Topic: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

@MarioBrickLayer
16 cells. 8 cells green, then 8 cells blue.

@JaxonH Wow! I think technically it's 8 batteries x 3 cells x 2 (blue + green) so 48 cells?

48 cells = 4,800 Crystallized Charges

3 Zonite = 1 Charge
OR
3 Large Zonite = 20 Charges (1 Large Crystalized Charge)

So, to max out the battery, you need 14,400 Zonite or 720 Large Zonite. I'm estimating the Large Zonite drop rate to be 5%, so roughly you'll need to break rocks until you have collected 7,500 pieces of Zonite, which I estimate will be 7,125 normal and 375 large, that will give you 4,875 Crystallized Charges...

EDIT...
I forgot to deduct the one battery ( 3 cells) you get at the start of the game from this and I can't be bothered doing the maths again!

1) I didn't mind in the botw, but after 50+ hours in totk, I'm now I'm getting really, really tired of shattering bows, swords, shields. Which is really saying something, since I've used the duplication glitch. I never complained about it in botw because it was tolerable with with infinite bombs, but that crutch is gone. I'm tired of wasting weapons on constant breakable walls in caves, and breaking ore deposits. At least in botw, I could take care of those with the bombs rune. It was messy, but at least it was reliable. I think there's enough to do in totk without shatterweapons of the kingdom busting after 20 shots. They better not patch out the duplication glitches.(obviously, i have auto-game-updates disabled in settings, but I shouldn't have to) Actually, I think botw had the better balance because of the bombs rune. They weren't great, but it was something.

2) Where the heck are Warm Safflina flowers? I thought they were in the arid southwest of the map, and I haven't found a single one. What is going on? (need it to upgrade armor. forgot which armor it was over night)

3) I'm psyched I have the full glide suit<3

@WoomyNNYes Try defeating a Flux Construct and then fuse the Flux Construct Core to a weapon, I found it really increases durability.

With the Ore deposits, I have been going after all the little enemy camps around the central area (north of the central mine) there are loads of them and I'm constantly overloaded with weapons I can use for mining, make sure you fuse the right type of rock, I've found the sharp edge rocks which turn a weapon into an axe don't last long when mining Zonite.

What's the glide suit?!

@WoomyNNYes I’m pretty sure completing the fire temple will give you access to a sage who can help you break walls (I forget his name)

@MarioBrickLayer
Those are "wells", not cells.

A cell contains 3 wells. So 8 battery cells = 24 individual wells. 16 battery cells = 48 individual battery wells. But yes, you're right, and your math looks right too.

It's a slow, steady process. I tend to upgrade 1 battery well each blood moon when the abandoned mine restocks. Over time, it adds up. I just hit 5 full battery cells (15 wells).

@WoomyNNYes
Be careful what you wish for. I made an infinite master sword fused with a black moblin horn that never breaks. And it's robbed me of a lot of the excitement that comes from finding weapons in chests and off enemies. Because who cares about those, I have an unbreakable weapon. It seems like something you want, until you get it and realize it's not what you actually wanted.

I might drop the unbreakable master sword soon. It's definitely come in handy for cave rocks, but it's really put a damper on the excitement of accruing better weapons and fusing.

....So what's the deal with Gibdo in this game? In the past they were always mummies, but here they're....zombie bugs? lol

@Joeynator3000 they opened their bandage cocoon and came out as beautiful butterflies.

@Eel .....Moths, but whatever. lol

@Joeynator3000
It’s evolution at work.

How are people tracking the Light Dragon after getting the master sword? I need scales.

Edit: doing the Deku Tree quest permanently lowers the altitude she flies. After that just use skyview towers to find her.

needs 15 logs, grabs a board and spawns a wheel

....OMG screw this, I don't have the patience to build a wagon!
grabs 15 logs and attaches them together and carries them with the ultrahand instead

@Joeynator3000
That's exactly what I did too.

We ain't got no time for that nonsense!

@MarioBrickLayer What's a glide suit, you say?😉 It's a wing suit that gives you the ability to steer Link's freefall, so you can travel farther distances. There are three ring shaped sky island chains. Each of them have a freefall challenge where you have to steer through glowing rings. There's a steward construct at the bottom of these ring sky island chains. First, the construct gives you a practice run. After that, the construct mentions a "ceremony" in which you try to do it again in under 30 seconds. It only takes 1-3 tries to get under 30 seconds. Upon beating that time, the steward construct gives you a piece of the glide suit. IGN has a brief video for it. There's one part where they say link needs to fly a zonai airship to get to one island, but don't worry, you don't have to build the airship, it's an in-game airship that's sitting on an island begging to be taken. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyTCy9uHMFk

@Joeynator3000 lol I did that too. I did cut grass to get the rice though. I kind of tossed the logs at Bolson. He was not pleased.

Still sort of hated it, since all the sand in the air made everything look sort of washed out, and even finding it was a pain, but the Lightning Temple definitely felt like a much more traditional Zelda dungeon. Down to and including an enormous, threatening boss.

Welp, just got a bit spoiled for the Ganon boss... Thanks YT!

Beat Lightning Temple then beat maze in Gerudo, then beat the sky labyrinth above it, then beat the Depths challenge beneath it, went on to explore a HUGE chunk of the depths, upgraded battery another 3 times (up to 19 energy wells), then hit the sky and explored a massive portion in the southwestern part of the map, including giant orb like a death star, much bigger than the other one I found. Even found 2 Fairies. Oh, and got another piece of the miner armor set (1 more to go!) and another Sages Will (2 more to go!).

Massive progress today. Love it.

Yeah, Lightning Temple is my favorite, at least the Wind Temple reminded me of Skyward Sword's dungeon, so, there's that, lol

A quest in 30 seconds:

Edit: huh is it not embedding? That’s odd

Edit: I found a Neapolitan Gleeok and that’s a horrifying sight. And also found out a cool detail about the divine beast masks