765 zelda breath of the wild - mysterious ruins east of trillby plain

Dear Readers,

From the last post I headed east across Trillby Plain until I got to some house ruins. I expected trouble here but there was none. It was completely deserted and made me wonder what the story was behind this place?

I was after the Korok seed here and I found a metal block in one of the ruins. I then found the puzzle it went with. The left part of the puzzle seemed to be missing a piece but then I figured it was actually the right side that needed to be longer. I solved it and got my Korok seed reward.

764 zelda breath of the wild - shield surfing for the korok seed in trillby plain

Dear Readers,

From Zelo Pond I climbed north up to the big tree on the hill. This was the shield surfers spot and the guy was still there selling shields for very high prices. Then again, I don't really buy shields as such. I always just find them or plunder them.

The Korok platform up in the tree sets off a race where you have to chase a moving timed gate down the hill and catch it before time runs out. I reminded myself how to do the shield surfing. I do it so little in this game that I have to re-teach myself how to do it every single time.

Anyway it took me a couple of tries and a couple of weak shields but I was able to catch up with the ring for another Korok seed.

763 zelda breath of the wild - ring of flowers in zelo pond

Dear Readers,

From the last post I glided towards Zelo Pond. I spotted a ring of flowers and fortunately I had just the right amount of height to let go and drop in for another Korok seed.

762 zelda breath of the wild - ridge racing near soh kofi shrine

Dear Readers,

I warped to Soh Kofi Shrine. From there I went west across the road and climbed the hill until I got to the top. There was a Korok platform here that made my racing target appear on another hilltop northwest of here.

I had to race along the bumpy ridge in between. I glided some of the ways and dashed the rest of the ways until I got to the hilltop with the target. I made it in good time and won another Korok seed.

761 zelda breath of the wild - korok stone south of foothill stable

Dear Readers,

I warped to the Foothill Stable and stayed the night in a comfy soft bed. I needed it after that trouble in Cephla Lake.

I sold Beedle some simmered fruit and headed south along the road to look for the Korok stone near the trees.

It took a bit of searching and I had to use Stasis to make it stand out from the other rocks, but I eventually found the rock on my right next to the trees as I faced south. I lifted it for another Korok seed.

The growling Bokoblins going after the foragers nearby made me nervous. I didn't want them to spot me so that was distracting for a bit.

760 zelda breath of the wild - trouble in the murky waters of cephla lake

Dear Readers,

My next Korok target was in Cephla Lake. I glided all the way down there to find that it was a circle of stones that seemed to be in the middle of nowhere!

I checked my guide to see if there were any rafts in this lake and it showed one at the southernmost point, which was pretty far away.

I warped to higher ground and glided all the way down there. There was an icy Wizzrobe waiting for me. I tried to shoot it but I ran out of stamina and fell in the water. I then tried gliding from Akkala span and I was able to get to it with much more stamina. I gave it a single shot with a fire arrow and defeated it instantly.

I took out my Korok Leaf and started sailing all the way towards the circle of stones. The visibility was very bad because of the rainy weather. I rammed into a couple of weak enemies without knowing they were there. It was lucky that I defeated them that way.

I wasn't so lucky when I got to the Lizalfos water base. Before I could put my Lizalfos mask on I got attacked by a Silver Lizalfos from the water and it took so many lightning arrows to destroy it. I had the stupid sail in the way of my shooting too. I was able to get rid of the creature though.

I continued sailing past the other Lizalfos that were there and headed straight for the circle of stones.

I tried looking for throwing stones with Stasis and spotted several of them nearby. I could also barely make out a very shallow walkway that led all the way to the circle of stones! All that trouble fetching the raft for nothing! I've said this before but the murky visuals of the game has tripped me up again!

I then had to deal with an annoying Octorok sniping at me when I got to the stones. I strafed while taking a few shots at it with arrows until I got it. 

Finally I was able to pick up a stone and I carefully navigated the narrow murky shallow path until I got to the circle of stones and tossed it in for a very hard-earned Korok seed.

759 zelda breath of the wild - akkala span's broken pillar

Dear Readers,

I glided down to Akkala Span. I examined the bridge thoroughly and found that one of the pillars holding it up was broken. I glided down to its remains and came across a stone slab that took up most of the space that was here.

It took a couple of tries but eventually I was able to use Stasis to put it flying, revealing a Korok stone. I picked that up for another seed.