Topic: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

@kms108
I'm pretty sure that the DLC is integrated into the main game. Some of the DLC is only unlocked after finishing some tasks (like freeing all the Divine Beasts).

so I have to play the game and gradually all the special feature and secret game place with show up, is this for both the master mode and normal mode

There are some DLC items you can get almost immediately, because they spawn in chests on the Great Plateau, although they're not terribly exciting. Most of the rest of the DLC chests are scattered around the world map; the game gives you plenty of hints as to where to find them, and most aren't too hard to get to.

For the more substantial content, you won't get to the Trial of the Sword until the mid-game at least, as it requires you to find the Master Sword first.

The Champion's Ballad is definitely something for the late-game, as you'll need to beat all four Divine Beasts first. I'd reckon it's best saved after you've beaten Ganon, even, as the main boss fight is a far tougher one, although still not that hard if you've stocked up on the best equipment.

Thanks for the information

Thanks for the quick reply.

I thought I deleted the expansion pass, as i did a deleted of the game, I also have the normal version USA version, and when the game booth up, it just have the normal short movie of the beginning like the normal version of the game.
When I pass the great plateau, and booth up, It start to show the new screen with master mode and DLC, I also check the save data, and it had 64Mb data, just the same as before the delete.

so the DLC selection in the beginning of the contents is just a description of the special features, I though it was the actual game, but I couldn't access them.

thanks

@Slowdive Got this on while I work, love his videos! 😍

@Slowdive Thanks for sharing that video. I don't think I've seen that youtuber before. And even though that video is two hours, it still kept my interest. It's very well done.

Hoping they patch in FSR to Breath of the Wild just like in Tears of the Kingdom.

All the Zelda hype made me decide to try to attempt BotW for the 4th time.

I keep getting into situations where I'm fighting a harder monster amd literally every single weapon I own breaks within like 2 minutes. Now I'm still alive but have no way to do damage. Do you just use bombs at this point? It's slow and agonizing but it works...

On a different note, if you whack your metal sword so hard into something that it shatters, you should really have pieces of metal bounce back and seriously injure yourself. Not to mention a broken arm.

@FishyS Bombs are highly effective against weak enemies like octoroks, chuchus, keese, pebblits and, above all, red bokoblins. Even tougher bokoblins can be knocked off cliffs or drowned when thrown around with the blast, although that's rather more advanced usage.

Other enemies are best avoided until you've got better gear, more hearts and a grip on the strategies needed to take them down. There are very few points in the game where you actually need to fight, so running away is always an option. Even when there's no obvious way out, you've always got fast travel.

@Rambler I'm just really good at not dieing while simultaneously losing all my weapons. Hard to defeat them with the weapons they drop when you have no weapons at all in the middle of a battle. >.< And I manage to destroy any specialized weapons before they are actually useful. And no, not Lynels, but for example giants and some types of guardians keep giving me issues. Sometimes wimpier things too like Yiga. It's just soooo easy to break all your weapons. And if you do die you come back to life with zero weapons...

I'm really trying not to quit this time around because I do enjoy a good 80% of the aspects of the game, but the way the game deals with weapons is ludicrous and frustrating. I realize there are lots of arguments pro and con, but personally I'm just trying to figure out if the game lets me play in a play style I can enjoy.

@FishyS for guardians you absolutely need to start parrying their beams. Don’t waste melee weapons on them, unless its the master sword.

If an automatic checkpoint leaves you weaponless, just load a previous save (save before any big battle). And get more slots for weapons with Hestu if you feel you run out of them too fast.

Parrying works even in the early game and the only shield you've got is a pot lid, but you're going to need a lot of trial and error to get the timing right. Make a hard save just before a Guardian fight with a full set of shields and repeatedly savescum until you can nail it regularly. It's not the end of the world if you can't though.

I'd stick by my prior advice that Guardians just aren't worth fighting in the early game though. All the stuff they drop is pretty much useless until you've opened up the Ancient Tech Lab in Akkala and, by that point, you should have the gear to be actively farming them.

Guardian Scouts, in shrines, are a different matter. You will get very good, if somewhat fragile, weapons and shield from them, as well as needing to win the fight to complete the shrine. However, get the Minor Test of Strength worked out before moving on to the Modest or Major tests. The enemies in them are a lot spongier and their weapons hit harder, even if the basic tactics are the same.

Losing all your shields and weapons inside a shrine before winning is especially annoying. I get the impression I am doing some things in the 'wrong' order, but I thought that was the point of an open world game. Regardless, I have temporarily gotten some fancier gear but still manage to near instantly destroy it all. >.<

As for big monsters, I like to kill them when I see them because otherwise I'll be picking apples and suddenly get 1-shot before I even know a monster is close. I would rather kill them first if I happen to notice them. Which would be easier if all my equipment wasn't broken half the time >.< By far the worst aspect of the game. I realize some people argue 'its not that bad' but considering almost every other aspect of the game is non-controversially good, it seems like they could have done better with equipment also.

Anyways, sorry for griping. Thank you all for the advice. This is literally the 4th time I've started the game and this time I am (so far) getting past my frustration and continuing longer, so we'll see if I can beat it... If I do maybe I'll join everyone in TotK a few months late.

While I don't mind the balance of weapons breaking vs discovering new ones over the normal course of gameplay, it was particularly irritating when you'd come across a damage sponge enemy like a Lynel that you'd break all of your weapons on. Before late game, of course, when your weapons would be tough enough to mostly withstand those sorts of encounters.

Yeah, you can stun a Lynel with a perfect parry and jump on its back for free damage with no weapon or shield degradation, so it's entirely possible to take one down in the early game. It's going to take a long time if your best weapon is a travelers sword though.

Also, you've got to know how to fight them and, not knowing about their attack patterns or the timings, you'll probably just get pasted whenever you miss a parry.

Are you upgrading your armor at the fairy fountains? Once you get an armor set up to around level 8 or above, it should be pretty easy to avoid the one hit kills you refer to. The Hylian armor is probably the easiest to upgrade, as it only requires low level Bokoblin parts from what I remember.

Hi all, as i am unable to buy TotK at the moment, I decided to go back to BotW instead and finally play the DLC.

Problem is, I haven't played this game since it came out. I did 100% it then, I did all the shrines and korok seeds, got all the upgrades, looks like I completed the scanning library and beat all the monsters etc.

But all these years later I have no idea how the game plays or where anything is, I am a bit lost.

All the DLC quests popped when I booted the game. I thought I best do some side quests so I can get used to the controls and how the game plays before I start the champions ballad. But unfortunately, I started with the ancient bridle quest and have no idea where the clue is referencing 🤦‍♂️

Any tips for a lapsed player? Best weapon to use, best armour to use? How does the durability system work? Is it even a factor this late in the game with an OP link? I honestly just can't remember a lot at all and would love some guidance on how to (re)start this game so I can play the DLC content

Cheers!

Edit: More questions 😅

Do I just let weapons get destroyed or is there a way to repair them? Can you swim underwater? I feel so lost coming back to this game

I also have this game and the DLC with it, havent started playing it yet, I believe you can search youtube for a walk thorugh.

@ralphdibny lol Sounds like you should just replay the game, and do a run with DLC content this time.

No, there's no way to repair weapons, or to stop them from breaking. The flow of the game is one where you're cycling through weapons all the time. Gradually, as you play the game, you'll come across stronger weapons that take longer to break, but they'll still break eventually. Even the master sword breaks (although it repairs itself after a timer counts down). The universe is impermanent, and so are your weapons.

I've read some comments where people talked about trying to hoard their good weapons or something, but that's unnecessary. Use everything you have where appropriate (stronger weapons on Lynels, bosses, and stronger variations on normal enemies; weaker weapons on bog-standard Bokoblins and the like).

No underwater swimming in either this or TotK.