573 zelda breath of the wild - mound northwest of ranch ruins

Dear Readers,

Northwest of the troublesome Ranch Ruins was a big stony mound. On top of this mound there was nothing to bother me at all except for a couple of Stalkoblins during the night, which was nice after what I had to deal with at the Ranch Ruins in the last post. I found the Korok here under a lone stone and waited the night out with it in peace while waiting for Daruk's Protection to recharge.

572 zelda breath of the wild - the dangerous ranch ruins

Dear Readers,

I had to go to the Ranch Ruins for my next Korok seed. There was a guardian and a couple of silver Bokoblins on horseback. I was able for the guardian but the Bokoblins were very annoying. I just had to get them out of the way first. I got rid of one of them and then made the other fall off its horse. They were both archers thankfully. I left the second one alive and it stayed at a safe distance. I wish I could've been stealthy but a Yiga had to interrupt me as well. Bleh.

The puzzle was walking over groups of sprouts in ascending order, going from 1 to 5. I then got my hard earned Korok seed.

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.