It's up to you, really, because you are going to have plenty of opportunity to create heart or stamina buffs using cookpots at any time. However, personally speaking, in playing the game my wife and I focused on getting a total of ten or so hearts before upgrading stamina at all, and relied on elixers when needed. We found that more to our liking and were still able to climb most cliffs, using the designated stopping points and avoiding jumping. With that said, were I to do it over again I would probably upgrade stamina once after getting say four or five additional heart containers just to balance things out a bit since the stamina is very helpful.
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It's up to you, really, because you are going to have plenty of opportunity to create heart or stamina buffs using cookpots at any time. However, personally speaking, in playing the game my wife and I focused on getting a total of ten or so hearts before upgrading stamina at all, and relied on elixers when needed. We found that more to our liking and were still able to climb most cliffs, using the designated stopping points and avoiding jumping. With that said, were I to do it over again I would probably upgrade stamina once after getting say four or five additional heart containers just to balance things out a bit since the stamina is very helpful.
1) Try to not use guides or read things online for enhanced experience.I'll be starting this game as soon as my dog recovers from nearly dying of a major illness. Any recommendations or "do's/dont's) when starting so I get the most enjoyment out of it?
2) Explore
3) If you feel lost or that you are doing aimless exploration try following the story path for a little of structure and story pacing.
4) Explore!
5) Talk to everyone
6) EXPLORE!
Some people will say that you should enable Pro HUD (No minimap, weather forecast and temperature/noise indicator) but that would depend of you (I can live without most of them except the weather forecast lol)
Sorry for your dog, I recently lost my cat that lived with us after 3 years and it was a big downer for all of us (even more when we found his body under the living room couch, his favorite spot in the house)
Do:I'll be starting this game as soon as my dog recovers from nearly dying of a major illness
Be observant about your surroundings. There are a lot of subtle details put into the world.
Feel free to take your time and explore anything that catches your interest. Getting sidetracked and investigating things that might not be related to what you were doing is one of the core parts of this game.
Try out anything you can think of. There's a ton of stuff the game lets you do mechanically.
Keep to the roads if you want to interact with civilization. You'll run into more NPCs and stuff that way.
Go OFF the roads if you want to just explore the world. You can go almost everywhere by climbing wherever you want as long as you manage your stamina for it.
Don't:
Endlessly save your weapon durability. You'll get back other weapons soon enough, so don't be afraid to break stuff.
Restrict yourself to a given objective or area. The game encourages exploration and sidetracking. Treating it like a linear set of goals like the older 3d Zeldas does the open world style of BoTW a disservice.
thechristoph
Sir!
That must have been a critical success. I think it's hilarious that you can get a cooking crit.
casey_contra
Member
Didn't see an answer in the last few pages, but does anyone know if the stock of Amiibo at the Nintendo NY store is more robust than the regular stock? Do you think I'll be able to find OOT and WW Link?
SweetJohnnyCage
Member
Anyone know where to get a
? Want to farm some horns and the video I watched had the guy using it to create updrafts. I broke my last one the other day
Also, does lighting wood for a campfire reduce durability?
Great Flameblade
Also, does lighting wood for a campfire reduce durability?
Anyone know where to get a? Want to farm some horns and the video I watched had the guy using it to create updrafts. I broke my last one the other dayGreat Flameblade
Also, does lighting wood for a campfire reduce durability?
If you head to the
Coliseum north of the Great Plateau
Should be able to spot the structure from your map.
Anyone know where to get a? Want to farm some horns and the video I watched had the guy using it to create updrafts. I broke my last one the other dayGreat Flameblade
There's at least one in Hyrule Castle. Don't remember the other places I have seen that weapon. But you can use anything fire to create updrafts, such as a torch, fire arrow, and so on.
Flint slightly reduce durability, at least. Don't know about fire weapons.
Anyone know where to get a? Want to farm some horns and the video I watched had the guy using it to create updrafts. I broke my last one the other dayGreat Flameblade
Also, does lighting wood for a campfire reduce durability?
There's one at the mixed enemy camp in the Eldin
Great Skeleton.
SweetJohnnyCage
Member
Damn that sounds exciting. I'll head that way tonight! Just took out the
Lynel
jungle
CharminUltra
Member
You forgot to tell him to
explore
Northwest of the plateau, you should find Mount Daphnes. Check out the large stump sticking out of the water.Anyone know where to get a? Want to farm some horns and the video I watched had the guy using it to create updrafts. I broke my last one the other dayGreat Flameblade
Also, does lighting wood for a campfire reduce durability?
oreomunsta
Banned
I feel like I'm going to have a very D'Oh!! moment after hearing the answer to this, but is there some way to use the
feature on the Sheikah Slate to locate
?
I feel like there should be, and I tried but couldn't see how, so I gave up that thought
radar
shrines
I feel like there should be, and I tried but couldn't see how, so I gave up that thought
hemo memo
Gold Member
I'll be starting this game as soon as my dog recovers from nearly dying of a major illness
DO turn on pro Hud as soon as you get off the plateau.
DO turn off shrine seeker as soon as you get it
DO whatever you want. Follow your own path
Pretty sure it is automatically on, but once you have the radar, go into your map and press Y. It'll just start ringing when you get close to one and are heading in the right direction.
oreomunsta
Banned
D: ............. Shit, I totally forgot that it did that at the beginning of the game..... Didn't know the "Press Y on the map" bit, so I used the
sensor
I feel dumb, but slightly proud at getting 100 shrines without the slate's help for the most part
D
Deleted member 231381
Unconfirmed Member
I actually disagree with this. It drags the end-game out if you don't even have a clue where shrines vaguely are.
SweetJohnnyCage
Member
Here's a bit of an abstract question.
I completed all the labyrinths last night and I have say, they are some of the coolest pieces of environment in the world. Coming up on the one in Hebra, guarded by a single Lynel in the barren snowscape, I felt like this maze was built for some reason and abandoned. Is there any context for these? I feel like there could be substantial lore about them and I just missed it.
Thank you
My pleasure. I also recommend you read the tips on this page for how to potentially best enjoy the game. And please do come back and report how you're progressing and liking the game!
I originally thought they were related to
the dragons in Skyward Sword
Edit: nevermind sorry haha I thought you were referring to
the skeletons.
I'm with Crab, here. I regret not keeping the Shrine Sensor on for the first 60 or so hours. I think it's worth it to keep it on and you can always change your mind later or temporarily turn it off. There are a lot of shrines and I would rather know if I'm near one when exploring a remote area I wouldn't plan to return to.
I also respectfully disagree about the pro HUD. Test and see if it works for you or if it doesn't. I personally prefer having it off, but I think it's a personal preference thing vs. a "crucial to experiencing the game" thing.
Apparently they will also give your (mild game mechanic spoilers)
rusty weapons a new shine.
Well, I have only done the one in the Gerudo Desert, but I assume the "lore" in them is the same as with any other courage trial: They were designed for the Hero chosen by the Goddess to make him stronger 10,000 years ago(?)
Did a shrine last night that took me a long time to get through. I look it up now and the actual solution is completely different. Apparently for the Bravery's Grasp shrine you're supposed to
remove the laser and put it on the moving platform. I would have never known! Right after I finished, I thought, how can that platform possibly be useful?
SweetJohnnyCage
Member
That's possible. I'm just more curious as to who the hell built the things.
backflip10019
Member
I'm almost 20 hours into the game and just *got* the thread title.
facepalm
facepalm
CharminUltra
Member
Your mind broke!
How in the heck did you get through it otherwise? o__O
It took us forever of exploring it to give up and look up the solution. We couldn't figure out any other way. Did you use
updrafts
lift the laser.
I had a similar feeling when I got to Lanayru Square, or exploring the ruins in Akkala. I want to see all this locations in their former glory. :c
It reminds me a little of Twilight Princess in that sense. Hopefully that will be another convention they'll get rid of: Hyrule Kingdom in a stay of decaed.
hemo memo
Gold Member
Really good explanation - also a great counter point to the endless complaining about weapons breaking. Keeping the open world design and having unbreakable weapons would mean you could beeline to the strongest weapon and you'd just use that for the rest of the game.
Version 3.0
Member
Ganon?
Is that the one where a glowing switch lower and ups some pillars? I used the two types of remote bombs to "hit" it. What I did did was to stasis the laser so I could get the treasure, xD
Nah, you're not moving too fast - no such thing, you can explore the game at whichever pace you like, dependent on your in-game attributes and weapons - you just so happened to run across a decently tough shrine. That is absolutely not considered an easy one, but you will just find some to be tougher than others. You should feel free to explore wherever, though. Some places will just happen to have tougher environs and/or shrines than others.
Personally, I recommend you at least complete the main quest through the first two big village stops, to complete
your Sheikah Slate
Yes, that's the one. We used two types of remote bombs too but based on the number of times you need to raise/lower the pillars it wasn't enough seemingly. We did stasis the laser too, heh.
Lol. I too clearly got through that shrine with the wrong method as I didn't
use the platform either and was puzzled by its inclusion.
You don't even need to stasis the laser. You can literally walk behind it which made it in my mind a really useless obstacle.
IIRC, you can jump into one of the alcoves to get to one of the raised platform.
oreomunsta
Banned
I'm a little bummed out by the lack of Darknuts in this game, or at least I haven't seen them be mentioned anywhere :<
SweetJohnnyCage
Member
Yea. I'd honestly be perfectly OK with them doing an OoT and giving us the ability to go into the past or something. With today's technology, developers could actually make it so actions in the past affect the future and we wouldn't get any weird Song of Storms situations.
Ah, yes. But I placed a square bomb to a corner, away but not so far that the explotion wouldn't hit the switch. And then with the other type of bombs I aimed them carefully so they wouldn't land close to the square bomb and kept progressing until a... fence was blocking my view.. Switched to the Square Bomb rune and detonated it. That activated the switch to up the pillar and be at the level of the Sheikah monk.
Version 3.0
Member
Yeah. Imagine Darknuts getting the treatment Lynels got in this game.
Could've made the Divine Beasts a lot more challenging. And there are ways around the "do them in any order" design; maybe each dungeon has 3 rooms where a Darknut could be, but in the 1st one you do, they're all empty. 2nd one has 1 Darknut, then 2, then 3.
Oh, well, lots of ideas for future Zelda games! Or who knows, there is a "Cave of Trials" or some such planned as DLC, right? Maybe we'll see Darknuts in there.
CharminUltra
Member
DLC 2 also mentions "Additional challenges," so I'd say more enemies isn't out of the question!
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Kor of Memory
Member
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
Encountered my first bag glitch last night. I parasailed toward Hyrule Castle from the North-West, and as I thought I was about to grab onto the structure, I flew through it and many other walls until Link just froze and I couldn't pause or do anything. Had to turn the system off. Wii U.
Finn of Ooo
Member
Can someone answer confirm this for me: do armor effects get stronger as you upgrade them? For instance would a 3 star climbing set let me climb faster than the base level? Thanks.
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
No, but you may get a new ability when upgrading the whole set to two stars (not really spoiler, great fairy tells you this when upgrading).
I don't think you can upgrade the climbing set.
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