Good to know. I actually might use those for some stamina containers. I used the horny statue to convert all of my stamina into health for the Sword/Thunder, but now I am just adventuring around the map that first stamina ring just isn’t enough, I am really having to rely on the Gale ability which is cool as I didn’t think I’d make much use of it but the cooldown is loooong. I might give up maybe three or four hearts for a bit more stamina.
I am really confused by the stealth Korok trial, what am I meant to do on this? I snuck up to him up to the shrine and he just stood and danced outside, so I went into the Shrine and completed it. I then walked into the mist to get me back to the entrance straight away as it’s really hard to see the forest in handheld but when I got there it said I failed the trial? I’ve completed the shrine so what is left to do?
@Pizzamorg you need to talk to the korok once he stops walking at the shrine to complete it.
Since you went into the mist, you technically got "lost" before finishing the quest.
Balls, that went against what it was asking me to do. I thought I had to sneak into the shrine so that's what I did. I didn't even think to talk to them. I wish they made that clear now I've gotta do it all over again even though I've done it once
@Pizzamorg haha well technically your mission is making sure the little Korok makes it to the shrine without him noticing you're protecting him.
Yeah it's a bit counterintuitive making you talk to him at the end. But that dialogue is what confirms he passed the trial.
Since you already have the shrine and if you don't mind leaving that particular mission incomplete, you could technically just go on and ignore it. Then again, who knows, maybe the korok is still there if you teleport to the shrine?
@Pizzamorg haha well technically your mission is making sure the little Korok makes it to the shrine without him noticing you're protecting him.
Yeah it's a bit counterintuitive making you talk to him at the end. But that dialogue is what confirms he passed the trial.
Since you already have the shrine and if you don't mind leaving that particular mission incomplete, you could technically just go on and ignore it. Then again, who knows, maybe the korok is still there if you teleport to the shrine?
Is there anything I miss out on if I leave this?
And I tried teleporting to the shrine but it must have reset when I went into the mist and the autosave doesn’t work either.
So I went back and did the stealth trial again and then cleared the weirdly easy final trial and got a PB of like a minute and something on the extra go. I probably would have been quicker but Gale wasn’t charged.
I have now cleared all the side missions in my log that I could figure out and all the shrine questions in my log I could figure out. I think I have one more tower to find to finish the map and then it appears I am done. However, I have only played for about 40/45 hours and I hear people play for hundreds of hours before facing Ganon. Is that just because they are a completionist, or is there like a list of things you should do before heading to the castle? I trust your guys advice as I don’t think I would have ever beat Thunder without the advice here.
@Pizzamorg I only have hundreds of hours because I've replayed the game, replayed the beginning serveral times unlocking the map. I also kept playing for a long time after beating ganon. I could have beat the game in 50-60 hours, I think, but it's such a fun world, and I wanted to max out armor. I was in no rush. I think I beat ganon at 80-ish hours.
After the game, there's still stuff to do, things to find, plus the Champions Ballad dlc. I've loaded the game up just to go hunt guardian stalkers around hyrule field/castle, practicing perfect-parrying them, or farming ancient parts.
@Pizzamorg well yeah, though most people seem to agree that beating Ganon is a bit of an empty victory. Most of the fun of the game comes from exploring and finding stuff, and the final battle is almost too easy.
By the way I’d recommend hunting down the memories first since that’s kinda “the good ending”
I've racked up about 400 hours across seven playthroughs myself but I've never got all the Korok seeds, just enough to get all the weapon slots and only that in one of them. Going back to do all the shrines and quests and after the final boss fight is well worth it though.
Anyway, before you do the final boss fight, be sure to have a good look around the castle. It's one of the best areas in games and full of little secrets including some unique equipment.
Anyway, before you do the final boss fight, be sure to have a good look around the castle. It's one of the best areas in games and full of little secrets including some unique equipment.
I second this. I revisited the castle when I moved onto the DLC, and it's amazing how much stuff I missed the first few times around. Hyrule Castle has an amazing atmosphere and soundtrack to boot.
Make sure to fully climb the spire for an awesome view!
@AegisPrime Atmosphere definitely, but Skyward Sword is the big lore game. BotW has a bit of lore, but most of it is unexplained, made intentionally to cause speculations. It's the one game that has so many mysteries left unanswered, and it's plot isn't as great.
Skyward Sword, on the other hand, is way more linear.
"It is fate. Many have tried, yet none have ever managed to escape it's flow."
@AegisPrime I think BoTW is the most lore heavy Zelda tied with Skyward Sword, it just depends on how you like to experience it.
BoTW is all about going around and piercing things together without being explained a lot, you can find spots you might recognize from other games, find diary pieces that explain some of the characters motives and overall just go around and find historic places where important events of the past happened.
If we are talking about atmosphere then obviously there is a big world, very few minimalistic tunes, wide fields, forests, and so on.
There are several other shortcomings in this game which you probably know already, but if you enjoy just going around and take in the scenery as well as finding snippets of informations you can pierce together as lore, it definitely is the right game.
Skyward sword is the classic 3D Zelda experience you know, linear, straightforward and with lore in some parts of the world, as well as generally being quite important to the Zelda timeline. If you don't like to pierce the lore together slowly by exploring then this might be the better game in terms of lore for you.
Atmosphere is also very different, more of an adventure kind of feeling i would say, i am just not sure if you will like this one if the other more classic Zelda titles didn't do it for you, but here goes my opinion
"on a scale of 1 to 10, she's an 11, and she'd give herself a 12" ~The Burst, Furi
How about the inverse of that question? BOTW is my first experience with this franchise. Will I enjoy Skyward Sword HD if I have enjoyed but not loved my time with BOTW?
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