690 zelda breath of the wild - throwing stones off kakariko bridge

Dear Readers,

I warped back to Dueling Peaks stable and hiked north to Kakariko Bridge. In the water was a circle of stones and I had to launch a stone from the bridge into it.

I tried golfing the stones in using Stasis and a weapon but two taps weren't enough and three taps were too much.

I looked for help online again. The advice I got was to use Cryonis on the water in front of the stones and then just throw a stone towards it by myself. It worked! I got my Korok seed prize!

By the way, on the short hike here I was attacked by Yiga twice. The strat I used was electrocuting them with a lightning weapon and then hit them once with a regular strong weapon. Took care of them nice and quick. I just remembered how they're never gonna leave me alone for very long are they...

689 zelda breath of the wild - really hard to shoot targets at fort hateno pinwheel

Dear Readers,

I headed to the main gate of Fort Hateno and climbed up onto it to find the pinwheel. I think I remember trying this particular challenge before but it was very difficult as the objects were so far away.

I wasted so many arrows and ended up looking online for help. I then discovered I could use Stasis on the targets! I never thought of that!

From then on, the only difficult part was trying to lock them in place with Stasis. At least that doesn't run out of ammo!

With the targets held in place I was able to shoot them with arrows much more easily. I got my Korok seed prize!

688 zelda breath of the wild - shooting balloons in bubinga forest

Dear Readers,

From the last post I continued east into Bubinga Forest until I came across a big rock with a pinwheel on it. The balloons were far but not too far away. I missed a few times but I managed to shoot them all with arrows. A Korok then appeared with a seed for me.

I beat up a lot of regular Chuchus in the area as well. They just keep falling out of branches around here.

687 zelda breath of the wild - really thick tree in bubinga forest

Dear Readers,

I warped down to the shrine near Dueling Peaks Stable and hiked southeast across Bubinga Forest.

I came across a really thick tree and climbed it. On top was a Korok stone to lift for another seed.

It's a wide area so it's hard to pinpoint exactly. Just look out for a really really thick tree and check it.

686 zelda breath of the wild - kakariko east gate korok

Dear Readers,

I tried the same thing as last time on the east gate of Kakariko Village, shooting an arrow at the symbol. This time I could see an arrow stuck in the symbol already. I like this a bit better than last time as it shows the possibility of something to find.

Also, I was saying some time ago I was worried about my right Joy-Con. Well, it seems to be fine now again! Gyro and analogue stick both working grand!

685 zelda breath of the wild - west kakariko gate korok

Dear Readers,

From the last post I glided down to the west entrance to Kakariko Village. I shot an arrow at the symbol on the gate, but it didn't work. Then I shot at the flags and that didn't work either. Then I shot the symbol on the inside of the gate and it finally worked. A Korok appeared and gave me a seed.

I gotta say I'm not a fan of that, seeing how limited arrows are in this game.

684 zelda breath of the wild - pillars of levia three trees puzzle

Dear Readers,

From the last post I glided down to the three trees. There was an apple puzzle here and I had to pick apples from one tree to make it match the other two for another Korok seed.

I shot one apple with an arrow and collected the rest. After I got the Korok seed I ran after the apple I shot and the arrow and picked the rest of the apples too. This'll keep my simmered fruit business running!

683 zelda breath of the wild - a left pillar of levia

Dear Readers,

I'm still on the Pillars of Levia from last time. This time I had to glide west across the pillar tops until I got to the pillar with the three trees to the west of it. I stopped on top of this pillar to lift another Korok stone with a seed underneath for me to collect.

682 zelda breath of the wild - a right pillar of levia

Dear Readers,

From the peak described in the last post I glided southwest towards the pillars of Levia. It's very hard to describe which one I had to land on but if you take out the map to look at the actual words of "Pillars of Levia", the pillar in question is to the right of it.

To navigate there I used a pin beacon light thingy, which was very handy. I haven't been using them since I found all the shrines.

Anyway, on top of this pillar was another Korok stone for me to lift and collect the seed.

681 zelda breath of the wild - bonooru's stand peak

Dear Readers,

From the last post I hiked northwest towards Bonooru's Stand and Pierre Plateau. In between those two named areas on the map was a tall peak with a Korok stone on top of it. I climbed it and lifted the stone for another seed.

680 zelda breath of the wild - circle of stones in the phalian highlands

Dear Readers,

I climbed out of the water at Lanayru Promenade and up into the Phalian Highlands.

On one of the higher points of this area I found a circle of stones. I turned on Stasis and searched around for the missing stone which was uphill and hidden by some bushes. I used it to complete the circle and obtain the Korok seed.

679 zelda breath of the wild - lanayru promenade flower circle

Dear Readers,

From the centre of Lanayru Promenade, I swam westwards with three or four Lizalfos following me. They were fascinated and fooled by my mask.

I came across a circle of flowers in the water. I climbed to the platform above and dived in for another Korok seed.

678 zelda breath of the wild - centre of lanayru promenade

Dear Readers,

I warped to the shrine at Lanayru Promenade and dived into the water.

I wore the Zora Armour and the Lizalfos mask and swam to the very middle of the promenade on the map and found a Korok seed under a stone there.

There were lots of Lizalfos around and one of them attacked me. I shot him to bits with my arrows though. I was able to fool the others with my mask

677 zelda breath of the wild - korok between naydra snowfield and lanayru bay

Dear Readers,

From the last post there was another Korok seed to the south up the really steep slope. I decided to glide down from above instead by warping to the top of Mount Lanayru.

I did try gliding in from Vah Ruta but it was just too far and I also got too close to Vah Ruta by accident so I was warped backwards.

I glided down from the mountain to the spot that had a Korok platform. I stepped on it and the time challenge ring appeared slightly higher up. I ran past some skeleton enemies and an ice keese to get the ring and the Korok seed prize. Then I warped the heck out of there.

676 zelda breath of the wild - hiking west along the south beach of lanayru bay

Dear Readers,

From the last post I hiked west along the beach and scrambled along the slopes when I ran out of beach until I came to little green area with another circle of stones.

I used Stasis to find the missing stone and completed the circle.

I also had to deal with a couple of annoying Octoroks spitting stones at me. I decided to just shoot them with arrows. I didn't have the patience to use shields or the Zora suit attack on them.

Also, my right Joy-Con is beginning to act weird :( could this be the beginning of the end for it? I hope not.

675 zelda breath of the wild - beach north of mount lanayru

Dear Readers,

I glided down Mount Lanayru's northern slope all the way down to the bay.

Down on the beach was a circle of stones. I used Stasis to find a rock to complete it for another Korok seed.

674 zelda breath of the wild - wooded area northeast of mount lanayru

Dear Readers,

From the last post I glided directly east, into a snowy place with trees. There I found a circle of stones. While looking for the missing stone I had to deal with wolves and plebbits. I smacked and crushed them all with my weapons and bombs.

The stone was pretty far away in the deep snow. Again, I'm thankful that it shows up in yellow when using Stasis. I put the stone in place to complete the circle of stones for another Korok seed.

673 zelda breath of the wild - second lump of ice behind spring of wisdom

Dear Readers,

From the last post about the lump of ice I looked northwest and spotted another lump of ice to melt. I glided over to it and got melting for another Korok seed.

While I was melting the ice it was nighttime. I heard and saw a Stalizalfos burst out out of the ground but it couldn't reach me so it burrowed into the ground again, the likes of which I never saw before. Did it have something to do with the Blood Moon I wonder?

672 zelda breath of the wild - lump of ice behind spring of wisdom

Dear Readers,

I warped back up to Mount Lanayru and climbed up behind the Spring of Wisdom. Just northwest of it was a lump of ice I had to melt down to get this Korok seed.

671 zelda breath of the wild - korok golfing at afromsia coast

Dear Readers,

I hiked north along Afromsia Coast until I ran out of beach. Then I went up along the rocks and continued further north until I came across three boulders. I pushed one of them down the hill in front of it and it landed near a hole. I then used Stasis to knock the boulder into the hole for another seed.

670 zelda breath of the wild - slab at afromsia beach

Dear Readers,

From the last post I glided all the way down to Afromsia Coast. At the very south end of this beach was a slab I was able to knock away with Stasis. There was a rock with Korok underneath for another seed.

669 zelda breath of the wild - nice chase at walnot mountain

Dear Readers,

Further south from the shield surfing puzzle from last time was Walnot Mountain. On one of the little peaks around here was a Korok sprout I had to chase from one peak to another until I got the Korok seed.

I got attacked by wolves and Lizalfos as well. I used my flameblade on the Lizalfos to make short work of it and I wiped out the entire wolf pack with arrows for being so annoying.

668 zelda breath of the wild - surfing down mount lanayru for a korok seed

Dear Readers,

Further south and east from the last post was a Korok platform. I had to go down the hill and reach the ring in time but this was the hardest one I've had to do yet. No matter how soon I started gliding I just couldn't reach the ring and I'd miss it by a hair.

I then decided to practise shield surfing and found a trail to the left that led all the way down to the Korok ring. It took a few tries and save reloads but when I got better at the surfing I reached the Korok ring handily! 

667 zelda breath of the wild - lump of ice south of mount lanayru spring

Dear Readers,

I warped back to Mount Lanayru and headed directly south and glided down to a lone lump of ice. I equipped a great flame blade and stood next to it until it melted. There was a Korok hiding inside that gave me another seed.

666 zelda breath of the wild - korok platform at middle tree south of mount lanayru

Dear Readers,

I warped to the top of Mount Lanayru and glided south towards the three trees, specifically the middle one.

It had a Korok platform. I remember ignoring this in the very early part of my playthrough. I'm glad I did because it seems difficult enough. I had to glide towards the west tree and then I used Revali's Gale to gain height so I could go through the timed circle. I'm not sure if I'd be able to do this without the ability? Maybe if I climbed the west tree or something.

665 zelda breath of the wild - naydra snowfield's korok sprite

Dear Readers,

From the Peak of Awakening I glided all the way east to Naydra Snowfield. On the east side and up on a cliff ledge was a Korok sprite flitting around. I caught up with it for another Korok seed.

664 zelda breath of the wild - climbing the peak of awakening

Dear Readers,

From the last post I was at the bottom of a mountain I needed to climb for the next Korok seed so I just jump climbed all the way up to the top, taking little stamina rests. This mountain was called Peak of Awakening and at the peak was a stone with a Korok underneath.

663 zelda breath of the wild - annoying circle of flowers above nirvata lake

Dear Readers,

In the lake above the waterfall of Nirvata Lake was another circle of flowers to dive into.

Except this time I found it really hard to drop into the actual circle from the cliff above. There's a strong wind in this area and I missed the circle several times and I also had to reopen the paraglider so many times and I'd then end up with not enough height to make the Korok appear. I'd then have to go up the hill again every time.

It got very annoying but eventually after many trips back up the hill I finally made the Korok appear for another seed.

662 zelda breath of the wild - apple puzzle above nirvata lake

Dear Readers,

I swam up Nirvata Lake waterfall again to reach the cliffs at the top of it. On the east bank was a tree puzzle where I had to make the apple pattern match on the odd one out. I got it done for another Korok seed.

661 zelda breath of the wild - nirvata lake flowers

Dear Readers,

I went east to Nirvata Lake. There was a circle of flowers on it. I shot the Octorok and swam up the waterfall. Then I tried to aim for the circle of flowers. I got it on the second go for another Korok seed.

660 zelda breath of the wild - ovli plain korok on west side of big hole

Dear Readers,

I headed north from Hateno Village to Ovli Plain. I was in the mood to fight so I stirred the Stone Talus that was here just south of Nirvata Lake.

I was in no humour to climb around it so I just shot it with a load of bomb arrows. I blew its rocks off every time it picked up and I pelted its weak spot with more bomb arrows. I think I'm going to do it this way from now on.

As for the Korok, I headed west across the plain to some trees on the other side of the big hole that was here. I found a big tree with an acorn inside and shot it for another Korok seed.

659 zelda breath of the wild - climbing the big tree at zelkoa pond

Dear Readers,

I headed to Zelkoa Pond near Hateno Village. There's a huge tree on the north side of it with a Korok on top and I had no idea until now! All I had to do was climb up and lift the stone for it to give me another seed. Again, another place I walked past many times before!

658 zelda breath of the wild - diving into camphor pond

Dear Readers,

Just east of the area in the last post is Camphor Pond. It has a ring of flowers on it. It also has a very tall natural stone pillar next to it all convenient! I used Revali's Gale to get to the top and then dived into the circle of flowers for another Korok seed.

657 zelda breath of the wild - breaking the targets near hateno village

Dear Readers,

East of Hateno Tower is a place with some ruins, a house, a road that goes in a loop and several wooden targets erected around the place. I had to shoot and break all the targets, which made a balloon appear above the house. I then had to shoot the balloon to obtain another Korok seed.

I passed by this place many times on the way to Hateno Village. It doesn't even have a name. I'm glad I got to solve the main puzzle of this place. I didn't bother using a horse. I did beat up some moblins though.

656 zelda breath of the wild - apple tree puzzle south of hateno tower

Dear Readers,

I followed the road south from the last post and came to a little hill with a comfy little tunnel. On top of the hill was another apple tree puzzle. I made the apples match to make another Korok appear and give me another seed.

I also had to deal with a Yiga and a blue bokoblin. Didn't have much trouble getting them out of my way of doing puzzles.

655 zelda breath of the wild - shopping for arrows, tree south of hateno tower

Dear Readers,

I only had 10 normal arrows left. I wanted more. I went to my usual farming spot on the Plateau and only got 8 arrows. I went to the path that leads to Zora's Domain and didn't find a single regular arrow anymore. I decided to buy them from now on.

I find that they're cheapest in Tarrey Town now that I have it fully developed. I bought all the regular arrows so I've a decent stock now.

Anyway, back to the Korok hunt! I warped to Hateno Tower and glided south to the junction in the road. On the corner of it were some trees and the thick one had an acorn inside of it. I shot it for another Korok seed. I then picked up the arrow and put it back in my quiver. They're not cheap!

654 zelda breath of the wild - tree puzzle near loshlo harbour finally solved!

Dear Readers,

For a long time I've been worried about and trying to remember a Korok tree puzzle on a cliff overlooking Loshlo Harbour. I messed up the puzzle a few times and I had to leave it alone for the apples to grow back. I was worried I'd forget about it when I have most of the surrounding Koroks discovered. I went back there.

I took my time to slowly make the tree with all the apples to match the other two trees with just one apple each and I finally made the Korok appear! Hooray! Another seed! I'm glad to get this one out of the way!

653 zelda breath of the wild - top of the coliseum entrance

Dear Readers,

I went to the entrance of the Coliseum Ruins and used Revali's Gale to go all the way towards the top, climbing the rest of the way.

On the top floor and at the very end of the ledge was a stone with a Korok underneath. I picked it up for another seed.

652 zelda breath of the wild - dead tree dash in front of the coliseum ruins

Dear Readers,

I went round to the front of the Coliseum and climbed a dead looking thick tree that was surrounded by goop. There was a Korok platform on top of it which gave me a timed challenge to run up a rock with a slope that was nearby and reach the top. It wasn't too bad at all and I got another Korok seed.

651 zelda breath of the wild - pond southeast of coliseum ruins

Dear Readers,

I went to the Coliseum Ruins to find the Koroks I missed there.

Southeast of the ruins and up the rocks was a ledge with a shallow pond. Flitting around this pond was a Korok sprite. I caught up with it for another seed.

650 zelda breath of the wild - chained ball and hollow tree east of batrea lake

Dear Readers,

After the last post with the jumping fences, I headed northwest to the edge of the woods with Spotty. Three little chuchus jumped out at us and I made short work of them.

I found a hollow tree with a metal rock hanging from a chain. I put it in the hollow with Magnesis for another Korok seed. Puzzles getting back to normal now.

649 zelda breath of the wild - fence jumping northwest of dueling peaks tower

Dear Readers,

Northwest of Dueling Peaks Tower were some ruins, a big tree and a puddle with a fence in the middle of it. There was a Korok to find here but I had no idea how to find it. Then I accidentally woke up a Stone Talus so I ran away and looked up more clues.

It turns out I have to bring a horse here to jump over the three fences! I've never come across a Korok puzzle like this before so I never would've guessed!

I came back here with Spotty and jumped the fences for another Korok seed.

648 zelda breath of the wild - flagpole west of dueling peaks

Dear Readers,

I warped to Dueling Peaks Tower and glided west towards a flagpole. It took a little bit of hiking too. When I got there I climbed to the top for another Korok seed.

647 zelda breath of the wild - hanging acorn at owlan bridge

Dear Readers,

I continued riding along the path through Batrea Lake until I got to the next bridge, Owlan Bridge. I found an acorn hanging from it that I shot for another Korok Seed.

After this I boarded Spotty at the Riverside Stable nearby.

646 zelda breath of the wild - in a thick tree near batrea lake

Dear Readers,

From Eagus Bridge, I continued south along the road, outrunning Bokoblins on horseback and into the forest around Batrea Lake. When I got off Spotty to look for the Korok, I spent most of the time smacking Octoroks and this place was crawling with them. I had to fight a Yiga as well.

One of the thick trees along this path had a stone on top of it that I lifted for another Korok seed. It took a few tries as there were many thick trees around here.

645 zelda breath of the wild - ruined cart under eagus bridge

Dear Readers,

I rode down south along the road to Eagus Bridge. I stopped and looked for hanging acorns but there wasn't any this time. Instead there was a ruined cart under the bridge with a stone on top of it. I lifted the stone to reveal another Korok seed.

644 zelda breath of the wild - under the rock at kakariko/wetland junction

Dear Readers,

It had been a while since I went horse riding. I took Spotty out and rode south along the road.

I stopped at the fork in the road where the left path leads to Kakariko Village. On this spot was a big tree and a big rock with a small stone underneath it. There were also some stone Plebbits I had to crush with a hammer before doing anything here.

When they were gone I used Stasis on the rock and knocked it away so I could pick up the stone underneath and find the Korok that was hiding here. I got another seed.

643 zelda breath of the wild - thorny patch near wetland stable

Dear Readers,

I warped back to the Wetland Stable again and went into the woods to the south. There I found a thorny patch with a stone in the middle of it. I burned the thorns with a fire arrow and picked up the stone for another Korok seed. I tried to burn them with a flameblade but they wouldn't burn with that alone.

I also had to deal with some Stalizalfos but they weren't much of a problem.

642 zelda breath of the wild - stone patterns at moor garrison ruins

Dear Readers,

From the last post I continued east until I found some ruins. These ruins had patterns of stones laid out in them. Two of these patterns seemed out of place so I removed a stone from one pattern that had too many and placed it to complete another pattern so they all matched. A Korok appeared and gave me another seed.

641 zelda breath of the wild - stone circle northeast of wetland stable

Dear Readers,

I warped to the Wetland Stable and headed northeast. I came across some trees that had a stone circle under them. The missing stone was very close by and I used that to complete the circle for another Korok seed.

I had some hassle with horseback Bokoblins so I shot them off their horses.

640 zelda breath of the wild - golfing puzzle at thims bridge

Dear Readers,

I returned to Thim's Bridge to finish the puzzle that I tried and failed to complete before! This time I wasn't going to throw the rock into the watery stone circle!

I calculated carefully what I needed to do with Stasis in order to knock a stone into the circle with trial and error. In the end I used a forked Lizal spear to hit a stone in there perfectly at last! I was so happy to get this done! It took three taps.

There was an Octorok far away in the river that was trying to shoot at me but it just couldn't reach. Nyah nyah!

639 zelda breath of the wild - lone tree balloon near crenel peak

Dear Readers,

From the last post I headed south to Orsedd Bridge. From there I followed the road east until I got to the junction. From there I continued in the same direction over the hill until I found a lone tree in between the hills. I shot the balloon hidden in its branches for another Korok seed.

638 zelda breath of the wild - korok sprite at crenel hills

Dear Readers,

From the last post I headed west down the hill towards the river with the two puddles nearby. I saw a sparkly Korok sprite and examined it for another Korok seed.

637 zelda breath of the wild - balloons in south crenel hills

Dear Readers,

I decided to beat up the Electric Wizzrobe that was prancing in the centre of Crenel Hills. I shot it to stun it and kept smacking it around until it was defeated. I kept my focus on it even when electric Chuchus were popping up out of the ground. When I was done with it I cleared them away too.

Crenel Hills belongs to me now.

I looked for the next Korok seed and found it to the south, where there was a pinwheel on a big hollow log. It brought up three balloons. Two of them I popped with a boomerang and the last one was inside the next log so I shot that with an arrow then to make the Korok appear.

636 zelda breath of the wild - tree west of the shrine in crenel hills

Dear Readers,

I'm still In Crenel Hills, trying to avoid the nasty Electric Wizzrobe in the centre. West of the shrine that's here is a giant tree trunk or ringfort or whatever it is that's full of Keese. I smacked them all with my spears and picked up their wings and eyeballs. There were a lot of them.

With them out of the way I climbed the slope to the bare tree at the top and climbed to the top of that to find a Korok for another seed.

635 zelda breath of the wild - hollow log stone in crenel hills

Dear Readers,

I headed southeast from the last post and went uphill until I came to a giant hollowed out log. Inside were Electric Keese and I smacked them out of the way. Further in the log was a stone with a Korok underneath.

634 zelda breath of the wild - pond across the river from hyrule forest park

Dear Readers,

From the last post I crossed the river to the east and went exploring there.

I found a pond on the map with flowers on it. It also had an Ice Wizzrobe. I hit it with one of my fire swords to make short work of it. It was then nice and peaceful to dive into the flowers and collect my Korok seed.

633 zelda breath of the wild - the ruined fountain in hyrule forest park

Dear Readers,

From the last post it was a very short walk along the path southwards to the next Korok seed. It was under a stone on top of an old ruined fountain.

After I collected it, another Guardian made a target on me. I immediately ran up to it and chopped its legs off. I did not stop attacking until I smashed it to bits. I didn't even try aiming for the eye this time. That was all the Guardians on the island destroyed now.

632 zelda breath of the wild - thick tree hole in hyrule forest park

Dear Readers,

From the last post I headed south along the road of the island, looking for a tree that would hold the next Korok seed.

I found it in the thickest tree, where I found a hole with an acorn in it. I shot that for another Korok seed.

631 zelda breath of the wild - northeast tip of hyrule forest park

Dear Readers,

I headed to the island east of Hyrule Castle as I knew I'd still have to deal with Guardians there while looking for Korok seeds.

The first thing I did was hunt down the Guardian near the bridge at the northern part of the island. I snuck up on it, chopped off its legs and made it blow up by deflecting with Daruk's Protection.

After that I sought the Korok seed at the northeast tip of the island. There was a metal puzzle here with the other blocks on the other side of the river. I shot the Octorok to get it out of the way and brought the metal block over. Then I slotted it into place for the Korok seed.

630 zelda breath of the wild - outside the castle docks under a stone

Dear Readers,

From the last post I glided northeast towards the docks. On the outside of the area there was a ledge with a stone on it. I picked up the stone for another Korok seed.

With that, I now had all the Korok seeds from within Hyrule Castle! I'm so relieved I have that over and done with!

I warped out of the castle and towards the Korok Forest to recover. I also upgraded with Hestu. I upgraded so much that I now had maximum slots in my inventory! I don't need to upgrade any more. Of course, Hestu did suggest I could find the remaining seeds anyway as the Koroks would be happy to see me. I will continue!

629 zelda breath of the wild - pinwheel on hyrule castle's west wall

Dear Readers,

I headed to the west and floated down to a wall that wrapped around the outside of the west part of Hyrule Castle. On the northern tip of this wall was a pinwheel.

It was just an archery challenge to hit some balloons that weren't moving too fast but there were a good few of them. I shot them all to earn another Korok seed.

628 zelda breath of the wild - the last bend on the way to the sanctum

Dear Readers,

South of the entrance to the Sanctum was the road leading up to it. On the last bend in the road before going up there I had to drop off and find a cracked pile of rocks just below it. It was easy enough to find without getting killed. I just had to dodge the Guardian lasers. The spot itself was sheltered nicely enough so I was able to blow up the rocks without having to worry about the lasers. I revealed a stone with a Korok underneath for another seed.

627 zelda breath of the wild - sanctum balcony korok challenge

Dear Readers,

When I was climbing to the belfry I came across a Korok platform that I thought I'd use on the way back down. When I stood on it I had to glide to one of the surrounding spires where the timed ring was. It wasn't far at all and I won another Korok seed for making it there in time.

626 zelda breath of the wild - the sanctum belfry

Dear Readers,

I headed towards the Sanctum and climbed climbed climbed up the outside of it. I was looking for the the belfry and I eventually reached it. I went inside, looked up at the bell and above it was a Korok balloon I was able to shoot for another seed.

625 zelda breath of the wild - the spire of zelda's study

Dear Readers,

I legged it from Zelda's room to Zelda's study. I went inside for a while, then back out to climb the building all the way to the spire at the top. I was very surprised I managed to do it without being spotted by Guardians. I found another Korok up on the spire.

624 zelda breath of the wild - zelda's balcony

Dear Readers,

From the last post I continued up the stairs until I could reach Zelda's room. There were so many Guardians up here, including one of the annoying flying ones. I had to destroy one or two. There was also a silver Moblin inside her room to make things more annoying. I found the way out to the balcony and lifted the stone to find another Korok seed. Then I legged it out of there.

623 zelda breath of the wild - the weird shaft near the west passage

Dear Readers,

I continued through the west passage of Hyrule Castle and came to a room that was just a huge vertical shaft. There were windows and ledges on the walls and it all looked very weird. There was a silver Moblin in here so I didn't stay on the ground for very long. I just climbed and climbed. On one ledge it had a stone and it had a Korok hiding underneath! This was the first Korok surprise I had in a long time without having to check a map!

I found a room with a lever that made air flow upwards from the bottom of the shaft. I used it to float upwards and go outside. My next stop was Zelda's study and there were some handy stairs that led there.

622 zelda breath of the wild - hard-boiled eggs in the west passage

Dear Readers,

I had to go through the West Passage this time, so I dropped down and down until I found an entrance. I went through and continued until the passage opened up into a place with puddles of water and some egg offerings. I placed an egg in the puddle that didn't have an egg and a Korok appeared with another seed for me.

It's worth noting that the hard-boiled eggs came up as ??? for me so it was the first time I was identifying them! These eggs don't have a compendium entry for some reason.

621 zelda breath of the wild - on the wall south of the first gatehouse

Dear Readers,

From the last post I went back out the way I came to the road, following it for a bit. I climbed up on the wall to my left and deflected some Guardian laser blasts. On this end of the wall was a stone with a Korok underneath.

620 zelda breath of the wild - opposite the guards' chamber

Dear Readers,

I dropped down from the First Gatehouse to the road and found an entrance into the corridors, following them to the Guards' Chamber. Just opposite the entrance to the chamber was a cracked wall. Inside that was an acorn hanging down. I shot it for another Korok seed.

619 zelda breath of the wild - climbing the first gatehouse

Dear Readers,

From the last post I headed west to the First Gatehouse. I climbed to the top and examined the spire for another hidden Korok, just like on the other Gatehouse.

618 zelda breath of the wild - melting ice in the east passage

Dear Readers,

From the stream with the ring of flowers in the last post, I had to jump off the east ledge to go down even further to the road below, which had the entrance to the east passage.

Along this passage were some lumps of ice. I had to melt the largest one to reveal a Korok for another seed.

When I finished here I continued through the passage, dodging the Stone Talus and hurried up into the library, shooting the goopy eye thing. I backtracked through the library and all the way back to where I was near the second gatehouse. I'll continue from there next time. Glad to get that much out of the way at least.

617 zelda breath of the wild - ring of flowers near the east passage

Dear Readers,

I was looking for a Korok in the east passage of Hyrule Castle, which meant I had to go all the way northeast, having to deal with annoying Guardians along the way. I tried to go in through the library, but it was blocked because of those goopy eye things blocking it from the other side. It was very annoying.

Anyway, on the way there I found a stream with a ring of flowers on it below a waterfall. I dived in for another Korok Seed.

616 zelda breath of the wild - korok after the second gatehouse

Dear Readers,

The road after the second gatehouse is horrible and full of Guardians on either side of it. I had to go here to find the next Korok seed and I had to deal with so many of them, including the flying ones that take ages to destroy. I had trouble timing deflections on some of them too and I ended up having to use Mipha's Grace and everything. I fell off of cliffs and everything. It was not a good time.

Anyway, on one of the walls on the east side of this road was a stone with a Korok underneath.

615 zelda breath of the wild - acorn in small room near the dining hall

Dear Readers,

I climbed back down to the entrance to the dining hall. I went in and straight through the door ahead into a hallway. I used my guide to navigate my way to a room with a statue in it. It also had a Korok hiding in an acorn that was hanging from the ceiling. The guide I was using said I had to bomb a wall but it was already bombed? Maybe I already did that on previous excursions to the castle.

614 zelda breath of the wild - climbing the second gatehouse

Dear Readers,

From the last post I used Revali's Gale to get back up to where I was and climb up to the top of the second gatehouse. On the spire here was another Korok waiting to be found. I got revenge on a Guardian that zapped me earlier too.

613 zelda breath of the wild - below the waterfall near the dining hall

Dear Readers,

From the last post I headed northeast towards the entrance to the dining hall. From the waterfall nearby I had to drop down to a ledge that had a clump of bombable rocks on it. Under them was a stone with a Korok under that. It was a very murky area and I would never have come down here otherwise. I relied totally on the guide I was using. I got zapped several times by Guardians and I had to recharge both Revali's Gale and Daruk's Protection.

612 zelda breath of the wild - coat of arms after the front gate of hyrule castle

Dear Readers,

I had to stay in the area with the two pinwheels from the previous two posts in order to find the next seed. I had to look it up again and it turns out that I had to shoot the coat of arms that's part of the balcony. It was very annoying because it just looks so unremarkable and I'd easily miss it. Anyway, I shot it for another Korok seed.

It's also getting harder to come up with title names for these posts. There are a lot of seeds in Hyrule Castle

611 zelda breath of the wild - second hyrule castle pinwheel after front gate

Dear Readers,

I climbed back down from the last pinwheel to find another on a balcony. I had trouble looking for the balloon so I had to look it up. It turns out the balloon is in the distance to the south, hovering above another part of the castle structure. I shot a few arrows into the air above the balloon so I could reach it eventually, earning me another Korok seed.

610 zelda breath of the wild - first hyrule castle pinwheel after front gate

Dear Readers,

I headed through the front gate of Hyrule Castle and ran up the road until I got to the point where it turns to the left. Then I climbed up until I reached the top of of this part of the castle. There was a pinwheel up here and I had to shoot a couple of balloons that went back and forth behind some goop. I also had to smash a decayed Guardian on the way up here. I finished the pinwheel archery challenge for a Korok seed.

609 zelda breath of the wild - hyrule castle front gate stone

Dear Readers,

The last Korok seed at the front gate of Hyrule Castle was on top of the gate itself, under a stone. I was delighted to finally get it. After all the Guardians I had to deal with, including two that spotted me while I was climbing on the gate itself, I made sure to bop the Korok on the head with its own stone.

608 zelda breath of the wild - hyrule castle front gate acorn

Dear Readers,

The next Korok seeds at Hyrule Castle front gate was under the bridge in a tiny nook that seemed custom made to hold the acorn that was inside it. I shot it for another seed. Seeing that little nook made me annoyed. I would've preferred it if the acorn was hanging from the bridge instead.

607 zelda breath of the wild - hyrule castle front gate sprout

Dear Readers,

I have over 500 Korok seeds now! It's now time for me to look for the ones in Hyrule Castle!

Things did not start well. The moment I tried to run through Castle Town Ruins, I was targeted by two Guardians and Stalmoblins sprouted and Yiga started laughing... it was too much at once. I reloaded my save and took care of them one by one, inching towards the front gate of Hyrule Castle.

While there I was attacked by the flying Guardian, which takes longer to smash than the regular ones with shield deflects. It took ages and it went out of range now and again, which was annoying but I finally smashed it for a bit of peace and quiet.

There were three Korok seeds around the front gate. The first one I did involved having to go under the bridge for the sprout and chase it by climbing along the bridge until I got the seed. I'm glad I finally got it over and done with. It also reveals a nice way to get inside without having to open the gate. I'll mention the other two seeds over the next two posts.

606 zelda breath of the wild - southwest of castle town prison ruins

Dear Readers,

From the last post I headed south and climbed to the top of the dome that had the shrine. Up here I found a stone with a Korok underneath for another seed.

605 zelda breath of the wild - west of castle town prison ruins

Dear Readers,

From the last post I hiked over to the west side of the island. I checked out the summit of the hill as well but there was a Stone Talus here. I didn't bother with it.

On the west part of the island was a pinwheel and a tree stump. I had to shoot an arrow at one target that was jumping out of the trees in the distance. It took a few tries but I got it and earned another Korok seed.

604 zelda breath of the wild - castle town prison ruins metal puzzle

Dear Readers,

From the Castle Town Prison Ruins I continued north along the road to the very end, where there was a metal puzzle partially submerged. All I had to do was move the metal block with Magnesis to make things symmetrical. It wasn't too difficult at all thankfully. I got another Korok seed.

603 zelda breath of the wild - castle town prison shields

Dear Readers,

From the last post I headed north to the Castle Town Prison Ruins. I had to deal with a Guardian along the way and I smashed it up by deflecting its lasers. There were flying ones as well but none of them spotted me.

I continued and came across three offering statues. In two of them were rusty shields, which made me groan at the thought of trying to find a third one. Luckily I was able to find one with Magnesis at some ruins to the southeast. This place doesn't really show any obvious signs that it was a prison. There are some walls but it doesn't seem any way recognisable as a prison. Anyway I placed the third shield for another Korok Seed. Then I took all the shields. I'll need them for all the Guardians.

602 zelda breath of the wild - circle of flowers at moat bridge

Dear Readers,

I headed north from the last post to the Moat Bridge. There in the water was a circle of flowers. I dived into it for another Korok seed.

601 zelda breath of the wild - swirl of stones north of quarry ruins

Dear Readers,

From the last post I saw a slab suspended on a one of the Castle Town wall structures. I thought surely there must be a Korok seed underneath, so I knocked it away with Stasis. It turned out to be only a treasure chest with shock arrows inside it instead. Then I noticed a swirl shape of stones with a gap in the very centre.

I used Stasis to find the missing stone, which was on the far end of the wall structure and placed it in the swirl for another Korok seed. I also fought some big Chuchus that were here.

600 zelda breath of the wild - pile of stones on the unnamed mountain

Dear Readers,

From the last post I found some cracked rocks on the slopes of the unnamed mountain I was on. Under a pile to the northwest of the last Korok seed I obtained was another stone with a Korok underneath. The pile of stones that didn't have a Korok underneath had rare materials to mine instead.

599 zelda breath of the wild - quarry ruins circle of stones

Dear Readers,

North of the Quarry Ruins is a mountain with no freaking name for some reason. At the summit was a circle of stones. I searched around with Stasis and found the missing stone on one of the slopes. I completed the circle for another Korok seed.

598 zelda breath of the wild - exploring quarry ruins

Dear Readers,

I headed west from the last post deeper into the Quarry Ruins. I tried to imagine excavations of materials when they were building Hyrule Castle and Castle Town. It was largely peaceful and hilly. On one random hill I found a Korok that was hiding under a stone.

597 zelda breath of the wild - the gate to the quarry ruins

Dear Readers,

I decided to explore more of the Quarry Ruins west of Castle Town Ruins. Directly north of the shrine here was a gate with an interior and lookout. I guess it was part of the wall around Castle Town? I didn't look properly and there was a lot of overgrowth.

One of the trees near the lookout had a balloon floating in its branches. After smacking away some noisy Keese I shot it for another Korok seed.

596 zelda breath of the wild - dash from the sandy bank to carok bridge

On the east bank of Carok Bridge and further to the north is a sandy corner of the river. On there is a Korok platform. I stood there and it set off a racing challenge to reach the big rock on the west side of Carok Bridge.

I had to do a good bit of sprinting up the hill but I had more than enough stamina and time. I reached the rock handily, even with the Stalkoblin and Stalmoblin enemies chasing after me. I got my Korok seed prize.

595 zelda breath of the wild - hanging from carok bridge

Dear Readers,

I'm still at Carok Bridge. It follows a pattern from many bridges where there was a nut hanging from the bridge. All I had to do was shoot it while suspended in mid-air for another Korok seed.

594 zelda breath of the wild - mound on east side of carok bridge

Dear Readers,

From the last post I followed the road west to Carok Bridge. It rained. Just before the bridge was a mound with a stone on top of it. Under the stone was a Korok with another seed for me. No trouble this time thankfully, considering it's such a dangerous place!

593 zelda breath of the wild - under some rocks near mount gustaf

Dear Readers,

From the last post I headed west along the road. Somewhere along the way, on the left side was pile of rocks I was able to destroy with a bomb. Underneath was a stone with a Korok underneath that.

I'm glad I didn't have any fights with Guardians this time. After the last time I had to warp to the Korok Forest to sleep and replenish my health because I was not in good condition after dealing with three Guardians.

After uncovering the Korok I waited until I recharged Revali's Gale and Daruk's Protection. The flying Guardian that was here just passed by on its own pattern many many times. It was kinda nice just chilling with the Korok and looking at the machine flying around.

592 zelda breath of the wild - west gate of hyrule castle town

Dear Readers,

I warped over to Katah Chuki Shrine, west of Hyrule Castle Town Ruins. I wanted to focus on this area next.

I immediately had to deal with a Decayed Guardian and a regular Guardian. I smashed them both up with deflections without much trouble. I hiked south towards the road and then east towards the gate. I met another Guardian and almost got killed because my timing was off. I managed to best it in the end though and destroyed it.

The Korok seed I was looking for here was on top of the pillar of the gateway, under a stone.

591 zelda breath of the wild - hyrule cathedral ruins

Dear Readers,

From the last post I headed north to what was called Hyrule Cathedral. All that remained of the building were the four corners of the foundation.

Suddenly it was a thunderstorm, it was night and I got attacked by another Guardian, three Stalkoblins, a Yiga, and a Keese. They all kept me busy for a while but I got rid of them all one by one.

After that I was free to excavate the foundation. There were some crates here I broke open. Then I spotted a stone buried under some leaves with Stasis. I cut the leaves and lifted the stone for the Korok seed that was here.

590 zelda breath of the wild - heavy metal door at east castle town

Dear Readers,

Very close to the flagpole from the last post was a heavy metal door. I lifted it with Magnesis and lifted the stone underneath that to collect another Korok seed.

589 zelda breath of the wild - castle town watchtower flagpole

Dear Readers,

I headed to East Castle Town, taking down at least one Guardian and a Yiga along the way, thankfully not at the same time. When I was done with them I climbed the Castle Town Watchtower flagpole and got a Korok seed for reaching the top.

588 zelda breath of the wild - hyrule castle town wall balloon shooting challenge

Dear Readers,

On the wall east of the gate to Hyrule Castle Town was a pinwheel with a balloon shooting challenge. There were a few balloons circling around and at one point they lined up, which may suggest I'm able to shoot more than one at a time, but I never did. I popped them all eventually and got the Korok seed.

587 zelda breath of the wild - racing to central square

Dear Readers,

On the west side of the gate to Hyrule Castle Town was a platform with a timed race to reach the ruined structure in the central square. I just went for broke and ran.

I ran through sludge and eventually made it to the structure — I dunno what it was maybe a fountain? Anyway I got the Korok seed.

I thought I'd be zapped by many Guardians but just the one came after me. I took it on and made short work of it.

586 zelda breath of the wild - hyrule castle town gate korok

Dear Readers,

I headed north to Hyrule Castle Town Ruins, fully expecting to be targeted, and I was. It was from a decayed Guardian a good ways away. I was going to avoid it but I was looking for the Korok around the front gate so I decided to deflect its laser to smash it up.

It took me ages to find the Korok at the front gate. I even went inside the walls to look for it. Eventually I got fed up and looked up a guide. The guide said the Korok appears when you shoot the shield above the inside of the gate and that the arrows already stuck in the shield were supposed to be a clue. I groaned after all that searching in such a dangerous place but I won't complain too much as it only took another arrow for it to appear.

585 zelda breath of the wild - sacred ground ruins korok

Dear Readers,

From the last post I headed northeast to the next stop, the Sacred Ground Ruins. I was here before but I didn't get the Korok seed so I came back. I was attacked by the same Guardian as before but I'm much more confident in dealing with it now. Three shield deflects and it was gone.

The Korok itself was on the northeastern pillar, under a stone. I uncovered it for another seed.

584 zelda breath of the wild - tree balloon in passeri greenbelt

Dear Readers,

From the last post I headed east towards another wooded area. I found one of the Korok seeds that were here but I came back to find the other one. I thought it might be another apple tree matching puzzle but it wasn't, thankfully. Up in one of the thicker trees was a balloon and I struck it with my double axe for another Korok seed.

Also I was attacked by Stalkoblins on the way here but they were easy enough to handle.

583 zelda breath of the wild - tree hollow in west woods of passeri greenbelt

Dear Readers,

I hung around in the same bit of woods as last time because there was another Korok seed to find. I found it in a hollow of one of the bigger trees in this patch of woods.

582 zelda breath of the wild - korok sprite in west woods of passeri greenbelt

Dear Readers,

From the last post I headed northeast to a small patch of woods. It was dark, it was rainy, but it was peaceful, thankfully. When I got there I heard a Korok fairy flitting around the ground and caught up to it for another seed.

581 zelda breath of the wild - flagpole north of central tower

Dear Readers,

Northwest from the last post was a big flagpole. All I had to do was run up to it and climb to the top for another Korok seed.

Well... that wasn't all I had to do as I had to deal with Stalkoblins and Guardians targeting me again. I managed it handy enough though.

580 zelda breath of the wild - rocky patch north of central tower

Dear Readers,

I warped to the Central Tower and flew northeast from it. Just north of this tower was a patch of trees and on the edge of that was a rocky patch. In the middle of that was a stone with a Korok underneath. Very unsafe place as you get targeted almost immediately by Guardians when you glide from the tower.

579 zelda breath of the wild - golfing badly at boneyard bridge

Dear Readers,

I followed the river further north from last time until I got to Boneyard Bridge. There were many stones and a circle of stones in the rapidly flowing river.

I tried golfing stones into the circle but I just kept missing and my "clubs" kept breaking so it was hard to come up with good practised strategy. I ran out of stones and I got attacked by another Yiga. I was getting fed up.

I spotted a raft across the river and I eventually decided to swim across for that. It wasn't easy but I managed to lodge it in place at the circle of stones in the water. After that I picked up a stone that respawned and threw it onto the raft. Then I quickly hopped onto the raft and tossed it into the circle of stones to make the Korok appear.

Whew! That was a hard-earned seed!

578 zelda breath of the wild - acorn hanging from orsedd bridge

Dear Readers,

I followed the river north from the last post and got to Orsedd Bridge. I found a Korok in the acorn hanging from the bridge. All I had to do was shoot it. I was attacked by a big Yiga along the way but I decided to ignore him. I could also hear a Hinox sleeping nearby and I didn't want to wake that creature.

577 zelda breath of the wild - the korok of applean forest

Dear Readers,

I went northwest from Rebonae Bridge to this forest, which had many apple trees. I knew there was a Korok here so I carefully searched around the place. By sheer luck I found a group of three trees that looked the same but one of them had a different pattern of apples growing in its branches. I picked some to make it match the other trees and out popped a Korok to give me another seed. I was glad to get it right because it was nicely placed among the other apple trees!

576 zelda breath of the wild - under rebonae bridge

Dear Readers,

I headed to Rebonae Bridge to collect the Korok seed. It was under bridge, on the bank under the stone. I did a bunch of other stuff too like beat up a Bokoblin and a Yiga and get a nice reward from a nice lady.

575 zelda breath of the wild - golfing near benny's mound and rebonae bridge

Dear Readers,

From the mound in the last post I headed further east to an even bigger mound. There was no Korok seed here, but I climbed anyway to find a friendly camper named Benny. Benny shared her food with me and she had a cooking pot as well. She was nice. I may have been here before but I don't remember.

The Korok seed I was looking for was south of here around the shorter of two pillars. There were three boulders in grooves surrounding it and one empty groove. The missing boulder was on top of the pillar. I knocked it off with Stasis but hit it too hard and it went too far. Then I had to knock it back, though my shots were still a bit too powerful.

Suddenly I was interrupted by a big Yiga. I spent a while dealing with him, throwing weak weapons at his face. I eventually beat him up and took his bananas.

Then it was back to my boulder golfing. I finally found a use for my spring-loaded hammer and used it as a putter, helping me to make tiny shots so I could finally get the boulder into the groove, earning me another Korok seed.

After all that was done I headed back to Benny on the mound and spent the night there, eating cooked bananas and waiting for Daruk's Protection to recharge. It rained at one point and the only shelter was this huge slanted rock. We crouched under it while waiting for the rain to pass.

574 zelda breath of the wild - mound south of mabe prairie

Dear Readers,

From the Korok seed in last post I headed directly east, past the crossroads and through some trees. I was looking for a mound. When I looked around I saw a Guardian scuttling around south of here. I decided not to bother with it and stayed out of range. I got to the mound and climbed it to find a stone with a Korok seed underneath.

573 zelda breath of the wild - mound northwest of ranch ruins

Dear Readers,

Northwest of the troublesome Ranch Ruins was a big stony mound. On top of this mound there was nothing to bother me at all except for a couple of Stalkoblins during the night, which was nice after what I had to deal with at the Ranch Ruins in the last post. I found the Korok here under a lone stone and waited the night out with it in peace while waiting for Daruk's Protection to recharge.

572 zelda breath of the wild - the dangerous ranch ruins

Dear Readers,

I had to go to the Ranch Ruins for my next Korok seed. There was a guardian and a couple of silver Bokoblins on horseback. I was able for the guardian but the Bokoblins were very annoying. I just had to get them out of the way first. I got rid of one of them and then made the other fall off its horse. They were both archers thankfully. I left the second one alive and it stayed at a safe distance. I wish I could've been stealthy but a Yiga had to interrupt me as well. Bleh.

The puzzle was walking over groups of sprouts in ascending order, going from 1 to 5. I then got my hard earned Korok seed.

571 zelda breath of the wild - wilderness east of hyrule garrison ruins

Dear Readers,

From Hyrule Garrison Ruins I hiked east, going off-road where the road forks so I could follow the faint trail of trees. It wasn't absolutely clear but there was a Korok near one of them.

Along the way I had to smash another Guardian, adding to the two I smashed last time.

Eventually I could hear the familiar jingling and rattling of a Korok sprite. It wasn't the easiest to see but it was sparkly enough to be noticeable. I used my ears as well and got closer and closer until I was able to catch it for another seed.

570 zelda breath of the wild - smashing the guardians at hyrule garrison ruins

Dear Readers,

I was in fairly bad shape so I decided to warp to Korok Forest to cash in a good chunk of my seeds for extra inventory space and to get some sleep. I ran out of bow space upgrades. It's only the shield space upgrades I can do now.

After a nice sleep I warped back to the shrine near Windvane Meadow and marched straight northeast along the road to Hyrule Garrison Ruins. Miraculously I didn't meet any Yiga but I had to deal with at least two guardians and a Bokoblin on horseback. I just did some shield deflects and won the confrontations handily.

With things quietened down, I explored what little there was of the Hyrule Garrison Ruins. I found the Korok on top of the flagpole.

569 zelda breath of the wild - nice metal puzzle south of sage ruins

Dear Readers,

I headed south from the last post while being chased by Stalkoblins. I beat up the ones that came after me and continued to a bank on the river with a metal puzzle on it. The metal block was in the river.

I defeated an Octorok with its own rocks and got surprised by a straggler Stalkoblin that followed me all the way here from the ruins. I defeated this one as well. It wasn't much trouble. 

Now that I had some peace and quiet I finished the metal puzzle here on the beach/bank of the river.

568 zelda breath of the wild - sage temple ruins korok

Dear Readers,

From the last post I headed west into the Sage Temple Ruins. I wonder what temple from Hyrule's history they were referring to? A temple on the west side of Hyrule Field? Right now it was all ruins and rubble and just flooded.

I had some annoying trouble with a Silver Lizalfos that fired shock arrows at me. I whacked it all over the temple, which took a while, until I beat it. It took a good chunk of health from me as well but I was ok.

It took me a while but I found the Korok under a stone on top of a wall near a ruined wagon. I then got the heck out of there.

567 zelda breath of the wild - chasing through the giant's forest

Dear Readers,

I headed north from the Ancient Tree Stump into the Giant's Forest. I guess the giant they were referring to was the Hinox that was sleeping here. Luckily I didn't have to go near it to get the Korok seed. I was attacked by a Yiga though. After clobbering him I found a chaser sprout on a tree stump and chased it through some trees to get the Korok seed.

566 zelda breath of the wild - exploring the ancient tree stump

Dear Readers,

North of Mount Daphnes was an area called the Ancient Tree Stump. It's simply a huge tall tree stump surrounded by water with a narrow bridge leading to it. It's a fun place to explore, though it is crawling with enemies. At least they're not that strong to me at this point in time, just some Blue Bokoblins and Moblins with some Lizalfos way down below in the water.

I whacked the blue Bokoblin guard on the bridge and crushed the other two enemies on the actual stump itself. There were some random weapons and trash here, including a great flameblade. Other than that and its natural aesthetic, there really wasn't much to this place at all. The Korok seed I was looking for wasn't even here! It was way down in the water. I only had to dive into a circle of flowers to get it.

There's possibly some interesting lore to this place though I've no idea what it could be. Maybe it was a great deku tree once?

565 zelda breath of the wild - well north of gleeok bridge

Dear Readers,

I headed north from Gleeok Bridge and found some ruins of a very small patch of housing. There was a well here with a Korok under a stone in it. It feels like a very empty place here. It feels like it was mostly here for the early game where you start exploring a lot.

One strange thing about this area is that there's a bridge but there's no road connected to it. It really feels like a disused or abandoned place.

564 zelda breath of the wild - gleeok bridge woods

Dear Readers,

I took a hike towards Gleeok Bridge. There was a patch of trees near there and in the biggest one was a hole with an acorn inside. I shot it with an arrow for another Korok to appear. I picked up the arrow afterwards. Those are scarce! 

563 zelda breath of the wild - south aquame bridge korok

Dear Readers,

This Korok was a bit easier to find than the last one. It was hanging from the bridge inside a nut. I shot it with an arrow using the midair bullet time ability. I landed in the water one seed richer.

562 zelda breath of the wild - north aquame bridge korok

Dear Readers,

Neither of the Koroks on this bridge were on the actual bridge. The one near the north end was on the cliff below it under a stone. The stone almost completely blends in to the cliff so I had to find it with Stasis. Another seed for me.

561 zelda breath of the wild - circle of stones towards aquame bridge

Dear Readers,

From the last post I headed back west towards Aquame Bridge. I was immediately attacked by another Yiga. I don't wanna come back here. Exploring sucks now.

Anyway I found a circle of stones while I was being attacked and there was a loose one nearby. I completed the circle for another Korok seed.

560 zelda breath of the wild - chasing through windvane meadow

Dear Readers,

The next Korok Seed I got from Windvane Meadow was in the trees east of Exchange Ruins.

There I found a chaser sprout and chased it through some of the trees. I chased until I got another seed.

559 zelda breath of the wild - exchange ruins glowing sprite

Dear Readers,

I warped over to the shrine near Windvane Meadow and headed to the Exchange Ruins. On the way I was attacked by both the small and big Yigas. I whacked the small one and just ran away from the big one.

At the Exchange Ruins I caught a little glowing sprite for another Korok Seed.

558 zelda breath of the wild - little woods west of whistling hill

Dear Readers,

I headed further west from the last post and climbed the big mound. There was a circle of stones here but I already found the Korok here. I gave him a quick hello before heading into the woods north of here to find his friend and neighbour, who was flitting around as a bright white sprite.

557 zelda breath of the wild - big and little trees near whistling hill

Dear Readers,

I warped to the shrine near Whistling Hill and headed west. I came across a big tree surrounded by smaller trees. Up in the big tree was a stone with a Korok underneath.

556 zelda breath of the wild - west of gatepost town ruins

Dear Readers,

I warped to a shrine near Gatepost Town Ruins. West of the ruins there was a Korok just wandering around the rocks that I didn't find yet. It was a very early game Korok and all I had to do was examine it. I have hundreds of seeds but there are going to be little stragglers like these!

555 zelda breath of the wild - pinwheel at east post ruins

Dear Readers,

From the last post I headed north and found a pinwheel next to a stump. I looked around and saw some ruins with a tiny window where a couple of objects were being juggled. I didn't know what the objects were or what was juggling them and I didn't worry about it.

I shot two arrows, hit both targets and got another Korok seed.

554 zelda breath of the wild - atop the flagpole near proxim bridge

Dear Readers,

I continued north and east until I got to another early point in the game, Proxim Bridge. I waited for the rain to stop by standing in at the shrine nearby and then I started climbing that tall flagpole that was also nearby.

There was a Korok hiding at the very top of it. I found him for another Korok seed.

553 zelda breath of the wild - mound with cave north of lake hylia

Dear Readers,

From the waterfall in the last post I hiked back to the road that takes you north from Lake Hylia until I came to a big mound with a cave. Inside was a chuchu.

Also inside were bunches of flowers starting from 1 flower to 5 flowers. I went over them in ascending order and got another Korok seed. I don't know if I ever came across this type of puzzle before. The chimes are different at least.

552 zelda breath of the wild - hylia waterfall metal puzzle

Dear Readers,

Hylia River ends with a waterfall into Lake Hylia. On either side of this waterfall there are two parts of a metal block puzzle. I had to bring the block from one side to the other using Magnesis and Cryonis.

I pulled the crate up the waterfall first. After that I made Cryonis platforms in Hylia River. From there I was easily able to place the metal block to get the Korok seed.

551 zelda breath of the wild - deya village korok seed under stone

Dear Readers,

I made my way down to Deya Village ruins. When I was here before I found a Korok seed on the big island. This time I found another Korok seed in the hollow structure south of that island, under a stone. I beat up a Lizalfos while I was here too.

550 zelda breath of the wild - hollowed out tree near deya village ruins

Dear Readers,

From the last post I went southwest along the hilly terrain until I got to a huge hollowed out felled tree that looked like a tunnel. Inside was a chaser Korok puzzle. I had to chase a Korok sprout down through the passage until I got another Korok seed.

549 zelda breath of the wild - ball and chain in tree near hylia river

Dear Readers,

From the last post I hiked south through hilly terrain. I had to go uphill, a big dip downhill and another climb uphill until I came to a hollowed stump with a ball and chain coming out of it. I used Magnesis to put the ball inside for another Korok seed. 

548 zelda breath of the wild - a stone on the bank of hylia river

Dear Readers,

I hiked west across the Hills of Baumer towards Hylia River. I reached the beach where there was a metal puzzle I completed before. I said hi to the Korok there.

I was looking for his neighbour, who was hiding under a stone nearby. I uncovered him for another Korok seed.

547 zelda breath of the wild - matching apple trees west of dueling peaks

Dear Readers,

I continued west along the path after the last post and I got attacked by a big Yiga. He beat me up quite a bit and at the same time there were two Octoroks shooting at me. It's a very dangerous place for such an early place in the game.

Anyway I eventually beat up the Yiga and I hunted the annoying Octoroks until they died.

After that I hiked up the hill and came across three apple trees. I had to make the apple patterns on them match for a Korok seed.

After this I headed to the camp nearby to cook some food as I was actually low on health.

546 zelda breath of the wild - cute little cave west of dueling peaks

Dear Readers,

In the same little wood as in the previous post, there was a very obvious mound sticking out from the trees. There was a Korok here and I couldn't find exactly where it was. I was also trying not to alert the Bokoblin camp that was very close by.

The Korok was not on top of the mound so I went down and checked around the sides. I then spotted a tiny opening blocked by cracked rocks. I used a sledgehammer to break them because a bomb would've been too loud. I then found the cosiest little hollowed out interior where I found goodies, including another Korok under a stone.

What a cute little shelter! I would've loved finding this in the early game. I should've been more curious back then.

545 zelda breath of the wild - early game boulder and hole west of dueling peaks

Dear Readers,

I glided west from Dueling Peaks and down into the little wooded path I travelled on so many times in the early game. There were still secrets to find here.

This one wasn't a huge secret at all. It was just a hole and a boulder right next to it on the west edge of the little wood here. I simply had to give a little push and I got another Korok seed.

544 zelda breath of the wild - a stone on a ledge of the southern dueling peak

Dear Readers,

The next nearest Korok seed from my location in the last post that I had yet to find was at the Dueling Peaks, specifically the southern one.

I warped to the top of the mountain and parachuted down to check its cliff ledges. I found a stone on one of them and checked underneath to obtain another Korok seed. I also paused briefly to let a charging goat dash past me.

543 zelda breath of the wild - heavy slab in popla foothills

Dear Readers,

From the last post I hiked northwest a little bit, looking for any signs of Koroks.

I found a very obvious one, which was a heavy slab with a stone underneath it — a sure fire sign of a hidden Korok. I knocked it away with Stasis and got myself another seed.

542 zelda breath of the wild - crazy golfing in popla foothills

Dear Readers,

From the last puzzle I headed east up into the Popla Foothills. It was dark, it was murky, it was very hilly and hostile too. It's hard to navigate places like these. I'm glad I have maps and guides to find stuff.

The next Korok puzzle I did was like another crazy golf puzzle. I came across the hole and with Stasis I found three boulders that were some ways away. It was nighttime and I got attacked by Stalkoblins and regular Keese a few times. I guess this is meant to be an early-game part of Hyrule since the enemies weren't too much trouble.

Anyway, the golfing wasn't much trouble either, despite the distance. A couple of hits with Stasis and I was able to sink the boulder into the hole easily. Not a hole in one, mind you - I guess you could say it was a birdie or a par!

541 zelda breath of the wild - metal puzzle in grove near deya lake

Dear Readers,

From the last post I headed northwest towards Deya Lake. I went down into a tiny sheltered little grove where I found a metal puzzle. I moved quietly as I could hear an Octorok squeaking, a Keese flapping, and a Bokoblin grumbling. I found the metal block up in a tree and moved it easily with magnesis to finish the puzzle.

540 zelda breath of the wild - directly north of damel forest under rocks

Dear Readers,

From the last post, the next Korok seed I wanted to find was directly north. I kept trekking until my trek went uphill and through what looked like a v-shaped passage. On the right hand side of the passage was a pile of rocks I didn't notice until I turned around and spotted them. I blew them up with a bomb and found the Korok hiding under a stone that was revealed.

539 zelda breath of the wild - return to damel forest and succeeding!

Dear Readers,

I returned to the area with the boulders from two posts ago in Damel Forest. The boulder was back up on its pillar, which was nice! This time I took a different approach: I simply shot a bomb arrow at the boulder.

It fell. Then the Korok puzzle solved chime played and I got another seed, simple as that! Much better than trying to use Stasis and breaking weapons!

538 zelda breath of the wild - symmetrical metal puzzle around spring of courage

Dear Readers,

Around the Spring of Courage is a big structure. On one side of it I found a metal puzzle. I didn't see any metal block so I assumed it was on the opposite side of the structure. My assumption paid off when I saw it on the other side!

I took great care carrying the metal block from one side to the other so I could get the Korok seed. I didn't want to upset any enemies in the area, even though I'd say I'd be well able for them now. The structure was in ruins and footing was uneven, but I managed it well in the end with both Magnesis and bare handed carrying.

537 zelda breath of the wild - knocking the boulder too far in damel forest

Dear Readers,

East of the last post was a place called Damel Forest. I never explored here much because I was always nervous of the place after all the enemies I had to deal with on the way to the Spring of Courage during a much earlier stage in my adventures here.

In the northern part of this forest is a puzzle where it looks like I need to make four boulders symmetrical. However, I knocked the mismatching one too far down and couldn't get it back up on the platform I needed. It looks like I'll have to come back later when the puzzle resets.

In other news, I marked off a ton of Korok Seeds I had found before in nearby areas. The map I'm using is looking better and better!

536 zelda breath of the wild - matching trees east of lake hylia

Dear Readers,

From the last post I headed up the hill and hiked southeast towards a hill with three trees on it. It was nighttime and I had to deal with at least two sets of Stalkoblins annoying me.

When I got there I saw that it was a simple make the trees match puzzle. I picked the hearty durians I needed to make the trees the same and the Korok appeared.

535 zelda breath of the wild - boulder golf on east lake hylia bank

Dear Readers,

I swam north along the shore from the last post in east Lake Hylia. I did a Zora armour attack on an Octorok that was annoying me too. I continued along the shore until I spotted a boulder shaped hole on the embankment.

From there, I climbed up the hill and spotted three boulders that were ready to be rolled down into the hole. I pushed the middle one down the hill and didn't sink it straight away, but I got it close to the hole. It was night time so I smacked a Stalkoblin that was annoying me before going down to the boulder. It was right next to the hole so I just pushed it in and got another Korok seed.

534 zelda breath of the wild - shooting balloons in east lake hylia

Dear Readers,

I swam over to the east banks of Lake Hylia from the metal crate island from the previous post. I mostly ignored the Octoroks shooting at me along the way. I found a pinwheel on the shore that spawned a few balloons that were easy enough to hit for another Korok seed.

533 zelda breath of the wild - metal crate island in lake hylia

Dear Readers,

In east Lake Hylia I found a little island that was surrounded by metal crates in a square pattern. When I used Magnesis I saw that the pattern was incomplete and there was a stray crate nearby. I used Cryonis to reach it and Magnesis to place it in the square pattern for another Korok seed. I note that I wasn't able to move any of the other metal crates.

532 zelda breath of the wild - ring of flowers in east lake hylia

Dear Readers,

I glided out to the east side of Lake Hylia and found this ring of flowers in the water below. I simply put the paraglider away and dropped into the circle, obtaining another Korok seed. Lovely and easy! The ring is found at the tip of a spit of land jutting out from the edge of the lake.

531 zelda breath of the wild - north gate of hylia bridge

Dear Readers,

The last Korok seed of Hylia bridge for me was on top of the north gateway. All I had to do was light the torches up here. I had to wait for it to stop raining however so I had to stand there getting wet. I'm glad all the bridge ones are done now!

530 zelda breath of the wild - throwing stones off of hylia bridge

Dear Readers,

I continued north along the Hylia bridge to the next Korok seed. For this one I had to throw a stone from the bridge all the way down into a ring of stones in the lake. The ring was off the east side of the bridge. It was not easy and I was down to my last stone when I sank it in! Whew!

529 zelda breath of the wild - launching a slab at hylia bridge

Dear Readers,

After the last post, I stayed in the water and swam to the next pillar to the north, which was also broken.

On the bottom there was a big slab wedged in some rubble. I used stasis and launched it far away. Underneath was a stone with a Korok underneath that.

528 zelda breath of the wild - balloon in the hollow of hylia bridge pillar

Dear Readers,

The next Korok seed on Hylia Bridge was under the bridge. North of the fountain I took a dive into the lake to swim to yet another broken pillar. I looked up to where it was broken and I saw a hollow with a balloon floating inside it. It was in such an awkward place I couldn't aim an arrow at it unless I was coming out of a midair glide and into slow motion aiming mode. I got it though!

527 zelda breath of the wild - tree branch korok near the fountain on hylia bridge

Dear Readers,

The next Korok seed on Hylia bridge was northwest of the fountain. I had to climb down to a ledge that had a tree branch on it. I picked it up and another Korok appeared. I don't think I've ever seen a Korok puzzle involving a tree branch item before. Something a bit different I suppose.

526 zelda breath of the wild - the fountain on hylia bridge

Dear Readers,

I glided down here from the tower and smacked the Lizalfos out of the way. I harpooned another Lizalfos that was shooting arrows at me.

There was nothing in the wagon but on the tip top of the fountain was a hidden Korok.

525 zelda breath of the wild - climb chasing around hylia bridge

Dear Readers,

The next Korok Seed on Hylia bridge was a chaser one. I had to climb down to catch up to the Korok though. The first point of the chase was this sprout on the right side of the bridge as you face north. I had to deal with even more Yiga including one that was in disguise too. I also had to hurry along to obtain the seed as the big electricity dragon was in the area too.

When I was done I warped to the lake tower nearby. This is pretty much my base for the area. I've already fallen off the bridge so many times trying to collect seeds.

524 zelda breath of the wild - broken hylia bridge pillar

Dear Readers,

I started collecting Korok seeds from Lake Hylia's bridge, starting from the south. The first one was way down on the bottom of a broken pillar. There was a stone with a Korok underneath. While down here I had to deal with a big Yiga and an annoying Octorok.

523 zelda breath of the wild - korok near hylia island

Dear Readers,

I warped to the shrine on Hylia Island. I don't know or care what it was called because I just wanted to collect the Korok Seed that was on one of the islands off this island. It was to the northwest, it was the largest of the other islands and it had a tree on it with a Korok to find in its branches. I beat up some Lizalfos and chuchus that were being a bit cheeky while I was here.

522 zelda breath of the wild - metal puzzle in southwest lake hylia

Dear Readers,

I continued exploring on the west side of Lake Hylia. In the southwest I found a metal puzzle on a tiny beach. I used Magnesis to pull the metal block out of the water and clobbered some big blue chuchus with it so I could do the puzzle in peace. That part was no trouble thankfully. I got another Korok seed for my effort.

521 zelda breath of the wild - tiny murky beachcombing on west lake hylia

Dear Readers,

I stuck around the west side of Lake Hylia to find more Korok Seeds.

I went south along the steep edge of the lake in the pouring rain, trying not to slip down into the water. I found a Korok under a stone on a tiny beach. I followed on from the last post. It would not have been fun exploring here on my own without maps or guides as it was very murky and unpleasant.

520 zelda breath of the wild - ring chase on west side of lake hylia

Dear Readers,

I glided south from the old man's cabin on the plateau then headed east to Lake Hylia. I found a Korok platform down there with a timed ring chase challenge. I had to hop across stones and swim some water to reach the rock that had the ring on it. It wasn't difficult so I won my next Korok seed easily.

519 zelda breath of the wild - the old man's cabin korok

Dear Readers,

I went down to the old man's cabin and poked around a bit. I slept in the bed to replenish health and went down memory lane with a look at his diary. I then climbed to the roof where I found the Korok that was hiding here.

518 zelda breath of the wild - another metal door down from the plateau

Dear Readers,

After the last seed I looked all around for another seed that was supposed to be nearby. I was even going to include it in that post. However it was not actually nearby, but it was below. It was way below and off the plateau.

When I got down there I found another disused metal door with the Korok hiding underneath.

517 zelda breath of the wild - korok seed behind ja baij shrine

Dear Readers,

I warped to Ja Baij Shrine and searched around for the Korok Seed, risking being lasered by two decayed guardians. I found it behind the shrine and over the wall and under a heavy metal door. 

516 zelda breath of the wild - plateau puddle with big rocks and a small rock

Dear Readers,

From the last post I headed northeast out of the woods and towards the puddles. One of them had big rocks around it and in the middle of the puddle was a stone that seemed too perfectly placed. I lifted it up for another Korok seed.

515 zelda breath of the wild - hollowed out tree puzzle on the plateau

Dear Readers,

To the west from the last post there was a hollowed out fallen tree with a chasing Korok puzzle inside it. I followed it along the tree until I got the seed.

514 zelda breath of the wild - burning some leaves under exposed tree roots

Dear Readers,

North of the lake near the Temple of Time is a little puddle. The guide I was using said the seed was around here but I couldn't find it in the actual water. I then looked around at all the big trees surrounding it. I found lots of bird eggs in the branches but no seed. I then found a pile of leaves under the exposed roots of one of the trees. I burned the leaves and found a Korok hiding under a stone that got revealed.

Fighting enemies is a lot more fun here now that I can just one shot them.

513 zelda breath of the wild - diving near the temple of time

Dear Readers,

I found it hard to believe I didn't get this Korok seed already! It was at the lake near the Temple of Time with the random sword in the stone. All I had to do was dive into a ring of flowers. I did swim in this lake before. I reckon I must've been too scared of running out of stamina at the start of the game when I was still getting used to controls. Anyway, I have the seed now.

512 zelda breath of the wild - the korok in the shrine of resurrection

Dear Readers,

There was a Korok in the Shrine of Resurrection! Right where I first opened my eyes! On the map I thought it was outside but nope! It was right in here! Apparently it only shows up once I do all the main quest stuff on the plateau. I spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to find it outside. I'm glad I looked up where it actually was.

511 zelda breath of the wild - river of the dead golfing puzzle

Dear Readers,

I went to the bottom of the waterfall at the end of the River of the Dead and found a golfing puzzle where I had to knock a stone into a circle of stones using Stasis. It took me ages and I had trouble hitting the stones with swords because the ground was uneven. I had to use jump attacks. I was able to get a stone in with exactly 3 jump attacks of a sword. I got a Korok seed for my trouble. It was fairly annoying but I'm glad I got it done.

510 zelda breath of the wild - bridge of the dead

Dear Readers,

I hiked down towards the River of the Dead and over to the bridge that I crossed so many years ago when I first started the game.

There was a sparkling spot under the bridge and I couldn't reach it on my own. When I tried my health went down rapidly due to the fast flowing icy water.

I had to cross to the other side to gather a big piece of metal with Magnesis and place it as close to the sparkling spot as possible.

509 zelda breath of the wild - ice block northwest of keh namut shrine

Dear Readers,

I warped back to Keh Namut Shrine and went northwest to a big icy block on the wall. I melted it down for another Korok seed. I had to smack some Keese along the way.

508 zelda breath of the wild - two koroks outside mount hylia

Dear Readers,

Southeast of Mount Hylia summit were two Korok seeds very close to each other. I found them on the outside of the wall on narrow ledges. Each of them were under stones and one of the stones was under a big slab I had to knock away with Stasis.

507 zelda breath of the wild - mount hylia stone circle

Dear Readers,

I'm moving back to the Great Plateau where it all started so I can get more Korok seeds. I warped back to the shrine on Mt Hylia. Somewhere near the summit I found a circle of stones with a handy stone nearby. I placed it for another seed.

506 zelda breath of the wild - nephra hill's lone stone

Dear Readers,

From the stone circles on Nephra Hill, I went down east towards the water and parachuted off the cliff to a ledge below that had a lone stone on it. I picked it up for another Korok seed.

505 zelda breath of the wild - nephra hill's stone circles

Dear Readers,

I went back to this area to take care of a couple of Korok stragglers before moving on.

There were three circles of stones in this area. I cleared the area of wolves and then had a look at it. One of the circles was missing a stone in the very centre. I used Stasis to find the stone and put it in place for another Korok seed.

504 zelda breath of the wild - korok between mount hylia and stalry plateau

Dear Readers,

I headed south from the last puzzle and glided down to a barren plateau that seemed to be there just to separate areas. There really wasn't much here except for a pinwheel Korok on a mound. I had to shoot a few target balloons for another seed. This one wasn't difficult at all thankfully.

503 zelda breath of the wild - wall metal block puzzle south of keh namut shrine

Dear Readers,

I warped to Keh Namut Shrine on the plateau, just east from my last Korok seed find. I headed south and scrambled along the walls, searching for a Korok that was on the map I was using. Eventually I found a metal block puzzle that I solved for another seed. This one was really tucked out of the way.

502 zelda breath of the wild - digdogg ring of flowers

Dear Readers,

I'm really beginning to migrate away from the Gerudo area now. I made my way to the Digdogg Suspension Bridge area. On the largest of the islands here there is a ring of flowers in the water south of it. I dived in for another Korok Seed.

I had to deal with some annoying Octoroks and the raft but I got it in the end.

501 zelda breath of the wild - ball and chain in gerudo valley

Dear Readers,

I glided across the canyon from the cliff in the last post to the one on the opposite side of the canyon, though it's not really the canyon anymore as I'm making my way out of it. Anyway, on top of this cliff was a ball and chain puzzle. I hadn't seen one of these in a long time. I put it in the hole for another Korok seed.

I had to deal with a Yiga attack as well. I beat it up handily.

500 zelda breath of the wild - metal puzzle near the lone tree in gerudo canyon

Dear Readers,

Slightly south from the lone tree from last time on some scaffolding, I spotted a metal block. Below the metal block was the puzzle to which it belonged. It was obscured by a tent. I put the block in place for another Korok seed.

499 zelda breath of the wild - lone tree on a cliff in gerudo valley

Dear Readers,

From the last Korok Seed I headed north onto another cliff and climbed a lone barren tree at the end of the cliff. Up in the tree was one of the easiest and nicest Korok finds ever. I liked this one! :)

498 zelda breath of the wild - popping balloons east of jee noh shrine

Dear Readers,

From the last Korok Seed I climbed back up the cliff and headed east to find a pinwheel Korok archery challenge.

There were a lot of balloons to shoot and I missed quite a few times. I underestimated the challenge but I didn't run out of arrows thankfully. I popped them all for another Korok seed.

497 zelda breath of the wild - metal puzzle above jee noh shrine

Dear Readers,

I headed southeast from the last Korok Seed, staying along the cliffs on the south side of the canyon. Just above Jee Noh Shrine was a metal puzzle. I parachuted down to it and solved it for another Korok Seed.

496 zelda breath of the wild - stalmoblin ambush on gerudo canyon bridge

Dear Readers,

I warped to the Wasteland Tower and glided northeast to the next landbridge in Gerudo Canyon because there was a Korok seed under a stone there.

When I got there I was attacked by a Yiga and a huge horde of Stalmoblins all at once! I've never seen so many of them in one place before! I smacked them left and right and knocked some of them off the bridge until they were all gone and I got my Korok seed.

495 zelda breath of the wild - the last korok seed in gerudo highlands

Dear Readers,

I finally got the Korok seed from the golfing puzzle north of Gerudo tower!

I went back up there and made sure the place was clear of enemies and distractions. I had to wait for a blood moon to pass so I let it pass, skip the cut scene, whatever. Then I used stasis on the rock and gave it two taps towards the hole. It got stuck so I gave it a little push. It rolled into the hole and I finally got the Korok! Area cleared! I'm not coming back!!!

494 zelda breath of the wild - two koroks on a gerudo canyon bridge

Dear Readers,

Further northeast through Gerudo Canyon from the last seed is a bridge with two Koroks very close to each other.

The first one is on the bridge. There's a Korok platform with a timed challenge where you just have to run to the other side of the bridge. Much easier than the last challenge!

The second one is tucked away in the gap of the bridge, indicated by a bunch of sparkling petals. I fell through it on my first attempt haha. I used a quick Revali's gale to get back up to collect the seed.

493 zelda breath of the wild - very short timed challenge across gerudo canyon

Dear Readers,

Northeast of the Gerudo stable is a hut high up the cliffs with a Korok platform. It sets off a very short timed ring on the plateau across the canyon. I failed to get to it a couple of times but I eventually got it for another Korok seed. I'm grateful for warps at times like these.

492 zelda breath of the wild - climbing the cliffs south of gerudo stable

Dear Readers,

I warped to the shrine near Gerudo Canyon stable. I moved on to this area to find more Koroks.

I tried to redo that golfing one north of Gerudo Tower, but I missed the hole again and the rock fell off the cliff. Bleh.

Instead I climbed the rocks south of the canyon stable and found a Korok under a stone on the corner of a ledge. Much easier. I'll come back to that golfing one someday though.

491 zelda breath of the wild - an easier korok challenge near mystathi's shelf

Dear Readers,

After the last two difficult Korok seeds, I was glad to get an easy break with this one. On the northwest part of Mystathi's Shelf I found a Korok platform on a ledge below.

All it wanted me to do was climb a short wall to get to the timed goal ring for another Korok seed. Ahh... relief!

490 zelda breath of the wild - treacherous golf near the eighth heroine statue

Dear Readers,

I ventured to the cliff on the west side of the statue of the eighth heroine where I found a hole, but no rock to putt into it.

I took to the cliff and climbed up to a platform were I found three rocks that were placed for that purpose. The only thing was, the cliffs here were steep and treacherous and I had to be careful not to knock the rocks all the way down the cliffs. I only had three chances.

I pushed the first rock and it went flying down the cliff past the hole. Uh-oh.

I pushed the second rock a bit more carefully and managed to make it land and stop near the cliff ledge. That was lucky.

I quickly glided down to it and used Stasis to putt the rock into the hole for another Korok seed. Whew!

489 zelda breath of the wild - annoying ring of stones at mystathi's shelf

Dear Readers,

I went to Mystathi's Shelf where I found a ring of stones on a mound. The missing stone was nowhere near to be found so I had to hike around a bit.

I found the stone on a mound further down the hill. I picked it up and brought it back to the mound with the circle of stones. The next problem I had was getting it up on the mound.

I used many many octo balloons to elevate the stone but I had a lot of trouble trying to blow enough wind to get it up on the platform. I eventually got it but it took ages of trying and failing. I was getting attacked by another Octorok while I trying to concentrate too.

When I got the stone up there I placed it in the circle for another Korok seed. Whew. That was a dose.

488 zelda breath of the wild - meadela's mantle and the snow white camouflage

Dear Readers,

South of the Korok seed I obtained last time were two roundy mounds. I glided down towards them and spooked some rhinos. I climbed on one of the mounds where there was a tiny little white speck going round in a circle. It wasn't easy to see with the snow but I could hear it clearly. I caught up with it for another Korok seed.

487 zelda breath of the wild - the updraught east of rutimala hill

Dear Readers,

From Rutimala Hill, I headed northeast towards a big updraught of wind. I had to deal with a few wolves and Octoroks along the way but they weren't much trouble. I found a Korok platform on the edge of the area and took the updraught to race up to the timed target ring for another Korok seed.

486 zelda breath of the wild - rutimala hill and the ring of stones

Dear Readers,

From the Korok seed I collected last time, I could see a ring of stones below. I glided down to them and used Stasis to find the missing stone. It was very close by. I put it in place to complete the circle and obtained the Korok seed.

485 zelda breath of the wild - risoka snowfield hike for a korok

Dear Readers,

I hiked south across Risoka Snowfield all the way to the cliff edge to find a Korok under a stone. Along the way I had to deal with Lizalfos attacking me. I picked up a few arrows as well from the archers.

484 zelda breath of the wild - korok above kema kosassa shrine

Dear Readers,

I warped to Kema Kosassa Shrine because I wanted to get the Korok seed on the cliff above it.

It wasn't too bad of a climb, but there were ice keese around here. I lured them down to lower ground with a whistle and smacked them out of the air.

Then I climbed up to the lump of ice and melted it down to reveal a Korok.

483 zelda breath of the wild - a long climb up the cliff of gerudo plateau

Dear Readers,

From the last puzzle I went south and descended all the way down to a platform that had a Korok sprout I had to chase. This time I had to climb all the way back up the cliff to make it to all the points it was appearing. It took all my stamina plus two cooked staminoka basses before I could reach the top. I got the seed at least.

I must remember to pick up another sledgehammer and make some stamina restoring consumables.

482 zelda breath of the wild - west gerudo plateau metal puzzle

Dear Readers,

Immediately after the last Korok seed I could see a metal puzzle on the platform below so I glided down towards it. There were frost pebblits that were troublesome because my sledgehammer was now broken. I was able to deal with them with bombs though.

The metal block itself was on a narrow ledge jutting out from the cliff with two bokoblins dancing around it. I knocked them off the cliff and took it from them to complete the puzzle.

481 zelda breath of the wild - gerudo highland plateau timed korok platform

Dear Readers,

I climbed to the plateau of Gerudo Highlands and hiked west across it, sneaking past the Lynel with my mask. I had to take off my snow boots though, because I needed my warmer gear to make up for it. I kinda wish the snow boots had better cold resistance and my Rito gear was better for trudging through snow.

Anyway I reached the west end of the plateau and found a timed platform. I had to glide through a ring and hit an updraught on the way to get another Korok seed.

480 zelda breath of the wild - korok in the scaffolding at gerudo highlands

Dear Readers,

I warped to Keeha Yoog Shrine. It's that one with all the lightning symbols around it in the Gerudo Highlands. I went east along the ledge until I came to ladders and scaffolding going downwards. On one part of the scaffolding was a stone with a Korok underneath.

479 zelda breath of the wild - joining three circles at labaroh mesa

Dear Readers,

I had to parachute down from Labaroh Mesa again, this time from the northernmost point of it and all the way down to an area with three circles of stones. One of them had a stone in the middle. They were all complete circles but only two of the circles were joined by a single stone. I had to fill in the remaining connection with the remaining circle so they were all joined in a row.

478 zelda breath of the wild - lone tree on northeastern slope of laparoh mesa

Dear Readers,

On the northeastern slopes of Laparoh Mesa are two big cliff ledges that jut out in a similar way. In between them is a lone tree with a Korok hiding in it. I parachuted down to this tree to find it hiding in the treetop. After I was finished, I used 3 full Revali's Gale moves to get back up into the mountains. I wasn't finished there yet. I'm having to do a lot of recharges because I am using this very handy move a lot!

477 zelda breath of the wild - more ice melting at laparoh mesa

Dear Readers,

Just west from the previous ice melting spot, and past some trees with a bear in them, is a little pillar top with another lump of ice on it. I melted this down with one of my fiery swords to find another Korok for another seed.

476 zelda breath of the wild - melting the ice at laparoh mesa

Dear Readers,

While up on Laparoh Mesa I found a block of ice on a hill north of some trees. I melted it all the way down until it turned into some magical leaves. I examined them for another Korok.

475 zelda breath of the wild - confusing laparoh mesa's two natural land bridges

Dear Readers,

I used Revali's Gale to get back up into the mountains and continued north until I got to the land bridge over to Laparoh Mesa. On the map was what I thought was a Korok seed, so I went searching for it everywhere. After a while I realised I had the wrong land bridge. An honest mistake in a confusing snowy area with low visibility. Later on I made it to the other land bridge which had a metal puzzle for a Korok seed. This one was very easy and tidy to do - just make a complete simple square of the blocks.

474 zelda breath of the wild - korok northeast of zirco mesa

Dear Readers,

From the last Korok seed I headed north, sticking along the steep slopes of the mountains. At a certain point northeast of Zirco Mesa I used Revali's Gale to ascend back up into the snowy part of the mountains again where I found a circle of stones. I used it one more time because the missing stone was on higher ground somewhere. It was on another cliff ledge just above the one with the circle of stones. I was a little bit worried but I picked up the stone anyway and managed to jump down to the circle while holding the stone without dropping it down the mountain. I took a tiny bit of damage so it wasn't any biggie and I was able to get the Korok seed.

473 zelda breath of the wild - korok southeast of zirco mesa

Dear Readers,

From Zirco Mesa, I had to glide southeast and down the mountains for a little bit until I came across another metal puzzle. It was very easy to do. The only tricky part was trying to find it. I'm just glad I had the map!

I had to leave the snowy part for a while but at the same time not go down so far that I end up in the canyon. I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw the puzzle in the wall.

472 zelda breath of the wild - zirco mesa's korok

Dear Readers,

I hiked from Sapphia's Table to Zirco Mesa, trying my best to stay away from trouble. Unfortunately I was drawn to what might've looked like a friendly camp with tents and a cooking pot and it turned out to be a big Yiga camp! What were they doing here anyway in this cold? There were several of them but I was able to handle them. I knocked them all out cold.

I plundered some bananas and hiked the rest of the way to Zirco Mesa. There was a Korok on top under a rock.

471 zelda breath of the wild - sapphia's table north korok

Dear Readers,

I flew north from Gerudo Tower and climbed up into the cold areas again. This particular mountain range I barely explored at all. The west part has a golfing Korok puzzle but the snowball rolled down the hill on me. I'll have to come back to it later.

I hiked to the northern slope of this mountain range instead and completed a circle of stones for another Korok. The missing stone I had to be careful not to drop or fall while holding it. It was a pretty treacherous area.

470 zelda breath of the wild - karusa valley's final korok seed

Dear Readers,

From the platform with a hole in it from the previous post, I hiked west along the cliff of Karusa Valley until I came across a metal block puzzle. The block I needed was further west and on top of a big rock pillar that seemed to be bombable from below. I didn't bother bombing it though. I just used Magnesis to move it gradually back to the puzzle so I could get another Korok seed. I don't know if you can actually blow up that part of the stone pillar. I might check that out next time.

I could start hearing the hostile environment music since I was very close to Gerudo Highlands. I might just start searching for seeds there next since I was now finished with Karusa Valley...

...and that's no joke!

469 zelda breath of the wild - a nice view of karusa valley

Dear Readers,

Above upper Karusa Valley is a platform with a big hole in it. On one of the cliffs of this platform is a smaller platform with a Korok hiding under a rock. I warped to Gerudo Tower and flew northwest in order to reach it. I wasn't gonna climb all the way up here from below in the valley itself!

468 zelda breath of the wild - found the four mighty banana offering statues

Dear Readers,

I was right, it was five statues in that group of mighty banana offering statues in Karusa Valley that I found and mentioned in the previous post. That means up until now I had found groups of 1, 2, 3 and 5 but I hadn't found the 4 statue group yet. Luckily it was just a brief glide down from the 5 statue group. I went down for another Korok seed. I was beginning to lose concentration as I missed some of the offering bowls when I was dropping bananas. It all ended well though when I fixed it and I got the Korok seed.

467 zelda breath of the wild - five (or six?) offering statues in karusa valley

Dear Readers,

I found the group of six statues in Karusa Valley where you offer mighty bananas to get a Korok Seed. It's on one of the platforms on the right hand cliffsides as you go up the hill. Or was it five? I'm not sure I remember. All these Koroks are starting to blend together.

466 zelda breath of the wild - more mighty banana offering statues in karusa valley

Dear Readers,

Following on from the last post about a mighty banana offering in Karusa Valley, there were another two places where I had to make offerings. They were on platforms on cliffs directly across the valley from the first one. The second area I came across had two statues, and the third area I came across had three, so I had to make that many offerings of mighty bananas. That's another two Korok seeds collected. I don't know yet if there are any more of these offering statues in the area.

465 zelda breath of the wild - mighty banana offering in karusa valley

Dear Readers,

I scanned along the left hand cliffsides as you go up the hill in Karusa Valley. Up on a platform I found an offering statue decorated with a Yiga symbol. Usually it was apples that these things wanted, but this time it was a mighty banana it needed to get the Korok seed. Just for fun I tried using apples but they didn't work.

464 zelda breath of the wild - climb chasing up the weird karusa cliffs

Dear Readers,

The next Korok seed I found involved having to climb up the cliffs on the left side of the valley. I had to look carefully to see a Korok sprout and climb up after it as it popped up along the cliff to the top. The cliff was kind of weird shaped but I was well able for it with my full stamina wheels. Another one collected!

463 zelda breath of the wild - karusa valley intersecting stone circles

Dear Readers,

I started collecting Karusa Valley Korok seeds. The first one I found was on one of the highest parts of the area that had intersecting circles of stones. I had to place a stone in the right place for a Korok seed.

462 zelda breath of the wild - ring of stones west of gerudo tower

Dear Readers,

Further west from the balloon popping Korok was a ring of stones on a cliff near the opening to Karusa Valley. I'll be going there soon for more seeds.

For now I had to find a missing stone from this ring of stones. I used Stasis so the missing stone would show up as it was almost impossible to see otherwise. It was hiding behind a nearby wall. I picked it up and placed it for another seed.

461 zelda breath of the wild - popping korok balloons west of gerudo tower

Dear Readers,

This time I flew west from Gerudo Tower for more Korok seeds. The first of which was a shooting gallery at the edge of a cliff. I popped the first two balloons no problem but the third one was higher and I had trouble with it. I used up quite a few arrows trying to pop it.

I briefly went back to Gerudo town and bought more arrows. 20 Rupees for 5 arrows is not a good deal...

460 zelda breath of the wild - metal puzzle far away from its matching model

Dear Readers,

Also southeast of Gerudo Tower was another metal puzzle but this time the model and the destination blocks were on completely different cliff walls, but there was a long bridge between them. In the middle of the bridge was the metal block.

I took a picture of the one to copy and used that photo to see where the gap was in the destination model. I was able to figure out where the metal block had to go then.

459 zelda breath of the wild - metal puzzle southeast of gerudo tower

Dear Readers,

I warped to Gerudo Tower and paraglided southeast for the next couple of Korok seeds.

The first one was a metal puzzle. As usual, the blocks were almost completely camouflaged into the cliff wall so I had to use my Magnesis to make the movable metal piece stand out more from them. I found the right place for it and got another Korok seed.

458 zelda breath of the wild - all main gerudo desert koroks found!

Dear Readers,

I warped back to Gerudo Town and sat by a fire until morning. After that I warped to the East Gerudo Ruins and climbed the southmost structure for the Korok seed on top.

After that I hiked out west to the final giant skeleton for a sprout chasing puzzle. That was the final Korok for the main Gerudo desert area! Hooray! I still have to go after the Yiga trail Koroks but the main ones in the desert are all done! Hooray!

457 zelda breath of the wild - giant skeleton platform korok seeds

Dear Readers,

I continued northwest to the corner of the desert and snagged 4 more Korok seeds. One was another cactus puzzle. The others as far as I can recall were on top of big skeletons and some of them were very annoying to obtain because I had to stand straight on a tiny sliver of a platform to get the "examine" prompt to pop up. I got them all though! Just a few more left for the main desert area!

456 zelda breath of the wild - shortest timed korok puzzle yet on a sandy pillar

Dear Readers,

From the 3 cacti puzzle in the last post, I continued hiking along the ridge of the peninsula-like shape on the map until I reached some ruins. There were tall pillars here. On one of them was a tree stump. It set a very fast timer! The shortest one I had come across yet! It went so fast I missed even seeing where the target was on the first try. On the second try I saw that it was on the next pillar so it was just a hop over there to get the Korok seed.

455 zelda breath of the wild - 3 cacti north of skeleton near gerudo town korok

Dear Readers,

From the skeleton west of Gerudo Town, I headed directly north and hiked until I found another three cacti matching puzzle. I removed some voltfruit to make them match and got another Korok Seed. To get here I followed along a ridge that looked a bit like a peninsula on the map.

454 zelda breath of the wild - skeleton west of gerudo town korok

Dear Readers,

West of Gerudo Town is a big ol' skeleton where I had to go for my next Korok. It was one of those appear and disappearing sprout ones and I had to chase it across the ribs of the skeleton. The Lizalfos who lived in the camp below were getting upset with me but they couldn't shoot at me, so I just ignored them and got my next seed.

453 zelda breath of the wild - korok directly north of great fairy in desert

Dear Readers,

I stuck along the western edge of the desert and headed north from the Great Fairy of the desert's place. I took a sand seal through a bit of a sand storm and made a mark on my map of the Korok I was looking for.

Using my navigational skills I found the Korok puzzle, which was a cactus voltfruit matching one.

I got attacked by a Lizalfos archer as well, who was probably thinking he was so smart with his bow and arrows. Little did he know that I had two boomerangs so I was well able to beat him up from a distance, even after breaking one of them. I love throwing boomerangs in the desert.

452 zelda breath of the wild - korok at the desert great fairy fountain

Dear Readers,

I visited the Great Fairy in the corner of the desert because there was a Korok on top of the dragon skeleton above her.

I climbed up its tail and there was a bone sticking straight up in the air. At the highest point was another Korok.

451 zelda breath of the wild - molduga attack while korok hunting across arbiter's grounds

Dear Readers,

I really didn't want to bother with Moldugas, but there were two of them that kept picking on me as I went Korok hunting across the Arbiter's Grounds. I got thrown up in the air a lot around here. Many Lizalfos and Stalizalfos picked on me as well. I had enough food and boomerangs to deal with them though.

Most of the Koroks here were under stones and one was a cacti voltfruit matching puzzle. The ones under stones I made sure to bop on the head for being in such a troublesome place.

450 zelda breath of the wild - misae suma shrine korok seeds

Dear Readers,

I warped to Misae Suma Shrine and went west for the couple of Korok seeds here.

One I had found already with the stone puzzle so I just marked that off.

The other one required me to make three cacti match so I shot an arrow at the voltfruit that was the odd one out for another Korok seed.