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[valouris]

Wat. Are we playing the same game here? Eating apples and raw meat is not going to be good enough forever.

Well actually I beat all bosses chuggin all the raw items that had accumulated in my inventory.

 

[Kinsei]

You'd rather eat 20 apples over one meal?

It's certainly a lot quicker.

 

[silva1991]

Not sure if posted



His shieldboarding face is hilarious, avatar material

Lmao. This is so accurate.

 

[SpiceMelange]

Maybe that is it. I am only doing shrines so it's probably the effect.



If you can learn how to perfect Dodge its attacks and have a good stock of weapons, you can beat a lynel.

Weapons get better when you reach milestones in kill count from the different monster species.

 

[Deku Tree]

Regarding the final boss,

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what am I supposed to do with Dark Beast Ganon? It said something about a holy bow but I couldn't see the bow anywhere in my inventory and I was just equipped with a normal one plus standard arrows.

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You go pick up the light bow and then equip it as your bow. Then you shoot the light arrows at the light spots that show up around Gannon. the last light spot is going to be underneath him. This is very similar to way that you have beaten Gannon in many other Zelda games.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

It's certainly a lot quicker.

I mean, that's objectively false. Cooking is quick, easy, and now you don't have to spend time running around collecting apples.

 

[Burbeting]

Use the tools available to you.

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Drop flint and wood in a shaded area and start a fire. It's very rare that you will be unable to find a location to do this when it rains.

Or just find an alternate path. I've been able to do this numerous times.

But it happens when I'm like in the middle of a steep mountain climb, standing at a miniscule small space where Link doesn't fall down, haha. Can't make a fire, or even walk anywhere during that time.

 

[pringles]

?? Hasn't been my experience. I've gotten a ton of use out of stamina and speed elixirs and meals that give me extra hearts.

Cooking is extremely important in my experience.

The Rain Mechanic is really starting to frustrate me in this game. So many times I have had to stop climbing a mountain, and basically let the game run idle for 10 minutes just because the game doesn't want me to climb any more.

There's usually ways up mountains that don't require a ton of climbing. I think the rain mechanic is the game's way of telling you "don't rely on climbing so much".

 

[MosquitoSmasher]

The Rain Mechanic is really starting to frustrate me in this game. So many times I have had to stop climbing a mountain, and basically let the game run idle for 10 minutes just because the game doesn't want me to climb any more.

I thought the exact same thing until I found something that makes you not slip away anymore. Or well it sure seems like it.

 

[Ladekabel]

Parry against that laser? Holy crap. I don't have ancient arrows yet.

Parrying the lasers isn't that difficult. Can't give the exact spot but it is around when the circles around the targeting eye turns blue. Works for me most of the time.

 

[Jzero]

Wasteland Tower is so cheap.... lol how am I supposed to climb a tower with quicksand all around it?!

I did it pretty early in the game.

 

[Anteo]

Parry against that laser? Holy crap. I don't have ancient arrows yet.

Just before they shoot the laser you can hear a loud beep, react to that sound.

 

[Col.Asher]

Parry against that laser? Holy crap. I don't have ancient arrows yet.

you'll want to hit the parry button once you hear the "beep" sound right before the guarddian fires. Practice with the broken down ones or the "minor test of strength" shrine guardians once their health is low.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

But it happens when I'm like in the middle of a steep mountain climb, standing at a miniscule small space where Link doesn't fall down, haha. Can't make a fire, or even walk anywhere during that time.

This has happened to me a couple of times, but I just glide to the bottom, start a fire, and try again. Or find another path.

Alternately,

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complete the Divine Beast quest near Rito Village

 

[Im_So_Pringles]

Ok there are exactly five

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Major Test of Strength

Shrines.

They are:

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Kema Kosassa in Tabantha
Tena Ko'sah in Tabantha
Hia Miu in Hebra
Mozo Shenno in Hebra
Tutsuwa in Akkala

You missed at least one;

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Saas Ko'sah Shrine in Hyrule Castle.

 

[Kinsei]

I mean, that's objectively false.

My menu is almost always at the first or second page of my armor tab. It's a lot fast to just scroll two-three times in order to reach the first page of the materials tab where the apples are than it is to scroll through all of my material pages to get to where the cooked goods are. Not to mention the time spent cooking.

 

[Mediking]

MY GOD! I'm in Gerudo Desert and I was on a cliff and I saw some kind of huge thing just walking in the distance! The thing looks so big and like a dinosaur.

Oh and you can do the Divine Beasts in any order right? I'm curious about the Gerudo in this game so that's why I'm going here first. Lol

 

[victreeb3l]

My menu is almost always at the first or second page of my armor tab. It's a lot fast to just scroll two-three times in order to reach the first page of the materials tab where the apples are than it is to scroll through all of my material pages to get to where the cooked goods are. Not to mention the time spent cooking.

I do agree that the menus can get really crazy to navigate once you have a decent amount of stuff but cooking has way too many benefits to ignore. I also just enjoy coming up with recipes as well.

 

[Yukinari]

Cooking is extremely important in my experience.

If anything cooking is almost too good.

One hearty radish gives you full HP and temporary hearts.

A few ironshell crabs gives you HP and a decent defense buff.

 

[archreaper93]

There are a couple shrines I can't seem to get.

One near

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North Hebra Summit

that I can't find.

One by

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Lake Kilsie

that I see but don't know how to get.

Anyone figure those out?

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yeah, next thing on the list is going Lynel hunting... i already sighted one in the

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Gerudo mountains

next to an other objective for another mission.

I've been marking locations of all tough enemies/bosses/guardians on my map, including any Lynels I find.

There are 2 white ones

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Near Sha Gehma Shrine, in the North Tabantha Snowfield. One of them you'll see right outside the shrine, and you'll see the other if you head towards the labyrinth.

There's a normal one

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by Purifier Lake. There's also a Hinox there.

There's one

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on a plateau between Riola Spring and Keelay Plain. This one has a different weapon than the other ones though. Threw off my dodge timing.

There's also the one by

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Zora's Domain on Ploymus Mountain.

I haven't seen the one you're talking about though. Do you mean the

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Gerudo Highlands?

Where in that area is it?

 

[OrbitalBeard]

My menu is almost always at the first or second page of my armor tab. It's a lot fast to just scroll two-three times in order to reach the first page of the materials tab where the apples are than it is to scroll through all of my material pages to get to where the cooked goods are. Not to mention the time spent cooking.

You can cook a dozen meals in three minutes. I've probably spent a combined total of 15-20 minutes cooking in 55+ hours of play. Heck, just cook five apples if you're feeling lazy.

You can fly through the menu tabs by holding down the analog stick.

That being said, play the game how you want. Just know that cooking is not worthless.

 

[Anteo]

Uhh. Why is anyone having problems with the rain? The UI even tells you that is going to rain in the next few hours, if you are getting caught by it by surprise its your own fault. Just make a fire before the rain starts and rest till the next day.

 

[dickroach]

MY GOD! I'm in Gerudo Desert and I was on a cliff and I saw some kind of huge thing just walking in the distance! The thing looks so big and like a dinosaur.

Oh and you can do the Divine Beasts in any order right? I'm curious about the Gerudo in this game so that's why I'm going here first. Lol

yea

 

[Majukun]

Quoting for a new page.



I've been marking locations of all tough enemies/bosses/guardians on my map, including any Lynels I find.

There are 2 white ones

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Near Sha Gehma Shrine, in the North Tabantha Snowfield. One of them you'll see right outside the shrine, and you'll see the other if you head towards the labyrinth.

There's a normal one

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by Purifier Lake. There's also a Hinox there.

There's one

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on a plateau between Riola Spring and Keelay Plain. This one has a different weapon than the other ones though. Threw off my dodge timing.

There's also the one by

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Zora's Domain on Ploymus Mountain.

I haven't seen the one you're talking about though. Do you mean the

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Gerudo Highlands?

Where in that area is it?

probably that, I have the Italian version so the name is different.. it is right on the side

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of the enormous stone sword on the peak

if I remember correctly is a white one

 

[Zomba13]

Regarding the final boss,

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what am I supposed to do with Dark Beast Ganon? It said something about a holy bow but I couldn't see the bow anywhere in my inventory and I was just equipped with a normal one plus standard arrows.

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It's the big glowy bow that was dropped right in front of you as the fight started.

 

[2Smashed4U]

Something happened that almost every weapon, bow and shield drop/treasure I obtain as of late has some upgrades in them. I've been getting this attack up, durability up, etc on my new weapons. Pretty cool, but curious as to what happened.

Me too, I wonder what that's all about.

 

[Kinsei]

You can cook a dozen meals in three minutes. I've probably spent a combined total of 15-20 minutes cooking in 55+ hours of play. Heck, just cook five apples if you're feeling lazy.

You can fly through the menu tabs by holding down the analog stick.

That's three minutes I could spend doing fun stuff though.

Cooking in this game is like cooking meat in Monster Hunter. I don't have time for that shit so I get by without it.

I still find it hard to believe that I couldn't have scarfed down 20 apples by the time I reach the cooked food page. you don't need to wait for the eating animation to finish so you can mash the hell out of the A button.

Uhh. Why is anyone having problems with the rain? The UI even tells you that is going to rain in the next few hours, if you are getting caught by it by surprise its your own fault. Just make a fire before the rain starts and rest till the next day.

It can rain without the forecast mentioning it.

 

[DrForester]

No quest attached to it, but there's a Rito woman in the Gerudo City that's lamenting the lack of poultry to eat...

 

[OrbitalBeard]

That's three minutes I could spend doing fun stuff though.

Cooking in this game is like cooking meat in Monster Hunter. I don't have time for that shit so I get by without it.

Oh my god you're dead to me. It all makes sense now.

 

[CharminUltra]

If anything cooking is almost too good.

One hearty radish gives you full HP and temporary hearts.

A few ironshell crabs gives you HP and a decent defense buff.

Yup. I can't imagine how annoying some things would be w/o cooking. Not to mention I enjoy the charming cooking anim.

 

[Chronospherics]

They are ridiculous. I beat one and I died a dozen times. Perfect dodge, flurry over and over

I was doing that to the first I found, it was all going well till I broke every weapon I owned.

I decided to come back later. I don't think I was ready.

 

[dickroach]

I still find it hard to believe that I couldn't have scarfed down 20 apples by the time I reach the cooked food page.

there are meals you can cook in 10 seconds that give you maxed out red hearts + 5 temporary hearts.

when you have 15 heart containers, it's worth it.
also when you have 5 heart containers it's worth it.
no amount of apples or raw meat is going to give you temp hearts, stamina boosts, or attack and defense boosts.

 

[2Smashed4U]

Yeah I'm not getting this "cooking is worthless" stuff. I literally had to leave Death Mountain and come back because I didn't have enough meals to make it through.

 

[Deku Tree]

You missed at least one;

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Saas Ko'sah Shrine in Hyrule Castle.

Oh yeah I knew about that one but I forgot to list it, thanks. I went through the official guide and looked shrines that had

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Guardian IV's

listed in them. I don't think the guide gives a list of all the

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Test of Strength

shrines unfortunately.

If anyone knows of any others then please post to let us know.

Anyhow six per blood moon is a lot of high powered weapons to get.

 

[archreaper93]

probably that, I have the Italian version so the name is different.. it is right on the side

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of the enormous stone sword on the peak

if I remember correctly is a white one

Is it by a specifically named area?

Edit: I found it. It's by

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Laparoh Mesa.

Edit 2: I was wrong. The one above is a different one. I just found the one you're talking about. It's on the

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Gerudo Summit.

 

[KHlover]

Oh my god you're dead to me. It all makes sense now.

My eyes are twitching more than nervously right now. I can't even.

 

[Burbeting]

There's usually ways up mountains that don't require a ton of climbing. I think the rain mechanic is the game's way of telling you "don't rely on climbing so much".

But I like to climb! It's the one mechanic that really sets this game apart so far from the other open world games, being able to traverse virtually anywhere. And lot of the areas are definitely designed with that idea in mind, so having a weather mode that basically gimps you is just... bleh.

 

[scitek]

Hope I'm not fucked, but...

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I'm trying to find Teba on the mountain. I found the house he's supposed to be in...he's not there. I watched a walkthrough, and he's just supposed to be sitting there and it triggers a cutscene, but I just have an empty building. Tell me there's some way to get him to show up.

 

[psyfi]

You'd rather eat 20 apples over one meal?



It's "good enough", but it's also incredibly tedious and boring.

That's how I feel about cooking. It's such a chore. I'd rather chow down on raw materials.

 

[Kinsei]

there are meals you can cook in 10 seconds that give you maxed out red hearts + 5 temporary hearts.

when you have 15 heart containers, it's worth it.
also when you have 5 heart containers it's worth it.
no amount of apples or raw meat is going to give you temp hearts, stamina boosts, or attack and defense boosts.

If I need temp hearts then I'll just let the monster kill me so

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Mipha's Grace

kicks in. I don't need the other buffs because armor skills negate the need for them.

My eyes are twitching more than nervously right now. I can't even.

If you need more than the two rations provided to you in the low rank quests then you're doing something very wrong. By the time you actually need steaks you'll have most likely unlocked a much faster way of getting them than sitting there and grilling them one after the other.

 

[MosquitoSmasher]

Parrying the lasers isn't that difficult. Can't give the exact spot but it is around when the circles around the targeting eye turns blue. Works for me most of the time.

So as soon as that happens I press ZL + A?

 

[Wallach]

So as soon as that happens I press ZL + A?

Just hold ZL the whole time so your shield is up and you're locked on to it. Then hit A to perform the parry when the time is right.

 

[Lupin the Third]

You'd rather eat 20 apples over one meal?

If you just cook

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5 apples at once

, you'll get

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simmered fruit which is usually 5 hearts and 50 rupees

, but sometimes it will randomly be like

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8 or 9 hearts

instead and I think maybe with a benefit?

 

[CharminUltra]

I guess Ganon's army is getting hit hard by the economy. Just got ambushed by bokoblins wielding wooden mops and farming hoes.

 

[PhoenixDawn]

Cooking is definitely not worthless, especially if you don't have

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fully enhanced armor and the full heal revive power.

 

[TankRizzo]

I'm having a hard time finding shrines in the desert. I'm sitting at 6 hearts and I'm Jonesing for more.

 

[Mr-Joker]

Took this picture of Link looking at a double rainbow yesterday, got excited as I only saw it out of the corner of my eyes reminds me of the time when I saw one in real life...just without the wall climbing bit.

As for the subject of cooking vs eating raw food, eating raw food is fine at the start of the game or when you want to top up a small amount of health but cooking is the way to go in the long run.

However cooking is such a chore to do in the game as you have to first gather food, find a cooking pot and then guess a cooking recipe just for one healing items.

Just before they shoot the laser you can hear a loud beep, react to that sound.

Is there any other cue other than the beep sound? As I am deaf and I can't hear them make that noise as all my focus is on reading the guardian.

 

[norm9]

That's how I feel about cooking. It's such a chore. I'd rather chow down on raw materials.

This what I do too. I just mash the eat button and everything raw until I'm healed.

 

[MosquitoSmasher]

Just hold ZL the whole time so your shield is up and you're locked on to it. Then hit A to perform the parry when the time is right.

Guess it takes a bit of practicing then because he constantly obliterates me with his laser. So far ain't no parrying that for me.

 

[13ruce]

But I like to climb! It's the one mechanic that really sets this game apart so far from the other open world games, being able to traverse virtually anywhere. And lot of the areas are definitely designed with that idea in mind, so having a weather mode that basically gimps you is just... bleh.

What i do is make a fire under a tree or something skip a day boom rain gone.