Highlights

  • Tears of the Kingdom players have been using railings and Zonai devices to recreate vehicles and objects from other franchises, including the Apollo 11 ship from real-life.
  • Building elaborate machines in Tears of the Kingdom is a fun activity, with the Ultrahand ability being a useful tool for controlling objects, although it requires progression in the main story to unlock permanently.
  • Zonai devices are essential in creating intricate builds, and players can collect them from dispensers on the Sky Islands. These devices can be manipulated and combined with the Ultrahand ability to create various vehicles for traveling around Hyrule.

One The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom player has built the Apollo 11 ship using railings and Zonai devices. Along with making one-of-a-kind vehicles, Tears of the Kingdom players have been recreating all types of things from other franchises, including Armored Core mechs and Star Wars ships. Some take inspiration from real-life engineering marvels, pushing the limits of the Zonai technology to build a helicopter or a plane from scratch, or in this case, a recreation of the American spacecraft that let astronauts walk on the moon.

Building elaborate machines is one of the fun activities in Tears of the Kingdom, since players have an array of construction tools at their disposal. One such tool is the Ultrahand ability, with which controlling all kinds of objects is a breeze. However, like other ancient powers in the game, Tears of the Kingdom's Ultrahand requires players to progress through the main story to a certain point to unlock it permanently.

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A Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom player known on Reddit as RealDeadOne has taken advantage of railings and Zonai devices to create the Apollo 11 ship in the game. They seem to have combined seven railings, six fans, and five flame emitters to make this functional vehicle that can reach above the Sky Islands. Like its real-life counterpart, the ship has a streamlined, aerodynamic design that provides stability until rocket boosters fall off. It requires a bit more Zonai devices than other custom builds in Tears of the Kingdom.

Besides the 1969 model Apollo 11 ship, RealDeadOne has made a tiny multi-stage rocket, which functions as a robotic spacecraft. It can easily lift the player up to Tears of the Kingdom's Jirutagumac Shrine, a giant flying ball located in the Lanayru Sky region.

As usual, fellow Tears of the Kingdom players on Reddit were impressed by these engineering marvels, with one mentioning that the cinematography in the video is also great. Some also said that they weren't expecting to see a landing module that carries Link.

The main components of intricate builds in Tears of the Kingdom are Zonai devices that players can collect from dispensers in the Sky Islands. Each device has a unique function; however, they are essentially used to create vehicles to travel around Hyrule. It's essential to note that gachapon machines from which players obtain these nifty gadgets can also be found on the ground and in the Depths. Once players get Zonai devices, they will be able to manipulate and combine them with the Ultrahand ability.