One crafty The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom player has recently taken to social media to flaunt an impressive all-terrain train they built while completing one of the game's biggest side quests. This engineering feat surfaced online shortly after another Tears of the Kingdom player managed to build a working combustion engine.
Though Tears of the Kingdom's Ultrahand ability can also be used for putting together things like weapons and fixed structures, many fans have so far been focusing their building efforts on vehicles. That's in no small part because traversal is the most consistent type of challenge that Tears of the Kingdom presents to the player, so engineering things that make navigating Hyrule easier has naturally preoccupied many a fan since the game's May 12 release.
The latest example of such a solution was authored by Reddit user Pnspi2, who built an all-terrain train in order to transport some characters in the Hebra region, which is one of many requirements for unlocking all Great Fairies in Tears of the Kingdom. Apart from a mostly pre-built carriage, the three-wagon design was created from scratch using a variety of Zonai devices. And while the machine even incorporated a beam emitter, its weaponry wasn't enough to prevent Pnspi2's train trip from coming to an abrupt end due to a pesky Bokoblin adamant to stop the ride.
The footage of this unfortunate troupe trip attempt went viral on Reddit earlier this week, with its author presenting it as a joking homage to The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, a 2009 Nintendo DS exclusive starring Link in the role of a royal train engineer. True to that sentiment, the video of the ill-fated ride even plays out to the tune of Facing the Demon Train, one of the most iconic compositions from Spirit Tracks.
And while not everyone might agree that Pnspi2's machine qualifies as a train due to its ability to navigate almost any terrain, the new Zelda game does allow the creation of more traditional railway locomotives. This was most recently underlined earlier this month, when one Tears of the Kingdom fan built a working train in order to navigate Death Mountain in style.
The sandbox nature of the new Zelda game emerged as one of its most praised aspects among both players and critics alike. And though this was also true for its predecessor, Tears of the Kingdom's building mechanics unlock an entirely new dimension of Breath of the Wild's open-world design philosophy which is likely to keep it relevant for years to come.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is available on Nintendo Switch.
