r/TOTK

Background: I just completed the Gerudo desert lightning temple, I've completed all 4 of the regional phenomena temples now. 19 hearts, almost 3 full stamina wheels. Desert Voe set upgraded to level 2, except the chest piece which is level 3.

I go into nearby ruins, and just a regular enemy group lead by a Silver Lizalfos is 10 times harder than any of the story bosses I've fought so far. Even a Silver Lizalfos by itself is faster, stronger, tankier, and more agile than the actual "boss" monsters with big healthbars. I basically have to utilize hit and run tactics with my spirits, actual melee combat feels too punishing because one mistake and the Lizalfos deals like 15 hearts worth of damage with a single hit. Especially if I don't have a shield (which you can't use with 2h weapons, which I seem to mostly get from drops...) it feels far too dangerous to attempt to hit it with melee, except it's hard to shoot it with a bow either, because it charges towards you fast in a zig-zag pattern and pretty much insta-kills me if it connects.

Feels like I have to spend half of my time cooking food and eating, since every hit deals at least 8 hearts worth of damage. I am not saying the game is TOO difficult, I am not stuck unable to proceed, it just feels absurd to me how difficult the regular open world enemies are. Boss fights have been quite easy though.

I am stuck at 999. And by-joe, I’ve gone over every nook and cranny with a fine-toothed zonaite comb on Zelda Dungeon about 999 times. I swear I had a dream last night that I found a weeping Korok in my refrigerator. After he implored me to return him to his perch on Kilimanjaro, I awoke to my reality despondent. Is this side-adventure a futile crusade? Understated: I’m getting frustrated.

Have I missed some that are double-stacked? Are they lost in a prominent location? Or an inconspicuous one?

(Yes, I know that I can mark complete on the ZD map and the icon will go away. Somehow maybe I’ve goofed and deleted the wrong one every time?)

Or is the Zelda Dungeon incomplete? Or are the game programmers complete masochists?

Please help. Where did you find your last one?

EDIT: I FOUND IT! With the help of u/AndrewTheTerrible, it was a jar, double-stacked indeed, beneath a rock perch southwest of Birida Lookout

I recently found my old switch and have been thinking about replaying BOTW. Last time I played it was all the way back in 2019. The only issue is I never properly finished TOTK and I do also want to eventually beat that too.

One of my main reasons for coming back to this series was the exploration, so would replaying an already known game and potentially burning out for TOTK be a bad idea?

I’m trying to complete the regional Goron quest but Yonobu’s grunts are so distracting and kinda hot. How do I turn him off

I finished BOTW about six months ago. I own a switch OLED and plan to get a S2 eventually, maybe in a year or two.

I’m excited to play TOTK. My question is whether the enhancements on S2 are worth effectively differing my play through of TOTK, or should I just play on the OLED. Thanks for your thoughts :)

Do basically my switch died last year and well it hasn't been fixed, I'm thinking of sending it back again but my country is lowkey not helping but anyway, if I do get it back will my save file be wiped?? I did not have it physical and if it does, what should I do after going to hyrule castle for the gear there, I know that's a good path and that's what I did on my first play through. After I completed most of the stuff there was to do I turned to duping but it got boring after a while so I dropped it so pls..help me​​​​