Nick Blog Nonfiction Writing 2022

 This most recent week was easily my most productive so far. I travelled all the way from the Great Plateau to Kakariko Village, where I received the Main Story quest from Impa, and then Zora's Domain where I would begin the quest to conquer my first divine beast, Vah Ruta. Along the way I completed a couple more shrines, climbed two Sheikah Towers, allowing me to see more of the map, and unlocked a couple more weapon slots using some of the Korok Seeds I had found. Map of my travels starting at the Great Plateau, passing through Kakariko Village (yellow) and ending at Zora's Domain (green). Last post I mentioned how much I enjoyed travelling through the area between Kakariko Village and Zora's Domain, but while I did try to take in the surroundings, I mainly sprinted through the area in front of Zora's Domain as quickly as possible. I was not sufficiently prepared to fight the Master Mode enemies and they could all kill me in one hit so I wasted no time running past th...

I was planning on catching up and actually getting off the plateau this week, but instead I made pretty much no progress and well, here we are. Instead of sharing what I did this week, I will share what I hope to accomplish over the next week!  My immediate goal is to get off the plateau and begin working towards beating the game, meaning I should probably make progress towards one of the four divine beasts since I don't trust myself to beat the final boss without their help. I will likely rush as quickly as possible towards the divine beast Vah Ruta in the Lanayru region of the map as I find it to be one of the simplest to beat and has a great bonus of reviving you upon death which I will definitely need against the more difficult master mode enemies. Divine Beast Vah Ruta The Lanayru region is one of my favorites in the game and is always quite fun to traverse. Towering rocks and ice pillars surround a violent river that flows to the center of the island and the constant rain add...

In the first week I did not make much progress. This is partially due to me testing the waters as far as difficulty and not being prepared for how challenging master mode was, but it was primarily because I didn't actually play as much as I had planned. For anyone who hasn't played Breath of the Wild before, the first part of the game, called The Great Plateau, is basically a tutorial where you are taught basic skills you will need throughout the rest of the game without being in any significant danger. After completing the first four quests you are rewarded with a Paraglider, allowing you to leave the plateau which, up until this point, would result in a death from fall damage if you tried to leave. Casually, this part of the game takes around 20 minutes, mostly running across the plateau to reach the objectives you need to complete to receive the Paraglider. At the time of writing this blog I have completed three of the four main objectives required to leave. The Great Platea...