The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, like its older sibling Breath of the Wild, is a large sport. It was probably not a shock when avid gamers began speedrunning this behemoth, however a brand new, extra shocking methodology of saving the land of Hyrule has been uncovered: finishing Tears of the Kingdom with out touching the floor, sticking to both the sky islands or depths.

Reddit person Black_Hand_Gotthard posted a set of screenshots showcasing their victory on September 21, together with the ending cutscene, their sky map, and proof of all 4 dungeons accomplished. For those who enterprise into the feedback, you’ll be able to study particularly how they pulled off this job.

“I traveled from sky island to sky island,” Black_Hand-Gotthard explains. “Completed all of the shrines. Bought the Grasp Sword. Flew from the sky into the depths and completed of Ganondorf [sic]. Mitigated the autumn injury through the use of fairys [sic].”

At first, my thought was ‘no, this absolutely isn’t attainable’. However the extra I considered it, the extra I spotted… not solely is it attainable, however with sufficient dedication and grit, it’s fairly doable. You additionally most likely should be adept at dodging, on condition that Ganondorf packs a large punch for those who’re not cautious. 

Additionally, it appears Black_Hand_Gotthard needed to struggle every of the sport’s dungeon bosses after leaping right down to the depths of Hyrule Fort, quite than finishing the dungeons themselves. 

“I didn’t end any of the dungeons. I simply flew straight to the chasm beneath Hyrule fortress after ending the sky,” they mentioned within the feedback on Reddit.

The legend of goofy problem runs

As loopy — and as masochistic — as this accomplishment appears, the group round fashionable Zelda video games has been stuffed to the brim with runs identical to it. In actual fact, it’s solely attainable to see the tip credit of Breath of the Wild shortly after making it off the Nice Plateau, which admittedly defeats the aim of getting a wealthy and emotionally devastating storyline. However, gamers have taken that concept and run with it. We’ve already seen a number of challenges based mostly on defeating Ganon with restricted sources, with some extra profitable than others.

So, we will most likely anticipate one other half-decade of gamers defying the foundations and discovering new, distinctive methods to the sport. In any case, solely somewhat over 4 months have handed since Tears of the Kingdom launched. We’ve probably solely scratched the unwalked-surface of how essentially the most devoted gamers will beat this sport.