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!