Good info but definitely has Monty Python energy:

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/12967591

A short film about war. Just watch it.

...this is one I'm actually considering trying. Lizalfos tails in particular. Dunno why they needed to be so rare (and so many required for upgrades).

His name is Tingle btw.

...45 minutes of glitch chaining. Just... how.

You know how some videos really get in the weeds when it comes to technical stuff? This video is almost all weeds lol. But it was fascinating to watch Timber stack glitch upon glitch and find the timing windows necessary to skip getting all of the GSI abilities (with the exception of amiibo).

I hadn't found something like this for Tears of the Kingdom yet, so I decided to just make one.

If you're just after max stats, then it ultimately doesn't matter which wild horse you catch since you can just RAISE all stats to lv.5 by giving meals to the Horse God Malanya. Even the worst possible stats can be made perfect that way.

The only exceptions are the Giant Horses and Epona, which can't be upgraded - those stats stay the same forever.

However, it might still be beneficial to know which stats you can expect in different herds, because some of them are already pretty close to max right from the start (like for example the Wild 5245 in Group 08) which significantly cuts down the total upgrade cost since those meals can have some rare-ish, expensive ingredienst that are annoying to farm.

(my personal motivation for this however was that I dislike having too many icons on the screen and find horses with just 2 spurs perfect, but all online guides simply point out where the high stats and special horses are and flat-out ignore everything else)

The map does not show the locations of the special horses to avoid spoilers. If you want to find out where the Royal White Stallion, the Giant Horses, Spot or the Golden Horse are, you can find dozens of guides easily =P

Some more extra info:

• The group numbers are taken from the game code and correspond to the "WildHorseCreateTag" sections. WildHorseCreateTag04 and 07 exist but do not seem to have actual map placements, so there is nowhere for them to spawn.

• Some groups have "impossible" stat horses in the game data (like having a zero in a certain stat) but those horses do not seem to actually spawn for some reason. If anyone ever finds a regular horse that has a zero in any stat (except for the Giants and Epona which have zero Pull) please let me know, because as far as I can tell, you can not get Strength below 1 point or any other stat below 2 points. I have no idea why those stat combinations are still in the game code tho.

• One of these "impossible" horses is the "Default" horse, which had a unique coloration in BotW (brown body, white hoof tufts, dark muzzle and very dark hooves) and unique stats (4-3-3-0) but it does not spawn in the wild anymore in TotK. If you import an actual Default Horse from a BotW save file to TotK, it will turn into the "fake" variant (bright hooves, not unique) and get slightly different stats (4-3-3-3) instead.

• Spotted horses only appear after you finished the "Spotting Spot" quest, which in turn requires two completed temples.

For all other horse-related questions, consult HylianAngel's Horse Guide which is for Breath of the Wild, but still has accurate information for the most part since the devs didn't change much between this game and the sequel. Color combinations, temperament and the like are still the same.

If you have additonal information, questions or you spot a mistake, please let me know. If you post this elsewhere, please give proper credit and link back here, thanks.

Original source: https://www.deviantart.com/ayyk92/art/Mask-Off-967423613

Original Artist: ayyk9 @ deviantart

Seems like that disguise worked a little TOO well...

In English, Zelda actually said "...and then explore all other parts" and they misheard her, prompting them to run around in their knickers all day.

In German, the dialogue is "Stärkt euren Körper und Geist und zieht wacker unbekleidet los" (Literal translation: "Fortify your body and soul and then go forth unclothed") when in reality she said "unbegleitet" ("without company"). The explanation in the German version: They were afraid of the nearby monsters, waiting for reinforcements instead of doing research. Zelda urged them to continue their work in the meantime instead of just sitting around, doing nothing. Basically "stop being such wimps and do your jobs", but a lot more politely.

Since you kinda have to wedge a wordplay into that dialogue in every possible translation, I'm curious about how other localisations handled the quest.

This video takes way too long to say what it needs to say and I am too tired to accurately summarize it. If anyone knows of a better video/guide, by all means.

Short version (probably lacking key details):

Need donor weapon with the desired stat up modifier, and the Igoshon shrine near the water temple. Equip the donor, cling to the wall next to the Lookout Landing tower, fast travel to the shrine. Head toward the gacha dispenser, crouch-walk up the stairs to the ledge on the right until Link's toes hang off the edge. Watch a memory, and mash A as soon as you hit the skip button. Repeat until the post-memory loading screen goes on longer than usual. Don't press anything until the menu loads.

Don't exit the menu from the point on.

Open the map, Link should be shown at Lookout Landing. Switch to inventory, equip the target weapon. Watch a memory. Check inventory Modifier should be transferred. Save. Load the save. Modifier should be permanent.

Once again, no freakin clue how these are found.

How any of this gets discovered is still beyond me.

Birdbath?

Birdbath.

Link: https://www.dexerto.com/legend-of-zelda/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-recipe-list-2142920/

Original Creator: https://www.dexerto.com/author/souravbanik/

I did the line challenge through the ocean (ultra hand only, no zonai devices, 3 hearts, 1 stamina wheel, no items except those found, no armor, y160-y175)

Original source: https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/full-circle

PS: Whenever this happens (and let's be honest, we ALL did that at least once...) you can simply save & reload right there and then.

Rocks, boulders and other Korok Puzzle elements do not have a respawn cooldown - every time the zone is reloaded, they will be back at their starting position, and since you just saved, Link will be at the same spot too (instead of you loading an old autosave and then having to climb the mountain again or something like that...) This does not require a Blood Moon.

Original source: https://naomiskyeart.com/post/719252407258923008/i-have-only-finished-one-area-in-this-game-and-ran

Original artist: Naomi Skye

I really like that Yona isn't a jealous type. At this point it is canon that Link has been living rent-free in Sidons head for ages (Yona says so ingame) and I simply don't think Sidon would have been able to live a happy life when the two most important (living) people in his life wouldn't get along.

Most of these are just curiosities without much practical application. I still found it interesting.

• Original Source: https://louislrnt.artstation.com/projects/EvNxLq

• Original Artist: Louis Laurent, Lead Environment Concept Artist at Atomhawk

I honestly wish they had added even more sky islands to make the sky area feel a little more "dense". There is just too much wasted space on that layer .... and since Nintendo stated that there will be no DLC for this game, the chances of retroactively gaining more islands is rather slim (unless they change their minds about possible DLC of course).

"Old" news, but no less impressive IMHO.

Full article: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/06/random-zelda-totk-player-beats-all-regional-phenomena-quests-without-the-paraglider

Edited by redditor u/Kobob_KC so all credit goes to them. ;)

I got this wallpaper officially from My Nintendo Does anyone know of a version of this official artwork that doesn't have the games logo in it?

Posted as text due to thumbnail spoilers for endgame.

Side note: Do Not Press R.