Zelda: Breath Of The Wild's Tough Trail Of The Sword DLC Has Been Beaten Already

*Trial

Hardly a spoiler when they confirmed this was the reward months ago.

I've heard tell that the amount of time you use to complete it is analogous to the amount of life you have.

4 hours seems pretty good to me, I was expecting 1-2.

The Trial in Twilight Princess was there from the start and it was free.

@Mishima On the contrary, paid DLC is very good for Nintendo. I'd love for them to keep supporting this game for another year or two.

"get with the times nintendo"

they caught up quick.
Nintendo does offer some great content as DLC.

Smash Bros Wii U was horrible but some of the stuff is worth buying.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE That was very different, though. I haven't tried this DLC yet, but it seems much more complex - a longer version of Eventide Island (the most fun place in the game IMO), while the TP one way only a set of rooms with increasingly difficult enemies to fight using what you've collected throughout the game.

@w00dm4n I thought the characters and stages all had fair prices, especially because they came with extra trophies and songs, and included both a normal stage and an omega version.

The Mii costumes weren't worth it at all, though.

@w00dm4n
I think Hyrule Warriors had the worst DLC

@Krisi This is nothing like Eventide Island, which I agree was brilliant. I wish there had been more islands like it.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE It's not? I heard it plays similarly, as you start with nothing, and have to collect weapons, shields, and food to survive and defeat the enemies.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE TP was also a significantly smaller and worse game overall.

@Krisi it's the same concept. He's being silly.

@Mishima what are you talking about? Nintendo has been doing dlc for years now.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE If you bought the DLC you might know it's the same concept, amped up to eleven

I thought it was called 'Trial of the Sword'.

@Mishima Well considering this is only part of the first part of the DLC, and on top of that other than the rest of part 1, there is a part 2 to come as well, so what if a speed runner / good player finished in 4 hours? Most players wont finish it that quick, and its part of a part of $20 dlc. I pay that much for movies for 2 hours of entertainment

@SLIGEACH_EIRE dude I know right. Nintendo seriously ripped us of when they sold us Breath of the Wild for $60! That game is so incomplete it's unbelievable! I just don't see how they can sleep at night as they claim they gave us a complete game and then had the nerve to ask for another $20 for a bunch of stuff that absolutely should have been there in the first place. I mean you can conveyer Breath of the Wild in like 45 min. What a joke of a game. Why are they trying to rip people off?

This is a lot of fun, I'm enjoying it more than I thought I would. Love the survival aspect and more varied rooms. Huge improvement over the Cave of Ordeals/Cave of Shaddows from previous games IMO.

I hope they continue with, and improve upon, this in future titles and don't go back.

$20 is still too much, even with a "new story" DLC incoming.

I'm about to attempt it myself. Honestly I don't care about the challenge...I just want that Master Sword upgrade!

@SLIGEACH_EIRE So you've played this DLC? Which would be funny to hear because you've been shouting from the rooftops that you would wait till the Pack 2 to buy the DLC. So how could you possibly know what its like ?

Further, I've kind of had it with this idea that we should be entitled to this kind of stuff for free. As if the original game in question was gimped with content. You and others will vehemently disagree with me and that's well within your right. But your attitude on this comes off as entitled to the nth degree

And while I'm at it and just based on your overall attitude on this site, I would wager a sure bet that even if this were a completely new campaign of 20+ hours, you would still find something to be complain about.

So does this mean there's no longer a cooldown on the sword? Can be used infinitely? Or just at double attack power all the time?

How many hearts do they recommend we have before trying it? And do we need the master sword first?

Obviously just a typo, but I believe the word "Trail" in the article title was meant to read "Trial."

After dying on floor 4 several times, I finally made it to floor 10, where I promptly was killed. Had to put it down for now.

I also found one of the new.

So have people been able to download this in the US? Wii U is stupid slow, 3.7GB will take hours, 875mb voice update took 30 minutes last night. And my network is fast, on my PS4 or Xbox 1 that's under 1 minute, so it's some bad combination of Nintendo servers and Wii U tech.

Approx. 4 hours for the Trial of the Sword. If you're good. And yeah, I can confirm it uses the Eventide Island "we take all your stuff away for this quest" mechanic. But I haven't reached a checkpoint yet, at floor 13, and it threw me all the way out. This is probably the hardest challenge in the game.
But this isn't just 4 hours of new content. Add another couple of hours to beat the new sidequests, i.e. find the 10 new items.
And of course another 200+ hours for Master Mode. ^^

Trail?

completing trial of the sword already? you can sleep when you're dead i guess

@rjejr There is something wrong on your end.

I downloaded the update last night at 9AM PT right when it was released. Took no more than 10 minutes to download and 10 to install.

I have a 10 Mbps contracted speed, and it is usually slower than that.

And yes, I am talking about the Wii U version.

I dont know why some people reported 3.7GB. My download speed would never download 3.7GB in ten minutes. But that is the time it took to download the whole thing. Started playing the Trial of the Sword right away.

Maybe you had not updated your game in a while? So the download was bigger.

Seems to me that this trial is lengthy if it took 4 hours for a seasoned player to complete. I will wait for part 2 of the DLC to drop before beginning a new file but I can't justify many complaints about what Nintendo has offered so far. I really just want the Phantom armor tbh.

@UmbreonsPapa Bingo! That's sligeach for you. I've seen him make like one comment that was actually positive in the entire time he's been posting comments on this site. Most people casually pick nits from time to time, but sligeach professionally farms them year-round.

@Olmectron So funny story - yes, the 875mb voice option did take about 30 minutes total download and install, Wii U is always that slow, but the 2.4GB data was already there. My kids have been playing the game for months so I assumed that 2.4GB was an install like the 10GB for XCX off of the Wii U disc. But after I put in the code from Amazon - 5% back w/ my Prime credit card, I take what I can get - it looked like it was all there. Now I didn't actually play it, still waiting, but I started it up on my wife's account and it looked like it was all there, Master Mode started. So I suppose that 2.4GB was the DLC. Maybe people thought the 875mb voice update was part of that? Still closer to 3.5 than 3.7. I suppose close to 3.7 w/ the 101mb Expansion pass?

Wait, skipped a step. I did have to download the 101.5mb "Expansion Pass". That still took 2 minutes to download and then another 2 minutes to install to start the game. That's a 30 second download on my other systems, not 2 minutes. Now I can live w/ 2 minutes, just saying Wii U has always been slow. Maybe it's the decade old Wii adapter that's slowing it down? It's 3rd party, Nyko I think, and the USB port is probably 2.1, maybe I'm better off on Wi-Fi?

Oh well, as long as Ntineod is going to be super kind and download stuff I haven't even paid for yet while I sleep I'm good with slow. Maybe this holiday's "Story mode" will download before I know it.

removing the only negative thing about the weapon.

That isn't the only negative thing about the Master Sword. I wish that it would recharge automatically, without me having to break it first. It sucks that I use it for one or two whacks, and it won't recharge even if I don't use it for hours after that.

@SomeWriter13 same with the champions powers

@Bustacap that, too!

Just beat it. It was challenging, but I pulled through, and trust me, save those ancient arrows! They kill things in one hit.

Not sure how much length trials is going to add to the game but collecting those items will also take awhile. Just watched my son try unsuccessfully for about an hour to find the transportation medallion - he'd been to the maze before but couldn't figure it out then either. Just finding the first journal in the ruins took a bit, book was a nice touch. Plenty to do for the non-guide using collectors.

I'd watched my other son do that other maze in the southwest. Both of those could have been helped by having the interactive map on the Gamepad. Green line definitely a plus for those mazes - though it didn't help my son any - but looking at that black Gamepad screen is depressing.

Wasn't this already confirmed by Nintendo Life back when they listed what the DLC was going to contain? This really isn't a spoiler, all except for Fi, that's pretty surprising.

This made me very happy to read. I feel like I've accomplished something then, it only took me 2 hours ish myself last night.

Also, took a little under an hour and a half to dig out all the new items. This DLC lasts about 3-4 hours total for myself, not including Master Mode. That'll happen eventually. Kinda killed my love for this game by playing it way too much at the start. Also going from Bloodborne and Dark Souls to Zelda, makes Breath of the Wild feel like a cake walk. So that's...that's something. lol

Yeah... I got to the third floor, realized I screwed up so I couldn't reach a chest in that room and decided since I took so many hits trying to remember the controls I'd retry. Warped out, did better, took my time... I wish I knew there would be cooking pots sometimes, wasted uncool foods eating them. Then at floor... idk 8? I died. I have to start over now? sigh I take back complaining about this game being too easy, this trial is brutal, especially having no armor, every hit is like a truck...

@SLIGEACH_EIRE damn. It was free? How come I ended up paying £40 for Twilight Princess.

Have I been ripped off? Can I get a refund? Maybe you could send me a free copy?

Made the mistake of entering this with only about 7 hearts...got to floor 4.

@ShadJV Yeah, when you get to the floor with the pots, sneak up on the fairy(s) and grab them. Those can be combined with recipes for major boosts in recovery. Also, use the slow mo bow shot from the air whenever possible.

Also be sure to scavenge thoroughly for supplies. I found 9 ancient arrows on the final trials, and they were absolute life savers against the Lynels and guardian skywatchers.

@leo13 I see what you did there

@Jacob1092 I'm glad. I was honestly a little nervous while I was typing that everyone would miss the sarcasm and assume that I meant what I typed

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
The trials in Twilight Princess were not free. You purchased it along with the game. For BotW, the game sold did not include the Trials. And why should it? The game is already 10x the size of Twilight Princess...10x the content. So certain things that were included before, when the game was 1/10 the size and budget, are no longer included. Of course, if you'd rather have the trials included and have the Great Plateau be the entire game world, I'm sure Nintendo would love to sell you such a game.

@SomeWriter13
Um, it does away with that too. Beating the trials means the sword never breaks, and is permanently charged at 60 damage.

@Damo Sack the proofreader.

@leo13 Being British helps

@JaxonH does it really make the sword unbreakable? I've seen reports that it just makes it more durable.

@SomeWriter13
It appears you're actually right. That was the original report, but I read somewhere yesterday (think USGamer? Can't find it now so it must have been corrected) that it was also unbreakable, but apparently that's not the case. However, players report killing 2 full lynels with it before breaking, so perhaps its durability is simply extended?

@SomeWriter13
Then again, maybe it doesn't have a cool down. AbdallahSmash026 beat it, and the Eurogamer report states no cooldown

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-06-30-someones-already-beaten-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-dlcs-tough-new-trial-of-the-sword

edit
But a post in the comments states they beat it and the cool down is still there, but it lasts "way more than normal"

@JaxonH thanks for the link! The extended durability will be awesome, though I'm sad that it still doesn't regenerate automatically without needing to be brought down to breaking point first.

Lynels make better weapons still

@SomeWriter13 that's the point of the upgrade, no more waiting

@SupremeAllah true! I've gotten to the point where Lynels don't pose much of a threat anymore. They still whack me from time to time since I haven't gotten the timing down just yet, but they don't intimidate me at all now.

I'm trying to upgrade the Barbarian armor now after maxing out my Ancient armor, so I'm forced to fight Lynels.

@SANICBOOM644 I suppose with all that durability it won't matter much whether it heals or not, but it still bugs me that it won't regenerate. The Master Trial essentially just "hacked" the Master Sword's data instead of adding to its functions.

New sidequests and gear were a joke. Nothing upgrades. Sell any of it and you cant get it back. I wouldnt, but I still don't like that feature. The hints were dead on. My best advice is not overthinking them. If you have the chest sensor, which I did, its cake. Even still... the armor is all weak with skills found in other sets. Only useful thing is the Korok mask. Once I beat the sword trial and start Master Mode, I'm not even gonna kill myself for the DLC items.

I really hate being this negative, but I'm honestly unhappy with some of this DLC. If we pay money, and go on little quests, make it worth our while, you know? I bet there arent even any new or special enemies in the trial are there?

Now do it in Master Mode

Finished it all yesterday, wasn't too tricky. Only died once, on the 4th (I think?) room of the Middle Trials, because I got nigh-on stunlocked by those damn Bokoblins with bomb arrows. Didn't even use any fairies on top of that.