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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It's worth noting that the Colosseum's elemental weapons are only available after completing all 4 of the divine beasts.

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

When sailing on a raft, if you DON'T use the two-hit combo swing on the korok leaf and instead just swing once over and over again, you can get going incredibly fast, like game-breakingly fast

Wow, I had no idea about the Lynels not attacking until you draw a weapon. Something I learned relatively early in my playthrough was that weapons respawn with a Blood Moon. I was climbing that mountain in Kakariko Village as the moon rose, found the sword in the stone, lifted the stone to see if there was anything under it (there wasn't), then the Blood Moon did its cutscene and a new sword was in the spawn position, but just balancing upright because I'd moved the stone. XD

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

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

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

the biggest piece of advice i have is after you’ve visited hateno village and gotten the sheikah slate fixed, find three ancient screws to upgrade it so you can get sheikah slate + and start the hyrule compendium. once you upgrade the sheikah slate and you can tag pictures of objects in the compendium, find an ore deposit and a treasure chest and take a picture of each. it doesn’t matter which kind of treasure chest you take a picture of, they’re all the same in the compendium. but there are three types of ore deposits and the regular one (not the rare or luminous) is the most commonly found. then set the sheikah sensor to treasure chest or ore deposit and you can find gems to sell for money and many treasure chests have rupees. i figured this out early on and it helped me buy armor so i could explore even further, among other things!

Hey Nikko amazing guide as always! This feels like a true definitive beginners guide. Also for some reason I think the most surprising thing to learn for me was that Bokoblins actually have a sleeping schedule. To imagine that Ganon’s minions are in bed by 10 every night and up at 4 am bright and early is just hilarious to me😂

You touched my heart with the comments about the 10th floor of the first trials - I'm glad to know that floor setting me back wasn't all my fault.

Not sure if it has been mentioned before on your videos but if you are getting low on ancient weapons, you can revisit all strength tests shrines and re-fight the little guardian there to collect its weapons once defeated. I do these with to extreme strength test shrines to collect the swords and axes there as many times as possible

There are three ways to get the "Warm Doublet" on the Great Plateau. 1-Give the old man the dish he wants. 2-Get to the peak of Mt. Hylia without it, use a cooked pepper dish, and talk to the old man, he'll give it to you. 3-Get to, complete, and back from the shrine in the snow and return to the shack and you will find a chest with the garment inside. There's a fourth way to get it but you just buy it in Hateno village.

Just a little extra tip I have from finding out by accident is that if you open a DLC chest and close out of the game without saving (and before it auto saves), you have to restart the save file entirely to get it back. I did it on purpose a second time to see if I had found a bug or if the game removes it. It removes the item from the game. So please save after you open each DLC chest just to be safe.

If you press Y button while shield surfing Link can do a spin attack that hurt enemies. Sometimes you can even hear Link's laughting. It's similar to zora helmet that allows you do spin attack while swimming

24:11 that yayayayayayayayayayayayayayaya was beautiful, had me tearing up

Even though I’ve been playing this game for almost 4 years, it’s still amazing how much one can learn in BoTW!

On the Korok seed challenges where you throw a stone into a circle of rocks, the best way to guarantee success is by creating a lane with cryonis blocks.

Ancient shields (energy shields) will auto-reflect guardian beams back to the source even if you don't parry but since you didn't parry, although minimal, the shield does take damage.

Little correction: Every kind of guardian has 2 weak spots, the eyes and the lower side, which is more accessible on skywatchers.

The parts toward the end about Lynels- how they can't be face-stunned while they have their Bows out, and how you taking your weapon out affects whether or not they start attacking right away- are definitely my favorite parts. I'd actually started to write a guide of my own when it comes to dealing with Lynels, and so I'd might as well share something interesting I've found about them that wasn't in either video. As it turns out, some sword and crusher Lynels have one more trick up their sleeve- they may jump up fairly high and come crashing down in a fiery explosion not unlike the one they do when they roar. These are the Lynels I have seen perform this attack: >Tarm Point Lynel (sword) >Lynel south of the Hebra West Summit (crusher) >Shae Loya Shrine Lynel (crusher) >Coliseum Lynel (sword) >Lanayru East Gate Lynel (sword) Notice how each of these are found on terrain that is not completely flat, whether there be nearby cliffs, downward slopes, or a pool of Malice. As a result, I theorize that the reason they perform these attacks is actually so they can correct their position given the terrain they have to deal with.

Burning materials weigh more because of how the physics of updrafts work in the game. Hot air is rising but it puts more pressure on the burning ground materials so they remain stationary so your updraft does not move. The devs applied more weight to burning items to ensure stationary updrafts.

“You’re gonna forget I told you this, but bomb arrows explode immediately on death mountain.” How did you know?😩🤯

I knew almost everything in the list, but the one I didn't even consider was cooking wood to make food! Because you can bomb trees in the Trial of the Sword to get wood, that's pretty huge, to be able to cook the additional wood when you get to the safe rooms. No idea why that never occurred to me, but it would have made some of my early attempts to beat it a lot less painful! Will also be very helpful trying to to TotS in Master Mode.

I didn’t know there was an entire app for botw, thank you so much for bringing it to my attention honestly. Also I didn’t know lynels are pacifists until you’re armed

Here is one: You don't need to use food to achieve a high bond strength with a horse. You can instead grind that by jumping fences and soothing immediately after every jump.

I usually use stasis to see if a rock is a talus or if a guardian is alive or not

For tip 44, chuchu jelly element changing, you can also kill a neutral chuchu with an elemental weapon and the jelly dropped will be that element. I don’t know if this works for already elemental chuchus

Also, in regards to the old man’s cabin, you can actually cook him a dish that he describes in the journal on the table so you can get the warm doublet before you even hit the mountain.

It's awesome to see even after so many years I'm still learning new mechanics and tricks to the game. BOTW is a masterpiece, tbh. 🗡🏹

Man, I always felt so excluded, thanks for including us Chuchus in your greetings! I hope this is the first of many small steps towards a brighter future for us all.

The best way to deal with skeleton enemies is with spears. It has a long range + Automatically locks onto the head, so you're very likely to hit it.

The Radiant Armor set isn’t the only one with the Bone Attack Up set bonus, the Phantom Ganon set has it too, along with level 3 stealth.

Another cool trick I learned by accident, similar to the metal object on the raft, on death mountain you can use any metal object and pull towards you on a rock or other metal object you're standing on in the lava and it will move you. Helpful for the Champions Ballad DLC in death mountain

I could see you using it in the video, but I didn’t know this for the longest time - after drawing a bow with the right trigger, holding the left trigger will lock the camera to an enemy allowing for perfect tracking

“Lynels do not want to fight. They just want to live.” Now I… feel bad.

Fun fact: If I remember correctly, the blood moons are used to clear the games ram. So if something goes wrong (or YOU do something weird). Then a blood moon can spawn in the middle of the day. For example: there is a way to duplicate horses, but if there is too many, the game may spawn a blood moon to fix your mess lol. (I believe nintendoblackcrisis covered this a while ago. It was very interesting) Edit: and kleric talked about them as well.

Travel medallion is another super helpful DLC item. For glitches, general travel if there’s a place you really like, or farming such as dragon farming spots or places where there are loads of hearty durians or something. Free warp point to anywhere

I only did the 13 hearts first so I could get the master sword first. I'm now working on stamina. Thanks for this video. I never truly have this game a run through, but I'm doing it now to get ready for the new one coming in a couple months

if youre having trouble with eventide, (it took me ageeeeees) you can leave a few weapons on the raft before stepping on the island and theyll stay there! i think rods and boomerangs work best but stray away from metal tools because of all the thunderstorms

I recently started playing and the one thing that has really helped is a map and searching random things online when I'm absolutly stumped. I've also found it incredibly helpful to go somewhere new when I'm stumped and then return later. I have adhd and ik I can completely get side tracked and forget about something I already tried. When I return to stuff I have a whole new perspective from the experience I gained during my distractions

Being able to stasis the acorn korok seeds was mindblowing to me. That makes it 1,000 times easier. Thanks for the info.

I just want to create a perfect, flawless save file with no chests opened that don't respawn or degrade, no missing one-time only weapons, no durability lost on any weapon that cannot be replaced and no NPCs hurt, no missed dialogue, nor anything else that can be considered negative, including a single death. The Path of The Hero must be flawless. And not a single glitch or cheat used, either. ...Of course, I don't have the SKILL to do this, but a comprehensive video on this (which I know you have separate ones on) detailing a actual plan would be fantastic. BoTW is such a magnificent and complex game that I feel compelled to 100% it flawlessly, even if I am a Deku Scrub of a gamer skillwise.

Thanks for the video, I found out some interesting tips. BTW for the tip #13, you can get something from a NPC only if you save them before they get knocked out. Otherwise, they’ll tell you that you’re late or just warn you about surroundings. Also, if you get near a NPC and you don’t see a name, most likely they’re from the Yiga clan so don’t talk to them, unless you feel ready to fight them.

I cant explain how much this helped me. Been playing 100 hours wandering and having a blast. I didn't know 90 percent of these. Mind blown. You should have a warning at the beginning😂

I would say rather.. Things I wish I realized would have made playing easier if done earlier: Hunt and gather a ton Cook. A lot. Don't do the Divine Beasts immediately as difficulty scales based on main storyline, so for an enjoyable casual play, just really do the Rito Beast for the flight perk

Alright the bit about the Molduga and dropping bombs in 'Tremors' fashion. Mate been wasting time and bomb arrows just waiting for them to jump out the sand. It is the same with the lava octoroks. If you have no rust arms to polish just drop a bomb, have them suck it up and boom. Oh and tip on climbing, it sometimes easier running up sideways on a hill rather than going straight up climb.

Gotta hand it to you: the really were BotW facts that can't be found everywhere. Great job!!

Thanks to the community here there’s tons of info and help that’s much appreciated. Since I’m an absolute noob at this I’m really appreciative of the help and I’m sure I’ll be looking at the videos and the comments often

This was amazing. Lots I’ve learned on my own but the quality of this game is truly shown with the depth of things you can do. I love that we can network to enjoy our gameplay better. This community is awesome.

Man I really needed to hear tip 89 on my first playthrough. I thought I was just immensely unlucky when it came to the weather in Zoras' Domain before doing Vah Ruta. I remember being so frustrated that I couldn't climb up to the mountain due to the constant rain. Rain is still to this day my least favorite thing about breath of the wild, I hope tears of the kingdom is able to come up with a creative solution (like maybe make the climbing bonuses give you immunity to slipping)

This is a great guide. There is so much more to this game than I ever thought and I just started up again to finish it after a few year break😂 and move on to TotK.

The only one i didn’t know was that Link can do more poses in selfie mode. They are great!

BTW if you find a series of seemingly random fences or similar objects, you can find a Korok by jumping them with a horse.

What would I do without this channel. Saved me a bunch of times

I learned a lot of new things even tho I've played hundreds of hours. I didn't realize there was a dish that sold for more than 5 cooked Sanke carp! Thx for the info! I recommend heading for Satori Mountain after leaving the Great Plateau. There's horses right at the base of the GP, just shoot one with an ice arrow and jump on. You will need to have a stamina potion ready because Link's stamina will run out before the horse is tamed. Then I head to Satori Mountain asap for all the goodies there before heading to Dueling Peaks. I don't register my horse until I get to DP. If you leave the horse next to the water in front of the shrine and go talk to Rensa, it'll trigger the wild horse challenge. Then go back to the horse and ride up. Much faster than going out hunting one. You can't leave the horse too close to the stable or it won't trigger the side quest. On my first game, the first time I escaped death by fast traveling and left my horse behind I thought I'd have to eventually go back and get it. I felt bad for abandoning it. Then I stopped at a stable to take out a different horse and the guy said first he'd board the other one. It made me very happy to know I didn't have to go back and retrieve it and that it was ok. It's very convenient to be able to leave a horse in the middle of nowhere and not have to go back on foot to get it.

I recently started this game. About to start collecting memories. There’s soooooo much to do in this game!

13. To clarify, you do have to defeat them BEFORE the NPC is knocked out. If they're knocked out, they may say something like, "Oh look, it's the guy who stood around watching instead of trying to help." Which is just great when they were already knocked out before you knew they were there. 24. Indeed, on my current playthrough, I didn't get ANY hearts before maxing my Stamina Wheel. More Stamina means the ability to climb farther, after all, and that's just what some Shrines need. 46. Very helpful for the Korok seed puzzles where you have to bring a rock over to finish a pattern formed by rocks you can't move.

I've been playing this game for about two years now and I just learned a bunch of good stuff! Thank you so much man.

I’m glad I know many of these and got to experience playing through fully before looking up anything 👌🏼

I would say that the most efficient way of gaining money early on (you may need practice, so do save right before you try) is to parry the Lazers of walking Guardians near the Central Hyrule tower. Parrying the shot negates damage to your shield and chips off a little over ⅓ of their health. The items they drop can be sold for a significant profit, well worth the time spent fighting them once you've got the hang of it. There are also two stationary Guardians near the tower, and two more on the Great Plateau. Go forth and profit.

The Guardians Runners have also a second weak spot, it‘s underneath them. It’s the same spot as the flying Guardian because they Share the same body just upside down. So the flying one’s on top the runners underneath. You can run them with your horse over, then jump, go in bullet-time and shoot and ancient arrow right into the spot, the spot of the runners is open and glow in a blue light for the flying one’s they are sealed for some reason.

this is crazy, so much info here. im about 6 hours in gameplay, and the 30 mins i took to watch this will save me much more time! thank you brotha

I have had this game for 2 years and I have learned so much from this video already, great work!

I'm guessing tip 145 is to hit that subscribe button.

I think it's about time for my 3rd BotW playthrough, I've been watching a lot more videos on it recently. I'll be sure to keep some of these tips in mind for when I do get around to playing through it again

Number 138 (at 24:34, for those wondering) is something I really need to use in my replay! Thanks!

I did know most of these but there are several that I can't wait to try out. One of the most helpful tips my son gave me when I first started was that if wolves come near you, if you kill one the rest run away. Super helpful especially early in the game. I will disagree with you that it's better to get extra stamina because you can just have bonus hearts. I prefer to get hearts first so I can get the MS faster. Bonus hearts and stamina are both easy to get. I also recommend farming a few areas that are dense with items. Good video. Thanks for the tips.

Bruning materials dont "weight more" Its physics! Just like they create wind currents, its because the heat tries to go up, and since its on a moving object, the force makes it go down. Hope it's understandable :P

I’m happy to see that you also have a wooden shield collection so late in the game. No one else understands the joy of those shields.

Your video is the first result when searching "Breath of the Wild" and it is deserving of that privilege. I knew some of these. I did not know many of them.

I loved this. I didn’t know a handful of these things and I haven’t messed with glitches but arrows are a must. You definitely have a new follower.

A better way to get money early if you have the patience is to get a zoom in bow and farm farosh horns from his spawn point in the jungle. You can set up a campfire in a cave nearby his spawn to keep resetting him every time you get a horn and the horns will collect for a while the most i had sitting out was around 40

I’ve just bought this game about a week ago and started playing it with no knowledge for the first time and so far I only beast vah Ruta

This was one of the best breath of the wild tip videos that I have seen!!! Thank you so much for sharing. I’m so glad I found your channel.❤

Quick tip for the master sword using a fireplace and looking up at the sky as you grab it will actually allow you to get it for free no matter your heart count

Some weapons and tools have set and consistent spawn points where you can almost always find them. Such as the ax at the woodsman's shack on the Great Plateau, 2 sledgehammers by Link's house in Hateno village, a Great Flameblade (always there no matter how much of the game you've completed) on the tall island of The Ancient Tree Stump west of the Central Tower, as well as lesser versions of each champion's special weapon in or near an important home or person in their village.

Woah thanks for the comprehensive video! Gonna come back to this as a reference.

You did tell me a couple of things I didn't know. Thank you the glowing Satori Mountain tip. I had no idea you could get more stuff off the mountain during that time.

The flying Guardian weakspot is where their core is, and it's actually a weak spot on the other kind of Guardians too. It's just that getting to them is a LOT trickier

43 is amazing. Glad I went back to make sure I don’t forget it 😊

Omg thank you! There were a lot of things I didn't know and they are so helpful! Need to try these immediatly :D

I knew you'd get the attention you deserved. Glad I kept an eye on your channel, so much helpful content.

dude i am 6 tips into this video and you have told me to explore twice, buy dlc, "read and pay attention", & go to hyrule castle & beat the game. no idea who the target audience for this video is but its not me.

Ok, I’m 165 hours into this game and just completed all 120 shrines, and I had NO IDEA about #92 using inventory items as a weight shortcut in shrines.