History TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild / TropesDToG

* DramaticIrony: Link awakens at the beginning of the game in the Shrine of Resurrection after a century-long slumber. [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld But he still looks like a 17-year-old]]. This makes it funny when characters refer to him as a young man and assume he is way too young to know about the apocalyptic events he saw firsthand. Notable examples include when a Gerudo bartender assumes he is too young to have a drink at that bar (you ''can'' have Link say he's over 100, but she assumes he's joking), and when [[WarriorPrince Prince Sidon]] first greets Link as "young one" (though it's later revealed that [[FishPeople Zora]] such as Sidon are LongLived, so the age gap between Link and Sidon is much narrower than it first appears).

* ElementalMotifs: The Gerudo are associated with electricity, which is the dominant elemental association of the monsters living in their desert homeland. Divine Beast Vah Naboris' main mechanic is, like nearly all of the shrines in the Gerudo Desert, based around electrical circuits. The Gerudo champion Urbosa has power over electricity (notably, she is the only champion with elemental powers; Revali can fly but cannot otherwise control air, while Mipha and Daruk do not display any command over their respective elements of water and dire), and the gift she gives to Link upon the liberation of Vah Naboris allows him to call down lightning after a charge attack. The boss of Vah Naboris is Thunderblight Ganon, which also has power over electricity, and the Thunder Helm, a helmet that is a priceless heirloom of the Gerudo people, allows the wearer immunity to lightning.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere:
** Taluses are generally in out-of-the-way spots, almost[[note]]they're conceptually similar to Armos Statues from the first and third Zelda games[[/note]] unprecedented in the series, and hardly acknowledged (if at all) by Hyrule's people. As an added bonus, you can run into one ''on the [[NoobCave Great Plateau]]''. Lastly, they come in [[UndergroundMonkey various rock colors]] and [[AttackItsWeakPoint Ore Deposit positions]], so they're liable to surprise you more than once.
** Moldugas are only found in the bottom-left corner of the map, are only mentioned in a sidequest opened up after finishing your plot shenanigans in the area, and are freaking [[LandShark sand shark]]-alligators whose music can start well before you see them. Unless you naturally assume that there'd be carnivorous equivalents of sand seals, Moldugas will almost certainly come out of left field.

** It’s possible to survive being hit by the Blademasters in the Yiga Clan Hideout, which normally result in a insta-kill, with a combination of high defense and temporary hearts (which register their hits as if they were outside the hideout). However, not only would you have to have significant experience in cooking and/or upgrading your armor with the Great Fairies to get to the point of being able to survive more than a couple hits, but [[ThatOneLevel given the reputation of the infiltration segment]], it’s very unlikely players would want to stick around long enough in order to find out that information.

* DropTheHammer: Yet another option for melee weapons. As one can expect from such a weapon, it appears to pack a lot of power, but swings quite slow. Additionally they are effective at mining but can't cut down trees.

* DaddySystem: The game was developed for the Wii U but delayed until it was released for both the Wii U and the Switch. And unlike ''Twilight Princess'', the differences between versions are much more minimal; the Switch version has a small but noticeable graphics bump and a slightly different UI but otherwise the gameplay is largely identical.

* ElementalWeapon: You can apply [[FireIceLightning Fire, Ice, and Lightning]] Damage with any of your preferred weapon style, as there are one-handed, [[{{BFS}} two-handed]], and spear-type elemental weapons of each kind; they're all super rare, however, and they ''all'' make Link vulnerable to Lightning due to being metallic. If those aren't to your fancy, there are two tiers of [[MagicWand elemental rods]], and each type of elemental Arrow is sold somewhere.

* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Fire attacks [[OneHitKill one-shot]] Ice-based enemies and vice-versa. More subtly, electric weapons gain a power boost around water — whether rain or in a body of water — exploding into a dome field, while wood weapons gain a power boost in fire and hot temperatures, when they are literally lit on fire. Similarly, bomb arrows instantly defuse in water, and instantly explode in fiery areas. The Master Sword, Ancient, and Guardian weapons also get a boost against Guardian enemies. Electricity, however, has no weakness. It does become more powerful in the rain or water, but this only applies to the player and so electric enemies can't be defeated by their own element backfiring, either.

** Of the runes available to him, Link cannot upgrade the Magnesis or Cryonis runes. Purah explains this as having tried hard to figure out a way to improve upon them, but gave up in frustration.

** Certain characters who know about the Master Sword, usually when first meeting them, will always talk as if Link doesn't have the sword even if he ''does'' have it and equips it right in front of them. For example, the Rito elder Kaneli will acknowledge the Master Sword as proof of Link being the Hylian Champion of old, but only if you talk to him after freeing Vah Medoh -- speaking to him prior to that with the sword in hand elicits no acknowledgement whatsoever.