The Making Of: Life as a Bokoblin 

I'm kinda shocked that many people thought the realistic explosion was a issue, because that only added to how funny and out of place it was for link to explode that boar.

"It goes without saying these are not the same bokoblins" ...I feel so betrayed

I showed the documentary to my mother, who doesn't even play botw, and even she loved it. In my humble opinion it's one of the best things on the internet.

I actually love how out-of-place the original boar killing explosion looks, like a youtube poop

I love you all ^^

Okay after seeing how much of a pain in the ass this was to make, I'm not going to be impatient waiting for a sequel. That being said.... Life as a Lizalfos when?? 😂

Larry is the type that would still be friends with link even after finding out his real identity, Larry is the cutest monster ever apparently.

Honestly the life of a bokoblin video is legit the best video I have seen on RU-vid. Incredible work! Love this. Incredible work man.

Imagine Breath of the Wild 2 having a Bokoblin city.

i once stumbled upon two bokoblins looking like they were having an in depth conversation. one was using hand movements as if describing a crazy story lol. it was so cute i decided to leave them alone

I never even considered how much thought would have gone into choosing the right camp, it was super interesting to hear about! The fact that you also needed to trigger an entire blood moon just for the steak to appear is hilarious haha Also, flawless attenborough impression ^^

14:30 I didn’t even notice the blade until you mentioned it! Don’t know how I missed that when I’ve watch the video multiple times

The Life as a Bokoblin video was honestly a piece of art. It is like no other Zelda video on RU-vid and was a treat to watch (I love nature documentaries). Thank you for sharing all the tricks you did, I was really impressed and loved the idea that you can feed the bokoblins! Please do more of these, it is such a creative idea 💕

My younger sister loved this when I showed it to her. Now she walks like a Bokoblin to threaten me every time she gets angry with me.

I am literally on my knees begging you please make more of these documentaries. I was blown away by this, outstanding work!

An idea regarding the Bokoblin camp at the south of the Great Plateau: The Bokoblin that was on the little archers tower was killed by a human, which encourages the idea of "humans are evil in the eyes of Bokoblins". Another idea is that Link can try gaining their trust by working all night as the guard and the archer.

Two things: -One of the best video on RU-vid! -I, for one, adored the explosion and it was the funniest part of the video just the contrast of a calm video and bomb a random explosion 💥

DUDE your David Attenborough impression is on point. Yeah it's not exactly the same, but it doesn't sound forced at all!

The description is so deep, so much emotion and so many hidden meanings. Beautiful....

The biggest critisism i can give life as a bokobolin is that the bokos didn’t get a shot of actually hunting and attacking boars. Yep, a really small nitpick is my biggest critisism. Good job.

"Nothing more/nothing special there" he says about stuff that still feels like alot of work.... And, the voiceactor was really good! You really should use him again if/when you make more videos like this :D

I usually passed documentaries as "boring" but I LOVED this so much!! The editing in "Life as a Bokoblin" was unbelievably amazing and I loved the voice over, and most of all the whole effort put into it! I am absolutely crazy about The Legend of Zelda so this was the perfect thing for me. Great job! You're the best!!

This was legitimately one of the most well researched, carefully planned, beautifully shot, and amusing things I’ve ever seen on RU-vid. I made my friends watch it when we had a Zoom get together a few weeks ago, right after it launched, and now “And Larry” is our random greeting.

I thought the stargfox adventures music was so perfect for it too when I heard it. Aesome touch. Memory lane for me too playing it as a teen! 100 bucks though! Crazy man.

Gosh darn! Why didn't I think to use the first-person mod. 😅 This was so entertaining and helpful. Thanks Monster Maze!

As an artist I so appreciate all the work you put into this. I am a photographer and some of my still lives take over a week to photograph. The concept can take months and gathering all of the materials if it is seasonal means waiting till that time of year and hoping all the crops you want grew well that year and are ripe at the SAME TIME.

What if Monster Maze made a video about how the lnyel in the Coliseum Ruins was like a dictator ruling over all the enemies in the coliseum, but then 2 bokoblins had a child and he got all the other enemies to rise up against the lynel that's at the bottom? Like a revolution?

Amazing! What a colossal amount of work, but did it ever show in the end product. Can't wait to see what you do next!

Honestly man, this just blew me away! I knew you worked super hard on your content, but Christ on a bike, this project was huge!! Can you get on the merch band wagon to make extra dollar? I need a Larry T-shirt in my life!! Other than Patreon membership, is there another way to donate project money your way?

I loved the video. It was so good and felt like an actual documentary.

The documentary was amazing! I’m seriously amazed by how the best quality content on RU-vid comes from the smaller creators

Damn you really have to appreciate the hard work that goes into these kind of videos. Good stuff my man.

Dude that was probably the best BOTW-related content I've ever seen, HUGE kudos for that and I can't wait for the next one

I loved this so much, I'm so happy you made a "making of" video!

This project reminded me of the WoW or Halo machinimas from years past by how creative and dedicated you guys were to pulling off the ideas you wanted to.

I loved Life as a Bokoblin, so watching this and seeing how it was made was a lot of fun! I never realized just how much work and dedication was needed for it. What a great video. Also, for the whole skittish animals and whatnot, what if you used a long range bow like the Golden Bow? Maybe mod out the crosshairs and arrow count?

This is an insane amount of work, your skills at making videos never ceases to amaze (A Monster Maze) me, I would've never realized how much you have to do for 1 video, I can't wait for the next Nature Documentary, I'm not sure what the narrative could be with Lizalfos, Lynels,etc. But whatever it is I'm excited.

I honestly loved that the explosion looked realistic and not part of the game. I thought it was a hilarious moment, which I wasn't expecting in the highly educational nature documentary. Keep up the good work

0:07, the way you added one word on every beat was just masterful

I see monster maze, i click

This documentary has higher care put into than anything Animal Planet could make today. It was rather humorous to see the Boko boys act pretty normal.

lol i though the realistic explosion was intentional

Do a “Mystery” video! Some Mystery in Hyrule you try to uncover. Can be a character or an item. That would be fun. Cheers! This was an absolutely amazing video.

"...like Impa, in BotW." HA! Yes... Thank you for hiring such an amazing voice actor!

I think the fact that the explosion was realistic made it even funnier. It ruled

I can't wait to send the original video as well as this one to my friend that got me interested in LoZ! The amount of work, dedication and care put into the creation of it is INSANE!!! 8D I also agree with what Shinji said, that explosion cracked me up so much,I still chuckle over how unexpected it was. It is a nature documentary, but if it's possible Link will not waste precious arrows, the production costs pile up fast when in Hyrule XD

Personally, I thought "... and Larry" and the cheesy explosion overlay were comedy genius. Just the right touch of not taking yourself too seriously.

I feel like the explosion makes it funny funny because it stands out it doesn't go with anything else.

The Life As A Bokoblin video was masterfully executed and so well thought through. Looking forward to seeing more videos like it in the future!

You are Dutch??? LOL always thought you are an US Citizen, LOL So we are almost Neighbors, Bavaria/Germany (that's why almost LOL)

we still need more of this amazing content such as life of a moblin or whatever other mob you can do. (idk)

Legit this vid is soooooo great I would like to see this with the other enemies

This was an excelling “making of”. I loved the “nature doc”! Cant wait to see what you do next!

The life as a bokoblin video was an incredibly genius video idea and I hope you’re proud of yourself. A literal #1 RU-vid video!

Quality, my dude

Nah homes. Can't even sell yourself short like that, the narration was everything i wanted and more. That was pure magic.

I think a good idea would be to add on to the Life as a Bokoblin, and have the story revolve around revealing Link’s true identity and have Larry defend him. I would love to see this!

If it makes you feel better, I was so enthralled by the video that I didn't even notice the flame sword, so... good job =P

Honestly this video was so cool being mixed with BBC earth and an awesome and incredibly detailed game! by far the best botw video I’ve seen lol

I found this way late and watched the documentary I was very impressed with it I liked seeing the workings behind making it it deserves all the respect I can give it

This makes it feel even more as a nature documentary!!!

With the Sheika ninja outfit, you can straight up walk up behind a boat without them noticing.

I love your editing style Maze, very cool. It's great to hear about your process

This is something that I find interesting, but the bokoblin camp used is actually one of the first places you go in Zelda speedrunning!

The video you made "Life as a Bokoblin" is my favorite The Reason why it is my Favorite is because: "Bokoblin's are my favorite Enemy"

Thank you so much for putting in the time, work, and creativity to make this!

Great work here. Loved everything about this, from the BBC spoof concept to showcasing how alive and worthwhile this type of thing actually feels for the game. If you ever had another go at this, something on Lynels would be so cool! Happy for what you gave us here regardless though. Probably my favorite BOTW thing I've ever watched

I think Life as a Bokoblin is the only LoZ video I've ever liked, if that says anything about how much I enjoyed your video. I'm glad you learned what worked, what didn't work, and I eagerly anticipate your next Life as a video!

You could wear stealthy armor or eat stealthy food before taking shots of wildlife, then they won't spook as easily. But overall, I'm blown away by how much effort you put into this! The final product was amazing, I immediately sent it to all my friends, before I even finished it. I thought the boar being blown up was so funny I had to pause it just to relish in the humor. PLEASE MAKE MORE! I would love more nature documentary videos to watch! If you don't want to repeat the same concept, some lore/myth/theory stories could be interesting, or some reality TV/dating show spinoffs would be funny.

Hey man, thanks for considering making one of the nature documentary videos for the other monsters. From what you've done I can expect a lot from another. Thanks!

i loved watching this behind the scenes!! its super interesting to hear how it all worked, and very relaxing to watch

Really cool to see how you manage to do the video! I discovered your channel with "Life as a Bokoblin" and your videos are really good to listen to while I work. Thank you!

That video belongs on television, and not just RU-vid!

Man, I'm so impressed by the amount of work you had and the incredibly organized workflow you developed for this. Great job!

One of my ideas for a “Life of a Moblin” or “Life of a Lizalfos” was to have some different stories such as interactions with other races such as a Lizalfos/Zora conflict(I have no idea how you would do this, but it would be cool imo) or even a territorial battle. It would be super interesting to see monsters fight the Hyrulean races but see it from their perspectives instead, the monsters would be the heroes. Plus we might get to see countless Hyrulean villages burn to the ground... mwahahaha. Also, one thing I thought was really funny was that this video is actually unrestricted by certain school systems that deem gaming and pop culture content “inappropriate”. It’s just really funny to me personally that your video is such a good documentary

Man, I enjoyed this as much as the original video! All your hard work paid off, and raised the bar in a lot of ways for Zelda content on RU-vid. Take your time with the next, I'll be there to watch it!

I'm three years late to this video but it's 2024 and the docu is still one of the best things in the internet.

having never played Breath of the Wild I had fully accepted that a lot/all of this was jsut stuff you could do in game if you had the bokoblin mask (if only) still an amazingly made video though with the use of mods Also don't worry I never even noticed the flame sword either honestly- until you pointed it out in this vid

One of the all time greatest videos and follow up behind the scenes videos I’ve ever seen, I’m an old man, played these games forever and now I play them with my kids. They loved this, you did a really good job, damn near makes me wanna cry, thank you from us all

I absolutely loved both videos. They made my day. Thank you for your commitment to making it

Life as a bokoblin is one of my favorite videos on RU-vid! Very cool to hear how you made it

I'd like to give a little appreciation to red, grey, and especially larry. Those guys may have had some issues in production, but they still were wonderful actors.

The Bokoblin video was amazing! Thank you for doing the making of as well! I really enjoyed it. I have never seen your videos until I saw the "Nature Documentary" video in my son's watch history and knew I had to watch it. It was everything I was expecting it to be! For this being yiour first time writing a story script, I am pretty dang impressed! The voice actor was spot on and I am definitely looking forward to more of these!

The Explosion Was Amazing!

A documentary of link going undercover into gerudo would be pretty cool

Can’t watch this video rn, but when I have an extra half an hour I’ll definitely watch it! The actual video is awesome lol! I didn’t realise the amount of effort that went into it, so well done. This is possibly one of my favourite videos now, it’s so good! :)

I always look forward to your videos, thank you for showing how much work went into it, your efforts and results are truly brilliant!

I’d love to see more documentaries of the creatures of Hyrule. These are pretty awesome and unique.

Shocked that they were such divas. Actors guild definitely getting a call. 😂

I thought your video (and this follow up) were absolutely amazing. I actually felt immersed in it, like I was watching an actual nature documentary. Thank you for these and all your content!

Greath job! I think you have made a future classic that we will revisit in years, with nostalgia and love! Thank you!

This was a really cool idea. I loved going through the game and watching how each tribe interacted with each other and had a culture of their own. It made the world feel very alive. Fantastic work, man.

I got a good chuckle out of the realistic explosion and the Larry bit

Dude that video was a genius idea as well as brilliantly put together. As good as it was, I quite honestly assumed much less effort was put into than actual was, I was surprised to see the effort you put in. Well worth it for you I hope. It was awesome!

I got your video recommended through a comment on a post on the BotW subreddit. So it's thanks to a fan who shared the link!

Awesome work man. The life as a bokoblin video is probably one of my favorite Zelda related videos ever. Keep up the good work!

I have watched life as a bokoblin 7 times in the past 1 and a half weeks, ITS SO GOOD

I thoroughly enjoyed the documentary and this making of video. So creative, and the dedication is impressive!

As someone whose watched so many BBC nature documentaries it’s affected my online name I loved the video. The Attenborough impression and the very naturalistic ethereal music makes it too real. Pure gold.

The amount of time, effort, dedication and pure TALENT that you put into that documentary shines through. Brilliant work!