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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild takes a long time to complete with players visiting plenty of locations along the way. Throughout the journey, the developers decided to include a selection of minigames for gamers to discover. From deer hunting outside of Hateno Village to a paraglider course by Eventide island, these minigames add variety to the gameplay experience as well as help the player earn a few more rupees. Recently, one gamer discovered a new way to improve their time in one of these events.
Among the various minigames found in Breath of the Wild is a foot race. Beginning at the northern edge of Mount Rhoam in the Hyrule Ridge region, the player is challenged to a race against Konba. If the player manages to reach the end of the course before Konba, they are rewarded with 50 rupees. While gamers have used the whistle glitch to win the race easily, one player recently found a new technique to cross the finish line.
In a recent Reddit post, a user known as Haakon-Loyning discovered a way to complete the Mount Rhoam race in record time. In a video shared by the player, they revealed the technique used to accomplish the feat. While his opponent, Konba, anticipated a foot race, this ingenious player discovered a way to have Link glide most of the way to the finish line.
The strategy employed by Haakon-Loyning involved dropping a bomb on the ground followed by activating Daruk’s Protection. With a force-field now protecting Link, the player then detonated the bomb. This subsequent explosion launched Link into the air allowing him to use his paraglider to glide towards the finish line. Haakon-Loyning then repeated the process a second time to make it to the end of the race. Through using this unorthodox technique, the Breath of the Wild player managed to shave a considerable amount of time off their run, finishing in just over 23 seconds.
The Breath of the Wild community on Reddit has found this new method of beating the foot race at Mount Rhoam intriguing. With over 15,000 upvotes, many were impressed with this new trick and wanted to try it for themselves. Others reminisced about the various minigames found in Breath of the Wild’s large open world such as the Goron golfing minigame.
It’s exciting to see players continue to find new ways to enhance the gameplay experience of Breath of the Wild. Besides this new tactic found by Haakon-Loyning, another fan recently discovered a way to fly high in the air using Spicy Peppers. It will be interesting to see what other discoveries players uncover in the coming days.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is available now for Nintendo Switch.
