Someone in Hateno Village kept telling me about Lurelin Village being taken over by pirates, so I decided to head that way. The “pirates” (really just monsters, as usual) were found throughout the town, and one of them was hidden. I ultimately defeated them all, and some of the evacuated (or hiding) villagers returned. But the damage had been done: Many buildings were damaged or destroyed.
Rebuilding the village would be quite a big task, but I agreed to help out Bolson the carpenter by repairing the vandalized homes and businesses. First, I had to gather some logs to use as building supports, and find some Hylian rice to make thatched roofs. Then I had to clear out debris and install logs as support pillars. (Bolson did the rest, off-screen.)
Once we restored all of the buildings, many villagers returned and had a party/feast for me and Bolson. Bolson even started dancing with some of the kids in town.
This whole side adventure reminded me of building Tarrey Town in Breath of the Wild. They’re both fairly big projects, even if this one can be done essentially all at once.
After I (finally) figured out how to activate Skyview Tower, I descended into the Depths…into the Yiga Clan Hideout Chasm. I explored for quite a long time, and I found (and activated) a bunch of new lightroots. Even though the Depths are barren and generally not very exciting, it is satisfying to seek out and turn on each lightroot.
And occasionally, you do find something interesting down there. These lava falls were pretty cool. Well, hot, but cool.
But I inevitably run out of arrows in the Depths (from shooting brightbloom seeds on arrows to see where I’m going), so I have to return to the surface eventually. 😛 And once I did, I started exploring the Hebra mountains. At Snowfield Stable, I learned that Zelda’s horse had run away. (This was for another story Pete was working on.) Of course, this was a side adventure, and I set out to track it down.
Of course there’s a giant flying enemy called a Frost Gleeok along the way, and its ice lasers ended my game a couple of times. But I eventually got past it, and I found Zelda’s golden horse! I took the long way back to the stable (to avoid the Gleeok), and I was ultimately told I could keep the horse. I knew just what name to give it. 😆
By the way, there is something else interesting about stables: Horses that were registered in Breath of the Wild are still available in Tears of the Kingdom! So I still have horses like Amazing, This Loon, and Big Red, which some of you might remember from my BOTW blog entries or videos.
Over at Highland Stable, people said they heard the sound of a flute nearby. I tracked down the mysterious source of the music: A guy up a tree, playing a flute. 😛 I gave him some fireflies to help him impress a girl, and then I called her over to watch the show.
The guy was Pyper, and he is one of the Stable Trotters musicians. Since I helped him out, he was willing to rejoin the group. So I, once again, helped the group get to another fairy. After playing their music, the Great Fairy Kaysa came out of her shell.
That allowed me to upgrade my clothing and armor up to a third level. I’m starting to feel like I’m not such a weaklink weakling any more. 😛
In a shrine nearby, I was having a bit of trouble on the last part, where I needed to make a mine cart go up an inclined track. After trying a few things unsuccessfully, I resorted to something simpler: Just walking across the track. It worked!
I then returned to Lookout Landing to redeem some Lights of Blessing (for another heart container and some more stamina). I also traded in some Korok seeds for some weapon/shield slots. This seems like a good time to wrap up this entry, so let’s take a look at my current stats…
That’s 50 shrines completed and 28 lightroots activated so far. I’ll also include my Hyrule Compendium status for the first time:
- Creatures: 55/92
- Monsters: 74/110
- Materials: 90/126
- Equipment: 94/175
- Treasure: 6/6
And I’m up to 85 hours played. But there’s still soooo much more to do! I’ll see you next time!