327 zelda breath of the wild - heading straight for hyrule castle town

Dear Readers,

I rode all the way back to Hateno Village and displayed the sword Urbosa gave me. I forgot to mention she gave me one but she did, just like all the other champions. I don't know if I'll ever use it!

My next stop was to to go to Hyrule Castle. It was finally time to go and explore more of the place for myself. I've been there before to get the memory in Zelda's Study, but it was a very brief sneak in and sneak out kind of mission I set for myself. This time I want to go right to the front gates and take it head on. It's a very scary place with all the guardians around but I've been putting it off for too long. I gotta go.

I rode Spotty as far as the Wetland Stable and hiked the rest of the way to Hyrule Castle. I marched right into the castle town ruins from the east and had my first encounters with guardians, chopping their legs off and destroying them as I went. I fought my way to the front gate and this is where I began to storm the castle.

326 zelda breath of the wild - happy times in gerudo town at last

Dear Readers,

After beating Thunderblight Ganon, I hung around in Gerudo Town for a while.

Riju promised to give me a loan of the heirloom if I did some favours for the ladies that lived here.

One little girl wanted to grow fruits, but her water was contaminated with melon rind that kept flowing down from the rooftops. I chatted with the lady who was behind it and she finally agreed to stop.

Everyone was relieved. The soldiers were all happy too. Some other quests popped up and I'll try them out in due time.

325 zelda breath of the wild - conquering vah naboris

Dear Readers,

Time to finally take on the last of the divine beasts! I warped back on board and went straight to exploring this huge machine shaped like a Bactrian camel. I started on the underside and climbed up inside the torso of the mechanical creature, beating up some guardian scouts and shooting eyeballs as I went along.

I navigated the torso until I got to the navigation terminal. This time I was able to turn the three cylinders that make up the torso, which helped me reach higher places whenever I wanted to shift a platform. There were power circuits on these cylinders and I was able to line them up to power other parts of the beast, such as the neck and tail.

I felt my way along, opening treasure chests and switching on terminals as I went. Some chests seemed unnaturally out of reach.

I got a bit stuck at one point. There were eyeball barriers and I could only clear them by shooting the eyes inside the humps, but I couldn't reach the humps very well. I climbed right on top of the camel's head and glided to the top of the humps. It didn't seem like something I could do naturally and I felt like I was breaking the game.

Anyway I now had access to the humps and I cleared them out too eventually, activating the final terminal in the centre (after getting all the treasure chests of course). Just like before, this central terminal made the boss appear. This time it was called Thunderblight Ganon. Urbosa gave me a warning about him being really fast.

She wasn't kidding. He was extremely fast and I got hit a lot. He had a sword and shield and lightning attacks so he was tricky to reach as well. I had mostly heavy slower weapons and I eventually stopped using them so I could get some hits in.

Eventually he started driving lightning posts in the ground. I had to use Magnesis to pick them up and carry them over to him so he would hit himself with lightning. After this I kept on hitting him until he was defeated.

Urbosa's spirit appeared before me, congratulating me and granting me her ability to use Urbosa's Fury, a lightning spell that can make for a very powerful attack. She had very high regard for me and for Zelda and asked me to take care of her, and Hyrule too.

After I left, she took Vah Naboris, climbed to higher ground and aimed its head at Hyrule Castle to fire a laser, just like the other Divine Beasts. She said it was going to be so delicious when she can hit Ganon with this beam. She said she liked that she can take this matter personally, since Ganon once took the form of a Gerudo. I love how angry and vengeful she is! It's going to be a good moment indeed!

324 zelda breath of the wild - yigas attack in random places now

Dear Readers,

Ever since I beat up Master Kohga, Yigas will randomly appear when I'm roaming around. It's not just the case of them pretending to be Hylians and catching me out on the road. They'll just appear out of thin air.

They have more difficult attacks now too. They'll float in the air and shoot arrows from a distance. It's annoying but they're still beatable in an easy enough way.

The big Yigas will appear now too and they've got this move that burrows under the ground and chases you around. They take a small while to beat but they're manageable too. They also drop windcleavers, which is nice. I took one to Hateno Village for the weapon connoisseur quest.

It kinda reminds me of Grand Theft Auto III when you get too good at the game and you get randomly shot at when you enter certain areas.

323 zelda breath of the wild - gerudo obsessed guy is now barefoot

Dear Readers,

I talked to the guy who was running circles around Gerudo Town in sand boots. I forget his name.

I showed him the photo of the statue. One thing led to another with him trying to ask me out on a date but I kept his leading attempts at bay. Out of sheer flabbergasted-ness, he offered to give me both pairs of boots. He asked for evidence of the eighth statue's sword, thinking I wouldn't be able to get it.

I passed by this sword in the Gerudo Highlands. I warped back to the shrine, because, again I didn't feel like hiking this way again, and from the shrine I did the remaining hiking I needed up the steep slope to the summit and found the sword around the southern part of it. The Lynel was around so I put on my mask as I was passing through.

I took the photo and warped back to him. I ended up with both pairs of boots and he ended up barefoot. He made one final attempt to lead conversation to asking me out and he got the question out but I came back with "not a chance" immediately. Nipping it like that was the only decent thing left to do. It ended badly for him but it would be worse if it carried on.

I feel really sad about this! I look at myself too and think about times I get silly and enamoured. I will use the boots with gratitude.

322 zelda breath of the wild - finding and photographing the eighth statue

Dear Readers,

I found the statue of the eighth heroine! It was just north of the shrine I just beat as well. It looked a lot like the other statues in the desert too, at least on the map. All I had to do was hike over and take a photo of it.

I had a bit of trouble with enemies and I stopped a lot to unearth treasure chests too. It took a good while.

I took the photo and warped back to Gerudo Town. I didn't feel like hiking again.

321 zelda breath of the wild - kicking butt at kema kosassa shrine

Dear Readers,

I took on this shrine and it was a major test of strength. I was outclassed and outmatched by the Guardian Scout IV, so I reloaded my save many times. I even warped back to Hateno to obtain the Guardian weapon I was hoarding for some reason.

After a slow process of getting my own butt kicked, I defeated it using Master Sword, arrows, flurry rushes, heavy weapons, guardian weapons, Mipha's Grace, simmered fruit meals... lots of stuff.

I mainly shot arrows when it was doing its spinny laser thing that made the wind flow up. Daruk's protection came in very handy as well.

I hadn't fought one of these in a long long time. They take a lot longer than the Guardian Stalkers.