History TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild / TropesUToZ

* WalkingShirtlessScene: It's possible to play with a shirtless Link. But pulling this for the entire game is ''not'' a good idea, especially in the cold or exceptionally hot areas.
** However, the Barbarian and Desert Voe armor sets are more-or-less shirtless, with only a few straps from armor covering Link's chest. Both sets can be upgraded and safely worn through most of the game.
* TheWallAroundTheWorld: Hyrule is a rectangular landmass with its northern and western borders defined by wide, bottomless gorges. The eastern and southern borders meet the sea and part of Gerudo desert. All of these obstacles can be surmounted by a very determined player, but they will eventually hit an invisible wall and be unable to proceed.

* WeakButSkilled: The Master Cycle Zero from The Champions' Ballad [=DLC=] is this compared to the UnskilledButStrong horses of the game. Horses are ultimately faster but the Master Cycle Zero far outperforms them in terms of maneuverability and versatility on various terrain. It can safely jump off the highest cliffs and while the player will be hurt by running into things, it's only a small amount and it takes almost no time to resummon it, compared to horses, who stop short in front of a barrier and need to be remaneuvered.
** Also, it is less prone to spontaneously combusting if ridden on Death Mountain that its organic counterparts.

* WhatTheHellHero: If you manage to kill your horse, you can revive it at the (slightly hard to find) Horse Fountain. But not without being scolded by Malanya, the Horse God:
--> "This horse says that YOU killed it! You! How could you?! Do you plan to revive it just to kill it again?"

* {{Wutai}}: This time around, Kakariko village is closely based on a traditional Japanese village, and Sheik's ninja thematic from ''Ocarina of Time'' now applies to the tribe's warriors (as well as the Yiga Clan) as a whole.
** Link can also buy the Stealth Mask, Stealth Chest Guard and Stealth Greaves and dress up as one of the Sheikah, complete with needles in his man-bun.

* WeaksauceWeakness: Anything that shoots lasers, including Guardians, is dreaded for such lasers because of their high strength. However, there is one caveat to this: Guardians and their brethren can almost never hit you while you're gliding through the air. Start a brush fire or use Revali's Gale to make an updraft and fly into the air, and suddenly the Guardian is rendered a non-threat. Even when you aren't giving any directional input, the laser will just hit the are right above you. Even worse, you are probably now free to [[CraniumRide land on the Guardian's head and ride it,]] or start smacking it with the Master Sword if you desire. Guardian Stalkers can also be tripped when walking over a bomb when chasing you and the bomb is detonated when under them.

** You can reach various Divine Beasts via exploitative methods before actually triggering their respective sidequests, only to find that they are not rendered solid and serve only as an aesthetic until you go through the story proper.

** Fighting monsters has so many ways you can utilize: blowing them up with explosives, shooting elemental arrows at them, setting them on fire with a torch, blowing them off a cliff with a Korok Leaf... the possibilities are endless! But what takes the cake is what you can do to skeletons: You can beat one with its own arm, then ''steal its skull'' and run away with it while the rest of the skeleton desperately tries to take it back, and finally ''kick the skull off a cliff,'' after which the skeleton throws a fit in frustration before collapsing into a pile of bones.

** Hyrule Castle itself has a dramatic, loud theme for the exterior, that perfectly fades into a more sinister theme for the interior. In addition, both of these variants gain an extra drumbeat during combat.
** Any time Kass is at a stable, his own accordion music (which is Lon Lon Ranch) mixes with the stable's own background music.

** Link will not be able to reliably find the supplies he needs just by cutting grass and breaking pots (though that's not to say that nothing can be found this way). Instead, he'll mostly have to scavenge them from places where one would expect to find them, like taking arrows from bow-wielding Bokoblins and restoring health by eating the meat gathered by hunting animals. His primary method of obtaining rupees is by selling items. He also doesn't hold items dramatically in the air whenever he collects them.

** If you're caught in a thunderstorm, your metallic equipment can actually [[ImprovisedLightningRod act as a lightning rod]] and draw lightning towards you. If you're expecting it to act as the lightning version of the Skyward Strike from the battle against Demise in ''Skyward Sword'', you'd be sadly mistaken, as it actually does damage you. [[note]]This isn't quite [[RealityIsUnrealistic how it works in real life]], but it's a common enough assumption that it fits here.[[/note]]
** Going into freezing cold environments without wearing heavy insulated clothing will be bad for your health. Likewise, wearing clothing that's too thick (or nothing at all) and letting the sun beam down on Link in a desert biome will cause him to overheat.

** If Link [[https://i.imgur.com/VMzq9Tm.jpg falls from a very high area]], rolling on the ground won't save him this time, he'll die when he lands down. On a similar note, if he gets thrown back and sent rolling down an incline, Link will take damage as he rolls.

** Rainy weather will make Bomb Arrows completely useless due to the fuse being wet, while making electrical damage all the more dangerous. Conversely, trying to use a Bomb Arrow in a very hot area, like, say, around Death Mountain, will just blow up in your face before you can even fire it.
** Temperatures in the desert can vary widely over the course of the day. Of course, it'll be unbearably hot during the day without the right clothing or heat-resisting buffs. At night, however, the temperature will swing to the opposite extreme and become unbearably cold, since the deserts are very arid and, without humidity, all the heat in the desert escapes into the atmosphere.

** Rupees no longer drop from grass or monsters, just as how one wouldn't expect to find money just laying out in the field in real life. While they're still found under rocks, in pots, and in boxes, they only drop from one enemy type: the Yiga Clan, given that they are Sheikah and even disguise themselves as travelers (and even try to sell the player bananas).
** Weapon types matter when you're using them to gather resources. Trying to use a bladed weapon to break open an ore vein will both take excessively long and do a lot of damage to its durability, same thing for trees and blunt weapons. By contrast, using something that would logically be better at breaking ore (like a sledge hammer or a two-handed axe) will do almost no durability and break it in one hit, while swinging at a tree with a heavy axe or a two-handed sword will be much better than swinging at it with a sword meant only for combat.

** The time it takes for stores to restock take varying amounts of time, one of the most subtle ones is that stores that sell monster parts will only restock after a Blood Moon, because either they go kill the monsters themselves or are supplied by adventurers, they need to wait for respawns just like the player does.
** In high temperature areas, wooden items and weapons will eventually burst into flames.

'''Tropes 0-C''' | '''TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild/TropesDToG''' | '''TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild/TropesHToM''' | '''TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild/TropesNToT''' | '''TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild/TropesUToZ'''

* WhereItAllBegan: In "The Champions' Ballad" DLC, it begins by completing four Shrines on the Great Plateau, like the start of the game, and [[spoiler:the Final Trail is accessed by using the Shrine of Resurrection as an elevator down into the dungeon. The subsequent boss fight against Maz Koshia takes place on a platform levitating over the Shrine's entrance. And the last bit of story for the DLC, with Kass completing the eponymous song and giving Link his final flashback to the inauguration of the Champions, takes place on the outcropping overlooking Hyrule Castle that was the first place Link stood upon exiting the Shrine of Resurrection at the start of the game.]] It's an unusual example of this trope, because while the DLC is the last bit of content released for ''Breath of the Wild'' and wraps up in such a climactic fashion, Zelda chimes in immediately afterward to remind you that [[EndGamePlus Calamity Ganon still kinda needs to be defeated]].

** Going into freezing cold environments without wearing heavy insulated clothing will be bad for your health. Likewise, wearing clothing that's too thick (or nothing at all) and letting the sun beam down on Link in a desert biome will cause him to overheat, and having metal equipment on his person during a thunderstorm will cause him to spark with electricity before the lightning strikes him.

* VideoGameCaringReward: You'd have to stumble upon a lot of the right ingredients over a lot of time to cook up a meal that offers a full restore plus extra hearts, but if you save the right traveler from a skinny, easily-slain red Bokoblin, you can get one for little more than free.[note]It's the lady on Horwell Bridge leading into Central Hyrule.[/note]

* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: The player is explicitly told from the start of the game that Hyrule Castle is housing Calamity Ganon. If you ignore all the dialog and cutscenes, the giant darkened castle in the middle of the world map, with black smoke swirling around and hordes of giant death-robots on patrol, is still pretty conspicuous; and even if you don't pick up on any of that, each main dungeon's completion adds a miles-long laser-sight pointing directly at Ganon's lair. [[PlayingWithATrope Interestingly played with]] in that not only can it be visited at any time to fight the final boss, stopping by sometime before actually confronting Ganon is encouraged -- a few sidequests and one of Link's memories require the player to visit the castle early.

** The shrine at Warbler's nest is technically just unlocked by using a Korok Leaf to blow air through a group of statues in the correct sequence, but the sequence is only revealed after a sidequest that starts in Rito Village. At the end, the Rito sisters are reunited at Warbler's Nest for singing practice and the order they sing in reveals the sequence. Trying to solve the puzzle beforehand will not do anything. You need to learn by completing the quest, even if you already knew.

** In previous games, there was NoArcInArchery. Here, though, you'll need to account for drop when aiming your shots.

** In fact, you can feed sand seals and horses, too, and you never actually need to. Feeding horses will increase their bond with you, and feeding Riju's seal Patricia will give you hints, but otherwise, it's just a feature if you feel like being nice.

** You can force Link to suffer in cold areas by removing his warm clothes, leaving him shivering. Conversely, you can also make him trudge through ''deserts and volcanoes in full metal armor.''

* VillainBeatingArtifact: Surprisingly {{Averted}} with the Master Sword, which is actually not needed to defeat Ganon. Played straight, however, with [[spoiler:the Light Arrows, which are the only thing that can harm Dark Beast Ganon.]]

* WallCrawl: Link can scale entirely vertical surfaces, at the cost of his stamina meter.

* WeakButSkilled: The Master Cycle Zero from The Champions' Ballad [=DLC=] is this compared to the UnskilledButStrong horses of the game. Horses are ultimately faster but the Master Cycle Zero far outperforms them in terms of maneuverability and versatility on various terrain.

* WhereItAllBegan: In "The Champions' Ballad" DLC, [[spoiler:the Final Trail is accessed by using the Shrine of Resurrection as an elevator down into the dungeon. The subsequent boss fight against Maz Koshia takes place on a platform levitating over the Shrine's entrance. And the last bit of story for the DLC, with Kass completing the eponymous song and giving Link his final flashback to the inauguration of the Champions, takes place on the outcropping overlooking Hyrule Castle that was the first place Link stood upon exiting the Shrine of Resurrection at the start of the game.]] It's an unusual example of this trope, because while the DLC is the last bit of content released for ''Breath of the Wild'' and wraps up in such a climactic fashion, Zelda chimes in immediately afterward to remind you that [[EndGamePlus Calamity Ganon still kinda needs to be defeated]].

** Tarrey Town's music gains elements of the music from Rito Village, Goron City, Zora's Domain, and Gerudo Town, respectively, as Link invites denizens of those regions. This also extends to the wedding at the end.

* UtilityWeapon: Every weapon in the game can be used to interact with the environment in multiple ways, though certain weapons are better at tasks than others. Even something as seemingly useless as a rusted sword can be used to chop down trees or grass, strike flint to start a fire, or be used in an electric circuit puzzle.

** Link will not be able to reliably find the supplies he needs just by cutting grass and breaking pots (though that's not to say that nothing can be found this way). Instead, he'll mostly have to scavenge them from places where one would expect to find them, like taking arrows from bow-wielding Bokoblins and restoring health by eating the meat gathered by hunting animals. His primary method of obtaining rupees is by selling items . He also doesn't hold items dramatically in the air whenever he collects them.

** An NPC will give you 500 rupees if you agree to meeting a Great Fairy and making an offering in his place. Nothing is stopping you from ignoring the request and just keeping the money for yourself, though doing so does deprive you of a means of further upgrading your armour.

** Horses have to be tamed and cared for in order to be of much use, and can die, making it a lot easier to care about them. Until they're used to being ridden, they can be calmed by patting them. If they get hurt, they can be fed to heal them. Or just if you want to.
*** You can acquire wild Horses from defeated Bokoblin riders which already have max bonding. This seems to imply that the Bokoblins have already tamed them or mistreated them so harshly that they would rather serve humans instead at the first available opportunity.