Lynels are often considered one of Link's most fearsome foes in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. With their huge, hulking figure, alarming speed, and dangerous weapons, we've had many a run-in with these creatures that have often ended in disaster. But someone's figured out a wait to clip this beast's fur and completely disarm it, turning this foe into nothing more than a big puppy.
Over on Twitter, @zelda_watchan (found via Automaton Media) has shared a clip of them taunting a Lynel who is standing there, motionless, unable to do anything. Automaton Media has translated the tweet as "I was able to take a Lynel’s weapons away and leave it completely helpless. In this state, it won’t attack no matter what you do." And that's exactly what happened, as this video on Twitter demonstrates (warning, the video contains a pretty rude, if artistically-drawn, hand gesture).
How do you disarm it, then? Well, you've got to bring it to Gerudo Town and trigger the cutscene where Link gets kicked out. @zelda_watchan also says that the Lynel needs to be in view when this happens, so you can't just turn up to Gerudo Town and expect the Lynel to drop its weapons because it's nearby — it's got to be visible in the cutscene.
It's not just Lynels that are affected either, it appears! @zelda_watchan has replicated these results with Bokoblins, Moblins, and Lizalfos enemies, and one of the above videos also shows Yiga Clan members have also lost their weapons. Link is just walking in the sand, taunting them, as they try to attack the hero of Hyrule.
That seems like a heck of a trek across the desert just to make this big beastie powerless, but we think it's all worth it just to have the higher ground. Someone once defeated a Lynel by throwing a rock at it, after all. We'll take easy, creative wins any day.
Will you be walking your Lynel across the desert just to disarm it? Take a breath and let us know in the comments!
[source twitter.com, via automaton-media.com]
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This game and the tactics available just keeps on giving!
It's not like these enemies aren't able to attack unarmed either.
Lynels still have a fire breath attack, Lizalfos can spit water and swipe with their tails, etc.
So it's interesting that disarming them this way seemingly neutalises them.
I hope we get more Lynel type enemies in the sequel, as they were among the most engaging/fun encounters in the game. Bring back Iron Knuckles, Darknuts, etc.
I'm obviously missing something here, but how did he get the Lynel all the way to Gerudo town entrance?
The Gerudo are really merciless when it comes to taking weapons from trespassers.
@Son_of_Hades I am also curious about that part.
But both of those lynels are at the coliseum, not gerudo. No sane person is edging a Lynel from gerudo to the coliseum.
@Son_of_Hades with lots of time and patience you can slowly move characters around. either pushing, making them follow you, or bombs making them jump.
Eh, this has been known for a while. I thought he had figured out a way to actually steal the weapons.
@silverninja Yeah I thought it was going to be something like that. I think the closest Lynel is at the coliseum ruins. Crazy stuff. I only wish I had that kind of time on my hands.
"How to disarm a Lynel"
Me: Yes! How? How do you do it??
"First bring it to Gerudo Town, then-"
Me: Welp. Okay, bye.
@RupeeClock Probably because their AI programming breaks due to having no weapons present when they should be there. This must be a result the devs didn't account for, so the game doesn't know how to make the enemies behave in this situation.
@MegaVel91
Yeah, the devs also don't expect you to lure a Yiga Blademaster (in security detail) all the way over to the master sword shrine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKSUn4CAj_E
I love game engine shenanigans like this.
He’s such a well behaved boy when there’s no weapons
By the time I got one lynel to gerunds town I could have five of them killed.
@Bobb That part! 😆
Whenever I read about the discovery of one of these BotW exploits/glitches, I am always reminded of the Styx song 'Too Much Time on my Hands'. But hey, if they enjoy it, more power to 'em.
Omg that clip.
Someone had a lot of pent up Lynel rage! 😂
Lynel machine broke.
Once you learn how to do it properly, fighting Lynels is very enjoyable. I was doing practically nothing but seeking out Lynels to battle just before I finally gave BOTW a rest.
Here's hoping Tears of the Kingdom will have monsters with fights just as enjoyable, not just with Lynels.
These Lynels where extremely tough, even harder than real boss fights lol.
In the sequel i hope they return (they def will)
And i hope they improve links battle/fighting style in the sequel.
@calbeau
I really hope they put dodongos in tears of the kingdom. And darknuts/ iron knuckles would be really cool to.
@blindsquarel Yes! I feel Darknuts, Iron Knuckles, or Armos would be good dueling opponents. Dodongos, Gohmas, and Manhandlas would be great additions too.
Alot of unknown how to do this? no steps where given or full disclosure on doing this.
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