Breath of the Wild: The Story Behind Zelda’s Most INFAMOUS Weapons! 

And thats how fi sued the hylians for copyright infringement

Look let’s all be honest, we use the royal guard weapons because they look cool

What if they were forged to be incredibly strong but fragile because they were given to Royal Guards specifically? People nearest to the Royal Family that needed to be able to quickly kill a possible threat, so the weapons were forged to be very strong, but since the threats wouldn't be too numerous, durability wasn't a major concern. And the Royal Family could easily fund replacements as they broke.

I heard INFAMOUS and thought you were talking about the Master Torch...

But who can forget the real perfect replica of the Sword that seals the Darkness: *T H E M A S T E R T O R C H !*

As useless as these weapons are. They are some of my favourites purely because of how awesome they look.

Dangit. I guessed a soup ladle.

NBC: " if one wanted to stock up on them, they'd have to wait through several blood moons to fill their inventory " Me: * laughs in duplication glitch *

NBC‘s Arrow inventory: 320 ancient Arrows My Arrow inventory: 57 normal Arrows... Me: damn boi!!!

They are useful when riding lynels.

A sword that’s designed to seal the darkness but failed, But instead of sealing the darkness it’s consumed. Maybe it’s containing and channeling the evil? Changing to become even more powerful but in the process making it weaker as it try to contain it?

Royal guard weapons : -lack durability- Durability transfer glitch: I GOTCHA FAM

Is it possible the weapons are tainted with Malice? They all seem to be black, with red tints in places. Very similar to Malice. It could explain their high damage but low durability.

I always figured that the royal guard weapons were largely ceremonial, which was why they replicated the other appearances. Even the royal guard uniform looks largely ceremonial, rather than something that would have been worn into battle.

For some reason, I always thought that the Royal Guard weapons were made fairly recently (in terms of the game's timeline), and that the reason they were so fragile was because the modern Shiekah had lost a lot of their old knowledge. Not sure if there's anything in the game to back that up, or if I just inferred it in my own head, though.

Here is a thought, what if the reason the Master Sword is so weak in breath of the wild, is because they drained its power to harness the ancient energy, trying to replicate its power, and the whole power source for these ancient weapons, and all ancient technology is powered off the same power that fuels the master sword.

The royal guard weapons are ceremonial. The high damage and low durability, is for when shit hits the fan.

One thought occured to me as to why the Shiekah-made replicas failed. The Master Sword was made from The Goddess Sword, a weapon of divine origins. It was refined using Sacred Flames attributed to the Golden Goddesses and blessed by the mortal incarnation of the goddess Hylia after having awakened her true potential. From the very beginning, it was never a weapon crafted by mortal hands. Nothing made by mortal hands can ever match up to divine relics.

The Royal Guard gear certainly goes well with the Dark Link outfit at least. Now if only the quiver could be dyed.

I could be wrong, but i remember finding an edge of duality near zeldas study in hyrule castle.

You can’t replicate a weapon that’s masterly crafted.

I really love how we can still get content about botw even after 3 years of it being out.

People when they do 110 damage with only a swing: every hit is worth

“Royal Guard’s Broadsword” would be a longer name than the others. That feels like a more likely reason. An aesthetic choice by devs makes more sense to me than the idea that there’s lore hidden in the omission of the word “broad”. Especially since none of them are broadswords anyway. They’re arming swords (one-handed weapons with two straight edges and a cross-guard, designed primarily for cutting and not thrusting) while the Master Sword is a longsword (similar, but designed to be used with either one or two hands). The MS isn’t quite long enough to be a typical longsword, but it’s secretly a holy ghost from a dead civilization masquerading as an actual weapon that is specifically meant to be wielded by Link, so it would be scaled down for him. (Its dimensions and design are still wildly impractical, but... holy ghost.)

I feel like there is going to be a Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works references, like, "There is nothing that can say that the fake can't exceed the original".

So I’m glad to know that I wasn’t the only one who thought the Royal Guard’s Sword looked like an off brand Master Sword

Yeet, shoutout to everyone who uses the durability transfer glitch with these.

smooth editing. Very appealing

0:46 Come on you got the sexy graphics too? I can’t afford a pc like that. I hope the switch pro has that power

I actually thought it said somewhere in game that the Royal Guard weapons were made recently... No idea where, maybe it didn't really, but that's always been my understanding.

2:26 NBC be flexin his lynel weapon collection XD

What if the Royal Guard Set was actually the unfinished weapon development by Robbie himself? It makes sense.

FINALLY someone talks about it! My theory on the blade was they that "Charred by Malice during the Calamity which is why they are darker than their counterparts. Which may also explain why their durability is low. But I am very much pleased by *"they couldn't handle the sheikh energy being condensed into them."*

5:15 god dang that master sword looks good

Love you NBC! These theory/lore videos are a nice breath of wildly fresh air from 2020.

1:08 what about traveler's?

kinda reminds me of Demise's sword with the weird edges going on.

Well trying to replicate the Master Sword is going to be a significant endeavor. Firstly you would need either Master Ore or whatever material the Hylian Shield is composed of and Master Ore is extremely rare. Refining the ore would probably require Robbie’s furnace / forge as it runs off of sacred flames. It would have to be blessed by Zelda after being forged and you would have to rediscover the locations of the 3 sacred flames that were originally guarded by the goddess Hylia’s chosen dragons. You would then have to bathe the blade in all 3 sacred flames and then bring it back to Zelda for a final blessing. It would be a major issue to try and properly recreate all the processes and rituals involved in the Master Sword’s creation only to produce a single blade to either match or be just weaker than the Master Sword by comparison.

Ive always seen royal guard weapons as more ceremonial. Not only that but its very uncommon an assassin would make it close enough to the king for the royal guard to need to step in so they need power for killing the attacker fast and arent for long battles. Just a quick skirmish that took at most a swing or 2 from only a few of the royal guards

“You usually don’t get too much lore from weapon descriptions.” Souls series: “Hello, there.”

Woah that theory went way back, it's been a while since we talked about the creation of the master sward and skybound blade :p

Not even a second in and I can already tell it's the royal gaurd set

I have a suggestion for you. Can you compare the difference between the boxes the Monks are in and the difference between the water that link wakes up in. And if they are somehow related.

This video is very interesting, although as many have said we must admit that those of us who use these weapons in the game is because they look cool, the royal guard weapons look great with the dark link suit or with the phantom armor. In addition, with the passage of time, so many glitches have been discovered that the durability of these weapons is currently no longer a problem. Possessing royal guard weapons with the durability of the Spring-Loaded Hammer (thanks to a glitch exploit) make one of the deadliest combinations in the entire game.

"Laughs in durbillity glitch"

I don’t know why but when I play BotW it’s nostalgia of OoT, man I miss OoT and MM

Your channel and Zeltik are my favorite Zelda channels on all of RU-vid. Thank you for being awesome.

Actually I heard that one reason some weapons have low durability could be because calamity ganon's destruction could've increased the fragility of the royal guard weapons, meaning that they could've had a much lower rate of fragility before the events of botw

I'm playing in master mode and just found that exact sword in a chest on a floating platform next to hyrule castle

What if the Yuga sabatoged it? Or maybe the Shiekha made it weak purposefully out of fear of exile again.

royal guard's gear fits with the dark set VERY WELL, and it is a great choice in situations where it's durability won't go down, or when you sneak-strike, as it's damage is vastly increased, causing massive damage, and one-shoting most minor enemies

Travelers set exsists “I’m gonna pretend I didn’t see that”

For me, the most important thing with these weapons is that there are made to fight Ganon. And since there is only one fight against him there is no need to have a high durability. These weapons are perfect to fight calamity Ganon, especially in early game and this is why there are for me well thought and useful. They are no infamous

I can imagine @NintendoBlackCrisis going back and forth trying to decide if "infamous" was a word to the point where he googled it.😂

My favorite armor is probably the dark link armor or the barbarian armor (forgot the name) the dark link outfit cuz it looks sick and the the barbarian outfit makes link look like a straight badass.

2:10 the royal guard bow has good range though Helped me get the knight horse armour

The royal guard set reminds me of the infinity blades in infinity blade 3 that are wielded by the non- worker of secrets bosses, like the infinity cleaver. If anyone knows what I'm talking about, let me know if you agree.

If I were royalty, I'd want my personal guards to have the strongest possible weapons - even at the cost of durability. With the castle under attack, my guards can stock up on weapons. But the army fighting abroad needs more durable weapons as they cannot resupply from home as easily. Perhaps naive of me but I've never been royalty lol

I love the combo of the dark link outfit with the royal guard weapons. I often wear those together for screenshots

Keep it up NBC! Always following since 2018!!! Love your theories

I’m seeing a reskin of the master sword in the video. How’s that possible

Can I have a Dark Master Sword?

I can't help noticing that that Royal Guard sword has more details in common with the Wind Waker Master Sword rather than the normal Master Sword we see in the other games... Could be a nice extension of that theory that the Wind Waker Master Sword was a replica.

The point made about how the weapons were added for the story and not as much the weapons themselves is completely negated when you add glitches, or more specifically durability transfer through menu overloading. Also duping, making gathering them much simpler.

Could the ancient technology be using Synthetic sacred energy?

Does he use the PC ROM of the game dot footage? It looks so crisp and smooth.

I love your theories and totally agree with them Keep on the Good work❤❤

Neat look into this! Thanks for uploading!

It's a shame that their durability is low. Otherwise, I'd be using them more often.

theory: this video exist just so nbc can flex all the op weapons he owns

Man, you've got such cool plot and back story ideas that I think YOU should be the one making breth of the wild 2

Your my favourite RU-vidr of all time, keep up the good work!

Anyone else really confused why it says #Oocca

9 likes and five views. I guess youtube is drunk again

I feel like the blue flames that powers the sheikah tech has something in common with the flame used to forge the goddess sword in Skyward Sword. I think it's possible that malice could be a similar type of equivalent as well.

This is a great video and I offer an alternate hypothesis. Remember why the tear exists in the Sheikah Emblem. It’s possible the Sheikah made these weapons, but made them brittle on purpose in case they were ever betrayed by the Royal family again. If you view a lot of the actions of the Sheikah as hedging, the story not only still makes sense but maybe is even better. The Sheikah developed and were in control of most of the tools that had finally rid the Kingdom of Ganondorf. It was basically impossible for a repeat of their past to happen.

I always want to eat the royal guards stuff cus it looks like chocalate

My inventory, being filled with lynel weapons cuz I have all day: I’m on a whole other level

,,Weakest durability" Me, who glitches their durability with the Springload hammer and menu desync: _Huh, couldn't tell._

the quality of these videos is incredible

I love the colors of the sheikah wapons/royal guard wapons. Red and black

I love your theories and this is no exception but a cool out fit for Link is a hylian hood dyed white and royal guard chest piece and legs.

Istg I love how we just know that the Royal Guard Set is your favourite Amour.

Man that temple of time ost hit me so hard in the feels, I had to watch the video twice

Thanks for making I enjoyed this video

amazing, i love your content

When you said that the edge of duality was in chests but the Royal guard weapons were in hyrule castle i thought you were going to say that the Royal guards weapons that we find in game arent new; they've been used already and are about to break

I feel like the weapons were made WITH malice, In a 'fight fire with fire' kind of approach but ended up backfiring, experimenting with malice could also explain how Ganon took over the divine beasts and guardians so easily.

woah I haven't checked the subscriber count In a long time. Congrats!

Fun fact: the master sword isn't a Broadsword. It's a Bastard Sword.

Maybe the royal guard weapons are purple to seem as if they are corrupted by Calamity Ganon's malice for the weapons being stuck in Hyrule Castle for over 100 years.

What he didn't mention is that all of the royal guard's weapons (including the Royal Guard's Sword) are EXACT replicas of the royal weapons. This means that the Royal Broadsword is also an EXACT REPLICA OF THE MASTER SWORD.

"They look cool but sadly they aren't very useful due to their incredibly low durability" heh heh heh. Not a problem when you know the durability transfer glitch.

I would imagine sheikah tech could use an operating system such as Fi, but the wepons could not be blessed like the master sword or made out of the same material.

great video! I wonder what might happen if Robbie were to also try to replicate the master sword?

hey, at the outro Ocarina of Time music is played! Great easter egg!

Killer vid brotha

Love this video!!!

okay, but hear me out: King Rhobronoceros: SHEIKAHS ! i need the strongest possible weapons for my elite guard ! Impa (having watched the castle get taken over for millenia, knowing there are literal skeletons in the basement, having been threatened with banishment over their technology) : .... sureeeee thing... .. ...boss.... (cut to wide-eyed Robbie in the background waving no with his arms)

The starting song always reminds me of Silva’s rip