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[Stopdoor]

Can't believe this game was speed run in under 44 minutes without any glitches.

People have a weird definition of glitches. The runs I've seen are pretty stylish so far, but you really want to argue whistle-sprinting, the way they immediately re-mount horses that have shaken them off, negate fall damage, stunlock Ganon, and in the latest speedrun I saw, cause the final area to only half load for less lag not glitches? Just because you can't obviously see them teleporting around doesn't make them not glitches.

Not that I think glitches matter. If glitchless runs really are done, how do they quantify them? Must be more laborious thinking up what is arbitrarily a glitch and not a glitch.

 

[Hazmat]

Anyone have recommendations on areas to farm Ancient Cores?

I would just farm the guardians in front of the castle after each blood moon. Unfortunately, you don't always get one.

 

[KayMote]

Seems I've only found three major tests so far. Do you know how many there are in total?

Not sure if I overlooked any, but there are at least 7-8 of them.

 

[Mirand]

Is there a comprehensive list out there that has the map locations that factor into the completion percentage?

 

[Apt101]

Damn I love this game so much. I can't stop exploring, and I keep accidentally finding crazy shit to do.

I just surfed on my shield through a hilly valley, and was then batted like a baseball by a giant up onto a mountain ridge, where I found a shrine. I can't believe Nintendo of all companies made this open world.

 

[Arttemis]

Beat the game today. I had about 115 shrines / 265 korok seeds on my own, but used a guide to get the last 5 shrines before attempting Ganon.

Damn, what a great game.

 

[Stereogatari]

100+ hours in and I just found out there is a Gerudo Stable. It's where my last shrine was.

WTF! This game mang. I thought I had seen everything.

 

[Glass Shark]

Can't believe this game was speed run in under 44 minutes without any glitches.

It actually makes me vibrate with excitement. Like, it's such a fucking brilliant design decision that I'm frankly amazed that a team at Nintendo came up with it.

 

[TheJoRu]

I'm 110 hours in, just made my first visit to Hyrule Castle.

I just can't, guys. I'm crying. This is the game of my dreams. :'D

 

[robochimp]

The Lost Pilgrimage is one of the worst fucking things I've ever seen in a videogame. I can't believe that it exists in this masterfully crafted game.

Man the hyperbole about this mission, I had to look it up and saw Kotaku had an article calling it a dumpster fire.

Crouch down and stay back. He saw me after I killed the wolf, it made me restart and the wolf isn't even there the second time.

 

[Frodo]

So I wanted to do the Goron Divine beast quest. Got the armour, though I'm going to upgrade it. Went out to gather the material I needed. Played for 10 hours, did everything BUT gathering the materials. Found shrines, did side quests, got new gear, but didn't get any closer on completing the Goron quest. I can't with this game. It's too much.

 

[jonno394]

Man the hyperbole about this mission, I had to look it up and saw Kotaku had an article calling it a dumpster fire.

Crouch down and stay back. He saw me after I killed the wolf, it made me restart and the wolf isn't even there the second time.

I did it first time and i went in blind with no prior knowledge - i really don't get the complaints. Just do what you do in typical situations like this. Stay far back, keep your eye on the prize, move behind cover and always expect them to turn round or back on themselves at least once. The wolf caught me off guard for a split second but i one shot it with my bow from behind a tree almost as soon as i saw it.

 

[Majukun]

only 8 shrines left for me (and 600 korok seed )
still trying to find them without using a guide,but at this point i'm kind of running in circles...

 

[TheJoRu]

The Lost Pilgrimage is one of the worst fucking things I've ever seen in a videogame. I can't believe that it exists in this masterfully crafted game.

Wat? It's a pretty standard trailing mission, except thanks to Koroks being utterly adorable it actually has a bit of charm to it.

It's probably the best trailing mission I've played for the reason above, and because

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the foggy, mysterious atmosphere in the Lost Woods

makes for such a good location for a mission like that. You really need to keep an eye on him as the fog and the tall grass easily camouflages him.

 

[Majukun]

what do you do with the three-colour fish?

 

[Apt101]

Is it possible to shake trees and make the fruit fall out?

 

[Shamrock7r]

Is it possible to shake trees and make the fruit fall out?

Not shake but you can hit the tree with a blunt weapon like a hammer and they will fall down

 

[Steejee]

I did it first time and i went in blind with no prior knowledge - i really don't get the complaints. Just do what you do in typical situations like this. Stay far back, keep your eye on the prize, move behind cover and always expect them to turn round or back on themselves at least once. The wolf caught me off guard for a split second but i one shot it with my bow from behind a tree almost as soon as i saw it.

I beat that bit first try, no prior knowledge. I thought people were talking about some other quest I hadn't encountered.

I don't know of the Sheika armor helped any, but is certainly didn't hurt. Did same as you - just kept my distance and picked off the wolf when it popped up suddenly (I had figured I'd have to fight off something at some point, so I was ready). The main challenge was really just being able to see him through the tall grass, but that's why I found it a unique challenge, like spotting someone in camo in a forest.

 

[Apt101]

Not shake but you can hit the tree with a blunt weapon like a hammer and they will fall down

Word up, cheers. I was going to try that but I accidentally threw my big hammer off the side of a mountain :/

 

[HawthorneKitty]

Anyone have recommendations on areas to farm Ancient Cores?

The correct way is save near a walking Guardian, wallop it (easy as cake if you have the skills or the Master Sword + Stasis+), reload if it doesn't drop.

 

[Malus]

I did it first time and i went in blind with no prior knowledge - i really don't get the complaints. Just do what you do in typical situations like this. Stay far back, keep your eye on the prize, move behind cover and always expect them to turn round or back on themselves at least once. The wolf caught me off guard for a split second but i one shot it with my bow from behind a tree almost as soon as i saw it.

I just inherently hate missions where I have to slowly follow somebody around without being noticed, and if I fail I have to start from scratch. They're just not very fun in the first place imo.

Made worse by:

-How hard he is to see in the fog + grass
-Playing in handheld mode (to minimize the forest frame drops) makes it harder to see him still
-The fog can auto-restart you if you cross the invisible boundary

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Is there a comprehensive list out there that has the map locations that factor into the completion percentage?

Wot in obama's nation

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

This North LomeibLabyrinth is doing my head in. What am I missing here?

I feel "make it past the maze" is a trick phrase. Like, do I just ignore the maze and...walk past it?

 

[TheJoRu]

I beat that bit first try, no prior knowledge. I thought people were talking about some other quest I hadn't encountered.

I don't know of the Sheika armor helped any, but is certainly didn't hurt. Did same as you - just kept my distance and picked off the wolf when it popped up suddenly (I had figured I'd have to fight off something at some point, so I was ready). The main challenge was really just being able to see him through the tall grass, but that's why I found it a unique challenge, like spotting someone in camo in a forest.

This. Seriously.

I read that Kotaku article on it that completely bashed it, and towards the end he writes:

My boss Stephen Totilo tells me that he beat it on his first try by skirting the trees and being careful, which, wow, okay.

Yeah, holy shit, dude. Turns out being careful and using the environment to hide properly in a stealth mission actually works. Wow!

 

[Rhaknar]

My switch finally displays time olayed but it just says "50 hours or more", its not even accurate?

Does it do increments of 10 or something?

 

[B-Dubs]

This. Seriously.

I read that Kotaku article on it that completely bashed it, and towards the end he writes:



Yeah, holy shit, dude. Turns out being careful and using the environment to hide properly in a stealth mission actually works. Wow!

For real, use the trees and stealth food/gear and it's easy as pie.

 

[Red]

My switch finally displays time olayed but it just says "50 hours or more", its not even accurate?

Does it do increments of 10 or something?

I think it's increments of five.

 

[CharminUltra]

I did it first time and i went in blind with no prior knowledge - i really don't get the complaints. Just do what you do in typical situations like this. Stay far back, keep your eye on the prize, move behind cover and always expect them to turn round or back on themselves at least once. The wolf caught me off guard for a split second but i one shot it with my bow from behind a tree almost as soon as i saw it.

Yeah. I also had my "Stasis view" on in hopes that he'd turn yellow or something. He didn't, but the yellow overlay made it easier to see him.

 

[Effigenius]

My switch finally displays time olayed but it just says "50 hours or more", its not even accurate?

Does it do increments of 10 or something?

5

 

[BriareosGAF]

-How hard he is to see in the fog + grass
-Playing in handheld mode (to minimize the forest frame drops) makes it harder to see him still
-The fog can auto-restart you if you cross the invisible boundary

It is a trash mission. You can improve the sight by going into stasis/magneto mode, it will outline the little guy. I eventually just skipped the entire thing because I memorized the path doing it so many times and just ran to the shrine. Only bigger fuck you to the player than bullshit stealth systems is "have fun waiting for it to stop raining while you're trying to climb something".

 

[Finale Fireworker]

Trying to do the shrine that requires a Blood Moon... shouldn't have restarted my game. I had a session suspended where I got a Blood Moon constantly. Now I'm lighting fires and skipping to night after night.

I'm afraid to leave because if I get a Blood Moon while I'm not looking for one I probably won't notice it until it's too late to get back.

 

[il Diavolo]

Is korok forest

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a place you'll inevitably discover during the story quests or is it something you have to stumble upon

?

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Really want to increase my inventory

.

 

[Skyzard]

Played for a few minutes on wiiu to test the update. Bit smoother, bit more pop-in.

Been too hooked on snake pass to go back to zelda properly atm, might have gotten my fill for now and come back to it later.

 

[Majukun]

no idea why you people had that many problems with the stalking mission..i didi it no problem and i suck hard at stealth

 

[B-Dubs]

Trying to do the shrine that requires a Blood Moon... shouldn't have restarted my game. I had a session suspended where I got a Blood Moon constantly. Now I'm lighting fires and skipping to night after night.

I'm afraid to leave because if I get a Blood Moon while I'm not looking for one I probably won't notice it until it's too late to get back.

Go kill a Hinox or Lynel or something big, that should trigger it. The game doesn't like leaving world bosses dead.

 

[Anteo]

Is korok forest

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a place you'll inevitably discover during the story quests or is it something you have to stumble upon

?

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Really want to increase my inventory

.

There is no main quest that makes you go there.

 

[alfredofroylan]

Man the hyperbole about this mission, I had to look it up and saw Kotaku had an article calling it a dumpster fire.

Crouch down and stay back. He saw me after I killed the wolf, it made me restart and the wolf isn't even there the second time.

Allso using magnetic or stasis helps a lot to see trough the grass and fog.

 

[BriareosGAF]

Is korok forest

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a place you'll inevitably discover during the story quests or is it something you have to stumble upon

?

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Really want to increase my inventory

.

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You run into the guy to start the chain on the way to Kakariko Village early on. However if you go the long way around it's possible to completely miss him, like I did until after I had finished two ancients...

 

[Crayolan]

Is korok forest

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a place you'll inevitably discover during the story quests or is it something you have to stumble upon

?

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Really want to increase my inventory

.

the latter

 

[Finale Fireworker]

Go kill a Hinox or Lynel or something big, that should trigger it. The game doesn't like leaving world bosses dead.

I killed the Stone Talus and the Lynel nearby. :/

 

[Fuzzy]

I finally did the dungeons.

Did the Zora and now I know why people paired Mipha and Link. How would that even work?

Ahh whatever. Does anybody in the game Not like Link?

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Urbosa, s

he'd rather be with

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Zelda

.

 

[Majukun]

Is korok forest

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a place you'll inevitably discover during the story quests or is it something you have to stumble upon

?

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Really want to increase my inventory

.

no main story part will bring you there other than the quest

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to find the master sword

, and even then you have to go there yourself after collecting gossip around the world about it,no icon will pop up indicating the place.

if you want a general locaton in the map it's

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just directly north of hyrule castle

but if you reveal all the map and check it,there are really just 2 places that are the big suspects,so you can find it with this method too.

 

[Malus]

no idea why you people had that many problems with the stalking mission..i didi it no problem and i suck hard at stealth

Well I explained my issues lol.

My biggest issue is that even if I beat it the first time no problems it wasn't exactly fun. And it just went from not fun to very not fun with each repetition.

 

[TheJoRu]

Is korok forest

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a place you'll inevitably discover during the story quests or is it something you have to stumble upon

?

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Really want to increase my inventory

.

You

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basically have to stumble upon it, it doesn't become part of the story until you find it yourself. I mean, there's people talking about it in certain areas so you'll certainly get hints as to where it's at. But personally I didn't find it until I was 60 hours into the game, because I hadn't explored that section of the world.

 

[il Diavolo]

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You run into the guy to start the chain on the way to Kakariko Village early on. However if you go the long way around it's possible to completely miss him, like I did until after I had finished two ancients...

You mean the

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big dude with the maracas? Yeah I met him but I don't remember beginning a quest chain after helping him initially.

I'll check my log, maybe i missed something--

You

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basically have to stumble upon it, it doesn't become part of the story until you find it yourself. I mean, there's people talking about it in certain areas so you'll certainly get hints as to where it's at. But personally I didn't find it until I was 60 hours into the game, because I hadn't explored that section of the world.

no main story part will bring you there other than the quest

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to find the master sword

, and even then you have to go there yourself after collecting gossip around the world about it,no icon will pop up indicating the place.

if you want a general locaton in the map it's

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just directly north of hyrule castle

but if you reveal all the map and check it,there are really just 2 places that are the big suspects,so you can find it with this method too.

the latter

Ah ok. Thanks for the responses, I guess I'll just wander around for a bit.

 

[Malus]

You mean the

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big dude with the maracas? Yeah I met him but I don't remember beginning a quest chain after helping him initially.

I'll check my log, maybe i missed something.

You just need to find him based on his hints. There isn't gonna be a quest marker.

Last day of March. I literally don't remember anything about this month other than playing this fucking game.

I remember it arriving in the mail and me staring at it intently waiting for my Switch to arrive.

 

[brandonh83]

Last day of March. I literally don't remember anything about this month other than playing this fucking game.

 

[Aldric]

no idea why you people had that many problems with the stalking mission..i didi it no problem and i suck hard at stealth

lt's not that it was hard, it was just not fun. Lost Woods in general was a disappointment because the fog mechanics were reminiscent of the old walled off level design of previous Zelda games, in contrast to the entirely open nature of the rest of the game. Plus l hate koroks, moreso in this game where they make these awful cutesy ugugu noises.

 

[Rhaknar]

Does anyone remember how to get to this shrine northwest of

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Rito Village

, in a

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lake, at the end of a pier, you see it through a crack in the mountain wall.

I bombed a nearby rock and it gave me a updraft, and above there was a rock with a korok seed, but I cant see anyway to get in. This damn snowstorm and playing portable doesnt help either.

Help?

 

[Malus]

Does anyone remember how to get to this shrine northwest of

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Rito Village

, in a

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lake, at the end of a pier, you see it through a crack in the mountain wall.

I bombed a nearby rock and it gave me a updraft, and above there was a rock with a korok seed, but I cant see anyway to get in. This damn snowstorm and playing portable doesnt help either.

Help?

There's an entrance

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somewhere high above it along the river.