Breath Of The Wild is the latest main series installment of the Zelda franchise, an immersive adventure game with tons of secrets hidden around an expansive open world. Many of the things that Link can do have nothing to do with the primary quest, but are still highly valuable quality-of-life features that make the game come to life.
Throughout their time in Hyrule, the player will meet all sorts of NPCs, take on all sorts of side quests, and learn all kinds of skills. However, not all of these skills are immediately obvious to the player. Among those skills is diving. It should be noted that diving in Breath Of The Wild is not a means to underwater exploration as in previous Zelda games, it simply triggers a graceful diving animation that is helpful for a particular side quest.
How To Dive in Breath Of The Wild
The first step to diving in Breath Of The Wild is finding a suitable spot to dive from. Diving can only be done from a high ledge over water, though there is some variation on what constitutes a 'high ledge'. It seems, from experimenting, that anything taller than Link should be suitable for triggering the dive animation.
Once the player has found a suitable ledge, diving is pretty simple. The player must run up to the ledge, hit X to jump, and A to trigger the diving animation. Nothing will appear on-screen, so the timing can be pretty tricky to pin down. Luckily, diving isn't necessary for anything but one side quest. It doesn't take too long to master, and there are plenty of opportunities to practice.
'Diving is Beauty!' Side Quest
The game keys players in on this diving mechanic through a side quest called 'Diving is Beauty!'. This side quest can be started by speaking to Gruve, a Zora that can be found in Zora's Domain. Gruve will ask Link to dive down the waterfall he is next to and swim back up it (using the Zora armor). Speaking to Gruve after doing this will complete the side quest, and Link will receive five Fleet-Lotus Seeds as a reward.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is available now for Nintendo Switch and Wii U.