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[JJShadow]

I don't see harm in getting it now, but it depends on your preference. It acts like a normal sword with 30 attack power and crappy durability forcing a 10-minute wait between breaks. It is very useful against Guardians and Divine Beasts (deals double damage and its durability is greatly increased against those enemies).

Whenever I have my MS not at full durability (no sparkle), I use it against normal enemies/ore until it breaks and recharges so that I'll have a "brand new" one and leave it for when I encounter Guardians.

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It's intended for guardian enemies and bosses. The base attack is 30 and when around those enemies or in Hyrule Castle the attack jumps to 60. There's no reason not to pick it up as soon as possible. You could even convert some stamina to hearts if you want to pick it up right now, and then convert those two hearts back to stamina after you get the sword.

Thanks! I cleared all shrines in the Forest and I was missing only one container, so I already have it

 

[Naked Snake]

Thanks! I cleared all shrines in the Forest and I was missing only one container, so I already have it

It also shoots lasers when you're at full health (use the weapon throw button). Never found much use for it though, it looks cool when you do it over grass (mow the lawn), for combat I'd rather use bow and arrow for ranged attacks.

 

[atr0cious]

Why 99% of breakable jars in this game don't contain anything? Seems like a departure from OoT days where breaking jars was rewarding... Why include them and make them breakable if they don't have anything?

Subversion of that specific trope the franchise has leaned on. And some jars have stuff, it's just very rare and must be where people reside usually. And the many wooden and metal boxes make up for it.

 

[The Antitype]

I really feel like the Ancient Armor helmet needed a few more design attempts...

 

[Caelus]

With 100+ shrines done and zero Divine Beasts, I decided I might as well try to beat the game - meaning heading up to the Sanctum with no Champion abilities, facing all four Blights and defeating a full health Calamity Ganon.

It was thrilling as all hell! Felt nice to burn to several inventory slots hammering away at these foes.

Unfortunately my Switch straight up crashed and my software closed right before I could puncture Ganon's third eye with a Light Arrow. Has anyone else encountered this bug? As much as I love the game, it felt frustrating to end my session like that. I'll try again tomorrow.

 

[jariw]

I really feel like the Ancient Armor helmet needed a few more design attempts...

Do you expect anything else from

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Robbie

?

 

[watershed]

I really feel like the Ancient Armor helmet needed a few more design attempts...

Lol, yeah the ancient helmet is one of the worst looking pieces of armor in the game, which is a shame. I like the ancient armor set aside from the helmet but with the helmet Link looks a bit like a doofus running around Hyrule completely destroying guardians like a badass. It's a bit weird.

 

[jnWake]

I really feel like the Ancient Armor helmet needed a few more design attempts...

It's meant to look like a Guardian. It's awesome.

 

[Naked Snake]

I didn't like the look of the ancient helmet at first, but it grew on me.

 

[Naked Snake]

Do weapon descriptions like "This weapon is light weight and easy to wield" or "only the most skilled fighters can use this properly" (not exact wording ofc) have any effect on the way the weapon handles? I never noticed a difference.

 

[maxcriden]

Do weapon descriptions like "This weapon is light weight and easy to wield" or "only the most skilled fighters can use this properly" (not exact wording ofc) have any effect on the way the weapon handles? I never noticed a difference.

Unfortunately not, I don't think so. I was hoping heavier weapons would slow you down a bit, and vice-versa, but I assume for QOL features they left that out.

(On an entirely different note, I still want a music player for the Sheikah Slate as part of DLC 2...and a raincoat...)

 

[atr0cious]

Unfortunately not, I don't think so. I was hoping heavier weapons would slow you down a bit, and vice-versa, but I assume for QOL features they left that out.

(On an entirely different note, I still want a music player for the Sheikah Slate as part of DLC 2...and a raincoat...)

There's a big difference in the recovery of using two handed weapons vs one handed. And you do move a little slower all around, though not by much. The main variations come from the environment, via placement and weather patterns, like having to fight with a wooden bow and bombs in the rain because all other weapons are metal.

 

[N° 2048]

Any tips to not run out of weapons? Struggling with this early on.

 

[mrkgoo]

There's a big difference in the recovery of using two handed weapons vs one handed. And you do move a little slower all around, though not by much. The main variations come from the environment, via placement and weather patterns, like having to fight with a wooden bow and bombs in the rain because all other weapons are metal.

I'm pretty sure they've mentioned that swimming with heavy gear slows you down too.

I also assume that different gear affects your stealth?

 

[WolfeTone]

Any tips to not run out of weapons? Struggling with this early on.

You're supposed to run out of weapons and replace them pretty quickly. You'd be lucky to get more than 30 hits in with a single weapon before it breaks. Pick up all the weapons the enemies drop. You'll soon adjust.

 

[Naked Snake]

You're supposed to run out of weapons and replace them pretty quickly. You'd be lucky to get more than 30 hits in with a single weapon before it breaks. Pick up all the weapons the enemies drop. You'll soon adjust.

I don't think I ever ran out of weapons in the game, or arrows for that matter (which I've heard more people complain about running out of). People must have wildly different play styles.

Any tips to not run out of weapons? Struggling with this early on.

Try to use bombs as much as you can. All low-level world enemies can be easily killed with bombs (chu chus, keese, octoroks, skeletons, wolves, etc.). Also many enemy camps can be almost entirely killed off with bombs if you stealth your way to higher ground and throw and blow one bomb after another in the middle of the camp... the stupidity of enemy AI in such scenarios really bothers me. They'll keep coming over to check the bomb only to have it explode in their face over and over until they're all dead. Also use bombs on ore to conserve your weapons. Use the bow and arrow more. Plenty of ways to make your weapons last.

 

[Firenze1]

It was a great game but i am kinda burned out on zelda now. Things that i disliked:

- no graveyard area
- not many bombable walls with secret caves
- the horse felt useless
- not enough unique enemies
- dungeons
- story is a snoozer

Good zelda but not in my top3.

 

[Red]

Any tips to not run out of weapons? Struggling with this early on.

Pick up weapons from the enemies you defeat.

 

[Naked Snake]

The shrine where you need to

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deliver an ice cube through firehoses and over lava

was fun.

 

[watershed]

Any tips to not run out of weapons? Struggling with this early on.

Use the weapons your enemies drop. I was never out of weapons at any point.

 

[atr0cious]

I'm pretty sure they've mentioned that swimming with heavy gear slows you down too.

I also assume that different gear affects your stealth?

a

You are correct. There's a difference between sneaking unarmed and armed, since the weapons clank on your back. Which can spoil you're ambush even with the stealth armor set.

It was a great game but i am kinda burned out on zelda now. Things that i disliked:

- no graveyard area
- not many bombable walls with secret caves
- the horse felt useless
- not enough unique enemies
- dungeons
- story is a snoozer

Good zelda but not in my top3.

You May not have been looking hard enough, these are everywhere, some holding shrines. I think there are several grave sites, but nothing like OoTs Dampe's Labyrinth. Horse is great if you're​ going to open areas like Hyrule Field, Hebra, and Faron. Dungeons are subjective, as I found their structure and puzzles were better in everyway compared to the stale push-block/find a button design of the others. And I dug that the story gets out of your way and allows for you to muck around, while the character interactions are Majora's Mask tier and maybe a little better with how diverse the personalities are.

 

[The Antitype]

Lol, yeah the ancient helmet is one of the worst looking pieces of armor in the game, which is a shame. I like the ancient armor set aside from the helmet but with the helmet Link looks a bit like a doofus running around Hyrule completely destroying guardians like a badass. It's a bit weird.

Yeah, looks silly to me.

I spent a lot of my early time with the game searching for fairy fountains and grinding for materials, so I had most of my gear and amiibo sets upgraded to high levels well before I even found the machine to make Ancient gear.

Most my time with the game rocking either

a)
Champion's Tunic
Amber Earrings
Hylian trousers (dyed white)

or

b)
Hylian tunic (dyed green)
Cap of Twighlight (later replaced by

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Cap of the Wild

dyed green)
Twilight trousers

for a look I felt like was a modernized take on the classic green Link

 

[maxcriden]

There's a big difference in the recovery of using two handed weapons vs one handed. And you do move a little slower all around, though not by much. The main variations come from the environment, via placement and weather patterns, like having to fight with a wooden bow and bombs in the rain because all other weapons are metal.

I'm pretty sure they've mentioned that swimming with heavy gear slows you down too.

I also assume that different gear affects your stealth?

You are correct. There's a difference between sneaking unarmed and armed, since the weapons clank on your back. Which can spoil you're ambush even with the stealth armor set.

Wow, I didn't realize any of that. Thanks to you both. I'm very pleased to have been wrong. I'm glad to have read that.

 

[waterproofjesus]

The shrine where you need to

Spoiler

deliver an ice cube through firehoses and over lava

was fun.

Man, I remember one particular part of this one... (maybe the very last part?) being incredibly difficult to surmise the solution they were looking for. It was one of the many situations I love in this game where I genuinely have no clear idea of how we're "supposed to" be solving a problem. It almost makes you feel like you've cheated somehow when you finally work out how to get past or solve something. No doubt this was very much purposefully designed into the game, based on what I've read from various interviews with the game's designers, talking about how they discovered the fact that "cheating is fun!"

Anyone else know what I mean? Sometimes I'll feel like I've done something I wasn't supposed to in order to solve a puzzle, but really it's just that as a player I'm unused to this level of freedom - so I almost feel guilty having exercised that freedom.

 

[Finaj]

Well, I've hit a roadblock.

The

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stealth mission into the Secret Yiga Hideout is a pain in the ass. You're given a game over if you get detected and there are no checkpoints.

Probably the only badly designed I've encountered so far.

 

[B-Dubs]

Well, I've hit a roadblock.

The

Spoiler

stealth mission into the Secret Yiga Hideout is a pain in the ass. You're given a game over if you get detected and there are no checkpoints.

Probably the only badly designed I've encountered so far.

Bananas dude, also Stasis. Really, it's super easy.

 

[jnWake]

Man, I remember one particular part of this one... (maybe the very last part?) being incredibly difficult to surmise the solution they were looking for. It was one of the many situations I love in this game where I genuinely have no clear idea of how we're "supposed to" be solving a problem. It almost makes you feel like you've cheated somehow when you finally work out how to get past or solve something. No doubt this was very much purposefully designed into the game, based on what I've read from various interviews with the game's designers, talking about how they discovered the fact that "cheating is fun!"

Anyone else know what I mean? Sometimes I'll feel like I've done something I wasn't supposed to in order to solve a puzzle, but really it's just that as a player I'm unused to this level of freedom - so I almost feel guilty having exercised that freedom.

How did you clear it? I pretty much brute forced the Shrine haha.

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My ice cube at the end was absurdly small

.

 

[Etrian Oddity]

Yeah, looks silly to me.

I spent a lot of my early time with the game searching for fairy fountains and grinding for materials, so I had most of my gear and amiibo sets upgraded to high levels well before I even found the machine to make Ancient gear.

Most my time with the game rocking either

a)
Champion's Tunic
Amber Earrings
Hylian trousers (dyed white)

or

b)
Hylian tunic (dyed green)
Cap of Twighlight (later replaced by

Spoiler

Cap of the Wild

dyed green)
Twilight trousers

Barbarian Helm for me all the way (red scheme), with the other two Ancient armor pieces or the full Barbarian set.

Love me the Barbarian shit.

I also did the riding hood with the Dark Tunic and Leggings though, that looked dope.

 

[Firenze1]

a

You are correct. There's a difference between sneaking unarmed and armed, since the weapons clank on your back. Which can spoil you're ambush even with the stealth armor set. You May not have been looking hard enough, these are everywhere, some holding shrines. I think there are several grave sites, but nothing like OoTs Dampe's Labyrinth. Horse is great if you're​ going to open areas like Hyrule Field, Hebra, and Faron. Dungeons are subjective, as I found their structure and puzzles were better in everyway compared to the stale push-block/find a button design of the others. And I dug that the story gets out of your way and allows for you to muck around, while the character interactions are Majora's Mask tier and maybe a little better with how diverse the personalities are.

Bombable walls hides a treasure chest 95% of the time. There are no explorable caves after you bomb a wall. Underground exploration is seriously lacking

 

[jariw]

Bananas dude, also Stasis. Really, it's super easy.

Additional tip: if you get discovered, run around in the area until you get killed, so you can scout and plan a good route for the next run.

Underground exploration is seriously lacking

When did the game hint underground exploration? Or are you just making random complaints about the game being different to some previous Zeldas?

 

[Firenze1]

When did the game hint underground exploration? Or are you just making random complaints about the game being different to some previous Zeldas?

Why would it need to hint that? It is a legit compliant.

 

[Naked Snake]

Well, I've hit a roadblock.

The

Spoiler

stealth mission into the Secret Yiga Hideout is a pain in the ass. You're given a game over if you get detected and there are no checkpoints.

Probably the only badly designed I've encountered so far.

I cleared that two days ago. Was also frustrated at first and hated it, but it's rather short so that's why checkpoints wouldn't have made much sense. Wear the Sheikah stealth armor set all the time there, hold a banana, press Down on the directional pad to aim where to throw it, after the guard takes it and turns around to walk back, walk up behind him for a stealth strike. Rinse, repeat.

 

[Pachimari]

I have no arrows at all. How do I get more of these?

 

[jariw]

Why would it need to hint that? It is a legit compliant.

It's an arbitrary complaint about a feature that isn't in the game's design. The game is called "Breath of the Wild", not "Link's Odyssey".

I have no arrows at all. How do I get more of these?

If you just need normal arrows, farm them from archer enemies shooting at (and missing) you. Archers at horseback will shoot unlimited number of arrows for farming.

Other types of arrows are found in enemy nests, chests, or in arrow shops.

 

[Firenze1]

It's an arbitrary complaint about a feature that isn't in the game's design. The game is called "Breath of the Wild", not "Link's Odyssey".
.

so? The previous Zelda was called "Skyward sword", but you could still swim underwater.

 

[Deku Tree]

To start Hard mode when it comes out will I have to delete my 120 shrine 400+ Korok Seed all good armor upgraded to level 4 save file?

 

[Naked Snake]

I have no arrows at all. How do I get more of these?

Buy them from shops and merchants. Also killing archer enemies with an arrow to the head often (always?) makes them drop 5x arrows. The path leading up to Zora's domain is good for that.

To start Hard mode when it comes out will I have to delete my 120 shrine 400+ Korok Seed all good armor upgraded to level 4 save file?

Nobody knows.

 

[Pachimari]

Phew, I haven't been to Zora and I only got 38 rupees. I might have to just kill ordinary archers.

 

[JJShadow]

Checking my quest list, I still have this one called "Hylian Homeowner" in which a guy is asking me for 3000 rupees to buy a house, but this is exactly the amount I've saved up to this point (I could still sell some minerals and rocks, but still...). Without getting into spoilers, is the reward worth that amont of rupees?

 

[jariw]

Checking my quest list, I still have this one called "Hylian Homeowner" in which a guy is asking me for 3000 rupees to buy a house, but this is exactly the amount I've saved up to this point (I could still sell some minerals and rocks, but still...). Without getting into spoilers, is the reward worth that amont of rupees?

Absolutely! The reward is not purely from an economical standpoint, though.

 

[azyless]

I'm almost at the 100-hour point and I've only done 2 beasts, haven't even put one foot in like half of the regions. I don't know where my time is going lol.

 

[Anteo]

Checking my quest list, I still have this one called "Hylian Homeowner" in which a guy is asking me for 3000 rupees to buy a house, but this is exactly the amount I've saved up to this point (I could still sell some minerals and rocks, but still...). Without getting into spoilers, is the reward worth that amont of rupees?

Thats like half the price lol. You still have to invest more afterwards but it starts anothr quest chain.

 

[waterproofjesus]

How did you clear it? I pretty much brute forced the Shrine haha.

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My ice cube at the end was absurdly small

.

Basically this, but I think I ended up stasis/hitting the little shred I had intact past that last bit. It flew through there fast enough that it survived.

 

[fierrotlepou]

I've said it before, but the only reasons why I die to these bosses is because my weapons are all about to break or because I don't have enough shields.

It's just a pain in the ass to have to stop the boss fights to go into the world and fucking farm for weapons. Let alone that it's hard to find decent weapons.

I still think this is a shitty "design choice" and frankly, it takes away some of the fun.

 

[Tunesmith]

How did you clear it? I pretty much brute forced the Shrine haha.

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My ice cube at the end was absurdly small

.

I used

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Magnesis on the Metal Block and blocked most of the fire barriers as I went.

 

[waterproofjesus]

I used

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Magnesis on the Metal Block and blocked most of the fire barriers as I went.

Yes, but

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how did you manage to fully block that last set of blowtorches? I seem to remember that no matter how you arranged the metal box, there wasn't a fully safe path through to the monk. I think I blocked it as much as I could, leaving juuuust enough space to allow my tiny ice cube a path to shoot through via stasis energy.

 

[pikachu Lv 5]

To start Hard mode when it comes out will I have to delete my 120 shrine 400+ Korok Seed all good armor upgraded to level 4 save file?

I hope not. I'm going to assume that you can just start hard mode without having to beat the game on normal first. If that is the case (I really hope that's the case), you can just create a new switch profile and let that be your hard mode file.

 

[Deku Tree]

I am hoping hard mode is just a toggle and you can switch it on and off in your existing game.

 

[Naked Snake]

I've said it before, but the only reasons why I die to these bosses is because my weapons are all about to break or because I don't have enough shields.

It's just a pain in the ass to have to stop the boss fights to go into the world and fucking farm for weapons. Let alone that it's hard to find decent weapons.

I still think this is a shitty "design choice" and frankly, it takes away some of the fun.

You're going into boss fights unprepared and you blame the game design?

 

[Anteo]

Yes, but

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how did you manage to fully block that last set of blowtorches? I seem to remember that no matter how you arranged the metal box, there wasn't a fully safe path through to the monk. I think I blocked it as much as I could, leaving juuuust enough space to allow my tiny ice cube a path to shoot through via stasis energy.

I didnt even bother blocking it. I just use stasis and send the icecube flying through the flames. It went so fast the fire didnt have time to melt it.

One thinh I discovered is that you must unequip your fire weapon or the cube is gonna melt.