One really important tip I would mention is that rewind has NO range limit, and can affect literally anything you can see. So many times of accidentally dropping a contraption off of an island has been saved for me by using it. It can also be used to find where drops rolled off to by making the trails visible.
Rewind can also be used on those rocks that fall out of the sky randomly to send them back up into the sky. Anytime you see one think elevator. This is a very useful thing to remember when you fight an ice gleeock.
Another one: Rock Octorocks (the ones on the goron mountain) can each repair one piece of equipment. Go up to one, drop the item, back away so they come back up and suck in your weapon. Which they will then spit at you instead of the exploding rock they normally shoot. This works once per Octorock, once per blood moon. So if you have a particularly precious weapon you want to keep, you can repair it. This could be, say, that OP sapphire staff you made, since you might not want to have to mine or buy sapphires to make new ones.
They don't just repair the weapon they give it a modifier too. If it had no modifier it will give it a random white modifier, and if it has a modifier it will give it a random yellow modifier
Ima be honest limcube I needed that last tip I did feel like I was missing out on more than just speedrunning and as soon as you said "You only get this casual experience once" I knew I needed to just enjoy this experience
Yeah! I thought this was a nice, mindful tip to include... the game is just so big, I think it can be so easy for a lot of people to feel like they have to do everything at once. What's the hurry? We've got another 20 years until the next installment, no need to rush.
In fairness to brightbloom arrows, they have a much farther reach than throwing. And in particular when using the giant seeds that have a massive glow radius and aren't nearly as common as the smaller ones, you'd have to already be in pitch black territory to get full use out of throwing them. I have 200 arrows and 30 giant brightblooms, so I absolutely will be using arrows to use them more effectively.
A fusion I found out about that has helped me get around a bit(and is just pretty cool), is fusing a mine cart to a shield. It turns shield surfing into skateboarding and let you get around on a shield longer and you can “grind” on individual mine cart rails.
I fused one very early on (it was one of my first fusions) and never knew about any of that... heck, I completely forgot about Shield Surfing and only learned it tens of hours into my playthrough during a random loading screen tip that that was a thing and now I feel silly never having tried that with the cart...
When I first played this game, I though fusing weapons was so bizarre, but then I realized all the insane things you can do with it, using common items. Such a genius mechanic to put in a Zelda game.
@@mementomori5580I forgot the button combo for it and tried it early on, got the button combo wrong and assumed it wasn't in the game until i accidentally did it much later
The last tip is, in my opinion, the most important. Please, do not rush through the game or spoil yourself with videos, you will be sorry if you do. Explore Hyrule at your own pase as you can always later on watch all those videos and get those "important" items.
@@cian12 I mean, you do you. You don't really need autobuild or armor though, so it doesn't really relate to guides. Just explore the world, do (side)quests and you'll get plenty of gear.
@@sgt.nuclear You don't have to have such attitude, pal. Not everyone understands where the game is trying to direct you. I can't tell you how many times I've struggled playing this game because of its unclear instructions. And yeah, after looking it up, I'd think "how did I not think of this myself? it's so easy", but I didn't KNOW that until afterward. Even in BotW I struggled with some of the Divine Beast bosses because there are NO leading instructions whatsoever. They just tell you "yeah turn on all the terminals and defeat the boss!" but how in the fuck am I supposed to turn on all the terminals first if I have no clue where the final one is? How am I supposed to defeat the boss when they have an impenetrable shield? That's why some of us use guides for CERTAIN parts of the game. Nobody is saying "gee whiz this shrine sucks ass, I'm gonna look up a guide on how to do the final main quest!", we're just stuck in some areas or we need a little help so we look up a guide for those specific things. Everyone enjoys games differently, so stop acting like you're so much better for not looking up scary little guides.
@@nomoretwitterhandles where the fuck did this come from man? He literally just said you can beat the game without finding everything so just relax and explore. chill out
I fully agree with that last tip. There's hundreds of videos showing 'Best Gear!', 'Early Rupee Farming!', '100 of the Best Weapons!', 'Here's Every Cave YOU Should Visit NOW!'...and it might feel like you're 'behind' or 'not playing the game efficiently enough'...but this game is new to all of us and we should take our time to fully enjoy the adventure. We didn't have full internet archives back in the SNES / N64 days telling us of every single secret within hours of a game's release, and some of the most exhilarating moments where those where we organically discovered the game's secrets on our own. This game will be relevant for years. Enjoy the ride!
100% I’ve only done ‼️*VERY MINOR SPOILERS*‼️ 1 of the races quest (Zora) and I see videos of people with the hylian shield, Champions Tunic, 100 damage weapons, etc.
For me I only look at that kind of stuff (minus the caves one) so I can not be as frustrated while exploring the game lol. Nothing is more annoying than early game exploration, running into strong enemies, and only having one tiny stick and no bow. I literally robbed 3 bokoblin camps and didn't acquire a single bow (I had run out because of their poo durability, I use bows a LOT). Plus I like to buy the outfits as early as I can, just for looks. The game is still really fun and all, but man I'm sick of running out of my good gear any time I want to run around and climb every cliff in sight lol.
Ikr, like sometimes i see random clips of the game and they have all this high level gear and it was only like the second day of being released, it’s like they’re eating a meal that took 5 hours to prepare in 30 seconds
Definitely. The only reason I'm comfortable watching now is because I have probably 30-40 hours in the game already and have seen many of the surprises the game has to offer. Not all, and there's plenty of secrets I know I haven't found, but I think I've figured out most that I will with the core mechanics by now.
@him I still haven't figured out how to start the Zora one. I managed the rito one. I thought the boss fight was a little too cake. I think once I have less weapons I'm gonna try the next one.
I always used brightbloom arrows, and I'm surprised people keep running out of arrows. Crates and other breakable containers tend to give you 10 arrows each, and they're everywhere just waiting for a simple axe swing. Brightbloom arrows have significantly longer range, which is very helpful exploring the underground safely
I think the problem is arrows are used a lot more in this game compared to BOTW. In BOTW I never ran out of arrows. Starting this game I left the tutorial island with ~200 arrows but after a few hours of exploring the ground ran out. Its a lot more important in this game vs BOTW to actively buy and collect arrows every chance you get, and since that first time running out and being more active I havent ran out again.
I think that’s highly specific to the person and their play style. Hell I’ve seen people complaining about the lack of bright bloom seeds which I thought was insane than I remembered I really haven’t spent that much time in the depths comparatively. But someone else who spends a higher ratio in the depths could run out of both pretty easily
Two fans and a control stick can be used to make a highly efficient vehicle in the form of either the hover bike (fans attached to controls in line), or the "goblin glider" (fans attached to the controls on the sides). It costs 9 ore and goes far further than the rocket-on-a-plank (you can also just keep re-using it once your battery recharges). It is well suited to exploring the ground and underground areas. The fans should be at an angle so that they push down and back. You may wish to build the initial vehicle in a flat area near wooden materials so that you can make use of them to be able to hold the build in air to make it easier to get the fans lined up. Then save it to your autobuild and you have a high speed vehicle that can both ascend and descend, and is very efficient battery-wise for a flying vehicle.
Air Bikes are very hard to build, You'll need to make them a specific way to make the fans lineup properly with out somekind of imbalance. Not sure about the golbin glider.
@@canadianbutt275 I use stakes to hold things in the air so I can line them up properly! Between stakes to control height and building against a wall to control left/rightness, it's fairly easy to get it almost good. My hoverbike build still does have a lean to the right, but it's very workable.
The best part about the midair wing strategy is that it was actually shown in one of the trailers! In fact, I thought the wing would be an ability that lets you summon it while airborne
Shooting brightbloom seeds on an arrow can actually be quite beneficial sometimes for when I want to scout an area without getting close, especially when used with a bow that has long reach. You can also shoot them mid air. While I agree that you should primarily throw them, there's a time and place for shooting.
Going into bullet time with a wing shield is huge. I always struggle to nail the headshots on fast-moving targets, like lynels, but even hinoxes and a few certain large minibosses around the world too. Getting bullet time will make that so much easier. Yet another reason why I need more shield slots after having discovered bomb jumps some time ago and wanting to make good use of any bomb barrels I find lying around.
am i the only one who can't get bullet time when backflipping w/ a wing-fused shield? do i need to upgrade my stamina wheel more? or use a particular shield? or... just get good?
I'm envisioning the designers spending hundreds of hours of design time to come up with ways to quickly navigate the world with the idea that they'll make an interesting and dynamic ecosystem in which to speed run, but all we're going to do is figure out how to drop a pot against a wall or something to exploit the physics engine and launch ourselves halfway across the map.
I use arrows for brightbloom seeds sometimes, but I've found that the best use case for it is if you're in a wide open underground area. If you're not sure how far away something is and you want to land the seed high up on a wall, then fusing it to an arrow is really useful. But probably the best way that I've seen to use brightbloom seeds is as headlights. The Zonai ones only have one beam and don't show much, but if you have a big brightbloom seed, you can just throw it at your vehicle and it gives bright light in every direction, while not using any of your battery. I love using it for my hoverboard segway, because when you're high up in the air you can't easily see the terrain with just one beam of light
I liked arrow brightblooms for the initial exploration of the deep. Sometimes you wouldn't know if a cliff was just really tall or an impassable wall. Getting a bright bloom high up would tell you more about the cliff and show you how to climb it as well.
About ascend in caves: One thing I noticed, but haven't exaustely confirmed; is that if you are in a cave and there is a tree root on the wall, go near it and you are guaranteed to have an "ascendable" spot. Be it to the cave's next floor, or just outside the mountain. It's pretty usefull if you just can't find that spot to ascend to in caves with uneven ceiling.
cool, but just FYI: "exaustely" isn't even close to being a word. no idea what you're trying to actually say here, but that doesn't even resemble any known words in English
My personal recommendation, especially if you still have a lot left to find, you can ride around on the dragons. You can pick up some extra useful materials while on their backs, and the horn you can get (and pick up instantly right off of them if you're standing on their head) resets every 10 ingame hours. I had an absolute blast riding Farosh and Naydra around, even through underground sections as they will go through chasms on their paths. Keep an eye out for any shrines or certain noteworthy underground landmarks, mark them through the scope, and get some really powerful weapon fuses at the same time. Going up a chasm also feels kind of satisfying. They are quite slow tough, so you have plenty of time to admire the world around you. Less so if it's all pitch black underground, but eh.
You can also create your own dynamic elevator using recall, ultrahand and ascend, when you lift something with ultrahand and lift it in the air, push it forward, whatever direction, when you put it back in front of you and use recall, it follows that trajectory, so if you ascend through it you can basically take yourself almost anywhere in a shrine without any other things in the shrine. Sounds more simple and “duh” when I write it, but the uses are very dynamic and speedrunning sensitive
I’ve definitely been abusing recall to the best of my ability, like putting a plant of wool on a long stick, holding it up high, bringing it back to me, recall it, grab on, FLY UP IN THE SKY. And I have cheesed a few shrines with Recall already. It’s such a powerful rune
Exactly! I used it in the Goron caves with the mine carts as well just put it on the tracks you need, haul it back and jump in with recall. Infinite possibilities.blown away by this game. Yesterday I fused a rocket to my shield to see if I could shield surf it, and it blasted me forward, can use it on the mine cart tracks as well, or even fuse a mine cart to your shield and use it as a skateboard, 💯
You don't really need to use Ascend to do this since you can basically just trace a path (in reverse) with Ultrahand, climb on top of it normally and then recall. It's not restricted to elevators either, since you can trace a horizontal path in order to cross gaps too. Recall is just overpowered as fuck.
One of the techs will probably be a thing where you can drop, say, a piece of ore, shoot it with an arrow, attach a prepared bunch of logs to the item, then recall it so that it becomes a hammer that just slaps you across gaps.
I’d say it’s damn near optimized by now. It’s already like sub 45 min and they’re running out of abusable glitches. They already know that if you find your way to ganon nonlinearly and skip key spots he won’t load in at all. Nor can you leave the sky island early. It’s gonna take something huge
That last tip was such an eye opener. When I first played BOTW, I read and watched some tutorials on the harder parts, but thinking about it now, the most memorable times I had with BOTW was the things I discovered myself. I promised myself I would not touch a single guide until I at least finished the main story, or feel satisfied to the point I can casually use it without getting spoiled either through story, lore or experience. Best thing I have ever done as discovering new things through exploring, experimentation and trial and error made the game feel more alive and satisfying to do than the reward for doing it through a guide.
That's great and all, but there's nothing wrong with getting help. Personally, I don't enjoy struggling with quests that don't point me in a specific direction. I like to explore, yeah, but only when I choose to do so. If I'm looking for something and simply CANNOT find it, I search it up. And that's totally fine! I also really enjoy the things I discover by myself, but like... I enjoy finding things that I wasn't looking for, if that makes sense. I like finding caves or cool areas on my own, I like to discover strong weapons on my own, but it is so goddamn annoying to be stuck in an area for a quest, only to have no clue what the fuck I'm doing. If that's something you enjoy, then that is awesome and I hope you have a blast playing this game! There is so much to explore and figure out, it really is fun.
@@nomoretwitterhandles Yeah that's me with some of the... less directed quests in the game. I'd rather google it and get back to actually exploring the world than be stuck here for hours on a single quest.
Fully agree with taking your time on this pinnacle of a video game experience. I'm sure I'll spend at least a month before I beat it, probably more. My god the depth of this game is incredible. Thank you for this btw this is exactly what I was wanting to see but too afraid to search for and be spoiled too much lol
A neat Paraglider trick i found with Tulin's wind gust ability: When activating Tulin, a second after you activate it, keep pressing B and X (dismiss button and jump/paraglider button) with a bit of leeway in between each button press. You'll keep the momentum from Tulin's ability until it recharges and you can do it again. I found this out myself and it's proven super useful to me.
When I saw they fixed most of the glitches (whistle sprint, etc) I couldn't wait to see what people came up with. Nice job! I love the shield fuse options.
better than autobuild rocket, take 6 springs, put them on top of each other into a tower, climb up and activate. you get some pretty great height. if you want to go far instead, build a ramp, attach the spring tower to it, put a plank at the end to stand on, activate the springs. it IS more expensive though (if you don't have the springs in your inventory)
I was using arrows to toss seeds downstairs and realized I had blown through like 50-60 arrows. For some reason my brain decided I couldn't throw while on my skeleton horse. Anyway, I fixed that mistake. Seeds are for more abundant than arrows, and like you said, absolutely no reason to fire arrows. Personally, once I started treating chasms like the overworld, it became a lot simpler to travel. Because, you know, it basically is just the overworld. It's only scary because it's dark and glowing red.
One tip to Minimize mistake for the wing glider is while your glider is blinking green pull out another and attach it with ultra hand the first will disappear and the new one with the new time is able to keep going, this isn't required but it defiantly helps if your like me and suck at swapping mid-air
For those going into the depths using the brightbloom seeds with an arrow can be advantageous at times. Some enemies(boss) will be attracted to the light making the short distance throws allow to automatically notify them of your position. But using bows you can send them on a wild goose chase making getting a sneak attack or easy combo start much much easier
I’ve definitely used arrows for the brightbloom seeds in situations like if I’m flying on a wing contraption and want to illuminate where I’m going. It definitely has its uses
@@skeletonwar4445 with the big ones you can’t really throw them (unless it’s off a cliff) without wasting some of the light by lighting up an already light area.
It's nice to see that it's finally here. I remember when you first talked about this one, and can't wait to see your progress on this one. Thanks for keeping the spoilers low.
The arrows with Bright seeds is much more effective. You can shoot much further and see much more ahead of you. You can also reach ceilings you can’t by throwing them. Arrows are also and much more abundance in this game so you’ll have a lot of errors as long as you destroy boxes barrels and pick up the ones that you are already shot.
I'm loving the boomerang with a tail fusion, it's also great cc. And puffshrooms with a powered up eightfold for sneak crits to deal with silver enemies.
I know you said that last tip was mainly to reach 10 tips but I’m glad someone told me that. Friends are way ahead despite me getting the game first, I need to forget about that and take as much time as I want. I can only play this game blind once.
Tip: When diving down new chasms for the first time, you can quick select Brightbloom seeds and airdrop them to see where the bottom is. They fall faster than Link does, and the impact from the height will sprout the seeds.
Lim, starting to watch your playthru and this video. Great stuff. Can't believe it is almost like the developers in a way gave us "legal" ways to do some of the glitches we use in BOTW. So cool! I hadn't thought of doing most of this, but enjoyed watching in your playthru you figuring this stuff out!
Limcube, Always love your content and your commentary. Thanks. Love tip #10 btw. The original creator of The Legend of Zelda, Shigeru Miyamoto, said that his original inspiration for the game was his memories of running around in the mountains and woods of Japan as a child. Definitely worth taking the time to relive and remember the joy that I am sure we all had the first time we played one of the Legend of Zelda games.
Lim, thank you for keeping this so spoiler free and even going as far as not showing the depths, or certain weapons. I also appreciate you wanting to enjoy the game slowly. You're right, you only get to explore it casually once! So personally I didn't know about the bomb shield. Gonna try that. My personal favorite is Spear + Zonai Cannon = Musket. It launches bombs with each poke! So fast! Great for mining big ore deposits and for fighting off a certain scary enemy where you have to kill multiple targets at once.
One tip you skipped is: don't forget you have your various skills. I wasted like 30 minutes in an area trying to figure out how to get a door to open. Then I remembered I had ultrahand and just...opened it. Like a normal door. Nearly had an out of body experience. There's supposed to be a series of switches and spatial puzzles to get doors open, isn't there? But no. Link has a hand now, and he can sometimes use it.
Me at the outer castle gate during the first little bit that the story quests tell you to do on the surface. Saw no way to open it and considered it effectively just scenery. Effectively just a wall. Went over it with some climbing / ascending and carefully choosing how to get back down on the other side... And then realized at some point after I reached the other side of it (I forget if this was right away or when returning after speaking to Hoz) that I just could've opened it with ultrahand.
Fell for the trap, down to 50 arrows. I found the water buff thing out yesterday. Definitely will be utilizing it. I never forget my ascend rune. It’s probably my favorite. Thanks for the good tips.
Man I knew there had to be a way to get on a wing in midair!I kept trying to do it other ways like dropping it off the edge and jumping on it. I just wasn’t good enough to figure it out. That’s super awesome.
ur crazy good. just starting the game and you are already creating new strategy. i did try the gliding technique and got it sometimes. however, i found a technique that makes it easier to grab onto the glider. hold D pad up to open the glider option while keeping the same left thumb pushing up on the controller. then on the right hand, press X and R twice at the same time. i find this method works better for me because i am not quick with the controller. oh and please keep producing these strategy videos. they are fun.
I really felt that tip about brightbloom seeds. Didn't start throwing them until I was desperate and out of arrows, then it was just like... nearly the exact same result as if I'd shot one attached to an arrow. Had a real moment there. Anyway, I do think there's potentially one use for shooting them anyway: you get bullet-time when using a bow, allowing you to (wastefully) light a wide area by shooting in multiple directions during your descent to figure out what's around you.
I highly recommend getting the glide boost armour set, once you get it to level 2 you become immune to all fall damage. You can shield surf across the gloomy red stuff. My favourite 'tip' (pun intended) on tough bosses use the 2x or 3x bows and 'fuse' arrow heads on it'll act as 3 bombs for example but only use 1 item and 1 arrow. Great for clearing out boulders underground. Fusing a sled to your shield for surfing on sand and snow gives you a lot more control. Use the wheel's platform for land surfing! Instead of attacking tech to activate it or shooting an arrow you can throw an apple or other item at it so you don't waste your durability. Don't forget to use reverse time skill on projectiles! There's also rocks that fall from the sky you can use as a boost to get up. If you're really stuck you can use the hand ability to hold an item and move it around like a platform then use the reverse time skill and jump on the newly made platform.
It's so weird to me that people are panicking about spoilers. The JOY of this game is talking about all the weird stuff you can do. When I hear or see something I didn't know I could do, I get super excited to try it, not upset I know it exists.
@@AskaRayI mean I do kind of get it but I feel like this concept of spoilers is new and being blown out of proportion. They were always something in my lifetime but I swear no one used to talk about them like this. So I’ve seen like loads of creators say they won’t include big spoilers but kinda obviously no one else is saying them. So a little unnecessary to bring up this often but I can see how it might make someone feel safer about watching the vid. Oh god it’s practically a trigger warning 😂
I absolutely LOVE Saphire Rods. It's basically a beefed up fusion of Ruby and Topaz Rods, cc and damage up in one. An alternative that I also bring with me would be a boomerang that has a Frost Emmiter Zonai device.
another wing tip, instead of jumping off of the wing if it's going to run out, you can jump up if the wing is tilted slightly down and you can time it right so that you pull out another wing right underneath you and keep all the momentum without having to lose altitude.
The sweet fucking catharsis of witnessing a Speedrunner open his item menu, press the drop button instead of sort, then have to re-open to actually sort. It's like a fucking tick I do it so consistently.
One thing I’ve found that’s fun for traversal is fusing a ruby to a weapon. It shoots fireballs that bounce but they go SUPER far and light everything they touch on fire. If you’re in a grassy area, you can just launch one and use the constant updrafts to paraglide and it’s definitely faster than walking
U can also enter the item throwing menu if u hit the d-pad up first and than R. But u need too hit R just right after the d-pad. With that way Links doesnt take his weapon out.
The one advantage to using arrows to do the brightblooms is that you can get them MUCH higher up, and they can light up a larger area from higher up as far as I've seen
My favourite is having a boomerang with an ice lizal horn and one with an electric horn and throwing them into crowds in quick succession (ice first) for instant electric AOEs. If you have the big ones you can actually mow through groups of enemies from afar with ease
One tip for the midair wing, you can use Recall on the new glider as soon as you land on it basically indefinitely to build fans/batteries/rockets etc. without having to deal with the glider flying away! Just have to remember to rewind again before time runs out.
If you're looking for more bomb flowers specifically you can also head to the secret passage out of Hyrule Castle, the entrance appears inside the emergency shelter at lookout landing after you take out one of the temple bosses, doesn't matter which one. There's at least 20 respawning bomb flowers inside that place but you need digging equipment to find them all.
one trick I learned which is a bit tricky but looks awesome is you can autobuild while on a midair platform. so before I realized the hover bike was the way to go I would build a hot air balloon from autobuild and ride it up until it started flashing green. I would then autobuild another hot air balloon, rewind it so it stays in place and hopped over and continued riding that one up.
I find it easier to do the middair wing deployment from the inventory you dont have to time the drop that way, you select and drop then you just hold forward on the joystick and press b twice, with about half a second between the presses
The last tip was very nice to hear. I got the last ability spoiled for me through yt thumbnails and wanted to find it ever since but I couldn't. It felt like i was missing out, moving too slowly or doing something wrong after that, which hindered my enjoyment quite a lot. I'll use your hint to find the ability and just not look at anything after so I can really have fun again. No more comparing for me.
Good video. I've probably dumped ~150 hours into TOTK (its my first Zelda game ever) and still didn't know everything in this video! Favorite tip is the water warrior one, I smacked tf out of Ganondorf with a 22 base zora sword I found in the chasm. Added a silver lynol horn, ate some simmering mighty bananas, threw a splash fruit at my feet, and had a blast.
On number 5, your zonai vehicles can have a _large_ bright bloom seed shot or dropped onto them and once grown(hit) they will stick and stay indefinitely, moving better light with you than zonai flashlights by like 100 fold. On number 7, you can combine freeze with water warrior for a 6x multiplier; 9x with attack up level-3 buff. This is a fine use of any random extra Naydra horns (or I suppose Ice Gleeok but those are expensive) if you have a few of them, you can oscillate 3x and 9x damage by mashing only 1 (wet) weapon over and over. Another cringe ice-tip is some spears with the frost emitter can hit at a certain spot (seemingly typically just below max range if it's a valid spear to use it with) to re-freeze _after and on_ the same attack/swing that breaks it. This allows allowing some of the less op weapons to hit constant stuns w/ 3x(no oscillation) damage and no elemental disability windows.
Related to weapon fuse mechanics: Royal guard weapons make great lynel smashers. You get a royal guard claymore to bady damaged, fuse your best horn to it and as long as it's badly damaged it does massive damage (you might have to wear it down to badly damaged again after fusion) as they have doubled power when badly damaged. Now, not great for general use, but the aspect of durability not being used while mounted on a lynel still applies so it's your lynel smasher. Spoilers: I have a "Silver-maned Lynel Blade" with 174 attack power. Mix with a 3x attack boost and you're clearing lynels quickly. Royal guard weapons can be found in the higher floors of the Sanctum in Hyrule castle and no, the boss fight will not be triggered going to Hyrule castle immediately. I do not know what triggers final fight so far as I have not finished the game yet, but unlike BOTW, does not seem that you can just walk into the final boss on accident so far. There's a guantlet of 5 lynels in the Coliseum in the depths which is a great place to farm lynels because they respawn every blood moon.
“Take your time” Best tip you had. This was the first video I watched since i got the game on launch and the only reason was because I was curious about what kinds of things I might have been overlooking (like the throwing the brightblooms lol). I’ve been spending the last 3 days trying to get through the stable quests with Penn, and I just keep thinking to myself that this was the best $80 I’ve spent in a long time. I’ve still only done the zora questline and the only reason was because i wanted the waterfall climbing gear. It turned out to be the most OP thing i accidentally chose because of that water spear and sidon getting me through Gerudo desert safely lol. Currently i have no plans to either progress the story or watch any other videos at all
just gotta appreciate the "no spoilers" info in the title, it's kind of hard to watch content on youtube being sure there isn't spoilers in the videos you watch, this really is convenient :)
3 is the coolest and the game breaking tips that i use until today, combined with autobuild windbomb i can travel anywhere almost effortlessly even in the Underground Depths... its crazy
On the shield fusion combo, you can either sub out or add in a fan shield for less speed but more sustained speed. It acts just like the rocket but lasts way longer while not giving as much speed up front.
Instead of spawining Zonai devices from the quickmenu, spawn them from the inventory screen, and just as you exit press Sort + Exit. It will not consume the Zonai device. It's basicaly an infinte glitch.
When you built something out of just Zonaite I was amazed. I had no idea you could do that - I always thought the components had to be around you. I feel like I did when I couldn't figure out how to cook in BotW for a good hour of gameplay before looking it up lol.
Thank you so much for the bright bloom tip. If arrows weren't so numerous in this game, I'd be avoiding the depths like the plague but now i have even more reason to go down there and explore efficiently by just throwing the brightbloom instead.
Whenever I see a falling stone I always jump on it and use rewind. It’s fun to see where it takes you and get a lay of the land. I’d also use rewind on it the second it lands and let the timer run out so that I can catch up to the landing site and get max height after it lands.
Honestly living for the last tip. I've been playing the game at a super slow and casual pace, and while I've heard some people mention burning out on the game after their several day full story binge, I'm going super strong and still enjoying it as much as I did day one. It's good and okay to take the game slowly.
Throwing is good for lighting up your immediate path, but especially with the big bright bloom seeds using arrows to light up an area in the distance is especially useful. Sure it's using an arrow, but they cost 6-10 rupees so it's not a huge loss overall. Especially since you can just warp around and buy out beedles and shops when you're running low.
i mean who the fuck thinks you shouldn't waste arrows?, duplication glitch exists, just go dupe a bunch of diamonds, sell them and then buy out all the stocks of arrows on sale, I can't believe this guy is even making it as an issue, also giant bright blooms seed exists and using throw on it is the actual waste, it's the one thing you want fused to an arrow to efficiently and maximize it's effect
Good tips but not sure I agree about the arrows with brightbloom seeds. For the most part yes, you can just throw them with no issues. Every once in a while though you're trying to size up a far glide in the depths and at that point it can be really useful to attach a brightbloom seed to an arrow and use a bow that has extra range to send it wayyyy farther than you can throw it to judge where you wanna land
The autobuild pseudo-windbomb can be made even better if you use a wing instead of a plank, and go into the midair wing deploy technique when it runs out.
I've barely scratched the game, I only explored the central hyrule dephts and a bit of central hyrule overworld and it's been half a week, I'm taking my sweet time playing this and what I'm enjoying most is seeing the mad scientist builds that beuild have been posting on youtube
throwing things not attached to arrows is a great tip as i did not know it until 20+ hours in. Without the shrine im not sure i would have figured it out.
I've found that alternating between diving and paragliding can save stamina and get you closer to your destination before you run out of stamina. For example, I can get from the island with the launcher to very close to the temple of time with only one stamina wheel.
One really important tip I would mention is that rewind has NO range limit, and can affect literally anything you can see. So many times of accidentally dropping a contraption off of an island has been saved for me by using it.
It can also be used to find where drops rolled off to by making the trails visible.
It's also how you can sometimes get free "towers" whenever you encounter a fallen piece of a sky island.
Stand on top of it and recall it, up we go!
Actually, it has a range, but it's incredible big, like, 1.5 Mountain range, another tip is that you can refuel the zonai devices battery with it
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You can *WHAT*
Rewind can also be used on those rocks that fall out of the sky randomly to send them back up into the sky. Anytime you see one think elevator. This is a very useful thing to remember when you fight an ice gleeock.
@@LuisFelipe-pq9lrthat’s insane
Another one: Rock Octorocks (the ones on the goron mountain) can each repair one piece of equipment. Go up to one, drop the item, back away so they come back up and suck in your weapon. Which they will then spit at you instead of the exploding rock they normally shoot. This works once per Octorock, once per blood moon. So if you have a particularly precious weapon you want to keep, you can repair it.
This could be, say, that OP sapphire staff you made, since you might not want to have to mine or buy sapphires to make new ones.
I don’t know why but I’ve never thought to just drop the item, I’ve been trying to time throws like an idiot.
They also add modifiers to your weapons too
I believe it does not work with staves. I tried and the octorock spit it back without repairing it.
They don't just repair the weapon they give it a modifier too. If it had no modifier it will give it a random white modifier, and if it has a modifier it will give it a random yellow modifier
@@foksrad6593 You sure you didnt already use that octorok?
Ima be honest limcube I needed that last tip I did feel like I was missing out on more than just speedrunning and as soon as you said "You only get this casual experience once" I knew I needed to just enjoy this experience
Yeah! I thought this was a nice, mindful tip to include... the game is just so big, I think it can be so easy for a lot of people to feel like they have to do everything at once. What's the hurry? We've got another 20 years until the next installment, no need to rush.
In fairness to brightbloom arrows, they have a much farther reach than throwing. And in particular when using the giant seeds that have a massive glow radius and aren't nearly as common as the smaller ones, you'd have to already be in pitch black territory to get full use out of throwing them. I have 200 arrows and 30 giant brightblooms, so I absolutely will be using arrows to use them more effectively.
How do you get lots of arrows
@@gracecairns9747 Buy them at every vendor you come across, and break every crate you find.
Brightbloom seeds can be attached to vehicles to make a mobile light source
You also can't throw while gliding or falling so arrows are your only means of lighting a dark area when airborne
@@gracecairns9747 for me I get a ton by raiding monster camps mostly
The Sapphire Rod is how I’m basically doing the underground. Haha. It gives you sooooo much control over the camp! Great tip!
A fusion I found out about that has helped me get around a bit(and is just pretty cool), is fusing a mine cart to a shield. It turns shield surfing into skateboarding and let you get around on a shield longer and you can “grind” on individual mine cart rails.
I fused one very early on (it was one of my first fusions) and never knew about any of that... heck, I completely forgot about Shield Surfing and only learned it tens of hours into my playthrough during a random loading screen tip that that was a thing and now I feel silly never having tried that with the cart...
@@mementomori5580 Everyone has had a moment like that in a Zelda game let alone BotW and TotK. I wouldn’t worry about it too much.
When I first played this game, I though fusing weapons was so bizarre, but then I realized all the insane things you can do with it, using common items. Such a genius mechanic to put in a Zelda game.
@@mementomori5580I forgot the button combo for it and tried it early on, got the button combo wrong and assumed it wasn't in the game until i accidentally did it much later
The last tip is, in my opinion, the most important.
Please, do not rush through the game or spoil yourself with videos, you will be sorry if you do. Explore Hyrule at your own pase as you can always later on watch all those videos and get those "important" items.
I did 2 temples with the first
2 armor pieces and without the autobuild and the camera so i was bassically forced to see guides lmao
@@cian12 I mean, you do you.
You don't really need autobuild or armor though, so it doesn't really relate to guides. Just explore the world, do (side)quests and you'll get plenty of gear.
@@sgt.nuclear You don't have to have such attitude, pal. Not everyone understands where the game is trying to direct you. I can't tell you how many times I've struggled playing this game because of its unclear instructions. And yeah, after looking it up, I'd think "how did I not think of this myself? it's so easy", but I didn't KNOW that until afterward. Even in BotW I struggled with some of the Divine Beast bosses because there are NO leading instructions whatsoever. They just tell you "yeah turn on all the terminals and defeat the boss!" but how in the fuck am I supposed to turn on all the terminals first if I have no clue where the final one is? How am I supposed to defeat the boss when they have an impenetrable shield? That's why some of us use guides for CERTAIN parts of the game. Nobody is saying "gee whiz this shrine sucks ass, I'm gonna look up a guide on how to do the final main quest!", we're just stuck in some areas or we need a little help so we look up a guide for those specific things. Everyone enjoys games differently, so stop acting like you're so much better for not looking up scary little guides.
@@nomoretwitterhandles where the fuck did this come from man? He literally just said you can beat the game without finding everything so just relax and explore. chill out
@@nomoretwitterhandles Sorry man, you got more attitude than the last guy lmao
I fully agree with that last tip. There's hundreds of videos showing 'Best Gear!', 'Early Rupee Farming!', '100 of the Best Weapons!', 'Here's Every Cave YOU Should Visit NOW!'...and it might feel like you're 'behind' or 'not playing the game efficiently enough'...but this game is new to all of us and we should take our time to fully enjoy the adventure. We didn't have full internet archives back in the SNES / N64 days telling us of every single secret within hours of a game's release, and some of the most exhilarating moments where those where we organically discovered the game's secrets on our own. This game will be relevant for years. Enjoy the ride!
100% I’ve only done ‼️*VERY MINOR SPOILERS*‼️ 1 of the races quest (Zora) and I see videos of people with the hylian shield, Champions Tunic, 100 damage weapons, etc.
For me I only look at that kind of stuff (minus the caves one) so I can not be as frustrated while exploring the game lol. Nothing is more annoying than early game exploration, running into strong enemies, and only having one tiny stick and no bow. I literally robbed 3 bokoblin camps and didn't acquire a single bow (I had run out because of their poo durability, I use bows a LOT). Plus I like to buy the outfits as early as I can, just for looks. The game is still really fun and all, but man I'm sick of running out of my good gear any time I want to run around and climb every cliff in sight lol.
Ikr, like sometimes i see random clips of the game and they have all this high level gear and it was only like the second day of being released, it’s like they’re eating a meal that took 5 hours to prepare in 30 seconds
Definitely. The only reason I'm comfortable watching now is because I have probably 30-40 hours in the game already and have seen many of the surprises the game has to offer. Not all, and there's plenty of secrets I know I haven't found, but I think I've figured out most that I will with the core mechanics by now.
@him I still haven't figured out how to start the Zora one. I managed the rito one. I thought the boss fight was a little too cake. I think once I have less weapons I'm gonna try the next one.
I always used brightbloom arrows, and I'm surprised people keep running out of arrows. Crates and other breakable containers tend to give you 10 arrows each, and they're everywhere just waiting for a simple axe swing. Brightbloom arrows have significantly longer range, which is very helpful exploring the underground safely
I think the problem is arrows are used a lot more in this game compared to BOTW. In BOTW I never ran out of arrows. Starting this game I left the tutorial island with ~200 arrows but after a few hours of exploring the ground ran out. Its a lot more important in this game vs BOTW to actively buy and collect arrows every chance you get, and since that first time running out and being more active I havent ran out again.
Same, I kept running out of arrows early on. Now I smash every crate I see and rarely run out of arrows.
There's no need to even waste durability on breaking the boxes, just pick them up and drop them with ultrahand
I think that’s highly specific to the person and their play style. Hell I’ve seen people complaining about the lack of bright bloom seeds which I thought was insane than I remembered I really haven’t spent that much time in the depths comparatively. But someone else who spends a higher ratio in the depths could run out of both pretty easily
Thank you for being so careful with spoilers, and encouraging people to take things slow and enjoy their first casual playthrough
Two fans and a control stick can be used to make a highly efficient vehicle in the form of either the hover bike (fans attached to controls in line), or the "goblin glider" (fans attached to the controls on the sides). It costs 9 ore and goes far further than the rocket-on-a-plank (you can also just keep re-using it once your battery recharges). It is well suited to exploring the ground and underground areas. The fans should be at an angle so that they push down and back.
You may wish to build the initial vehicle in a flat area near wooden materials so that you can make use of them to be able to hold the build in air to make it easier to get the fans lined up. Then save it to your autobuild and you have a high speed vehicle that can both ascend and descend, and is very efficient battery-wise for a flying vehicle.
Air Bikes are very hard to build, You'll need to make them a specific way to make the fans lineup properly with out somekind of imbalance. Not sure about the golbin glider.
@@canadianbutt275 It can take some finaggling to get right. Fortunately, you only need to do it once.
@@canadianbutt275 I use stakes to hold things in the air so I can line them up properly! Between stakes to control height and building against a wall to control left/rightness, it's fairly easy to get it almost good.
My hoverbike build still does have a lean to the right, but it's very workable.
As the wing times out add another to the nose of the first , walk on to the new one as the old one vanishes
The best part about the midair wing strategy is that it was actually shown in one of the trailers! In fact, I thought the wing would be an ability that lets you summon it while airborne
I thought it was just gonna be something that flies around the map on a cycle. This is 100% better
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Didn't know that, is a good sign that it probably won't be patched out. Gotta learn that trick
Shooting brightbloom seeds on an arrow can actually be quite beneficial sometimes for when I want to scout an area without getting close, especially when used with a bow that has long reach. You can also shoot them mid air. While I agree that you should primarily throw them, there's a time and place for shooting.
Step one: build a bridge up to Hyrule Castle like Pesky Plays 😂
You saw that too? Haha
😂😂😂
Nah that would take way too long
@@bandblackdiamond i believe that was sarcasm
Of course that was sarcasm
Going into bullet time with a wing shield is huge. I always struggle to nail the headshots on fast-moving targets, like lynels, but even hinoxes and a few certain large minibosses around the world too. Getting bullet time will make that so much easier. Yet another reason why I need more shield slots after having discovered bomb jumps some time ago and wanting to make good use of any bomb barrels I find lying around.
keese eyes can help too! they're like a honing device when fused on arrows
@@LovinRandomness keese wings are also good for archery. They extend the bow range, meaning your arrows fly straighter
am i the only one who can't get bullet time when backflipping w/ a wing-fused shield? do i need to upgrade my stamina wheel more? or use a particular shield? or... just get good?
@@ofstrings2 I believe it's a front flip, not a backflip, try that
@@ofstrings2 Jump + ZL + A, Not ZL+Jump
Not only are your tips good but I really appreciate you avoiding spoilers/caring about the experience of your audience. Earned a sub from me!
I'm envisioning the designers spending hundreds of hours of design time to come up with ways to quickly navigate the world with the idea that they'll make an interesting and dynamic ecosystem in which to speed run, but all we're going to do is figure out how to drop a pot against a wall or something to exploit the physics engine and launch ourselves halfway across the map.
I use arrows for brightbloom seeds sometimes, but I've found that the best use case for it is if you're in a wide open underground area. If you're not sure how far away something is and you want to land the seed high up on a wall, then fusing it to an arrow is really useful. But probably the best way that I've seen to use brightbloom seeds is as headlights. The Zonai ones only have one beam and don't show much, but if you have a big brightbloom seed, you can just throw it at your vehicle and it gives bright light in every direction, while not using any of your battery. I love using it for my hoverboard segway, because when you're high up in the air you can't easily see the terrain with just one beam of light
Yo thats brilliant
I liked arrow brightblooms for the initial exploration of the deep. Sometimes you wouldn't know if a cliff was just really tall or an impassable wall. Getting a bright bloom high up would tell you more about the cliff and show you how to climb it as well.
About ascend in caves:
One thing I noticed, but haven't exaustely confirmed; is that if you are in a cave and there is a tree root on the wall, go near it and you are guaranteed to have an "ascendable" spot.
Be it to the cave's next floor, or just outside the mountain.
It's pretty usefull if you just can't find that spot to ascend to in caves with uneven ceiling.
cool, but just FYI: "exaustely" isn't even close to being a word. no idea what you're trying to actually say here, but that doesn't even resemble any known words in English
My personal recommendation, especially if you still have a lot left to find, you can ride around on the dragons. You can pick up some extra useful materials while on their backs, and the horn you can get (and pick up instantly right off of them if you're standing on their head) resets every 10 ingame hours. I had an absolute blast riding Farosh and Naydra around, even through underground sections as they will go through chasms on their paths. Keep an eye out for any shrines or certain noteworthy underground landmarks, mark them through the scope, and get some really powerful weapon fuses at the same time.
Going up a chasm also feels kind of satisfying. They are quite slow tough, so you have plenty of time to admire the world around you. Less so if it's all pitch black underground, but eh.
thank you for that tipp, i did not know you can ride them now without getting knocked off :D
No fucking way you can ride the dragons wtf lmao can't wait to try
You can also create your own dynamic elevator using recall, ultrahand and ascend, when you lift something with ultrahand and lift it in the air, push it forward, whatever direction, when you put it back in front of you and use recall, it follows that trajectory, so if you ascend through it you can basically take yourself almost anywhere in a shrine without any other things in the shrine. Sounds more simple and “duh” when I write it, but the uses are very dynamic and speedrunning sensitive
I’ve definitely been abusing recall to the best of my ability, like putting a plant of wool on a long stick, holding it up high, bringing it back to me, recall it, grab on, FLY UP IN THE SKY. And I have cheesed a few shrines with Recall already. It’s such a powerful rune
Exactly! I used it in the Goron caves with the mine carts as well just put it on the tracks you need, haul it back and jump in with recall. Infinite possibilities.blown away by this game. Yesterday I fused a rocket to my shield to see if I could shield surf it, and it blasted me forward, can use it on the mine cart tracks as well, or even fuse a mine cart to your shield and use it as a skateboard, 💯
You don't really need to use Ascend to do this since you can basically just trace a path (in reverse) with Ultrahand, climb on top of it normally and then recall.
It's not restricted to elevators either, since you can trace a horizontal path in order to cross gaps too.
Recall is just overpowered as fuck.
You can also fuse a mine cart to your shield which allows you to shield surf anywhere even rough terrain. Great tips! I loved this video!
There’s also sleds that work better in snowy terrain and carts for flat terrains
speedrunning this game is going to be insane. I cant wait to see what the routes are like in a few months, even years from now.
One of the techs will probably be a thing where you can drop, say, a piece of ore, shoot it with an arrow, attach a prepared bunch of logs to the item, then recall it so that it becomes a hammer that just slaps you across gaps.
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I’d say it’s damn near optimized by now. It’s already like sub 45 min and they’re running out of abusable glitches. They already know that if you find your way to ganon nonlinearly and skip key spots he won’t load in at all. Nor can you leave the sky island early. It’s gonna take something huge
That last tip was such an eye opener. When I first played BOTW, I read and watched some tutorials on the harder parts, but thinking about it now, the most memorable times I had with BOTW was the things I discovered myself. I promised myself I would not touch a single guide until I at least finished the main story, or feel satisfied to the point I can casually use it without getting spoiled either through story, lore or experience. Best thing I have ever done as discovering new things through exploring, experimentation and trial and error made the game feel more alive and satisfying to do than the reward for doing it through a guide.
That's great and all, but there's nothing wrong with getting help. Personally, I don't enjoy struggling with quests that don't point me in a specific direction. I like to explore, yeah, but only when I choose to do so. If I'm looking for something and simply CANNOT find it, I search it up. And that's totally fine! I also really enjoy the things I discover by myself, but like... I enjoy finding things that I wasn't looking for, if that makes sense. I like finding caves or cool areas on my own, I like to discover strong weapons on my own, but it is so goddamn annoying to be stuck in an area for a quest, only to have no clue what the fuck I'm doing. If that's something you enjoy, then that is awesome and I hope you have a blast playing this game! There is so much to explore and figure out, it really is fun.
@@nomoretwitterhandles Yeah that's me with some of the... less directed quests in the game.
I'd rather google it and get back to actually exploring the world than be stuck here for hours on a single quest.
Fully agree with taking your time on this pinnacle of a video game experience. I'm sure I'll spend at least a month before I beat it, probably more. My god the depth of this game is incredible. Thank you for this btw this is exactly what I was wanting to see but too afraid to search for and be spoiled too much lol
Spears also give nice range and quick attacks.
Ascent looks really funny when you do it to the statues in that underground quest.
🤣🤣 glad I'm not the only one
When I made the springboard and rocket shields I was so caught off guard it’s so smart
A neat Paraglider trick i found with Tulin's wind gust ability: When activating Tulin, a second after you activate it, keep pressing B and X (dismiss button and jump/paraglider button) with a bit of leeway in between each button press. You'll keep the momentum from Tulin's ability until it recharges and you can do it again. I found this out myself and it's proven super useful to me.
When I saw they fixed most of the glitches (whistle sprint, etc) I couldn't wait to see what people came up with. Nice job! I love the shield fuse options.
Interesting to hear you talk up spears. I have found myself using them a lot more than I ever did in BotW, without consciously realizing why
They stunkock so many enemies. You can just keep hitting them with no danger
Tip #10 is gold, totally agree. Enjoy the journey!
better than autobuild rocket, take 6 springs, put them on top of each other into a tower, climb up and activate. you get some pretty great height.
if you want to go far instead, build a ramp, attach the spring tower to it, put a plank at the end to stand on, activate the springs.
it IS more expensive though (if you don't have the springs in your inventory)
I was using arrows to toss seeds downstairs and realized I had blown through like 50-60 arrows. For some reason my brain decided I couldn't throw while on my skeleton horse. Anyway, I fixed that mistake. Seeds are for more abundant than arrows, and like you said, absolutely no reason to fire arrows.
Personally, once I started treating chasms like the overworld, it became a lot simpler to travel. Because, you know, it basically is just the overworld. It's only scary because it's dark and glowing red.
One tip to Minimize mistake for the wing glider is while your glider is blinking green pull out another and attach it with ultra hand the first will disappear and the new one with the new time is able to keep going, this isn't required but it defiantly helps if your like me and suck at swapping mid-air
For those going into the depths using the brightbloom seeds with an arrow can be advantageous at times. Some enemies(boss) will be attracted to the light making the short distance throws allow to automatically notify them of your position. But using bows you can send them on a wild goose chase making getting a sneak attack or easy combo start much much easier
I’ve definitely used arrows for the brightbloom seeds in situations like if I’m flying on a wing contraption and want to illuminate where I’m going. It definitely has its uses
He also kinda disregards the bigger ones that can cover a massive chunk of the underground. You’d really waste their utility by trying to throw them
@@_Sloppyham Not really, unless you throw them from an already vastly lit up area, you're not wasting anything.
@@skeletonwar4445 with the big ones you can’t really throw them (unless it’s off a cliff) without wasting some of the light by lighting up an already light area.
It's nice to see that it's finally here. I remember when you first talked about this one, and can't wait to see your progress on this one. Thanks for keeping the spoilers low.
I really love your videos! Not only are they helpful and efficient, but you are very easy to listen to. Thanks for years of great advice !
Bro you did a great job not spoiling anything with these tips, well done.
The arrows with Bright seeds is much more effective. You can shoot much further and see much more ahead of you. You can also reach ceilings you can’t by throwing them. Arrows are also and much more abundance in this game so you’ll have a lot of errors as long as you destroy boxes barrels and pick up the ones that you are already shot.
But bright seeds are even more abundant, I think we can afford to waste some.
I'm loving the boomerang with a tail fusion, it's also great cc.
And puffshrooms with a powered up eightfold for sneak crits to deal with silver enemies.
I know you said that last tip was mainly to reach 10 tips but I’m glad someone told me that. Friends are way ahead despite me getting the game first, I need to forget about that and take as much time as I want. I can only play this game blind once.
Tip: When diving down new chasms for the first time, you can quick select Brightbloom seeds and airdrop them to see where the bottom is. They fall faster than Link does, and the impact from the height will sprout the seeds.
Lim, starting to watch your playthru and this video. Great stuff. Can't believe it is almost like the developers in a way gave us "legal" ways to do some of the glitches we use in BOTW. So cool! I hadn't thought of doing most of this, but enjoyed watching in your playthru you figuring this stuff out!
Limcube,
Always love your content and your commentary. Thanks. Love tip #10 btw. The original creator of The Legend of Zelda, Shigeru Miyamoto, said that his original inspiration for the game was his memories of running around in the mountains and woods of Japan as a child. Definitely worth taking the time to relive and remember the joy that I am sure we all had the first time we played one of the Legend of Zelda games.
Lim, thank you for keeping this so spoiler free and even going as far as not showing the depths, or certain weapons.
I also appreciate you wanting to enjoy the game slowly. You're right, you only get to explore it casually once!
So personally I didn't know about the bomb shield. Gonna try that.
My personal favorite is Spear + Zonai Cannon = Musket. It launches bombs with each poke! So fast! Great for mining big ore deposits and for fighting off a certain scary enemy where you have to kill multiple targets at once.
One tip you skipped is: don't forget you have your various skills. I wasted like 30 minutes in an area trying to figure out how to get a door to open.
Then I remembered I had ultrahand and just...opened it. Like a normal door. Nearly had an out of body experience. There's supposed to be a series of switches and spatial puzzles to get doors open, isn't there? But no. Link has a hand now, and he can sometimes use it.
Me at the outer castle gate during the first little bit that the story quests tell you to do on the surface. Saw no way to open it and considered it effectively just scenery. Effectively just a wall. Went over it with some climbing / ascending and carefully choosing how to get back down on the other side... And then realized at some point after I reached the other side of it (I forget if this was right away or when returning after speaking to Hoz) that I just could've opened it with ultrahand.
Fell for the trap, down to 50 arrows.
I found the water buff thing out yesterday. Definitely will be utilizing it.
I never forget my ascend rune. It’s probably my favorite.
Thanks for the good tips.
Man I knew there had to be a way to get on a wing in midair!I kept trying to do it other ways like dropping it off the edge and jumping on it. I just wasn’t good enough to figure it out. That’s super awesome.
ur crazy good. just starting the game and you are already creating new strategy. i did try the gliding technique and got it sometimes. however, i found a technique that makes it easier to grab onto the glider. hold D pad up to open the glider option while keeping the same left thumb pushing up on the controller. then on the right hand, press X and R twice at the same time. i find this method works better for me because i am not quick with the controller. oh and please keep producing these strategy videos. they are fun.
I really felt that tip about brightbloom seeds. Didn't start throwing them until I was desperate and out of arrows, then it was just like... nearly the exact same result as if I'd shot one attached to an arrow. Had a real moment there. Anyway, I do think there's potentially one use for shooting them anyway: you get bullet-time when using a bow, allowing you to (wastefully) light a wide area by shooting in multiple directions during your descent to figure out what's around you.
I highly recommend getting the glide boost armour set, once you get it to level 2 you become immune to all fall damage.
You can shield surf across the gloomy red stuff.
My favourite 'tip' (pun intended) on tough bosses use the 2x or 3x bows and 'fuse' arrow heads on it'll act as 3 bombs for example but only use 1 item and 1 arrow. Great for clearing out boulders underground.
Fusing a sled to your shield for surfing on sand and snow gives you a lot more control. Use the wheel's platform for land surfing!
Instead of attacking tech to activate it or shooting an arrow you can throw an apple or other item at it so you don't waste your durability.
Don't forget to use reverse time skill on projectiles! There's also rocks that fall from the sky you can use as a boost to get up. If you're really stuck you can use the hand ability to hold an item and move it around like a platform then use the reverse time skill and jump on the newly made platform.
I completely respect the amount of dedication you have to not spilling anything.
It's so weird to me that people are panicking about spoilers. The JOY of this game is talking about all the weird stuff you can do. When I hear or see something I didn't know I could do, I get super excited to try it, not upset I know it exists.
Those things aren't really spoilers, it's more about the story and special locations that could be spoiled...
@@AskaRayI mean I do kind of get it but I feel like this concept of spoilers is new and being blown out of proportion. They were always something in my lifetime but I swear no one used to talk about them like this. So I’ve seen like loads of creators say they won’t include big spoilers but kinda obviously no one else is saying them. So a little unnecessary to bring up this often but I can see how it might make someone feel safer about watching the vid. Oh god it’s practically a trigger warning 😂
I absolutely LOVE Saphire Rods. It's basically a beefed up fusion of Ruby and Topaz Rods, cc and damage up in one. An alternative that I also bring with me would be a boomerang that has a Frost Emmiter Zonai device.
another wing tip, instead of jumping off of the wing if it's going to run out, you can jump up if the wing is tilted slightly down and you can time it right so that you pull out another wing right underneath you and keep all the momentum without having to lose altitude.
I feel like the midair wing is like the honest nod to what wind bombs were previously. I hope that's what it is, anyway. It's just so cool
The sweet fucking catharsis of witnessing a Speedrunner open his item menu, press the drop button instead of sort, then have to re-open to actually sort.
It's like a fucking tick I do it so consistently.
One thing I’ve found that’s fun for traversal is fusing a ruby to a weapon. It shoots fireballs that bounce but they go SUPER far and light everything they touch on fire. If you’re in a grassy area, you can just launch one and use the constant updrafts to paraglide and it’s definitely faster than walking
U can also enter the item throwing menu if u hit the d-pad up first and than R. But u need too hit R just right after the d-pad. With that way Links doesnt take his weapon out.
The one advantage to using arrows to do the brightblooms is that you can get them MUCH higher up, and they can light up a larger area from higher up as far as I've seen
If you go into bullet time in the sage of the wind ability, you get a big speed boost
My favourite is having a boomerang with an ice lizal horn and one with an electric horn and throwing them into crowds in quick succession (ice first) for instant electric AOEs. If you have the big ones you can actually mow through groups of enemies from afar with ease
One tip for the midair wing, you can use Recall on the new glider as soon as you land on it basically indefinitely to build fans/batteries/rockets etc. without having to deal with the glider flying away! Just have to remember to rewind again before time runs out.
If you're looking for more bomb flowers specifically you can also head to the secret passage out of Hyrule Castle, the entrance appears inside the emergency shelter at lookout landing after you take out one of the temple bosses, doesn't matter which one.
There's at least 20 respawning bomb flowers inside that place but you need digging equipment to find them all.
I was just talking to my friend about the OP spear and I’m glad you noticed it too. Same fuse attack power but more dps since spears attack quicker.
one trick I learned which is a bit tricky but looks awesome is you can autobuild while on a midair platform. so before I realized the hover bike was the way to go I would build a hot air balloon from autobuild and ride it up until it started flashing green. I would then autobuild another hot air balloon, rewind it so it stays in place and hopped over and continued riding that one up.
Dude thank you so much i tried to do the midair wing so many times and i began to think it wasnt possible but now i finally got it
I find it easier to do the middair wing deployment from the inventory
you dont have to time the drop that way, you select and drop then you just hold forward on the joystick and press b twice, with about half a second between the presses
Ive been using 2 hawk gliders for so long. Fun to just jump onto the second after first expires.
The last tip was very nice to hear. I got the last ability spoiled for me through yt thumbnails and wanted to find it ever since but I couldn't. It felt like i was missing out, moving too slowly or doing something wrong after that, which hindered my enjoyment quite a lot. I'll use your hint to find the ability and just not look at anything after so I can really have fun again. No more comparing for me.
If you're struggling with the Gerudo Desert temple fight i HIGHLY recommend the saphire rod it makes a certain part so easy
Also, having a ruby or sapphire rod equipped lets you deal with extreme heat or extreme cold, since they change the temperature a bit.
Good video. I've probably dumped ~150 hours into TOTK (its my first Zelda game ever) and still didn't know everything in this video! Favorite tip is the water warrior one, I smacked tf out of Ganondorf with a 22 base zora sword I found in the chasm. Added a silver lynol horn, ate some simmering mighty bananas, threw a splash fruit at my feet, and had a blast.
On number 5, your zonai vehicles can have a _large_ bright bloom seed shot or dropped onto them and once grown(hit) they will stick and stay indefinitely, moving better light with you than zonai flashlights by like 100 fold.
On number 7, you can combine freeze with water warrior for a 6x multiplier; 9x with attack up level-3 buff. This is a fine use of any random extra Naydra horns (or I suppose Ice Gleeok but those are expensive) if you have a few of them, you can oscillate 3x and 9x damage by mashing only 1 (wet) weapon over and over. Another cringe ice-tip is some spears with the frost emitter can hit at a certain spot (seemingly typically just below max range if it's a valid spear to use it with) to re-freeze _after and on_ the same attack/swing that breaks it. This allows allowing some of the less op weapons to hit constant stuns w/ 3x(no oscillation) damage and no elemental disability windows.
Related to weapon fuse mechanics: Royal guard weapons make great lynel smashers. You get a royal guard claymore to bady damaged, fuse your best horn to it and as long as it's badly damaged it does massive damage (you might have to wear it down to badly damaged again after fusion) as they have doubled power when badly damaged. Now, not great for general use, but the aspect of durability not being used while mounted on a lynel still applies so it's your lynel smasher.
Spoilers:
I have a "Silver-maned Lynel Blade" with 174 attack power. Mix with a 3x attack boost and you're clearing lynels quickly. Royal guard weapons can be found in the higher floors of the Sanctum in Hyrule castle and no, the boss fight will not be triggered going to Hyrule castle immediately. I do not know what triggers final fight so far as I have not finished the game yet, but unlike BOTW, does not seem that you can just walk into the final boss on accident so far. There's a guantlet of 5 lynels in the Coliseum in the depths which is a great place to farm lynels because they respawn every blood moon.
ty for the well presented information!
I love that you avoided spoilers as much as possible!
the midair wing is insane!!!!!!
have a nice day, Sir!
I think the glider shield also adds a mobility modifier to your freefall.
“Take your time” Best tip you had. This was the first video I watched since i got the game on launch and the only reason was because I was curious about what kinds of things I might have been overlooking (like the throwing the brightblooms lol). I’ve been spending the last 3 days trying to get through the stable quests with Penn, and I just keep thinking to myself that this was the best $80 I’ve spent in a long time. I’ve still only done the zora questline and the only reason was because i wanted the waterfall climbing gear. It turned out to be the most OP thing i accidentally chose because of that water spear and sidon getting me through Gerudo desert safely lol. Currently i have no plans to either progress the story or watch any other videos at all
just gotta appreciate the "no spoilers" info in the title, it's kind of hard to watch content on youtube being sure there isn't spoilers in the videos you watch, this really is convenient :)
3 is the coolest and the game breaking tips that i use until today, combined with autobuild windbomb i can travel anywhere almost effortlessly even in the Underground Depths... its crazy
On the shield fusion combo, you can either sub out or add in a fan shield for less speed but more sustained speed. It acts just like the rocket but lasts way longer while not giving as much speed up front.
Instead of spawining Zonai devices from the quickmenu, spawn them from the inventory screen, and just as you exit press Sort + Exit. It will not consume the Zonai device. It's basicaly an infinte glitch.
When you built something out of just Zonaite I was amazed. I had no idea you could do that - I always thought the components had to be around you. I feel like I did when I couldn't figure out how to cook in BotW for a good hour of gameplay before looking it up lol.
Thank you so much for the bright bloom tip. If arrows weren't so numerous in this game, I'd be avoiding the depths like the plague but now i have even more reason to go down there and explore efficiently by just throwing the brightbloom instead.
Whenever I see a falling stone I always jump on it and use rewind. It’s fun to see where it takes you and get a lay of the land. I’d also use rewind on it the second it lands and let the timer run out so that I can catch up to the landing site and get max height after it lands.
Honestly living for the last tip. I've been playing the game at a super slow and casual pace, and while I've heard some people mention burning out on the game after their several day full story binge, I'm going super strong and still enjoying it as much as I did day one. It's good and okay to take the game slowly.
Throwing is good for lighting up your immediate path, but especially with the big bright bloom seeds using arrows to light up an area in the distance is especially useful. Sure it's using an arrow, but they cost 6-10 rupees so it's not a huge loss overall. Especially since you can just warp around and buy out beedles and shops when you're running low.
i mean who the fuck thinks you shouldn't waste arrows?, duplication glitch exists, just go dupe a bunch of diamonds, sell them and then buy out all the stocks of arrows on sale, I can't believe this guy is even making it as an issue, also giant bright blooms seed exists and using throw on it is the actual waste, it's the one thing you want fused to an arrow to efficiently and maximize it's effect
@@rei1556 not everybody is going to go out of their way to use duplication glitches
the last tip, was the best one... enjoy it... take your time... this game is soo huge and the fun to explore is much bigger
Good tips but not sure I agree about the arrows with brightbloom seeds. For the most part yes, you can just throw them with no issues. Every once in a while though you're trying to size up a far glide in the depths and at that point it can be really useful to attach a brightbloom seed to an arrow and use a bow that has extra range to send it wayyyy farther than you can throw it to judge where you wanna land
The autobuild pseudo-windbomb can be made even better if you use a wing instead of a plank, and go into the midair wing deploy technique when it runs out.
I've barely scratched the game, I only explored the central hyrule dephts and a bit of central hyrule overworld and it's been half a week, I'm taking my sweet time playing this and what I'm enjoying most is seeing the mad scientist builds that beuild have been posting on youtube
Tip #10 is honestly the best out of all of your tips! Amazing video!
Great tips! Especially love the trick ascending up through a mountain from a cave. 👍👍
I think you might be able to get more momentum when using the plank and rocket by sheild surfing just before the rocket times out
This video is so useful and well explained! Thank you for also being considerate about spoilers!
throwing things not attached to arrows is a great tip as i did not know it until 20+ hours in.
Without the shrine im not sure i would have figured it out.
I've found that alternating between diving and paragliding can save stamina and get you closer to your destination before you run out of stamina. For example, I can get from the island with the launcher to very close to the temple of time with only one stamina wheel.
Dude. I rolled my eyes at the last tip, but the more you talked the more it became my favorite. Well said.
I'm so intrigued by the para-glider fabric you have, I've not seen it online anywhere and it's super pretty
I don't know why I didn't think of dropping a wings while freefalling, but.. you just made my wind surfing dreams come true.