The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has all sorts of quirky and fun things to do, with obvious examples like shield surfing, propelling mine carts with bombs and more. One of the quirkier little tricks is easily forgotten, though, and the latest 'Tips from the Wild' news post on Switch provides a handy pointer and gift.
It focuses on the fact that having a Rock Octorok (found in the Death Mountain region) suck up a rusty weapon will turn it into a shiny new bit of kit. Launching the game from the news post grants you a Rusty Broadsword with 6 power with which to try it out, and you can redeem the gift as often as you like.
This writer had actually forgotten this feature of the game, so we'll file this as one of the 'better' Tips from the Wild posts. What other little tips would make for a good free gift in the game?
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Wii U? Wii U? Wii U?
@SLIGEACH_EIRE Eh?
@nayfz The million plus Wii U owners of this game are being ignored.
@SLIGEACH_EIRE Oh no. However will you survive not obtaining a rusty broadsword, easily accessible at any part of the game. Woe is (Wii) you.
I usually throw a rusty old bomb at them, and get a shiny new Octorok gut as a reward
@BustedUpBiker works like a charm.
@SLIGEACH_EIRE You're not getting a few rusty swords? The Wii U is / has got the Zelda DLC, that's the main thing. This stuff is just a bit of fun, nothing major
"News"
@SLIGEACH_EIRE Agreed, Nintendo should just add a news feed to the Wii U firmware and get these essential updates added. Also, the latest free Dlc hasn't been made available for GTA on the ps3, which definitely needs sorting. And where's Journey mode for Fifa 17 Legacy Editions?!?
@SLIGEACH_EIRE
I'm here! Oh, just you again. Don't scare us like that. Someone get him a rusty broadsword pronto!
But can you catch the improved stuff? I say this because the Octorok spits it out at blistering speed. I almost always miss it!
@SLIGEACH_EIRE
Oh, too bad. I thought you meant "throw in a rusty old Wii U, and get a brand new shiny Switch in return..."
Every time NL prints one of these news tip articles I think it's about the DLC.
@rjejr Same
Honey is nice to have when there are no hives around. But even more useful are free fire rods - they add up to cold resistance when so much as "unsheathed" and this option allows not to hoard them for that purpose when you're still low on weapon slots.
(Granted, lately it's been blizzard rods clogging my arsenal instead XD)
Spoiler I think a good Tip would be the use of the ancient arrow on Lynels. It Could really help players tackle the last sword trials. (Although it's more fun taking them on normally)
@Biff_ARMStrong but if you do use ancient arrows. You don't get any goodies after it dies. It just vanishes.
@MariOnline Right, but in the trials you get more than enough weapons and it's a lot smarter not to risk losing hearts against those tricky Lynels.
Activate Stasis on a boulder, hit it a few times and quickly climb on it.
It's like riding an asteroid.
How about you just drop the DLC pack 2 already, Ninty?
creative click bait, nice
Awesome, I didn't even know you could do this:)
Is there a collection of unique and useful things you can do somewhere? I'd like to try them out sometime.
@gatorboi352
Yeah, for real. Given that the champion amiibos drop in a month, it would be nice to know what's going on with that.
Cool I didn't know you could do that must tell my son!
The only time I've bothered with this trick was when I was in the sword trials and weapons were hard to come by. Otherwise it is just easier get weapons elsewhere.
@rjejr Part of me wants to hear more about the DLC, but the other part of me wants to be surprised by it. I am happy enough right now using Hero's Path to visit all the little things I missed in 200 hours of play while slowly working my way through Master Mode.
Don't you guys find these free gifts pretty meh ... boring?
played at least 200 hours of this game and never realized it could do that to rusty objects
@Koniec yup. I don't think I made use of even one of them. Though there must be some people out there who enjoy it.
The interaction possibilities with environment and wildlife is through the roof even for a Zelda game.
I've been too swamped with work to get more playtime in the past two months, but I look forward to getting back into it.
Currently doing the Korok Trials, and I'm not sure I am enjoying them. Not the best designed part of the game I would say.
@BustedUpBiker I'm so hungry that I can eat an octorock
Lol I actually didn't know about this.
But rusty swords and rock octorocs are so rare that I don't care anyway...
C'mon. I can't believe the amount of people that didn't know this trick.
@SLIGEACH_EIRE As a Wii U player I genuinely had no idea what this article was going on about XD
...Dumbstruck
The secrets just never end
Did you know that you can whack the cucco with a Korok leaf and an egg will come out. 🥚
Tip: Don't make a joke about Rock Octorok sucking rust off spears. Some people won't get it, but 20 bucks is 20 bucks.
Did not know this one! Cool.
@Nincompoop Didn't know that one either. Very nice.
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