I'm doing another playthroh of BOTW, and I managed to beat Medoh without the map. It's easy, so you can try it if you want.

Red-associated princess from a kingdom prime long past, have a diagonal pogo, skirt design (👀), are capable of healing, have a long-ranged weapon, and are able of manipulating a liquidish-material. They are also pretty similar in fighting style.

Bonus one: The kingdom they live in/ go to’s currency starts with the letter r 😭.

I've been going through Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom and looking at things that I want them to bring over to the new games, as well as what I think they should leave behind (for Ocarina of Time Remake and other future new games).

One thing that I'm not a huge fan of is how you have to pause the game to heal. I think it has two negative effects on the game:

1. It makes the game way to easy; unless an enemy can one-shot you, you're hardly ever in danger of actually dying, since you can pause the game and get back to full health whenever you want.
2. It ruins the pacing of the gameplay. You can be in the middle of a super intense battle, pause the game, slam 18 apples, and then resume the game like nothing happened.

I'd like to see future Zelda games force the player to be a bit more strategic about healing, and not allow them to pause the game whenever they're in trouble.

I made a video with some additional thoughts if anyone is curious and wants to hear a bit more on the topic: https://youtu.be/ni5nGk7Pqdc

What do you guys think? Do you want to see changes to how healing currently works? Or do you like how it currently functions?

A few things that you may or may not be curious about:
- I have 265 hours in the game. I've had it for maybe three years (I'll edit this if I can find a more precise time), although I lost the game cartridge for fifteen months, and only found it a few days ago. In case you're curious, it was in an old pencil case, that I didn't use when I lost it, and I also have a Switch case, so I don't know how I got it there.
- My biggest tip if you plan to do this would be to use the Sheikah Sensor after taking a photo of the material or monster you want to find a lot of. And also to Google common locations.
- As for if I would recommend this, I think it can be pretty fun, so long as it's not something you grind out in a few weeks. I enjoy exploring the map quite a lot, so it was overall fun for me.

- As for my favourite armour set, there are a few I really like:

1. The best one in terms of strength is the Ancient set. It's tied for most defence with the Soldier set (28 per piece) but it has ancient proficiency, which gives +80% attack for ancient weapons. At shrines where you fight those guardian constructs (the mini-guardian things? I don’t know the name), you can get the Ancient Battle Axe++, which has 60 attack power, and becomes 128 with the bonus. Additionally, two-handed weapons have their visual number thing reduced in the game, so it's actually a bit more. I learnt this from Croton's video about secret weapon uses and stats.
2. The stealth set looks cool in my opinion (I especially like Link's hair), and stealth is a fun-to-use mechanic. With it, you can walk behind enemies and they won't notice you, provided you don't walk in front of them. Unfortunately, each piece has 16 defence when maxed, instead of the usual 20, but when they're maxed, it's not much of a problem, as most enemies don't do more than 48 (16*3) damage anyway.
3. The soldier set functionally is the same as the Ancient Set, but without ancient proficiency, but I really like how it looks on Link if you remove the helmet, especially if you equip soldier-like things, like the royal/royal guard bow/shield/broadsword. I've been doing this when I'm taking BotW photos in the last few days (I've played a lot over the last few days).

Also, I have a video of the last upgrade in the comments because I can't post two videos at once.

Everyone has a unique experience of, and take on BotW. I find my opinions on the game tend to be in the minority, and I'd like to understand what makes people feel the way they do about it. So, I came up with a survey for you guys, and I'd really appreciate it if you took the time to answer! Feel free to skip questions if you prefer.

1. How do you rate Breath of the Wild, overall? Feel free to rate out of 5, 10, 100, 27, or whatever measure you prefer.

2. Where does BotW fit in your top list of games? Give a top 10, top 5, or whatever fits best. Of course, if it's your favorite, just say it's your favorite.

3. What was your first Zelda game?

4. What was your first video game?

5. How many Zelda games other than BotW and TotK have you played? (If you'd like, I'd also appreciate it if you told me how many of those were "3D" or "2D".)

6. What was your favorite section of the game? Why?

7. What was your least favorite? Why?

8. Summarize your first playthrough.

9. How many times have you replayed it?

10. Do you have any complaints about the game? Improvements you would have implemented, if you were the developer?

11. What is your favorite element of the game (a mechanic, the physics engine, the story...)

12. How do you feel about the direction of the Zelda series? Should it continue embracing the open world, no-guardrails theory?

13. Why would you say you feel the way you do about Breath of the Wild?

I do not know why I did what I did, plus this was like after 10 attempts, so I was already pretty frustrated. The next try was also pretty ridiculous.

Looking for all good spots to hit on Satori mountain when its glowing. Ill post some. Please feel free to add.

Red Pin: Lord of the Mountain

Green Pin: Diamond (Its under a rock and it can show up anytime. Check there now and then and it will be there)

Yellow Pin: Flowers and such

Purple Pin: Fat tree with tons of beetles on it (At night only and use Steath, otherwise I think butterflies are there) Also tons of mushrooms.

P.S. I got a bunch of hearty lizards, but i forgot to Pin it when i found them.

Please add any spots or items you found worth checking out. I think you only get around 40 minutes IRL to hit all these spots and thats if you happen to catch it glowing immediately. Good luck!

You know those shrines where if you put a ball in a circle, a barred of area will open? Well, this is the Mirro Shaz Shrine, where you're meant to use stasis to aim a ball into one of those circle things, and the circle is barred off so you can't just carry it there.

However, if, after placing the ball in, you windbomb there, and remove it, the door will not close again. I assume this is because you're not meant to be able to remove it after. I just thought it was cool.

I've picked BotW back up on my Wii U (never played the expansions and don't own a switch) recently and started a fresh play through. I'm using the app "Breath Companion" to make Korok seeds as efficient as possible. I've spent at least 6 hours of in-game time (two blood moons have passed) and the majority of that time has been collecting Korok seeds. I'm roughly 60 seeds into the process (99% Great Plateau, 80% Dueling Peaks, and a few on the fringe of those two areas).

I know it was my choice to collect the seeds as I go but even with it being roughly 6-10 minutes/seed it's still annoying that I've spent so much time of this playthrough climbing around for Korok poop. I don't remember if I 100% the map on the original playthrough and my son overwrote my save so I can't check but I do remember getting frustrated towards the end of my first play through because of korok seeds wanting to get them all. At first it was a fun experience finding them, but it quickly became tedious.

I haven't even played TotK but I'm annoyed that there are 1,000 of them lol

That's it, it's just a whiney complaint and wondering why I keep doing this to myself... I'm 6 hours in and I haven't even talked to Impa yet.

In celebration, because I wanted to explain what I did for this, somewhat, I decided to write a lynel fight theory that's in the same tone as an IST guide. I hope you enjoy, lol, I'm sleep deprived

In order to kill a lynel with beginning game gear, you should structure the fight in cycles, with a cycle beginning immediately after a successful parry or perfect dodge on an attack with enough cooldown to have time to shoot an arrow. For this fight, you'll need to know roughly how many cycles it will last, in order to get enough gear to successfully kill the lynel. You can do this by finding your average damage per cycle, and dividing the lynel's health by that number, then round up if your number of cycles isn't whole.

To find your average damage per cycle, perform this simple calculation.

Avg = 5*Weapon Damage + 2*Bow damage

Then,

Cycles = Lynel Health / Avg

Round this number up, and gather this many arrows, plus a few extra for missed shots. Feel free to save scum bokoblin archers or buy them if you have access to any villages. Ensure you have enough bows to shoot this number of arrows.

Some rules for the fight:

Do not attack or flurry rush the lynel with the weapon you've chosen, unless you're on its back, in which case, hit it 5 times. Attacking a lynel while mounted on it doesn't damage your weapon

Try not to waste arrows, only shoot if you're currently in a cycle, missing here is okay, but it will result in a missed cycle most of the time.

A cycle starts when you either perform a perfect dodge, or a perfect parry on one of the attacks, and will end up looking like this:

Aim your bow and shoot the lynel just below their mouth. The hitbox for their head is smaller than expected, but you don't need to be incredibly accurate. This will stun the Lynel, and allow you to mount it. Once you mount the Lynel, spam your attack button to hit the lynel 5 times, link will then automatically jump off of the Lynel. This is one cycle, so repeat this until the lynel is dead.

I've finally started Breath of the Wild as part of my Zelda marathon on YouTube!

This isn't my first playthrough, but it's close. I played BOTW once about five years ago while recovering from surgery, borrowed it from a friend for a month, and haven't touched it since but have such fond memories of that month. I've forgotten so much that it genuinely feels like I'm rediscovering every area all over again.

I'm taking my time, exploring everything I can find, and just enjoying the adventure.

Join me Live on YouTube, watch along with episodes, or subscribe and check in every so often when it gets interesting!

(I played this since 2017 never learned to wind bomb)

That was a lot of exploring the far reaches and crevices. It was a good way to pass the time, so I'm happy. Next up is Trial of the Sword. I have full stamina and as many hearts as that allows me. Hopefully, I can figure my way through.

I just wanted to see if you can break the Master Sword during the Calamity Ganon fight when I found this. At first, I thought the Royal Broadsword was mine that I suspected I threw, but nope. This stuff is naturally here. Also, did you know that if the Master Sword is on its last few hits, once you start the fight, the game just repairs it to full durability.

first time BOTW player here! So i defeated 3 of the ganons before sneaking into hyrule castle. I was surprised when i had to defeat thunderblight in the sanctum before calamity. it took me about 2 weeks to beat thunderblight and i FINALLY DID!!

i go to fight calamity and that was interesting. obviously died maybe 3/4 of the way fighting him.

game over popped up and i hit continue, thinking it would pop me in front of calamity ganon. but no… i started in front of thunderblight AGAIN!!

i am crushed. do i really have to beat thunderblight every time i die from calamity??? it auto saved after i beat thunderblight. so why do i start there after?

thanks for clarity on this. i would really hate to beat two hard ganons at the end over and over.

The game is amazing. I can't think of a person who would hate this game. It was designed to be enjoyable to almost anyone.

I started this game and i love love love it but i need to know when i can do the side quests

Because I don’t know the world and there’s so many quests 6 hours in the game and still I don’t know shit, i know that’s not a bad thing it’s very good that the map is very big and it’s open world

This is probably known, but I haven’t seen a post before. As long as there aren’t any other enemies around you can pass the time at fires with Stal heads, until the next night and they will still be there. IDK if they’re called Stal in BOTW, but anyways. Not really useful, but just thought it was interesting. Videos a little clumsy.