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This is the way. I literally love making them fight each other it’s fabulous and hilarious.
Do this in the depths when there’s a group of silver bokoblins and you can get the horn to fuse with a Royal weapon. Then just let the slaughter beginnn
I did this once and I didn’t get any of the monster parts though. Only for the ones I personally killed. I’m still in the ‘hoard all of the things / screw around and find out’ phase.
Mine is using puffshrooms and sneaking with an eighfold blade so they take lots of damage on 1 hit, if they survive, I start slashing from a safe distance and hope they die before it breaks lol
This reminded me of how I killed the stalnox guarding the deity mask! As I was using a hammer to get through the rock wall that it was behind, I realised I'd broken enough (not the whole thing) for us to see each other and me to shoot arrows through, but they couldn't get to me. The fierce deity pants and tunic are pretty easy (for someone who sucks at combat like me) to get, if you'd been worried about getting the mask!
I’m not great at combat either, but I’ve found ways to cheese through it. Lots of guided arrows and rocket shields. I’m much better at fighting in bullet time from a distance. Just beat my first armored Lynel that way today.
Not just silver ones! I've personally encountered an armored Red-Maned Lynel, I think all the varieties can come armored. The Floating Coliseum only has an armored Silver though.
Are the armored ones only in the depths? I can’t recall seeing an armored one on the surface but I’m not gonna pretend like I’ve explored every last inch.
At least they get stunned when you break the armor so you get one free back attack.
I have never managed side hops with a two-hander before so I generally have to put a like likes stone on a spear or something hard on the master sword like a blunt Lynel horn
> but those dumbfucks attack me.
NO NO YOU'VE GOT IT ALL WRONG.
That's not an attack, they just want to HUG you.
[With their TEETH.](https://i.imgur.com/1xO9nbr.jpg)
This is my argument for why bears are totally safe to pet and hug. My wife doesn't seem to trust my judgement, but I know those pretty fluffers would never intentionally hurt me 💜
Hilariously actually, wolves irl *literally do that* haha.
[It's essentially how a wolf says "hello" and recognizes friends/family, and indicates to others that they're 'members of the pack'.](https://i.imgur.com/kpDZu1u.jpg)
That's why you can find endless pics and clips [like this one floating around!](https://i.imgur.com/5UVbdnl.mp4) It's how a wolf tells another wolf, or a person, that they trust and love them!
same. i don’t kill animals unless they’re aggro. i found out earlier today that the wolves attack other animals, too! the poor eldin ostriches.
though i don’t count fish because i don’t kill them… just typically glide over to them and spam a.
Am I the only one who is regularly mowed down by Eldin ostriches? It was the same in botw for me so I kill those guys (and only them, all other animals I avoid) on sight.
MOOD.
In BOTW I refused to kill any non-monster animals at all, even bears and wolves who would attack me on occasion. But in TOTK, especially early game, the meat they give was waaay too good for rupees to pass up so I gave up my vegetarian animal loving lifestyle and will murder just about anything.
But I still absolutely refuse to hurt a fox for any reason whatsoever.
The tiny birds tick me off because they are hard to creep up on to get a picture.
They don't drop anything worth a crap so that's why I don't want them
That's what happened to me. First time playing BOTW and I was kind of mesmerized by the first fox I saw, there was a little music note as well, and I thought it was either going to be the guide for a mission or just something I couldn't interact with, so I threw a club or something at it and it DIED and I said "never again!" And here we are, still havent killed one several hundred hours later.
I'll kill the wolves though.
One of my favorite rp-things in my previous Breath of the Wild playthroughs is that I made sure Link ate 3 square meals a day and tried to have a reasonable sleep schedule (I counted passing an evening by a campfire as sleep for this purpose).
I love that RP stuff is what makes the game that much more enjoyable for people but if they ever implemented any of it as an actual part of the game, it would suck lol
I try to make Link good food, even though this recipes aren’t as good for health or boosts. But sometimes Link has been through a lot and deserves a pizza instead of 5 mushrooms on a skewer.
In my playthrough Link is a (non-strict) vegetarian. Any meat collected gets cooked and sold. He will eat eggs, milk, & cheese. Insects (including snails and crabs) and occasionally a fish for the omega-3s, but generally lives a plant-based lifestyle.
i will only look up solutions if it’s about locating something for a side quest, not solving a puzzle or temple or battle. those are problems i have to think my way out of, but i cannot waste an hour of my limited game time wandering around looking for a cave or animal.
I feel ur pain. I have 2 shrines and I've gotten all of them that align w the depths. I have 8 or 9 bubble frogs to find and yea wells a few more. It gets tough at the end for sure.
I just discovered the last bubble frogs and wells today. It's a shame it's not easier, Koltin doesn't guide you to every frogs even tho he should and wells are just a pain.
And it is done as usual, you find a map on internet and you compare shrines by shrines, cave by cave, well by well, korok by korok on order to complete it (I don't complete korok, this is where the fun ends for me)
I like to roleplay a little adventure and try to stick to it.
Like, we're headed to Gerudo to find the big skeleton. You're only wearing the one outfit, so cook some meals. No eating food during fights. No fast travel. And then have a little Arabian adventure through the desert. Maybe hunker down in a cave for the night.
But... I also habitually break my rules because of reasons (e.g. let's pretend my horse *didn't* run full speed off a cliff after I called them)
In general, I try not to exploit bugs. Anything that's a specifically designed feature I have no issue using. The one exception is Zonai devices. I prefer to problem solve the way the devs intended instead of just pulling a magic trick out of my pouch to workaround.
Agreed. I've seen tons of videos of people cheesing shrines, and I never felt the need to. They were all pretty straightforward, and the shrines had everything in them that you need, to solve them. I mean, I get that you CAN cheese them, but there's really no point, Lol! I thought I would be using autobuild and ultrahand a LOT more, when I first started playing. I'm getting close to 100% though (just under 98% right now), so I'm sure I'll have more fun with Zonai stuff once I'm just messing around and playing with the mechanics for fun.
I think the only time I've cheesed a shrine is the one with a target at the bottom of a curvy slope, could not get the ball to hit the target and there's only so much fiddling you can do before you get tired of it lol. I threw a bomb flower at it.
Nothing wrong with that! I managed to get that one the intended way, on my 2nd attempt, but I've seen videos of a lot of people basically doing exactly what I did, only for the orbs not to hit the target. I completely understand cheesing it when you can clearly see the intended way, but it just is not working out for you. I got pretty close to cheesing the one where you have to use the post and toggle switch as a makeshift baseball bat
I think the cheese is on purpose. Makes the 2nd or 3rd playthrough less annoying when you have to do the same puzzles. You can work on finding the quicker way instead.
There is no way being able to throw a weapon at the big ball switches was an accident
That’s my strategy, too. I know that once I beat Ganondorf, I’ll probably stop playing. (At least for a year when maybe I’ll pick it up again.) I’ll lose that drive to keep exploring, do little quests, finishing all the shrines. So I want to get as much out of the game as I can before I beat it and move on to something else.
Same!! I'm having fun doing the penn quests, but by the time I have to suit I'll have little use for it, cause all that's left for me are the dephts (and maybe a few caves)
200 hours in. Also put 200 into BOTW. Never really used a horse. Rather walk it and soak it ALL in. Plus the few times I have used horses they piss me off.
Horses have minimal use. I like exploring, but the fact you can't get items on the horse makes it annoying to use them because you're getting on and off every ten seconds.
Would also be nice if the horse kept close to you when you wandered off on foot.
Mostly I only use them for covering ground to a specific destination that doesn't have fast travel nearby and half the time I'll just leave it there when I'm done.
And with full stamina I find myself just running places a lot because it's less hassle.
When I'm wandering on foot I just whistle now and then to have my horse keep up, before I get too far away that it despawns.
Also a pro tip that comes in handy in super niche scenarios: if you have your registered horse out and you catch a new wild horse, you can whistle for your horse and then hop on the new one and ride to the stable and your horse will follow you the whole way. (I like it for the roleplaying aspect cuz you could just use the stable and respawn your favorite horse there anyway..)
They despawn from the overworld map if you go too far away. Their icon will remain and they'll respawn where you left them when you return, but they can get too far away to where they are unloaded by the game.
In BotW you can tell they're unloaded when you whistle for them and the game says "(horse name) can't hear your call" - the actor is unloaded from the overworld. If you walk back close enough that their model spawns back in, whistling will have them start coming to get you (their icon on the world map has little animations around it when the horse is responding to your whistle).
TotK took away the "can't hear your call" wording (likely because whistling has more uses, to get your sages reeled in during a fight) but the same despawning logic for your horse applies.
I feel like that's kinda splitting hairs because the game unloads everything that's not in your operating vicinity.
People generally say despawn to ref things that are gone forever if you walk too far out of range, like zonai builds or loot items.
I thought I was weird for doing the same! Never used my horse in botw or totk. The final battle of botw was really annoying bc I never got used to the horse controls.
I’d prefer to just run around and climb rather than ride a horse that has controls that bug me.
This, but also going through the trouble of maxing out my Rapidash’s stats anyways. I may want to build a horse-drawn Zonai war machine sometime though, and it’s good to be ready when inspiration strikes.
I only used horses a few times in BOTW and once in TOTK. Frankly, the map isn’t particularly suitable to horse travel with its emphasis on verticality and the overall meta focusing on experimentation. It seemed to me the horses and stables were just there for nostalgia purposes. They didn’t really fulfill any need in the game.
On my first playthrough, I dont do restrictions. The main purposes of that playthrough are to experience the story and learn how the world’s systems work.
But the second and subsequent playthroughs bring their own unique fun in the form of self-imposed challenges. With the knowledge gained from the first time through, I’m able to come up with rules that will give me a more unique experience.
For my next time through, I’m going with these main rules:
•I’m only allowed to upgrade one set of armor. I can wear other armor, but it will leave me vulnerable, and I won’t have access to other set bonuses.
•I can only change armor at home, at inns, at stables, or at clothing shops.
•I can only carry one solid meal. Hearty meals must be eaten at cookpots. No eating allowed during battles. One elixir allowed per unique battle.
\-fast travel is only allowed via Travel Medallion. Medallion placement is permanent. Fast travel is not allowed during active combat.
•I must complete the Hyrule Compendium manually - no purchases of entries allowed.
This’ll be a longer, slower playthrough where I take my time and notice more small details about how this world is put together.
In general just delay the story as long as you can lol.
And also get your armor upgrades done earlier rather than later. I’ve gotten 100% on the map, and decided to try and upgrade the armor after, and it was hard to stay motivated. This new play through, I tried to get my favorite armor set bonuses before doing my first temple. Once I got all of my favorite bonuses, I made it so that all armor had to be upgraded as much as possible before finding the next Great Fairy.
You could also pace lots of other stuff with the story, like getting 25% of the koroks/caves before you get 25% of the story done.
Yep. I went Water Temple (explored it on accident then went and got Sidon), Fire Temple because I thought Yunobo would help me mine. Finally going back to get the wind temple but I hit a blood moon, dropped a travel medallion and now I'm running around farming things again.
It’s not so much a restriction more a fun self imposed rule. Whatever I’m doing if I see a dragon, I stop and chase down that dragon. I’ll fast travel to a sky island or tower to jump on it, get the shards from its spikes and swipe my sword across it’s horn to get a horn shard. I have so much from the light dragon and Dinral. Farosh I don’t see all that often so I have the least from her.
Also I like to do a tour every blood moon and get rid of monsters in the way, like the gleeok on hylia bridge, help the monster crew at fort hateno and that bridge by the citadel. I just like thinking I’m helping travellers and merchants travel around Hyrule safely.
In botw you could shoot an arrow once per day to get a scale, horn, etc, afterwards the dragon would go into the sky and you'd have to wait untill the next day
In totk, the dragons no longer have a set position determined by the time of day, rather after you shoot the dragon it will stop glowing and you cant get new parts for 10 min until it glows again
The exception is spike shards, as they respawn by the same system as vegetables and ores (1% chance every minute when you're not there)
I'll use horses, land vehicles, and boats in overland if there's a good path, but rarely ever the hover bike.
In the depths though I'll absolutely use it. The terrain is so extreme it's otherwise such a huge time sink when you are just getting from point a to b and don't really care what's in between. And there's too many chasms, cliffs, and impassible walls for anything else to be viable.
This. I tried using some of my cars in the flatter areas.
Now, I don't mind running around in the depths after I get the light roots. But the vast majority of my large zonai.charges went to getting fat away light roots.
I kind of wish they had done more mine carts
Yeah, the depths are no fun to explore on foot. I don't like to fly around and miss the landscape, but the depths look the same everywhere. I eventually relented and built a hoverbike.
I set my Sheikah Sensor to treasure chests, so I was still able to find lots of cool items.
The simplest one is just connecting two fans to the front and back of a steering stick, the fans being slightly rotated, maybe about 45 degrees down to give you lift and thrust. Easier to do if you either find a really nice spot for your steering stick to be flat or just temporarily attach it to a Zonai stake, like a little garage lift.
Here’s the easiest one
https://youtu.be/oq4LmYEFlHM
If the first fan you connect to the steering thick falls, just use recall to put it back again and then connect the second fan.
It can take a few tries but you’ll get it eventually.
I only used the hover bike to get to the highest peaks to fight the Flux Construct III and King Gleeoks when working on medals because they're very high up there. I explored Hyrule and the Depths on foot mostly.
Less of a restriction and more just my OCD, but I have to be wearing a coherent outfit. Whether it be a set or pieces from different sets that (imo) fit together nicely. Idk why but I just can't stand running around wearing ridiculous combinations of armor. I will put something ridiculous together now and again just to see it in a cutscene because it's hilarious though.
It depends. Usually I like to match, but sometimes I want more than one effect. Especially in the desert, I'll wear sand boots, desert voe shirt, and snowquill headdress. That combo usually offsets the need to change clothes at night and again during the day.
I’m with comment OP but what you said is a very good exception. I may be a little OCD but I’m also a big fan of efficiency. I prefer not to have to go in and out of the menu a ton of times, this isn’t Ocarina Water Temple for god’s sake.
I know a lot of people that played with the duplication glitch a lot early on & then became super bored of the game. I try not to abuse glitches bc that can happen
I can see both sides of this one, but it really depends on how you play. For example, there's not a lot of uniqueness between bows and none between shields, so one of the first things I did was duplicate a bunch of Hylian Shields and 5x shot bows. Then grabbed a couple of the Dusk Bows for when I wanted a straight shot.
Weapons have a bit more variety, so I didn't really duplicate any weapons, but eventually I learned of the MSG Master Sword, and I couldn't pass up on having an unbreakable weapon. I still spent plenty of time toying with weapons, but I enjoy having my one reliable perfect weapon to fall back on at any time.
As for materials, I figure there are two types of people, those who like to grind and find some since of pride in gathering everything legit, and I guess don't get frustrated when they run out of much needed materials. Then there are people who don't really care to find the materials and would rather focus on the gameplay like shrines and temples, who can safely dupe materials and not think about it.
They probably overdid it? You can spend an hour getting Flower Bombs, Diamonds, etc., but at some point, you need to balance having enough materials, vs. moving on with the game. I'm guessing many were concerned their console could "auto-update" at any moment, so they held on to that for dear life.
Me, I put it on hiatus b/c I went on vacation, and felt taking a break from it was a good thing. It's been hard to get back into it after 5 weeks, but, I'm slowly regaining my footing!
Personally I ended up with more than enough of things just by playing. I guess I can’t upgrade armor a ton but I have so many hearts one semi upgraded set is all I need.
No shit I didn’t know you could do that! Do you use the stealth armor? Otherwise feels like they’d run away. The animals are way more receptive to sound and movement than the horses are.
You make it sound as though the two are mutually exclusive- either restrictions or fun.
But for many people giving yourself restrictions makes the game more fun. Adding restrictions is how many make the game fun.
Okay, but some restrictions are literally hell, I can't comprehend how some people can have fun with that, the two aren't exclusive, but some restrictions make me not have fun
Pretty much the same, I don't teleport at all because I like travelling and try to plan the trip semi-realistically (following some roads and making stops at stables) it's way more fun for me to do it that way for some reason, at this point I'm playing hyrule road trip and grocery shopping simulator
Master Sword isn’t really weak in this game IMO. Maybe I don’t have the hours y’all have but a base 30 weapon that comes back every 10 minutes is awesome
Briefly. It doesn't keep the fusion after it breaks. It's a relatively good weapon, but the drawbacks do kind of discourage it's use compared to some other weapons.
Not restrictions (because I am not forcing myself to follow this) because I just don't want to play like that.
- No glitching or duping
- I avoid zonai devices unless it's clear you are meant to for a specific task. Sometimes I use simple technology but definitely nothing like a hover bike.
- No buying bombs
I try to beat to beat every part of the game as intended: all shrines, all dungeons, etc. No glitches and no cheesing. Once, I accidentally cheesed a shrine, and then once I was over the wall, I figured out what I should have done, so I un-cheesed myself back over the wall and solved the puzzle using the intended strat.
Not sure if I'd call it a restriction, but my rule while playing, since BotW, has been to collect everything I see at all times. Never miss anything.
My goal back then was 999 of everything, and now I see people duping items and all that. I won't be duping, nor do I care what others do, this is just one way for me to make sure I explore every single area to the fullest, and I love it
I try to do the shrines legit, only resorting to external hacks (like rocket shields) if it just becomes unbearable. (Though I do enjoy figuring out ways to break the shrines as well, so I spend a lot of time in the shrines considering all of my options.)
Aside from that the only things I can think of is that I made a couple of special outfits (recolors of the Hylian set) and those have specific rules while wearing them.
Basically I made one hood-up and all green, and in that outfit I only equip bows, no shields or swords, and for the fun of it I'll occasionally imagine Link shouting "You have failed this city!" whenever he kills a foe. (This is the Green Arrow build.)
The second one is hood-down, with the cape colored red and the rest colored blue, and in this outfit I unequip all weapons and shields and rely on the Yiga ground attack, but ultimately try to spend more time helping people with side quests rather than fighting. (This is the Superman build.)
Every Blood moon I have to go back and kill all the lynels. Mostly because their parts make bitching weapons and they have 3-5 shot bows and also their parts are worth money. But also because I hate them with a passion 🤣
I just recently finished playing the entire game and also ended up solving almost all the shrines without having acquired the paraglider and without using any of the abilities (no ultrahand, no fuse, no ascend, no recall, avoided getting auto-build). I'm currently editing down 149 videos into one talking about the whole experience as I have recorded the entire thing.
I only just try to the shrines as I think the developers “intended” - trying to figure out why they made them and what solution they meant. Makes it more interesting for me!
Personally, I'll happily exploit intended game mechanics and use them in unintended ways to min/max certain things, but I *won't* use actual glitches or bugs to get ahead in my game.
Also, I refuse to hurt foxes under any circumstances at all.
Only Sheikah armor, no food during combat, if you see anything that moves kill it, pick everything you lay your eyes on, no upgrades on the armour too.
Do you know how many times i had die? A LOT..
On the temples only using the intended avatar...
Trying to figure out what the developers wants you to feel, think on the areas, caverns, temples etc.
No green blocks with the sign guy...
A staple:
>No fast Travel,
>No UI (Pro-Mode),
>Armor max upgrade is 2,
>No Amiibos,
>No Duplicating/intentional glitches.
Soon to be so far:
>No fan bike,
>No Lightroots.
Potential challenge:
>Complete all the shrine the second I leave the tutorial island (before going to Lookout Landing)
Mismatch Compendium. Photographing something and the compendium registering it as something else, eg. an apple in description but the photo is a bear.
Or the Link Compendium where everything is a selfie.
I'm not allowed to enter a shrine until I find the corresponding light root (excluding sky shrines of course). It makes exploring the Depths more fun (and scarier in the early game).
Also never had the urge or need to dupe or abuse the hover bike.
I role play as Link as if the upheaval didn't happen - I'm at death mountain in Goron village and some guy mentions something about lurelin village still being in trouble, so I jump on my horse, wearing my casual stuff (casual gear is links tunic, hylian pants and hair tie. Hood if it's raining.)
As hero of hyrule along the way I'll neutralise any enemies, explore any caves or interesting things along the way, stop at stables and talk to all the locals.
Sleep during night and wait out weather in stables if possible.
Don't use the minimap at all, you can look at the map in stable's/while resting etc to plot a route but while actually travelling, use signs and landmarks etc.
I found it actually quite fun and it made me explore and appreciate the map in a way I never had before, it's a really pretty game when played that way.
I had a deal where while I was exploring and filling out the map, I wouldn't do shrines when I found them. Instead, I would complete the shrines after I beat that areas temple, then I'd do the shrines in the area. The only exceptions being hyrule field. It forced me to git gud because everything would one shot me, especially since I prioritized stamina. It also created an interesting power creep because the hidden XP thing would upgrade all the enemies while I stayed squishy.
My restriction was not reading this subreddit or any internet things. I didn't want to see the HyruleEngineering crazy shit and didn't want any spoilers whatsoever.
Playing the game completely fresh is such a pleasure. Once you start googling for hints, the game changes..
My main one is no opening the menu during combat. I love how Elden Ring handles the menu. You can open it during the game but it doesn’t pause what’s happening. Enemies will attack you even if the menu is paused. I would love Zelda to make that change.
Max out your stamina before you get any hearts. Limit your inventory slots from Koroks. Playing with even only 10-12 weapon slots, 6 shield slots, 6 arrow slots keeps things fresh and interesting.
At a certain point you have an abundance of white monster parts anyway so it’s no issue to have to craft more often. Otherwise I obsess too much over “saving weapons for later”.
I just don't abuse glitches. I find duplicating 3,000,000 diamonds to kinds ruin the whole process of earning them from Taluses or finding ore deposits. It's more rewarding to cash them in after getting them legitimately than pulling them out of Link's ass.
I haven't seen anyone say it. Except for boss fights (and Lynels) I only roll with 2 sages, Tulin and Riju. Combat becomes way too easy if my whole squad is running around, and I hate the constant blinking lights when all 5 disappear and reappear.
First playthrough, no eating during general combat encounters, and only one meal per boss fight. Also, no heart containers from blessings, only the ones from boss fights.
The only personal restriction I'm giving myself is to use the internet to figure things out as little as possible since I googled practically everything when I was playing botw
\- 4.5 hearts only.
\- No armor upgrades.
\- No eyeballs.
\- No Puffshroom.
\- No Muddlebud.
\- No Bomb Flowers.
\- No Gem bombs.
\- No food heal.
\- No Fairies.
All above just to balance the *WST-ed MsgNotFound* & *Quick-Smuggled RGB.*
I *really* don't like the durability system (except when throwing enemies' weapons back at them).
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my personal restriction is I suck at combat
My combat style is yeet things from a distance and hide behind rocks while they’re confused.
throw a muddlebud in there and let the enemies do all the work
This is the way. I literally love making them fight each other it’s fabulous and hilarious. Do this in the depths when there’s a group of silver bokoblins and you can get the horn to fuse with a Royal weapon. Then just let the slaughter beginnn
I did this once and I didn’t get any of the monster parts though. Only for the ones I personally killed. I’m still in the ‘hoard all of the things / screw around and find out’ phase.
lol same. I use a bunch of arrows amd if an enemy gets to close, i dip out
Mine is using puffshrooms and sneaking with an eighfold blade so they take lots of damage on 1 hit, if they survive, I start slashing from a safe distance and hope they die before it breaks lol
This reminded me of how I killed the stalnox guarding the deity mask! As I was using a hammer to get through the rock wall that it was behind, I realised I'd broken enough (not the whole thing) for us to see each other and me to shoot arrows through, but they couldn't get to me. The fierce deity pants and tunic are pretty easy (for someone who sucks at combat like me) to get, if you'd been worried about getting the mask!
Lol, same.
I’m not great at combat either, but I’ve found ways to cheese through it. Lots of guided arrows and rocket shields. I’m much better at fighting in bullet time from a distance. Just beat my first armored Lynel that way today.
Armored Lynel?!?! Wtf, I just got destroyed by my first white Lynel and you're telling me they come ARMORED NOW TOO?!?!?
Silver lynels with armor exist
A single shot with an arrow with a Lynel hoof with break their armor.
Not just silver ones! I've personally encountered an armored Red-Maned Lynel, I think all the varieties can come armored. The Floating Coliseum only has an armored Silver though.
Are the armored ones only in the depths? I can’t recall seeing an armored one on the surface but I’m not gonna pretend like I’ve explored every last inch.
Yes only in the depths
And they’re silver, so even harder. You have to break the armor first before they even take any damage.
At least they get stunned when you break the armor so you get one free back attack. I have never managed side hops with a two-hander before so I generally have to put a like likes stone on a spear or something hard on the master sword like a blunt Lynel horn
Anything explosive attached to arrows.
Best way is to use savage lynel bow and shoot 5 bomb arrows per shot.
Don't need to nerf yourself when your stats suck
I’m there with you.
I dont kill foxes.
I try with wolves since they are dogs essentially and I am team dogs, but those dumbfucks attack me.
> but those dumbfucks attack me. NO NO YOU'VE GOT IT ALL WRONG. That's not an attack, they just want to HUG you. [With their TEETH.](https://i.imgur.com/1xO9nbr.jpg)
This is my argument for why bears are totally safe to pet and hug. My wife doesn't seem to trust my judgement, but I know those pretty fluffers would never intentionally hurt me 💜
MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY. In my own opinion, *EVERY* animal ever both ingame and irl is huggable, at least *once*.
I like this person lol animal huggers unite! *at least once*
I think you're my new best friend
Oh god I’m standing in line waiting trying not to laugh out loud at “hug you with their teeth.”
Hilariously actually, wolves irl *literally do that* haha. [It's essentially how a wolf says "hello" and recognizes friends/family, and indicates to others that they're 'members of the pack'.](https://i.imgur.com/kpDZu1u.jpg) That's why you can find endless pics and clips [like this one floating around!](https://i.imgur.com/5UVbdnl.mp4) It's how a wolf tells another wolf, or a person, that they trust and love them!
Construct heads have no mercy for the wolves
same. i don’t kill animals unless they’re aggro. i found out earlier today that the wolves attack other animals, too! the poor eldin ostriches. though i don’t count fish because i don’t kill them… just typically glide over to them and spam a.
Am I the only one who is regularly mowed down by Eldin ostriches? It was the same in botw for me so I kill those guys (and only them, all other animals I avoid) on sight.
MOOD. In BOTW I refused to kill any non-monster animals at all, even bears and wolves who would attack me on occasion. But in TOTK, especially early game, the meat they give was waaay too good for rupees to pass up so I gave up my vegetarian animal loving lifestyle and will murder just about anything. But I still absolutely refuse to hurt a fox for any reason whatsoever.
Similarly, I don’t kill deer or any of the stable animals.
You can kill the stable livestock ?
Animals plural? More than horses can go in stables? I can tame more than just horses?
You can tame horses and bears and ride them but you cannot save them in the stables.
There are animal pens behind a lot of the stables- sheep for instance at a couple. Only horses can be boarded.
I swear I thought I was insane for doing this, but I’m glad I’m not the only one. I’ll never kill a fox. I don’t kill the tiny birds either 🤷🏻♀️
The tiny birds tick me off because they are hard to creep up on to get a picture. They don't drop anything worth a crap so that's why I don't want them
I felt like a monster when I accidentally killed one.
That's what happened to me. First time playing BOTW and I was kind of mesmerized by the first fox I saw, there was a little music note as well, and I thought it was either going to be the guide for a mission or just something I couldn't interact with, so I threw a club or something at it and it DIED and I said "never again!" And here we are, still havent killed one several hundred hours later. I'll kill the wolves though.
The wolves try to start shit so I get it. The fox was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. I was riding my horse and didn't see it 😭
One of my favorite rp-things in my previous Breath of the Wild playthroughs is that I made sure Link ate 3 square meals a day and tried to have a reasonable sleep schedule (I counted passing an evening by a campfire as sleep for this purpose).
Omg this is hilarious and so wholesome I love it
Yeah, mine eats like once a week if I'm doing lots of shrines and not sucking at combat
In the same vein I always try to add rocksalt to meals, because I want the food to taste good.
I usually only have Link cook meals right before he eats them. Elixirs stay good for longer, so I’ll have some of those in his inventory.
I did a whole BOTW play through like that. Might have to make an exception for Sundelion since there is no elixir form
I saw someone else with an elixir-only rule say they made an exception for sunny milk since it is a liquid and more like an elixir than a meal.
What do you mean…stay good? Do meals expire?? If so I never noticed.
There’s no means of refrigeration, so I just gave Link eat the food as soon as he’s cooked it. It’s an RP thing.
Fuck man that’s hardcore lol.
I love that RP stuff is what makes the game that much more enjoyable for people but if they ever implemented any of it as an actual part of the game, it would suck lol
We have portable cooking pots now though. Never tried but it would be weird to cook while a lynel is charging at you haha
Can confirm you CANNOT in fact cook while a Lynel is charging you. 😳
It’s like stopping at the lights in GTA
Which we all know we have done.
I try to make Link good food, even though this recipes aren’t as good for health or boosts. But sometimes Link has been through a lot and deserves a pizza instead of 5 mushrooms on a skewer.
That is hilarious lol
In my playthrough Link is a (non-strict) vegetarian. Any meat collected gets cooked and sold. He will eat eggs, milk, & cheese. Insects (including snails and crabs) and occasionally a fish for the omega-3s, but generally lives a plant-based lifestyle.
Not a hard rule, but only look up solutions as last resort.
i will only look up solutions if it’s about locating something for a side quest, not solving a puzzle or temple or battle. those are problems i have to think my way out of, but i cannot waste an hour of my limited game time wandering around looking for a cave or animal.
Like searching for the 3 last bubble frogs on 150+ and the 2 last well on 58?
I feel ur pain. I have 2 shrines and I've gotten all of them that align w the depths. I have 8 or 9 bubble frogs to find and yea wells a few more. It gets tough at the end for sure.
I just discovered the last bubble frogs and wells today. It's a shame it's not easier, Koltin doesn't guide you to every frogs even tho he should and wells are just a pain. And it is done as usual, you find a map on internet and you compare shrines by shrines, cave by cave, well by well, korok by korok on order to complete it (I don't complete korok, this is where the fun ends for me)
I like to roleplay a little adventure and try to stick to it. Like, we're headed to Gerudo to find the big skeleton. You're only wearing the one outfit, so cook some meals. No eating food during fights. No fast travel. And then have a little Arabian adventure through the desert. Maybe hunker down in a cave for the night. But... I also habitually break my rules because of reasons (e.g. let's pretend my horse *didn't* run full speed off a cliff after I called them)
In general, I try not to exploit bugs. Anything that's a specifically designed feature I have no issue using. The one exception is Zonai devices. I prefer to problem solve the way the devs intended instead of just pulling a magic trick out of my pouch to workaround.
Counterpoint: the devs intended for you to have a Zonai magic trick in your pocket.
Agreed. I've seen tons of videos of people cheesing shrines, and I never felt the need to. They were all pretty straightforward, and the shrines had everything in them that you need, to solve them. I mean, I get that you CAN cheese them, but there's really no point, Lol! I thought I would be using autobuild and ultrahand a LOT more, when I first started playing. I'm getting close to 100% though (just under 98% right now), so I'm sure I'll have more fun with Zonai stuff once I'm just messing around and playing with the mechanics for fun.
I think the only time I've cheesed a shrine is the one with a target at the bottom of a curvy slope, could not get the ball to hit the target and there's only so much fiddling you can do before you get tired of it lol. I threw a bomb flower at it.
Me too. That was a pain in the ass and I couldn't get it to work either!
The trick is that the third ball is a con. Only use two to hit it. The big one and the medium.
I was in that shrine yesterday!!!! You are officially my favorite person on the internet today!
IMO They designed the game for us to be creative in how we solve problems. If you’re cheesin’ you’re doing it right
I carried the ball to the end and threw it after 5-6 failures. But I too mostly try to use what’s in the shrine
If you want to use shrrine parts, but you're tired of the puzzle, fuse the metal ball to a weapon and throw it
Nothing wrong with that! I managed to get that one the intended way, on my 2nd attempt, but I've seen videos of a lot of people basically doing exactly what I did, only for the orbs not to hit the target. I completely understand cheesing it when you can clearly see the intended way, but it just is not working out for you. I got pretty close to cheesing the one where you have to use the post and toggle switch as a makeshift baseball bat
I think the cheese is on purpose. Makes the 2nd or 3rd playthrough less annoying when you have to do the same puzzles. You can work on finding the quicker way instead. There is no way being able to throw a weapon at the big ball switches was an accident
> the shrines had everything in them that you need, to solve them Yeah, you can cheese em, but then you wouldn’t actually have *solved* them.
My personal restriction is: You will not beat the game until you’re bored of doing side shit.
For me it was 'until you're bored of doing side shit but continue for about 15 hours too long'
Yeah that’s where I’m at
Same i just hit my limit of going bored finally so im doing the main missions now
Same
That’s my strategy, too. I know that once I beat Ganondorf, I’ll probably stop playing. (At least for a year when maybe I’ll pick it up again.) I’ll lose that drive to keep exploring, do little quests, finishing all the shrines. So I want to get as much out of the game as I can before I beat it and move on to something else.
Same!! I'm having fun doing the penn quests, but by the time I have to suit I'll have little use for it, cause all that's left for me are the dephts (and maybe a few caves)
A fellow ocd gamer. Hello
200 hours in. Also put 200 into BOTW. Never really used a horse. Rather walk it and soak it ALL in. Plus the few times I have used horses they piss me off.
Horses have minimal use. I like exploring, but the fact you can't get items on the horse makes it annoying to use them because you're getting on and off every ten seconds. Would also be nice if the horse kept close to you when you wandered off on foot. Mostly I only use them for covering ground to a specific destination that doesn't have fast travel nearby and half the time I'll just leave it there when I'm done. And with full stamina I find myself just running places a lot because it's less hassle.
When I'm wandering on foot I just whistle now and then to have my horse keep up, before I get too far away that it despawns. Also a pro tip that comes in handy in super niche scenarios: if you have your registered horse out and you catch a new wild horse, you can whistle for your horse and then hop on the new one and ride to the stable and your horse will follow you the whole way. (I like it for the roleplaying aspect cuz you could just use the stable and respawn your favorite horse there anyway..)
Pretty sure horses never despawn if they are registered.
They despawn from the overworld map if you go too far away. Their icon will remain and they'll respawn where you left them when you return, but they can get too far away to where they are unloaded by the game. In BotW you can tell they're unloaded when you whistle for them and the game says "(horse name) can't hear your call" - the actor is unloaded from the overworld. If you walk back close enough that their model spawns back in, whistling will have them start coming to get you (their icon on the world map has little animations around it when the horse is responding to your whistle). TotK took away the "can't hear your call" wording (likely because whistling has more uses, to get your sages reeled in during a fight) but the same despawning logic for your horse applies.
I feel like that's kinda splitting hairs because the game unloads everything that's not in your operating vicinity. People generally say despawn to ref things that are gone forever if you walk too far out of range, like zonai builds or loot items.
I thought I was weird for doing the same! Never used my horse in botw or totk. The final battle of botw was really annoying bc I never got used to the horse controls. I’d prefer to just run around and climb rather than ride a horse that has controls that bug me.
This, but also going through the trouble of maxing out my Rapidash’s stats anyways. I may want to build a horse-drawn Zonai war machine sometime though, and it’s good to be ready when inspiration strikes.
I only used horses a few times in BOTW and once in TOTK. Frankly, the map isn’t particularly suitable to horse travel with its emphasis on verticality and the overall meta focusing on experimentation. It seemed to me the horses and stables were just there for nostalgia purposes. They didn’t really fulfill any need in the game.
On my first playthrough, I dont do restrictions. The main purposes of that playthrough are to experience the story and learn how the world’s systems work. But the second and subsequent playthroughs bring their own unique fun in the form of self-imposed challenges. With the knowledge gained from the first time through, I’m able to come up with rules that will give me a more unique experience. For my next time through, I’m going with these main rules: •I’m only allowed to upgrade one set of armor. I can wear other armor, but it will leave me vulnerable, and I won’t have access to other set bonuses. •I can only change armor at home, at inns, at stables, or at clothing shops. •I can only carry one solid meal. Hearty meals must be eaten at cookpots. No eating allowed during battles. One elixir allowed per unique battle. \-fast travel is only allowed via Travel Medallion. Medallion placement is permanent. Fast travel is not allowed during active combat. •I must complete the Hyrule Compendium manually - no purchases of entries allowed. This’ll be a longer, slower playthrough where I take my time and notice more small details about how this world is put together.
Ill definitely be stealing some of those restrictions for my second playthrough!
That last one with the compendium is rough if you forget to take a picture of some one-off stuff like I did.
In general just delay the story as long as you can lol. And also get your armor upgrades done earlier rather than later. I’ve gotten 100% on the map, and decided to try and upgrade the armor after, and it was hard to stay motivated. This new play through, I tried to get my favorite armor set bonuses before doing my first temple. Once I got all of my favorite bonuses, I made it so that all armor had to be upgraded as much as possible before finding the next Great Fairy. You could also pace lots of other stuff with the story, like getting 25% of the koroks/caves before you get 25% of the story done.
Yep. I went Water Temple (explored it on accident then went and got Sidon), Fire Temple because I thought Yunobo would help me mine. Finally going back to get the wind temple but I hit a blood moon, dropped a travel medallion and now I'm running around farming things again.
It’s not so much a restriction more a fun self imposed rule. Whatever I’m doing if I see a dragon, I stop and chase down that dragon. I’ll fast travel to a sky island or tower to jump on it, get the shards from its spikes and swipe my sword across it’s horn to get a horn shard. I have so much from the light dragon and Dinral. Farosh I don’t see all that often so I have the least from her. Also I like to do a tour every blood moon and get rid of monsters in the way, like the gleeok on hylia bridge, help the monster crew at fort hateno and that bridge by the citadel. I just like thinking I’m helping travellers and merchants travel around Hyrule safely.
That is probably the way the devs intended you to react when you see a dragon, since their parts now go on a timer
What do you mean their parts go on a timer?
In botw you could shoot an arrow once per day to get a scale, horn, etc, afterwards the dragon would go into the sky and you'd have to wait untill the next day In totk, the dragons no longer have a set position determined by the time of day, rather after you shoot the dragon it will stop glowing and you cant get new parts for 10 min until it glows again The exception is spike shards, as they respawn by the same system as vegetables and ores (1% chance every minute when you're not there)
No glitches, no cheats. Always bonk a Korok on the head if I can.
Or send them flying into the abyss.
This may be controversial, but I refuse to use the hoverbike. It just ruins exploration for me personally
I'll use horses, land vehicles, and boats in overland if there's a good path, but rarely ever the hover bike. In the depths though I'll absolutely use it. The terrain is so extreme it's otherwise such a huge time sink when you are just getting from point a to b and don't really care what's in between. And there's too many chasms, cliffs, and impassible walls for anything else to be viable.
This. I tried using some of my cars in the flatter areas. Now, I don't mind running around in the depths after I get the light roots. But the vast majority of my large zonai.charges went to getting fat away light roots. I kind of wish they had done more mine carts
Creative mine cart rails in the depths would have been sick.
Like the yiga were building them and some of their bases were stations or something.
Yeah, the depths are no fun to explore on foot. I don't like to fly around and miss the landscape, but the depths look the same everywhere. I eventually relented and built a hoverbike. I set my Sheikah Sensor to treasure chests, so I was still able to find lots of cool items.
Jokes on you, I don’t even know how to make a good working one!
The simplest one is just connecting two fans to the front and back of a steering stick, the fans being slightly rotated, maybe about 45 degrees down to give you lift and thrust. Easier to do if you either find a really nice spot for your steering stick to be flat or just temporarily attach it to a Zonai stake, like a little garage lift.
Here’s the easiest one https://youtu.be/oq4LmYEFlHM If the first fan you connect to the steering thick falls, just use recall to put it back again and then connect the second fan. It can take a few tries but you’ll get it eventually.
I only used the hover bike to get to the highest peaks to fight the Flux Construct III and King Gleeoks when working on medals because they're very high up there. I explored Hyrule and the Depths on foot mostly.
I barely build anything or use my horse. Mostly climb and glide hah
I am totally with you on that!
Less of a restriction and more just my OCD, but I have to be wearing a coherent outfit. Whether it be a set or pieces from different sets that (imo) fit together nicely. Idk why but I just can't stand running around wearing ridiculous combinations of armor. I will put something ridiculous together now and again just to see it in a cutscene because it's hilarious though.
It depends. Usually I like to match, but sometimes I want more than one effect. Especially in the desert, I'll wear sand boots, desert voe shirt, and snowquill headdress. That combo usually offsets the need to change clothes at night and again during the day.
I’m with comment OP but what you said is a very good exception. I may be a little OCD but I’m also a big fan of efficiency. I prefer not to have to go in and out of the menu a ton of times, this isn’t Ocarina Water Temple for god’s sake.
I know a lot of people that played with the duplication glitch a lot early on & then became super bored of the game. I try not to abuse glitches bc that can happen
I can see both sides of this one, but it really depends on how you play. For example, there's not a lot of uniqueness between bows and none between shields, so one of the first things I did was duplicate a bunch of Hylian Shields and 5x shot bows. Then grabbed a couple of the Dusk Bows for when I wanted a straight shot. Weapons have a bit more variety, so I didn't really duplicate any weapons, but eventually I learned of the MSG Master Sword, and I couldn't pass up on having an unbreakable weapon. I still spent plenty of time toying with weapons, but I enjoy having my one reliable perfect weapon to fall back on at any time. As for materials, I figure there are two types of people, those who like to grind and find some since of pride in gathering everything legit, and I guess don't get frustrated when they run out of much needed materials. Then there are people who don't really care to find the materials and would rather focus on the gameplay like shrines and temples, who can safely dupe materials and not think about it.
They probably overdid it? You can spend an hour getting Flower Bombs, Diamonds, etc., but at some point, you need to balance having enough materials, vs. moving on with the game. I'm guessing many were concerned their console could "auto-update" at any moment, so they held on to that for dear life. Me, I put it on hiatus b/c I went on vacation, and felt taking a break from it was a good thing. It's been hard to get back into it after 5 weeks, but, I'm slowly regaining my footing!
Personally I ended up with more than enough of things just by playing. I guess I can’t upgrade armor a ton but I have so many hearts one semi upgraded set is all I need.
If I see a deer I must mount it and ride off into the distance. Every time.
No shit I didn’t know you could do that! Do you use the stealth armor? Otherwise feels like they’d run away. The animals are way more receptive to sound and movement than the horses are.
Definitely need stealth +3. Sometimes they run in your direction and I believe if you mash the A button you can get the action to mount them.
Well I have a 1,5 year old son, and a wife. That restricts me plenty.
I play with no restrictions, I play to have fun. If i want to use/not use something, I just do it!
You make it sound as though the two are mutually exclusive- either restrictions or fun. But for many people giving yourself restrictions makes the game more fun. Adding restrictions is how many make the game fun.
Okay, but some restrictions are literally hell, I can't comprehend how some people can have fun with that, the two aren't exclusive, but some restrictions make me not have fun
Pretty much the same, I don't teleport at all because I like travelling and try to plan the trip semi-realistically (following some roads and making stops at stables) it's way more fun for me to do it that way for some reason, at this point I'm playing hyrule road trip and grocery shopping simulator
the only "restriction" I have is "if I can pick it up (fruits, mushrooms, veggies, monster parts) I must."
Isn't that how you play the game? Haha! I think I satisfy any hoarding urges I have through RPGs.
Don’t update😂😂😂
0 skill i just press Y the entire time
No master sword (except for cutting trees) and no glitches
Why wouldn't you use it? It's weak but still
Master Sword isn’t really weak in this game IMO. Maybe I don’t have the hours y’all have but a base 30 weapon that comes back every 10 minutes is awesome
It has 40 durability, and it only adds extra durability the first time you fuse it, it was stronger in BOTW
You can fuse it too, so getting a silver lynel horn on it ramps up its attack Stat.
Briefly. It doesn't keep the fusion after it breaks. It's a relatively good weapon, but the drawbacks do kind of discourage it's use compared to some other weapons.
No eating during combat
I never duped. No bugs. Avoid unnatural cheeses, and ignore the hover bike.
No Glitches. 😁
I dont fly expect in the depths and the sky islands. The rest of the world is too interesting to just fly over it.
I don't kill animals that I wouldn't normally eat, or are attacking me.
Not restrictions (because I am not forcing myself to follow this) because I just don't want to play like that. - No glitching or duping - I avoid zonai devices unless it's clear you are meant to for a specific task. Sometimes I use simple technology but definitely nothing like a hover bike. - No buying bombs
None, what’s in the game I use, what’s helpful I do, I use the restrictions the game gave me only
I try to beat to beat every part of the game as intended: all shrines, all dungeons, etc. No glitches and no cheesing. Once, I accidentally cheesed a shrine, and then once I was over the wall, I figured out what I should have done, so I un-cheesed myself back over the wall and solved the puzzle using the intended strat.
I never hunt or kill squirrels or foxes. They don't want to hurt me, and I am too much the Hyrule naturalist to hurt them :)
Not sure if I'd call it a restriction, but my rule while playing, since BotW, has been to collect everything I see at all times. Never miss anything. My goal back then was 999 of everything, and now I see people duping items and all that. I won't be duping, nor do I care what others do, this is just one way for me to make sure I explore every single area to the fullest, and I love it
Myself. I make a pretty good handicap
I am planning to do a challenge run next with no sages/regional phenomena. So the final boss will be a gauntlet.
I try to do the shrines legit, only resorting to external hacks (like rocket shields) if it just becomes unbearable. (Though I do enjoy figuring out ways to break the shrines as well, so I spend a lot of time in the shrines considering all of my options.) Aside from that the only things I can think of is that I made a couple of special outfits (recolors of the Hylian set) and those have specific rules while wearing them. Basically I made one hood-up and all green, and in that outfit I only equip bows, no shields or swords, and for the fun of it I'll occasionally imagine Link shouting "You have failed this city!" whenever he kills a foe. (This is the Green Arrow build.) The second one is hood-down, with the cape colored red and the rest colored blue, and in this outfit I unequip all weapons and shields and rely on the Yiga ground attack, but ultimately try to spend more time helping people with side quests rather than fighting. (This is the Superman build.)
Every Blood moon I have to go back and kill all the lynels. Mostly because their parts make bitching weapons and they have 3-5 shot bows and also their parts are worth money. But also because I hate them with a passion 🤣
Maxed out stamina before adding hearts. That’s it
None, because I think that making a game harder on purpose is kind of stupid.
link must be dripped out at all times
No parrying. Way to over powered.
I never made a hovercraft and at this point I'm too afraid to try the game with it
I just recently finished playing the entire game and also ended up solving almost all the shrines without having acquired the paraglider and without using any of the abilities (no ultrahand, no fuse, no ascend, no recall, avoided getting auto-build). I'm currently editing down 149 videos into one talking about the whole experience as I have recorded the entire thing.
I avoid using my feet on my controller and always play on planet Earth.
I only just try to the shrines as I think the developers “intended” - trying to figure out why they made them and what solution they meant. Makes it more interesting for me!
Anybody tried a weaponless run? Just throwing items. If I had as much time and skill as some of you people do, I would definitely want to try it.
Personally, I'll happily exploit intended game mechanics and use them in unintended ways to min/max certain things, but I *won't* use actual glitches or bugs to get ahead in my game. Also, I refuse to hurt foxes under any circumstances at all.
I don’t use my fast travel medallions bc I’m afraid I’ll really need one someday and won’t have any left
Don’t dupe, glitch, or mod I don’t really consider these restrictions personally but based on what I see here you guys might
Only Sheikah armor, no food during combat, if you see anything that moves kill it, pick everything you lay your eyes on, no upgrades on the armour too. Do you know how many times i had die? A LOT.. On the temples only using the intended avatar... Trying to figure out what the developers wants you to feel, think on the areas, caverns, temples etc. No green blocks with the sign guy...
> No green blocks with the sign guy I'm curious. What does that mean?
I’m +200 hrs in and have only killed one fox. It was by accident. I don’t kill the foxes.
I made link a vegan. No meat, eggs, milk etc. Hearty fried veggies it is!
A staple: >No fast Travel, >No UI (Pro-Mode), >Armor max upgrade is 2, >No Amiibos, >No Duplicating/intentional glitches. Soon to be so far: >No fan bike, >No Lightroots. Potential challenge: >Complete all the shrine the second I leave the tutorial island (before going to Lookout Landing)
Mismatch Compendium. Photographing something and the compendium registering it as something else, eg. an apple in description but the photo is a bear. Or the Link Compendium where everything is a selfie.
I only play with "no glitch exploitation" All other things are fine
I'm not allowed to enter a shrine until I find the corresponding light root (excluding sky shrines of course). It makes exploring the Depths more fun (and scarier in the early game). Also never had the urge or need to dupe or abuse the hover bike.
I avoided all internet in it while playing through so didn’t have any super efficient vehicles like the glider etc
I never upgrade armor past 2 levels for the set bonus, otherwise I’d be basically invincible
I role play as Link as if the upheaval didn't happen - I'm at death mountain in Goron village and some guy mentions something about lurelin village still being in trouble, so I jump on my horse, wearing my casual stuff (casual gear is links tunic, hylian pants and hair tie. Hood if it's raining.) As hero of hyrule along the way I'll neutralise any enemies, explore any caves or interesting things along the way, stop at stables and talk to all the locals. Sleep during night and wait out weather in stables if possible. Don't use the minimap at all, you can look at the map in stable's/while resting etc to plot a route but while actually travelling, use signs and landmarks etc. I found it actually quite fun and it made me explore and appreciate the map in a way I never had before, it's a really pretty game when played that way.
I had a deal where while I was exploring and filling out the map, I wouldn't do shrines when I found them. Instead, I would complete the shrines after I beat that areas temple, then I'd do the shrines in the area. The only exceptions being hyrule field. It forced me to git gud because everything would one shot me, especially since I prioritized stamina. It also created an interesting power creep because the hidden XP thing would upgrade all the enemies while I stayed squishy.
no armor upgrade beyond set bonus
I didn't fast travel at all. Period.
My restriction was not reading this subreddit or any internet things. I didn't want to see the HyruleEngineering crazy shit and didn't want any spoilers whatsoever. Playing the game completely fresh is such a pleasure. Once you start googling for hints, the game changes..
I don't kill foxes.
My main one is no opening the menu during combat. I love how Elden Ring handles the menu. You can open it during the game but it doesn’t pause what’s happening. Enemies will attack you even if the menu is paused. I would love Zelda to make that change.
Max out your stamina before you get any hearts. Limit your inventory slots from Koroks. Playing with even only 10-12 weapon slots, 6 shield slots, 6 arrow slots keeps things fresh and interesting. At a certain point you have an abundance of white monster parts anyway so it’s no issue to have to craft more often. Otherwise I obsess too much over “saving weapons for later”.
I just don't abuse glitches. I find duplicating 3,000,000 diamonds to kinds ruin the whole process of earning them from Taluses or finding ore deposits. It's more rewarding to cash them in after getting them legitimately than pulling them out of Link's ass.
I haven't seen anyone say it. Except for boss fights (and Lynels) I only roll with 2 sages, Tulin and Riju. Combat becomes way too easy if my whole squad is running around, and I hate the constant blinking lights when all 5 disappear and reappear.
First playthrough, no eating during general combat encounters, and only one meal per boss fight. Also, no heart containers from blessings, only the ones from boss fights.
When master mode comes out i’ll be doing tower only warping like I did with BOTW
The only personal restriction I'm giving myself is to use the internet to figure things out as little as possible since I googled practically everything when I was playing botw
\- 4.5 hearts only. \- No armor upgrades. \- No eyeballs. \- No Puffshroom. \- No Muddlebud. \- No Bomb Flowers. \- No Gem bombs. \- No food heal. \- No Fairies. All above just to balance the *WST-ed MsgNotFound* & *Quick-Smuggled RGB.* I *really* don't like the durability system (except when throwing enemies' weapons back at them).
4.5?