Tears of the Kingdom

[digdugnate]

On 6/10/2023 at 1:52 AM, bradhig1 said:

Been hunting lightroots in the underworld. Beat a couple of those mazes you have to do on the ground first ,then in the air, and then underground.  I hate it when lightroof are up high.

 

I bought the headband from the woman at the bazar and I am still taking heat damage in the desert why?

because it only provides one 'measure' or 'bar' of heat-resistance.  if you want to be fully protected you're going to need to use heat-resistance foods or get the other Voe pieces in Gerudo Town.  (I think there's another heat-resistance set but I haven't gotten far enough into this zone to confirm without looking it up online)

[bradhig1]

6 hours ago, digdugnate said:

because it only provides one 'measure' or 'bar' of heat-resistance.  if you want to be fully protected you're going to need to use heat-resistance foods or get the other Voe pieces in Gerudo Town.  (I think there's another heat-resistance set but I haven't gotten far enough into this zone to confirm without looking it up online)

I found all 120 ightroots in the depths hoping it would light everything down there.  There are still small dark places around.

[bradhig1]

I can't beat gannondorf.  I lost most of my healing items to the stupid gannondorfs army or whatever it's called before you fight gannondorf. I can't dodge the spear and club attacks. Worse my character ends up crouching because of the stupidy of programming a joystick as a fire button instead of just a joystick. 

[RB5200]

Have been ready to fight Gannondorf for a little while now, but haven't tried yet. Have been working on all the other stuff. I guess now I'll have to try to see what they did.

On 6/11/2023 at 12:28 PM, bradhig1 said:

I found all 120 ightroots in the depths hoping it would light everything down there.  There are still small dark places around.

I love the depths, that's the best part of the game, for me anyway. 

[bradhig1]

I got a savage lynel bow and gibdo bones. Octorok gave it quickshot.  After gibdo bones ran out I used other high powered items until gannondorf turned into a dragon.  Then Zelda was wearing that blue and grey outfit which shows her wrinkled white skin.  yuck.

Edited June 15 by bradhig1

[Lord Helmet]

Finished it last weekend. Gannondorf took me about 10 tries and then I figured him out. Ended up only needing about half of the food I’d prepared to beat him. The third round I ended up getting super aggressive after other attempts at being careful were unsuccessful. Kicked his damn ass.

[Tempest]

I'm about to start this.  Is there a good guide to use for the main game?  I know it's open world and full of side quests and whatnot, I just want to make sure I'm not missing things as I go exploring on my own.

[+Sauron]

20 hours ago, Tempest said:

I'm about to start this.  Is there a good guide to use for the main game?  I know it's open world and full of side quests and whatnot, I just want to make sure I'm not missing things as I go exploring on my own.

There are tons of guides out there. The IGN one has been pretty good, but keep in mind that these walkthroughs only focus on the main story quest, which you can pretty much follow along without needing to use a guide. Personally, I think guides are more useful for things that are off the beaten path.

[digdugnate]

15 hours ago, Sauron said:

There are tons of guides out there. The IGN one has been pretty good, but keep in mind that these walkthroughs only focus on the main story quest, which you can pretty much follow along without needing to use a guide. Personally, I think guides are more useful for things that are off the beaten path.

 

I very much agree with this.   I ended up using the guides to hunt down armor sets and stuff or to give me a nudge along where I was stuck in a particular sidequest.

[Tempest]

I think I'm going to do what I did for BotW.  I have a guide for the main quest, but I found some interactive maps that show seed locations, shrines, and side quests.  I just look at the map to see what's in my current area and try and figure them out from there and look up a guide for the quest/shrine if I'm stuck.  I like to explore and leave the main quest stuff for last unless I need something from it to be able to complete a side quest or shrine.

 

One thing I'll say right now is that I HATE the building thing.  It's a cute idea but the controls are so fiddly it drives me nuts.  I don't want to sit there for 10 minutes trying to get a hook in the right spot so I can slide down a zip line.  It really needs to just allow me to select the parts and auto-build the contraption.  I'm also kind of annoyed that the cooking controls are still pretty poor.  Holding and dropping things next to a fire only for the item to roll away is annoying.

[digdugnate]

2 hours ago, Tempest said:

I think I'm going to do what I did for BotW.  I have a guide for the main quest, but I found some interactive maps that show seed locations, shrines, and side quests.  I just look at the map to see what's in my current area and try and figure them out from there and look up a guide for the quest/shrine if I'm stuck.  I like to explore and leave the main quest stuff for last unless I need something from it to be able to complete a side quest or shrine.

 

One thing I'll say right now is that I HATE the building thing.  It's a cute idea but the controls are so fiddly it drives me nuts.  I don't want to sit there for 10 minutes trying to get a hook in the right spot so I can slide down a zip line.  It really needs to just allow me to select the parts and auto-build the contraption.  I'm also kind of annoyed that the cooking controls are still pretty poor.  Holding and dropping things next to a fire only for the item to roll away is annoying.

 

I get it.  There is an 'auto-build' type thing later in the game, but I haven't gotten that far yet.   Kind of related, I also read there's actually a reward for helping Addison stand up ALL his signs!

[+Sauron]

9 hours ago, Tempest said:

I think I'm going to do what I did for BotW.  I have a guide for the main quest, but I found some interactive maps that show seed locations, shrines, and side quests.  I just look at the map to see what's in my current area and try and figure them out from there and look up a guide for the quest/shrine if I'm stuck.  I like to explore and leave the main quest stuff for last unless I need something from it to be able to complete a side quest or shrine.

 

One thing I'll say right now is that I HATE the building thing.  It's a cute idea but the controls are so fiddly it drives me nuts.  I don't want to sit there for 10 minutes trying to get a hook in the right spot so I can slide down a zip line.  It really needs to just allow me to select the parts and auto-build the contraption.  I'm also kind of annoyed that the cooking controls are still pretty poor.  Holding and dropping things next to a fire only for the item to roll away is annoying.

Someone already mentioned the autobuild, that'll come in quite handy later. Regarding cooking though, it's actually much easier than in BotW. Stand next to a lit cooking pot, go to your inventory and select the ingredients, and you'll have an option to drop them in the pot instead of having to aim for it. 

 

[bradhig1]

I maxed out my weapons slots and only have 20 and max 14 bows.  What a ripoff compared to BOTW.  I only need four more shield slots and it will max at 20 as well.

 

I found this map while looking for help on gamefaqs. 

https://www.zeldadungeon.net/tears-of-the-kingdom-interactive-map/?z=4&x=122&y=-362&l=Depths

Edited July 5 by bradhig1

[Tempest]

I've got 15 hearts, 2 full stamina wheels, the master sword, 15 weapon slots, 7 bow slots, and 6 shield slots and I haven't even touched the main quest line other than to get the glider and the sword.  My ADD combined with a map that shows where all the goodies are are a bad combination.

[digdugnate]

17 hours ago, Tempest said:

I've got 15 hearts, 2 full stamina wheels, the master sword, 15 weapon slots, 7 bow slots, and 6 shield slots and I haven't even touched the main quest line other than to get the glider and the sword.  My ADD combined with a map that shows where all the goodies are are a bad combination.

 

I feel this so much it's not even funny, lol.

[bradhig1]

2 hours ago, digdugnate said:

 

I feel this so much it's not even funny, lol.

I had ADHD at one time and know how you feel.

[+Sauron]

On 7/5/2023 at 3:50 PM, Tempest said:

I've got 15 hearts, 2 full stamina wheels, the master sword, 15 weapon slots, 7 bow slots, and 6 shield slots and I haven't even touched the main quest line other than to get the glider and the sword.  My ADD combined with a map that shows where all the goodies are are a bad combination.

I'm at 35 hearts, 3 full stamina wheels, and haven't counted my bow or shield slots but definitely more than you listed. I'm on the fifth sage quest but right now all I'm doing is farming lizalfos tails for upgrading some armor sets. It's like this game doesn't want to let you finish, there's always something more to do.

 

[Tempest]

8 hours ago, Sauron said:

I'm at 35 hearts, 3 full stamina wheels, and haven't counted my bow or shield slots but definitely more than you listed. I'm on the fifth sage quest but right now all I'm doing is farming lizalfos tails for upgrading some armor sets. It's like this game doesn't want to let you finish, there's always something more to do.

 

Yeah I've been upgrading my armor here and there, but I need to go unlock more fairies to do that.  Of course after I unlocked the first one that started the newspaper quest which is like 15 different quests which is what I'm doing now.  After that I plan on hunting down some more specialty armor.

 

Does the funky armor like CeCe's hat do anything or can you sell it?  It looks dumb and doesn't seem to have any special properties but it's worth a bunch.  Seems like it's just a collectable or something.

[+Sauron]

4 hours ago, Tempest said:

Yeah I've been upgrading my armor here and there, but I need to go unlock more fairies to do that.  Of course after I unlocked the first one that started the newspaper quest which is like 15 different quests which is what I'm doing now.  After that I plan on hunting down some more specialty armor.

 

Does the funky armor like CeCe's hat do anything or can you sell it?  It looks dumb and doesn't seem to have any special properties but it's worth a bunch.  Seems like it's just a collectable or something.

There's no practical purpose to it, as it provides no combat benefits. There's a few other pieces of armor here and there that are like that as well, as well as quite a few armor sets that have high upgrade costs while providing minimal benefits (namely the ones based on prior Zelda games). Certain armor sets, on the other hand, can give you huge advantages in certain situations. Upgrading these sets to max is worth the time and effort spent to do so as well, especially up to four stars as the armor increase from 3 to 4 stars on some sets is pretty big.

 

[Tempest]

I just did all three labyrinths and got some 'Evil Armor' set which to be honest is pretty stupid.  Not only were the labyrinths a huge pain but armor with stealth on it is worthless to me.  The few times I needed stealth I just used a potion.  I've been living in my Phantom armor but it's not upgradeable so I'm going to need to find something to replace it soon as constructs and phantom gannons hit really hard.

[+Sauron]

6 hours ago, Tempest said:

I just did all three labyrinths and got some 'Evil Armor' set which to be honest is pretty stupid.  Not only were the labyrinths a huge pain but armor with stealth on it is worthless to me.  The few times I needed stealth I just used a potion.  I've been living in my Phantom armor but it's not upgradeable so I'm going to need to find something to replace it soon as constructs and phantom gannons hit really hard.

Fully upgraded Hylian armor is usually good enough for me, and what's more, it's not a pain to upgrade as long as you're not selling off all of the required items. You don't get any special status effects with it, but it's armor rating is pretty good.

 

[bradhig1]

game got patched up to 1.2.0 and a lot of dupe glitches got removed.

[glazball]

Been enjoying this game also, and I considered using a map/guide to help point out things.  But imo, that goes against the spirit of Zelda games (and I've been a fan since the very first).  I find it more rewarding to explore, finding and figuring out what I can.

 

One thing that I still cannot stand is breakable weapons.  It is just so un-Zelda to me.  I've gotten used to it - I guess BotW broke me down - but I still hate it.

[Tempest]

51 minutes ago, glazball said:

Been enjoying this game also, and I considered using a map/guide to help point out things.  But imo, that goes against the spirit of Zelda games (and I've been a fan since the very first).  I find it more rewarding to explore, finding and figuring out what I can.

 

One thing that I still cannot stand is breakable weapons.  It is just so un-Zelda to me.  I've gotten used to it - I guess BotW broke me down - but I still hate it.

I just wish everything wasn't 'corroded' so the durability is even worse than it was in BotW.  I know you get better weapons underground but it's still a pain.

 

I'm just the opposite actually. I'm having a blast looking at the map and seeing where things are and trying to figure out how to get there and how to get them.  My biggest gripe so far is that I don't have a map for the underground (I guess you get that later with the light roots or something) so I avoid it like the plague and that it's super hard to explore the sky because janky sky contraptions don't work so well.  I think I get a wind power later that helps with that, but for right now it's too big of a pain to really bother with.

 

Actually I have another complaint.  The save system is kind of strange.  If you save and restore in a shrine you start over.  Ok I can see that, no cheesing the shrine challenges.  But it also does something similar if you've built a contraption.  There have been times when I've painstakingly built some sort of flying machine, saved my game, crashed said machine, restored my game only to find out that all the parts were disconnected again.  I'm guessing it's some sort of memory limitation or something like that, but it really takes me out of the game given how fiddly it is to build these things in the first place (I don't have the auto build yet).

[+Sauron]

8 hours ago, Tempest said:

I just wish everything wasn't 'corroded' so the durability is even worse than it was in BotW.  I know you get better weapons underground but it's still a pain.

 

I'm just the opposite actually. I'm having a blast looking at the map and seeing where things are and trying to figure out how to get there and how to get them.  My biggest gripe so far is that I don't have a map for the underground (I guess you get that later with the light roots or something) so I avoid it like the plague and that it's super hard to explore the sky because janky sky contraptions don't work so well.  I think I get a wind power later that helps with that, but for right now it's too big of a pain to really bother with.

 

Actually I have another complaint.  The save system is kind of strange.  If you save and restore in a shrine you start over.  Ok I can see that, no cheesing the shrine challenges.  But it also does something similar if you've built a contraption.  There have been times when I've painstakingly built some sort of flying machine, saved my game, crashed said machine, restored my game only to find out that all the parts were disconnected again.  I'm guessing it's some sort of memory limitation or something like that, but it really takes me out of the game given how fiddly it is to build these things in the first place (I don't have the auto build yet).

You haven't done much exploring of the underground? You should, you're missing out on a LOT, especially when it comes to mining zonaite. If you're map isn't appearing in the underground, make sure you've gone through the initial underground exploring quest. Also make sure you're activating every lightroot that you come across. It really is a pain to explore at first, but once you get the hang of it and start activating more and more lightroots, it'll get easier. On top of that, mining zonaite and exchanging zonaite for crystallized charges will add battery power, which in turn will make exploring with vehicles much easier. That will help A LOT with the sky islands, which are tons of fun. Of course, to get to many of them you don't even need any vehicles, just jumping from sky towers will get you to most places that you need to go.

 

Oh, and regarding disassembled parts, you should be able to easily rebuild anything that disassembled via the autobuild ability.