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 Music: Hateno Village (Night)  Welcome to Hateno Village!  Just traveling.  Hrm? You certainly do appear to be a Hylian like the rest of us... Hylians are generally good folk, so... Sorry for getting all worked up... You're free to go. We're just a waypoint on your winding road, huh? Ah, the life of a traveler. Well, you can get most things you need at the general store, and the inn is just back there. What is this place? This is the town of greenery and dyes, Hateno Village. The vegetables taste good. The air smells good... What else... All kinds of points of interest I'm forgetting... Travelers tend to spend their money here, so that's good! Yeah! The village folk welcome THAT with open arms! But... Guess what our ultimate destination is.   Horses get awful tired of runnin'. You can't just dig in your spurs all the time. Use your eyes to see how they're doing.  It's night, so understandably the village isn't that lively.   On the right is the general store, our first destination.   I trust everything is as I left it?What a great businessman.  The speciality arrows are crazy expensive, even in bulk. You're better off finding them in the wild. I do restock on regular arrows though, as our last encounter left me rather low.  Also a variety of cooking supplies like Fresk Milk and Hylian Rice.  Speaking of, another recipe to remember. Seems to require Rock Salt, Hylian Rice, and some type of mushroom. These recipes always pale to whatever you concoct yourself.  Across the street is the clothing store.  The Hylian gear from Kakariko is also sold here, plus the Warm Doublet if you somehow avoided grabbing it on The Great Plateau. There's also a new set we'll look at shortly.  The saleswoman...uh...   Why are you in the corner? ... Am I nestled too far in the corner? Is it hard to see me? I know it's a little weird, but I just feel more confident over here.As usual, Zelda NPCs have their eccentricities. So what is this place? We're a clothing shop with lots of apparel to choose from! Normal wear to adventure wear, you'll find it where? Right here!So let's check out the new threads.    The Soldier's gear has higher base defenses than the rest of our gear, but it has no special abilities and no set bonuses if upgraded. It is pretty cheap though, so I go ahead and buy it.   Behind the general store is this area.  Explore our model homes today! Hmmm.  Next to the model town is a shrine.  Music: Shrine Theme oh no  Oh no.  The apparatus shrines are...special. https://j.mega64.net/botw/u22/026.mp4 You see, this is a puzzle you control not with regular controls, but the gyroscope in the various Wii U and Switch controllers. We have to maneuver the controller to get the ball through the maze without it falling off. It's as fun as it sounds.  In the meantime, let's get the chest.   This is actually a really nice get. This bow lets you zoom in more when shooting, having a much better chance to land a distant target. It's always a wise idea to have a zooming bow like this handy.   Getting back is kinda tricky, but it works out. Anyway, the actual puzzle. Here's what I've found to be the best solution. https://j.mega64.net/botw/u22/033.mp4 Flip it over. You waste a lot less time between attempts that way. https://j.mega64.net/botw/u22/034.mp4 It still takes a few attempts, but I get it in.  Thankfully, that is all there is to this shrine! Music: Hateno Village (Night)  Past the model home and the shrine is this house. It's a rather interesting house, you see.  There's some builders here, and these particular builders are important enough to get portraits.  What are you doing?  Workin', as you can see! This old house here has been abandoned. Everyone in Hateno Village agreed we should demolish it. Must be hard work. Yep! And I wouldn't want it any other way, to be honest with ya.So who are you? I just started at Bolson Construction. Name is Karson! My trial period is done, and they finally hired me as an official member of the Bolson family! Son? Yep, you heard me right! The boss there was saying he's really looking into expanding the business. But I'm wondering - just how many folks are out there with names ending in "son"? Maybe lots?You know, we could buy this place... Well, I'm not into real estate, so I can't really help you out there. If you're really interested in this place, you're gonna need to talk to the boss. Next up is this guy. Conversations with him are a bit different, so while normally I show screenshots every time we have a choice, here I'll be omitting a lot for what will soon be obvious reasons.  Who are you?  I'm a carpenter for Bolson Construction. Name's Hudson.What are you doing? I'm knocking this place down.Why? 'Cause no one's living here.Why? The owner of this house took off.Why? Don't know. Maybe skipped town without paying the bills?Oh. Answered all your questions?Yes. Good. A lot has happened since the Great Calamity. Tough to keep track of it all.Right. For the first time since then, we're finally getting back on our feet. So best of luck to both of us.Yeah. Yeah.So that's Hudson.  This must be Bolson, I'd assume.   What're you doing?  In case it's not obvious, I'm demolishing a vacant house. Times are rough. Not a lot of buyers, y'know? I mean, if it's just going to be torn down, we'd be happy to take it off your hands...  Okey-doo... Let me lay it out for you. See this house? Been vacant for years. So the villagers had a meeting, argued, voted, and decided to tear it down. The demolition costs, with associated fees, permits, and other such details...come in at 50,000 rupees. 50,000!? No way! Heh... Figured. When I was your age, I had serious money problems too, so I know how it feels all too well... ...All right. All right, look. Here's the deal! Just for you! I'll cut you a special price of 3,000 rupees. I'm going to need you to bring me 30 wood bundles. Building materials... You know how it is. Anyway, you understand the terms? Then get to it. And show me what you're built out of.   So...   Yes, we can own a house in this game. Though right now, 3,000 rupees is kinda out of our range. Even if we sold everything we currently own, we probably wouldn't have enough. So sadly we'll have to leave this on the backburner for now. But I'm sure we'll be back sooner or later...  Anyway, Hateno Village is kinda dead right now. Let's just wait until morning so we can meet everyone else. Music: Hateno Village (Day) For instance, there's now this guy.   Might be a good idea. OK! Let's get you a good ol' fashioned dose of Hateno hospitality! The shop is in my daughter's capable hands these days, so I've got a lot of time on my hands. I thought it might be nice to do a good turn for the village where I was born and raised, so I volunteered as a tour guide. Stick with me, and I'll show you around the best parts of this place. In fact, in just a minute, I'll show you something really special!https://j.mega64.net/botw/u22/100.mp4 I'm showing this in video form because the noises he makes while running is one of my favorite things in this game.  And now, on with the tour! What great weather! The East Wind general store is open... and it's just as lively inside there as it is out here! Go take a look!She's certainly gotten her pitch down pretty well.  But for now, let's follow the Amazing Grunting Man as we take his whirlwind tour back and forth in this sleepy village.  And now, on with the tour! Uh, sure.  Yes, we can get our clothes dyed. We'll come back after the tour.  This seems like it should be a Korok Puzzle, but if it is I never figured it out. Magnesis and Stasis does nothing, at any rate.  Another side quest. We'll be back later.   Then he walks allllll the way back...  To be straight with you, this is actually my store! So come hang out when you've got some time. Stock up here first before heading over to Kochi Dye Shop. Whew... I'm pretty much beat! Let's call this the end of the tour, yah? You might want to plan your tour route better next time. Anyway, I'm sure you're all curious about armor dyeing, so let's jump in to that next.  Welcome to Kochi Dye Shop, where we live to dye! If you have any dye ingredients, it's 20 rupees to dye an item... That includes our service charge, of course. Let's learn more first. I love the fact that someone so young is so interested in our unique Hateno dyes. It is indeed part of my duty to keep the young people from losing their interest in the tradition... Let me give you all the colorful details of how the magic works! Hateno dyeing is a traditional craft of Hateno Village. In days past, we'd use our own prepared dye ingredients. But these days, there are so many monsters about, that it's difficult for us to gather ingredients... That's why we've switched to the customer bringing us the dye ingredients, and in return, we have a small service charge. And the total price is just 20 rupees! So now...Let's dye!   There's fifteen different colors we can choose from. They are: Blue, Red, Yellow, White, Black, Purple, Green, Light Blue, Navy, Orange, Peach, Crimson, Light Yellow, Brown, and Gray.   When you dye, you dye all the clothes you're wearing. So if we wanted to dye three separate colors for our clothes, we'd have to do it three times only wearing each article we want dyed. Luckily it's cheap to do, only 20 rupees and any monster ingredient, so the cost is of no issue. Not all clothes can be dyed, but most can. At any rate, that'll be something you guys can vote on later.  For now, more townspeople.  Are you a traveler? In that case, follow me for a minute. Uh, alright.   Uh, alright.   It said, "When the three summit trees become one, turn your back to them and head toward the sea. A trial encased in stone awaits you there." I don't know what that means! But maybe it means we have to head to Afromsia Coast, which is just east of those three trees on the mountain! For the "trial encased in stone..." bit, I wonder if you get some kind of treasure for doing that... But you can do that, right? You'd be great at that! Go on! Head out there and bring us back that treasure!  A new shrine quest! To the backburner it goes!  If we try to chat...    Eavesdrop, huh...?   Apparently a young girl was seen going in and out of the Hateno Ancient Tech Lab. Oh, weird. Think they adopted or something? But the director...just doesn't seem the adopting type, you know? I just have to wonder if the girl is... ac-tu-ally... No, that can't be.Hmm.  I love to run! Who do you like? I love my mommy! But my mommy... She's always talking with her friend. You're not supposed to interrupt them. The only way I've been able to talk to her when she's with her friend is to sneak up from behind.What do you like to do? I like catching bugs! Shiny bugs! Crouch down and quietly approach the bug. If you do that...you'll catch the bug!What do you like? Want shiny jewels! Shiny money! Love! What is it? You have...sapphire? Sell it! Be rich!How illuminating.  This kid has yet another side quest for us.  Hey, mister. Did you come from the big wide world? I'd say so. I bet you can use all sorts of different weapons, right? Sooo... Do you wanna help a kid's dream come true?  Sounds fine to me. Yeahhh! I knew you'd do it! Hmm, where should we start? I've seen it in books, but never in real life before! If you find it, please let me see it!  Another one we'll leave for the backburner, since I have none on me.   Hidden past these homes is this NPC. He's got more exposition, and since this is the update for pointless exposition...   It sure seems that way. Yes... We're finally feeling a bit of recovery from the Great Calamity. Our village is pleasant, peaceful, and has plenty of food to go around! Please stay as long as you'd like. Ancient Tech Lab: Hateno Ancient Tech Lab? Oh, sure! That's the building up on the top of that hill. A person from the Sheikah tribe lives up there. You never know what they're diving into. They rarely come out lately, now that I think about it. They must be really busy lately... Seems at least one member of the Sheikah tribe has lived up there since the time of the Great Calamity. They call what goes on up there research, but I don't know what kind. Those folks up there should get out more, y'know? It's not healthy to stay cooped up all day!The Great Calamity: It's hard to even talk about the Great Calamity. It was a disastrous event that took place 100 years ago. Villages everywhere were burned. Many lives were lost... That was all before I was born, of course. The elders here would know more.Hateno Village: Hateno Village barely survived the Great Calamity. The village was later rebuilt by Hylian hands. Now many people live here in peace amongst the shops. It's nice to see travelers stop by now and then as well.Got all that? You better have!  Yes? Have you seen this one?https://j.mega64.net/botw/u22/215.mp4 I'll do it again. Watch carefully this time! All right, I'll teach you, but you gotta pay attention, OK?Then she does it again.  Sure. Why not.  Oh...oops. What are you talking about? There's a girl staying up at the Hateno Ancient Tech Lab! I saw her come outside! She was right over there! It's true! But when I tried to tell a grown-up about it, they said the only people who've lived there are an old man and old woman... She was a Sheikah girl, I swear! No one ever listens to kids...Sounds like a bit of a mystery on our hands.   Yep! Well, I'll be... Peaceful, huh? Oh, yes... When I was a child, this whole region wasn't in a state fit to be sown, much less harvested. Hyrule Castle and Castle Town had been destroyed, and all the lovely folks there fell victim to... Well...back in bygone days, we called it the Calamity. But words often fall meaningless when we try to describe tragic events of a certain magnitude...The way Impa spoke of Hateno, she made it sound like it made it through the Great Calamity relatively unscathed, but that certainly doesn't seem to be how the people of Hateno interpret events. The Calamity really did affect of Hyrule negatively.  Best place to rest up in all of Hateno Village is Ton Pu Inn! If you plan to stay, just talk to the clerk across the counter. This guy had a side quest for us earlier, so let's chat him up.   Nope. If you're not staying there, then... Uh, alright. Thought so. I know things have been peaceful recently, but the outside world is still pretty dangerous, yeah? Wait... Just what exactly are you checking out?  If you're lucky enough to stay at the Ton Pu Inn, you'll see what I mean. Say hullo to Prime for me if you do.  What kind of gift do you think Prime at the Ton Pu Inn would want? Just take a guess. It's not for me, you understand. It's for...my buddy's friend.  This seems simple enough.   Let's be direct and immediately ask her what she likes.  I'll tell you something that I really like... Crickets. It's my dream to have my very own collection of 100 restless crickets. This NPC is unique in that she's the only NPC in the game not to lust over Link. Bizarre, I know.  Anyway, we got our obviously correct information, so let's report back.  We've got the details.  *ahem* I mean, that's cool, that's cool...  Prima wants restless crickets? And 100 of them?! Hahaha! What a small world! I love restless crickets! I'm a connoisseur of them! But catching 100 of them is gonna be tough. Think you could help me get started on those? How about you get me...10 of them? I'll get you something nice for your trouble. To the backburner it goes!  On top of the inn is this rather informative fellow.  Brother? I could recognize a fellow traveler a country mile away! We share a unique bond, you and me! I've recently returned from both Goron City and Gerudo Town. Goron City: Goron City is way north of Hateno Village, out in the Eldin region. So hot there, it burns me just thinking about it! I had to turn back. I didn't actually make it all the way to Goron City.Gerudo Town: Gerudo Town is west of Hateno Village way out in the Gerudo Desert. Right when I was about to make my way into Gerudo Town, the gatekeeper drove me off... Wasn't until later that I heard they only let women in there! Now, had I known that beforehand, I wouldn't have trekked all the way across that stinking wasteland of a desert! But now I'm here wondering if I could've actually gotten in there if I'd fooled them into thinking I belonged...Other places: Other places? Well, if you've got a taste for adventure, you don't want to miss out on Zora's Domain and Rito Village. The road to Zora's Domain is dangerous, though. And Rito Village is way far away. Neither are easy places to get to.Some traveler he is.  We're pretty much done with the main village, but there's still a few NPCs as we make our way up the hill to the Ancient Tech Lab.   Huh? Oops! I forgot we just met. I was reminiscing about my hometown of Lurelin Village by the sea. The view and the air are different here in Hateno Village, but this is where my wonderful husband calls home. We recognize Lurelin Village. It's a small fishing community far to the south. I lived there before I moved here with my new husband. We had to cross the Bridge of Hylia to get here, weighted down with everything I couldn't bear to leave behind. Thinking back on it, it's a wonder either of us survived the trip... Further up is this pasture.   Hrm? Are you some kinda wanderer?  What's up? Woo-hoo! I had a lucky feeling you were the answer to my prayers! So what I need is for you to hunt some deer out in Retsam Forest. They're overpopulated these days, and it's destroying the forest. That's why I was hoping you could hunt all the deer you can...in one minute. What's the trick? A trick? Well, I guess it helps to have a strong bow to take 'em down with one shot. And of course, you want to get close enough to the deer to line up your shot without them noticing you.We'll pass for now. Got bigger things to do, plus at this point I'd been recording for an hour and a half and after all this dialogue I was ready to finish up.  Just a few more NPCs...  What? What do YOU want? Oh, don't act so clueless. Although... Fine. You seem harmless enough. Forgive me. I've just been on edge with all these monsters running around. They come up from Hateno Beach to steal my sheep. If someone doesn't do something soon, I won't have any left!  Later.  Hi!  That was my favorite NPC yet.  We're getting close!  Just a couple more kids...    So what is the deal with this girl, anyway?      Next time, the Hateno Ancient Tech Lab. Mega64 fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Jul 25, 2017 |
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Can you use any monster ingredient for dyeing? I was always under the impression that in order to dye you needed to have food and/or monster parts of the color that you want.
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Those rocks look an awful lot like a Tower of Hanoi puzzle. Maybe sort the rocks by color?
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My solution for the apparatus was to twist the maze so that it would drop the ball in the last straightaway. I hate the apparatus ones though too, far harder to execute than it is to understand the goal.
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I think the small rock stacks are just decorative. You missed one important NPC in Hateno, but it may have been on purpose.
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That apparatus solution is beautifully spiteful. 
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The Golux posted:I think the small rock stacks are just decorative. I straight-out forgot them, but it's fine because the update was long as is. I'll come back to them in the next couple updates.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55dGgGECIF8 Wow.
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I can't help but wonder what Bolson's reaction would be if you actually had 50,000 rupees on hand for the house. It's a rather large number, but surprisingly easy to manage in a number of ways, it's just that I only had about 18k at the time so I wasn't able to find out. Fake edit: Google to the rescue, the answer is apparently 'Nintendo didn't actually consider that you'd do this so there's nothing.'
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Catching up on the last 2 updates: I knew the spring of wisdom existed, but never bothered to look for it. Now I regret it, that dragon fight looked really fun! Also, that apparatus puzzle is the worst one I ever found. The other ones I didn't have too much trouble with. On this one, I ended up just jumping into the maze, using stasis and hitting the ball out of the side of the cage over the gap and into the hole...
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PMush Perfect posted:That apparatus solution is beautifully spiteful. The main thing to note for it is that the exit ramp isn't centered on the rotation axis, and perspective can mess with you so what *looks* lined up isn't actually aligned.
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 I get the feeling my typo may have influenced things. Next update should be tomorrow, and then another update hopefully on Wednesday to close out this "arc". After that, we'll be done with the story stuff and will have a ton of options as to what to do next, so get ready for that!
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On the way to the tech lab it said "Mind the lanterns". Do they do something at night?
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  Welcome to the Hateno Ancient Tech Lab.  We've got a lot to go through here, so let's get to it. Music: Hateno Ancient Tech Lab  Supposedly there's an old woman and old man here, but I don't see the woman. That must be the girl the villagers were talking about, though.   Yes.  The director is in the back. A terribly busy person, that one. Please try to keep it brief. Fair enough. Let's talk to the director.   I imagine you've never seen so many books in one place. Pretty incredible, isn't it? We've gathered all of Hyrule's known literature on ancient civilizations here. As for the actual number of books, well... Is that... That thing on your waist? Is that a Sheikah... There's no mistaking it. That's a real Sheikah Slate, isn't it?! I've never actually seen one in person! If you could just show me the runes on it, I'd be most appreciative.  So that's it for runes... But... Hmm... Strange... It doesn't seem like you have the basic runes... I don't understand why they're missing. There must be some reason... My name is Symin. You are... Good guess! Lady Impa caught me up to speed. You see...we were told, "A young man holding a Sheikah Slate will appear. And you must do all you can to help him. He will be the hope that awakens from the Slumber of Restoration. His name will be Link." Oh, dear! I forgot to tell you something very important! Wait...director? But aren't you... Oh, that's right... I haven't introduced our director. As the Hateno Ancient Tech Lab director, Ms. Purah is the world's foremost authority on ancient Hyrule culture.https://a.mega64.net/botw/u23/035.mp4 So the little girl is the actual director...?  On that note, Link... You see, the director may look like a young girl, but... Well...maybe it's not my place to be telling you these things. You should talk to Ms. Purah herself.Before we do, there's a book that caught my eye.  quote:The Sheikah Sensor is one of the basic runes found on the Sheikah Slate. If it sense an ancient shrine containing a hero trial nearby, it will lead you there by emitting a series of sounds. The interval between sounds shortens the closer you get to a shrine. To stop searching for your object of choice, set the Sheikah Sensor on your map to OFF. I'll go more into this later this update, since...well, you'll see.  The director of this laboratory is NOT Symin. It's ME! Anywaaay. Linky! Do you remember any dreams from your time in the Slumber of Restoration? You don't look like you've changed a bit in the last 100 years, but SOMETHING must have happened in all that time! Well, no matter! I'm just happy you're still in one piece. Nope, don't recall a thing. Really?! Well! I'm so shocked I don't know if I'll ever be able to recover from this! Even though, 100 years ago, I took you to the Shrine of Resurrection after Calamity Ganon fatally wounded you... Even though I was the one who put you safely into the Slumber of Restoration... Trust me, I think I'd remember if a little girl saved my life. Sorry.   Oh, sooooorry... I have a bad habit of taking notes rather abruptly like that. It's a charming quirk, isn't it? If you were the one to save me a hundred years ago...how are you a child!?   The truth is, I look this way because of a failed experiment. Well, I say "failed," but...in some ways, it was a success. I documented the full affair in my diary upstairs. Anyway. Enough about that! Back to the topic at hand! Here you are, after 100 years! Here to defeat Calamity Ganon, who is growing in strength with every passing moment! And to rescue our beloved Princess Zelda! That is, if you've got the courage to try. And to help the one true hero, I, the one and only Purah, will restore the basic functions missing from the Sheikah Slate! Sounds good to me!  All right, then. First I need you to run an errand for me. What's with that look on your face? Well...  Let me explain what this errand entails. You know the unlit furnace on the wall just outside this laboratory? Could you please bring the blue flame from the ancient furnace in town? Oh, and also use it to light our furnace?  OK then. I'm counting on you for that blue flame! As usual, things can't be that simple.  Luckily, there's a torch nearby.   Here is the ancient flame. It's not a far walk, but one misstep might make you put away your torch, or worse, it might rain.  Luckily there are a bunch of these lanterns along the path you can set alight, and you can simply recover your flame from the last lit lantern if needed.  You can just walk along the main road, but there's a small shortcut around the pasture that also has lanterns. The trick is to hope it doesn't rain, really.   Otherwise it's a trivial trek. https://a.mega64.net/botw/u23/094.mp4 ...Oops. Music: Hateno Ancient Tech Lab  Linky, thank you so much! Now then, take a look over there! The Guidance Stone must be starting to react! There's nothing mysterious about it - this is pure science! Well then... Let's go ahead and restore those Sheikah Slate runes for you! ...Snap?  Hokay then, Sheikah Slate repair...underway! Guidance Stone lock removed! Now...let's do this thing!  Starting repair.    So, the final rune is...probably not you were expecting. We've unlocked the ability to take pictures using our Sheikah Slate. https://a.mega64.net/botw/u23/112.mp4 We've also unlocked something called the Hyrule Compendium. And apparently there's pictures already in the slate.  Hmmm, lessee here... Which one is it... Camera, Hyrule Compendium, album... Yep, looks good! So I know this is sudden, but hear me out.  Time to use the camera!  First, select the rune, of course.  The D-Pad can zoom in, while X lets you take selfies. I'm sure we'll take plenty of those later. If you're taking a picture for a quest, the object or person will have the usual quest marker to indicate as such.  After this, we get the choice of saving the picture in our album. The album can only hold a meager 48 pictures, so we'll be deleting a lot of stuff as we go, sadly.   Look and see! Oooh, I can't wait to see it! Lemme see, lemme see!  Huh? Oh, I guess that's my cue! Sorry, I kind of lost it there. It wasn't on purpose. Hmmm... I knew Princess Zelda had made frequent use of the Camera feature, but this... Hey, Linky! It dawns on me that you were Princess Zelda's appointed knight, which means... Oh...right. The "lost memory" thing could prove troublesome. But don't lose hope! It just means these pictures could be the missing piece to help restore your lost memories! If my hunch is correct, I suggest you check in with Impa. She knows more about Princess Zelda than even I do!So we might have a lead onto recovering Link's lost memories, should we be interested in doing so of course. I'll check in with Impa next update to set that stuff up. For now...  Oh, yeah! There's just one more thing I need from you! You don't have to worry about this until after you see Impa, but I want you to bring me back some ancient materials! As if my joy weren't enough, if you bring us ancient materials, we'll give you something good as a reward.  As I said, we'll do this next time. For now, I'm more interested in what these ancient materials will get me. And also who this Robbie in Akkala Ancient Tech Lab is...  But Robbie will have to wait for now.   So what's this "something good" thing? Aha! I'm glad you asked! You'll need three ancient screws to power up your Sheikah Sensor. You'll need three ancient shafts to power up your Remote Bombs. You'll need three ancient cores to power up Stasis. If we're on the same page, stop staring at me! Hurry up and bring me some ancient materials!  Yes, we can upgrade some of our runes. Unfortunately, we don't currently have the items to upgrade the Bombs and Stasis, but since screws are a dime a dozen, we're already able to upgrade the Sheikah Sensor.    So how does it change? If you power up the Sheikah Sensor, you'll be able to detect the objects you take pictures of with your Camera.So instead of searching for shrines, we can use the Sheikah Sensor to search, well, many things. Food, weapons, enemies, even treasure chests!  Of course!  Snap! Hey-ho! Got it! Hokay then, Sheikah Sensor upgrade...underway!    This is a handy and kinda underrated feature to have, but right now it's useless to us. We'll have to remedy that soon.  Yes, quite. So if you don't mind, how about showing Symin that spiffy Sheikah Sensor + later?Now is later. Plus he might teach us how to actually use this thing.  With that, you can sense things that you've captured with your Camera. Explaining won't do it justice - why not learn by trying? Let's give it a shot, so to speak. Let's see here.   This is simple enough.  Here is said Sunshroom.   If you take pictures of certain objects, they'll be added to the Hyrule Compendium. It starts off completely blank, so guess who has to fill it in?  Here you go! Let me confirm... Next, open your Hyrule Compendium and tune the sensor to your picture of the sunshroom. The detailed instructions are written down in the book on the desk there. You should read them. You can find sunshrooms growing in Retsam Forest, I believe... The Sheikah Sensor + should make it a snap! I don't think you have to actually find three, just as long as you have three to give him.  So, the Hyrule Compendium. There are five sections: Creatures, Monsters, Materials, Equipment, and Treasure. Creatures involve animals, from wild mammals and birds like ducks, foxes, and horses, to the fish, bugs, and even fairies that you can use in cooking. Monsters are...well, monsters, pretty self-explanatory. Materials are the food, fungi, and plants you can find in the wild. Equipment is all the weapons, bows, and shields you can find and use. Finally, Treasure is sparse, only four entries, and represents treasure chests and the three ore types that you'll find in the wild.  If you've taken a picture of something in the Compendium, it'll be added automatically. You can then check its page to see its description, areas where that item or creature can be found, and for items how much health it'll recover when consumed and what effects it'll bestow when cooked. If you press A in that page, then you'll set the Sensor to track that item. https://a.mega64.net/botw/u23/201.mp4 The sensor is pretty much "hot-or-cold". It beeps if you're running towards the item, and the signal will show more bars as well. It's not perfect, especially since it has difficulties handling extreme height variations (which, in this game, can be pretty common), but it's great if you're searching for specific items for quests or armor upgrades, or if you want to chase down treasure chests or rare ore deposits.  Anyway, this must be the forest Symin was referring to.  Unsurprisingly, with the Sheikah Sensor on our side, collection Sunshrooms is a trivial task.   No reason not to. Thank you. Here you go. Yeah, definitely not a bad trade. So? Was the Sheikah Sensor + to your liking? Oh, yes... I just remembered there was something else I wanted to talk to you about. Stop by when you have time to talk.  We've got time now. Let's talk now.  I've found a way to help you search for new objects using the Sheikah Sensor +!  As I was conducting my research, I found that there were still some pictures of the past left on the Guidance Stone! So how difficult is this going to be? Hard? No, no, not at all... The Sheikah Sensor has been powered up to the Sheikah Sensor +. It can now access a picture registered in your Hyrule Compendium, allowing you to search for the subject of the picture. I trust you now see the benefit of adding pictures to your Hyrule Compendium. It makes it much easier to search for items you need, reducing one more burden you face in your travels. No I've got it. Now then, go ahead and place your Sheikah Slate on the Guidance Stone. I kind of want to see what'll happen, so just this once I'll let it pass. OK. Thank you. Let's go ahead and turn on the Guidance Stone.    If you find taking pictures of all 385 things too annoying, you can simply pay rupees to add random entries to the Compendium.  It seems the Hyrule Compendium recovered a picture from the past! It appears the picture from the Guidance Stone was transferred to your Hyrule Compendium. You can't restore transferred pictures, so be careful of overwriting it.You can replace the pictures given by the Guidance Stone with your own (and you can always overwrite your old Compendium photos if they're hard to make the item out or you aren't happy with the quality or whatever), though you can't get the "official" photos back this way. No biggie, honestly.   Yes... What she said. So...385 slots to fill. And honestly you have to beat the game to get everything since one of the requirements is a picture of the final boss.  Enough about pictures. Next time, we'll catch something important I missed in Hateno, scale the region's tower, and then travel back to Kakariko to finish this branch of our journey to Mega64 fucked around with this message at 21:24 on Jul 25, 2017 |
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I set the sensor+ app to look for chests and never turned it off. I got so much loot, but the beeping... it never stopped.... There are a lot of chests in this game. I couldn't stay on track for anything. I would be like: Me: "What's that over there?" Start heading towards it Sensor+: Beep.... Beep.... Beep.... Me: "Oh, I'll just go pick up that chest first!" 15 minutes later I am halfway across the map, having opened at least 20 chests and completely forgot about what I wanted to check out in the first place.
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Glaive17 posted:I set the sensor+ app to look for chests and never turned it off. I got so much loot, but the beeping... it never stopped.... I only set the sensor to look for chests whenever I was in a shrine. I didn't want to go through it a second time just to get all the chests and have the chest icon show up on the shrine name.
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Due to the perpetual unavailability of the Switch+Zelda in Calgary I've had to vicariously live through this LP. The moment seemingly everyone in Canada doesn't snap them up immediately I intend to get them now thanks to this.
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Trump Card posted:One of the little things I noticed about the tech lab is the chalk lines on the floor and how over time Purah took up more and more space with her mess, while Symin's side is pretty much pristine Holy crap, that's a great detail.
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  Despite now having the ability to take pictures, I only take one picture this update. I am sorry. For now, let's do one thing I forgot to check out back when we first reached Hateno.  First, Hudson.  What are you doing? I'm on lookout. By the way...What? Are you gonna buy that house?Yeah. You're pretty studly, aren't you?Uh...come again? You'd be a great hire for our company... What's your name?I'm Link. Oh... Well, too bad. Can't hire you.Why? 'Cause your name doesn't end in "son."Son? The boss, Bolson, has a strict hiring rule: need a name ending in "son". No exceptions.That's too bad. "Builds team unity," he says. Anyway... You got some stuff to do, right? Should get going, then. We'll want it to hit day first. We can do this at night but I'd rather find the NPC that'll lead us there first.  Another traveler.  It's a sad story, when you think about it. These Guardians now hunt down the people they were made to protect. Hey, question for you!  This guy sells ancient items, but neither of the things we need to upgrade our runes.  We want to talk to this kid.  Yeah?  Sure! 'Kay! Follow me! We follow this path to the right of the model town...  ...to...uh...  It looks kinda like the statue at the chief's house... What do you think it is?Well, there's a sidequest involved, so let's find out.  A talking statue!?  Apparently. Now, that is a surprise. What were you praying for? Long life? Wealth, like so many of your kind? Whichever it was, you came to the right place. Alas, my life-for-money bargains didn't sit well with the Goddess Hylia. She trapped me in this stone statue long, long ago. The villagers here call me the Horned Statue and don't even bother to wipe away the bird droppings. One would think years upon years of such treatment would have made me mend my ways... I have only been biding my time for the moment someone who can hear me appears. Someone such as you. But I've said enough. Now then, shall we strike a bargain? https://b.mega64.net/botw/u24/047.mp4 So, uh... we may have just lost a heart to this statue.  My touch is as subtle as ever... Note how I took that essence from you without leaving a mark.  Welp, guess we've got to bargain with a devil statue now.  It's a long story...  OK. See you! Never stop being weird, Zelda games. Now, the statue.  Please? Fa ha ha... Did you think I'd deceived you? Perish the thought. I hope that ours will be a long and profitable relationship. So which will it be? As I may have mentioned once or twice, I'm a dealer in life and power. I can provide a valuable service to you. For now, let's get our heart back. A wise choice. Now, remain still.https://b.mega64.net/botw/u24/065.mp4 Well, looks like things are back to normal now.  Money and life are all as one to me. If you want to buy an essence back, the price rises to 120 rupees. I'm eager to help tamper with your essence anytime you want to return and pray here.  So basically this statue lets you swap Spirit Orb upgrades at a net cost of 20 rupees. So if for whatever reason I ever need to move all my stamina upgrades to hearts, then we've got this guy.  We're done with Hateno for the time being, or possibly forever. For now, let's hit that tower since it's nearby.  I run past a Bokoblin camp on the way.   Thanks for the updraft!  This tower's covered in thorny vines. We can't really climb around those since they're all over the tower.  If all else fails, use fire. Fire arrows make this challenge trivial.    Another region discovered!  A shame we can't get a good view in this weather.  Let's finish our current quest line by returning to Kakariko.   First, our Stamina Vessel.  We'll revisit this guy shortly. For now, let's check in with Impa.   I heard Purah was giving you the runaround, but you seem just fine. Now then... Let me see. It could be that if you visit the locations within those pictures, you will be able to restore some of your lost memories. Come back here once you have tried going to at least one of those locations.   So if we can find one of these locations, we'll get something from Impa. But where to start...  For now, this guy has a quest that may be more relevant than you think.   Thing is, there's a strict rule about only the Sheikah being allowed to wear it. Anyhoo, guess what! However...it's really hard to get there. Honestly, I'm not sure I can do it. We can help with that. Oh! I knew it! I just KNEW there was someone like me nearby who appreciates true beauty. Sadly, I can't pin down the exact location of the Great Fairy Fountain. I haven't put it all together yet, but there's a suspicious place I have my eye on... Sure, let's go. Great answer! Just what I expected from a fellow beauty connoisseur like you. All right then. Follow me!  So we've already found the Great Fairy Fountain a few updates ago, but might as well humor the guy, right?  We go up past the shrine right before the forest with said fountain.  The Great Fairy Fountain should be... along the path that leads past the shrine. *pant* That's what I've been told, anyway. Yeesh, I'm completely out of breath! That always happens right about here. *pant* I think I'd better rest for a bit. You go on ahead.  Yeah, this one's very simple if you've already unlocked it.  The Soldier gear has some high defenses when upgraded, but also some rather steep upgrade requirements compared to our other gear. Backburner for now.  Yeah, we've found it, no biggie. Ahhh! You...you found it?! Really?! Are you serious right now?! And if you are, then where's the picture? You remembered to bring the picture, right?  This...is the Great Fairy Fountain? Well, I'm impressed you found it. I want to give you something to show my appreciation, but I don't think I have anything on me...  Once you do this quest (which is an actual Main Quest, by the way), Pikango will start popping up in stables and a couple other civilized areas. Each time you do so, he will give a hint on how to find one of the landscape pictures Princess Zelda took on the Sheikah Slate. So if trying to figure out where we're going based on location isn't enough, Pikango will also give clues as to where to look. However, since finding this stuff just by looking for landmarks is part of the fun, I will spoiler all associated dialogue for those who don't want to be ruined.  A large gate with a snowy mountain beyond it... Oh, I know that place! There is a big mountain east of this village... It's called Mount Lanayru. At the base of Mount Lanayru, on the west side of Naydra Snowfield, lies that gate. I'm almost certain!   So that's it for this update! Well, except we've got a lot of stuff to go over now before we decide what to do next. From this point on, I'll be adding everything to one of the OP posts and will link said post each time we do a major vote or decide where to go now. I'll go ahead and post it below this time for convenience. -----  Here's our map. Sorry for the jank image editing. The four dots are where the four Divine Beasts are. Based on what we've learned, it's safe to conclude the southwest one is Gerudo, the northwest is Rito, southeast is Zora, and northeast is Goron. Next, a list of what armor we have, since playing dress-up is very important. Head Climber's Bandanna Hylian Hood Rubber Helm Soldier's helm Stealth Mask Body Hylian Tunic Nintendo Switch Shirt Old Shirt Soldier's Armor Stealth Chest Guard Warm Doublet Legs Hylian Trousers Soldier's Greaves Stealth Tights Well-Worn Trousers Finally, our twelve pictures, as well as any clues we've uncovered so far (in spoilers, of course).           quote:A large gate with a snowy mountain beyond it... Oh, I know that place! There is a big mountain east of this village... It's called Mount Lanayru. At the base of Mount Lanayru, on the west side of Naydra Snowfield, lies that gate. I'm almost certain!  ----- So what should we do? At this point, we can tackle any of the Divine Beasts, start searching for pictures to kickstart our memory, catch up on shrines, or explore using our usual random methods. Or maybe all of the above? We've got a lot of leads and nothing left to stop us, so now it's all up to you! Also choose what we should wear and what we want to dye our clothes, if possible. Reminder of the possible colors we have: Blue, Red, Yellow, White, Black, Purple, Green, Light Blue, Navy, Orange, Peach, Crimson, Light Yellow, Brown, and Gray. After we've got enough suggestions, I'll put up a vote for where to go and what to wear, and we'll go from there. And of course, if you have other suggestions, throw them in! Next time, Hyrule is ours to explore! Mega64 fucked around with this message at 21:25 on Jul 25, 2017 |
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Stab cucco until it mobs you, run around in a circle till you die, and head in the direction your body points in.
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Dye legs green, otherwise same outfit.iospace posted:Stab cucco until it mobs you, run around in a circle till you die, and head in the direction your body points in.
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savixeon posted:I only set the sensor to look for chests whenever I was in a shrine. I didn't want to go through it a second time just to get all the chests and have the chest icon show up on the shrine name. Wait that icon means there are chests still in there? I thought it meant they'd all been opened. gently caress how much have I missed 
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Ciaphas posted:Wait that icon means there are chests still in there? I thought it meant they'd all been opened. No, the chest icon means you got all the chests. I must've worded that weirdly. I meant that I don't want to have to go through shrines a second time to make the chest icon appear. I would rather get all of the chest in a shrine on my first run through.
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Go full Sneaksmen for clothes, but dye them Purple. Go check out the Goron Divine Beast.
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Dye at least one item of outfit purple, whatever it is.
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Pretend you are David Attenborough and go on a wildlife expedition!
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I like how the drunken traveler just tells you how he failed to get to any of those places. One of those pictures does look kind of obviously desert-y, though, with the oasis town and the palm trees. See if you can get there, and if you can, go whichever direction your shadow is pointing when you get there. ...unless it's night, then I dunno.
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Keeping with my suggesting you go and see the sights of the Volcano
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It's a shame you can't rename Link and name him, uh, Linkson or something to see what happens with the builders.
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Shoot an animal that doesn't die in one hit, then go in the direction it runs. Alternatively, go on a sneaking mission to Hyrule Castle to see what you can see. On an unrelated note, rendering it like this: Weeble posted:Keeping with my suggesting you go and see the sights of the means the only thing I can hear is the voice clip for Dart's second Addition from Legend of Dragoon.
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