to Gannon

[@megablaziken420]

Meme speed run percent Pooping percent Find 10 luminous stone, go to the Don dons, feed it 10 stones and wait for it to poop gems

[@tako-sensei6072]

I am very glad that abcs is still used. It was expected, but I was kinda dissapointed when it got patched in 2 days.

[@sandalman300]

Froggy %. Get full Froggy Armor (Level 2 or max maybe?), then crouch and jump on a lilypad.

[@LevyMcGarden1]

Couture% Get the frostbite shirt & cece’s hat 👀% for miner’s top, speedrun ends when you equip it with no other armor

[@sophiegrey9576]

All that hard work means you earned Sidon.

[@SapphireQuartz7890]

Regional salad% gather ingredients go to the specific towns in the game a.k.a. The ones you have to go to for regional phenomenon. And make a salad based off of the things that region eats so for example, when doing the zora make them a salad of fish the run ends when you deliver the last salad to the last region

[@yinja3406]

impa murder%: kill impa while wearing the full yiga set using a pristine eightfold long blade charge attack (you should also become a blade master and get the secret earthquake technique to make it more painful)

[@broduffusman4102]

No paraglider% finish the game without ever collecting the paraglider from purah and also finish the 4 regional phenomena (have fun with the wind ark) then beat ganon up

[@maxineeames5766]

6:04 the korok: DA MOLDUGA DIDNT EAT IT BRUH

[@EighmyLupin]

It's funny how much Nintendo clearly HATED the Link Sidon ship. Not only are Link and Zelda living together and Sidon now has a girlfriend but every time the subject of Link and Sidon comes up in the dialog it's always "They are great FRIENDS!!!!!11!!!"

[@TommyKJgaming]

Memory% Get the OoT Clothes (Cant remember what they're called) and go to the deku tree

[@formula_1582]

This does put a smile on my face

[@FalloutFM]

You witness a king mid restaurante

[@Sidyteditz]

Cheese% Ok- this is going to be weird but do a cheese run. You should dye your shirt yellow You can only eat cheese or cheese recipes.(from the hateno pasture pond quest) You can only fuse cheese(mandatory) Make pizza(optional)(hylian tomato,cheese,tabantha wheat) Try it! (I made the idea)

[@desktop-ini]

No Weapons%. It’s like any%, but no weapons, bows, or shields. (Except when absolutely mandatory.)

[@SMario2054]

Jail Time% you looked up ganondorf in a cage and take some mug shots

[@stride_sk]

Frog% Get three of each frog available in the game in your inventory

[@fourthknower9831]

I like how you can see that the molduga didn't actually eat the korok

[@bahmot9501]

The Godfather%: Complete Mattison's independence, obtain 1000 rupees, have a goron call you brother and attend Sidon's wedding (You come to me today ... at the day of my husbands wedding ?)

[@Axgrant]

Yo, linkus. Your awesome man. Putting out awesome content AND making some super cool mods. Thanks for all of your hard work. You're a G

[@MakingStuffForCheap]

8:11 Visiting a couple Dispensaries? Really Linkus?

[@HuddogPlayz]

Talus bombing % Defeat a battle talus on a hover bike with yunobo's saga ability

[@princesscadance197]

That ain't Divorce%, that's straight up PremeditatedMurder%

[@McMuffins42]

Fuse as many koroks as possible together in one clump, then autobuild them in front of them (using zonite, not the koroks themselves)

[@mr_inconspicuous]

The most effort I've ever seen for a cool screenshot

[@ButterSnoot]

bath% Get ganondorf out of the chamber you fight him in, and get him to a goron hot spring.

[@Dracula98765]

He didn't eat it 💀 6:05

[@mercuryeleven]

MajorasMask% you have to get majoras mask and get hit by a falling rock while wearing the mask

[@jonwalters5395]

New category: Crowd Control Co-op any% You play the speedrun while your partner operates crowd control and gives buffs/items/etc. to beat it as fast as possible.

[@DUshyanthRavinduHettiarachchi]

Madness%: Kill a silver lynel with a stick without pausing or breathing, wait for a blood moon, repeat, then throw an ancient blade at Purah, then all drops from the silver lynels, then crash your game in any way, create a new game, and pressed the locked temple of time, 1000 times

[@Sus-vh9xb]

FRICK A LYNEL % First find a lynel then infinitely stay on a lynels back with stamina food/elixers.

[@Sus-vh9xb]

no weapons.

[@i_will_eat_your_bones]

Im gonna do this...

[@Onion_Knights]

6:05 molduga didnt eat the korok

[@FlameSilex]

What’s funny is that during korok%, the molduga never ate the korok. The “help! Help!” Texts were still there after the moldiuga sprung up.

[@Pistolsatsean]

"KZbin doesn't know this is day two" LINKUS EXPOSED WE GOTEM BOYS

[@ThanishMalineni]

fortnite% luanch from a tower and kill 99 enemies you cant have any weapons at the start and must scavenge to win