Summary
An avid player discovers a hidden cave inThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, leading many in the community to speculate about its origins. Nearly one year after the Nintendo Switch game’s release, the community appears to continue discovering new secrets and mysteries inThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is one of the most successful entries in the entireZeldafranchise, reaching more than 20 million copies sold before the end of 2023. Although the game willnot receive DLC or new content, Nintendo is supporting the game with new merchandise and products, such asUniqlo’s newZelda: Tears of the Kingdomt-shirts. In addition, theZelda: Tears of the Kingdomcommunity continues to share their findings and newly discovered glitches with fellow players online.
Gaming Reinvented founder and Reddit user cheat-master20 recently shared aZelda: Tears of the Kingdomgameplay clip, revealing a hidden cave west of Samasa Plain that was covered up completely with a rock wall. Normally, players are unable to navigate past the rock wall. However, cheat-master20 was able to clip through the wall by using a glitch involving theRecall Zonai ability inZelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which is commonly used in the speedrunning community. Clipping through the wall will reveal an empty cave that was previously accessible in 2017’sZelda: Breath of the Wild. Water still appears to be flowing within the cave, despite the rock wall being present.
Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Player Discovers Hidden Unused Cave
The Reddit user claims that Nintendo simply placed the rock wall over the cave since it served no purpose inZelda: Tears of the Kingdom. It appears to be one of the few cave areas fromZelda: Breath of the Wildthat the development team closed off, and some speculate that the cave could have been used fora Korok inZelda: Tears of the Kingdombefore Nintendo changed its mind. After making this discovery, cheat-master20 began to look for more caves that were closed off by Nintendo to compare some of the differences in Hyrule betweenZelda: Breath of the WildandTears of the Kingdomat a later date.
It’s clear that players will continue to scour Hyrule for secrets and discover new tricks that could be useful to those just startingZelda: Tears of the Kingdom. What’s more, thevast open worldZelda: Tears of the Kingdomwill keep returning players and newcomers engaged for many more months to come due to the many shrines and quests that can be completed.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
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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.
