We hope you're ready for today's edition of 'players are doing utterly crazy things in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild', because this one's pretty bonkers.
A player named YukinoSan has managed to successfully shoot and destroy one of the Guardians patrolling Hyrule Castle with an arrow which was fired from The Great Plateau, the game's starting point. The arrow had to travel 2.6 in-game kilometres to get there – something which isn't possible without a bit of trickery – and it just so happened to hit the Guardian's weak spot, killing it immediately. Considering the Guardian was moving at the time, that's one heck of a shot.
You can see it all happen in the video below; YukinoSan begins by firing the shot and using a glitch to fly behind it, keeping it in view until it smashes into the Guardian. After the impressive display, YukinoSan goes about measuring the distance of the shot, explaining the process behind how it all works.
Incidentally, the glitch letting Link fly behind the arrow was essential in pulling off the trick. As Automaton explains, arrows have a set draw distance in-game that would ordinarily make firing one this far impossible; it's been discovered that to have an arrow's flight extend beyond that distance, Link must somehow follow behind it.
The flying glitch is known as BLSS (Bow Lift Smuggling Slide), and crucially doesn't require the need for certain enemies or locations to be nearby to make it work. Players can control the direction and speed of Link's flight using this method, enabling strange scenes like this:
Remember when the Guardians terrified us all in the opening hours of Breath of the Wild? Ha, how the tables have turned.
[source youtube.com, via automaton-media.com]
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ABSOLUTE SCENES!!!!!
Alternative view: player breaks game and dicks about with physics-defying arrows.
So it's just luck? There was no way he would know where it would land.
So if that's true it's not impressive at all.
Insane, absolutely insane. I love the way people are finding methods to break and play with the game in new ways.
@Clarice Isn't it more impressive if it's luck?
@Clarice
I don’t think it was entirely luck - Yukino-san was sighting using a star in the game’s sky, shooting and knowing it would land somewhere near the guardian. After five hours of trying, they finally got a “hole in one.” It’s like a fantastic golf shot!
@Teksetter right. I understand it better now, thank you for explaining. ☺️
in orig switch u cant fly like that hacked game video
Just measuring the distance the arrow travels is more dedication to the cause than I'd have ever shown !!
@talllennart noooo not hakk my uncle work at nitedo and he say this is legit and my 2mil rupees also legit and he said there gon be a new direct 2day wiv botw 4
This is just as impressive:
The physics in this game is incredible. People compare it to any generic open world but it really offers much more interactivity with the world than any other game of its category.
If he used a glitch for link to fly then maybe he did for firing the arrow too.
Glitches glore.....
Link aka Robin Hood
You say "remember when we were all terrified of guardians" like it's a thing of the past! I started up a file a couple weeks back and I am STILL terrified of guardians. 😳
At first I was like "yeah it's early game but I'm not exactly a newbie I can handle this." Then I took an arrow to the knee.
This game just keeps on giving. I was terrified of guardians after first starting, but now hunt them for fun
@stinky_t so you can fly on zelda: botw on nintendo switch console ???
@stinky_t have seen the video no one can fly from the start then 2.6km without a break thats hack not skills
@talllennart yez yez u can om nitedo switch
@talllennart hav u read the article u can fly wiv glitch unaltered everyone can fly 2.6km is glitch not hacc
@stinky_t lol
In case anyone else is curious how to perform the Bow Lift Smuggling Slide, here's a video tutorial. The first three minutes show how it's done, with step by step tips. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfcxrfMjsWc
Oh, and @talllennart, it's not hacked. Just like how Backwards Long Jumping in Super Mario 64 isn't a hack. Might not be intended by the developers, but that doesn't make it a hack.
@SwitchForce
How is this a glitch?
@Cia
It's a glitch because Nintendo didn't intend Link to be able to fly awkwardly like this while smuggling his bow. It's not supposed to happen, just like flying halfway across the plateau because you shield bopped a Bokoblin on the head isn't supposed to happen, just like getting into a shrine from the side by spinjumping with an axe isn't supposed to happen.
They're not hacks, but they're definitely Any% territory of gameplay - exploiting glitches in the game that were never ironed out.
If you're familiar with Pokémon, it's like getting over 100 Master Balls or Rare Candies from fighting MissingNo. on Cinnabar Island, or catching Mew just outside of Lavender Town because you flew away from a Slowpoke trainer with the exact right stats. It's not supposed to be in the game, but it is because of the programming of the game and loopholes that were never closed. It's a cool thing you can do but it's more than an unintended cool thing you can do with the physics of the game, it's a cool thing you can do that breaks the physics of the game and functions contrary to the intended laws. If Nintendo had known about it during development, they would have bugged it out.
@marandahir
Ok, thanks for the answer.
holy crap that was a hell of a shot
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