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[Madman198237]

Never noticed either of those. Well, alrighty then. Guess I'll find out.

Also, speaking of not-really-noticeable things, don't you love how you can find 70-some shrines, 50-some Koroks, and yet it's still harder than all of those combined to find a giant tree (Deku tree next to MS)?
Seriously! Ultimate case of "can't see the tree for the forest".

[SOLDIER First]

Spoiler: second Kakariko shrine (click to show/hide)

You have to do every other sidequest in Kakariko Village first. That includes:
-Find the Fairy Fountain (self-explanatory)
-Flown the Coop (collecting all seven Cuccoos for Cado)
-By Firefly's Light (bring five fireflies to Layla, in her house, at night. Just Hold them and then drop them; that's what she wants you to do)

This will unlock the Stolen Heirloom shrine quest. All you need to do is follow Dorian once he leaves his post at 10 PM, but personally, I would recommend following the old woman and the young woman first, too. They give some funny dialogue.

After you follow Dorian, something interestting happens that you can find out yourself, and then you get the Orb.

Spoiler: Great Deku Tree (click to show/hide)

Go to the Woodland Tower, just off the southwestern-most portion of Eldin. It's easy to find; head up Eldin Tower and literally just look west, it's right there. Travel the Lost Woods and you find the Tree there, as well as some quest-giving Koroks, plus a teleport shrine.

Spoiler: Master Sword (click to show/hide)

You need at least thirteen heart containers to pull the Sword out or you die. Not even joking; the Tree stops you the first time if you don't have enough, but after that...

All legitimate spoilers, although the Master Sword one is less spoilery and actually kind of convenient depending on your progress through the game. (I do wish I'd figured it out myself... Darn you, Reddit.)

Have fun!

[Madman198237]

I've already done everything but the Kakariko thing.

I was referring to how hard I found it to get through the woods the first time. I kept getting lost. Before realizing that holding a torch would allow you to use the sparks like a compass.

[SOLDIER First]

Oh, ha. My bad.

Wait, what do you mean by that? I didn't know torch sparks had any sense of direction.

[Madman198237]

Well, there are the preexisting torch things, right? The sparks of each of those blows towards the next torch...but there's an end to the torches. Carrying your own torch, however, has a trail of sparks that points towards where you should go to follow the "path". Or, at least, it worked for me, unlike every other method I tried.

[Telgin]

I climbed some of the trees and tried to guess which way to go based on that.  Must have just gotten lucky, because I did get the feeling that at some point the clues just ran out and you had to guess which way to go.

Amusingly, my first experience with the Lost Woods was accidentally paragliding into it from the nearby tower, which immediately triggered the getting lost mechanic and reset me to the tower.

[Madman198237]

Yeah. My younger brother did the same thing.

I just glided down to the entrance and went in. Problem is, my younger brother just won't stop talking once he starts, which makes it somewhat hard to avoid certain spoilers.

[SOLDIER First]

Wow, seriously? Thinking about it, that's either the doing of cleverly placed wind or deliberate action by the devs... I'm still impressed.

[Greiger]

I wish I knew about those tricks.  I did it in a bit more lame way.  I moved rather slowly, when I saw the fog start gathering in the corners, I immediately dashed backwards and went another way until I finally got to the center.  Taking advantage of the long lost animation to get back on the path before it triggers the teleport.  Still took me 5 tries, you gotta be quick the moment you see that fog start, after a certain point it doesn't matter where you are it's gunna teleport ya anyway.

I assume it's a 2 part animation, a very short warning one, then if yer still off the path after 1 second of that one it does the second full teleport that actually relocates ya.

[Madman198237]

Yeah. I'm even sure it works, since following the torch embers meant I didn't even have to dodge the crazy collapsing-fog lunacy once. As in, I was never in the "danger zone".

[forsaken1111]

Yep. Torch particles are the way to go. They shift in the direction you're supposed to walk. Its a super subtle effect at first so I wasn't sure if I was just seeing things or it was shifting towards safe areas

[wierd]

Also: the Lynels in Hyrule Castle are, IIRC, always more difficult types. Practice on Red-Maned Lynels first to get their patterns down.

Ancient arrow to the face is a one shot kill (well, removal actually) for Lynels. They dont give drops when you do that but if you dont want to screw around with them, just blast them in the face with one, and ZOOP-- gone.

[Madman198237]

I accidentally did that once...burned one of my expensive Ancient Arrows to a Lynel that I wanted gone. When I realized I had burned an ancient arrow for no drops, I savescummed.
Is it savescumming in LoZ? I think it is, since they work really hard to prevent certain types of somewhat-advantageous saving.


Anyway, my favorite tactic: Take the Great Eagle Bow to Hyrule Castle, and zap the guardians with ancient arrows. The three-round-burst effect means that it's always a one-shot kill (At point blank, anyway. The spread might mess you up at longer ranges). Or you can use a "Savage Lynel Bow" from a white-mained Lynel. Those things are nasty---five round burst AND a solid damage rating. Just pack bomb arrows and shoot them with one of the multi-shot bows. Anything bothering you? Blow them all to who-knows-where.

[Telgin]

I watched a speedrun of someone deleting the lynels in Hyrule castle with ancient arrows and assumed it was a glitch.  Kind of strange that they work that way, but I wish I'd have known.

Well, I was out of ancient arrows at that point anyway.  I wasted the few I got for free shooting decayed guardian stalkers and the sentries around the divine beast on Death Mountain, and I didn't want to spend rare ancient resources to get more.  After finishing the game I realized that the parts needed to get the arrows were actually pretty easy to farm once you were able to beat decayed guardian stalkers, so I probably should have bought some before heading off to the end.

[Madman198237]

Uhhhhhh

Those flying sentries on Death Mountain are oneshots with Timed Bomb +'s. As in, climb above them and toss bombs at them. Instant problem solver.