A speedrunner claims to have 100% completed ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„š³š„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom after nearly six full days of gameplay.
Youtuber Smallant - known for their ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:Pokemon challenge runs and place on the pencil-sharpening speedrunning boards - announced yesterday that "I have 100% Tears of the Kingdom after 139 hours." That equates to five days and 19 hours of play, one of the highest totals I've seen since Nintendo revealed your TotK play counts earlier this week.
I HAVE 100% TEARS OF THE KINGDOM AFTER 139 ź§HOURS.1000 KOROKS152 SHRINES120 LIGHTROOTS509 COMPENDIUš¦M PICS228 RECIPES253 QUESTS18 MEMORIES135 ARMOR FULLY UPGRADED250+ BOSSES DEFEATED81 HUDSON SIGNS+ ALL DUNGEONS, TOWERS, PARAGLIDERS pic.twitter.com/II3nTWdp5T
Toš achieve that 100% completion, Smallant collected 1,000 Koroks, solved 152 shrines, completed 253 quests, fully upgraded 135 pieces of armor, and completed all dungeons, towers, and Lightroots. Add to that maps, named locations, Yiga schematics, Gamba machines and a whš°ole lot more, and Smallant's suggestion that "game is massive" feels like a serious understatement.
The streamer says that for the first half of the nearly week-long playthrough they did plenty of their own exploration. But as the days dragged on, they started using maps "because it felt impossible to do otherwise." Unfortunately, some parts of their quest were more entertaining than others - asked what their favourite part of the run was, Smallant responded "not the koroks that's for sure." Perhaps that's why my social media has been so full of Korok torture that the voice of Hestu had to speak up to admonish players for their sins.
At the other end of the scale, it took less than 24 hours for the ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:Any% Tears of the Kingdom speedrun record - thše time taken to roll credits no matter how much of the game has been completed - to drop to just 94 minutes. As of today, that record now sits at only 68 minutes.
One new obstacle now stands in the way of Tears of the Kingdom speedrunners, however. ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:Tears of the Kingdom patch 1.1.2 launched today, and removes all known variants of the ę¾³ę“²å¹øčæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„čÆ¢:duplication glitches from the game. It might be a little harder to complete all those armor upgrades with a few fewer resouršces easily at hand.&ną½§bsp;
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