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[jmizzal]

Might be some spoilers

I thought this might be a nice thread, I played over 50 hours and the first part of the list bolded are things I didnt know about lol

1) If you throw a rusty weapon at some Octoroks, they will suck it up and spit back out a cleaned, new weapon.

2) You can survive in cold environments without elixirs or warm clothes just by equipping a Fire Rod or a torch.

3) The temperature in the desert is lower in the shade than it is in the sun.

4) Killing animals in very hot or very cold climates will give you meat that's already cooked or chilled instead of raw meat.

5) If you use boulders, Cryonis, or other tricks to lift or dislodge an old rusted guardian you'll find more ancient materials underneath it.

6) If you befriend dogs at stables they'll sometimes lead you to buried treasure chests.

7) If you feed your horse an Endura Carrot it will have more dash charges when you mount it.

8) You can ride a bear. And a moose. And a deer.

9) You can (very briefly) mount and ride a Lynel. They don't like it very much.

10) You can ride an enemy's skeletal undead horse.

The rest at the link
http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/03...a-breath-of-the-wild-that-will-blow-your-mind

 

[Inferno313]

Pft. Knew all of this.

Good article for those who don't though.

Actually, didn't know #7. Neat!

 

[bonchooski]

The amount of small touches that this game has blows my mind the more i play it.

 

[levious]

Can you board any non-horse mount?

 

[ryushe]

1) If you throw a rusty weapon at some Octoroks, they will suck it up and spit back out a cleaned, new weapon.

2) You can survive in cold environments without elixirs or warm clothes just by equipping a Fire Rod or a torch.

Wait, wut?

 

[XenodudeX]

The fuck there are skeletal undead horses in this???

70+ hours played and I haven't seen that.

 

[-shadow-]

Some are interesting. But doesn't the game actually tell you that you can use a (fire) rod to keep warm in cold environments?

 

[Gaspard]

Edit: misunderstood

 

[jrush64]

This game man

12) Link has a custom flexing idle animation if he doesn’t have a shirt equipped.

 

[The Elite]

45 hours in and there a few that I had no idea about. This game is incredible.

 

[wwm0nkey]

Wait you can move the downed guardians!?

 

[AGoodODST]

Wait, how can ride a moose? I tried a million times in Hebra and the mount prompt never came up...

 

[BorkBork]

The fuck there are skeletal undead horses in this???

70+ hours played and I haven't seen that.

There's a quest for taking a pic of it. You can try to ride it back to the stables but the guy there freaks out and refuses to register it because he's worried it will eat the other horses.

The horse is very well behaved though!

 

[marrec]

Can you board any non-horse mount?

No, but there is a funny bit of dialog at the stables depending on what you DO bring to him.

 

[marrec]

Wait you can move the downed guardians!?

Some of the dilapidated guardians can be moved with either metal objects or ice blocks under them. Not all of them can be moved.

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

I thought the raw meat cooking on the ground on Death Mountain was a really cool touch. Any time I would kill animals in the area their remains would conveniently cook for me right away.

 

[dh4niel]

I was hoping that link was going to be a video. :/

 

[Somnid]

The warmth point generalizes. Flame weapons also give you a heat boost, ice weapons can cool you down in hot climates.

 

[spekkeh]

Did IGN just get these from the GAF topic Zelda details that blow your mind? .

 

[bishopcruz]

29) Looking for a shrine? Look up — shrines usually have a group of birds circling above them.

Wait, what?

 

[Schnozberry]

The fuck there are skeletal undead horses in this???

70+ hours played and I haven't seen that.

Look up in the Northwest Portion of the map in the Hebra Area.

 

[TheNormalMan]

There's a quest for taking a pic of it. You can try to ride it back to the stables but the guy there freaks out and refuses to register it because he's worried it will eat the other horses.

The horse is very well behaved though!

I actually did this last night! Was really sad when I couldn't board it. Didn't know there was a quest for taking a pic of it though...glad I snapped a shot!

 

[Griss]

This is what happens when a game is delayed this long despite having an all-star team developing it.

It ends up polished to the highest of quality, with touches that scream 'labour of love' bursting from every pore.

The delays were torture, but my god were they worth it in the end.

 

[Cjdamon042]

The fuck there are skeletal undead horses in this???

70+ hours played and I haven't seen that.

I found my first one in the top left of the map, by one of the mazes, I forget the area name.

I was so close to getting to a stable before dawn but didn't make it in time, so it disintegrated. No idea if you can actually board them at the stable though, probably not.

EDIT: Ah, answered above.

 

[Stabby McSter]

Wait, wut?

that's how i got to the first shrine on the mountain hyuk

 

[RagnarokX]

2) You can survive in cold environments without elixirs or warm clothes just by equipping a Fire Rod or a torch.

I'm surprised people don't figure this out. I also like to drop all of my fire weapons around ice to melt it faster instead of wasting the durability or building a fire.

 

[Sendou]

So much just works. Like if you want campsite during rain you have to go under a tree to be able to light it up.

 

[Metal Khaos]

Didn't even realize you can knock over the old disabled Guardians.

 

[Caelus]

I'm surprised people don't figure this out. I also like to drop all of my fire weapons around ice to melt it faster instead of wasting the durability or building a fire.

Fuck! That would've been useful at the Hebra Tower. You continue to earn your tag.

 

[Soroc]

The fuck there are skeletal undead horses in this???

70+ hours played and I haven't seen that.

I saw them in teh Akala region, northeast where lots of wild horses roam. Not sure if they only come out at night?

 

[Shift Breaker]

Already got me with #1.

 

[psychowave]

I'm surprised people don't figure this out. I also like to drop all of my fire weapons around ice to melt it faster instead of wasting the durability or building a fire.

Oh my god.

 

[marrec]

I saw them in teh Akala region, northeast where lots of wild horses roam. Not sure if they only come out at night?

Mostly.

 

[Soroc]

I'm surprised people don't figure this out. I also like to drop all of my fire weapons around ice to melt it faster instead of wasting the durability or building a fire.

LOL I usually build a campfire next to them to melt them. Didn't even think about dropping my fire weapons instead!

 

[brawly]

I really need to play this game. One day.

 

[13ruce]

Holy Shit all those tiny details this is why it's a 10/10 people.

I knew most but learned like 25+ new things!

 

[sixteen-bit]

just post all of these in the mind blowing facts thread

 

[broncobuster]

What's surprising is most of those are communicated to the player, directly or indirectly. You can discover it on your own or learn it when the game wants you to. Say, the rusty weapon trick. There's a rock on death mountain with a line of rusty weapons leading to an octorok.

 

[Randdalf]

Number 5 oh my word, I need to head to that forest full of busted guardians after knowing that.

 

[Neoleo2143]

Link has a Custom animation where he nods along with the Cuccos. <3

 

[BashNasty]

I've played this game for over 90 hours and been all over the map, and I've never seen a bear.

Where do you find bears?

 

[spekkeh]

I'm surprised people don't figure this out. I also like to drop all of my fire weapons around ice to melt it faster instead of wasting the durability or building a fire.

Goddamn so many fire arrows wasted.

28) Cooking during a blood moon creates “critical success” super-strong foods.

Why did I never think of trying this out?

 

[ShockingAlberto]

I'm surprised people don't figure this out. I also like to drop all of my fire weapons around ice to melt it faster instead of wasting the durability or building a fire.

The elemental effect of dropping a weapon works with any type, too.

You can skip an entire puzzle in one of the dungeons by just putting two lightning weapons in the right place.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

The fuck there are skeletal undead horses in this???

70+ hours played and I haven't seen that.

I rode one last night! I wasn't sure at first whether to kill it or not then I saw it was ridable

 

[Mega]

Wait, wut?

Yup.

I went up Mt Lanaryu with only the warm doublet from the start of the game. Wasn't enough and I didn't come with enough warming elixirs. In desperation and remembering being warm at campfires on the Great Plateau, I equipped a flamesword from my inventory and it got me through the mission. I still do this when I'm in snowy high altitudes since I haven't yet found other warm equips.

I'm surprised you can ride a moose. That's the huge one with the enormous antlers, right? Because I put on my full stealth equip, took a stealth potion and approached one very slowly and couldn't do it...? I know you can ride an elk.

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

40) You can shoot an electric arrow into a body of water to kill all the fish swimming in the area. They’ll float to the surface.

That seems like a fairly obvious thing I didn't think to try.

 

[Phu]

8) You can ride a bear. And a moose. And a deer.

10) You can ride an enemy’s skeletal undead horse.

And you can't stable any of them. I was so stoked to ride a skeleton horse to the stables only to be disappointed.

 

[RagnarokX]

That seems like a fairly obvious thing I didn't think to try.

Waste of arrows when bombs do the same trick.

 

[Pinky]

This is what happens when a game is delayed this long despite having an all-star team developing it.

It ends up polished to the highest of quality, with touches that scream 'labour of love' bursting from every pore.

The delays were torture, but my god were they worth it in the end.

Well said! It was very much worth the wait.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Yup.

I went up Mt Lanaryu with only the warm doublet from the start of the game. Wasn't enough and I didn't come with enough warming elixirs. In desperation and remembering being warm at campfires on the Great Plateau, I equipped a flamesword from my inventory and it got me through the mission. I still do this when I'm in snowy high altitudes since I haven't yet found other warm equips.

Warm doublet + spicy food also works.

For high-level resistance, you can just double up on low-level resistance things.