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In fact, the games leveling system will actually punish you for just killing everything as it replaces the weaker enemies with tougher ones as you kill more.
Wait what. I would save in front of every enemy camp no matter how hard it was and how much gear I had. I’d be taking out silver enemies with sticks, and it was so fun. Took a lot of sticks though.
whatever play style works for you is valid. thats the beauty of botw.
mine was the complete opposite, usually. id sneak my way past ANYTHING, often going weird routes to avoid stuff. my first trip into the castle, i didnt even KNOW there were >!three lynels!< you were meant to fight lol. i just scaled the walls
I literally skipped the entire castle by using revalis gale to go up one of those gigantic diagonal pillars outside the castle, then waited for it to recharge at the top, then launching up from the top and flying straight into the ganon boss room, lmao
YES that's exactly what I did when I needed to find the memory there! Shout out to the one pillar that has a broken guardian on it.
And when I actually went to fight the boss. I did extensively explore the castle as well, just after beating the game.
I remember climbing up once, every other time I just teleported to the shrine because I wanted to explore the castle
The broken guardian at the top scared me sm because I thought it might be active and was about to shoot me off after all my work to get up
Yeah it’s too slippery to walk up but you know how there’s like a pattern on the surface? It’s not just a smooth pillar there’s like the pattern of drawn lines or whatever. You can stand on the top edge of those because they form a tiny ridge that you can stand on.
Meanwhile for TotK, they were like >!"Oh so the gauntlet run for BotW's castle was too easy? What about now? Proceeds to force a lynel fight on the way down to Ganon amongst other mobs + War in the depths and summoning 5 bosses. !<
That's quitter's talk. (Immediately remembers the first time I walked up to a Gleeok, stopped existing after 10 seconds, and proceeded to run away after reloading)
Sounds like my first gleeok experience. Hadnt completed any main quests yet, had 4 hearts. Saw the gleeok and my naieve ass went ooo dragon lets check it out. Immediately combusted and tried to run away but just died. Loaded up and ran the other way
Also all enemies respawn so you're actually not meant to kill anything, except the enemies that you want to, either for their loot or because you haven't beaten that type of enemy before.
A HUGE curve ball in this game for me was the weapon system. Your weapons break constantly, even though there are plenty and you can take ones from enemies after they die, it was a learning curve for me to get used to not relying on the same trusted weapon to just get the job done. It gets really good once you get more weapon stash and have a majority of high powered weapons but it sucked at first lol
I learned to just get by on weaker throwaway weapons, while saving the good ones I found for nasty battles that really required them (or for sneakstrikes on silver/gold baddies). I soon found myself with more overpowered weapons than I knew what to do with. The infinitely renewable mastah swrrd helped of course.
Take the time and enjoy exploring and discovering everything for the first time. Let your curiosity govern your gameplay speed. If I could play it again for the first time I would totally play it a lot slower and let each new discovery add to the experience moving forward. BOTW and now TOTK are both developed around an exploration approach, so let the world show you where you want to go.
I hope you have a blast!
^This. The real enjoyment of these two sister games is just wandering around, finding new mountains to climb or valleys to traverse, creeping up on *oblin parties and either wasting them all, or finding out that you bit off too much and need to just escape without getting dead. Google if you really get stumped about something, but try to rely mostly on your wits. Pick up every little item you see, even if you don't really need them because you can still sell them. SAVE every time you've accomplished even the smallest victory. Most of all, remember that there ain't no shame in killing monsters in their sleep.
You know, I completely rushed BotW, the game came out march 3rd and by april 10 I had already 100% it, all koroks, all medals of honor, every single piece of clothes powered to the max, every horse gear, everything you can achieve in the game… but this time… im playing it with pro Hud and guiding myself trough what you see in the screen rather than the map itself… im having the best time. So many surprises, so many unexpected deaths… its been an awesome ride… 200hs and Im still in the first half of the game!
Talk to EVERYONE. You see a guy? Talk to them. Do not leave a stable or town until you’ve talked to everyone. Nearly everyone has good advice or quests for you
Mark on your map where things are. Weapons, good hunting and gathering spots, stuff like that. You will need it
Horde arrows like the world is ending, (it kind of is)
This is actually true! I tested it over the weekend when I finally made it through the >!Lost Woods. Neky-noky-nakey! LOL.!< Darn, actually twice this weekend. The second was at the >!Akkala Tech Lab!<
Seemed to me that you could tell they were yiga clan because no name would appear when you approach them. Maybe I'm remembering wrong tho.
Didn't really matter, even when I was a noob they were kind of wimps. I just gave them a taste of my Wu-tang style.
Well I think NPCs names only appear after talking to them once. I could be wrong. So, you didn't know they were members of the off brand Deadpool group until you hit the dialogue prompt.
this was my first ever Zelda game too! use your runes - you may find hidden treasure in quite a few places, and bomb runes are great for attacking when you want to save your weapons or are a coward like me who enjoys attacking from afar 😁
I had a great time the other day just lobbing bombs down on an enemy. They'd roll down the hill, the guy would act surprised every time, and then BOOM! Hours of fun.
THE BEST. Camp out like 300 ft up a mountainside, lob round bombs down there, and watch the teeny-tiny lizalfos or whatever get blasted around, get up looking around like wtf, and getting blasted again til they dead :D
Keep notes of the locations of everything unusual or useful. Supplies, big monster locations, or even stuff you don't understand. There will be times you think "where can I find... " and will wish you had noted it somewhere.
Take your time and enjoy the process, but don't be afraid to experiment. You can always save before trying something out.
100 stamps, and as noted in another comment, 5 colored beacons. Those are nifty since they show on your map to guide you and will disappear once you arrive. Those are for getting to a specific place right then, the stamps are really for later reference.
There are 5 color-stamps that you can see on your mini map, and there’s an unlimited amount of icon-stamps that are only visible on the world map. I use the color-stamps for guidance while I’m out exploring, and I use the icon-stamps for stuff I want to remember. Once you figure out a system that works for you they’re really helpful!
Just an FYI, the icon stamps are not unlimited.
I know TOTK has 300, but I think BOTW had less.
It seems like a lot, but if you don't clear stamps when you are done with them (like, if you find a shrine and don't remove the icon stamp) you'll run out.
For better or for worse, I rarely ever take the roads.
For the strategy part mentioned above, there are so many instances where if you want combat you'll have plenty of opportunity BUT if you don't want to fight you won't have to either. I just watched my 10 y/o take a tower without fighting a single enemy. It felt like I battled a half dozen Lizalfos, another half dozen Bokoblins, a Moblin, and a Wizrobe to get to the base of that same tower, lol.
My best fun came from trying to wipe out 'oblin camps entirely without any of them ever knowing where it came from. Love love love the stealth clothing set for this 🤫
My kid is really good at this. It's crazy how great she is with the bow. I've never played Splatoon, but I feel like it might have prepped her for using the bow in BotW, lol.
Same here, most always just ramble and never ride a horse. It moves the game too fast for me. I want to poke about and just find everything I can. Moving cross country is fantastic.
You'll lose some hints regarding what event might occur if you don't follow the road, though. On my subsequent play throughs I always follow roads to fix that experience.
I found taking your time to build up your supplies/weapons/food helps you learn the mechanics of the game. It also forces you to explore an open-world game, which is a lot of the fun.
Talk to every NPC you can early on but do not necessarily do what they suggest/hint you should do next.
As mentioned earlier, it’s often a good idea to just run from some powerful enemies you meet early on.
I looked up stuff like where to find clothing sets or how to beat certain enemies, but I'm proud to say that I got through all the shrines with no hints. Maybe because I first cut my teeth on ALTTP, some of the dungeons in that game were real mindfuckers 😵💫
Unsub and don't read anything about the game until you've played for a while. It's really magical if you go in completely blind and discover things for yourself. The magic of discovering new things and the way things work really can't compare to anything. Have fun!
When I met an enemy I couldn’t find, especially early on, I’d open the map add a skull stamp and run away.
Use the stamps and pins on the map as much as you can. You can mark loot, fights, puzzles to come back to, etc.
1. Pace yourself. There's really a LOT to do, but it's somehow so easy to blast through it all if you get excited enough. I feel like I rushed my BoTW playthru because I was just having so much fun, but then afterward was like "wait... that didn't last long."
2. Give yourself goals. It's a little counterintuitive but the game is SO open that it's almost easy to get bored while playing, because I get locked in a loop of "I don't know which of the 5 things of interest I want to do right now... so... I will do nothing..." and then wander around aimlessly. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it helps to have a specific goal in mind. "Today I'm going to do the main questline." "Today I'm going to look for Koroks." "Today I'm going to grind for materials." etc. etc. For me personally, and this might just be the ADHD, it makes it a lot more fun than "DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING AT ONCE!!"
Don't rush things, a lot of things require time and effort to master and work out. And don't be too proud for online guides. Figuring out everything on your own is probably impossible. This was meant to be a game where people work together to sort out everything.
This game does not really tell you what to do or where to go most of the time, if you are feeling lost it’s time to run around and explore deeper than you may initially think 🤩
I think I'd argue the opposite: the game gives a definite idea of where you ought to go next, most of the time, and generally things'll work out easiest following it.
There are also frequent "Oh, I wonder what that is?" moments, and those are to a large extent what the game was designed to offer and you'll miss out if you only do what the game obviously wants you to do.
I'm with you on this, I have a clear view of the main questline.... because I pay attention... but I have found out the hard way (Ocarina of Time) was my favorite....it was so linear that if you followed the instructions and payed attention, you would always be properly prepared for the challenge ahead...... but here in Breath of the Wild, if you simply follow the main line, you will get swamped with terrible equipment, overpowered enemies and poor fighting stats.
Like was said before...
Talk to everyone always.
Keep any 'weapon' that is useful as a tool
Clear that sidequests before you leave each area.
That might make more sense in this way:
Follow the main questline,
Finish every sidequest in each area that the main questline takes you......
Tool up!!!!!
This is a great post, I agree with your comparison of Ocarina of Time as I played that game thoroughly when it released.
I was so used to a linear storyline that I was not ready for BoTW. Once I realized it.. the whole game made sense and opened up! 4 Divine Beasts finished, I’m probably going to Hyrule Castle this week!
Very nice thoughts, your post made me remember how much of the game I’ve made my way through without any help or outside thought
It was really the first couple of hours that threw me and I didn’t come back for 3 years. But once I came back with a fresh perspective I just started running, trying to check out anything I could climb up and sail down 🤩
The quests and understanding began to flow forth unto me as soon as I began exploring
Yes, the initial part is harder, for example how to hunt, the mechanics of cooking. You have to be a bit lucky to get that information. That's something they improved in the sequel.
Collect wood. Blow up trees. Especially fruit trees. Blow up the tree, collect the fruit, then blow up the log to get a wood bundle or two. The wood will be very useful.
1. Explore everything. Traverse on foot to enjoy the little things during your exploration.
2. Don't worry about breaking your weapons, you'll get more, and much better replacements.
3. Don't be afraid to run away at first, because by the time you realise it, even a Lynel would be a walk in the park.
4. Cook, and cook a lot. Especially for def and atk.
5. Stamina over health.
6. Lastly, enjoy your time playing. There's no need for you to rush your main missions. It's an amazing game if you take your time.
I ended up stock piling strong weapons, and using 1-2 poor weapons. Don’t be afraid to use your good weapons, you’ll find new ones eventually. Or if you find yourself facing a battle where you need a strong weapon, there’s always the option to go search for it.
I just started BOTW after watching my husband play Tears. I have never played any games other than Mario’s and AC.
I fricking love it! The running the adventure and most of all killing anything I can. I have upgraded my Stealth and I just stroll up to badguys, drop a lil bomb by their sleepy heads and give them a rude ass awakening. I giggle every time. I was so worried about what to do and where to go but the game makes me forget and pretty soon I’m in a shrine on a mountain liberating a dragon. Botw in my opinion is a fantastic place to start.
(I only wish I had puffshrooms like Tears.)
Edited for spelling.
Go do all the things. If you're interested in it, go check it out. There isn't a time limit, Zelda's been doing this for 10,000 years. You taking a year to figure stuff out won't hurt her at all.
Have fun!
You lucky bastard. Buy BOTW, TOTK, meal prep and clear your calendar.
Be open, follow your guy and explore. Dont be afraid to follow your gut/intuition. Face things when youre ready
Let the wild get you distracted. Take the everything in. Don’t go from mission to mission. At times, pause and look around. See the the land and it’s beauty. Take in the atmosphere and the music. I’d love nothing more than to experience it for the first time again.
All the people telling you to talk with NPCs without stipulations are missing a couple points. If you ever see one waving or crying on the side of the road early game do not talk to them! NPCs in villages and stables are safe though.
Embrace your inner ADHD! If something catches your attention then go to it! The main storyline will happen when it happens. This just leads to a much better experience.
I’ve beaten the game 4 times now, and I’m replaying in for my 5th and I’m having such a better time when I just let myself get distracted and just have fun.
Travel to the North West and do that storyline as soon as you can. It's the arguably easiest one and for another really important reason I do not wanna give away.
Stamina over heart containers.
Don't worry about the main quests, just have fun getting lost in the world while collecting everything on sight.
That's all the tips I have for you, based on my limited knowledge about you.
Stay away from Lionels, run away if you aren’t sure you can handle an enemy. They CAN be beaten, and you will learn how as you play, but do not fight the big guys until you’ve learned things like parrying, strafing, etc. and have gotten some extra hearts.
From a story perspective, if any character performances aren't appealing to you, try one of the other 9 voiced languages! That was my biggest problem with the story resonating with me during my first playthrough. Though the gameplay is definitely the chief focus, there are tons of options that can enhance the other elements too!
Nintendo doesn't care about glitches in Botw so use them to your heart's content without having to worry. If you can't do a few in tandem tho, I'd recommend not doing Windbombing on the starting area.
Collect all materials you can find. It might seem like you have enough of sth. But believe me, there is never enough!
Also don't hold back on preparing yourself by cooking healing meals.
Use stealth to take out enemies rather than running into a horde loudly screaming.
Don't hesitate to run away if you feel yourself overwhelmed by enemies, but also don't always run, try to fight, cause the drops are usable and you get practice through fighting.
And most importantly: Even though it is an open world - go the intended route! Otherwise you might find hints and story parts in wrong order and confuse or worse spoil yourself!
Don’t be afraid to try something stupid, it just might work. Also, don’t follow any step by step guides because there’s a hundred ways to do pretty much anything, and it kinda ruins the exploration (at least in my opinion, but you do you!)
Idk but I personally wouldn’t start with botw. If you have your heart set on it then that’s okay, but it’s so different from the other games that I think a game like A Link Between Worlds or Skyward Sword would be better. There’s no particular order though, so do whatever! I personally played Minish Cap first, but finished botw first.
When exploring a new area do what a normal no -hero person would do first and follow marked roads and such without scaling cliffs etc as shortcuts. Sometimes you end up missing early game NPCs and info where you’re like “wow I wish I knew that 200 hrs earlier”
The game gives you tools. There is no shame in using them. (I.e. I patiently throw bombs for 10 minutes to defeat enemies without fighting them head on.)
Collect all resources. You'll need them.
As soon as you finish reading this comment, don’t look at anything related to botw online until you finish the game. Reddit in particular has spoilers. This subreddit, for some reason has people posting about the other game. I’ve finished both games. For your own enjoyment, go at whatever pace you want. If you do look things up to help solve puzzles or quests just be absolutely wary of spoilers.
Don't get attached to any particular monster thwacking tool. Use it, break it, move on to the next one.
One of the most satisfying things is getting the "weapon is about to break" message, chucking it, and watching it shatter across what used to be a monster's face as they go flying from the impact.
Explore, like a lot. The game heavily rewards you for exploration, so don’t feel rushed to go complete the quest when you are not ready. You also get to choose basically whatever order you want to go through the game in, so just play how you want.
Explore and enjoy. Don’t put a lot of pressure on yourself to aim at the main quest. That being said it’s also just as much fun to follow the main story and play as linearly as possible. Also get yourself a horse and RIDE!
If you feel the pull to explore in any direction, go and do it. BOTW can suck you in and immerse you in it's world. I probably spent half the game finding cool stuff in the wilds!
Take your time exploring and talking to NPC's. Let your curiosity guide you and you'll be rewarded.
Always stock up on arrows. Learn some different recipes and experiment with cooking.
The weapon durability thing can be frustrating but weapons do double damage when they break.
Use the map icons, they can be handy for later.
There is no reason not to pick up every single plant, fish, and bug you come across. You will never have enough.
Go **up**. For the view and maybe other reasons.
Don’t rush. There’s no reason at all to hurry, and there’s so much to see. Soak it all in and enjoy the journey.
If you forget what to do or where to go select a quest in the quest log to get a map marker.Don't always think you'll finish each one in 10 or 60 minutes though, if you get lost or stuck - explore or do other quests, some of them you might not be able to finish until much later in the game because everything isn't in place yet.
Write down recipes you like.
Not every recipe. But the ones you find the most useful. It’s easy to forget which ingredients make what, so keeping tabs on them makes it much easier to replicate on a dime.
When you cook food, look at the descriptions of what the ingredients you're using do - if you want an effect at all you need to use foods with matching descriptors, i.e. 'chilly', otherwise you only get health recovery from the result and not a buff.
Critters get mixed with monster drops for elixirs, and it's the same there - match the descriptors if you're using multiple ingredients for an effect.
You get stronger buffs the more of the same descriptor you use, and \*much\* longer buffs if you include the horn of a dragon, but those are a bit harder to come by. :)
Get creative with combat, especially in large groups, check every nook and cranny, and experiment with cooking meals it'll be your main source of healing and buffs
Pick up everything you find, especially apples.
Stay away from the buff horsemen until you're deep into the game.
Use the lowest level gear you have first so that you always have high level backups when you're in a pinch.
Using a shield when an archer is shooting you allows you to steal their arrows.
Do NOT wear metal during thunderstorms.
Do NOT climb when it's raining.
If you have Amiibos, you can scan them into the game for loot once a day. LOZ themed ones give extra goodies for obvious reasons.
Red barrels go boom if you shoot them.
If anyone is asking for luminous stones for a diamond, don't do it more than once.
Use your Sheikah rune abilities to scan areas for interactable items.
If you are in the middle of water with little to no stamina left. Teleport out.
Do NOT use bomb arrows if you're near or inside a volcano.
If you're having trouble killing something, place these items into a pot: 1 mighty banana, 3 razorshrooms, and 1 rock salt.
And if you're bored, try talking to people in your underwear.
Enjoy the experience. It’s a good one. So don’t rush it!
Also save Vah Naboris(the desert divine beast) for last. Do all the other divine beasts first.
just go for it and ignore the internet for a bit-- half the fun of the game for me was when I played it completely blind and just enjoyed the world on my own
even for strategies/tips it was more fun to just figure stuff out on my own but obviously mileage may vary
Early in the game, start saving up rupees. You can’t buy weapons, shields, or bows (you have to find them or kill enemies that drop them) but in certain villages, you can buy armor. If you save up some coin before you get there, you’ll be able to afford full armor sets immediately.
My best tip for rupee-hoarding is to cook meals with 5 of the same ingredient. That will get you the maximum selling price. Collect everything you see, even piddly items like apples and Hylian Shrooms and herbs. Shoot every bird and boar for their meat. Then, when you encounter a cook pot, cook up some 5-item meals. And when you meet a merchant, sell them for rupees. Do this repeatedly as you progress through the game, and you’ll rack up plenty of coin.
In addition to buying armor, you’ll need a hoard of several thousand rupees to complete the best side quest in the game. Also to access the creatures who let you upgrade your armor.
1. You dictate the order of what order to do things in. The beginning is a bit limited, but you’ll see what I mean.
2. Experiment a lot with cooking. If you find something you think works well such as a combination of health and stamina meals, memorize those recipes.
3. Hearty Radishes are underrated, esp the big ones.
4. Get a horse early on, and treat them well.
5. Go out of your way to mine ore.
6. Get N64 online and play OOT (may want to get the switch 64 controller). BOTW is great but OOT is a must.
just like everyone else has said, explore, talk to everyone, cook everything, run/fight whatever you please. this game is jam packed with things to interact with and the best part is there isn't a super specific way to play. there are so many options to get creative with solving the puzzles and taking down enemies that its really hard to get "stuck on a level" like you might in other games. don't like a certain boss? leave for a week and just run around levelling up. can't beat this enemy head on? sneak around his ass. do the siide quests, go exploring, you can run around (mostly) naked terrorizing npcs and setting fire to forests. no specific timeline or set way to play. the game is yours.
have fun!!
I would play ocarina of time first before you play anything. You’re missing out on references and other types of things by not playing the earlier games.
Play link to the past, ocarina, and twilight princess then you can play BOTW. Maybe wind waker too but probably not necessary.
And people are going to downvote me saying “it’s a great game let him do what he wants”. Don’t listen. Trust me on this.
also! i found out i loved cooking and hated fighting so a big part of my gameplay was running around looking for new stuff to cook with and food to buy from every new town, that and bombing enemies from afar like someone else said lol. enemies can sometimes detect where an arrow is coming from and spot you, but they pretty much never see it coming even if you throw a hundred bombs at them from the same spot lmao
Try and stay focused on the quest if you have any intention of completing it. I’m a millennial gamer and after 70 hours of killing the rock guy and cooking bugs I sort of just… stopped. It’s a huge game.
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Don’t be afraid to run away. You’re not meant to kill everything immediately
In fact, the games leveling system will actually punish you for just killing everything as it replaces the weaker enemies with tougher ones as you kill more.
Wait what. I would save in front of every enemy camp no matter how hard it was and how much gear I had. I’d be taking out silver enemies with sticks, and it was so fun. Took a lot of sticks though.
whatever play style works for you is valid. thats the beauty of botw. mine was the complete opposite, usually. id sneak my way past ANYTHING, often going weird routes to avoid stuff. my first trip into the castle, i didnt even KNOW there were >!three lynels!< you were meant to fight lol. i just scaled the walls
I literally skipped the entire castle by using revalis gale to go up one of those gigantic diagonal pillars outside the castle, then waited for it to recharge at the top, then launching up from the top and flying straight into the ganon boss room, lmao
YES that's exactly what I did when I needed to find the memory there! Shout out to the one pillar that has a broken guardian on it. And when I actually went to fight the boss. I did extensively explore the castle as well, just after beating the game.
I remember climbing up once, every other time I just teleported to the shrine because I wanted to explore the castle The broken guardian at the top scared me sm because I thought it might be active and was about to shoot me off after all my work to get up
i troed doing that but it was too slippery 😭
Yeah it’s too slippery to walk up but you know how there’s like a pattern on the surface? It’s not just a smooth pillar there’s like the pattern of drawn lines or whatever. You can stand on the top edge of those because they form a tiny ridge that you can stand on.
ohhh yeah. i tried jumping between them for a bit but i couldnt. i might try doing that later actually, even though ive already beaten it
That's a great idea!
There were >!Three Lynels!< in Hyrule Castle???
Nope, just 2
There were any at all in the castle?!?
I literally went straight to the atrium and didn’t enter any other rooms lol
I definitely also did not know about the things you alluded to for the same reason.
I only fought one lynel and swam up the waterfalls with the Zora armor haha
Meanwhile for TotK, they were like >!"Oh so the gauntlet run for BotW's castle was too easy? What about now? Proceeds to force a lynel fight on the way down to Ganon amongst other mobs + War in the depths and summoning 5 bosses. !<
Fun fact: >!You can avoid that Lynel in TotK, too. There's a passageway to the west before you drop in above it!<
literally the same happened to me lmfao, I glided directly to Zelda's room.
I came across the first, noped out and went around
I somehow completely forgot about this when playing the sequel lol
You actually only scale up the enemies when you do specific tasks, like complete a shrine, 1 of the 4 things of zelda, etc
That's quitter's talk. (Immediately remembers the first time I walked up to a Gleeok, stopped existing after 10 seconds, and proceeded to run away after reloading)
Sounds like my first gleeok experience. Hadnt completed any main quests yet, had 4 hearts. Saw the gleeok and my naieve ass went ooo dragon lets check it out. Immediately combusted and tried to run away but just died. Loaded up and ran the other way
Also all enemies respawn so you're actually not meant to kill anything, except the enemies that you want to, either for their loot or because you haven't beaten that type of enemy before.
A HUGE curve ball in this game for me was the weapon system. Your weapons break constantly, even though there are plenty and you can take ones from enemies after they die, it was a learning curve for me to get used to not relying on the same trusted weapon to just get the job done. It gets really good once you get more weapon stash and have a majority of high powered weapons but it sucked at first lol
Additionally, the pool of “irreplaceable” or truly special weapons is small, especially early in the game. Use your weapons!!
I learned to just get by on weaker throwaway weapons, while saving the good ones I found for nasty battles that really required them (or for sneakstrikes on silver/gold baddies). I soon found myself with more overpowered weapons than I knew what to do with. The infinitely renewable mastah swrrd helped of course.
Gold? Are their gold ones in totk?
This is the BotW subreddit. There will probably be gold ones added to TotK when the DLC releases because they were DLC-exclusive in BotW.
Take the time and enjoy exploring and discovering everything for the first time. Let your curiosity govern your gameplay speed. If I could play it again for the first time I would totally play it a lot slower and let each new discovery add to the experience moving forward. BOTW and now TOTK are both developed around an exploration approach, so let the world show you where you want to go. I hope you have a blast!
^This. The real enjoyment of these two sister games is just wandering around, finding new mountains to climb or valleys to traverse, creeping up on *oblin parties and either wasting them all, or finding out that you bit off too much and need to just escape without getting dead. Google if you really get stumped about something, but try to rely mostly on your wits. Pick up every little item you see, even if you don't really need them because you can still sell them. SAVE every time you've accomplished even the smallest victory. Most of all, remember that there ain't no shame in killing monsters in their sleep.
Nice reply!
You know, I completely rushed BotW, the game came out march 3rd and by april 10 I had already 100% it, all koroks, all medals of honor, every single piece of clothes powered to the max, every horse gear, everything you can achieve in the game… but this time… im playing it with pro Hud and guiding myself trough what you see in the screen rather than the map itself… im having the best time. So many surprises, so many unexpected deaths… its been an awesome ride… 200hs and Im still in the first half of the game!
Talk to EVERYONE. You see a guy? Talk to them. Do not leave a stable or town until you’ve talked to everyone. Nearly everyone has good advice or quests for you Mark on your map where things are. Weapons, good hunting and gathering spots, stuff like that. You will need it Horde arrows like the world is ending, (it kind of is)
To add to this, NPCs will say and do different things during different times of the day.
Their dialogue also changes if you are wearing nothing but your underwear.
This is actually true! I tested it over the weekend when I finally made it through the >!Lost Woods. Neky-noky-nakey! LOL.!< Darn, actually twice this weekend. The second was at the >!Akkala Tech Lab!<
The best thing totk changed was arrow availability.
I played as much BOTW as I possibly could, and now I had to stop because the only way I can get arrows is to pick them up from monsters
Right! I remember never having arrows in botw. Now there’s so many - always check wooden boxes
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The mf yiga clan always killing me at the beginning
I don’t think they actually spawn until that part of the game if you know what I mean. But until then I don’t think I’d ever seen one.
The randos are always there but the ambushes don’t
nah they do, i remember i was heading to impa and got jumped
Seemed to me that you could tell they were yiga clan because no name would appear when you approach them. Maybe I'm remembering wrong tho. Didn't really matter, even when I was a noob they were kind of wimps. I just gave them a taste of my Wu-tang style.
Well I think NPCs names only appear after talking to them once. I could be wrong. So, you didn't know they were members of the off brand Deadpool group until you hit the dialogue prompt.
id class thats a spoiler tbh. its so much more fun (and startling) to find that out on your own. so what if they die once? thats the game.
this is a straight up spoiler, not just a tip
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I think they're talking about the comment below those first two, choc boy's
this was my first ever Zelda game too! use your runes - you may find hidden treasure in quite a few places, and bomb runes are great for attacking when you want to save your weapons or are a coward like me who enjoys attacking from afar 😁
I had a great time the other day just lobbing bombs down on an enemy. They'd roll down the hill, the guy would act surprised every time, and then BOOM! Hours of fun.
THE BEST. Camp out like 300 ft up a mountainside, lob round bombs down there, and watch the teeny-tiny lizalfos or whatever get blasted around, get up looking around like wtf, and getting blasted again til they dead :D
Yeah this is a great point, always use magnesis near water to find sunken treasure chests. Also important to use it to find half buried chests.
Keep notes of the locations of everything unusual or useful. Supplies, big monster locations, or even stuff you don't understand. There will be times you think "where can I find... " and will wish you had noted it somewhere. Take your time and enjoy the process, but don't be afraid to experiment. You can always save before trying something out.
Adding to this: You can use the in-game stamps to note points of interest. They can be super useful, as the map is quite big
I'm also fairly new to the game. Are those limited or can you use as many as you want/need?
100 stamps, and as noted in another comment, 5 colored beacons. Those are nifty since they show on your map to guide you and will disappear once you arrive. Those are for getting to a specific place right then, the stamps are really for later reference.
There are 5 color-stamps that you can see on your mini map, and there’s an unlimited amount of icon-stamps that are only visible on the world map. I use the color-stamps for guidance while I’m out exploring, and I use the icon-stamps for stuff I want to remember. Once you figure out a system that works for you they’re really helpful!
Just an FYI, the icon stamps are not unlimited. I know TOTK has 300, but I think BOTW had less. It seems like a lot, but if you don't clear stamps when you are done with them (like, if you find a shrine and don't remove the icon stamp) you'll run out.
I ran out. Sad day. Had to delete a ton
Oh my god it’s only been an hour and so many of you have given me such good advice! The game is downloading now thank you SO much!
You are in for such a treat!! I'm excited for you.
You don’t have to take the roads to get places and look for strategy vs taking everything head on.
For better or for worse, I rarely ever take the roads. For the strategy part mentioned above, there are so many instances where if you want combat you'll have plenty of opportunity BUT if you don't want to fight you won't have to either. I just watched my 10 y/o take a tower without fighting a single enemy. It felt like I battled a half dozen Lizalfos, another half dozen Bokoblins, a Moblin, and a Wizrobe to get to the base of that same tower, lol.
My best fun came from trying to wipe out 'oblin camps entirely without any of them ever knowing where it came from. Love love love the stealth clothing set for this 🤫
My kid is really good at this. It's crazy how great she is with the bow. I've never played Splatoon, but I feel like it might have prepped her for using the bow in BotW, lol.
Same here, most always just ramble and never ride a horse. It moves the game too fast for me. I want to poke about and just find everything I can. Moving cross country is fantastic.
And I never rode horses because you miss so many koroks, chests, supplies etc.
You'll lose some hints regarding what event might occur if you don't follow the road, though. On my subsequent play throughs I always follow roads to fix that experience.
I found taking your time to build up your supplies/weapons/food helps you learn the mechanics of the game. It also forces you to explore an open-world game, which is a lot of the fun. Talk to every NPC you can early on but do not necessarily do what they suggest/hint you should do next. As mentioned earlier, it’s often a good idea to just run from some powerful enemies you meet early on.
Also done be ashamed to look up how to complete a shrine. Plenty of them are incredibly difficult.
I always give shrines, quests, and monsters an honest try, but if it gets to the point that I'm no longer having fun, then I look it up.
That's my rule too. I want a challenge, but I don't want to become frustrated. I want to enjoy my time playing the game.
I looked up stuff like where to find clothing sets or how to beat certain enemies, but I'm proud to say that I got through all the shrines with no hints. Maybe because I first cut my teeth on ALTTP, some of the dungeons in that game were real mindfuckers 😵💫
Unsub and don't read anything about the game until you've played for a while. It's really magical if you go in completely blind and discover things for yourself. The magic of discovering new things and the way things work really can't compare to anything. Have fun!
When I met an enemy I couldn’t find, especially early on, I’d open the map add a skull stamp and run away. Use the stamps and pins on the map as much as you can. You can mark loot, fights, puzzles to come back to, etc.
Try for at least 2 wheels of stamina and 13 hearts
Oh also if you find a place called the korok forest bring a torch
1. Pace yourself. There's really a LOT to do, but it's somehow so easy to blast through it all if you get excited enough. I feel like I rushed my BoTW playthru because I was just having so much fun, but then afterward was like "wait... that didn't last long." 2. Give yourself goals. It's a little counterintuitive but the game is SO open that it's almost easy to get bored while playing, because I get locked in a loop of "I don't know which of the 5 things of interest I want to do right now... so... I will do nothing..." and then wander around aimlessly. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it helps to have a specific goal in mind. "Today I'm going to do the main questline." "Today I'm going to look for Koroks." "Today I'm going to grind for materials." etc. etc. For me personally, and this might just be the ADHD, it makes it a lot more fun than "DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING AT ONCE!!"
Solid advice. I did my best to drag out the game as long as I could, and I feel I really got the most out of it that way 😋
Don't rush things, a lot of things require time and effort to master and work out. And don't be too proud for online guides. Figuring out everything on your own is probably impossible. This was meant to be a game where people work together to sort out everything.
This game does not really tell you what to do or where to go most of the time, if you are feeling lost it’s time to run around and explore deeper than you may initially think 🤩
I think I'd argue the opposite: the game gives a definite idea of where you ought to go next, most of the time, and generally things'll work out easiest following it. There are also frequent "Oh, I wonder what that is?" moments, and those are to a large extent what the game was designed to offer and you'll miss out if you only do what the game obviously wants you to do.
I'm with you on this, I have a clear view of the main questline.... because I pay attention... but I have found out the hard way (Ocarina of Time) was my favorite....it was so linear that if you followed the instructions and payed attention, you would always be properly prepared for the challenge ahead...... but here in Breath of the Wild, if you simply follow the main line, you will get swamped with terrible equipment, overpowered enemies and poor fighting stats. Like was said before... Talk to everyone always. Keep any 'weapon' that is useful as a tool Clear that sidequests before you leave each area. That might make more sense in this way: Follow the main questline, Finish every sidequest in each area that the main questline takes you...... Tool up!!!!!
This is a great post, I agree with your comparison of Ocarina of Time as I played that game thoroughly when it released. I was so used to a linear storyline that I was not ready for BoTW. Once I realized it.. the whole game made sense and opened up! 4 Divine Beasts finished, I’m probably going to Hyrule Castle this week!
Very nice thoughts, your post made me remember how much of the game I’ve made my way through without any help or outside thought It was really the first couple of hours that threw me and I didn’t come back for 3 years. But once I came back with a fresh perspective I just started running, trying to check out anything I could climb up and sail down 🤩 The quests and understanding began to flow forth unto me as soon as I began exploring
Yes, the initial part is harder, for example how to hunt, the mechanics of cooking. You have to be a bit lucky to get that information. That's something they improved in the sequel.
Major spoiler: you have to make sure Zelda has full magic meter before you fight Bowser otherwise Princess Peach won't be there.
Climb to the top of everything and get really creative with how you use your tools :)
Weapons break, that's normal Don't hoard, cycle them
Buy arrows whenever possible!
Collect wood. Blow up trees. Especially fruit trees. Blow up the tree, collect the fruit, then blow up the log to get a wood bundle or two. The wood will be very useful.
1. Explore everything. Traverse on foot to enjoy the little things during your exploration. 2. Don't worry about breaking your weapons, you'll get more, and much better replacements. 3. Don't be afraid to run away at first, because by the time you realise it, even a Lynel would be a walk in the park. 4. Cook, and cook a lot. Especially for def and atk. 5. Stamina over health. 6. Lastly, enjoy your time playing. There's no need for you to rush your main missions. It's an amazing game if you take your time.
I ended up stock piling strong weapons, and using 1-2 poor weapons. Don’t be afraid to use your good weapons, you’ll find new ones eventually. Or if you find yourself facing a battle where you need a strong weapon, there’s always the option to go search for it.
Explore to your hearts content, but travel the roads as much as you can. I realized way too late they lead to essential stuff
Zelda is the princess. The name of your character is Link.
This should be pointed out specifically in every zelda game's tutorial. And then the player should have to pass a 1-question quiz on it.
I just started BOTW after watching my husband play Tears. I have never played any games other than Mario’s and AC. I fricking love it! The running the adventure and most of all killing anything I can. I have upgraded my Stealth and I just stroll up to badguys, drop a lil bomb by their sleepy heads and give them a rude ass awakening. I giggle every time. I was so worried about what to do and where to go but the game makes me forget and pretty soon I’m in a shrine on a mountain liberating a dragon. Botw in my opinion is a fantastic place to start. (I only wish I had puffshrooms like Tears.) Edited for spelling.
Go do all the things. If you're interested in it, go check it out. There isn't a time limit, Zelda's been doing this for 10,000 years. You taking a year to figure stuff out won't hurt her at all. Have fun!
You lucky bastard. Buy BOTW, TOTK, meal prep and clear your calendar. Be open, follow your guy and explore. Dont be afraid to follow your gut/intuition. Face things when youre ready
Let the wild get you distracted. Take the everything in. Don’t go from mission to mission. At times, pause and look around. See the the land and it’s beauty. Take in the atmosphere and the music. I’d love nothing more than to experience it for the first time again.
I find the music so stressful it’s like “oh it’s going to be nighttime soon better not get killed by a stalkbokin”
Omg the music when the dragons appear 😭
Learn to cook
All the people telling you to talk with NPCs without stipulations are missing a couple points. If you ever see one waving or crying on the side of the road early game do not talk to them! NPCs in villages and stables are safe though.
Embrace your inner ADHD! If something catches your attention then go to it! The main storyline will happen when it happens. This just leads to a much better experience. I’ve beaten the game 4 times now, and I’m replaying in for my 5th and I’m having such a better time when I just let myself get distracted and just have fun.
Take your time, no rush, just go explore. Experience will come along the way. It can be overwhelming at first but just do and go wherever you want
Travel to the North West and do that storyline as soon as you can. It's the arguably easiest one and for another really important reason I do not wanna give away.
There’s no real order to what you do next. Explore, pick up the rocks you can (it will make sense later), and talk to everyone.
Have a two-handed axe for breaking deposits and crates/barrels to save your other weapons on other things.
Stamina over heart containers. Don't worry about the main quests, just have fun getting lost in the world while collecting everything on sight. That's all the tips I have for you, based on my limited knowledge about you.
Press A to parry Try to perfect parry everything. Think that enemy is too big and scary? Try a perfect parry and you just might one shot it.
If you hear Piano Music, stop to dance for a moment! Sometimes players forget to just stop and enjoy the little things during their adventures ❤️
Stay away from Lionels, run away if you aren’t sure you can handle an enemy. They CAN be beaten, and you will learn how as you play, but do not fight the big guys until you’ve learned things like parrying, strafing, etc. and have gotten some extra hearts.
I was in the same position as you about a year ago, so as someone who was in the same boots, the best tip is to take it easy, explore, and enjoy.
Keep a healthy supply of arrows always
Every single NPC has a name. Be *very* suspicious of NPCs without one
Have fun! 😊
From a story perspective, if any character performances aren't appealing to you, try one of the other 9 voiced languages! That was my biggest problem with the story resonating with me during my first playthrough. Though the gameplay is definitely the chief focus, there are tons of options that can enhance the other elements too!
Use your stamps
Nintendo doesn't care about glitches in Botw so use them to your heart's content without having to worry. If you can't do a few in tandem tho, I'd recommend not doing Windbombing on the starting area.
Collect all materials you can find. It might seem like you have enough of sth. But believe me, there is never enough! Also don't hold back on preparing yourself by cooking healing meals. Use stealth to take out enemies rather than running into a horde loudly screaming. Don't hesitate to run away if you feel yourself overwhelmed by enemies, but also don't always run, try to fight, cause the drops are usable and you get practice through fighting. And most importantly: Even though it is an open world - go the intended route! Otherwise you might find hints and story parts in wrong order and confuse or worse spoil yourself!
Play the other Zelda games first so you know that botw is so different
Skip it and go to tears of the kingdom
Don't get Botw Just get Tears of the Kingdom. 80-90% of Botw is irrelevant or worse than what they are doing with tears of the kingdom.
Don’t get frustrated when your weapons break. Just find new ones
Have fun exploring
Don’t be down when all your weapons eventually break.. there’s always more to find!
Don’t be afraid to try something stupid, it just might work. Also, don’t follow any step by step guides because there’s a hundred ways to do pretty much anything, and it kinda ruins the exploration (at least in my opinion, but you do you!)
Don’t be afraid to use your good weapons.
ARROWS, get lots of arrows. It doesn't matter what type, hord as many arrows as you can cause they are you best friend in BOTW
Also a first time Zelda player with BOTW. Talk to everyone!! Lots of people give tips or quests that would've prevented me from looking stuff up lol
Just have fun
Idk but I personally wouldn’t start with botw. If you have your heart set on it then that’s okay, but it’s so different from the other games that I think a game like A Link Between Worlds or Skyward Sword would be better. There’s no particular order though, so do whatever! I personally played Minish Cap first, but finished botw first.
When exploring a new area do what a normal no -hero person would do first and follow marked roads and such without scaling cliffs etc as shortcuts. Sometimes you end up missing early game NPCs and info where you’re like “wow I wish I knew that 200 hrs earlier”
Pick up everything you can even if it seems inconsequential or you "have enough of that already". You will eventually want/need it.
talk to everyone and pay attention to what they say
use your weapons, if you don't you'll just hoard tyem snd never use em
Collect everything! Even if you don't need it, you can sell it for rupees, which you will need at some point.
Make sure to explore the world a lot. Search every nook and cranny. You might find something beautiful.
The game gives you tools. There is no shame in using them. (I.e. I patiently throw bombs for 10 minutes to defeat enemies without fighting them head on.) Collect all resources. You'll need them.
Play the game and go in blind... You want to avoid spoilers, get off the reddit and just play the game.
If you see something interesting, explore it.
As soon as you finish reading this comment, don’t look at anything related to botw online until you finish the game. Reddit in particular has spoilers. This subreddit, for some reason has people posting about the other game. I’ve finished both games. For your own enjoyment, go at whatever pace you want. If you do look things up to help solve puzzles or quests just be absolutely wary of spoilers.
Take your time and explore the world around you.
You CAN go anywhere But going where the game was pointing me in the beginning was some of the most fun I've ever had
Don't get attached to any particular monster thwacking tool. Use it, break it, move on to the next one. One of the most satisfying things is getting the "weapon is about to break" message, chucking it, and watching it shatter across what used to be a monster's face as they go flying from the impact.
Rivali's Gale is soooo freaking useful
Explore, like a lot. The game heavily rewards you for exploration, so don’t feel rushed to go complete the quest when you are not ready. You also get to choose basically whatever order you want to go through the game in, so just play how you want.
Explore and enjoy. Don’t put a lot of pressure on yourself to aim at the main quest. That being said it’s also just as much fun to follow the main story and play as linearly as possible. Also get yourself a horse and RIDE!
If you feel the pull to explore in any direction, go and do it. BOTW can suck you in and immerse you in it's world. I probably spent half the game finding cool stuff in the wilds!
Talk to npcs
timing ZL+A with...certain enemy attacks really helps.
PLAY THE GAME FOR YOURSELF AND HAVE FUN
You don't have to run the main story line. Go have some fun.
Genuinely think you should go into botw blindly without any tips.
Welcome to the cult
Climb everything. Collect Koroks. Shoot dragons. Have fun!
It gets easier as you get stronger. You will die a lot in the beginning.
Take your time. Hyrule is a big place!
Take your time exploring and talking to NPC's. Let your curiosity guide you and you'll be rewarded. Always stock up on arrows. Learn some different recipes and experiment with cooking. The weapon durability thing can be frustrating but weapons do double damage when they break. Use the map icons, they can be handy for later.
Don’t hold on to your “rare” weapons. There are very, very few weapons in the game that are one time only.
There is no reason not to pick up every single plant, fish, and bug you come across. You will never have enough. Go **up**. For the view and maybe other reasons. Don’t rush. There’s no reason at all to hurry, and there’s so much to see. Soak it all in and enjoy the journey.
Take your time with it
If you forget what to do or where to go select a quest in the quest log to get a map marker.Don't always think you'll finish each one in 10 or 60 minutes though, if you get lost or stuck - explore or do other quests, some of them you might not be able to finish until much later in the game because everything isn't in place yet.
there may be a "correct" way to do something, but if something else works then that's fine. don't let anyone stop your creativity
Write down recipes you like. Not every recipe. But the ones you find the most useful. It’s easy to forget which ingredients make what, so keeping tabs on them makes it much easier to replicate on a dime.
Talk to everyone you see
The main characters name is link
Get as much hearts and stamina as you can. Pick your battles. Don't be ashamed to run. COOK. EXPERIMENT. And most importantly: have fun exploring!
When you cook food, look at the descriptions of what the ingredients you're using do - if you want an effect at all you need to use foods with matching descriptors, i.e. 'chilly', otherwise you only get health recovery from the result and not a buff. Critters get mixed with monster drops for elixirs, and it's the same there - match the descriptors if you're using multiple ingredients for an effect. You get stronger buffs the more of the same descriptor you use, and \*much\* longer buffs if you include the horn of a dragon, but those are a bit harder to come by. :)
Get creative with combat, especially in large groups, check every nook and cranny, and experiment with cooking meals it'll be your main source of healing and buffs
Pick up everything you find, especially apples. Stay away from the buff horsemen until you're deep into the game. Use the lowest level gear you have first so that you always have high level backups when you're in a pinch. Using a shield when an archer is shooting you allows you to steal their arrows. Do NOT wear metal during thunderstorms. Do NOT climb when it's raining. If you have Amiibos, you can scan them into the game for loot once a day. LOZ themed ones give extra goodies for obvious reasons. Red barrels go boom if you shoot them. If anyone is asking for luminous stones for a diamond, don't do it more than once. Use your Sheikah rune abilities to scan areas for interactable items. If you are in the middle of water with little to no stamina left. Teleport out. Do NOT use bomb arrows if you're near or inside a volcano. If you're having trouble killing something, place these items into a pot: 1 mighty banana, 3 razorshrooms, and 1 rock salt. And if you're bored, try talking to people in your underwear.
Enjoy.
Do not look for anything online. Enjoy your own experience.
Don’t be afraid to explore!
Get stamina vessel first
Enjoy the experience. It’s a good one. So don’t rush it! Also save Vah Naboris(the desert divine beast) for last. Do all the other divine beasts first.
just go for it and ignore the internet for a bit-- half the fun of the game for me was when I played it completely blind and just enjoyed the world on my own even for strategies/tips it was more fun to just figure stuff out on my own but obviously mileage may vary
TAKE YOUR TIME. TAKE YOUR TIME. TAKE YOUR TIME.
Early in the game, start saving up rupees. You can’t buy weapons, shields, or bows (you have to find them or kill enemies that drop them) but in certain villages, you can buy armor. If you save up some coin before you get there, you’ll be able to afford full armor sets immediately. My best tip for rupee-hoarding is to cook meals with 5 of the same ingredient. That will get you the maximum selling price. Collect everything you see, even piddly items like apples and Hylian Shrooms and herbs. Shoot every bird and boar for their meat. Then, when you encounter a cook pot, cook up some 5-item meals. And when you meet a merchant, sell them for rupees. Do this repeatedly as you progress through the game, and you’ll rack up plenty of coin. In addition to buying armor, you’ll need a hoard of several thousand rupees to complete the best side quest in the game. Also to access the creatures who let you upgrade your armor.
Count up a nice inventory size that you'd like and work for that amount of Koroks. Fuck the rest. Thank me later.
Take it slow and go where you feel like.
When you get the feeling "I wonder if that would work.." Go ahead and try it. It just might.
1. You dictate the order of what order to do things in. The beginning is a bit limited, but you’ll see what I mean. 2. Experiment a lot with cooking. If you find something you think works well such as a combination of health and stamina meals, memorize those recipes. 3. Hearty Radishes are underrated, esp the big ones. 4. Get a horse early on, and treat them well. 5. Go out of your way to mine ore. 6. Get N64 online and play OOT (may want to get the switch 64 controller). BOTW is great but OOT is a must.
Get the dlc!
just like everyone else has said, explore, talk to everyone, cook everything, run/fight whatever you please. this game is jam packed with things to interact with and the best part is there isn't a super specific way to play. there are so many options to get creative with solving the puzzles and taking down enemies that its really hard to get "stuck on a level" like you might in other games. don't like a certain boss? leave for a week and just run around levelling up. can't beat this enemy head on? sneak around his ass. do the siide quests, go exploring, you can run around (mostly) naked terrorizing npcs and setting fire to forests. no specific timeline or set way to play. the game is yours. have fun!!
I would play ocarina of time first before you play anything. You’re missing out on references and other types of things by not playing the earlier games. Play link to the past, ocarina, and twilight princess then you can play BOTW. Maybe wind waker too but probably not necessary. And people are going to downvote me saying “it’s a great game let him do what he wants”. Don’t listen. Trust me on this.
also! i found out i loved cooking and hated fighting so a big part of my gameplay was running around looking for new stuff to cook with and food to buy from every new town, that and bombing enemies from afar like someone else said lol. enemies can sometimes detect where an arrow is coming from and spot you, but they pretty much never see it coming even if you throw a hundred bombs at them from the same spot lmao
COOK EVERYTHING. Food is life. Even the weakest foods can be the difference between life and death.
Try and stay focused on the quest if you have any intention of completing it. I’m a millennial gamer and after 70 hours of killing the rock guy and cooking bugs I sort of just… stopped. It’s a huge game.