I think it is. It's the only thing that gives Link a "level up". And I did notice the gradual appearance of stronger versions the more I complete shrines.
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |OT2| It's 98 All Over Again
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I think it is. It's the only thing that gives Link a "level up". And I did notice the gradual appearance of stronger versions the more I complete shrines.
SciencePilot
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Yeah I think it's amber. I feel bad because I told someone something wrong earlier in the thread. Both amber earrings and diamond circlet offer max defense. So do soldier and ancient helm. I haven't found anything else that does, but maybe there is.
WhiskerFrisker
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The strats are too real right now.
I'm at the Divine Beast in the Zora domain and I cannot figure out what I'm supposed to do for the puzzle after the one where I froze the water. Any hints?
Cap of the Wild
Try controlling the elephant's trunk and see what effects it does in your surroundings.
tonyh24613
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Maybe someone can grind hundreds of bokoblins on the plateau and face silver enemies without beating any shrines. lol
JaseMath
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This makes the game unenjoyable if you ask me. Same with max-defense all the time.
But nailing that headshot to stun them is awesome.
Claymores are really good. Actually, all weapon types are pretty useful in different situations.
There should be something you can control on the divine beast in your map.
Tabasco
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I don't think I'm enjoying the game as much as I could be.
The difficulty is a bit steep and I tend to skip most of the big enemy fights because I'm still only at 3 hearts with the starting clothes.
My playtime is at least 10 hours.
Where do I go to make myself stronger with better armor?
The difficulty is a bit steep and I tend to skip most of the big enemy fights because I'm still only at 3 hearts with the starting clothes.
My playtime is at least 10 hours.
I managed to make it towards the end of the elephant divine beast.
Where do I go to make myself stronger with better armor?
Most of the towns have clothing shops where you can buy better armor.
There's also a
Great Fairy Fountain
Do as many shrines as you find to upgrade your heart count (you should be at 4 hearts after the 4 shrines in the begining). When you get to kakariko you can buy a new set of better clothes, and you can also upgrade it nearby at the great fairy.
Dont let the "game is so easy scrub just get stamina and fight naked with a tree branch" type posts intimidate you.
Finale Fireworker
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I didn't realize so many level four armor upgrades required so many gems and I'm kind of mad.
This is one of those situations where I wish people had been more direct with me. After weeks of cryptic comments and vague suggestions that "you'll need them later," I reached a point where I thought I understood what they were for and didn't keep many dozens of gems I had accumulated.
I thought they were only for Gerudo jewelry. For many days I have been advocating selling gems because the Gerudo jewelry isn't really worth upgrading. People would agree with me. Sell your gems, they'd say. The jewelry isn't worth it, they'd agree. Conversations about what to do with gems have revolved around the crafting of Gerudo jewelry. In all these conversations, there were always a few people who would say something like "you'll need them later" or "you'll regret selling those." But they never elaborated. They never explained what they were getting at. I've been in this OT since launch day and have seen the question come up over and over and over and I've never seen somebody who knew be upfront about why gems were worth keeping.
So I finally just looked up what it was for and I'm feeling pretty burned. It takes 45 opal to fully upgrade the
. 30 topaz for the
. 15 rubies for the
I understand being cautious of spoilers in an OT, but OTs exist to improve our collective experience. Maybe lots of people here were like me and didn't realize gems had such an important function. Maybe lots of people here were like me and thought their use ended at jewelry. But for all the times it has come up and people have asked, I've never seen anybody make a clear point that you DO, definitively, want to keep a number of your gems. Not just for optional cosmetics, but for things you might use every single day.
I would advise, moving forward, to be more specific when people ask what gems are for and whether they should hold onto them. It won't take me that long to reaccumulate everything I sold, but I know I'm going to unlock the fourth upgrade option soon as I could have upgraded everything as soon as I found it. Instead, I sold everything as soon as I got to Gerudo.
This is one of those situations where I wish people had been more direct with me. After weeks of cryptic comments and vague suggestions that "you'll need them later," I reached a point where I thought I understood what they were for and didn't keep many dozens of gems I had accumulated.
I thought they were only for Gerudo jewelry. For many days I have been advocating selling gems because the Gerudo jewelry isn't really worth upgrading. People would agree with me. Sell your gems, they'd say. The jewelry isn't worth it, they'd agree. Conversations about what to do with gems have revolved around the crafting of Gerudo jewelry. In all these conversations, there were always a few people who would say something like "you'll need them later" or "you'll regret selling those." But they never elaborated. They never explained what they were getting at. I've been in this OT since launch day and have seen the question come up over and over and over and I've never seen somebody who knew be upfront about why gems were worth keeping.
So I finally just looked up what it was for and I'm feeling pretty burned. It takes 45 opal to fully upgrade the
Zora Armor
Rubber Set
Snowquill.
I understand being cautious of spoilers in an OT, but OTs exist to improve our collective experience. Maybe lots of people here were like me and didn't realize gems had such an important function. Maybe lots of people here were like me and thought their use ended at jewelry. But for all the times it has come up and people have asked, I've never seen anybody make a clear point that you DO, definitively, want to keep a number of your gems. Not just for optional cosmetics, but for things you might use every single day.
I would advise, moving forward, to be more specific when people ask what gems are for and whether they should hold onto them. It won't take me that long to reaccumulate everything I sold, but I know I'm going to unlock the fourth upgrade option soon as I could have upgraded everything as soon as I found it. Instead, I sold everything as soon as I got to Gerudo.
StAidan
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Yeah, I haven't quite been everywhere yet (southeastern region is still waiting on me), but so far I've felt like Hebra is the most content-dense region in the game. More shrines, more koroks, more hidden chests/treasure, more varied terrain.
The Medoh quest was great, too. Easy, maybe, but the whole thing from the initial approach to the beast's landing felt like a true adventure in the sky.
Jumping out into the open air
WhiskerFrisker
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ResidentWeevil13
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Just dropping in to say that Zelda has really grown on me. I still HATE the English voice actress, but having seen all of the memories , I think the character herself feels extremely well realized. I'd consider her of a similar quality level to Midna.
She's not perfect. She's not always likable. She's not always strong. But she seems real and well-rounded in ways other Zeldas never did.
She's not perfect. She's not always likable. She's not always strong. But she seems real and well-rounded in ways other Zeldas never did.
tonyh24613
Member
I like that you can feed
skull horse apple/carrots, and those carrots bonus works.
where was the final location for the
guy again? He told me where he was going the last time I met him but fuck me if I remember it. I ran into him twice before naturally but I believe his final location is a specific place that you dont really wander to naturally?
korok seed
WhiskerFrisker
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The puzzle that I'm referring to has something to do with stasis. There is a ball on one side and a chest on the other. I'm no seeing what you guys are telling me.
Chinbo37
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This was my game 2 days ago:
Since then I did another divine creature and 5 more shrines. I'm over 60 hours.
Man you jammed on stamina upgrades.
I did 1 stamina upgrade and all the rest hearts so far. I have 8 hearts.
NOLA_Gaffer
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Bingo. After 80 hours playing the game, I still can't get the timing down on parrying and the dodge+flurry rush.
Smiles and Cries
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new page anyone know?
sometimes I see a 1 sometimes I see a 3 not sure what affects the amount of times I can use a power
If you think that 'mechanic' is fun, yeah.
I think it's a fixed number? It's never changed for me.
Chinbo37
Member
Ya I found that but I've still been doing hearts as I came to understand there is something you can do with
13 hearts
Look at the wheel next to it and ask yourself why it moves.
Answer:
It's water.
After that wait for the right time to use stasis.
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
They're consumable. Some have more max ammo than others. The number goes down as you use it, once it's at 0 there's a recharge period after which it returns to its maximum ammo.
I think I'm going to take on whatever the Gerudo beast is when I play tonight. I've only done one so far (Zora) but I've found and completed over 50 shrines, discovered seven memories and located 120 korok seeds.
If I wander around aimlessly and gleefully enjoying the world much longer I feel like I'll end up defeating the remaining divine beasts and Ganon in a row because it'll be all I'll have left to do. With two beasts conquered I think some equilibrium in my progress will be restored.
Will also give me that vital
If I wander around aimlessly and gleefully enjoying the world much longer I feel like I'll end up defeating the remaining divine beasts and Ganon in a row because it'll be all I'll have left to do. With two beasts conquered I think some equilibrium in my progress will be restored.
Will also give me that vital
thirteenth heart to claim the Matter Sword.
CrazyHorse
Junior Member
Why am I still watching the trailers?
I'm a runner
I did all my stamina first. Plenty of recipes give you more than enough bonus hearts already. I want the max amount of stamina all the time. I want to be able to climb, run and swim as much as I can without having to eat or drink constantly. Having max stamina all the time is more fun for me - I need it constantly, unlike a large number of hearts which I only need in very specific enemy encounters. Eating stuff for bonus hearts at those moments is easy enough - I need to do that far less than I would have needed to eat bonus stamina meals all the time.
They have different max number. You need to use all the tries before you can wait to regenerate the power.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Nevermind I see the problem. I skipped what seems to be the first puzzle and I didn't have access to the controls.
.And this one other thing
I'm at 102 shrines, about 129 korok seeds. Since I don't plan to collect all seeds, I'm...quite close to what the game can offer to me.
I'm really sad at the thought of, you know, stop playing the game. What do I do after a long day of work, if not slowly scouring Hyrule and finding silly little secrets?
I'm really sad at the thought of, you know, stop playing the game. What do I do after a long day of work, if not slowly scouring Hyrule and finding silly little secrets?
hmm that makes sense and makes me feel stupid lol. I havent seen that location tho, I guess i missed it (I dont have the entire map yet, almost tho)
Finale Fireworker
Member
I am reading you need 15x for an armor set
(Desert Voe)
Smiles and Cries
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I need a gif between 43:58sec-44 minutes https://youtu.be/K99qbANUzuI?t=43m58s
I was shocked when this happened
I was shocked when this happened
civilstrife
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SpiceMelange
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There's white lynels hand placed in the map (hebra region in particular). The scaling gives a chance for an enemy to be a stronger variant, so a red lynel could become white, a white lynel spawn could become silver, etc.
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