Summary
The greatest innovation introduced byThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomis its modular building, letting players construct all sorts of contraptions from items andZonai Devicesgathered from throughout Hyrule. It’s a clever and often astounding iteration onBreath of the Wild’s sandbox design ethos, letting the limits of the game be defined solely by the player’s imagination. Even more thanone year afterTears of the Kingdomwas released, it’s easy to come across all sorts of ingenious, practical designs that can solve obnoxious or persistent problems.
Although quaint in comparison, caves were another innovationTOTKmade overBOTW. Brought on by the Upheaval, Hyrule’s surface became littered with caves that didn’t exist inTOTK’s predecessors. These primarily helped add some variety to a game world many players had already thoroughly explored, but they also became the place tofind all ofTOTK’s Bubbul Gems, a collectible that can be traded to Koltin for a variety of items. Spelunking through Hyrule results in one recurring annoyance: lengthy excavation efforts through pockets of destructible rocks.
Ingenious Tears Of The Kingdom Contraption Clears Rocks Easily
Two Big Wheels & A Stake Or Hover Stone
Reddit userevanthebouncyshared their deceptively simple contraption, which tunnels through breakable stone with ease. The build only has three components: two Big Wheels and a Stake. One Big Wheel is attached to the Stake via its axle, while the other is attached to the first’s treads. Activating the device sends the second Big Wheel spinning around the first, rotating and destroying any rocks in its path. Having only two powered components, it doesn’t drain battery quickly, and can be easily moved to a new location.
In the comments of the Reddit post, user Professional-Pool832 even suggests an iteration to save Zonai Devices: “Use a Hover Stone instead of a Stake. That way you can place it suspended in the air, and then fuse the Hover Stone back on a spear.” This will help save players Zonaite in the long-run, since it’s the perfect kind of simple machine to construct using Link’sAutobuild ability inTears of the Kingdom. Even if Autobuild isn’t being used, keeping a Hover Stone on a spear for this exact purpose will then only require two Big Wheels be broken out of capsules.
Breaking Rocks Becomes Tedious In Zelda: TOTK
And Wastes Bombs & Weapons
While blasting away breakable walls with a Bomb Flower can be cathartic, there are a lot of caves andShrines inTears of the Kingdomthat utilize the gimmick. While caves that require a lot of excavating usually provide the necessary materials – rusty weapons and rocks to Fuse to them are almost always nearby – swinging a way through is time-consuming. Additionally, if items for a makeshift hammer aren’t close at hand, it can be taxing on resources, especially in the early hours of the game, when Bomb Flowers are more scarce and valuable.
Yunobo’s Power of Fire ability once he’s been awakened as the Sage of Fire is especially helpful for clearing rocks without using resources, though it still has to recharge between uses.
The Big Wheel contraption is a great way to cut down on the tedium of removing boulders, especially during subsequent playthroughs. Players far along in the game won’t have any problems constructing it either, as the Zonaite requirement to summon it via Autobuild is far far taxing on the number that has likely been collected already, not to mention it’ll be worth its cost in Zonaite because of the efficiency with which it can mine the substance in the Depths. A nice added bonus is that it also destroys any Stone Pebblits nearby, which aren’t particularly difficult enemies, but do tend to pop up in caves and near ore.
Easy builds are often the most useful and convenient, like thefamously simpleTOTKhoverbike, which is also constructed with only three components.TOTKhas a knack for de-spawning builds that Link wanders too far from, so it’s nice to have a few in his repertoire that can be quickly conjured with Autobuild. Building an elaborate warplane or Bokoblin-battling mech is suitably entertaining, but it’s often clever use of fewer materials that prove to be the most practical builds inThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the anticipated follow-up to Breath of the Wild, released in 2017. A rare occurrence in Zelda titles, Tears of the Kingdom is a direct sequel instead of loosely connected. In Tears of the Kingdom, Link will take to the skies and learn about a mysterious kingdom in the clouds.
