Highlights
- Breath of the Wild players continue to uncover new exploits and tricks, like one Reddit user who found a humorous way to cheese a shrine puzzle.
- This isn't the first time players have exploited the game's shrines, with some even stating that turning the maze over was their first instinct.
- It's exciting to see players discover new things in games years after release, and it will be interesting to see what other exploits players find in Breath of the Wild's sequel.
In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, one player reveals the manner in which they utterly cheesed an early shrine puzzle. Even six years into its lifespan, Breath of the Wild players are still discovering new things about it.
Simultaneously released as a launch title for the Nintendo Switch and the swan song of the Wii U, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild kicked off a new era for the Zelda franchise. It introduced open-world gameplay and changed up countless series conventions from the dungeons, to the combat, to the storytelling. As of 2023, it now has a direct sequel, Tears of the Kingdom, which has garnered similar critical acclaim, but that hasn't stopped some players from going back to the previous game every now and then, not just to see how it holds up, but also to experience some of Breath of the Wild's mechanics that were done better or scrapped in the sequel.
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One of such players is Reddit user MoNaK_h, who shared a humorous way to cheese the motion control puzzle in the Myahm Agana Shrine, which is located near Hateno Village in Breath of the Wild. The puzzle in question intends for the player to navigate a ball through a maze by tilting and turning their controller until it reaches the exit, before rolling it onto a ramp and into a basin in order to access the Spirit Orb. Stating that they were tired of trying to solve it, the user shared a 29 second clip of themselves flipping the maze onto its flat underside, easily navigating the ball around and propelling it onto the ramp in a much more simplistic way.
This certainly isn't the first time a Breath of the Wild player has exploited one of its Shrines. According to many in the comments, this is by no means a new trick regardless of how humorous it might seem. While some fellow Redditors stated that they managed to clear the maze properly and/or hadn't thought of this exploit, others said that turning it over was their first instinct upon encountering the puzzle. Several even noted that they'd never seen anyone try to solve it as Nintendo expected.
It will never get old to see players revisit games years after release to find new stuff, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is no exception. It should be cool to see what other exploits players come up with in the years to come, not just in this game but its sequel as well.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is available on Nintendo Switch and Wii U.
