145 Tips & Tricks I Wish I Knew for Zelda Breath of The Wild | BotW

For anyone that wants to know, the items like weapons in Hyrule castle do respawn in a blood moon, even when you are in the castle

Horses actually only go strait and stick to paths reliably if their bond with Link is high enough. The game tells you to soothe your horse to increase your bond but you can actually force the bond to increase 10% by feeding them a food item (I use apples.) Feed them the needed amount and bond will be maxed out in seconds rather than minutes or hours.

My sister and I played Breath of the Wild, and our dad sat in the same room. He didn't really get what it was all about, but he made sure to frequently remind my sister not to use bomb arrows in "lava land" after she gave him a demonstration

- If a Hinox grabs a curved palm tree - like the one on Eventide island - it can't hit you with it. It'll swing the same way as it would normally, but the trunk will arch above Link. - If you sneak up on a sleeping Hinox, you can climb onto its belly by standing on the palm of its hand and let yourself be hoisted up when it scratches itself. - Hinoxes carry various types of swords on their necks, and Stalnoxes have elemental weeapons embedded in their bodies. - Stalnoxes don't rise while you are watching their bones. Travel away and come back at night. - If intelligent enemies spot a bomb, they'll either run away from it or kick it in your direction. - If you are severely hurting for weapons, you can find a woodcutter's axe, battleaxe and/or sledgehammer near every stable. - Molduking, the special Molduga you fight in the Champion's Ballad DLC, is covered in metal armor, and is highly susceptible to shock damage. - If you upgrade the full Firebreaker, Rubber and Snowquill set twice, you become immune to elemental effects that burn, electrocute and freeze you, respectively, while you're wearing the full set. This can trivialize some shrines that rely on these gimmicks. They won't protect you from damage off freezing water or falling in lava. - Even though you can run around in a volcano with it, the Firebreaker doesn't protect agaist the heat in Gerudo desert. Shadows offer protection from heat in the desert. - You can ride other things than horses: mountain goats, deer, bears, the Lord of the Mountain and even a Stalhorse can be ridden by you. Unfortuately, you cannot register them. You can even jump on a Lynel's back for some massive damage while not using up any of the weapon's durability. - Boomerangs, including Lizalfos blades and arms can be thrown in a way that they'll return to the thrower. If you catch a flying boomerang with Magnesis, you can carry it around as a circular saw blade. - If you see three trees or cacti with a number of fruit on them, search for the one additional fruit that's not on the other two. Pick or shoot it, and you've just found a Korok.

24:34 was something I found out on my first playthrough by accident and it was one of the most memorable moments for me. At some point early in the game, I was bumbling around randomly and didn't notice that a Lynel was nearby. I ran right into him. As I didn't play all that much yet, I was legitimately worried that this is certain death and when I saw him drawing his weapon, I was like a deer in the headlights. After a few suspenseful seconds of just standing and staring, I moved around him the long way until he put his weapon away and went back to minding his own business. That's when I realized just how lively the world in the game is. So wonderful!

Important note about helping NPC's: if they get knocked out before you help them, they won't give you anything for beating the monsters. Some of them just comment on how close they were to getting faded, but some will actually chew you out for taking too long to save them. The Aris Beach chest contains an Amber, and the one in Hateno contains a Purple Rupee. They both seem to have been left over either from testing or from earlier versions of the game.

1: if you get all the chests in a shrine a small chest icon will appear next to the shrines name when you hover over it on the map its a good way to see if you missed anything 2: doing a spin attack with a two handed weapon will put out fires and thus fire damage, you can even do it on death mountain (but you will start burning again after a few seconds) 3: bomb arrows don't explode when its raining, enemy bomb arrows included, so you can farm for them from enemies that way

I like how number 2 is the best real life advice too - PAY ATTENTION I also figured temporary stamina is better than temporary hearts - my reasoning being that temp hearts are used before regular hearts, but temp stamina is only used after your regular stamina has been exhausted

I think a better way to describe the % listed on the map would be MAP completion percentage. Every new "thing" you unlock on the map (whether it's 1 korok seed, 1 shrine, 1 location, or 1 divine beast) counts as 0.08%, which is why the distribution is skewed so heavily in favor of korok seeds and locations.

Shooting Star Tip: If you see a shooting star fall but it seems too far away, teleport to the nearest shrine or tower, it will still be there as it won’t disappear at night :) grabbing the stars this way is faster & you won’t have to worry about the sunrise making the stars disappear :) (If the star isn’t there after teleporting, just teleport again & it’ll be there)

I love how the first tip on a tips and tricks video is to not look stuff up and play the game naturally. "Oh okay! I just won't watch the video then. Wouldn't want to ruin my experience."

Another thought, if you want to farm guardian parts: for the Guardian Stalkers if you use a sword to chop their legs (2 hits for any weapon, 1 hit with any ancient weapon) it stuns them the same as shooting them in the eye and also nets you 40% more parts when you chop all 6 legs.

15 other facts: - Each sword has a unique radius for the area of grass you cut with a spin attack. Interestingly, the radius is not correlated to the length of the blade. - You can only hold 5 arrows on a wooden shield. - Some Zora flee when you shoot a shock arrow at them. - The rotation speed of Guardian Sentry's blades is not reduced during bullet time. - If you carry 60 meals and want to buy from Beedle, just agree to his trade offer. It's faster, since it triggers a single textbox rather than his monologue about stealing the beatle from you. - Bombs float on water but sink on lava, despite lava being denser than water. - Before starting Vah Rudania's quest, the cliffs it is rampaging on are protected by a giant invisible wall. This wall matches closely but not exactly the radial shape of the cliffs, and extends up to the skybox limit. - Links can wear a fireproof armor and still catch on fire and take damage: by getting too close to Vah Rudania during the Yunobo escort mission. - Starting Vah Ruta assault cancels moonjump. - During Vah Ruta assault, Link can reach the cliffs and get a Korok seed. Interestingly, it does not autosave. - During Vah Ruta assault, if Link reaches a cliff, Sidon does not know where to go and comes back to the starting dock. - During Vah Ruta assault, Link can break the ice with weapons. Doing so takes durability from them. - Once Ruta is pacified, there is a small portion of it where Link can land without triggering the "it's too dangerous to get closer" cutscene. However, the hitbox poorly matches the structure. - There are 62 variants of cooked/steamed/rosted/frozen ingredients, albeit only 60 slots. You cannot have all at once, which is unfortunate for collectionists. - Dying in lava sometimes plays the drowning animation.

2 clarifying notes for any beginners: - The elemental weapons will only spawn in the colliseum after beating all 4 [spoilers]; prior to that, the enemies will hold levelled weapons of the Soldier/Knight/Royal variety! - [Item #145] will only work on Bokoblins, Moblins, Lizalfos, Lynels (only for a short while!), and Stahl (skeleton) enemies. It will not work on Octoroks, Keese, Wizzrobes, or Guardians!! Otherwise, this is a fantastic source of beginner-friendly trivia for BotW!! Thanks for continuing to be such a great source of Zelda info and dad jokes, Nico! xD

You can also hold a fire weapon/keep a fire arrow ready (without actually shooting it) close to an ice block, to melt it, without losing any items or damaging your weapons

- You can move the giant stone plates, which cover treasure chests, Koroks, etc by dropping an Octo Ballon onto them. I wasted so many weapons using stasis before I learned that. - You don't have to fight the Hinox on Eventide Island to get the orb. You can land on his chest, and snatch the orb. Then just run away to the pedestal.

Another tip for infinite arrows (though I'm not sure if it's technically a glitch). The arrow chest in the water on the small island off the south east coast of Eventide Island respawns every time you load your game. So collect the chest, save, load, repeat.

Here’s a fun one: Soothing horses usually only increases their bond if they’re fighting against your control, but you can also get a free one when they slow down after using a spur. Since you can end the speed boost early by pulling back on the joystick, the fastest way to level up your horse’s bond that I’ve found (besides stuffing apples in their mouth) is by using a spur, immediately cancelling the speed boost, soothing, and repeating. 9 times out of 10, you’ll max out its bond before you make it to the nearest stable to register them.

I just started playing and I am shocked by how much more content this video game has to offer.

I have like 55 hours into this game and i'm not even halfway done, there's just so much to do it's incredibly fun. You can tell how much work and love the devs put into this game, hopefully the next one will be just as good if not better than this one. Cheers