Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Guide – Beginner Tips and Tricks

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Our beginner’s guide to The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has got you covered with tips and tricks to help you navigate the world and overcome obstacles.

The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, the next release from the highly rated, The Legend of Zelda franchise is out. Tears of the Kingdom is an epic fantasy and action-adventure from the team of Nintendo EPD. The game is set in an open world much similar to its predecessor The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Many features are the same and there are some new additions as well.  

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Ultrahand, Fuse, Recall, Ascend, and Autobuild are some of the newly launched abilities. The story takes place in a vast open world named Hyrule. Link and Zelda are the main protagonists who are on a mission to save the world of Hyrule against enemies.

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Tears of the Kingdom is a fascinating adventure that captivates us with its remarkable features and storyline. Here are some tips and tricks for beginners of  The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom through our guide.

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Here are some tips and tricks for Tears of the Kingdom. 

Shrines

As you begin playing the game, you will be able to get access to Shrines on both sky and surface. You can unlock shrine puzzles at these locations. Completing shrine puzzles rewards you with Light of Blessing,  Resources, and a Treasure Chest. There are more than 100 shrine puzzles. Completing these will help you unlock and upgrade resources, health, energy, stamina, and heart. Completing shrines is one of the best tips for every beginner in Tears of the Kingdom. Every shrine is located in different parts on the world. You can find them only using their respective coordinates. Shrine quests include puzzle-based tasks like launching devices, rockets, pulling platforms, and more like these.

Every shrine quest will be hard to complete and at the end you get your bounty for all hardwork. You also get treasure chest rewards in all shrine locations. This includes Armor sets, Weapons, Strong Construct Bow, Strong Zonaite Spear, Zonaite Spear, Magic Rod, Elixir, Amber, Arrows, Bomb Flowers, and more as well.

Earn More Hearts

Hearts will increase your healing points. Always look for ways to gain extra heart. Hearts can be earned for completing boss fights. You will unlock Heart Containers for completing main story quests, boss fights, and other challenges.  You can also spend Hearts of Blessings and exchange them with a Goddess Statue to unlock Heart Containers.  Hearts can also be earned by cooking recipes and completing some shrine quests.

Stamina

You have to maintain Stamina levels. High stamina will allow you to survive for a long time and you can also enter the most tricky locations easily. You can spend Lights of Blessings to upgrade stamina levels. The more stamina levels, you can climb, glide, sprint, and swim for a long time. You can also eat meals to increase stamina.

Tears of the Kingdom Guide
Tears of the Kingdom Guide

Use the Best Weapons

There are umpteen weapons to choose from in Tears of the Kingdom. Some classic weapons from The Legend of Zelda series are also there. Equip the ones that give you the best protection and skills. Soldier Blade, Master Sword, Tree Branch, Long Stick, Wooden Stick, Soldier’s Broadsword, Traveler’s Sword, and Farmer’s Pitchfork are some of the powerful weapons in Tears of the Kingdom.

Cooking

You can collect ingredients and craft recipes. The recipes will increase your stats and give bonus skills. Explore the open world locations of Tears of the Kingdom to acquire recipes. Food and Meals will increase your health, stamina, and stats. You also become immune to heat and cold. You gain new buffs for combat by eating meals and cooking potions. Every cooking recipe has an effect and these will increase stamina, hearts, movement speed, and more like these. This is another best strategy to progress faster in Tears of the Kingdom.

Use a Shield

Dodging and Blocking won’t work every time. The enemies in Tears of the Kingdom are brutal and have insane skills. To avoid their attacks, you can either dodge or block. But these won’t work every time as some attacks are unblockable. Collect a shield by completing missions. You can get a shield from random treasure chests or you can also loot shields from the open world locations. Get a shield sooner once you dive into the main story missions of the game. 

Use Ultrahand Ability

Ultrahand is a new mechanic in Tears of the Kingdom. Activating this sparkles and you will find unknown items nearby Treasure Chests and other locations. Ultrahand ability allows you to rotate and acquire items quickly. You can also upgrade structures and control vehicles using its powers. Complete Ukouh shrine puzzles to unlock Ultrahand. Using Ultrahand makes the job easier for heroes in Tears of the Kingdom.

Korok Seeds for  Inventory 

Koroks are back with a new recall ability. Use Korok Seeds to increase your slots and storage. Your inventory in Tears of the Kingdom gets expanded using these Korok seeds. You can collect more Korok Seeds from the open world and then proceed to meet Hestu, the  NPC. You need to beat the trees that are alive and then you can exchange Korok seeds with the NPC to increase your inventory storage every time. Get to the northwestern part of Lookout Landing and find Hestu to complete this task.

Use Bows 

Apart from swords, bows are the best weapons to use in Tears of the Kingdom. Some attacks are inevitable and you can only counter them using bow and arrows. Arrows have great damage stats and can quickly drain enemies. You can use bows with some volley of arrows to take on bosses and other challenges in the dungeons. You can also use arrows to crack some shrine puzzles.

You are All Set

Follow the basic tips and tricks above to get kick started. As a beginner, you tend to lose battles and challenges. But make sure to correct the mistakes. Explore all locations and analyze all new features and mechanics to progress. Fuse, Recall, and Geoglyphs are some new mechanics and feature additions.  To avoid cold and heat, you can stay inside caves and wells. Make use of Skyview Towers and Purah Pads. 

These are the best and most useful tips and tricks for a beginner in The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom. Our guide has some unique tips that will help you level up quickly. Make sure to follow these tips to become a pro player in Tears of the Kingdom. 

Tears of the Kingdom is only exclusive to Nintendo Switch platforms. Check out the game’s trailer here and enter the world of Totk along with Link, the main protagonist of the game.

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