Zelda: Breath of the Wild players seem to discover exciting new tricks and glitches every other day, even though the game's already been out for more than four years at this point. We've seen Hyrule be sent into chaos, areas where water is turned into lava, and plenty more besides, but today it's the turn of... Spicy Peppers?
Yes, Reddit user tetr4_hc has shared a clip of a newly-discovered trick that lets you gain some mighty air, all thanks to those innocent little peppers. To get started, you'll need to drop some Spicy Peppers onto the ground and use Revali's Gale – as you may well know, this ability creates an updraft that'll send Link (and the peppers) into the air.
From there, you'll need to shoot the peppers with a Fire Arrow, creating another updraft for more height. Shoot again, and you'll get a third boost.
As explained by another Reddit user in the replies, there's something particularly pleasing about the way this trick doesn't make use of any unintentional glitches, and instead seems plausible within the game's world (you know, as long as you accept that being propelled into the air by a fruit is a thing that is possible).
If you want to try this at home and need some Spicy Peppers to get started, they can be found on bushes in the Great Plateau, near the Gerudo Canyon Stable, and in the Tabantha Frontier (thanks, Zelda Wiki).
[source reddit.com, via comicbook.com]
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Next up: Link summons the dead!
(Jk, this is pretty cool)
Well, that could have been very useful during my first playthrough… . Could have saved me a few hours getting all the korok seeds perhaps.
Seems as if it’s intended though. Not a glitch.
This discover was made a while ago, I actually have used it quite a bit, you can chain them through the air too, it also works with sunshrooms
@FroZtedFlakerZz
I get the feeling it works because they would have properties like "flammable" and "generates warmth", it might be an unintended effect of the physics engine?
So it makes me wonder what you can do with food of other properties like chillshrooms.
I can't wait the suprises next BotW will reserve. It's impressive how much possibilites has the overworld
So... is LoZ BotW going into the Guiness Book of Records for being "The Game that Took 4 Years to Discover every little thing"...?
And... This game continues giving more and more...
BotW is going to keep getting new discoveries a decade from now. Meanwhile, I'll bet Nintendo is seeing this pepper trick while developing BotW2, and nervously scrubbing at it until it's no longer possible to do in the sequel.
People are just discovering this now? I discovered that in my first playthrough, I thing the game even says that you can do this on the loading screens
@ShadowWeaver421 That's not all that long, to be fair. There was a side quest in FFIX that took 13 years to discover - and that's a side quest not a weird trick.
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-05-28-final-fantasy-9-sidequest-discovered-after-13-years
@Matroska @ShadowWeaver421 Doom 2 just recently got its last secret area discovered 24 years after launch.
did this accidentally very early on. been using this ol strategy for while lol
@ShadowWeaver421 Heeeeelllllll no. NES games still have things discovered about them by speedrunners and glitch hunters decades later.
As someone who only got a switch and this game 4 months ago, and have played it nearly every day since, I’m not surprised just how much is being discovered still. Such a great game, with an overwhelming amount of content
@Friendly I would call it an exploit, not a glitch but it’s definitely not something the devs planned.
This is so cool. With new stuff like sky sliding and older tricks that launch Link quickly through the air I'm afraid to master them because I don't think I'd be able to stop playing this game. My tombstone would just say "RIP discovered too many awesome Breath of the Wild tricks and died of videogame rot on his couch"
@Snow-Dust that’s not the definition of a glitch I think though because it’s not a ‘fault’ in the system as far as I can tell. I think it is more a ‘happy surprise feature’.
@Friendly hence, an exploit.
@Snow-Dust nah. It’s apparently intended behavior. Already talked about in 2017 btw.
https://www.reddit.com/r/zelda/comments/5xmvo2/spoilers_bring_spicy_pepper_red_chuchu_jelly/
i found about this trick on day one of playing the game. too bad link died during the process. i should have increased his health points before doing this trick. it is a bad idea to do something that can cause him to die in mid-air.
@Friendly how could being able to be launched further into the air help you find korok seeds faster?
@twztid13 just to move around faster. Less climbing to some of the highest peaks that you can’t reach with just one boost.
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