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A talentedLegend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomplayer has built a flying vehicle that allows them to soar through the skies of Hyrule for over two hours. Since the release of the veryfirstTears of the Kingdomtrailer, players have been treated to the sight of Link freefalling from one of the Sky Islands, which invoked memories of flying in Skyloft on Loftwing inThe Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Loftwings do not make an appearance inTears of the Kingdom, so players have been trying to replicate the ability to glide among the clouds using various Zonai-built vehicles.
These vehicles are usually built from a combination ofuseful Zonai devicessuch as carts, stabilizers, and big wheels, in addition to parts like wooden wheels and planks that can be found throughout the expansive world of Hyrule. Using Zonai devices as part of a build, whether it is for traversal or even combat, can significantly drain Link’s Energy Cells, which are essentially batteries that power the mystical items. Additionally, some Zonai devices will also disappear after a while. While solving this problem would be difficult at best in most games, the versatility ofTears of the Kingdom’s sandbox allows players to look for ways and experiment with the physics in the world to come up with a solution.
A Reddit user known as scalhoun23 has built a flying vehicle that can travel through the Hyrule skies for over two hours without any input from the player beyond the initial startup to get it to take off. The vehicle combines Zonai technology through stakes and a steering wheel, which does not disappear, as well as other materials found throughout the game. In particular, the build also uses a raft found in the Depths, propellers that scalhoun23 fused to another item to smuggle them out from theGemimik Shrine, and rails acquired from the Right Leg Depot. By combining these parts, as well as using a technique called the zero point energy drive, which essentially allows the player to use resistance to activate the propellers, the device can fly without any input.
The five-minute-long video that the player shared with theTears of the Kingdom-inspired subreddit called Hyrule Engineering is at the very end of the journey, which was concluded because, according to scalhoun23, they accidentally bumped the left stick on their controller after being caught off guard by the appearance of a Blood Moon. This vehicle is not scalhoun23’s first attempt at autonomous flight, as their Reddit profile shows that they have been improving the build for over a month.
Builds like scalhoun23’s show how much thought the developers of Nintendo put into creating the sandbox for theBreath of the Wildsequel. While there areno plans for aThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the KingdomDLC, players are showing why the game was one of the highest-rated titles in 2023.
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the sequel to the beloved open-world adventure, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. This installment once again sees Link and Zelda battling to protect Hyrule from falling to Ganondorf. This new adventure takes place in the same land of Hyrule as Breath of the Wild but sees something called the Upheaval, which allows link to travel to Sky Islands, as well as deep into the Depths beneath Hyrule. Players can use special abilities to fuse together weapons, and build items to help them progress through the release.
