https://www.thegamer.com The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a direct sequel to the Nintendo Switch hit Breath of the Wild. In it, Link must team up with Princess Zelda to rid Hyrule of another threat to its existence. Wed, 31 May 2023 20:45:17 GMT en-US hourly 60 The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is home to some of the most creative and mind-breaking Shrines that will have you banging your head against the walls for what seems like forever as you attempt everything you possibly can to try to solve them. However, several other Shrines will test your worth by other means, throwing you for a loop.

]]> Wed, 31 May 2023 20:45:17 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-totk-simosiwak-shrine-guide-proving-grounds-lights-out/ Link received several new abilities he can use to his advantage to navigate the world or solve the hundreds of puzzles found in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. While you will use all abilities thousands of times throughout your playthrough, some Shrines are explicitly designed around one or two of them, having you focus on ways to manipulate the environment to your benefit.

]]> Wed, 31 May 2023 20:30:15 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-totk-tauyosipun-shrine-guide-forward-or-backward/ It’s no surprise that Legend of Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom has gone on to become one of Nintendo’s fastest-selling games. The reveal of Link’s newest ability, which involves fusing items to make new weapons and vehicles, has breathed new life into the creativity of the franchise. This ambitious design decision has had everyone running wild with inventive new creations that showcase a vast variety of ways to tackle this new mechanical approach to problem-solving.

]]> Wed, 31 May 2023 20:01:14 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-games-similar-puzzles/ The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom kicks things up a notch compared to Breath of the Wild. Take all of your skills from the prior game, and that still won't be enough to ensure your survival in this new and dangerous Hyrule. Whether it's the infested land, the unfamiliar sky islands, or the Depths that lurk below, this game will throw a lot at you.

]]> Wed, 31 May 2023 19:00:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-ways-to-make-the-game-harder-difficult-challenge/ Tears of the Kingdom’s Tulin is a little sweetie. The young Rito is spunky, determined, and ready to take on the world for the good of his fellow bird people. He has a cute scream/warble that he lets out every time you ask him to gust. And his presence makes me want to deactivate his summoning seal every time I shoot a bird for its precious drumsticks, like an adulterous movie character turning their spouse’s picture down during an illicit tryst. Immersion! So, you know, I like the kid. But he’s no Revali.

]]> Wed, 31 May 2023 17:30:15 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/revalis-gale-missing-tears-of-the-kingdom-tulin/ For all intents and purposes, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is an open-world RPG. Link grows from a shirtless scrub to a many-hearted, heavily armored battlebot and mech master over the course of the game. You pursue an overarching main quest while completing side quests along the way, and there are many characters to meet, mysteries to uncover, and villages to visit along the way. It’s a better version of the same framework we’ve seen in countless games like Horizon Forbidden West, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and — dare I say it — The Witcher 3.

]]> Wed, 31 May 2023 16:30:27 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-xp-rpg-finishing-quest/ Breath Of The Wild gave us a whole new Hyrule to explore, and some of the more memorable spots return in The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom. As long as you're able to make the journey, almost every area is accessible after completing the introduction and tutorial. An area that has earned a reputation for its challenge is Eventide Island.

]]> Wed, 31 May 2023 16:30:27 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-eventide-island-shrine-guide/ In theory, each year is a better time to start gaming than the last - it’s not like games from the past get deleted, and… wait. I’m hearing they do in fact get deleted all the time as we move from console to console and fail to account for backwards compatibility or availability in an all-digital world. It’s for that reason that remakes have become so common, and why this year really is the best time to get into gaming.

]]> Wed, 31 May 2023 16:15:26 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/2023-best-year-new-gamer-system-shock-resident-evil-totk/ Solving puzzles is one of the core parts of The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom. You'll have to take part in these puzzles if you want to continue in the main story or get the Blessings Of Light to increase your health and stamina. Some of these puzzles also lead you to chests with great items.

]]> Wed, 31 May 2023 16:00:26 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-north-lomei-prophecy-quest-guide/ Even the people who don't play The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom will know about the Shrine mechanic since it's the core part of the game, and you'll be spending most of your time in them. Each time you complete four Shrines, you get to have some extra permanent health or stamina.

]]> Wed, 31 May 2023 15:46:22 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-kitawak-shrine-guide/ The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom lets fans run wild with all sorts of tools and devices, leading to a series of incredible creations being posted online for everyone to see, be impressed by, or laugh at the ridiculous freedom that we have in this torn apart Hyrule.

]]> Wed, 31 May 2023 15:30:22 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-zeldabuildsgg-best-community-builds-creations/ I have played over 130 hours of Tears of the Kingdom and don’t plan on stopping anytime soon, so it’s fair to say that I’ve done my fair share of adventuring in this newly torn asunder Hyrule. But despite all of the time I have put into the game, I’ve played it relatively safe when it comes to constructing convoluted contraptions. I have built a few things, but once I find something that works, I just keep building that same thing over and over again. One small quest, however - a task so menial and straightforward - finally brought out the mindset of what this game wants me to do.

]]> Wed, 31 May 2023 15:30:22 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-lurelin-village-log-quest-gone-wrong/ There are a lot of items in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and it can be easy to lose track of what you have or what things do. Some items like Bomb Flowers and Zonai Carts see more than their fair share of use, while others fall to the wayside and are completely forgotten.

]]> Wed, 31 May 2023 13:30:15 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-totk-useful-missable-items/ Video game voice actors often go unnoticed for their contributions to a game's success. Unlike movie and television shows in which actors - animated or live-action - get top billing, most games don't highlight the contributions of their voice casts.

]]> Wed, 31 May 2023 12:30:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-totk-character-voice-actor-actress/ While it might feel like the millions playing Tears of the Kingdom have already discovered everything there is to know about the game, new information keeps on coming and, if BOTW is anything to go by, will for months. However, discoveries are starting to lean more towards what's under the new Zelda game's hood, including the discovery that the weapons you're using might not be as effective as they seem.

]]> Wed, 31 May 2023 09:51:58 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdoms-damage-numbers-not-accurate/ The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has been in our hands for a little while now, and during that time, speedrunners have naturally been competing to see who can get to the credits screen as quickly as possible. Upon launch, someone managed to beat the game in one hour and 34 minutes, but that record has been beaten time and time again over the past coupld of weeks. Today, we finally got the first sub-hour Tears of the Kingdom speedrun.

]]> Wed, 31 May 2023 00:28:52 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-totk-speedrun-sub-hour/ Since The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom is a sequel to Breath Of The Wild, you're bound to encounter a lot of returning elements. In addition to the various locations, items, and types of mechanics, there are also plenty of familiar faces.

]]> Tue, 30 May 2023 20:00:18 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-loz-hestus-concerns-quest-guide/ Shields, like swords, are a staple of any Zelda game, and Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is no exception. There's a total of 36 shields in the game, with a range of defensive values, and at some point, you'll probably end up trying most of them out.

]]> Tue, 30 May 2023 20:00:17 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-totk-best-shields/ Tunics play a special role in the Zelda series. Every outfit Link has is iconic, and fans are clambering for more games that let you dress Link up. Breath of the Wild scratched that itch with a rake with several new, iconic, and sincerely useful armor sets.

]]> Tue, 30 May 2023 18:30:17 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/best-armor-sets-in-the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-ranked/ There are Shrines spread all across Hyrule in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and you can complete them in order to increase your number of hearts and your stamina wheels. With each Shrine, Link must face a different challenge or puzzle before receiving its Light of Blessing.

]]> Tue, 30 May 2023 17:30:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-loz-kamatukis-shrine-complete-guide/ Back when God of War: Ragnarok launched, I wrote about how certain elements of its design and technology refused to play nicely with my neurodivergent brain. My mind was convinced it needed to keep fiddling with specific graphical and mechanical configurations until it nailed that perfect sweet spot. This established an awkward stop-and-start momentum which never felt befitting of a narrative blockbuster that required my constant attention.

]]> Tue, 30 May 2023 17:00:19 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/tears-of-the-kingdom-adhd-ocd-neurodivergence/ When you first start playing The Legend of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom as Link, you'll have two rows filled with hearts for HP and a big stamina bar. These are taken away from you before you start the game, and Shrines are one of the best ways to recover them.

]]> Tue, 30 May 2023 16:30:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-ijo-o-shrine-guide/ In The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Zelda has commandeered the house you bought and fixed up in Hateno Village in Breath of the Wild. Sure, you could still pretend like it's yours, but why would you do that when you can buy a plot of land and build your own house almost exactly how you want it?

]]> Tue, 30 May 2023 15:00:17 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-best-rooms-for-your-house/ Many games feature gorgeous cathedrals and fictional churches with stunning architecture. But there are also a lot of notable shrines in gaming that we remember vividly, whether for their significance or aesthetic. If you don't know these shrines for either of those things, then you most likely do because of their generous rewards.

]]> Mon, 29 May 2023 23:45:15 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/best-shrines-in-video-games/ One of the main features of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is your ability to build vehicles and devices. These custom creations can range from simple rafts to large flying contraptions. Regardless of the grandness of your creation, you may eventually get tired of building the same thing over and over.

]]> Mon, 29 May 2023 19:30:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-schema-stone-location-depths/ For those who didn't already know, game designers are cheaters. They cheat constantly when creating games, although you'd never know it just by playing them. To see how designers use visual tricks, we have to turn to modders and content creators who specialize in peeling back the curtain to show how a game is made.

]]> Mon, 29 May 2023 19:03:56 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdoms-totk-ascend-deletes-world-puts-you-in-a-box/ The massive open world of The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom has three areas: sky, surface, and underground. The first two areas have a ton of Shrines that give you one Blessing Of Light each, and these blessings can be used to increase your health or stamina permanently.

]]> Mon, 29 May 2023 19:00:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-tenbez-shrine-guide/ As Nintendo showed off more of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom in the run-up to release, a contingent of gamers whined about how it wasn’t a ‘real sequel’ because it was reusing the map from Breath of the Wild. I never agreed with this idea. Wonderful possibilities open up when developers are willing to reuse assets, and Tears of the Kingdom’s wells are a great example.

]]> Mon, 29 May 2023 19:00:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/wells-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-builds-on-breath-of-the-wild/ Oh look, it’s another season of Gaming Discourse! The topic this time? Asset reuse. According to people who have never given actual game development a more fully-formed thought than ‘if I won the lottery, I’d make the game of my dreams’, a developer reusing assets that they already have access to is pure laziness. The current victims of this discourse are the big open world titles du jour, Tears of the Kingdom and Spider-Man 2. These are small voices amplified by Twitter’s baffling algorithm, but it’s a debate that’s been bandied around the internet for years.

]]> Mon, 29 May 2023 18:00:17 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/asset-reuse-confidence-not-laziness/ The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom sees the Kingdom of Hyrule destroyed once again. After a Calamity, a return of the Calamtiy, and then the whole 'the Demon King is back' dealio, the people of Hyrule just can't catch a break.

]]> Mon, 29 May 2023 18:00:17 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-apocalypses-hyrule-should-face-next/ Hot Tip: Do not develop feelings for a fictional fishman through years of fanfiction, fanart, and headcanons. Hot Tip 2: Do not then jump into Tears of the Kingdom with the expectation that your homosexual aquatic fantasies will soon come true after returning to Zora’s Domain with unrequited love on your mind. Hot Tip 3: Do not then plot to murder his fiancée in revenge.

]]> Mon, 29 May 2023 16:15:17 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/tears-of-the-kingdom-sidon-link-yona-engagement-gay-zora/ Tears of the Kingdom is somehow everything we all wanted, nothing like we expected, and still weighed down with the biggest controversy New Zelda has wrought. It's a wonderful conundrum. I remain mostly an outsider to the world of Tears of the Kingdom, untouched by its magic, so I can watch from afar with no real personal stakes. I like to think this helps me see the bigger picture, and it's remarkable that a game made under so much pressure has consistently managed to make exactly the right choice at every turn.

]]> Mon, 29 May 2023 14:30:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/tears-of-the-kingdom-perfect-balance-listening-ignoring-fans-totk-zelda/ The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a shoo-in for my Game of the Year. I just can’t stop playing the open world sequel even after finishing an 80 hour playthrough for my review. There is so much I missed, from game-changing abilities to cute little discoveries waiting off the beaten path. Nintendo has done it again, altering the world of video games with ideas that will blaze yet another trail others will follow.

]]> Mon, 29 May 2023 14:00:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-friend-codes-virtual-console-legacy-switch/ The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom offers you the kind of freedom very few other games do. If you can imagine it, and it adheres to the game's physics, it will work. As we've seen since launch, players have built things like an ATV with suspension, an actual working engine, and even Metal Gear Rex to clear out Bokoblins.

]]> Mon, 29 May 2023 07:18:38 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-machine-launches-link-close-to-speed-of-sound/ As everyone is combing through every inch of Hyrule once again, thanks to the release of The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom, completionists are looking for the best way to do their thing. A vital aspect of some sprawling open-world games is a compendium, and Tears Of The Kingdom is no different.

]]> Sun, 28 May 2023 19:00:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-compendium-photo-tips-tricks/ The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom tosses you back into a chaotic Hyrule, filled with monsters and backpack-wearing Koroks. While exploring the kingdom, you will come across many familiar sights from Breath of the Wild. It will soon become clear that some time has passed, though.

]]> Sun, 28 May 2023 17:30:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-timeline/ Tears of the Kingdom is a nearly perfect game. Its puzzles? Brilliant. Its physics? Incredible. Its story? One of the best Zelda games, if not the best Zelda game. The game is an amazing achievement, and not just because it found a way to overshadow its predecessor, which itself is considered one of the greatest games of all time. Actually, that probably is why it’s an amazing achievement. But Tears of the Kingdom has one major problem.

]]> Sun, 28 May 2023 16:30:14 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-addison-sign-holder-screw-himself/ While it is built off the same framework as Breath of the Wild, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom includes many additions to the formula that has further improved this adventure through Hyrule.

]]> Sun, 28 May 2023 16:30:14 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-loz-new-features-best/ As part of trying to fish for stories to publish in the Lucky Clover Gazette in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Link finds his reporter buddy, Penn, down in the Faron region on the trail of some missing White Goats. The local stable’s herd of White Goats has run off, and it’s now up to Link to find both them and the missing animal food recipe from Princess Zelda herself.

]]> Sun, 28 May 2023 15:31:17 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-white-goats-gone-missing-location-guide/ Link isn’t the only one on a mission from Zelda in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – the Zonai Survey Team has arrived at a stable in Eldin to fight some nearby monsters, but why did Zelda insist they do so without their clothes? Every Survey Team member insists that Zelda told them they needed to go fight monsters wearing next to nothing, but some of the Team who went to try hasn’t returned…

]]> Sun, 28 May 2023 14:30:15 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-for-our-princess-guide-naked-fight/ The best thing about Red Dead Redemption 2 was how ridiculously slow-paced it was. With its massive map, byzantine fast travel system, and epic runtime, it took forever to finish, and every little thing I did while playing it also took forever. With Take-Two Interactive's projected earnings for next year pointing to a Grand Theft Auto 6-sized release, my only hope is that Rockstar's follow-up to RDR2 is even slower.

]]> Sun, 28 May 2023 14:30:15 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/grand-theft-auto-gta-6-routine-rdr2-totk/ There are plenty of strange occurrences happening around Hyrule since the Upheaval in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, but thankfully, you and your journalist friend, Penn, are on the job. The Lucky Clover Gazette, Hyrule’s best (and possibly only) newspaper, is reporting on a series of folks who claim to have had odd run-ins with Zelda.

]]> Sun, 28 May 2023 14:00:17 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-totk-an-eerie-voice-guide/ While the combination of ever increasing rents, dwindling footfall, and rising digital sales mean physical game stores are getting wiped out, they still perform a great function for many gamers. This includes the ability to trade items. Being able to sell or part exchange is one of the pros of owning physical media with many a seasoned gamer taking advantage of it at their local video games store even as the practice is slowly fading away. But one instance of trading in went viral recently as a customer made an exchange that had many online viewers widening their eyes.

]]> Sun, 28 May 2023 13:11:19 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-collector-viral-trading-rare-items-new-zelda-switch/ Tears of the Kingdom encourages players to use their imagination in a way like no game to have come before it. That's why we've seen everything from podracers to airships mocked up in Hyrule during the game's first two weeks. Some have been focusing Link's newfound creativity on torturing Koroks, but have you considered while you exact your will on those poor little creatures that onlookers can't see the critters at all?

]]> Sun, 28 May 2023 11:00:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/nobody-can-see-korok-torture-the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom/ There are so many things that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom gets right. Everything in the works works as you'd expect it to, especially the physics. Of course, you'll have to turn a blind eye towards Link's reality-bending abilities, but everything else is spot on. However, every game has something it can improve on, even one as highly regarded as Tears of the Kingdom.

]]> Sun, 28 May 2023 07:30:15 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-inventory-menu-ui-improvement/ The kingdom of Hyrule is enormous and full of life in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. There's no shortage of interesting locations to explore, from the expansive area below ground to the varied locations of the surface and even spanning up into the skies.

]]> Sat, 27 May 2023 20:00:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-totk-best-town-settlement/ The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the sequel to the highly-acclaimed Breath of the Wild. It adds a ton of new content to the land of Hyrule, improving on the original's mechanics and worldbuilding in almost every way.

]]> Sat, 27 May 2023 19:01:15 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-complete-guide-walkthrough/ Although there are countless fun, engaging, and challenging quests to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, restoring Lurelin Village is not one of them. With a line of three quests to complete, you'll have to climb a mountain of frustration before you see the sun setting on a peaceful, palmy beach on the southeastern tip of Hyrule.

]]> Sat, 27 May 2023 18:30:15 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-loz-lurelin-village-restoration-project-complete-guide/ Although not an official Stable quest in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, "Outsing the Giants" is a quest that leads you to three key locations you'll want to revisit for materials - especially the kind your best friends, the Dondons, will want to nibble on. Taking you to three Luminous Stone mining locations, you'll have to face the big, the terrible, and the ugly.

]]> Sat, 27 May 2023 18:15:15 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-loz-ousting-the-giants-walkthrough-guide/ Shrines make their triumphant return in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. You can still find most of these shrines littered across the map, though a few require you to complete Shrine Quests to unlock them.

]]> Sat, 27 May 2023 17:46:15 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-loz-best-shrine-quests/ The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is full of rare foods, stones, parts, and countless other materials you'll want to get your hands on. Materials have a variety of uses, from fusion fodder for weapons to ingredients in meals and elixirs.

]]> Sat, 27 May 2023 17:30:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-best-materials/ The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom offers dozens of unique approaches to combat, including sharp swords and humongous hammers. However, despite the numerous heavy-hitting creations that you can create via fusions, your most valuable asset might be a little magic.

]]> Sat, 27 May 2023 17:00:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-all-magic-rod-fusions-ranked/ Tears of the Kingdom has a thousand systems that all interact with each other in myriad different ways. I dread to think what is going on under the hood in order to make it all happen, what horrors we’d see if allowed a peek behind the curtain. Recall alone is magic in action, but giving Ultrahanded contraptions accurate physics no matter what creations players make is nothing short of spectacular. When players are building phallic mechs and functioning engines, you see the power behind this Zelda game.

]]> Sat, 27 May 2023 16:31:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/tears-of-the-kingdom-underground-fight-club-brutal-trial-of-strength/ The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom uses the map of Hyrule established in Breath of the Wild, but expands on it by using familiar locations and changing them to give you a new experience, even if you spent hundreds of hours playing the previous game.

]]> Sat, 27 May 2023 16:01:15 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-areas-from-breath-of-the-wild-to-revisit/ The treasures of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom are numerous in quantity, but few can compare to what lies hidden in a secret cave nestled within the looming shadow of Death Mountain. Of course, getting it is not a superbly easy task, but for the prize at the end, it's a surprisingly straightforward adventure that rewards the curious.

]]> Sat, 27 May 2023 15:45:15 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-loz-lizard-lakes-hidden-treasure-guide/ There are numerous armor sets to find and collect in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and finding them all is a prerequisite to achieving peak fashion in your Hyrule adventure. And of the most fashionable sets, the Yiga tops the list.

]]> Sat, 27 May 2023 15:31:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-loz-yiga-armor-set-location/ Horses and vehicles may be the main modes of transportation in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, but there is a third and wild option waiting for you in the expansive sands of the Gerudo Desert: Sand Seals. These wild, reckless creatures make for a fun experience racing across the merciless desert.

]]> Sat, 27 May 2023 15:00:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-loz-sand-seals-complete-guide/ At the end of 2022, I started a replay of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, my first full replay since devouring the game on Wii U back in 2017. This run was fairly thorough. I did all the Divine Beasts again, sought out some secrets, like the King of the Mountain, that I hadn’t seen in my first playthrough, and generally played the hell out of it. Now, Tears of the Kingdom is here and I’m wishing I hadn’t.

]]> Sat, 27 May 2023 14:00:17 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/tloz-breath-of-the-wild-totk-2023-too-recent-replay/ Two weeks on from its launch, a lot of positive things have been said about Tears of the Kingdom. Believe it or not, some people have negative things to say about the sequel. Most of the criticism revolves around the sage abilities as players have been discussing what they don't like about them.

]]> Sat, 27 May 2023 12:00:17 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-players-annoyed-sage-abilities/ By now, you've probably seen tons of elaborate contraptions created by players in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Sure, some of them are entirely useless things like a giant statue with a flamethrowing penis, or an intricate machine to torture Koroks. However, once in a while, you'll see people create something useful like an ATV for the Depths or even a Metal Gear.

]]> Sat, 27 May 2023 11:44:45 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-air-bike-easy-traversal/ It's not easy living in Hyrule. You never know when a red haired dude decides to invade, a witch decides to take revenge, or the whole continent gets swallowed by the sea. Its people have faced a lot of hardship, but yet, they endure. We see this once again in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom via the shining example set by real estate tycoon President Hudson and his loyal marketing executive, Addison.

]]> Sat, 27 May 2023 09:35:09 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-help-addison-sign-guy-floating-blocks/ The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a game that constantly rewards you for being a good person on your adventure. Helping out fellow travellers, escorting Koroks to their friends, and charging into battle with the monster control squad are all deeds that net you some nice rewards, so when you see poor loyal Addison struggling to set up various Hudson Construction signs across Hyrule, your natural instinct is to give him a hand, right?

]]> Sat, 27 May 2023 02:17:43 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/tears-of-the-kingdom-players-just-realising-help-addison-sign-guy/ The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom harkens back to the classic Zelda formula in many ways. One method in which it does this is by returning the use of items, of which there are many to collect, learn about, and use in a vast number of scenarios.

]]> Fri, 26 May 2023 23:30:15 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-best-throwable-items-ranked/ Tears of the Kingdom is in many ways a game that feels like it's trying to correct some of the faults of Breath of the Wild while improving upon the parts that made it great. In other ways, it feels like a dramatically different game with an entirely different vision of what it hopes to achieve.

]]> Fri, 26 May 2023 22:30:17 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-depths-scariest-features-locations/ There is an abundance of Koroks to find in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, just as there was in Breath of the Wild. However, with this comes plenty of new and returning puzzles you must solve or hiding places you must find if you want to get your hands on those Korok Seeds.

]]> Fri, 26 May 2023 22:00:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-best-korok-seed-puzzle-types/ While most of the shrines present in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom are solved simply by finding them and then completing the puzzles within, some shrines must be unlocked first. These longer sequences are called Shrine Quests in-game and are exactly what they sound like.

]]> Fri, 26 May 2023 21:45:17 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-how-to-complete-the-white-birds-guidance-wao-os-shrine-lever-power/ The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a masterfully executed game, and the music is no exception to this. The various music tracks, however long or short they may be, fill the game with a life that is unparalleled. Each music track is carefully crafted, and it becomes so apparent when you listen to them separately from the game.

]]> Fri, 26 May 2023 21:00:17 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-best-music-tracks-songs/ The Travel Medallion returns in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, but it's not a DLC-locked item this time around. There is a quest chain involving Robbie that lets you access this Key Item, allowing you to create your own fast travel spots.

]]> Fri, 26 May 2023 20:15:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-travel-medallion-location-guide/ The ability to fuse weapons in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom has already led to a ton of new combat strategies that encourage you to flex your creative muscles. From giant two-handed hammers to ridiculously long spears and other hobbled-together weapons, your options for crafting the death device of your dreams are quite open-ended.

]]> Fri, 26 May 2023 20:00:14 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-best-weapon-fusions/ Some of the quests in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom are long and arduous, while some others are simple puzzles that require little thought. Gloom-Borne Illness is a quest you can begin in Kakariko Village, which lies somewhere in between.

]]> Fri, 26 May 2023 18:16:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-gloom-borne-illness-quest-walkthrough-sunny-veggie-porridge/ Videos of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom have been going viral every day over on Twitter, and the things that impress me as a player are never the same things that impress actual game developers.

]]> Fri, 26 May 2023 18:00:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-game-dev-players-dont-understand/ Horses have returned in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. In this sequel to Breath of the Wild, you will be able to tame and ride horses in order to aid with transportation. Around Hyrule, you will find tons of average-looking horses, with equally-as-average stats, but which ones are the best?

]]> Fri, 26 May 2023 17:30:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdo-best-horses-location/ One of the most immediately obvious changes in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the addition of Zonai devices that Link can use to build all kinds of machinery. While some are using this new power to find fun new solutions to classic Zelda puzzles, others are using them to commit war crimes.

]]> Fri, 26 May 2023 15:30:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-zonai-device-dispenser-location-sky-hyrule-depths/ Nintendo invites you to play The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom however you like. It doesn’t present any right or wrong answers for puzzles or combat encounters. The design philosophy is built around providing you with a few tools and limitless possibilities for how to use them. Gameplay is weakest when it takes this freedom away and forces you down a binary path of progression, like temple puzzles or shrines that tear away rampant experimentation in favour of traditional design the series will benefit from leaving behind. In a way, it invites you to break the game.

]]> Fri, 26 May 2023 15:22:13 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/tears-of-the-kingdom-patching-out-duplication-glitches-is-a-massive-bummer/ There are enough shrines in Tears of the Kingdom to satisfy even the biggest Breath of the Wild veteran puzzle fans. Our aim is to cover every shrine that's even a little hard to solve, so that those among us who would rather get straight to the point and return to the wonderful open world can do just that.

]]> Fri, 26 May 2023 15:00:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/tears-of-the-kingdom-eutoum-shrine-guide/ Fans of Breath of the Wild know the seemingly never-ending number of Koroks that have hidden themselves in Hyrule. Well, there were 900 of them, but it sure seemed endless. In The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, they are back at it again, hiding away, getting lost, or needing your help with some puzzling situations.

]]> Fri, 26 May 2023 14:30:17 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-tips-for-finding-korok-seeds/ The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild launched on the Wii U and Nintendo Switch in 2017, and it was quickly praised as one of the most innovative games ever made. It broke the traditional formula established by titles like Ocarina of Time and Twilight Princess and presented a massive open world to explore at whichever pace you preferred.

]]> Fri, 26 May 2023 14:00:15 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-worth-it/ The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has a lot of shrines. 152, to be exact. That's more than Breath of the Wild had - even with its Champion's Ballad expansion. Some are simple. Others are real brain-teasers. And then there are the Proving Grounds shrines, which strip Link's equipment down to nil.

]]> Fri, 26 May 2023 13:30:15 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/tears-of-the-kingdom-otak-shrine/ It's exceedingly easy to forget that you can fuse things to your shield in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and if you have forgotten, you're missing out. Fusing things to your shield can give you some extra offensive and defensive measures or make moving around the map a significantly more fun experience.

]]> Fri, 26 May 2023 12:30:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-best-shield-fuse-items/ Explorers be prepared, Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom brought back the open world from Breath of the Wild, changed places you know and love, added new places, and oh right, there's the Sky Islands and the Depths.

]]> Fri, 26 May 2023 12:00:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-first-areas/ You would think a game as perfect as Tears of the Kingdom wouldn't need post-launch patches, but Nintendo has gone ahead and rolled one out this week anyway. The patch notes are pretty short, and what's not mentioned is a fix for the various duplication glitches some of you have been using. Despite that, every way players have found to multiply items by nefarious means appears to have been dealt with.

]]> Fri, 26 May 2023 09:58:44 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/tears-of-the-kingdom-patch-removes-duplication-glitch/ Within The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, there are multiple ways to get the better of the system, and as stingy as resources can be in Hyrule since the Upheaval, you might want to take every edge you can get. No greater one-up on the system exists beyond the infinite duplication glitches, and if you're not a fan of one, you're in luck. There are two!

]]> Thu, 25 May 2023 20:30:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-infinite-item-duplication-glitch/ There is a lot to do in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. In between completing missions on your quest to assist Princess Zelda and save the kingdom, you'll run into interesting locations, fascinating shrines, colorful characters, and even the occasional horse god or two.

]]> Thu, 25 May 2023 20:00:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-best-minigames/ The Yiga Clan makes an aggressive comeback in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, taking over buildings (and a cave) in Hyrule. Unlike their Breath of the Wild counterparts, the Yiga Clan has become more adept with their disguises in Tears of the Kingdom, and this time, they are determined to take down Link.

]]> Thu, 25 May 2023 19:30:17 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-best-yiga-clan-disguises/ Saying that The Legend Oof Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is a big game is like saying the sun is hot. It goes without saying, but you'll only really understand the true depths of that statement after you've stared at it for long enough. Then the world opens up completely. From here you can blast your way to any of the game challenges.

]]> Thu, 25 May 2023 19:00:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-do-after-tutorial/ Spider-Man 2 got an extended look at the PlayStation Showcase last night and it looks like what we, in the biz, call a ‘true sequel’. There’s been a lot of talk recently about what exactly a game needs to do to earn the 2 in the title, culminating in some players claiming that Tears of the Kingdom didn’t look like a real sequel in the run-up to its release because it reused assets from Breath of the Wild.

]]> Thu, 25 May 2023 18:00:17 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/spider-man-2-true-sequel-totk-miles-morales/ We've already seen quite a few... interesting creations using Tears of the Kingdom's Ultrahand ability, but this latest creation is a weapon to surpass them all.

]]> Thu, 25 May 2023 17:09:27 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-metal-gear-solid/ Though you’ve got plenty to worry about as you traverse the kingdom of Hyrule in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, you’ll keep bumping into Addison, a perhaps too-faithful employee of Hudson Construction. Addison has been given the task of hanging signs for Hudson Constriction all around Hyrule, but not one of his signs will stay standing on its own.

]]> Thu, 25 May 2023 17:01:15 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-addison-locations-sign-guy-guide/ The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom certainly had a good amount of time invested in its development what with there being a full six years between its launch and that of its predecessor. That gave plenty of time for Nintendo to refine its gameplay, give the game a great polish, and to stuff it silly with things to do. Just how much content is available in Tears of the Kingdom has been underlined by someone who recently completed it. And we're not just talking the main story, but the whole shebang, the full 100 percent.

]]> Thu, 25 May 2023 16:10:07 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-player-139-hours-100-percent/ Though there are plenty of big mainline quests in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, you’ll also find plenty of additional things to do along the way. As you venture into Gerudo Canyon to go check in with Riju about the sandstorm that’s decimated Gerudo Town, you discover that Zelda herself has ordered the nearby stable’s well permanently closed.

]]> Thu, 25 May 2023 16:00:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-the-blocked-well-gerudo-canyon-stable-guide/ The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has many shrines that typically have more than one solution for solving their puzzles, enabling you to use the tools you've gathered before entering the Shrine to give yourself an advantage in ways that can make you feel like you've cheated the system.

]]> Thu, 25 May 2023 15:30:14 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-totk-rasitakiwak-shrine-guide-proving-grounds-vehicles/ In The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, you are back in a familiar Hyrule. As such, you will come across many of the same landmarks, NPCs, and villages such as Lurelin. Lurelin Village is a small little town located in the southwestern portion of the map. This oceanfront town will be experiencing some bad luck when you first encounter it.

]]> Thu, 25 May 2023 15:00:17 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-lurelin-resort-project-rally-race-quest-walkthrough/ The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom suffers in the same way many open-world games do; the loot you get from treasure chests is seldom gratifying or worth the time and effort you put in to get it.

]]> Thu, 25 May 2023 14:30:15 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-most-disappointing-chest-rewards/ Of the numerous collection quests in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, there are none like "Messages From An Ancient Era" in the way it gives you quite the opportunity to explore all the Sky has to offer. Asking you to put your gliding and plane-building skills to the test, you'll need to stretch your wings further than you ever have before if you want to unlock the secrets of history.

]]> Thu, 25 May 2023 07:16:29 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-messages-from-an-ancient-era-tablets-location-guide/ Rare stones are a requirement in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for the adventurer looking to upgrade their equipment and make a decent income, and none are as valuable as the illustrious Diamond. As rare as they come, you'll want to make sure you get your hands on as many as possible to grow your defenses and your wallet.

]]> Thu, 25 May 2023 07:04:30 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-diamonds-guide/ Creative solutions are the name of the game when it comes to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. With so many shrine puzzles and countless answers to them all, Joju-u-u is no exception when it comes to shrines with multiple answers. However you choose to tackle this challenge, you'll need to bridge the gap between logic and creativity to succeed.

]]> Wed, 24 May 2023 22:15:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-loz-joju-u-u-shrine-guide/ The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has no shortage of quests and cooking recipes, and there are a few select instances where you can encounter both simultaneously. This is exactly the case in the quest "Gourmets Gone Missing," a step in the right direction for a recipe, a cash reward, and (eventually) a new armor set.

]]> Wed, 24 May 2023 22:00:18 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-loz-gourmets-gone-missing-complete-guide/ Although Zelda might have confiscated your last home, there's hope for a second sanctuary in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. However, in true Legend of Zelda fashion, you must complete a few menial tasks before you're allowed to buy one.

]]> Wed, 24 May 2023 21:45:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-loz-mattisons-independence-quest-guide/ Cuccos have long been a staple around Hyrule, but in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, you and your winged reporter friend, Penn, will be consulting one for leads on a story you can publish in the Lucky Clover Gazette.

]]> Wed, 24 May 2023 21:30:16 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-all-clucking-cucco-quest-guide/ Simple is not often a word attributed to the shrines of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, but it thankfully is to this short but sweet puzzle at Sibajitak Shrine. With a spinning pillar to put to rights, you'll need to consider time measurements if you'd like to rise above the challenge presented.

]]> Wed, 24 May 2023 21:16:15 GMT https://www.thegamer.com/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-loz-sibajitak-shrine-guide/