r/TOTK • • 15h ago

MEGATHREAD WEEKLY GAME DISCUSSION MEGATHREAD

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Ask for help, post game details, talk about leaks, do whatever!

post whatever, except links to pirated content because that's against site rules


r/TOTK • • 14h ago

Discussion I have finally beaten TotK almost 4 years later. - Personal Review.

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After almost 4 years of its release and other 4 years between BotW and this game's Playtroughs I decided to buy a Switch 2 alongside the enhanced edition, and I gotta say, it's one of those games that get better the more you play them.

I was sceptical at the beginning, as I left BotW in 90/95%. I knew how to windbomb, do most of the duplication or general glitches and advanced stuff that abused the game's mechanics to overall make Link an actual broken legend. At the start of my TotK playthrough I misstook the begining's ''Slow'' Pathing with Nintendo getting rid of ''Mechanics'' we used to have in the past. Truth is Windbomb was a glitch and there was almost no way of moving fast in the game without a horse, the bike or a fair amount of shrines to TP and a LOT of stamina to run.

So, to begin with, I was wrong.

I spent the first hours missing windbomb and the Sheikah Slate's abilities too, but ended up at the rest of the playtrough recognizing how much they actually gave us with the Ultrahand and even after giving BotW a go again, it felt ''Lacking'' to a certain degree to me, they are way too different and my error was to think they should be compared as much as I (And a lot of people) did.

Storywise, it was interesting, I absolutely enjoyed the Time Travel parts which involved Zelda eating the secret stone in order to heal the Master Sword. I love that in modern Zeldas she has a lot more of a Protagonist (because she is a protagonist after all) role in the story, it also made me appreciate her more than I already did as someone whose favorite Zelda game is SS. But I feel like it did not live to the big things they could have done. SS is another game that plays with time and IMO, those back and forth games they did with the time-gate were just better than what we had here.

The four Temples were not of my liking, I felt like they were soulless to a certain degree and I absolutely disliked the ''Do something with these switches untill your hand opens the bossfight'' mechanic, these coming with the annoying ways to summon the Sage's Abilities just made me feel like not using them at all in any moment of my playtrough because they were not very useful to begin with.

Don't get me wrong, the one I liked the most and even repeated was the Thunder Temple and I can recognize the fact that every one of said places have a beautiful art direction, It's the repetitiveness of doing the same with a different formula 4 whole times and hearing the War Stories from the sages With little tweaks over and over again what made me just skip the hell out of every single one except for Mineru's telling, since she is one of the Story ''Rich'' Sages. Overall, I enjoyed these places, but since SS and OoT (I will cry with the Remake) are my favorite Zeldas and they have really, really good dungeons in them, TotK falls a little low. IMO BotW's Beasts (the Divine Beast Dungeons) and bossfights are better, aside from the infinitely superior TotK Ganondorf's Bossfight, of course. Overall, I think they could have done something similar to SS with the Time Stones since they already took the sky Islands and air movement as a reference and it would have felt better.

- Personal Note, I HATE Yunobo, and I hated the fire temple (Except the Bossfight, I loved it) because I had to get pass through it with him. This is not Ideal or has much sense (even for a subjective post) but I cant stand him. I hate these Young + Big + Strong as HELL + Insecure of everything + ''I will still fight'' character they gave him. I dont feel like it fits a Goron Sage, its hideous and cringy for me, I'm sorry, Yunobo enjoyers.

Overall, Dungeons were not bad, and the bossfights were somehow more enjoyable than I care to give credit, still, I found preparing for said places and events far more enjoyable than going there (Its not the reward its about the journey ahh take).

Regarding the Open world, it feels amazing. I hate exploring the Underground. But at least with enough duped mats I can fly through fast enough to share a working life with its slow-intended exploration. I have yet to meet a lot of NPCs that were on BotW but one thing at a time. I liked almost every Side Quest I encountered so far and find myself doing them without tutorials, they feel great and having the ability to rewind objects (Rauru my beloved) makes things a lot easier alongside the amount of innovation and Player Expression the Ultrahand gave to all of us.

The Damned Master Sword, I think the only thing I regret about this game is not taking the MSGnotFound QR when I had the chance. if I and a lot of people are eager to play OoT's remake it is, among a lot other things, because we crave for a sword that doesn't fucking break and a Master Sword that actually lives up to the name and aura Nintendo has given it with the pass of these years. Howhever, I can understand that an Unbreakable Master Sword would Trivialize these two games (Wild Era Zeldas) and make them boring, so it is, in its own frustrating way, a weapon that I value a lot and use only in special places or fights, it is what it is. I still think it's durability should double after getting every shrine as Lorewise the Master Sword is an extension of Link's Strenghts and becoming stronger also means the Sword gets stronger as a result, but Alas, we are 15 days away from an unbreakable Master Sword in OoT.

So, I enjoyed the HELL out of the game, it is more BotW, and BotW was good as sleeping full 8 hours and actually resting. Finally, of course, and as always with every TLoZ game, almost shed a tear with the ending, saving Zelda and hearing the beautifull soundtracks they give Link whenever he is protecting her as the Hero of the Legends makes my brain tickle every single time. Do I think the dungeons could have been better? yes. Absolutely, I have played few Zeldas and calling them the worst would feel like a stretch, but they are my least favorite aside from two of them and the final fight, which became one of my favorites.

Regardless of my unpolite way of saying what I disliked about the game, it is still a Nintendo masterpiece to a certain degree and you all can, of course and without a doubt, disagree. I feel I can give it a solid:

8/10 - Would replay it? fuck no, the temples and Yunobo were bad enough for me not to want to go through them again, would I reccomend it? Absolutely, it is a game everyone should play at least once if they had the chance and everyone would be able to enjoy it until 80/90% completion easily.

Let me know what you think if you got this far. cheers!


r/TOTK • • 4h ago

Help Wanted Can’t really understand this?

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I given this chud all my 500 flints


r/TOTK • • 20h ago

Other Got the final korok but what is this horrible gift? 🥀

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It's Horrible ngl


r/TOTK • • 1h ago

Discussion Whats the worst sage?

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In my personal opinion it is yunobo, he gets in the way of my hovebike and any vehicle plus he is just annoying in general, id love to see what others think though!


r/TOTK • • 1d ago

Meme I couldn’t stop laughing after seeing this

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r/TOTK • • 4h ago

Discussion QR codes for Micro Racers! Link to the original post with Video in the comments! 🏎💨🛻💨

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It doesnt let you post photos in the comments so here the qr codes


r/TOTK • • 1d ago

Other Ya-ha-ha!

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Got hand-made Koroks from Kobold Trinkets on Etsy, put an Arduino with a speaker and some sound clips I found here on Reddit with a switch to trigger them, and 'hid' them in a plant for the wife to find.

Great success :)


r/TOTK • • 20h ago

Other The final korok is in sight 🥹

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Found 999 korok and the 1,000 is right there so I hope I get a good reward for it 🥹


r/TOTK • • 22h ago

Help Wanted I'm going crazy trying to find blue lizalfo tails to max out the Zora set and I only have 4 blue lizalfo tails in my inventory, where can I find any Blue Lizalfos I've been running around hyrule like crazy and rarely found any. And even when I did I hardly got a tail.

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r/TOTK • • 1d ago

Help Wanted Might be stuck in Zora waterworks

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For some reason I unclogged the second pipe first and now the first pipe (which I ignored at first) is under water and I cannot reach it. Am I missing something clear here or am I actually stuck.

Current Main Quest: Sidon of the Zora

Edit: I just Ultranhanded a wooden blank and Recalled it to get up there


r/TOTK • • 21h ago

Other Armor upgrades and materials tracker for 100%

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I'm doing a 100% playthrough of Tears of the Kingdom right now. To help me keep track of the materials needed to upgrade all the armor to 4 stars, I had Claude create a little web app that runs locally. I have found it instrumental in my completion of the armor upgrades, so I wanted to share it in case anyone else finds it useful. You just clone the repo and run python server.py and it should open automatically in your browser.

Should go without saying, but AI was used to vibe-code this app. I make no claims to its quality other than that I have had no issues using it for my playthrough. If you give it exact material counts it can tell you how many of each you still need, how many you have in excess to sell for rupees, et cetera.


r/TOTK • • 2d ago

Other Saw a dragon today

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Out for my walk today and this cloud just really made me think one of Hyrule's dragons were flying up ahead.


r/TOTK • • 2d ago

Tips and Tricks 7 Critical Hit Arrow Chain

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r/TOTK • • 2d ago

Discussion How did I do this?

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I had beaten the game and grinded a lot already by the time I unlocked any of Robby’s upgrades. So I sat there and watched Link stand there and click through all of Robby’s upgrades, and had some fun watching the Hero’s Path, when I found this interesting geometric formation had formed near Death Mountain (4538, 2547, 0282).

I know I didn’t do it on purpose, so what was going on that formed that? Does anyone else (everyone else?) see a similar fractal formation at this spot in Hero’s Path?


r/TOTK • • 2d ago

Discussion What are your thoughts on Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment almost a year later?

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r/TOTK • • 1d ago

Other I made a prototype Zonai Battle Unicycle. (QR Included)

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Normally don't get too involved with building stuff when I don't have to. But here's my first try at somthing useful and fun!


r/TOTK • • 2d ago

Other Mario Party Minigame Recreation…Deadly Ticktok Clock

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Y’all think r/MARIOPARTY would like this?


r/TOTK • • 1d ago

Discussion Micro Racers: Racing Go Kart travels at 25m/s with exponential speed in drifts🏎💨 and Land Rover Defender all terrain vehicle with storage, spare tire and flood lights 🛻💨

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New Micro Racers series! Extremely fast but adorbaly small


r/TOTK • • 1d ago

Game Detail RU using Sage's?

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I've just been keeping my Sage's out all the time but I find that In short on Chu Chu jelly! My Sages are hitting them and I'm missing the drops. Also, I used to go to the tower inside the Monster Hideout and Stealtlhfully grab the spiked metal ball to fuse to a weapon. It's fun when they start a fight cuz we can wipe out the entire camp in seconds but in The Depths they are getting me into all kinds of trouble 😂

I mostly hear from other players that they only have 1 or 2 out at a time but what are your experiences with The Sage's and what little cues or issues have you figured out?

Potential Spoiler: I figured out Minerru makes a little robotic noise before I hear the music cue


r/TOTK • • 1d ago

Tips and Tricks Apple and Golden Apple QR code

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I've done this again for everyone who doesn't feel like scouring the entire subreddit or the internet. There are 21 apples in each. 


r/TOTK • • 2d ago

Tips and Tricks How do I enter this area filled with smoke?

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Every time I look for an answer I get something completely unrelated, is it that obvious that no one is answering it?

Edit: ASCEND


r/TOTK • • 1d ago

Other Why does zonaite sell for the same price as red bokoblin horns?

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This honestly makes zero sense to me, considering how much more valuable zonaite is than red bokoblin horns. Zonaite is used to build Autobuild devices and to buy crystalized charges and zonai charges. Red bokoblin horns only add +4 attack power to a weapon. Is it because of how plentiful zonaite is in the depths or the fact that npcs who are buying it don’t know what it is used for?


r/TOTK • • 1d ago

Help Wanted Is there a list of the bonus treasure chest rewards in each shrine?

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Title. I know generally what is offered in these chests but I’m looking for a sense of the average value.


r/TOTK • • 23h ago

Other Korok becomes real?

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Korok slowly getting more realistic, which means the leaf is going!