Uploaded May 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Here's a fun challenge I came up with. Beat part 3 of the Trial of the Sword under the following conditions:
* Start the trial without any status effects (i.e. extra hearts, extra stamina, and timed effects).
* Don't use healing items.
* Don't use armor.
* Don't use shields.
* Don't use special arrows (i.e. any arrows other than regular arrows).
* Don't use the fire weapons (i.e. the Flamespear and Meteor Rod) or bring them out of the levels in which they're found.
* Don't use the Bomb or Stasis runes.
* Destroy all enemies.
With no armor to protect you from the heat and no fire weapons to protect you from the cold, you'll have to move quickly and carefully to avoid being killed by the elements. The enemies will also pose a challenge since you won't be able to kill them instantly with Ancient Arrows or defend against them with shields or Stasis. Figuring out strategies to stay alive is part of the fun, so if you want to do the challenge, I encourage you to try it without watching this video or reading the level-by-level comments below (where I describe some of my strategies).
I wrote comments for each part of the trial, but I can't fit them all in a YouTube description, so I put them here:
sites.google.com/site/manocheese/botw_uber_challenge
Overall, I'm satisfied with the difficulty of the challenge. It's tough, but still accessible. I thought about adding more restrictions, but I didn't want to make it so difficult that hardly anyone could do it.
This video was done in normal mode. After beating the challenge in normal mode, I also did it in Master Mode. Here's the video:
youtube.com/watch?v=dtV9BvcRr3g
Here's a fun challenge I came up with. Beat part 3 of the Trial of the Sword under the following conditions:
* Start the trial without any status effects (i.e. extra hearts, extra stamina, and timed effects).
* Don't use healing items.
* Don't use armor.
* Don't use shields.
* Don't use special arrows (i.e. any arrows other than regular arrows).
* Don't use the fire weapons (i.e. the Flamespear and Meteor Rod) or bring them out of the levels in which they're found.
* Don't use the Bomb or Stasis runes.
* Destroy all enemies.
With no armor to protect you from the heat and no fire weapons to protect you from the cold, you'll have to move quickly and carefully to avoid being killed by the elements. The enemies will also pose a challenge since you won't be able to kill them instantly with Ancient Arrows or defend against them with shields or Stasis. Figuring out strategies to stay alive is part of the fun, so if you want to do the challenge, I encourage you to try it without watching this video or reading the level-by-level comments below (where I describe some of my strategies).
I wrote comments for each part of the trial, but I can't fit them all in a YouTube description, so I put them here:
sites.google.com/site/manocheese/botw_uber_challenge
Overall, I'm satisfied with the difficulty of the challenge. It's tough, but still accessible. I thought about adding more restrictions, but I didn't want to make it so difficult that hardly anyone could do it.
This video was done in normal mode. After beating the challenge in normal mode, I also did it in Master Mode. Here's the video:
youtube.com/watch?v=dtV9BvcRr3g
