History TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild / TropesHToM

* KingMook: Being the leader of the Yiga Clan, Master Kohga serves as a boss version of the Yiga mooks Link finds over the course of his adventure. He can also use some of the abilities stored in the Sheikah Slate, thus also doubling as a MirrorBoss.

* LoopholeAbuse: Normally, being hit by a Yiga Blademaster while [[StealthBasedMission infiltrating their hideout]] will result in instant death regardless of how many Heart Containers you have gathered. But this only applies to your normal health; yellow temporary hearts will still deplete like it’s a regular hit, so with high enough defense, temporary hearts, and skill, you can survive a few hits from the Blademasters, and possibly take out all of the guards without resorting to stealth at all.

** To a lesser extent, the Savage Lynel weapons. They have the highest attack stats of regular weapons, and finding ones with added Attack boost effects can easily push them into Attack stats of 100 and beyond. The Savage Lynel Bow is especially notable for being able to fire three to five arrows, which is sure to pack a punch.

* JokeItem: The game has an extensive and varied inventory of weapons and shields, including some that deal very little damage and have very low durability, such as tree branches, soup ladles, mops, pot lids, and the arms of skeletal enemies. These are present partly to make the world seem a little more complete, and partly for the chance of beating up enemies in tricky but amusing ways.
** Defeated Chuchus drop Chuchu Jelly, which explodes in the same manner as the Chuchus they came from if struck. Thus, while the Red, White, and Yellow Chuchu Jellies ''could'' be shot at for a poor man's variety of the elemental Arrows (with an added area-of-effect to boot), the regular blue ones just ''pop'' like balloons. They can't even be [[IncrediblyLamePun spread on toast]], since you can't make bread in-game.

* HoldTheLine: Link can come across the Akkala Citadel, where [[spoiler:the last of Hyrule's knights and soldiers gathered for a last stand against the Guardians after the deaths of the King and the Champions. Sadly, they were quickly overrun and slaughtered. 100 years later, the area is overrun with Blight and has flying Guardians patrolling the base of the tower.]]

* InventoryManagementPuzzle: The game places a limit on the number of melee weapons, shields, and bows you can carry that can be increased by collecting hidden Korok Seeds from around the world and trading them in with Hestu. Like with ''Skyward Sword'', though, any armor and {{Plot Coupon}}s you come across are firmly exempt from this trope. ItemCrafting ingredients and food are also limited, but the cap on them is so large that it's rarely an issue. Clothing has an arbitrary limit too (5 inventory pages). With the DLC and enough Amiibo, you can run out of slots.

* LethalLavaLand: DeathMountain. The extreme temperature will set Link alight if he doesn't have the right gear to handle it. Lava is a common hazard and behaves like muddy bogs found elsewhere, fire enemies are everywhere, and Vah Rudania's rampage causes parts of it to be periodically boarded with lava bombs. Not to mention any wooden equipment you have equipped will quickly be set ablaze, and Bomb Arrows will immediately blow up in your face. Since the Gorons' Divine Beast (Van Rudania) resides in the core of the volcano, fire protection is a must in its interior as well.

* ItsUpToYou: There are varying reasons why the new Champions are not able to accompany Link inside the Divine Beasts.

* ItsUpToYou: There are varying reasons why the new Champions are not able to accompany Link inside the Divine Beasts. Riju is still a young child with little to no combat training. Teba was injured from being shot at by Vah Medoh and forced to retreat. It's implied either Yunobo wasn't able to safely board Vah Rudania like Link or was too cowardly to try. For Sidon, he appears to either believe only the original Champions are allowed to board the Divine Beasts or that whatever was inside Vah Ruta that killed his sister was designed to counter the Zora specifically, leaving him more of a liability to Link if he went in.

* HarderThanHard: Master Trials DLC includes Master Mode, which causes all enemies to become tougher and also lets them recover health if you go too long without dealing damage. Also, certain enemies like Lynels appear in more areas, there is one autosave file instead of five, and the mechanism preventing you from being one-shotted (instead leaving you with a quarter heart of health) is absent.

* LethalLavaLand: DeathMountain. The extreme temperature will set Link alight if he doesn't have the right gear to handle it. Lava is a common hazard and behaves like muddy bogs found elsewhere, fire enemies are everywhere, and Vah Rudania's rampage causes parts of it to be periodically boarded with lava bombs. Since the Gorons' Divine Beast (Van Rudania) resides in the core of the volcano, fire protection is a must in its interior as well.

** Link in nothing but boxers provides the page image for the "Video Game" section, and for good reason. He is a LongHairedPrettyBoy who wears a ponytail and has a softer, more feminine looking face than usual. He starts the game shirtless and you can technically play the game with him only wearing boxers if you want (though it would be challenging). At E3 2016 many jokes were made by Nintendo's Treehouse crew about how attractive Link is (especially shirtless). He's a huge ChickMagnet in-game as well.