A Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom player recently discovered a handy trick to help Link catch more fish. Fishing is a time-honored side activity in The Legend of Zelda, having first been introduced to the series in Link’s Awakening for the original Game Boy back in 1993. In some entries, like 2006’s Twilight Princess, Link is required to fish at least once to progress his story, but most of the time it is completely optional – though it does offer the player rewards for catching certain fish across Hyrule’s many lakes and rivers.
Naturally, fishing returned in this year’s The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Just like in 2017’s Breath of the Wild, Link forgoes the use of a traditional Fishing Rod in favor of a wide range of methods for luring and catching fish, such as shooting them from above using his trusty arrows or simply diving into the water to catch them by hand. What sets Tears of the Kingdom apart from its predecessor is Link's new vehicle-building abilities, which not only let the hero of Hyrule craft a boat to chase after the fish but offer some creative methods to catch them.
One such trick was pointed out by Reddit user CodyK17, who shared a video of their Tears of the Kingdom fish-catching technique to r/tearsofthekingdom. On Tenoko Island (northeast of Lurelin Village), they find a boat armed with Zonai Shock Emitters, which can electrocute any fish unlucky enough to swim underneath. After sailing around entire schools of Porgies and leaving them floating dead, they grab a bunch of them with Ultrahand, crafting them together and saving the resulting schema with Autobuild. They then use Autobuild on the next group of fish, magnetically drawing them to their cursor and allowing the player to drop them into the boat.
This is just one of the many ways Link’s new powers expand upon The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s open-world formula and add more entertainment value to the game. Ever since Tears of the Kingdom launched back in May, players have crafted all manner of helpful vehicles and houses for Link to use on his journey. More mischievous fans have instead used Ultrahand and Autobuild to torture Koroks and other helpless creatures.
Meanwhile, some Tears of the Kingdom fans prefer to stay near the water, where they can come up with more effective ways to fish thanks to the game’s newest mechanics. Crafting a water-crossing boat armed with Shock Emitters can make the process much quicker, as can using Autobuild to draw in the dead fish all at once without Link ever having to jump in the water.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is available on Nintendo Switch.