8 Best Wrong Ways To Play The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom

Summary

• Embrace fashion over function: Instead of choosing armor based on its benefits, prioritize Link's outfits purely on aesthetics and style. Let him look great wherever he goes in Hyrule.
• Instead of relying on regular weapons, use Zonai devices to attack enemies and traverse the world. Create automatic weapons, like the Beam Emitter, to make combat easier.
• Dress Link in legacy armor sets and use weapons associated with past games in the series. Have fun and add some comedic elements to your playthrough.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s expansive world means there’s room for almost endless creativity, particularly when it comes to using Zonai devices and technology. You can either play the game traditionally, or think outside the box when it comes to your strategy and how to experience the wonders of Hyrule.

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If you want to try a different approach to your playthrough of the game, you could have a go at one of these ideas to get a fresh perspective when it comes to combat, find new ways to entertain yourself in Hyrule, or make Link the style icon we all know he is.

These alternative playstyles were chosen to offer a fresh perspective on combat, entertainment, and role-playing within the game

8 All Style, No Substance

Embrace Fashion Over Function

Tears of the Kingdom has lots of armor sets to dress Link up in. In a typical playthrough, you would prioritize the benefits of an armor set, such as it protecting you from weather conditions or giving you an attack boost, but the stylishness of these outfits is hard to deny.

Rather than selecting Link’s outfit based on stat boosts and benefits, you could choose them purely on aesthetic and how well Link suits them. For example, the Frostbite armor set is only helpful when you’re fighting in cold areas, but why restrict yourself? Link deserves to look great wherever he is.

7 Only Attack With Zonai Devices

Revolutionize Your Gameplay

Zonai devices are one of the best additions to Tears of the Kingdom - using them can help you traverse long distances or attack groups of enemies that would otherwise be difficult to take down. Sometimes, Zonai devices can be even more useful than regular weapons.

So, why not ditch those regular weapons altogether? You could create automatic weapons that attack monsters for you, so you barely have to lift a finger. The Beam Emitter is a great choice for this, blasting monsters with great ease.

6 Make Link A Gourmet Chef

A Culinary Adventure

Tears of the Kingdom’s new recipe book allows Link to record every recipe he discovers, as if he were a budding chef. Why not lean into this, and only have Link cook the absolute best recipes? No more Dubious Food here, no thank you.

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Link deserves a full three-course meal of Snail Chowder, Crab Risotto, and Cheesecake to keep up his energy while fighting Ganondorf’s forces. It’s not just beneficial for Link’s happiness, as these higher quality meals will also reward more stat buffs. Win-win.

5 Pretend You’re A Different Link

Nostalgic Gaming Experience

Throughout Hyrule, you can discover various items and armor sets from the series’ past. If you want to relive some of the games’ previous adventures, you could dress Link in one of the legacy armor sets, such as the ones referencing Ocarina of Time or Twilight Princess, and only use weapons associated with that hero.

Link can even take on the appearance of the cartoony hero in the Link’s Awakening remake, which would certainly make for a comedic playthough, especially when you see Link in a serious cutscene.

4 Go For The Silliest Fuse Combinations

Fuse Items in Unusual Ways

In Tears of the Kingdom, there are lots of options when it comes to fuse combinations. You can either fuse helpful items to your weapons, shields, and arrows, such as valuable monster parts, or try out some of the game’s sillier items.

Head over to Tarrey Town and find one of the President Hudson cardboard cutouts. You can fuse it to your shield, creating your very own President Hudson Shield. It’s a nice way to repay Hudson with some free advertising all around Hyrule. Addison is sure to love it, too.

3 Mess With Koroks

Let Your Imagination Run Wild

If gathering all 1,000 Korok seeds has you resenting the Koroks, you can channel that anger by using Zonai devices to annoy them or make them wish they never met Link in the first place. You could attach a rocket to an unsuspecting Korok looking for their friend to shoot them all the way across Hyrule.

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Or, you could simply use Ultrahand to throw them wherever you please. Their backpacks will give them a soft landing, anyway. There are plenty of ways to have fun with Koroks; well, you’re the one having fun…

2 Pretend You’re In The Yiga Clan

A Double-Agent Adventure

By visiting the various Yiga Clan bases across Hyrule, you can find the Yiga armor set, which makes Link look exactly like a member of the clan - except for the give-away blonde ponytail. With this set, Link can blend in with the Yiga Clan and even pretend to join their ranks.

To fully assimilate, you’ll want to only eat Mighty Bananas, use Yiga-specific weapons, and learn the Earthwake technique. Though, the rest of Hyrule’s citizens won’t take so kindly to this, and they’ll chastise Link for wearing the armor set. If you can stomach being on the side of the enemy, it can be an entertaining change of pace.

1 Skateboard Around Hyrule

Shredding It Up

Shield surfing was a popular mechanic in Breath of the Wild, and Tears of the Kingdom builds on this idea with many more ways to perform similar tricks. Fuse a mine cart to your shield, and you’ve got yourself a fine skateboard to ride around Hyrule in style.

It works best when going down hilly areas, just like regular shield surfing, or hopping onto the rails on the Sky Islands or in Shrines. Link can live out his skater-boy dreams as he tries to save Hyrule once again.

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