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New details of the first BOTW DLC have been revealed by Nintendo which include new costumes, new items and details about the upcoming hard mode!

Trial of the Sword
When you get to a certain sacred location, you can take on the new "Trial of the Sword" challenge. Face an onslaught of enemies, one wave after another. Link starts the challenge without any equipment or weapons. When all the enemies in a room are defeated, Link proceeds to the next. Clear all the trials (about 45 rooms in total), and the true power of the Master Sword awakens.

Hero's Path Mode
This new map feature shows the path Link has walked through Hyrule from the last 200 hours of gameplay. Use the time tracker bar to see where you've spent the most time and where you have yet to explore. There's bound to be more adventures and maybe a shrine or two on the road less traveled.

Hard Mode
In Hard Mode, enemies gradually regain health, so take them out as quickly as possible. All enemies are also powered up by one level. For example, Red Bokoblins in Normal mode are now Blue Bokoblins. Enemies can also have higher maximum levels than they would in Normal mode. Look up, and you may also find enemies and treasure chests in the sky!

Travel Medallion
Somewhere in the world, there is a chest with a Travel Medallion inside. When you use this, you can register your current location as a fast travel point on the map. You can only register one location using the Travel Medallion.

Look out for this content sometime in the summer!

 

[daxtsu]

It's base is already at 60 and 120 for bosses and guardians. Perhaps it would make it turn gold and have 120 all the time and remove the need for recharging

No it's not. Its regular base is 30 and it rises to 60 for guardians/bosses. I checked before I made that post (and I double checked just now).

That being said though, a golden sword would be really, really cool.

 

[Molina]

Hard mode is a good excuse to replay. Hero's Path and Travel Medallion too. Trial of the Sword will be worth at least one play for everybody as well, since you start with nothing.

Well they could have turned it like a NG+ gamemode.
Hero's path is sweet. Map is big, dunno if I went everywhere.

So is it confirmed this is for the Switch only?

Why would it be Switch only? To do like Bungie and Destiny?

 

[Deleted-401606]

Well they could have turned it like a NG+ gamemode.
Hero's path is sweet. Map is big, dunno if I went everywhere.


Why would it be Switch only? To do like Bungie and Destiny?

To do us dirty.

 

[Bladexdsl]

Trial of the Sword: sounds awesum

hard mode: meh don't care

The Hero's Path Mode: what is this fitbit for zelda? useless feature!

The Travel Medallion: there's already plenty of shrines with warp points don't see the point in this.

The Korok Mask: alrerady know where they all are too late nintendo.

still not worth getting for me until there's a new area/dungeon to explore.

 

[DarkWork0]

So is it confirmed this is for the Switch only?

You could buy the season pass for WiiU since release.....

 

[DBlaze]

I will never ever accept the fact that hard mode is (part of) a paid DLC, it's absolutely disgusting.

 

[Deleted-401606]

I will never ever accept the fact that hard mode is (part of) a paid DLC, it's absolutely disgusting.

I agree,I expected like an additional story line sort of like the skyrim/oblivion dlc. BoTW was mad fun but nintendos antics are getting old although I guess I will continue to buy their stuff.

 

[ReBirFh]

Loving this update. Thank god I decided to not use a guide and didn't grind form materials. Still have some armors to upgrade and 650+ korok seeds to find, Hero's path + korok mask + small quests/hints to find the new gear + hard mode + trials should breath some new life, The only thing I don't know is if I'm going to play on it's release or wait the part 2 of the DLC.

I agree,I expected like an additional story line sort of like the skyrim/oblivion dlc. BoTW was mad fun but nintendos antics are getting old although I guess I will continue to buy their stuff.

1 month prior to the game being released they said the Storyline + new dungeon would come later in the year

 

[ov3rkill]

This "the true power of the Master Sword awakens" got me curious. Improved or unlimited durability maybe?

 

[Bladexdsl]

it makes it never lose power according to ign

Trial of the Sword, previously known as the Cave of Trials Challenge, includes about 45 total rooms in which players, as Link, must defeat all enemies from one room to another, first starting out without any armors or weapons. Defeating this challenge will ensure that the Master Sword will "always be in its glowing powered-up state."

 

[Spider_Man]

This "the true power of the Master Sword awakens" got me curious. Improved or unlimited durability maybe?

something that should have come free within the game as a reward for getting it..... and the master sword.

i know the fans will be haters of me saying this, but this dlc adds nothing really to a game that had nothing really to start with.

actual levels nintendo, the game needs to have actual levels, not setting ai levels higher (which some were ludicrous even in normal mode, some actually harder than gannon himself), floating crap in the sky and a hoard wave.

im done with the game anyway, no replay value and this paid for dlc doesnt sound like its adding much either.

something for the fans i guess.

 

[ov3rkill]

something that should have come free within the game as a reward for getting it..... and the master sword.

i know the fans will be haters of me saying this, but this dlc adds nothing really to a game that had nothing really to start with.

actual levels nintendo, the game needs to have actual levels, not setting ai levels higher (which some were ludicrous even in normal mode, some actually harder than gannon himself), floating crap in the sky and a hoard wave.

im done with the game anyway, no replay value and this paid for dlc doesnt sound like its adding much either.

something for the fans i guess.

Yeah, I totally agree. I was hoping for a new story or expansion to the story. I guess it was obvious this game was strip and rushed into release to coincide with the Switch's launch. This DLC 1 is obviously a content you will see post game.

 

[SkittleDash]

Hard mode should be an update, not a DLC.

 

[StarTrekVoyager]

Like what? They announced the two DLCs since the announcement of the seasons pass. New dungeons/story elements are in DLC pack 2 -.-

 

[Xyphoseos]

dlc for the wiiu too ?

 

[StarTrekVoyager]

Yes, this was announced since late February.

 

[RedoLane]

About the Multi-audio patch:
I can confirm that it's in the Wii U version as well. It's in a form of free DLC update, and it's size is around 800MB.

 

[Deleted User]

Pretty sure this is the single most piss poor attempt at DLC i've ever seen.

 

[Enteking]

This confirms that DLC is bad. Content is cut from the game and then released later for unreasonably high amounts of money. You get much less than 0.5% more content but have to pay extra 30% of the the full price. This and all the content locked behind Amiibo bullshit is not a fair deal. All DLC and Amiibo items should be part of the main game at no additional cost.

 

[Yil]

Hmm very nice. I like the sounds of hard mode. Though I do hope it goes a bit further than that. The other things sound good too.

All I need is better ai, but they are aggressive and smart enough as it is.