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aubergionGod, it's amazing how much better I am at archery than I was the first time around.
Part of this, I have been told, is probably because I spent a significant and consequential portion of my first playthrough buck-naked with three hearts. As a result of this coupled with my hoarding tendencies, I developed the ability to headshot very quickly because my alternative was being one-shot by every blue bokoblin that got within striking distance.
So my aim is very good.
I also now understand the bullet-time mechanic of falling archery, which I previously learned while flailing about Vah Ruta trying to figure out what to hit and getting positively mauled by Cryonis blocks.
This time, I came prepared - fresh out of the Faron Highlands with an untouched Phrenic Bow and forty of the twenty shock arrows the game suggested I should gather before facing the Divine Beast.
I used exactly four of them to disable the orbs across two trips up the waterfalls - one trip for each side. Though the game wasn't wholly wrong about the number of shock arrows I should bring, as I used another twenty or so on Waterblight Ganon. So I'm glad I had the extras! I then proceeded north to Akkala, because I want ancient arrows so bad. Those things are god tier. And apparently, my misadventures in the south have paid off, because I arrived with enough shafts to make 10 Ancient Arrows.
Guardians eat your heart out.
Last but not least, I did the labyrinth to the north of the Akkala Ancient Tech Lab. I don't know how you're supposed to do it. I climbed up on top of the box with the shrine in it and dropped down into all the nooks and crannies until I found one that led inside. I guess you could actually do the maze, but who has that kind of time? And I got a never-before-seen Barbarian Hat! Does this mean there are other Barbarian clothes out there somewhere? Given previous adventures in clothing, signs point to yes.
Part of this, I have been told, is probably because I spent a significant and consequential portion of my first playthrough buck-naked with three hearts. As a result of this coupled with my hoarding tendencies, I developed the ability to headshot very quickly because my alternative was being one-shot by every blue bokoblin that got within striking distance.
So my aim is very good.
I also now understand the bullet-time mechanic of falling archery, which I previously learned while flailing about Vah Ruta trying to figure out what to hit and getting positively mauled by Cryonis blocks.
This time, I came prepared - fresh out of the Faron Highlands with an untouched Phrenic Bow and forty of the twenty shock arrows the game suggested I should gather before facing the Divine Beast.
I used exactly four of them to disable the orbs across two trips up the waterfalls - one trip for each side. Though the game wasn't wholly wrong about the number of shock arrows I should bring, as I used another twenty or so on Waterblight Ganon. So I'm glad I had the extras! I then proceeded north to Akkala, because I want ancient arrows so bad. Those things are god tier. And apparently, my misadventures in the south have paid off, because I arrived with enough shafts to make 10 Ancient Arrows.
Guardians eat your heart out.
Last but not least, I did the labyrinth to the north of the Akkala Ancient Tech Lab. I don't know how you're supposed to do it. I climbed up on top of the box with the shrine in it and dropped down into all the nooks and crannies until I found one that led inside. I guess you could actually do the maze, but who has that kind of time? And I got a never-before-seen Barbarian Hat! Does this mean there are other Barbarian clothes out there somewhere? Given previous adventures in clothing, signs point to yes.
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Date: 2022-08-12 10:37 (UTC)And omg YES THE LABYRINTH. I did it like... about the same length into the game as you are now, I think, but I did it by (badly) doing the maze--which admittedly involved some wall climbing and a couple instances of "get up high so I can see where I am".
(It isn't the only labyrinth. It is the one I found hardest, partly because I did terribly at marking my route.)
Forgot that was the barbarian helm tho. Skullhead!