Highlights
- Players of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom can use in-game tools to construct impressive devices, including fully functioning trains.
- A Zelda fan named Wombatoflife showcased their train-building skills, using the game's abilities and common parts found in Hyrule.
- Wombatoflife combined mine carts, a Zonai Mirror, a Zonai Fan, and a Frost Emitter to create a detailed and realistic train in the game.
A Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom player has constructed an impressive train using the in-game tools. Tears of the Kingdom unlocked players' creativity by presenting them with a set of abilities and tools that let players construct devices. Vehicles for moving around the vast open world of Hyrule are just one of many devices players have created.
The Legend of Zelda series is no stranger to trains. In 2009, Nintendo released The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks for the Nintendo DS. In it, Link gets to play the role of a train conductor as he uses a series of tracks laid out over Hyrule to navigate the world while exploring towns and dungeons on foot. Spirit Tracks is commonly considered one of the more underappreciated entries in the series.
Some Zelda fans are keeping the dream of a train transit system in Hyrule alive and well by using Tears the Kingdom’s construction abilities to create a fully functioning train. One such player goes by the name of Wombatoflife, who posted a video showing off their impressive train-building skills in the HyruleEngineering subreddit, a gathering place for Tears of the Kingdom players who display their creations to inspire others to push their ideas in wild, fun, and innovative new directions.
Wombatoflife used Tears of the Kingdom’s Ultrahand ability to stick together a series of Zonai devices and common parts that can be found throughout Hyrule to build their train. It all began in Eldin, a northeastern region of Hyrule that has train tracks spiraling throughout the land, primarily for moving ore around using small mine carts. Wombatoflife combined four of those carts together to create the train’s body, then flipped a fifth one upside down to create a facsimile of the engine cart. They planted a Zonai Mirror on the front cart that reflects light so powerfully that it creates a solid beam during the day, creating a perfect train headlight. The whole thing is powered by what appears to be a single Zonai Fan at the back.
No train is complete without a chimney, and Wombatoflife delivered by adding a Zonai Stabilizer to the top of the double stack of mine carts acting as the engine car then put a Zonai Frost Emitter on top of that. When the whole device is activated by engaging the Zonai Steering Stick in the third cart, the Frost Emitter kicks in, releasing a steady stream of hazy frost into the air. Usually, it would freeze anything in its way, but it does no harm when pointed straight up in the air and ends up being the perfect last touch to bring the train to life.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is available now for Nintendo Switch.