Summary
- A player has discovered a simple way to farm rupees in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom using a Zonai device.
- By attaching the steering stick while in flight, players can more easily earn a Gold Rupee worth 300 rupees from the Branli and Mimo’s Test Flight minigame.
- This exploit can be helpful for the game's costly armor upgrade system.
One Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom player has found a simple way for players to farm rupees by using a common Zonai device found all through Hyrule. Zonai devices in Tears of the Kingdom help players build almost any vehicle or structure to help Link navigate through Nintendo’s open world.
Since Nintendo released the latest entry in the iconic franchise, gamers have been building interesting vehicles in Tears of the Kingdom. While fans are excited to share what they have created during their time with Link, one player has noticed that one of the tools can be used in a much simpler fashion to earn a lot of in-game money.
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One Reddit user by the username Nayfunn has posted a short clip of Branli and Mimo’s Test Flight minigame on Eventide Island, showing the use of the steering stick device can earn a lot of rupees. The post explains that once the player is in flight, players can attach the steering stick and guide the glider to the center goal with greater accuracy. Usually, if gamers land in the center ring they’ll be rewarded with 100 rupees, but if Link manages to land within 1 meter of the exact center, Branli and Mimo will reward the player a Gold Rupee worth 300 rupees for an initial 20 rupee investment.
Nayfunn does note that the steering stick trick only works once the glider is in the air, but at the time of writing, the post has received 1.4k upvotes, with most players responding positively to this new tip. Many seem to have assumed that the developers would have programmed the game to not allow the use of additional items, but it seems this is not the case with Branli and Mimo’s Test Flight. This exploit can certainly come in handy when it comes to spending money, as Tears of the Kingdom has a costly armor upgrade system.
The steering stick exploit isn’t the only trick that can be utilized in Link’s latest adventure. One player has recently discovered a glitch within Tears of the Kingdom that can quickly kill enemies that can be activated by using a combination of timing and math, and while it cannot be performed on some of the game’s bosses, players can take down some of the toughest enemies. The quick kill glitch and the latest way to accumulate rupees in Branli and Mimo’s Test Flight are just the latest examples of Nintendo encouraging players to explore what is possible in Tears of the Kingdom.
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 95 /100 Critics Rec: 97%
- Released
- May 12, 2023
- ESRB
- Rated E for Everyone 10+ for Fantasy Violence and Mild Suggestive Themes
- Developer(s)
- Nintendo
- Publisher(s)
- Nintendo
- Engine
- Havok
- Cross-Platform Play
- N/A
- Cross Save
- N/A
WHERE TO PLAY
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the sequel to the beloved open-world adventure, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. This installment once again sees Link and Zelda battling to protect Hyrule from falling to Ganondorf. This new adventure takes place in the same land of Hyrule as Breath of the Wild but sees something called the Upheaval, which allows link to travel to Sky Islands, as well as deep into the Depths beneath Hyrule. Players can use special abilities to fuse together weapons, and build items to help them progress through the release.
- Franchise
- The Legend of Zelda
- Platform(s)
- Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2
- How Long To Beat
- 59 Hours
- Metascore
- 96
- Genre(s)
- Adventure, Action, Open-World
