Not favorite ruins, but strange thing no one ever seems to mention: we keep finding zora clothes and armor in places that could be ambiguously called final resting places. Are the BotW hat and the TP set actually corpses?!
I'm also curious about the Ruins known as Quarry Ruins and the Military Training Camp. But the Typhlo ruins seem strange with the fact that they are shrouded in darkness.
I love the thing so many of the zeldatubers have picked up where they say a name from the game and confidently pronounce it followed by a quieter, less sure alternate pronunciation
Fi is definitely "fy" and not "fee" which we know thanks to Hyrule Warriors promotional material but Farore is one that gets tossed around a lot. I say "fuh-ROAR" but I hear stuff like "fuh-ROH-ray," "FER-roh" (which makes no sense, where'd the second R go?), "FAY-roar," etc. Unless there is official confirmation from games/developers/promotion/etc, we shouldn't be too confident with how we say many proper nouns in Zelda (and beyond). If it weren't for Age of Calamity, I wouldn't have known that I'd been pronouncing Akkala wrong for three and a half years!
The song heard in the Recital at Warbler's Nest actually borrows from the Earth God's Lyric heard in the Wind Waker, so it's a very ancient song indeed
I was just thinking about this! Notice how the song and the other trial deal with rocks as well as wind, rather than something solely wind based! You wouldn't really think of rocks being associated with birds, but the rito from WW had a deep connection with the earth
Ah...yes....we'll never know how Hyrule Castle got so far away from the Temple of Time... *Hyrule Castle gets up and walks away in the background* ....Never....ever.....
fi be like **breakdances gently** the spirit maiden who descended from the clouds **does a headspin** must travel to two sacred places to purify her body
Something I thought with a lot of shrines was not so much that the Sheikah had direct connections to so many of the ruins/puzzles, but rather repurposed them to summon the shrines.
I always felt that the stone circle was some sort of throw back to the howling shrines from Twighlight Princess, looks similar, broadly similar mechanic, potentially inspired by them?
The Zora helm was placed at Toto lake because link defeated a lynel 100 years ago I think, 1 or 2 of the stone tablets near zora’s domain talk about this
Well the Zora helmet's explanation is given within the game. There's a sidequest in which you find and read all those tablets around Zora's domain. The one closest to the domain is slightly damaged but it's easy to fill in the blanks, but it tells of the hero who defeated the Lynel and mentions where the Zora's helmet was placed :P
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you There's nothing that a hundred bokoblin could ever do I bless the rains down in Akkala Gonna take some time to do the things we never had (ooh, ooh)
“After Zelda sacrificed herself the Kingdom just- laid in ruin. The hero took a 100-year nap- AHEM- recovered from his wounds-” That made me laugh so hard lol
11:00 volcanic ash also fertilizes soil so even if the grass is present with the Wizrobe. Chances are that since the grass isn’t being destroyed by lava, it’s being fertilized by the ash to keep it on life support.
An interesting fact is that those rocks in #1 are called the brother's rocks. That fact is really interesting, because that could help in understanding the origin of the ruins
Wonder if it's possibly a reference to Zephos and Cyclos? The rocks look a lot like Howling Stones and the song from Snowpeak some people say sounds like the Ballad of Gales.
Good work bud. I like seeing all these videos on lore and speculation for different video games. Zelda has so much lore to dig through over the past 25 years and as someone who's played every game since the original as they came out, I appreciate that you're keeping them all alive for the current and future generations to learn about and love.
Do you think you will play any of the other classic titles? Botw was not my first Zelda game, but it has earned a special place in my heart for sure. I think because it broke away from the traditional mold of Zelda games is what made it so amazing.
@@fe_three_rosses I highly recommend Ocarina of Time and Twilight princess if you haven't played them already. A link to the past and Minish cap are my favorite 2d titles.
Heres some food for thought: The names of the 3 dragons in BotW (Farosh, Dinraal, and Naydra) correspond to the names of the 3 goddesses (Farore, Din, and Nayru), with the regions these dragons live in also corresponding to the names of the goddesses (FAR-on, El-DIN, and La-NAYRU).
Given mummy Ganondorf, clearly the Sages or at least their respective temples (people may have forgotten the legend gone myth about the Hero of Time) had some form of importance for the Hyleans and others residents of Hyrule pre-calamity but not even AoC gave a hint about this so the temples might have been some ruins before just slightly better in shape previous to the awakening of Calamity Ganon.
@@HyruleGamer Yeah, the Lost Woods being tricky itself when traveling off in the beaten path you end up whisked away to a torch stand checkpoint, that in mind where did the stands come from? Also was the archway is 1000 years old and used as an outpost when the Sheikah installed the shrines or it could be older than that? As for the giant bones and I'm not talking the leviathan bones though included, I ran across an interesting set of bones in one of the lava rivers in Mount Doom. It was a skull and rib cage just lying in lava, hates to think what these guys looked in the flesh to survive in magma. Guess-estimating that these giants were as tall as the Sheikah towers. What is more curious is the giant skull set atop a tower. Thinking where it was and the towers were at ground level idle before Link activate the system, meaning that the body fell on top the buried tower making the royal claymore being the killing blow, but begs again was that 1000 years ago or recent of 100 years? Plus when gliding over the giant bones, it reminds me of 'Nausicaa: Of the Valley of the Wind'.
@@undeadgentalmen Yeah I think the bones could be that of Biggoron from OoT or some kin. and the lost woods archway is just a question with no answer that I can figure.
Funny thing is, the Shadow Hamlet Ruins may actually have been a shop. On AoC’s map, there is a shop ran by a lone Goron in the place of these ruins. There are more ruins on the side of Death Mountain, and there’s actually a path from Akkala that leads to them.
In general, I like the ruins that don't have names. There are a lot of them, and you just stumble across them and end up looking for treasure chests or Korok seeds. Since there are no names, you can only figure out what they were by the ruins themselves.
I've always had the impression that the shrines were built to utilize pre-existing ruins, or even ruins which don't exist yet, as the Sheika could see the future, so I'm not sure we can infer much about when things date from based on a shrine being connected to them. For evidence, consider the shrines which have no challenge inside, but just give you a reward for reaching them, yet the only challenge to reaching them was some big enemy who took up residence there. They must have known that would happen.
Hyrule Gamer: The Rito helped with the Sheika regarding shrines! Me: *not realizing it's a ceremony* : so...the Rito are century's old, staying children? That's probably the shrine I haven't been to yet actually, thanks HG!
Something you have to consider too is if the Shadow Hamlet is by Death Mountain, that's some choice volcanic soil. I'll bet it was a little settlement of farmers specifically
there are already "dungeons" present around the Goddess' statues and you can see that in the remaining pillars and walls. it's most likely the dungeons existed hundreds of years ago but over time were either demolished, destroyed or collapsed due to passage of time or other influences.
Right when you explained the second channel I subbed to it, I love relaxing to loz botw stuff I watch casual playthroughs with no commentary just for relaxation :)))) thank you for making that channel an actual thing, that just goes to tell you that I'll be watching every one of the videos put onto that channel.
@@HyruleGamer You're welcome! You certainly do put forward great theories. Yes please that would be excellent! Given that the entire franchise is linked (no pun intended) to BotW, I reckon that there is much more to discover. I'm also a firm believer that there are many new discoveries in BotW that have yet to be uncovered, I intend on looking further into this (late last year I speculated that, by putting the corresponding dragon scales on each of the respective triangular islands which you find for the Sunken Treasure, you would see the Tower of the Gods appear or something similar; I speculated that, given that WW is officially linked to BotW, Nintendo would have added an easter egg in reference to WW - unfortunately, because of the wind in the area, I couldn't hold them all in one place and nothing really happened anyway).
Loved this vid! I do have a suggestion regarding the Toto Lake Helmet in the drowned ruin, though - that's not Zora Architecture at all. It's Hylian architecture (the same kinds of tower structure are found throughout Hylian ruins across the map, after all)! What if the ruins were built by the Hylians as a means of maintaining a presence (and perhaps even a lookout) in the Domain, with the Helm being something of a traditional gift to whoever was supposed to stay in the now-ruined location in memory of the Hero who had captured the hearts of the Zora (I mean... Links have a *history* with Zora nobility, don't they lol)? Thanks for covering the Shadow Hamlet some more, and I love learning about the Springs!
Hyrule Gamer, this was a great video! I really enjoy your theories and facts and secrets! I also love the community in the comments section in your videos! I’ve had whole conversations in the comments with amazing fellow Zelda lovers! Your videos give me the chance to talk to other Zelda lovers that I wouldn’t get otherwise, and you always have great, appropriate content. Thank you so much for creating such great content and such a great community of Zelda lovers You have made such an impact in my life, and your videos have often been a bright spot in a bad day, and helped me have a reason to get through tough times. ❤️❤️❤️
@@HyruleGamer ☺️ Thanks for replying, I wasn’t expecting a reply! Just shows how great of a TH-camr you really are! Also, I’m so happy you used my suggestion about the springs! (Although I’m sure other people suggested it too)
Great Video! I forgot whether or not you looked at it last time, but the Thunder Plateau is the overlooked Zonai Ruin which should be given a better look over.
A Zelda game: *adds a small scratch on a rock to make the place feel more alive* Literally all Zelda theorists: "this game has lots of mysteries, but probably one of the most mysterious ones is the great scratched rock of Hyrule Field. I have a little theory of mine that the one who scratched the rock was actually ganondorf's wandering soul. Now, hear me out..."
My Day is going pretty well, haha "The name is Hyrule, Hyrule Gamer" and I am exciiiteed for these collabs! 👀 also, 3 months, babe 💜 idk if you know it but I am obsessed with the ruins near Terry Town, where the orb for one shrine quest is. Also yes, let's just move to the nowhere on a farm, lol!!! That is btw one of my fav Bandit Videos. And that Toto joke actually had me laugh!
Happy to hear that Mrs! Ooh I did not know that! Will definitely have to talk about them sometime! Ay mine too, it's a great video and so HAPPY that the joke made you laugh 😅 Also yes, let's move away together haha! 💜
I can't understand half of the comment, but maybe it's because I don't like romance. 😂 (Don't ask why, you won't get an answer). Nice video, keep it going. Really hoping Nintendo treats Zelda the way it deserves for the anniversary. I'm waiting, waiting AND waiting for more Zelda content this year.
13:06 sir you can't do this to me i was taking my meds and not only did i spit my drink all over my keyboard i choked on my pills. i'm crying i love your little jokes in these lmao
I love hearing all of your thoughts on these ruins! That last one is an interesting theory. Since the architecture is more in line with the Hylian structures I wonder if Hylians built it to honor a fallen Zora who had done something extraordinary to help them.
There are 2 'Ruins' I'm curious as to @Hyrule Gamer 's thoughts. - The couple stone buildings in the Wetlands off the side of Tarrey Town- There are 2 Stalker Guardians and 1 Decayed Guardian [Active]. - The large stone buildings near Rist Peninsula, the columns in the middle are interesting sure, but the ones up the cliff nearby are also really interesting, being home to a small "pool" of rainwater, and a magnet block Korok puzzle. What do you think? What buildings used to be here? Especially with the ruined columns in the Wetlands are BIG.
The Torin Wetlands are quite interesting to me as well. Especially the buildings under Lake Akkala. Creating a Champion states that the ruins were there pre-Calamity, same with the ruins leading down to Rist Peninsula. Unfortunately, that's about all of the information that we have on these areas. Personally, I think that the ruins on the cliff above East Akkala Beach and the ruins above the Rist Peninsula were used to watch Malin Bay and to warn the settlement in Torin of danger, and the settlement was some kind of exchange between Hyrule and other kingdoms conducting trade from the East and North. It makes sense. I mean, someone built a lighthouse on the northeastern-most edge of Akkala. A lighthouse means tons of ships and boats. If that doesn't scream "trade route" I don't know what does. However, we know that Akkala Citadel was built to protect Hyrule from outside attack in those directions, which implies that an attempt had been made by those kingdoms to invade Hyrule at least once. After the invasion attempt and the construction of Akkala Citadel, there wouldn't be any further need of a harbor, foreign exchange or lighthouse.
I love these kinds of videos! I do have a thought about the Zora's Domain ruins though. You said that it could've been a temple used to worship "the LAST Zora Queen". The last Zora Queen would've been Mipha's and Sidon's mother. Do you really think it likely that King Dorephan would abandon a temple meant to honor his (presumed) late wife? Instead, what if it were built to honor another famous Zora? Someone that heavily influenced Zora history and culture. After all, they did name a Divine Beast after her.
All these origin theories and story explanations from u and maze got me nerdin out all the time and makes me always keen to play botw after watchin, love this game 😂, keep it up
Not going to lie, I like the Hyrule we see in Breath of the Wild. It's a very unforgiving place, but it's also very beautiful. I think I'd want to set up as a knight (or a soldier I guess, "soldier's armor") in Hateno village and make little one person expeditions to scout out the land and either scare off or pick off bokoblins in the surrounding territory. I think that it'd be pretty cool. Plus all the fighters are dumb as a box of rocks when it comes to fighting.
It's really cool seeing this piece on the Sage Temple Ruins in BotW, because in Tears of the Kingdom...well, I'll just tell new players that they ought to check the Sage Temple Ruins out again.
I remember being very disappointed by the Sage Temple when I got there. It was just another collection of ruined stone buildings hiding a korok seed. Wouldn't it have been nice if it'd been 7 buildings in a circle around a stone platform, like the way we see the sages in Ocarina?
I wasn't really thinking about that when I saw it. Like most of the references I just said cool walked around a while picked up the korok if ther was one and continued on my merry journey.
The stone pillars at Warbler's Nest remind me an awful lot of the Howling Stones from Twilight Princess. Both the pillars and the Howling stones require a certain melody to activate. Plus the Warbler's Nest pillars require a strong gust of wind to be used, similar to how the Howling Stones' melodies can be heard when wind passes through them.
Toto is also the name of a Zora in Majora's mask (The Zora band's (The Indigogo's) manager... so I assume THAT Toto is in fact named after the band Toto) I'm surprised after my quick comment glance I didn't see anyone point that out. Also I've never seen this pointed out on TH-cam but I'm almost certain that Toto in Majora's Mask is the alternate world duplicate (AKA a reused asset of) King Zora from Ocarina of Time.
I think that the music activated shrine could be a nod made by the Sheikah to the Rito, as you said, and that it's importance may be in language. The Rito likely had a language akin to birdsong from our world. Since they evolved from the Zora (if my lore is correct), there could also be more aquatic tone communication, such as with whales and dolphins, included in their lingual history. The key for the shrine may be something in that secret and/or nearly lost language since they seem to be at least fluent, and possibly dominant, in the Hylians' language by the time of BotW.
I think for warbler’s nest, it could be possible the ruins were built then some time after, the sheikah made it a shrine quest. I’ve only played botw and the Link’s awakening remake, so I might be wrong, but from what I can tell, the sheikah don’t really “colab” with others. Or at the very least not the Rito. But that’s just a thought, a speculative thought!
One area I’d love to see in BOTW2 would be a monster village. Similar to a cross between the animal village in links awakening and the few friendly monsters in game, the village would be hidden from humans and would be inhabited by various enemies, ruled by Lynels, and inhabited by wizzrobes, moblins, bokoblins and lizalfols. Maybe they would worship the dragons, seeing them as a giant monsters, and maybe kilton would try to find its location.
Zora History Tablet #7 talks about the Zora Helm, actually. I don't remember the text word for word, but something about it being from Link defeating that Lynel on the mountain 100 years ago. The helm is probably there to honor him, since he fell in the Calamity.
Actually in breath of the wild, there is a monument dedicated to the history of the zora, and there's one (though deteriorated) that mentions the zora helm and the story of the hero who defeated the Lynel atop Polymous Mountain. If you follow one of the side quests in the game, you can talk to the zora historian who asks Link to find all 10 zora stone monuments dedicated to the history of their race. The historian also tells Link that one or more of the monuments may mention treasure and that Link can keep the treasure if he finds it. I believe it is number 6/10 of the monuments (not found in any particular order but like part 6) that mentions the story of the helm worn by the hero of an age since past who defeated the Lynel atop Polymous Mountain while wearing the zora helm. The monuments also tells the reader where the zora helm now rests: Toto Lake. Hope this helps clarify a little bit of information about Toto Lake and the chest containing the zora helm found within
ahhh I helped out on the lake Kelsey one! Was such a great video! And you probably noticed but the side quests in Age Of Calamity literally fills in most locations! Re read your quest log and talk to npcs in botw.
I am thoroughly convinced that there is some magical nonsense reason for why Hyrule's terrain keeps changing so often. First up is how Hylia raised Skyloft, which is also going to happen all over again in Breath of the Wild's sequel. I bet it's not the first time, and the floating islands were moved around in the process.
Maybe the little settlement in the Eldin region was like a second home, a place to spend the weekend away from the main home. Imagine visiting that location only to find it burned. XD Hey, maybe they didn't die after all!
Some other examples of dungeons that had a use other than having monster to oppose the heroe, would be the ancient cistern, that was a water purification center, the Goron mines, that were the source of the Goron's food, the temple of time on twilight princess, that was used to store the messenger of the skies dominion rod, and some obvious ones:the city on the sky, being a city, the pirate ship, the temple of the ocean king, and snow snowpeak ruins
One of my favourite places in the game is the remains of a house just north Dueling Peaks, where you can also find a mini-shrine with two korok apple-puzzle statues. It makes me always wonder who lived there in such an isolated place
@@HyruleGamer It's just nex to the Dueling Peaks. If you open the map you will notice a small group of trees downside the northern slope, it is located there, you can't miss it. There is also a small enemy campsite nearby. It's not a big deal, but I find these kind of isolated remote places fascinating for some reason. I take the chance to congratulate you on the channel, it's awesome.
We’ve actually seen similar Sheikah relics to the ruins near Rito village! The Howling stones in Twilight Princess have a Sheikah Eye crest on them and work by wind blowing through a hole in the middle! So this technology to creat songs from wind and stone is probably actually waay older than the Sheikah’s technological golden age!
The Rito children that are associated with Ruin #1 actually would know a little about this historical place s that has a song written about it. Why? Kass is their Dad, and he studies the songs from his teacher that tell Link about similar old places throughout Hyrule. Since this shrine puzzle is so close to Rito Village, I'd believe he would have told his children about the song hoping to give them something to practice to play their part in the Hero's Journey.
Something that just occurred to me was that I noticed in Breath of the Wild Hyrule Warriors, where are the dragons? I think that where each of the sacred springs are like for Wisdom, Power, and Courage they might be sealed within them. Or there’s a possibility that if Skyloft is still up there hidden in the clouds they might be there just sealed away.
@Hyrule Gamer Just throwing this out there, but the Sage Temple you spoke of... instead of it being a temple to worship the Sages, could that have been a temple to, perhaps, AWAKEN a Sage? And if so, that could be why it was destroyed. Last thing Ganon would want is for the Sages of Hyrule to awaken.
Also my favorite ruins is probably Hyrule Castle, even though that may not count. I personally love it and its lore, and I drew out my own, clear map before noticing that it was already IN THE GAME
Speculation: Maybe the temple of time was moved after Oot because it was destroyed when gannon took over. Because it was moved there though, it had crumbled due to time, not to the calamity. Maybe the whole chunk of the great plateau was moved there to protect it. I don't have much evidence or anything so that's all I got.
Hey man, the reason that the temple of time is on the great plateau is because the original OoT castle town layout is on the GP. You can find the hyrule castle ruins from OoT and the original castle town ruins on the GP as well.
@@HyruleGamer the only theory I can make from that would be because all the races were living in peace in hyrule so they placed the new castle in the center of the land for access to all the nations (Zora, Goron, Gerudo, and Rito)
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What is your favourite ruin found in Breath of The Wild?
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Spring of wisdom ruins
Personally, I like the Ruins known as Deya Village Ruins in west necluda.
@@thebardofshale304 Yes!
Not favorite ruins, but strange thing no one ever seems to mention: we keep finding zora clothes and armor in places that could be ambiguously called final resting places. Are the BotW hat and the TP set actually corpses?!
I'm also curious about the Ruins known as Quarry Ruins and the Military Training Camp. But the Typhlo ruins seem strange with the fact that they are shrouded in darkness.
I love the thing so many of the zeldatubers have picked up where they say a name from the game and confidently pronounce it followed by a quieter, less sure alternate pronunciation
Hahahahahaha
Fi? 🙃
Fi is definitely "fy" and not "fee" which we know thanks to Hyrule Warriors promotional material but Farore is one that gets tossed around a lot. I say "fuh-ROAR" but I hear stuff like "fuh-ROH-ray," "FER-roh" (which makes no sense, where'd the second R go?), "FAY-roar," etc. Unless there is official confirmation from games/developers/promotion/etc, we shouldn't be too confident with how we say many proper nouns in Zelda (and beyond). If it weren't for Age of Calamity, I wouldn't have known that I'd been pronouncing Akkala wrong for three and a half years!
@@SamRegan610 It's just a community joke at this point lol
@@SamRegan610 I haven’t got a chance to play Age of Calamity yet, how do you pronounce Akkala?
The ruins of the Recital at Warbler's Nest quest is actually called Warbler's Nest.
Oh yeah haha
Strangely, the ruins theme doesn't play here.
Ah yes, the magma in Death Mountain is made of magma
@@mysryuza 1:33... And the magma in Death Mountain is made of water. Look it up.
Okay but what about, hear me out here, the springs are filled with water. Ever thought of that?
The song heard in the Recital at Warbler's Nest actually borrows from the Earth God's Lyric heard in the Wind Waker, so it's a very ancient song indeed
I was just thinking about this! Notice how the song and the other trial deal with rocks as well as wind, rather than something solely wind based! You wouldn't really think of rocks being associated with birds, but the rito from WW had a deep connection with the earth
Ah...yes....we'll never know how Hyrule Castle got so far away from the Temple of Time...
*Hyrule Castle gets up and walks away in the background*
....Never....ever.....
Temple of time: where are you going hyrule castle?
Hyrule castle: I'm going for a walk.
Everyone seeing it: 😮
Maybe they demolished the temple as the castle town expanded, and reconstruct it in a isolated place away from settlements
@@SigmaAngeloAsteria Likely, but the trailer having shown Zelda's Moving Castle was just too funny not to comment on. :)
@@amanderps970 ik lol
can’t wait to fight Ganon on death mountain in the new game
fi be like **breakdances gently** the spirit maiden who descended from the clouds **does a headspin** must travel to two sacred places to purify her body
Something I thought with a lot of shrines was not so much that the Sheikah had direct connections to so many of the ruins/puzzles, but rather repurposed them to summon the shrines.
Clicked so fast! These theories and secrets are truly amazing! Your content is always engaging and I will always be here for more!
Thank you! :)
I always felt that the stone circle was some sort of throw back to the howling shrines from Twighlight Princess, looks similar, broadly similar mechanic, potentially inspired by them?
*cough*
If I hear one thing about the Zonai I'll-
Just kidding, I'm a sucker for those theories
Lol
lol
The Zora helm was placed at Toto lake because link defeated a lynel 100 years ago I think, 1 or 2 of the stone tablets near zora’s domain talk about this
I n t e r e s t i n g
I hear the drums echoing tonight
But why would him defeating a lynel have anything to do with the helm being in Toto lake
@@lillygames6117 the text in game states that the Zora threw the helm in to the lake as a tribute to the fallen hero, Link.
@@colinperry7218 OOOO thanks. that's interesting. ( I did the quest but I was so set on finishing it i didn't read it lol :'D)
Well the Zora helmet's explanation is given within the game. There's a sidequest in which you find and read all those tablets around Zora's domain. The one closest to the domain is slightly damaged but it's easy to fill in the blanks, but it tells of the hero who defeated the Lynel and mentions where the Zora's helmet was placed :P
13:04 I bless the rains down in Zoooora's Domaaaaaain
Yess hahaha
Or you could say akkala 🤣
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred bokoblin could ever do
I bless the rains down in Akkala
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had (ooh, ooh)
I love this thread
Nice
“After Zelda sacrificed herself the Kingdom just- laid in ruin. The hero took a 100-year nap- AHEM- recovered from his wounds-”
That made me laugh so hard lol
11:00 volcanic ash also fertilizes soil so even if the grass is present with the Wizrobe. Chances are that since the grass isn’t being destroyed by lava, it’s being fertilized by the ash to keep it on life support.
An interesting fact is that those rocks in #1 are called the brother's rocks. That fact is really interesting, because that could help in understanding the origin of the ruins
Oh cool!
Wonder if it's possibly a reference to Zephos and Cyclos? The rocks look a lot like Howling Stones and the song from Snowpeak some people say sounds like the Ballad of Gales.
Good work bud. I like seeing all these videos on lore and speculation for different video games. Zelda has so much lore to dig through over the past 25 years and as someone who's played every game since the original as they came out, I appreciate that you're keeping them all alive for the current and future generations to learn about and love.
Cheers!
11:45 Wizrobe be moonwalking
Hahaha
I like the ruins around the Fragmented Monument quest. Something about it puts me in mind of Jabun, being so close to a village like Outset island.
Oh cool cool!
Breath of the Wild is my first Zelda game and i’m glad it was.
Me too
Do you think you will play any of the other classic titles? Botw was not my first Zelda game, but it has earned a special place in my heart for sure. I think because it broke away from the traditional mold of Zelda games is what made it so amazing.
@@alyxxpratt678 WWHD and TP were my first Zeldas, then OOT3D, BotW, ALBW, MC, MM, and finally, FS.
i do have Majora’s Mask, but i forget my 3ds exists. it sits there, charging, hoping to be opened again. idk i’ll probably try it after exams tomorrow
@@fe_three_rosses I highly recommend Ocarina of Time and Twilight princess if you haven't played them already. A link to the past and Minish cap are my favorite 2d titles.
Heres some food for thought:
The names of the 3 dragons in BotW (Farosh, Dinraal, and Naydra) correspond to the names of the 3 goddesses (Farore, Din, and Nayru), with the regions these dragons live in also corresponding to the names of the goddesses (FAR-on, El-DIN, and La-NAYRU).
The zora helmet was placed there to honor the hero link according to 1 of the 10 stone monuments in zora’s domain
I really love mini theories! They are like multiple full theories that won’t make a whole videos! It’s awesome!
Thanks!
Given mummy Ganondorf, clearly the Sages or at least their respective temples (people may have forgotten the legend gone myth about the Hero of Time) had some form of importance for the Hyleans and others residents of Hyrule pre-calamity but not even AoC gave a hint about this so the temples might have been some ruins before just slightly better in shape previous to the awakening of Calamity Ganon.
Two of current ruins that interest me is the ancient giant skeletons throughout the land and the archway at the beginning of the Lost Woods.
Oooh interesting
@@HyruleGamer Yeah, the Lost Woods being tricky itself when traveling off in the beaten path you end up whisked away to a torch stand checkpoint, that in mind where did the stands come from? Also was the archway is 1000 years old and used as an outpost when the Sheikah installed the shrines or it could be older than that? As for the giant bones and I'm not talking the leviathan bones though included, I ran across an interesting set of bones in one of the lava rivers in Mount Doom. It was a skull and rib cage just lying in lava, hates to think what these guys looked in the flesh to survive in magma. Guess-estimating that these giants were as tall as the Sheikah towers. What is more curious is the giant skull set atop a tower. Thinking where it was and the towers were at ground level idle before Link activate the system, meaning that the body fell on top the buried tower making the royal claymore being the killing blow, but begs again was that 1000 years ago or recent of 100 years? Plus when gliding over the giant bones, it reminds me of 'Nausicaa: Of the Valley of the Wind'.
@@undeadgentalmen Yeah I think the bones could be that of Biggoron from OoT or some kin. and the lost woods archway is just a question with no answer that I can figure.
"Jazz Hands" just made my night. Great video, as always! 😁👍
Glad to hear haha
@@HyruleGamer It's the little things... thanks for your videos. They've been Sanity.
These ruins make a promise that the sequel will be, could be awesome if the creators include them in their story.
Funny thing is, the Shadow Hamlet Ruins may actually have been a shop.
On AoC’s map, there is a shop ran by a lone Goron in the place of these ruins.
There are more ruins on the side of Death Mountain, and there’s actually a path from Akkala that leads to them.
I love this series so much, please keep it up!
Thank you!
In general, I like the ruins that don't have names. There are a lot of them, and you just stumble across them and end up looking for treasure chests or Korok seeds. Since there are no names, you can only figure out what they were by the ruins themselves.
I've always had the impression that the shrines were built to utilize pre-existing ruins, or even ruins which don't exist yet, as the Sheika could see the future, so I'm not sure we can infer much about when things date from based on a shrine being connected to them. For evidence, consider the shrines which have no challenge inside, but just give you a reward for reaching them, yet the only challenge to reaching them was some big enemy who took up residence there. They must have known that would happen.
Hyrule Gamer: The Rito helped with the Sheika regarding shrines!
Me: *not realizing it's a ceremony* : so...the Rito are century's old, staying children?
That's probably the shrine I haven't been to yet actually, thanks HG!
Something you have to consider too is if the Shadow Hamlet is by Death Mountain, that's some choice volcanic soil. I'll bet it was a little settlement of farmers specifically
there are already "dungeons" present around the Goddess' statues and you can see that in the remaining pillars and walls. it's most likely the dungeons existed hundreds of years ago but over time were either demolished, destroyed or collapsed due to passage of time or other influences.
Omg I’ve been wanting videos of scenery from the game to relax to thank you so much for the new Chanel!
4:27 my favorite part cause of the music literally favorite song of zelda franchise also loved the video 💜💜💜
Oh nice!
HG's voice is so calming
Glad you think so :)
Right when you explained the second channel I subbed to it, I love relaxing to loz botw stuff I watch casual playthroughs with no commentary just for relaxation :)))) thank you for making that channel an actual thing, that just goes to tell you that I'll be watching every one of the videos put onto that channel.
Thanks a lot!
"...Din, Nayru, and Farore...FARORÉ?!" OH GOSH I NEEDED THAT LAUGH 🤣🤣🤣
Hey HG, thanks for all the epic videos!
Have you ever considered doing these kinds of videos on any other of the franchise e.g. Majora's Mask, etc.?
Thanks a lot! No I hadn't but definitely will if it's something you'd like to see?
@@HyruleGamer You're welcome! You certainly do put forward great theories.
Yes please that would be excellent! Given that the entire franchise is linked (no pun intended) to BotW, I reckon that there is much more to discover.
I'm also a firm believer that there are many new discoveries in BotW that have yet to be uncovered, I intend on looking further into this (late last year I speculated that, by putting the corresponding dragon scales on each of the respective triangular islands which you find for the Sunken Treasure, you would see the Tower of the Gods appear or something similar; I speculated that, given that WW is officially linked to BotW, Nintendo would have added an easter egg in reference to WW - unfortunately, because of the wind in the area, I couldn't hold them all in one place and nothing really happened anyway).
Loved this vid! I do have a suggestion regarding the Toto Lake Helmet in the drowned ruin, though - that's not Zora Architecture at all. It's Hylian architecture (the same kinds of tower structure are found throughout Hylian ruins across the map, after all)! What if the ruins were built by the Hylians as a means of maintaining a presence (and perhaps even a lookout) in the Domain, with the Helm being something of a traditional gift to whoever was supposed to stay in the now-ruined location in memory of the Hero who had captured the hearts of the Zora (I mean... Links have a *history* with Zora nobility, don't they lol)? Thanks for covering the Shadow Hamlet some more, and I love learning about the Springs!
Hyrule Gamer, this was a great video! I really enjoy your theories and facts and secrets! I also love the community in the comments section in your videos! I’ve had whole conversations in the comments with amazing fellow Zelda lovers! Your videos give me the chance to talk to other Zelda lovers that I wouldn’t get otherwise, and you always have great, appropriate content. Thank you so much for creating such great content and such a great community of Zelda lovers You have made such an impact in my life, and your videos have often been a bright spot in a bad day, and helped me have a reason to get through tough times.
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Thanks a lot! Really means a lot to me to see the support :D
@@HyruleGamer ☺️ Thanks for replying, I wasn’t expecting a reply! Just shows how great of a TH-camr you really are! Also, I’m so happy you used my suggestion about the springs! (Although I’m sure other people suggested it too)
This is what final fantasy 15 was missing, cultural history/landmarks of ancient things,any ruins.
The world felt like it was brand new.
Great Video! I forgot whether or not you looked at it last time, but the Thunder Plateau is the overlooked Zonai Ruin which should be given a better look over.
Thanks a lot! :)
Everybody: oh look green swirls
Zelda theorists: OMG Zonai Zonai Zonai!
A Zelda game: *adds a small scratch on a rock to make the place feel more alive*
Literally all Zelda theorists: "this game has lots of mysteries, but probably one of the most mysterious ones is the great scratched rock of Hyrule Field. I have a little theory of mine that the one who scratched the rock was actually ganondorf's wandering soul. Now, hear me out..."
I’ve been playing Zelda since I was very little. And I only heard of the Zonai yesterday lol. 😅😅😂😂
My Day is going pretty well, haha "The name is Hyrule, Hyrule Gamer" and I am exciiiteed for these collabs! 👀 also, 3 months, babe 💜 idk if you know it but I am obsessed with the ruins near Terry Town, where the orb for one shrine quest is. Also yes, let's just move to the nowhere on a farm, lol!!! That is btw one of my fav Bandit Videos. And that Toto joke actually had me laugh!
Happy to hear that Mrs! Ooh I did not know that! Will definitely have to talk about them sometime! Ay mine too, it's a great video and so HAPPY that the joke made you laugh 😅
Also yes, let's move away together haha! 💜
do you two know each other??
I can't understand half of the comment, but maybe it's because I don't like romance. 😂 (Don't ask why, you won't get an answer).
Nice video, keep it going. Really hoping Nintendo treats Zelda the way it deserves for the anniversary. I'm waiting, waiting AND waiting for more Zelda content this year.
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@Zander Salazar hey Zander!!
13:06 sir you can't do this to me i was taking my meds and not only did i spit my drink all over my keyboard i choked on my pills. i'm crying i love your little jokes in these lmao
Hahahaha
I love hearing all of your thoughts on these ruins! That last one is an interesting theory. Since the architecture is more in line with the Hylian structures I wonder if Hylians built it to honor a fallen Zora who had done something extraordinary to help them.
Thank you :)
It isn't sadly
There are 2 'Ruins' I'm curious as to @Hyrule Gamer 's thoughts.
- The couple stone buildings in the Wetlands off the side of Tarrey Town- There are 2 Stalker Guardians and 1 Decayed Guardian [Active].
- The large stone buildings near Rist Peninsula, the columns in the middle are interesting sure, but the ones up the cliff nearby are also really interesting, being home to a small "pool" of rainwater, and a magnet block Korok puzzle.
What do you think? What buildings used to be here?
Especially with the ruined columns in the Wetlands are BIG.
The Torin Wetlands are quite interesting to me as well. Especially the buildings under Lake Akkala. Creating a Champion states that the ruins were there pre-Calamity, same with the ruins leading down to Rist Peninsula. Unfortunately, that's about all of the information that we have on these areas.
Personally, I think that the ruins on the cliff above East Akkala Beach and the ruins above the Rist Peninsula were used to watch Malin Bay and to warn the settlement in Torin of danger, and the settlement was some kind of exchange between Hyrule and other kingdoms conducting trade from the East and North. It makes sense. I mean, someone built a lighthouse on the northeastern-most edge of Akkala. A lighthouse means tons of ships and boats. If that doesn't scream "trade route" I don't know what does. However, we know that Akkala Citadel was built to protect Hyrule from outside attack in those directions, which implies that an attempt had been made by those kingdoms to invade Hyrule at least once. After the invasion attempt and the construction of Akkala Citadel, there wouldn't be any further need of a harbor, foreign exchange or lighthouse.
Will definitely cover them at some point!
That new channel sounds awesome! Subscribed immediately 😁🤗
Thanks a lot!
6:26 What song is this in the background? It sounds familiar.
I love these kinds of videos! I do have a thought about the Zora's Domain ruins though. You said that it could've been a temple used to worship "the LAST Zora Queen". The last Zora Queen would've been Mipha's and Sidon's mother. Do you really think it likely that King Dorephan would abandon a temple meant to honor his (presumed) late wife? Instead, what if it were built to honor another famous Zora? Someone that heavily influenced Zora history and culture. After all, they did name a Divine Beast after her.
Thank you :)
All these origin theories and story explanations from u and maze got me nerdin out all the time and makes me always keen to play botw after watchin, love this game 😂, keep it up
Thanks haha
Not going to lie, I like the Hyrule we see in Breath of the Wild. It's a very unforgiving place, but it's also very beautiful. I think I'd want to set up as a knight (or a soldier I guess, "soldier's armor") in Hateno village and make little one person expeditions to scout out the land and either scare off or pick off bokoblins in the surrounding territory. I think that it'd be pretty cool. Plus all the fighters are dumb as a box of rocks when it comes to fighting.
It's really cool seeing this piece on the Sage Temple Ruins in BotW, because in Tears of the Kingdom...well, I'll just tell new players that they ought to check the Sage Temple Ruins out again.
You should do theories based on the locations shown in the new Hyrule warriors age of calamity game
I remember being very disappointed by the Sage Temple when I got there. It was just another collection of ruined stone buildings hiding a korok seed. Wouldn't it have been nice if it'd been 7 buildings in a circle around a stone platform, like the way we see the sages in Ocarina?
I wasn't really thinking about that when I saw it. Like most of the references I just said cool walked around a while picked up the korok if ther was one and continued on my merry journey.
The stone pillars at Warbler's Nest remind me an awful lot of the Howling Stones from Twilight Princess. Both the pillars and the Howling stones require a certain melody to activate. Plus the Warbler's Nest pillars require a strong gust of wind to be used, similar to how the Howling Stones' melodies can be heard when wind passes through them.
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*insert jazz hands* with that whisper of 'jazz hands' made me laugh so hard
Haha glad to hear :)
definitely deserves a sub and like, i love your content!
Much appreciated!
Toto is also the name of a Zora in Majora's mask (The Zora band's (The Indigogo's) manager... so I assume THAT Toto is in fact named after the band Toto) I'm surprised after my quick comment glance I didn't see anyone point that out. Also I've never seen this pointed out on TH-cam but I'm almost certain that Toto in Majora's Mask is the alternate world duplicate (AKA a reused asset of) King Zora from Ocarina of Time.
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Um.... Did he forget the "Great Plateau Was Castle Town in OOT" theory already? Sheesh
Wow..... never got one of these before.
Also i have a few of my own theories for this kind of thing that i would like to share if youre interested
I think that the music activated shrine could be a nod made by the Sheikah to the Rito, as you said, and that it's importance may be in language. The Rito likely had a language akin to birdsong from our world. Since they evolved from the Zora (if my lore is correct), there could also be more aquatic tone communication, such as with whales and dolphins, included in their lingual history. The key for the shrine may be something in that secret and/or nearly lost language since they seem to be at least fluent, and possibly dominant, in the Hylians' language by the time of BotW.
I think for warbler’s nest, it could be possible the ruins were built then some time after, the sheikah made it a shrine quest. I’ve only played botw and the Link’s awakening remake, so I might be wrong, but from what I can tell, the sheikah don’t really “colab” with others. Or at the very least not the Rito. But that’s just a thought, a speculative thought!
One area I’d love to see in BOTW2 would be a monster village. Similar to a cross between the animal village in links awakening and the few friendly monsters in game, the village would be hidden from humans and would be inhabited by various enemies, ruled by Lynels, and inhabited by wizzrobes, moblins, bokoblins and lizalfols. Maybe they would worship the dragons, seeing them as a giant monsters, and maybe kilton would try to find its location.
Your content is great. I’ve been coming here for more.
Thank you :)
one of the slab things actually explains why the zora helm is in ruin 5
it kinda hints that the helm used to belong to someone named link
Zora History Tablet #7 talks about the Zora Helm, actually. I don't remember the text word for word, but something about it being from Link defeating that Lynel on the mountain 100 years ago. The helm is probably there to honor him, since he fell in the Calamity.
Actually in breath of the wild, there is a monument dedicated to the history of the zora, and there's one (though deteriorated) that mentions the zora helm and the story of the hero who defeated the Lynel atop Polymous Mountain. If you follow one of the side quests in the game, you can talk to the zora historian who asks Link to find all 10 zora stone monuments dedicated to the history of their race. The historian also tells Link that one or more of the monuments may mention treasure and that Link can keep the treasure if he finds it. I believe it is number 6/10 of the monuments (not found in any particular order but like part 6) that mentions the story of the helm worn by the hero of an age since past who defeated the Lynel atop Polymous Mountain while wearing the zora helm. The monuments also tells the reader where the zora helm now rests: Toto Lake.
Hope this helps clarify a little bit of information about Toto Lake and the chest containing the zora helm found within
ahhh I helped out on the lake Kelsey one! Was such a great video! And you probably noticed but the side quests in Age Of Calamity literally fills in most locations! Re read your quest log and talk to npcs in botw.
Oh nice
I am thoroughly convinced that there is some magical nonsense reason for why Hyrule's terrain keeps changing so often. First up is how Hylia raised Skyloft, which is also going to happen all over again in Breath of the Wild's sequel. I bet it's not the first time, and the floating islands were moved around in the process.
Maybe the little settlement in the Eldin region was like a second home, a place to spend the weekend away from the main home. Imagine visiting that location only to find it burned. XD Hey, maybe they didn't die after all!
I’ve never heard anyone talk about the strange ruins at Talus Plateau
Some other examples of dungeons that had a use other than having monster to oppose the heroe, would be the ancient cistern, that was a water purification center, the Goron mines, that were the source of the Goron's food, the temple of time on twilight princess, that was used to store the messenger of the skies dominion rod, and some obvious ones:the city on the sky, being a city, the pirate ship, the temple of the ocean king, and snow snowpeak ruins
One of my favourite places in the game is the remains of a house just north Dueling Peaks, where you can also find a mini-shrine with two korok apple-puzzle statues. It makes me always wonder who lived there in such an isolated place
Oh really? How do I find that?
@@HyruleGamer It's just nex to the Dueling Peaks. If you open the map you will notice a small group of trees downside the northern slope, it is located there, you can't miss it. There is also a small enemy campsite nearby. It's not a big deal, but I find these kind of isolated remote places fascinating for some reason.
I take the chance to congratulate you on the channel, it's awesome.
Great video dude, always love your stuff!!
Thanks a lot!
Aahh the Rito theme in the background is beautiful I love it
Me watching this at 12:00am.
Okay I just have to sneak downstairs and grab food.....
Nice one haha
Warbler's Nest is definitely a mysterious ruin. I can only imagine what it used to look like!
...probably not that different, haha
Haha
13:08 actually yes, Toto is also a character from Majora's Mask.
We’ve actually seen similar Sheikah relics to the ruins near Rito village! The Howling stones in Twilight Princess have a Sheikah Eye crest on them and work by wind blowing through a hole in the middle! So this technology to creat songs from wind and stone is probably actually waay older than the Sheikah’s technological golden age!
True true!
Imagine getting killed by a single wizrobe, couldn't be me
The Rito children that are associated with Ruin #1 actually would know a little about this historical place s that has a song written about it. Why? Kass is their Dad, and he studies the songs from his teacher that tell Link about similar old places throughout Hyrule. Since this shrine puzzle is so close to Rito Village, I'd believe he would have told his children about the song hoping to give them something to practice to play their part in the Hero's Journey.
Is he!?
@@HyruleGamer Yes. He says as much.
Something that just occurred to me was that I noticed in Breath of the Wild Hyrule Warriors, where are the dragons? I think that where each of the sacred springs are like for Wisdom, Power, and Courage they might be sealed within them. Or there’s a possibility that if Skyloft is still up there hidden in the clouds they might be there just sealed away.
gotta love these theories, this is something i can stay up and watch
Glad to hear :)
@Hyrule Gamer Just throwing this out there, but the Sage Temple you spoke of... instead of it being a temple to worship the Sages, could that have been a temple to, perhaps, AWAKEN a Sage? And if so, that could be why it was destroyed. Last thing Ganon would want is for the Sages of Hyrule to awaken.
Thank you for these awesome videos. I clicked the 3rd in this series faster than I installed my favorite app
Nice one!
@@HyruleGamer er... what's so nice about it? Its legitimately true...
Also my favorite ruins is probably Hyrule Castle, even though that may not count. I personally love it and its lore, and I drew out my own, clear map before noticing that it was already IN THE GAME
If the Toto Lake ruins were a Zora Temple, why are they Calamity era Ruins?
Great video! Thanks for uploading!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Finally a great video
This dinner will be legendary
Thank you!
The text in the YT search bar at 0:15 is a cool touch
Last time I was this early, there was still hope for BOTW2
That was just 2 years ago.....
Wait that was 2 years ago?
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That footage might've been hurriedly thrown together for the Direct. I think it started development in 2018, so it hasn't been ready to be shown yet.
Good video as always my dude
Thanks!
The ruins are mysterious for sure but I think the most mysterious thing is the goron from Termina on Death Mountain with Daruk. How is he there?
I believe Zeltik and MaskedNintendoBandit have covered that :)
@@HyruleGamer oh thanks!
Great video HG! ;)
Woah 'Let's Visit Hyrule' I am a big fan! Thank you!
Speculation: Maybe the temple of time was moved after Oot because it was destroyed when gannon took over. Because it was moved there though, it had crumbled due to time, not to the calamity. Maybe the whole chunk of the great plateau was moved there to protect it. I don't have much evidence or anything so that's all I got.
Another great video! Keep em coming.
Thanks a lot!
@@HyruleGamer i just joined your discord channel too. 5* man lots of friendly folks there.
devs: let’s put this fun shrine quest in!
theorists: WHAT DOES IT MEAN???
I mean the shooting one arrow through two stone things wasn’t fun just pain
Hey man, the reason that the temple of time is on the great plateau is because the original OoT castle town layout is on the GP. You can find the hyrule castle ruins from OoT and the original castle town ruins on the GP as well.
But why and how lol
@@HyruleGamer the only theory I can make from that would be because all the races were living in peace in hyrule so they placed the new castle in the center of the land for access to all the nations (Zora, Goron, Gerudo, and Rito)
@@HyruleGamer almost like they changed the castles location to give it status as the capitol of the land of Hyrule.