The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild DLC

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the first game in the Zelda series to have downloadable content (DLC). The DLC was released in two packages: The Master Trials and The Champion's Ballad, both of which are only available for download with the purchase of the game's Expansion Pass.

The Master Trials (Expansion Pass DLC 1)

Master Mode: What to Expect

Here's a list of Master Mode's differences:

1. Master Mode only has one autosave slot (unlike Normal Mode's five).
2. Enemies regenerate health shortly after taking damage, recovering up to 30% of their max hp at a rate of around 3% per second.
3. Shrine enemies recover up to 20% of their max health at a rate of 1% per second.
4. Enemies are more sensitive to Link's stealth moves
5. Additional floating platforms with enemies and chests are placed throughout the map. The chests contain weapons and elemental/bomb arrows. They come with bombokin, moblin, lizalfos, and lynels enemy spawns.
6. A white-maned lynel spawn near the Old Man's Hut in the Great Plateau.
7. A new highest tier of enemy: gold. Bokoblins, moblins, lizalfos, and lynels all can spawn in gold form.
8. Most enemies with tiers will be found leveled up one tier.
9. The compendium contains four new slots for photos of the new gold enemies. Symin in Hateno sells them as elite photos, alongside bossfights and silver enemies.
10. Additional weapons are added in Trial of the Sword.
11. Guardians now have a random element, introducing a delay between their targeting beam and laser blast to make shield parrying more difficult.
12. Unlike in normal mode, a one hit death is possible from full health.
13. To remind you that you're playing in a different mode, you'll spot a triforce in the lower left corner of your screen and loading screens are red instead of white.

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Hero's Path: Explore Everywhere

Available as soon as you download the DLC, Hero's Path will show the path you've taken throughout your playthrough. Rewind and fastforward the path at will.

Upon activation of Hero's Path, one may expect their map to be completely illuminated, especially if they've put countless hours into the game. You may be surprised on the number of areas you haven't been. Use this feature to indentify and explore every nook-and-cranny of the open world!

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Unlock New Items & Outfits By Completing Side Quests

The Master Trials' DLC adds new side quests to enjoy. Finish the quests and you'll be rewarded with new items:

- EX Trial of the Sword for an upgraded Master Sword that's permanently glowing and powered up when it's usable.
- EX Strange Mask Rumors for the Korok Mask.
- EX Teleportation Rumors for the Travel Medallion, a special trinket that creates a new travel point on the map that you can travel to like you would an activated shrine.
- EX Treasure: Ancient Mask for the Majora's Mask.
- EX Treasure: Fairy Clothes: for Tingle's Hood, Shirt, & Tights.
- EX Treasure: Twilight Relic for Midna's Helmet.
- EX Treasure: Phantasma for Phantom Helmet, Armor, and Greaves.

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Trial of the Sword: Tips to Help You Advance

You must have the Master Sword unlocked before you can play the trials. To begin, place the sword in its pedestal. Progress through all of the floors and receive an upgraded Master Sword as a reward! Here are some tips in progressing through the trial, also playable at a higher difficulty in Master Mode:

Preparation:

1. If you have completed all shrines and your stamina is currently maxed out, head to Hateno Village to respec so your hearts are maxed out.
2. Cook 5 Ensure Carrots and eat them just before placing the sword for two extra stamina wheels.
3. Cook 4 Iron Shrooms with a dragon horn and eat them just before placing the sword for a full 30 minute defense boost.
4. Set your Sheikah tracker to show treasure chests. There are many hidden chest inside the trials.
5. Practice Guardian Beam deflecting outside of the trials.

Inside the trials:

1. Cook food and bundles of wood one-at-a-time. There are many bombable trees to knock down. By cooking 1 bundle of wood, you'll produce 1 Rock Hard food that restores your health a quarter heart each.
2. As you find the rooms without enemies, be sure to slowly approach the fairies so you don't startle them.

3. A-B-L: Always Be Lootin'! There are plenty of arrows to be found in the trials.

4. Pick one low-powered heavy item as a dedicated crate/barrel/box smasher.
5. Utilize the aerial slow motion feature by jumping off cliffs, trees, and horses to make it rain arrows!
6. Eliminate Bow and Spear enemies first.
7. Blow up explosive barrels at every opportunity.
8. Inventory management: Continuously toss the weakest weaopons.
9. Heads Up: The trail has 9 Ancient Arrows and 2 are to be used on Lynels. Use the other 7 between Walker Guardians and Flying Guardians.
10. Save the Blizzard Rod and Meteor Rods for the final level to handle mounted enemies.
11. Don't finish attack combos. The final hit in the combo will knock enemies back. Keep them still with staggered hits.

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The Champions' Ballad (Expansion Pass DLC 2)