Tag: Legend of Zelda

Time for some more Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Just moments after leaving the location of my last shrine, my Sheikah sensor started going off again! I followed the (beeping) signal to the Lanno Kooh shrine under a rocky dome.

After completing it, I just roamed around and explored. I found a number of new Korok seeds and treasure chests.

There was only one side quest remaining on my list, and that was the one where I had to find ten stone monuments around Zora’s Domain. So I headed there and started exploring the surrounding areas. In a lake, I found a treasure chest that contained the Zora Helm. It allows me to use a spin attack underwater. Pretty cool, but I imagine this is something many players found much earlier in the game.

As for the stone monuments, I wasn’t having much luck in my search. I found several of them, sure. But the objective list doesn’t tell me how many I’ve found so far, or how many more I need. After a while, I got tired of looking for them and just went elsewhere.

I followed some paths leading to Akkala and the Maw of Death Mountain. Even though I’ve been to those areas before of course, I’m not sure that I took the proper pathways that lead to them. But this time, I took them and kept an eye out for goodies along the way. And indeed, I found some new Korok seeds and treasure chests. No more shrines, though.

I took a break, but came back another day to give the stone monuments another try. I decided to mark each monument I found with a star pin on the map. After a couple hours of additional searching, I had only found nine of the ten. I was a bit frustrated, so I decided to do something I try not to do: consult a guide. I looked up the general location of the monument I was missing, and that allowed me to find the monument and complete the side quest. If you’re having trouble, this picture shows the locations of each monument.

With that finally done, there were no more side quests on my to-do list. So I just went around exploring. While fighting some Bokoblins on horseback near the Digdogg Suspension Bridge, I shot one of them off his horse. I ran to the horse, and as I mounted it, it leaped towards the edge of the cliff. We were on a steep, slanted surface, facing downward.

As I tried to turn around, we slid down the cliff and into the water. I fell off the horse and Link got jittery as the horse tried to get back up. It was a glitchy situation, and somehow, I accidentally re-mounted the horse! I didn’t stay on long, though. I tried using Cryonis to lift the horse up, but that didn’t work.

With no way to save him, I ultimately put him out of his misery.

I continued on to the desert, and I made a stop at Kara Kara Bazaar. Here, I found a Guy who had a side quest for me!

I made an elixir for him, and he rewarded me with 50 rupees. But more importantly, that completed my 69th side quest. The bad news is that I still have eight more side quests to go, and I have no idea what they are or how to find them. I try to talk to everyone every time I visit a town or stable, but I have a feeling many of the remaining ones belong to people who are just out somewhere wandering randomly.

I continued exploring in the desert, and I defeated two new Moldugas before upgrading some clothing/armor at the Great Fairy Fountain. I then made a quick visit to Kakariko Village before wrapping up my game.

Here are my latest status stats:

• Completion percentage: 47.14%
• Shrines: 114/120
• Korok seeds: 294/900
• Shrine quests: 37/42
• Side quests: 69/77
• Hyrule Compendium: 355/385

If you haven’t already seen my “Messing Around #4” video, here it is:

I’m hoping to post part 5 sometime in March, so stay tuned!

When I resumed my game of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, I got to work on some remaining side quests. I began by following the Zora River to look for Fronk’s missing wife, but I got distracted when I ran into Finley.

Finley had a side quest of her own for me. She wrote a love letter, which she put in a canister and pushed into the river. My job was to follow the canister to see who ends up with the love letter. Unfortunately, the canister would often get stuck on obstacles. And if you lost sight of it, you had to start all over. It took me several tries (and much more time than I hoped), but I eventually completed the task and helped the couple get together.

I then resumed my search for Fronk’s wife, and I found her on an island in Lake Hylia.

On Cape Cresia, I spotted a rainbow and stopped to admire it for a little while. For some reason, my GIF isn’t posting right now, but you can see it here.

I headed over to Palmorae Ruins, where I finally found the last monument shard I needed to complete a shrine quest. I’ve looked around for that piece many times before, and could never find it. But now, I found it without much trouble at all. Go figure.

After a stop at the Great Fairy Fountain to enhance some clothing items, I went to Kakariko Village to play with Cottla. For some reason, I thought I had to play hide-and-seek with her. And I never found her before. But this time, there was an option to play tag instead. I caught her quickly to complete the side quest. My reward left me feeling salty, but it was good to clear a quest from my list.

In Tarrey Town, I learned the recipe for monster cake. That was great news, because I needed that cake for another side quest. I made the cake, gave it to a relative of the person who needed it, and received a gold rupee (300 rupees) as my reward.

Then I went up to Goron City and started exploring from there. I soon found the Goron Hot Springs, where not everyone agreed about the spring being hot.

Another character there sent me on a new side quest. It was pretty easy to complete, although my reward wasn’t much more than a stick. 😛

In the Lost Woods, I used some Korok seeds to expand my weapon stash. I can now hold 20 weapons, and that is the maximum. Any future upgrades will have to go towards my bow or shield stashes.

Next, I decided to complete the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 side quest. I had to go to three locations and watch for a shooting star. Each shooting star was actually a glowing treasure chest that falls from the sky.

I found Salvager headwear in the first one, and a Salvager vest in the second one. The third shooting star didn’t appear where I thought it would. The clue led me to the wrong place, but I eventually figured out the right place to go. The final one contained Salvager trousers. Here’s a look at the full outfit:

As I paraglided down from the mountain, my Sheikah sensor picked up a nearby shrine! It’s been a while since I’ve found a new shrine this way! I had to roll a giant snowball to gain entrance to it, and then I completed my 113th shrine. That seemed like a good stopping point, so here’s an updated look at my overall stats:

• Completion percentage: 43.42%
• Shrines: 113/120
• Korok seeds: 253/900
• Shrine quests: 37/42
• Side quests: 67/77
• Hyrule Compendium: 352/385

My progress has been slow, but I’m still having fun with the game. It’s just getting harder and harder to find new things. I think I will eventually buy the DLC for the game, but not just yet. I want to at least complete all of the shrines first.

I’ll see you next time. I’m hoping to post my next “Messing Around” video sometime in September.

In Gerudo Town of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, I had a chat with an archeologist named Rotana. She told me about a temple to the east, and a new shrine quest popped up on screen. But as soon as it appeared, more text appeared saying that the shrine quest was complete. This was a shrine I already opened up in entry #18. It makes me wonder how many of these others I’ve already solved, but just haven’t spoken to the right person yet.

Up on Gerudo Summit, I saw the dragon Farosh and shot at it. I recovered Farosh’s scale for hitting the beast with an arrow. I needed one of those to offer to the Spring of Courage, so I headed there right away.

Giving the offering opened up a shrine, and I also redeemed four spirit orbs for a stamina wheel while I was there.

There’s been one side quest (Recital at Warbler’s Nest) that I’ve wanted to complete for a long time, but I couldn’t because I didn’t know the recipe for salmon meunière. They probably told me the recipe at one point, but I could never find it again. It’s not in the recipe book at the Slippery Falcon, and nobody involved would give me the details.

But I was tired of waiting, so I just tried a couple of things until I made the right dish. I took it to the hungry bird, and the recital went on as planned. A new shrine popped up out of the ground as a result. I’m glad to finally get that one done with.

The next time I visited a goddess statue, I traded in four spirit orbs for a stamina vessel. This completed my third ring of stamina, which is the maximum. This will make it easier to climb just about any obstacle I come across. All of my remaining spirit orbs will have to go towards heart containers.

Near Gerudo Canyon, I caught a horse and took it to Zyle to complete a side quest. While I was in the area, I also rescued Sesami’s four friends for another side quest.

I soon stumbled onto the “Test of Will,” which had me beating the heat and outlasting three Goron Blood Brothers. That opened up another shrine.

On the shores on Lake Kolomo, I found a spot that looked like one of Princess Zelda’s photos. And sure enough, I found a glowing spot and recovered a memory there. Finally finding that memory gave me new motivation to find the remaining memories as well.

After searching a bit, I found another memory near the royal ancient lab ruins. That left only one photo, and it appeared to be near Hyrule Castle. So I headed to the Central Square area and started searching the walls. However, I found no memory. So I figured it must be inside the Hyrule Castle gate…in other words, the final area, where the map switches to the divine beast style map instead of the standard outdoor map. By the way, it’s very annoying that we can’t use the standard map here.

Of course, the area has lots of guardians. But I generally just ran past them as I explored. I found a number of new areas where I hadn’t been before, including some secret passageways and some mine carts.

I even found a Hylian shield in the lockup, and later I found Princess Zelda’s room…and I read her diary! 😛 After that, I found it…the glowing spot where I recalled the memory I needed.

I returned to Kakariko Village and told Impa that I’ve recalled all twelve memories. She basically said “not so fast.” There is one more to recover, and she showed me a picture of what to look for. She said I could get there in half a day’s time. So after thinking about it for a minute, I had a pretty good idea where it was.

I headed there right away, and caught a wild horse to help speed up my search. It didn’t take me long, though. I recovered the final memory. Without spoiling it too much, I’ll just say that it showed the events that led to Link being put in the Shrine of Resurrection in the first place. Well, now I know how I got there. 😛 And that completed the “Captured Memories” main quest.

While exploring a suspicious-looking spot on the map, I found the eighth heroine statue. So I took a picture I needed for a side quest.

I returned to Gerudo Town to show the picture to someone, and then I completed another side quest there as well. I gained entrance into the Gerudo Secret Club, where I bought a new outfit.

In another side quest, I captured and tamed the royal family’s white horse. Toffa rewarded me with the royal family’s saddle and bridle that Zelda once used herself. On her horse, I mean. Oh, and I got to keep the horse too. Pretty good deal.

I’ve made some good progress on quests this time. Here’s my current status:

Completion percentage: 42.01%
Shrines: 111/120
Korok seeds: 239/900
Shrine quests: 36/42
Side quests: 61/77
Hyrule Compendium: 352/385

See you next time!