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My strategy for getting star fragments is to warp to the Great Plateau Tower, put down a fire to warp to night, look north towards Hyrule Castle and wait. 9 times out of 10 the fragment lands east of Central Tower. It does mean fighting a guardian on the way there sometimes but I find this works regularly regardless of the moon phase.
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I'm playing on Master Mode, so it's possible that Golden Lynels are weighted to drop more star fragments than silver ones, but I've definitely gotten star fragments from Silver Lynels. As for Lynel killing strategy, the best one I've found is to use their bows against them. 1. Paraglide in from above and use slow motion to pump their faces full of as many arrows from a multishot bow as you can. 2. Once you land, wait a second or so for your stamina to refill (about 2/3rds full should be good). 3. Equip your strongest weapon and mount the Lynel. Hammer the attack button to hit it 5 times, at which point it will throw you off. 4. When it throws you off, immediately hit the bow button and you will go into slow motion again. Pump his head full of arrows from behind. You can still get headshots if you're lined up with where his face is in front; use the horns to track its position. 5. Pull out your shield. When the Lynel tries to attack you, shield parry, draw your bow, and arrow him in the face. Repeat from step 3. Obviously, the effectiveness of this strategy depends on how much stamina you have, the bows you have available, and how good you are at nailing those headshots, but with 3 bars of stamina, a 5x Savage Lynel Bow, and a level 3 attack buff, a Golden Lynel will be over half dead by step 5 and require only one repeat to finish if you get all headshots. Also, when trying to stun them so you can mount them, it helps to shoot at their jaw rather than the middle of their face.
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Aug 26, 2017 14:41
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I just dodge lynels and flurry rush 'em like a boss 
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Aug 26, 2017 14:45
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GobiasIndustries posted:I just dodge lynels and flurry rush 'em like a boss This works great for me on the Lynels with swords, but I haven't figured out how to effectively dodge the crusher Lynels.
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Aug 26, 2017 17:08
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Sab0921 posted:This works great for me on the Lynels with swords, but I haven't figured out how to effectively dodge the crusher Lynels. Are you sidestepping? Club Lynels use almost exclusively overhead attacks, so you have to sidestep them to trigger a flurry rush. In other news: three playthroughs, many hundreds of hours in, and I've just experienced my first thundersnow. I didn't even think that was possible. 
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Aug 26, 2017 23:04
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I beat the game. I'm sad now.
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Aug 26, 2017 23:52
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Just saw a "Stalnox" are these new or only on the Switch version? I beat the game on Wii U and in my over 9000 hours play time I never saw one
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Aug 27, 2017 00:10
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Yeah dude. And watch out for Staldugas too, the skeleton Moldugas. They only appear during the Switch exclusive meteor storm weather class. 
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Aug 27, 2017 00:13
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African AIDS cum posted:Just saw a "Stalnox" are these new or only on the Switch version? No idea how you missed them, but they're definitely here. The only thing exclusive to the Switch version of the game is 900p resolution.
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Aug 27, 2017 00:23
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Spergatory posted:No idea how you missed them, but they're definitely here. The only thing exclusive to the Switch version of the game is 900p resolution. Weird. I completed almost all the shrines too. I seriously never saw one.
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Aug 27, 2017 00:30
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I'm 165 hours in and still finding new stuff now and then. I've also never seen a bear in the game.
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Aug 27, 2017 00:48
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African AIDS cum posted:Just saw a "Stalnox" are these new or only on the Switch version? Not even the one in Hyrule Castle?
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Aug 27, 2017 01:07
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Mega64 posted:Not even the one in Hyrule Castle? Nope and I went all through there. Maybe my game was glitched or something since I never turned the Wii U off. Googling it I see lots of posts about people not being able to wake them up.
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Aug 27, 2017 02:38
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African AIDS cum posted:Nope and I went all through there. Maybe my game was glitched or something since I never turned the Wii U off. Googling it I see lots of posts about people not being able to wake them up. They aren't out in the day OR if you are within sight when it becomes night. They're shy like that. You have to leave far away and come back.
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Aug 27, 2017 03:18
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GATOS Y VATOS posted:I'm 165 hours in and still finding new stuff now and then. I've also never seen a bear in the game. You know, now that you say it, I'm two playthroughs in, with hundreds of hours. Still haven't seen a bear. I feel like I have to track one down now just to see it.
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Aug 27, 2017 03:48
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The Bloop posted:They aren't out in the day OR if you are within sight when it becomes night. They're shy like that. You have to leave far away and come back. Except Hyrule Castle buddy. He's happy to play whenever you show up. If you never saw a Stalnox, then you never found the Hylian Shield, which means you did not explore the castle as thoroughly as you think.
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Aug 27, 2017 03:49
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Spergatory posted:Are you sidestepping? Club Lynels use almost exclusively overhead attacks, so you have to sidestep them to trigger a flurry rush. 200+ hours here and I never saw that. Spent a lot of time in the snowy areas, too. It's definitely possible IRL if that's part of what you're saying. Rare, but I've seen it a couple of times in my life. Jim Silly-Balls posted:You know, now that you say it, I'm two playthroughs in, with hundreds of hours. Still haven't seen a bear. I feel like I have to track one down now just to see it. You mean ride it, I think.
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Aug 27, 2017 05:13
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I'd killed a few bears but had not ridden one so I tracked one down and corrected that error the other day.
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Aug 27, 2017 06:19
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:You know, now that you say it, I'm two playthroughs in, with hundreds of hours. Still haven't seen a bear. I feel like I have to track one down now just to see it. There's one near the Toto Sah shrine, on the way to the treasure that the two shady characters in the Dueling Peaks stable give you a quest for.
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Aug 27, 2017 08:03
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I've gotten quite far in this game, but I still haven't unlocked these two slots under Ability Controls. What are they?
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Aug 27, 2017 08:15
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Suspicious Dish posted:I've gotten quite far in this game, but I still haven't unlocked these two slots under Ability Controls. What are they? IIRC the last one is "use amiibo" (which I also have open, since I don't have an amiibo).
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Aug 27, 2017 08:32
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Spergatory posted:Except Hyrule Castle buddy. He's happy to play whenever you show up. No I definitely found that
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Aug 27, 2017 08:43
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Zopotantor posted:IIRC the last one is "use amiibo" (which I also have open, since I don't have an amiibo). Pretty sure the other is for shield surfing.
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Aug 27, 2017 08:43
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SeANMcBAY posted:Pretty sure the other is for shield surfing. Shield Surf is already on there, the second one.
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Aug 27, 2017 08:50
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SeANMcBAY posted:Pretty sure the other is for shield surfing. there's a "Shield Surf" right in my screenshot, bucko
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Aug 27, 2017 08:50
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I just checked, it's Jump Slash.
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Aug 27, 2017 08:57
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My mistake. That was the last one I unlocked.
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Aug 27, 2017 08:58
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Linear Zoetrope posted:I just checked, it's Jump Slash. what the hell did i do to not unlock that???
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Suspicious Dish posted:what the hell did i do to not unlock that??? Iirc it only appears after talking to some dude in Kakariko, but you can use the actual move all you want without ever doing so.
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turn left hillary!! noo posted:200+ hours here and I never saw that. Spent a lot of time in the snowy areas, too. Oh, I know it's possible irl, I just didn't think the programmers thought to account for it. It looks to me like it's only possible in the snowy area of the Great Plateau after you get the glider. The plateau seems to be one large weather zone. After you get the glider, thunderstorms become possible, and going into the mountains means that rain becomes snow, so a thunderstorm in the main plateau translates to a thunder snow in the mountains. EDIT: Holy poo poo, I can't believe I didn't think of this sooner-- it was raining in the jungle and I needed to climb a cliff, so I put on the climbing gear, picked a random spot, and just jumped to it. After a couple of 1-2-3 leaps, I noticed I wasn't slipping. I looked up-- the part of the cliff I was climbing was sheltered from the rain by the canopy of one of those giant palm trees. I could climb normally. Those trees are everywhere in that jungle and it rains constantly, so this could potentially be a huge quality of life improvement. Spergatory fucked around with this message at 13:15 on Aug 27, 2017 |
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Is there a good place to find shields to surf on? I just discovered the beauty of shield surfing and can only have a few shields at a time. As an aside, I still haven't figured out where the hell "Korok Forest" is to talk to Hestu again, but dammit when I find that fucker it's gonna feel magnificent.
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Jade Mage posted:As an aside, I still haven't figured out where the hell "Korok Forest" is to talk to Hestu again, but dammit when I find that fucker it's gonna feel magnificent. You bet your rear end it will.
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As another fun trip note, I started forming Terrey Town and the guy asked me for a goron. I checked the guy who wanders between the Akkala stables and he wasn't a -son. So I made the leap that he was probably in the goron town people keep telling me is up death mountain. So I started from the Eldin tower (I had stopped here earlier) and started booking it up the road. So, I thought heat elixers were enough... So I'm running screaming on fire up the mountain, find a little mining town and start talking to people. Find Greyson and Pelison, but Greyson will only talk after work. It's 11am. So I continue my screaming run up the mountain to see if goron city can protect me and run into a goron armorer who starts freaking out telling me to buy his fireproof armor before I go up in flames again. I trek back down to wait for Greyson to be done his shift and I see a Hylian. I think that's pretty weird so I talk to him. He offers to trade me lizards... For fire-proof armor. Tldr, the mountain is very hot, and hearty durians are worth their weight in gold.
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Jade Mage posted:As another fun trip note, I started forming Terrey Town and the guy asked me for a goron. I checked the guy who wanders between the Akkala stables and he wasn't a -son. So I made the leap that he was probably in the goron town people keep telling me is up death mountain. So I started from the Eldin tower (I had stopped here earlier) and started booking it up the road. Kinda miss the early game, before armor resistances trivialize area specific elemental effects. It lends the game a sense of urgency that's missing once you get pretty much everything. Theoretically I'd like it if there were areas that required elemental resistant items even with an armor set bonus. I guess that'd have to be like a dungeon or something though, which the game is also sorely lacking.
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Jade Mage posted:Is there a good place to find shields to surf on? I just discovered the beauty of shield surfing and can only have a few shields at a time. Reveal this slight spoiler if you want some help: the nearest stable is called Woodland Stable.
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Jade Mage posted:Is there a good place to find shields to surf on? I just discovered the beauty of shield surfing and can only have a few shields at a time. The best shield for shield surfing is the Ancient Shield, which you buy from Robbie with Ancient parts (and rupees). It lets you surf on any surface, even hard rocks, with almost no friction and no extra shield damage. The second best is the Hylian Shield, which is in Hyrule Castle lockup. It's got normal friction, but the durability is absolutely absurd. It's ten times as durable as the second most durable shield in the game, so you can't surf on everything, but what you can surf on, you can surf on forever.
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Thanks Bongo Bill and Spergatory. I don't want to ruin Hestu-hunt 2017, but thanks for the offer. But I did look at the shield tips, and I spent a huge amount of time hanging out around Akkala and the Central Hyrule areas so I'm surprised I never tried that!
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Ancient shield and arrows are the only things I've needed to buy from Robbie I've been playing for about a week, got the Master Sword to 50 ATK and now I farm Guardians and shield surf around Hyrule PS durians are the light, bomb every tree
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I finished up the Hylian Homeowner and Tarry Town quests yesterday. Tarry Town is such a nice series of moments in a post apocalyptic type atmosphere.
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