This is the first of two Tears of the Kingdom related blog posts I’ll be making. Don’t worry—there won’t be any story spoilers in either one. But my wife did just beat the game this past week (my game isn’t anywhere near the end), so I did want to put down some spoiler-free thoughts on the topic, as well as more detail surrounding recent discoveries on hybrid-powered flight I’ve been posting about on Mastodon.
In the meantime, I just wanted to put in writing something my wife and I hit on very quickly after starting Tears of the Kingdom: the many hats Link wears. Sure, he has a Big Bad he needs to put down—the whole “Hero of hyrule/time/twilight/the skies/winds/dreams/etc” thing—but this is about the side quests. In games prior to, oh I don’t know, 2017, these always included a few non-warrior talents: escorting people places, fetching an item, taking care of animals, and so on.
But Tears of the Kingdom (and to an only slightly lesser extent, Breath of the Wild) took this to a whole new level. Just focusing on the main story quest is starting to feel like only doing the bare minimum.
Without further adieu, I give you (this list is most likely incomplete, so please feel free to contribute!):
The List of Roles Link Is “Hired” (Willingly…?) Into Aside From, You Know, Actual Hero-ing in Tears of the Kingdom.
- Farmer
- Gardener
- Construction worker
- Lumberjack
- Babysitter
- Cook
- (Electrical / Mechanical) Engineer
- Elementary School Teacher
- Chauffeur
- Journalist
- Photographer
- Research Assistant
- Cartographer
- Test driver
- Undercover secret agent
- Uncle
- Historian
- Election Official / Campaign Worker
- Equestrian
- Spelunker
- Blacksmith
- Miner
- General
- Privateer
Citation
@online{quinn2023,
author = {Quinn, Shannon},
title = {The {Hero} {Of} {Everything}},
date = {2023-07-30},
url = {https://magsol.github.io/2023-07-30-hero-of-everything},
langid = {en}
}