Topic: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

@Diddy64 Oh ok haha I was like uhhh kinda surprised you don't know that

@Dezzy I know right? I have a same feeling for a linear game. More specifically, the Torvus Bog area of Metroid Prime 2 which, after restoring it, stops raining.

@FroZtedFlakerZz It's alright 😊

Good evening - just a little update for anyone interested

I have progressed a bit. I’ve been to Kakariko village, to Hateno and am now headed to the Lanyrau (sp?) tower on my way to Zara’s domain. I’ve just complete Hala Tuss shrine. That was the first one I needed some help with. I was quite proud that I did the other shrines on my own

@norwichred The girl at the Hateno Tech Lab is where you can maximize your bombs. Maxxed out bombs recharge quicker and deal more damage. So, I recommend making sure you max them out. Having maxed out bombs makes it easier to tolerate weapons-breaking.

Yeah, going to Zora domain is cool (it will be raining there, it's part of the plot). Have fun.

As a little update let’s just say no rain and blue skies in Zora’s Domain now

I'm really glad there is an option to fill out our compendium with monies as I can't be bothered trying to photograph everything (and realised how the mechanic much too late in to the game; I only just recently learned that I can SCAN for ANYTHING! D'oh!).

I have been making heaps of mushroom/meat skewers and cooked apples as they yield more money than selling them raw (and I had heaps thanks to amiibo).

@norwichred Nice. Excellent. Good job! It's such a cool game<3

@Silly_G Yeah, scanning for hearty raddish is where it's at

I’ve been trying to beat water bight Ganon for nearly a week with no luck. I have four hearts only a few shock arrows left over, and a few normal arrows.

I presume I can leave him and come back later. Is this recommended? What’s the best way to get more hearts and stamina? I know the angel things (like the one in temple of time) give more for the things you collect from shrines. Should I warp back to temple of time to exchange some for more hearts? Maybe get better weapons? What’s my best course of action now?

Yeah you can exit and return with more hearts and better equipment if you feel like doing that.

And yes, you need the orbs from the shrines to get more hearts and stamina.

@norwichred Just adding to what Eel said, in BOTW, you can actually make Link over-powered with armor upgrades and hearts. So, don't worry too much about the difficulty. The numer of times you can upgrade your armor depends on how many fairy fountains you've found, which there are four.

So yeah, you can find & beat more shrines for more hearts (or stamina).

How many fairy fountains have you found?

@norwichred Have you tried cooking one Hearty Radish? They can temporarilty add an extra 3 or 4 hearts to your maximum hearts. If you take a picture of a hearty radish, you can set your sheika slate locator to find them.

@Rambler Yeah, that's how it works. If you you've found 2 fairy fountains, you can upgrade your armor twice at any of hte fairy foutains. If find 3 fountains, you can upgrade your armor 3 times at any of the fountains. But, the fairy will require materials for the upgrades. Some materials are harder to come by. LIke Hinox guts, or ice bat eyes, dragon parts, Lynel parts... haha Lynels, those scary rascals You probably know that materieals are required, but I mentioned it in case @norwichred didn't know yet.

Each upgrade adds a star next to your piece of armor so you can see how many times you've upgraded. Armor maxes out at four stars.

I've played in excess of 200hrs (don't know the actual figure because my activity log is broken - stuck on 170hrs for a long time) and still haven't found all the fairy fountains (no spoilers please and thank you). There's still so much I can do in this game, as and when I find the time.

@gcunit I bet you're missing the one with pink hair.

Yeah, I think I cheated to find the last one or two fair fountains. Cheated=internet. But even doing that, it's still a bit of work to gather the materials to fully upgrade the armor.

@Rambler It's such a well designed game. I Wonder who's idea it was to make the fairies so comically attracted to Link. I would have liked to see that pitch in the design process. It's such a crazy/amusing idea.

@WoomyNNYes Hyrule Warriors started that

The Wind Waker also had the Fairy Queen stating Link was her type.

@Eel Ah, I didn't know that. It's been too long for me to rememer Wind Waker. Now that I think about it, the game is Japanese, and they've been known to sexualize females like that. So, I guess it's not that suprising.

@WoomyNNYes thankfully it's only Japan which sexually objectified women, the rest of the world is too woke for that.

@jump Oh my god. So true. ;D