{"id":2738,"date":"2019-02-28T22:46:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T03:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/blog\/?p=2738"},"modified":"2019-02-28T22:47:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T03:47:18","slug":"botw-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/blog\/2019\/02\/28\/botw-25\/","title":{"rendered":"BOTW #25 – Horse Slide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Time for some more Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Just moments after leaving the location of my last shrine, my Sheikah sensor started going off again! I followed the (beeping) signal to the Lanno Kooh shrine under a rocky dome.<\/p>\n

After completing it, I just roamed around and explored. I found a number of new Korok seeds and treasure chests.<\/p>\n

There was only one side quest remaining on my list, and that was the one where I had to find ten stone monuments around Zora’s Domain. So I headed there and started exploring the surrounding areas. In a lake, I found a treasure chest that contained the Zora Helm. It allows me to use a spin attack underwater. Pretty cool, but I imagine this is something many players found much earlier in the game.<\/p>\n

\"Picking<\/p>\n

As for the stone monuments, I wasn’t having much luck in my search. I found several of them, sure. But the objective list doesn’t tell me how many I’ve found so far, or how many more I need. After a while, I got tired of looking for them and just went elsewhere.<\/p>\n

I followed some paths leading to Akkala and the Maw of Death Mountain. Even though I’ve been to those areas before of course, I’m not sure that I took the proper pathways that lead to them. But this time, I took them and kept an eye out for goodies along the way. And indeed, I found some new Korok seeds and treasure chests. No more shrines, though.<\/p>\n

I took a break, but came back another day to give the stone monuments another try. I decided to mark each monument I found with a star pin on the map. After a couple hours of additional searching, I had only found nine of the ten. I was a bit frustrated, so I decided to do something I try not to do: consult a guide. I looked up the general location of the monument I was missing, and that allowed me to find the monument and complete the side quest. If you’re having trouble, this picture shows the locations of each monument.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

With that finally done, there were no more side quests on my to-do list. So I just went around exploring. While fighting some Bokoblins on horseback near the Digdogg Suspension Bridge, I shot one of them off his horse. I ran to the horse, and as I mounted it, it leaped towards the edge of the cliff. We were on a steep, slanted surface, facing downward.<\/p>\n

\"Link,<\/p>\n

As I tried to turn around, we slid down the cliff and into the water. I fell off the horse and Link got jittery as the horse tried to get back up. It was a glitchy situation, and somehow, I accidentally re-mounted the horse! I didn’t stay on long, though. I tried using Cryonis to lift the horse up, but that didn’t work.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

With no way to save him, I ultimately put him out of his misery.<\/p>\n

I continued on to the desert, and I made a stop at Kara Kara Bazaar. Here, I found a Guy who had a side quest for me!<\/p>\n

\"Guy:<\/p>\n

I made an elixir for him, and he rewarded me with 50 rupees. But more importantly, that completed my 69th side quest. The bad news is that I still have eight more side quests to go, and I have no idea what they are or how to find them. I try to talk to everyone every time I visit a town or stable, but I have a feeling many of the remaining ones belong to people who are just out somewhere wandering randomly.<\/p>\n

I continued exploring in the desert, and I defeated two new Moldugas before upgrading some clothing\/armor at the Great Fairy Fountain. I then made a quick visit to Kakariko Village before wrapping up my game.<\/p>\n

Here are my latest status stats:<\/p>\n