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.

449 zelda breath of the wild - timed dash across the east barrens for a korok seed

Dear Readers,

In this area of the Gerudo Desert were some ruins. On top of one arch was a starting point and on top of another some distance away was the finish point. I'm not sure what the intended equipment was but I had the sand boots and a maxed out stamina gauge. I dashed as much as I could without running out of stamina fully and I made it just in time to get the seed.

It was on the second attempt mind you! I failed the first try. It was ok though. I had fun boomeranging wolves on the way back to the starting point.

448 zelda breath of the wild - korok metal puzzle in lizalfos nest near champion's gate

Dear Readers,

I hiked out into the desert from the entrance to South Lomei Labyrinth. I could see there was a Korok I had yet to find on the south of three round structures.

When I got closer I found that these structures were skull lairs inhabited by Lizalfos. I bashed them all. There was only one treasure chest and nothing else except for another metal puzzle.

This puzzle was a little strange because the metal piece was high up in the room. I didn't notice it at first and thought it was maybe in one of the other skull dwellings.

Once I found it I just placed it in the other group of blocks to complete the pattern and the Korok appeared.

447 zelda breath of the wild - south lomei labyrinth mountain koroks

Dear Readers,

I warped back to the shrine in South Lomei Labyrinth and walked straight out to climb the surrounding mountains to the west for more Koroks.

It wasn't too high up and it was although it was nighttime, I never got attacked, which was nice.

One of the Koroks was a timed task to race from one mountain to another. Nice and manageable.

The other two I needed were metal puzzles. I solved the one in the wall of one mountain and the other that was near the entrance to this area. After that, I hiked out into the desert to continue my search.

446 zelda breath of the wild - north of spectacle rock koroks

Dear Readers,

Three more Koroks were north of Spectacle Rock.

The two in the watery area I had already found. I marked them off on my map.

The one I hadn't found yet was further along on top of a short, thick tree. It had a stone with a Korok underneath.

445 zelda breath of the wild - northeast of spectacle rock koroks

Dear Readers,

Northwest of Spectacle Rock were two Koroks that were close to each other but were different in how I found them.

One was under a rock on one of those wooden platforms jutting out from the slopes. Straightforward enough.

The other I had to do a timed challenge to reach a goal for another Korok. For this I had to hop and glide across several wooden platforms.

444 zelda breath of the wild - koroks south of spectacle rock

Dear Readers,

South of Spectacle Rock were some Koroks I had found already. On the slopes to the southwest were a couple I hadn't found yet.

One was on top of a spike coming out of the ground, underneath a rock on top of it. The other was northwest of here to where there was another metal puzzle for another Korok.

443 zelda breath of the wild - spectacle rock koroks

Dear Readers,

I warped to where Vah Naboris had settled and looked for Koroks arround here.

There was a handy stone bridge between here and the Wasteland Tower. Under here was a Korok balloon.

Towards the west there was a metal puzzle for a Korok, then further west was a lone stone with a Korok underneath. Big difference between them and they so close to each other.

442 zelda breath of the wild - hard to see korok at east gerudo mesa

Dear Readers,

This one was very annoying to find. I scanned the cliffs with stasis, hoping to see any stones pop out from the cliffs. Instead all I saw were rushrooms. I had to look up the solution and it said to look for some rocks to blow up on the ground. I dropped to solid ground and found the rocks to blow up. A Korok was inside hiding under a stone. Glad to get that done.

441 zelda breath of the wild - east gerudo mesa easy to see koroks

Dear Readers,

South of this marking on the map were three Korok seeds I found. I'll mention two of them in this post that were easy to find.

One was on a spit of land jutting out from the mountain and had a rock with a Korok underneath.

Another was part of a puzzle with a pattern of stones way below this area. It was in a square and had a few dots in it. I completed the pattern of dots and got the Korok here. The rocks were very difficult to see because it's in the shady part of the area.

440 zelda breath of the wild - korok south of daval peak

Dear Readers,

I warped back up to the shrine on Mount Granahj once again and ventured south towards Daval Peak. The Korok I was looking for was just south of here and its puzzle was a square arrangement of stones that was missing a corner. I found another stone that was very close by and filled the corner for another Korok. I made sure to keep wrapped up warm too.

439 zelda breath of the wild - mount granahj marking off koroks and finding one on a cliff

Dear Readers,

I warped to the shrine on Mount Granahj. There are a bunch of Koroks here, many of whom I had found already, so I just marked them off of my map. There were two in this area I hadn't found yet and one of them was to the west, on the cliff dropping down into warmer Gerudo land. The one I found here was on a shelf jutting out from the cliff under a rock that was almost the exact same colour as its surroundings. I would not be able to find this on my own!