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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |OT3| Your Free Time is Badly Damaged
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If you want to cook raw food just to increase the "heart value", it's easiest to do it
at the volcano by the gorons, where you can put the raw food directly on the ground.
Choppasmith
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Oh okay I knew that already. I thought maybe there was full fledged cooking (mixture of ingredients and such) going on.
Haven't seen the video, but I assume it's either a Fireproof Elixir (Fireproof lizard + Monster Parts) or it's the Fireproof Armor gotten in Goron City (Warning though it's EXPENSIVE! Check the South Mine at night for a much better solution I discovered too late.
Interesting, I'll head back there and check it out!
As I said a while back, I only wish there was a way to keep track of recipes instead of relying on memory (or screenshots). Even then though, I like how flexible and generous it is with ingredients.
N° 2048
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Thanks so much!
Chinbo37
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I've done the last 2 divine beasts and tons of shrines the last week and I haven't cooked at all.
If I ever get low health I eat a bunch of raw meat I got from killing wolves. I have over 150 of this kind of meat (forget the name now).
Recipes are kind of useless. If you want a status upgrade just cook 4 or 5 of the same ingredient that gives that status. For health just cook individual radishes or truffles that will give you a full refill plus some yellow hearts.
I think part of the point is to experiment to find the right combinations that suit your play style.
For example hate the cooking?
There's a combo that requires only 2 pieces and it fully restores your life and adds more temporarily. There are combos that you can sell for hundreds of rupees. And of course the very basic stats boosting combinations.
I was in the trials and had to stand over a pot and cook 60 times lol.
Cooking is great but there should be a re-cook feature for recipes and a recipe book. But I genuinely like the cooking system and the animation and music. I hope the next Zelda expands the cooking system with more recipes and ingredients while also offering quick-cook or batch cook options.
Just completed divine beast 'Vah Medoh',
, and as my second one it was a complete pushover compared to 'Vah Naboris' in
Puzzles was also very easy compared to the borderline trial & error of the previous one. I literately did the whole thing while enjoying my morning coffee prior to work just now.
Game exploration continues to be wonderful.
the flying one situated above Rito
Gerudo.
Just spamming it with arrows and very light dodging was all needed to take it down. An encounter not really boss fight worthy.
Game exploration continues to be wonderful.
afternoon delight
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Started Master Mode because I couldn't resist an official Hard difficulty and holy sweet fuck it does not mess around- at least in tha Plateu area. Can't imagine what's in store.
TheMoon
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Naked Snake
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I'm trying to avoid it due to abundance of spoilers for the Trials. I also started a new game on Master Mode and will not be playing the Trials for a while.
All I have to say is thank fucking god I have Amiibo to get a bunch of good weapons right from the start.
TheMoon
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everything I've seen in there was spoiler-tagged so far. haven't done the trial myself yet.
Jimnymebob
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I've not really been keeping up with this game, as to avoid spoilers, but I was wondering how the Wii U version is nowadays?
I've been holding off getting it, but the only benefit for getting it in the Switch whenever I get one would be the increased resolution when docked, and possibly improved performance. I probably wouldn't be playing it in the handheld mode, so portability isn't a factor in why I should or shouldn't but the Wii U version.
I'm fine with waiting until I get a Switch to play it if the performance when docked is noticeably better, but I'm kinda itching to play it lol.
I've been holding off getting it, but the only benefit for getting it in the Switch whenever I get one would be the increased resolution when docked, and possibly improved performance. I probably wouldn't be playing it in the handheld mode, so portability isn't a factor in why I should or shouldn't but the Wii U version.
I'm fine with waiting until I get a Switch to play it if the performance when docked is noticeably better, but I'm kinda itching to play it lol.
Naked Snake
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You can't spoiler tag screenshots. And I often fail to resist revealing and reading spoiler-tagged text. So better avoid the thread for me.
Naked Snake
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I believe the performance on the Switch when docked is noticeably better than Wii U. It's pretty much a smooth 30fps 99% of the time with the patches. Framerate stutters only a couple/few of locations. Whereas on Wii U I believe it dips into the 20s fps and possibly below a lot more often. I could be wrong but that's the impression I got from that Digital Foundry video that came out after the performance patch was released.
Jimnymebob
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Thanks for the reply.
I might wait for the Switch version then. I mean, I did play through Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen on the PS3, and the performance problems didn't bother me, but that was my only option to play it. If I can play a better version, I suppose I may as well.
You can, but not on mobile GAF.
I just got a switch. I just started this game. Handheld mode is perfect, but docked mode on the TV is not. I notice consistent frame pacing and/or sub 30 FPS issues pretty much consistently on the great plateau and even inside the first dungeon. Is this normal? Is there a workaround?
It's normal unfortunately. It has gotten better with patches but it's still not ideal.
Have you patched it to the latest version? The great plateau was pretty bad in the initial release, much better in the updates. Still not perfect, though.
afternoon delight
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I've only played the Wii U version and it's super fine, super gorgeous. Runs smoothly and the last patch even removed the last glaring fault of momentarily freezing while killing a certain enemy. I don't believe it's crashed once, ever.
I honestly don't care about graphics though so there's that caveat. Pixel hunters and shader counters actively annoy me tbh, but maybe that's growing up with an NES for you.
iAmMaximus
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Finally found myself a Switch and will be diving into this later today. What can I expect?
Greatest game of all time?
"I'm just gonna go see what's over there then I'm done for the night."
three hours later
"Ok I'm serious this time, just gonna check over there then I'm really done."
TheMoon
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Blood, gore, violence.
iAmMaximus
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Yes, patched up. Oh well. I will play portable for now. Maybe it gets better out of the plateau.
just finished the Trial of the Sword, was pretty hype
it honestly got pretty easy if you actually took the time to forage supplies and weapons, but it was a nice challenge nonetheless.
now Master mode remains - although I should probably clear some of my backlog first
also everytime I come back to this game - I wander around the world just to look at the world. The artstyle and visual identity is just so goddamn strong. Gorgeous game.
it honestly got pretty easy if you actually took the time to forage supplies and weapons, but it was a nice challenge nonetheless.
now Master mode remains - although I should probably clear some of my backlog first
also everytime I come back to this game - I wander around the world just to look at the world. The artstyle and visual identity is just so goddamn strong. Gorgeous game.
It doesnt...there's random framerate drops all over the place in docked mode. Handheld is the way to play for the smoothest performance.
BlondeTuna
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Addiction. I'm over 150 hours, completed most of the game, and I'm still running around, exploring, collecting, and having a blast!
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
All but one maybe; Link is op though so you can do it.
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Gerudo beast might give you some difficulties if this is your first rodeo. Others should be fine.
RomanceDawn
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I have not completed a Zelda title 100% since Link's Awakening. I just never felt compelled enough to play after beating the final boss. With Botw that has finally changed and I have all Side/Shrine/Story quests done, 120 Shrines, and 900 Korok seeds... I've got over 335 hours logged in and that's even with 2 young kids and my own small business. I can't believe I put that much time in a single player game.
Now with all that said I am at 99.75% so someone please tell me what is it that I need to find for that full 100% ?
Now with all that said I am at 99.75% so someone please tell me what is it that I need to find for that full 100% ?
Naked Snake
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I think you missed a location on the map that you never visited. I believe that's the only thing that % score tracks.
My friend had a similar situation to yours, he did everything and still wasn't at 100%. He thought it was Treasure Chests he was missing, so he spent a dozen hours finding all the chests all over the world, but eventually realized it wasn't that either... Turned out he completely missed a stable even after 250 hours of play. It was South Akkala stable in his case. He said he passed and flew by it hundreds of times but hadn't entered it once without realizing it.
ValkyrUser
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Has anyone tried their Toon Link or Smash Bro's Link Amiibos since the last patch? I keep getting outfit pieces. No special arrows or weapons. I even tested it by save scuming and still just endless outfit pieces.
TheMoon
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Can we switch? I keep getting nothing but fancy arrows -.-
from all of them! ...well last night I finally got fierce deity pants and trousers of the sky. after trying every day.
ValkyrUser
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Oh. Guess I'm just having really bad luck then. lol
After taking a few weeks off from the game after beating all 15 main quests as well as all 120 shrines, I've been working on beating the sidequests. I did a fair amount of them while working through the story such as the town building one but now I'm working through the small ones. It's actually quite fun though obviously not as great as looking for shrines
yes, map completion percentage is about visiting locations on the map so they're named (i think it's all the locations that are named on the 2nd zoomlevel of the map.
(source, i 100%ed the game)
I've only finished the first trial so far. How conservative do i need to be about weapon durability? - the 2nd trial has plenty of 'wind', which makes killing enemies with bombs only a huge hassle.
I don't wanna end up hitting my head against a wall only to finish the trial with an inventory of 9 weapons...
Dive down to an enemy, place a squared bomb close to the enemy, jump up with the hang glider, detonate. But you get enough arrows to solve it without bombs as well.
Sounds good. I've been going back and forth with getting a Switch to play this for the more "definitive" experience, but I picked up the Wii U version on sale a couple months ago and I think I'm just going to go ahead and play the version for the system I already own. As long as I can get solid performance I think I can be happy with that (sounds like things have gotten a bit better with more recent patches).
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