The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild The Complete Official Guide

Book Preface

Breath of the Wild features a gigantic realm, known as Hyrule, that you can explore at your leisure. From very early in the adventure you are free to take your character, Link, to any place that he can physically reach.
At first, the play area is limited to a single region – the Great Plateau. This serves as a very welcome prologue, during which you will be introduced to most of the game’s key mechanics. After you complete a handful of main story objectives, though, the full sandbox will be unlocked. The world is incredibly vast and varied. Virtually everything you see on your screen can be explored: every mountain peak, every valley, every snowfield. In short: if you see it, you can visit it.
In this breathtaking environment, the game’s narrative invites you to visit specific places and face set challenges. At any point in time, though, you can choose to go your own way, either to roam freely in the wild or to attend to optional tasks unlocked during the course of the adventure. Opportunities to leave the main narrative path to complete secondary quests and challenges are quite literally everywhere.
To reflect the bountiful, feature-packed nature of this game, this walkthrough covers both main quests and a large selection of optional tasks that are within convenient range along the way. We’ve designed the chapter so that you can plot your own customized course through the adventure, should you wish, but always be able to refer to our guidance when it is needed.

– Each region that you visit during main missions is introduced in the guide with a double-page spread that features a large area map as its focal point. This highlights:

• The key landmarks and points of interest for the area in question.
• A visual representation of the steps that you must follow to complete the corresponding main quests. This information is displayed in orange.
• A list of the various optional objectives that you might feasibly complete while in the area, taking your likely current level of proficiency and development into account. Call-outs detailing basic requirements and essential advice are printed in blue for shrines, and in green for side quests and all other similar activities.

– The pages that follow each map offer a traditional walkthrough for the main storyline events that occur in the corresponding map portion. This provides step-by-step guidance, with screenshots and captions detailing the actions you must take. For ease of reference, each entry is identified by a clear number icon that links to the area map.

If you would like to complete the adventure with minimal assistance, the map-oriented pages offer an essential directory of available activities. Expert gamers can use these to plan their path through the adventure, and therefore claim all major rewards, without fear of encountering spoilers or puzzle solutions.