Topic: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

@Nicolaison I don't get it. How can the Zora have a historical document about Ruto helping the hero, if in the child timeline which this game is supposedly in, that never actually happened? Unless there's some quest involving her not explored in the game.

I'll say it again; Nintendo doesn't care at all about the timeline. It's already a big mess with plenty of loopholes. It was only an excuse to sell you Hyrule Historia

Hey, gang! Forgive me if my question has already been addressed here........

I'm seriously contemplating starting BotW over just so I can scan in and register Epona (via Smash Link amiibo).

I was one of the many who scanned in Epona while still stuck on the Great Plateau. I had no idea about stables and such at the time....figured I could just scan the Link amiibo again and get Epona again.

My question is - does Epona respawn ever? Or do I need to go back to the Great Plateau and search for her? (no clue where I left her. even if i did find her, i have no way of getting her to a stable from the great plat).

I've scanned my Smash Link amiibo once a day for the last month and all I get are items and a treasure chest. I NEED EPONA!!! I've read that you can get Epona in the game w/o scanning the amiibo. I've also read that there are horses better than her.

Thanks!~

@Tsurii At the end of OOT, Link is sent back to just before he met young Zelda, long before getting involved with the Gorons or the Zora. He proceeds to spill the beans about Ganondorf's plans, getting him sentenced for execution (setting up Twilight Princess), while Link gallivants off to Termina (Majora's Mask). Maybe he did something with them off-screen, but it hardly seems something that would be remembered in history.

@bezerker99 Is Epona really stuck up there? That seems like a major oversight.

At any rate, if you're having trouble finding her, you should see a horse icon where you left her on the map.

@bezerker99 Had the same issue, however you will be glad to know that you infact get her again if you didn't register her at a stable, just keep scanning the amiibo or cheat by saving your game, scan, if you don't get her, load the file and scan again until you get her.

also she is amiibo exclusive, check this helpful chart out http://imgur.com/a/QWNvr

I also messed up and scanned Epona in to the game on a mountain shrine. That was about a month ago and I have never had Epona show up while scanning again.

By the way, I don't really understand the bloodmoons. At first I was very afraid because I thought lots of very hard enemies where going to get me. But none of that, the bloodmoon seems to vanish a second after it appeared. What's up with that?!

@Tsurii,

Thanks for the answer! So that means that if I go back to a old hideout (where I killed the enemies), they will be replaced by harder ones? Luckily I didn't kill that many enemies so far. Yes, I know that sounds a bit pathetic since the fighting is fun. The thing is I mostly run away from them because of the breakable weapons. I might get them later though!

I've yet to figure out what triggers the blood moon itself though. There was a time a while back where I'd get one every 6 hours (game hours) even during daytime.

Happened to me a few days ago again. 12:35 game time, boom, link, watch out...

I've gone through farming stone talusses and marking their positions to farm them again after a blood moon. I've got a lot of cash now and stones to back it all up.

@erv killing monsters make it trigger. The more you kill, the more the chance

@erv
From what I've read online, it seems to be a way to lessen the burden of how many things the game has to keep track of. I.e. the game doesn't need to remember which chests have been opened and which packs of enemies have been killed infinitely. Therefore just going around doing stuff that changes the game world makes the blood moon appear quicker.

I'm assuming the game is keeping track of sone kind of internal memory, and schedules a bloodmoon when things get too full.

In what hopefully will be my lowest point of this otherwise amazing game, I had to go through a forced stealth section yesterday.

It sucked bad and in the end I screwed up and had to fight 5 extremely overpowered enemies. Using a method that made me feel like I was in the Benny Hill show.

I like Nintendo's development team, but I'd have no qualms gut punching whoever thought up this wretched segment.

@FX102A Was that the section that rhymes with "meagre chase"? It's funny, I've read people saying it was one of their favourite parts of the game, and I really liked it personally. Definitely helps having the Sheikah Stealth Suit though. I dread to think what it would be like without it.

I'm trying to get a Dragon Scale, i think he's called Farosh ( he's the one up near the Lakes ) but i'm not having much luck. Do i use regular arrows or one of the others such as the shock arrows & do i need to aim at his head or body? Thanks

@Nicolaison I checked around on the internet and apparently I'm not the only one with this conundrum. Several others have reported having Epona stuck on The Great Plateau. I will check and see if the horse icon is still on my map.

@Undead_terror Thanks for the handy info-graphic! Very helpful, indeed, undeady~ I will keep trying to rescan her in. I'll keep you updated lol

@Jen10:

For Farosh (the thunder dragon) it's best to wait for him in the morning at the topmost waterfall/lake (Riola Spring) in the Phirone region. There's a shrine (Shoda Sah Shrine) directly behind the waterfall / underneath the lake where the dragon spawns for easy fast-travel.

Teleport to that shrine, swim up the waterfall (with Zora suit), then use wood and fire (under a tree if it's raining) to wait till morning. The dragon will emerge instantly from the center of the Riola Spring, and then will fly down the waterfall. Use normal arrows, don't waste any other arrows. As the dragon is flying down the waterfall it's easiest to aim at his horn, tooth, claw, or scale. If you mess up, go back to your campfire and sleep till morning to get another chance to get one item from the dragon. This dragon is easier to farm with wearing the Rubber Armor set as it makes you invulnerable to electricity.

@SKTTR thanks so much for the info, i'll give it a try

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