Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Player Finds Helpful NPC After 105 Hours of Playtime

ALegend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomplayer discovered the Crystal Refinery outside Lookout Landing after 105 hours of playtime.Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomfans have made several incredible builds since the game was released, and Crystal Refineries are necessary for maximizing necessary resources, but some players may not have found the second location.

Because of how large the open world ofZelda: Tears of the Kingdomis, players are taking countless hours to explore every inch in order to conquer every challenge and find every hidden treasure. Unlike its predecessor,Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomfeatures sky islands and a network of caverns called the Depths which are full of their own mysteries. Highlighting just how immenseZelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s Hyrule landscapeis, one player has noted that they didn’t find a key area until over 100 hours of gameplay.

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Reddit user Young_Person_42 recently shared a screenshot from theirLegend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomadventure in which the map is focused on the Crystal Refinery next to Lookout Landing. Hinting that they have only been utilizing theZelda: Tears of the KingdomGreat Sky Islandrefinery, Young_Person_42 stated that they “completely” missed the key NPC after 105 hours of playtime which can be enough to defeat the storyline. Because of just how much time the player had invested in the open-world game, they could have missed the NPC entirely if they were speedrunning.

With other players chiming in, some forgot about the Great Sky Island Crystal Refinery once they made it to Hyrule. The firstZelda: Tears of the KingdomCrystal Refinerymost players will come across is on the Great Sky Island, while the Lookout Landing one is on the primary landmass and is easier to access as a result. Given that returning toZelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s Great Sky Island to access a refinery likely chipped into their gameplay, some of the 105 hours may have been spent fast traveling back and forth.

Although someBreath of the Wildfans originally speculated that the repeated use of Hyrule’s map would make for a less enticing landscape, this discovery shows just how vastthe open world ofZelda: Tears of the Kingdomis. While Young_Person_42 has confirmed that they took over 100 hours to find this Crystal Refinery, it’s currently unclear how far along in the story they are.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomis available now for Nintendo Switch.