Link (triumphantly): ALRIGHT, I'VE MADE GREAT PROGRESS IN THE CASTLE SO FAR!!! YOU KNOW WHAT THIS CALLS FOR!?! Link (slinking away from the castle): Leaving to upgrade my armor some more, cuz this place is still hard.

623 - Ganon's Hyrule Castle Tower 12: Oh Come On, Really!?!
I do also had a memory side quest to finish for the true ending, so...
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #dungeon #HyruleCastle #endgame #sofarsogood #intermission #takeabreak #armor #upgrade #stillchallenging #stalling #itneverends

Excerpts from Zelda's Diary Dear diary, My father appointed Link as the Champion of Hyrule, and my body guard. He follows me everywhere, even when I don't want it, and he stares at me, menacingly. (depicted is a shot of Zelda freaking out at Link staring angrily at the back of her head) After he heroically (and sexily) saved me from some Yiga, I got him to open up. I found out he's actually quite a glutton: give him all of the food, and he's puddy in your hands! (depicted is a large Link happily eating mutton and burgers) He also told me his stares weren't meant to be menacing. He just feels an extreme amount of pressure to live up to his role as the hero who will wield the Master Sword against the calamity. (depicted is a very frazzled Link hearing the words "Just like your father! You'll save us all! Ocarina of Time is still the best!") Which I suppose isn't all that bad. After all, I have the expectations to master my mother's gifts to seal Calamity Ganon away that I have yet to figure out. I guess everyone has stress to deal with, lol. (depicted is a very frazzled Zelda hearing the words "Figure out the power! What's taking so long? Why can't you be more like Link?")

622 - Ganon's Hyrule Castle Tower 11: Diary of a Wimpy Princess
Because "The Princess Diaries" was too on the nose
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #dungeon #HyruleCastle #endgame #Zelda #diary #snooping #whatshereallythinks #firstimpressions #werenotsodifferent #expectations #pressure

Link: These must be the notes Zelda put together for the Sheikah Slate. Any bits I haven't learned yet? Zelda's Notes: Purah helped me to figure out this strange device she calls the Sheikah Slate (dumb name, I know). Somehow, it can instantly capture moments of time and preserve them as pictures, without the need for an artist. Truly amazing! Zelda's Notes: She also told me there's reason to believe the power source may spontaneously combust, so we're trying to break it open to double check. Link (holding his duct taped Sheikah Slate in surprise): WAIT, ARE YOU SERIOUS!?! I DID THAT AS A JOKE!!! WHY IS THIS A THING!!!

621 - Ganon's Hyrule Castle Tower 10: DEEP Callback
You don't keep drawing duct tape on your Sheikah Slate and not call back to it
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #dungeon #HyruleCastle #endgame #Zelda #notes #SheikahSlate #references #iPhone7 #runninggag #callback

King Rhoam: Zelda! What are you doing here!? You should be out figuring your magic business out! Zelda: I'm working on it, Father! I just wanted to see if I could help with Guardian research! King Rhoam: That's none of your concern! Get your poop in a group! I'm sick of all the haters in town talking about us! Link (kneeling down and listening to the entire thing, uncomfortable as all hell): ... Yeah, I REALLY feel out of place with the whole family drama mess before me.

620 - We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Ganon's Hyrule Castle Tower
Gotta finish this story bit too
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #HyruleCastle #memories #Zelda #KingRhoam #squabble #argument #familydrama #witness #inthemiddle #ishouldnotbehereforthis #awkward

Stalnox (with a Traveler's Sword stuck in its eye): OW BRO, FUCK!!! Link (dully checking out a chest): Welp, the Stalnox was a fun distraction. Did he have anything good? DUH-NUH-NUH-NUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Link holds up (Wind Waker style) a Hylian Shield, staring in awe at its shiny and very high defense stat. Link: OH SHIT WHADDUP!!!

619 - Ganon's Hyrule Castle Tower 9: Shields Up!
You just know I had to go out of my way to find this beauty before I reached the end!
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #dungeon #HyruleCastle #endgame #waterway #miniboss #Stalnox #defeated #distraction #reward #shields #HylianShield #greatfind #worthit

Link (observing a Bokoblin in a cell within the Hyrule Castle Dungeon): Why are Ganon's own minions in the dungeon cells? He owns the joint now! Shouldn't there be more people? Link proceeds to stare in silence at a skeleton chained to the wall in the back of a different cell.

618 - Ganon's Hyrule Castle Tower 8: Take All the Prisoner
I mean, if the Calamity happened while people were detained, there'd probably be at least some skeleton dust, y'know
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #dungeon #HyruleCastle #endgame #enemies #Bokoblins #imprisoned #skeletons #morbid

Link (aiming a bow): If I'm going through the effort of saving Hyrule, I might as well clear out the excess Malice. Link (firing an arrow to clear out the Malice, where a Blue-Maned Lynel spawns in): ... Did this area become so much more menacing all of a sudden?

617 - Ganon's Hyrule Castle Tower 7: Good Thing I Killed One of Them Already
Guess I shouldn't have been surprised they'd be here too
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #dungeon #HyruleCastle #endgame #malice #clearout #cleanup #trigger #enemies #Lynels #BlueManedLynel #allofasudden #surprise

Link: It's imperative that I reach the center of Hyrule Castle and stop Calamity Ganon! Link (chilling in a hot spring): But I just need a minute to unwind in this conveniently placed hot spring! Korok (smoking a blunt): This is how you adventure, bitch!

616 - Ganon's Hyrule Castle Tower - 6: Hot Tubbin'

Pit would love visiting Hyrule Castle in BotW

#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #dungeon #HyruleCastle #endgame #fighttotheend #butfirst #hotspring #takeabreak #Korok #chilling #unwind

Link (holding a dizzy Silver Bokoblin by the scruff): Okay, so I understand the final dungeon would be swarming with a ton of the strongest enemies. I was prepared for that. But what I was NOT prepared for- Link (turning towards the Royal Guard's Claymore, Royal Bow, Royal Shield, and Royal Guard's Spear): WAS ALL OF THESE AMAZING WEAPONS!!!

615 - Ganon's Hyrule Castle Tower 5: Armed and Armed
Late game levels means late game weapons!
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #dungeon #HyruleCastle #endgame #weapons #thestrongestones #themotherlode #somany #prepare

Link (striking down a Silver Bokoblin): I used to be scared of these silver bros, but I guess killing a bunch of 'em made them easier to deal with. Link (as he's being targeted by a dozen Decayed Guardians): I guess this big bad final level will be easier to deal with than I thought.

614 - Ganon's Hyrule Castle Tower 4: What to Expect
There are all kinds of ways to make things challenging
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #dungeon #HyruleCastle #endgame #enemies #SilverBokoblins #usedtoit #tooeasy #expectations #shouldntbetoobad #exceptnot #Guardians #challenging

Link (narrating over the Malice infested castle): In this ruinous hellscape of Malice and evil that used to be Hyrule Castle, you wouldn't think there'd be a safe respite to collect oneself. Link (calmly cooking in the middle of all the Malice): And yet here I am cooking a nice meal like it's no big whoop.

613 - Ganon's Hyrule Castle Tower 3: Cooking Corner
It's not 100% of an evil infested castle is contaminated
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #dungeons #HyruleCastle #endgame #malice #evil #corrupted #everywhere #nowhereissafe #exceptnot #smallcorner #safe #chill #cooking #restup #convenient

Link (using Magnesis): OPEN THE GATES!!! The gates proceed to open quickly and smack into Link.

611 - Ganon's Hyrule Castle Tower 1: That First Step
Great start
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #dungeon #HyruleCastle #endgame #beginningoftheend #firststep #SheikahSlate #Magnesis #gates #openup #toohard #hitmyself #smack #ow

Link: Okay guys, I know I've been dicking around for way longer than I should be. Link: But I'm done now! I'm going straight to Hyrule Castle as we speak! No misdirection, no grinding, just diving into the final dungeon! Link: I realize you may still think that making a comic about how I'm going to Hyrule Castle rather than make one with me in Hyrule Castle is just stalling some more... Link stares into the camera absently, as if waiting for the audience for realize he isn't finishing the thought.

610 - JUST GET ON WITH IT!!!
(insert Monty Python and the Holy Grail reference here)
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #preparations #HyruleCastle #endgame #readytogo #noifsandsorbuts #finallydoingit #nomorestalling #stallinganyway

Link (stealthing through the Coliseum Ruins): Well, looks like that Lynel sees me. Eh, no big deal. I'm not gonna get near it. And if I angle myself just right, he shouldn't be able to shoot me while I'm on these walkways- A Shock Arrow is fired by the Lynel straight into the air, then it travels through the walkway above Link and right into his head, ZAP-ing him.

609 - Shot Through the Ceiling
Apparently Lynels defy the laws of physics
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #enemies #Lynel #keepyourdistance #wontfight #fromadistance #archery #shockarrow #shootatme #throughthewall #howisthatpossible

Link stands before a White-Maned Lynel up in the snow-capped Gerudo mountains. Link: I'LL FIGHT YOU WHALE!!! Link gets BONKED on the head with the Lynels giant club. Link stands battered and bruised and dizzy (and somehow still alive).

608 - Okay, Some Things Can Still Stop Me
Yeah, they still strong
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #enemies #Lynels #WhiteManedLynels #onaroll #stronger #gobigger #toooverzealous #notquiteenough #humbled #references #TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack #illfightyouwhale

In a crude recreation of a scene from Disney's Tarzan, Link stares down at the Lynel corpse, grabs it by the abs, and triumphantly hoists it up above him, screaming out his trademark Tarzan cry.

607 - Nothing Can Stop Me Now!
Long road to get to this milestone, but worth it!
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #enemies #Lynels #fightone #finally #succeed #victory #reference #Tarzan

Link caught a Red-Maned Lynel by surprise, mounting him on his horse back, swinging a cowboy hat around, yelling "YEE-HAW".

606 - Ride 'Em, Cowboy!
Cuz you gotta try this at least once when fighting a Lynel!
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #enemies #Lynels #fightone #finally #sneakattack #mount #horseback #cowboy #rodeo #yeehaw #gottataleasttry

Link: Damn, I'm getting good at this dragon harvesting gig! Just a few more parts should- Link proceeds to get shot in the head. Farosh (angrily barring a sniper rifle): Oh no you don't, you four-eyed shit bag! Take another shot, and I upgrade MY armor with YOUR organs!

605 - The Harvester Becomes the Harvested
These guys were bound to get sick of this sooner or later
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #dragons #Farosh #parts #materials #harvesting #grinding #farming #getsomemore #nomore #enoughisenough #giveitarest

Courser Bees are an important part of Hyrule's ecosystem, pollinating the various plants in the land. Link (over the charred remains of a forest where the bees resided): And their honey is apparently good for upgrading armor, so death to them all.

602 - The Secret Life (and death) of Bees
Who's the REAL calamity in Hyrule?
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #armor #TunicOfTheWild #upgrade #materials #farming #grinding #CourserBees #CourserBeeHoney #valuableresource #extermination #imamonster

Link shoots at Farosh yet again, making another dragon part fall off it. Link: BOOYAH! Another dragon part down! Now to grab it! The dragon part proceeds to fall into the deep Faron Rainforest, completely out of sight. Link: ... Assuming I can even find it...

601 - Where the Scale Falls
As if scavenging for the dragon itself weren't enough of a chore
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #Faron #rainforest #dragons #Farosh #hunt #harvest #parts #gotit #gograbit #whereisit #lostsightofit #gottafindit #thissucks

A massive explosion from a Remote Bomb hits the forest of the Great Plateau, sending trees and acorns flying with a KA-BOOM. Link (sitting on a felled tree and holding an acorn): Man, it's crazy how many trees I go through for a few acorns!

600 - I'm Acorn-y Comic Writer
It seems fossil fuels, cryptocurrency, and genAI aren't the only major threats to nature
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #GreatPlateau #armor #TunicOfTheWild #grinding #upgrade #materials #acorns #farming #trees #destroy #environmentaldestruction #isitworththis

Link: Now that I'm finally dressed properly, I'm ready to storm Hyrule Castle and roast that Calamity Ganon on a spit! Link proceeds to be hit by an arrow from an off-screen foe, losing all but a quarter of his massive health.

599 - Tunic of the Martyr
"Oh yeah, I need to upgrade my armor, don't I?"
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #armor #TunicOfTheWild #finallygotit #readytogo #HyruleCastle #endgame #exceptnot #upgrades #needitbadly #weak #squishy

Link (donning the Tunic of the Wild, holding the cap): I FINALLY DID IT!!! I beat all the Shrines and got the classic green tunic! It's good to see this funny hat again- The Cap of the Wild suddenly sprouts razor sharp teeth along the lip in a SHING. The cap leaps up at Link, viscously chomping at his head as he screams his head off. Link proceeds to stand in a stupor, only saying "uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" very weakly as the cap sucks on his noggin.

598 - Worm Hat
I know brain worms are a thing, but this is a bit too literal
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #Shrines #complete #allofthem #rewards #armor #TunicOfTheWild #classic #Linkscap #worm #monster #braineating #thatiswhatitlookslike

Link (overlooking the Shrine in the depths of Hyrule Castle): This is it! The last Shrine in the game (before DLC)! And just what challenge did I save for last? Link: Lighting a torch. (yes, just that)

597 - A Beacon of Hope
The one Shrine they tucked away in the final dungeon, and it's this
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #HyruleCastle #Shrines #ShrineQuest #thelastone #finalchallenge #torch #lightit #thatsit #endonawhimper #keepitsimple

Zelda (voice over): Link, a Blood Moon rises over Hyrule once again! All slain monsters will rise and walk the earth as if death never came! Please be careful when- Link (joyously tearing his clothes off as Hallelujah sings in the background): YES!!! FINALLY!!! I'M FINALLY FREE!!! AH-HA!!!

595 - It Can FINALLY End!
This comic does not adequately describe just how long I spent sitting around waiting for this damn blood moon!
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #bloodmoon #rises #dangerous #exceptnot #Shrines #ShrineQuest #justwhatineeded #finally #itsover #aftersolong #sweetrelief

Goron: ANOTHER CARAVAN HAS BEEN ATTACKED!!! Hylian: BUT THE HERO'S BACK!!! HE'LL BE LIBERATING HYRULE CASTLE ANY MOMENT NOW, I'M SURE!!! Link (angrily standing on the Shrine platform in his underwear): I'm gonna do it! I'm gonna stay right here, right at this very spot, until I get a goddamn Blood Moon! I don't care how long it's gonna take, I don't care if Ganon leaves the castle and kills everything, I want the fucking classic tunic already!

594 - I'm Holding Out For a Hero For Quite a While
I don't think the ancient Sheikah considering how much time would be a factor in the future
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #calamity #armagedon #needahero #hewillsaveus #anyminutenow #exceptnot #Shrines #ShrineQuest #bloodmoon #stillwaiting

The entire page is covered in the blood and severed heads of dozens of Bokoblins ov various colors. Link stands at the edge of this pile, covered in blood himself. Link: ... Now, I may be jumping to conclusions, but I'm starting to think that killing enemies has no effect on triggering Blood Moons.

593 - Just Some Harmless Genocide
If he had to learn, did it have to be AFTER so many monsters died?
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #Shrine #ShrineQuest #bloodmoon #trigger #cheat #enemies #defeatthem #alotofthem #doingitallday #itsnotworking #realization #ahoax #finallyfigureditout

Link (ready with a Sheikah Slate): Alright, got another of these ball dropping Shrines. I think I got the timing down, now let's see if I got the ball over the switch- Link proceeds to be crushed by a giant ball, a bloody SPLAT ringing through the Shrine.

592 - Drop It Right Now! DROP IT!
God I wish this was possible
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #Shrines #puzzles #giantballs #guideit #SheikahSlate #makeapath #offcourse #hitme #splat #whatif

Korgu Chideh: To you who has conquered the challenge and opened this Shrine, I reward you with- An arrow is shot right into the monk's face. Link (fuming near the entrance): Stupid ass island challenge, making me miss the Blood Moon to open the other stupid Shrine! Had enough of this shit!

589 - A Bitter-Sweet Victory
It's not you or your Shrine, Korgu Chideh, it's just the timing of it all
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #Shrines #ShrineQuest #EventideIsland #complete #cantevencelebrate #tooangry #bloodmoon #missedit #forsomethingelse #worstpossibletiming

Link (covered in blood and sweat): Okay, the Hinox is dead (somehow), now to find the other orbs... The Blood Moon rises over Hyrule (all while Link is stuck on Eventide Island working on the Shrine Quest there). Link: ... WHAT THE FUCK!?! AND WHILE I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF A THING!?!

588 - Blood Moon (and pressure) Rising
The rage I felt that day
#SDComics #BreathOfTheWild #Shrines #ShrineQuest #EventideIsland #bloodmoon #finallyhappened #worstpossibletiming #busy #cantactonit #frustration