The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s mechanics equip players with plenty of devastating tricks to begin with, but it appears some players have found a glitch that allows them to exploit them for more destructive force. The most recently-found glitch allows players to swiftly barrage enemies in slow-motion with sword slashes for incredible damage.
Multiple Twitter users have posted clips to the social media site displaying the exploit, which deals a ton of blows to enemies.
One video from Twitter user tuissu shows the glitch in action.
In the seven-second video, Link does a backward flip immediately after his bomb detonates. Then, the game goes into bullet time. Link then soars toward the formidable Lionel and slashes away at its torso. Lionels are some of the toughest enemies in the game, so the exploit apparently makes them much easier to handle.
Twitter user Switch_movie_SS also posted a video of the exploit in action on Twitter. Their video was apparently recorded during a Test of Strength shrine.
After the player makes several attempts to assault the enemy with electric arrows, Link raises his sword and quickly dashes over to the enemy. He then proceeds to tear the enemy apart with his sword in slow-motion.
There are a number of other videos that illustrate the glitch, including Twitter user surasurappi, who handily shreds apart an upgraded Bokoblin with Link’s sword.
From the videos, the method by which players achieve the exploit isn’t obvious. According to Nintendo Life, players must enter the game’s “bullet time” mode and press “Y” simultaneously. This then causes Link to instantly make contact with enemies in the videos above.
Systems in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild were bound to be exploited by fans at some point. The game did outsell all of its predecessors by far and was very well-received by critics and fans alike. There have been other glitches found thus far, including one that basically allowed Link to fly and essentially speedrun the game.
Beyond this, here’s to hoping that fans will find just as many fun exploits in the upcoming sequel.
