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.