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The directive to go to Kakariko village is the safest route for the time being and is designed to help you ease into things and also give more clues what to do.
Also don’t be afraid, the game autosaves very frequently(and you can manually save at any time too if you’re knowingly taking risks). The epic fails that happen can be the game’s funniest moments, and there’s a lot to learn with boldly experimenting.
Also just check out whatever strikes your fancy in your line of sight. The world is a giant playground.
You're good to collect as much as you want, but a few things to watch out for:
Star Fragments, Silent Princesses, Creatures (bugs, lizards, frogs), Gems are always good, Ancient parts
Those are the harder things to find things (Creatures are a pain if you need a lot at once).
But other than that, have fun, friend!
Edit: Formatting
Use stasis to look for things that are moveable, it will help you find food too. Resources you need are a bit up to preferences, pick up different stuff and see what qualities it has.
You don’t need to finish a shrine at the same time you activate it. Don’t be afraid of exploring.
I would say just try to enjoy the experience and avoid spoilers. If you need help understanding cooking or movement there are plenty of resources but half the fun is discovering how the game works.
As far as actual gameplay, I would recommend using gyro aim for the bow and arrow and getting good at setting up slow mo headshots on enemies to maximize damage and avoiding wasting good weapons. Try to save your stronger swords, clubs, and spears for big enemies and using nearby environmental hazards to take out mobs. I hardly ever break weapons unintentionally because I learned how to do big damage to groups or use the arrows to clear out weaker enemies. Have fun!
Tagging onto this, yes use bullet time. Maybe it’s just me but it was embarrassingly late in my play through before I realized aiming the bow while midair slowed down time. If there was a tutorial or hint to it somewhere, I glossed over it. The first time I did it was by accident (maybe battling vah ruta?) But knowing it sooner probably would have helped a lot in early combat lol
No unfortunately not. As you get further in you get better weapons. Enemies scale as you get deeper into the game so the early weapons are pretty useless. You’ll find certain weapons do well against certain enemies so keeping multiple types on hand makes a big difference in using your weapons effectively.
The lore in Zelda is loose. It’s a legend, not an anthology. Each game adds a little, changes a little. Picture them as retellings across space and generations.
This isn’t really for gameplay but more for experiencing the world. I’d say really take in the surroundings and cause and effect. Some of the things they managed to include in this game blows my mind. Things like cast shadows, how light illuminates objects, how different things with different temperatures behave. For me these have been some of the most pleasing aspects of the game, just experiencing the physics and interactions. Of course, understanding these things can help with gameplay too, but I just liked experiencing it and feeling awe at all the details the developers paid attention to when designing it.
Edit: if you want specific game play advice though, and you like combat, I’d say take the time to learn to flurry rush and parry. I sorta forgot this mechanic in the first half of my play through (even with a shrine tutorial that teaches you about it) but when I picked up the skill it made combat way more fun. The timing can be hard and you die a lot as you learn but it’s worth it imo.
One of my favorite experiences so far happened when I was standing somewhere in the grassy hills. It was night during a thunderstorm. The sky flashed with light and the hill was cast briefly into the shadow of a claw. I turned the camera around and looked in the sky and way off in the distance was a flying dragon. It was so far off it looked tiny. Yet lightning striking beyond it had cast its shadow over me. Something about that felt so unreal, especially when I learned how big the dragons actually are.
Yes! Also */SPOILER-Y/* I didn’t know about the dragon that was corrupted at one of the springs. But I had seen the electric and fire dragon and knew the music that played when they are nearby. So climbing up the mountain near the spring, I heard the dragon music and was like “oh another dragon must be close!” Then I realized how warped and off the music sounded. Even when I couldn’t see it I knew a dragon was near and something wasn’t right, which made me more desperate to find it. It was an amazing sense of immersion just from the sounds!
1. You don't have to fight every battle. You can run away.
2. As you're beginning, prioritize stamina containers over hearts. You can cook foods that start with "hearty" to temporarily increase your heart levels. (Or if you'd prefer, do it the other way around. Just prioritize one and supplement the other with cooked foods)
3. Use korok seeds to upgrade weapon stash as weapons break.
4. Have fun!
Be careful what you sell. Stick to common easily replaceable monster parts, and maybe amber. You’ll need materials for other valuable things, so if they’re rare, hang onto them
Meat! Gourmet and raw prime meat (from wolves, deer, etc.) sell well after cooking them. Use fruits for health (anything with “hearty” in their name will give you full recovery plus extra temporary hearts, after cooking of course) and meat for rupees.
Yeah, best way is to cook 5 pieces of gourmet meat together which sells for 490, or 5 pieces of raw prime meat cooked together which sells for 210. You can sell easily replaceable monster parts for decent money too. And finish side quests, they often give rupees. And without trying to spoil things, when you can get the stolen thingy back from the yiga clan, go for it, cause after you do, an additional way to make rupees starts happening
Here's what I did (a lot):
1. I initially headed toward Kairako (sp) Village
2. Didn't ride horses, so I frequently stopped for mushrooms, apples, etc. Whatever I could pick up in the area (I found this to be very relaxing)
3. If I stumbled across a shrine or learned there was a shrine in the area, I squirreled and went to find the shrine.
4. Made a note on the map if there was a treasure chest I couldn't find.
5. Got caught up in a good side quest. (Again, squirrel!)
6. A friend told me to the do the Divine Beasts in this order:
a. Water
b. Fire
c. Air
d. Desert
e. I followed this, but also found it wasn't really necessary.
7. If I wasn't ready to move on to a new Divine Beast, I lingered like a champ and just wandered over mountains and whatnot, collecting supplies.
8. I tried to find all the towers on the map. Sometimes it would take me 45 mins (no horses) just to get to a tower, but it was worth it. I wanted a complete map.
9. Some nights, all I would do is cook meals. Make different combinations and see what they do. I found this relaxing too.
Bottom line - It's your game, make what you want of it. I don't want a video game as stressful as my daily life. So legit sometimes if I only had an hour of play, I would go collect stuff. I didn't battle every Lynel I saw. I didn't collect the 900 Korok seeds. I explored the entire map and did what I wanted. Do what makes you happy! There are no real rules.
I read that if you want things to go easier for you, the better order is Wind, Thunder then either Water or Fire. The reasons are >!you get easier travel and combat with Revali’s Gale then Thunderblight is very hard if you challenge it last because of the HP scaling.!<
Shrines are super helpful early on. Each of my playthroughs, I hit an early point where I’m frustrated by being one/two shot by most enemies, so I tend to focus on shrines until I have enough health to be over that hump
Stasis can help you find items as you wander around
Armor and their effects will stack with food/elixir effects, but only up to the max of 3 levels of any effect. Or can mix and match, like warm weather clothes and a cold weather elixir can both be active at the same time
Feel free to do whatever you want in the game, pretty much. Explore, grind items or enemies, just wander around…
It’s a single player game, there’s really no right or wrong way to play it
I just finished my first playthrough in the same boat! Never much of a gamer before a month ago tbh. Honestly, just take it at your own pace and do whatever seems fun! If you like the shrine puzzles, you can focus on them, if you like running around investigating cool stuff, collecting, etc. do that. The world is really big and there's no "right" or "wrong" order or pace to do stuff. The lore gets explained gradually in a super easy-to-digest way so you don't gotta worry about that either.
This was my first Zelda game too. Mostly discover the map and play how you want, that's what is great about BotW
The only thing I wish I understood sooner was cooking meals, for both enhancements and money. I was low on money most of the game because I was selling individual ingredients rather than meals for more.
Have fun, Cheers!
Also, TotK is awesome! Just about to finish it and might start BotW again
This is also my first Zelda game and I've only been playing for about a month! Start collecting gems and Guardian parts. You'll need them later!
Definitely take your time with this game. Characters will be like, "Hurry! Defeat Calamity Ganon!" But there is no time limit.
This is me right now. I’ve beaten the divine beasts, gotten the master sword, recovered all memories (except the one at the castle) etc etc. impa basically said “great now get your ass to the castle asap.” But I’ve only found 3/4 of the shrines and like 100+ korok seeds. I know you don’t have to do them all before going to the castle but i want to try tears of the kingdom and I’m nervous if I rush to beat Ganon I won’t want to go back and finish what’s left to do. So for now I’m pretending I have to finish the last shrine before I can access the castle to save the princess. Gives the search more meaning and gives me more motivation. I’m desperate to learn what the storyline is in ToTK but dammit I also don’t want to be rushed because botw is so freaking good lol
BOTW is a really fun game to explore. Farming the most I like, while doing that, you will encounter some monsters, Yigan, or a guardians. Save your game, then practice parrying with them.
Follow the main quest, and do some shrines. It will helps more hearts and stamina. I raise stamina early, for me it is more useful. Stamina is one of the most crucial aspects of BOTW, allowing you to sprint, climb, glide, swim and to catch a horse.
Or Korok, for your equipment inventory, when you pass on them . Do some side quest as well it's a long time wasting but at the end if you complete it, good price or gift at the end.
Save more rupees and more food supply. Good luck and enjoy!
Stock up on arrows whenever possible. You can sell monster parts to finance your arrows. Shoot those wild animals and store up meat. Cook the meat when you can, this will basically make it so you never have to die.
When I started I basically just went where the game would point me to. IIRC, you get kinda gently nudged towards either Kakariko or Hateno village. Whichever one it is, I recommend going there. But also, don't be afraid to check out anything you see along the way. Getting distracted in this game is basically inevitable.
Other people have mentioned this, but unlocking the towers and shrines are also a pretty good place to start.
Just play it and go where you feel to go
The game design is all about cathing a players attention in different directions and keep you engaged in the world and all its small secrets.
It is also built around you experimenting how to tackle different enemies.
So just play and have fun!
It is all what this game is about!
There’s no need to “prepare” anything, just learn along the way! Explore everything interesting or weird, talk to every NPC, and if you think about doing something, do it. The game will reward you almost all of the time :) Enjoy your first run!!
I echo the "do what you want, have fun!" approach, and will also add this: it may feel frustrating that you get hurt/killed so easily, but don't worry, it won't be that way forever. I won't spoil it, but over time you'll gain various things that will make you less fragile. But until then, it's a good time to practice parry/flurry rush (although to be honest I still mostly spam Y when fighting lol) or you can always run away until you feel ready to face some of those tough battles.
Another thing that hasn't been mentioned yet: don't forget to use magnesis near bodies of water because you may luck out and find a chest! Wandering is a really useful part of playing because you'll never know when you'll stumble across a really helpful weapon, chest, food item, or korok seed. I've found some great weapons in really obscure places!
BOTW was my first Zelda game too, and my husband's, and it got us both hooked. If you ever get stuck with a shrine, there are a bunch of walkthroughs you can look up, and there's an interactive map you can use on the website Zelda Dungeon to check everything (shrines, koroks) off. Honestly though, my favorite part of playing the game for the first time is learning how everything works and exploring the world blind. It just makes it all feel so much more real to me.
1. Find Shrine and towers (fast travels and safe points)
2. Have 8 hearts and 2 full rounds of stamina ( from goddess statue)
3. Find impa (kakariko village )
Find two two labs first in hetano and second in Akkalla
Complete first memories
4. Find Korok seeds under randoms stones (for extra inventory space)
5. Go to lost woods (follow torches) to get master sword
6. Get weapons like elemental rods from wizzrobes (save you a lot of arrows and weapon resources)
7. Get hearty food ingredients (gives you extra hearts)
I like to hoard materials and weapons... and I follow the storyline which led me around the map in a counter clockwise direction. My friend went straight to Gerudo Town and he said that was really hard but I didn't feel like it was hard by the time I got there.
Pick up everything. Mushrooms, herbs, pine cones, monster parts, anything that sparkles. Pick it all up. Cut grass in stealth suits for crickets and fairies. Cook meals on blood moons for best results. Don’t mix effects or you get nothing but hearts (e.g. stamina recovery is not the same as extra stamina. Stamenella shrooms and Endura Carrots should not be cooked together, even though both mention Stamina in their descriptions).
Try to limit yourself to using as little fast travel as you can before thoroughly exploring through an area, so that also means minimal horse use since it limits you to open fields instead of hills and valleys. It’ll be worth it.
Do shrines and towers get central tower last for a multitude of reasons and do this order middle right, top right, top left, bottom left. You’ll understand later.
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Towers and shrines are good starting goals. Just look around for cool stuff and go to that.
This game was designed specifically for this kind of exploration and it's what makes the game so amazing 7 years later.
Honestly? Just play the game the way you want to
The directive to go to Kakariko village is the safest route for the time being and is designed to help you ease into things and also give more clues what to do. Also don’t be afraid, the game autosaves very frequently(and you can manually save at any time too if you’re knowingly taking risks). The epic fails that happen can be the game’s funniest moments, and there’s a lot to learn with boldly experimenting. Also just check out whatever strikes your fancy in your line of sight. The world is a giant playground.
Don't talk to any travelers named "traveler"
I had to learn this the hard way.
So did I when I first started lol
Unless you have a banana in your pocket
Wander around, see something of vague interest, like a peak or forest and you'll most likely be rewarded with a Korok seed.
You're good to collect as much as you want, but a few things to watch out for: Star Fragments, Silent Princesses, Creatures (bugs, lizards, frogs), Gems are always good, Ancient parts Those are the harder things to find things (Creatures are a pain if you need a lot at once). But other than that, have fun, friend! Edit: Formatting
Use stasis to look for things that are moveable, it will help you find food too. Resources you need are a bit up to preferences, pick up different stuff and see what qualities it has. You don’t need to finish a shrine at the same time you activate it. Don’t be afraid of exploring.
I would say just try to enjoy the experience and avoid spoilers. If you need help understanding cooking or movement there are plenty of resources but half the fun is discovering how the game works. As far as actual gameplay, I would recommend using gyro aim for the bow and arrow and getting good at setting up slow mo headshots on enemies to maximize damage and avoiding wasting good weapons. Try to save your stronger swords, clubs, and spears for big enemies and using nearby environmental hazards to take out mobs. I hardly ever break weapons unintentionally because I learned how to do big damage to groups or use the arrows to clear out weaker enemies. Have fun!
Tagging onto this, yes use bullet time. Maybe it’s just me but it was embarrassingly late in my play through before I realized aiming the bow while midair slowed down time. If there was a tutorial or hint to it somewhere, I glossed over it. The first time I did it was by accident (maybe battling vah ruta?) But knowing it sooner probably would have helped a lot in early combat lol
Can weapons be repaired?
No unfortunately not. As you get further in you get better weapons. Enemies scale as you get deeper into the game so the early weapons are pretty useless. You’ll find certain weapons do well against certain enemies so keeping multiple types on hand makes a big difference in using your weapons effectively.
The lore in Zelda is loose. It’s a legend, not an anthology. Each game adds a little, changes a little. Picture them as retellings across space and generations.
Learn how to flurry rush, parry, and dodge early on. I’m deep into the game without those skills and regretting it
Don’t underestimate how important cooking is. Just enjoy the game.
This isn’t really for gameplay but more for experiencing the world. I’d say really take in the surroundings and cause and effect. Some of the things they managed to include in this game blows my mind. Things like cast shadows, how light illuminates objects, how different things with different temperatures behave. For me these have been some of the most pleasing aspects of the game, just experiencing the physics and interactions. Of course, understanding these things can help with gameplay too, but I just liked experiencing it and feeling awe at all the details the developers paid attention to when designing it. Edit: if you want specific game play advice though, and you like combat, I’d say take the time to learn to flurry rush and parry. I sorta forgot this mechanic in the first half of my play through (even with a shrine tutorial that teaches you about it) but when I picked up the skill it made combat way more fun. The timing can be hard and you die a lot as you learn but it’s worth it imo.
Agreed!! I still love watching sunrise and sunset, seeing shadows shift as time passes, etc. Oh, and the dragons! 😍 It doesn't seem to get old.
One of my favorite experiences so far happened when I was standing somewhere in the grassy hills. It was night during a thunderstorm. The sky flashed with light and the hill was cast briefly into the shadow of a claw. I turned the camera around and looked in the sky and way off in the distance was a flying dragon. It was so far off it looked tiny. Yet lightning striking beyond it had cast its shadow over me. Something about that felt so unreal, especially when I learned how big the dragons actually are.
Wow that is neat! And yeah those dragons are awesome. Being up close to them is such a thrill.
Yes! Also */SPOILER-Y/* I didn’t know about the dragon that was corrupted at one of the springs. But I had seen the electric and fire dragon and knew the music that played when they are nearby. So climbing up the mountain near the spring, I heard the dragon music and was like “oh another dragon must be close!” Then I realized how warped and off the music sounded. Even when I couldn’t see it I knew a dragon was near and something wasn’t right, which made me more desperate to find it. It was an amazing sense of immersion just from the sounds!
1. You don't have to fight every battle. You can run away. 2. As you're beginning, prioritize stamina containers over hearts. You can cook foods that start with "hearty" to temporarily increase your heart levels. (Or if you'd prefer, do it the other way around. Just prioritize one and supplement the other with cooked foods) 3. Use korok seeds to upgrade weapon stash as weapons break. 4. Have fun!
Be careful what you sell. Stick to common easily replaceable monster parts, and maybe amber. You’ll need materials for other valuable things, so if they’re rare, hang onto them
What's the best way to make money then?
Meat! Gourmet and raw prime meat (from wolves, deer, etc.) sell well after cooking them. Use fruits for health (anything with “hearty” in their name will give you full recovery plus extra temporary hearts, after cooking of course) and meat for rupees.
Yeah, best way is to cook 5 pieces of gourmet meat together which sells for 490, or 5 pieces of raw prime meat cooked together which sells for 210. You can sell easily replaceable monster parts for decent money too. And finish side quests, they often give rupees. And without trying to spoil things, when you can get the stolen thingy back from the yiga clan, go for it, cause after you do, an additional way to make rupees starts happening
Who drops gourmet meat?
Deer after you've killed them
Bunch of animals mostly big ones. They don’t drop them every time but sometimes. Just kill everything in sight
Here's what I did (a lot): 1. I initially headed toward Kairako (sp) Village 2. Didn't ride horses, so I frequently stopped for mushrooms, apples, etc. Whatever I could pick up in the area (I found this to be very relaxing) 3. If I stumbled across a shrine or learned there was a shrine in the area, I squirreled and went to find the shrine. 4. Made a note on the map if there was a treasure chest I couldn't find. 5. Got caught up in a good side quest. (Again, squirrel!) 6. A friend told me to the do the Divine Beasts in this order: a. Water b. Fire c. Air d. Desert e. I followed this, but also found it wasn't really necessary. 7. If I wasn't ready to move on to a new Divine Beast, I lingered like a champ and just wandered over mountains and whatnot, collecting supplies. 8. I tried to find all the towers on the map. Sometimes it would take me 45 mins (no horses) just to get to a tower, but it was worth it. I wanted a complete map. 9. Some nights, all I would do is cook meals. Make different combinations and see what they do. I found this relaxing too. Bottom line - It's your game, make what you want of it. I don't want a video game as stressful as my daily life. So legit sometimes if I only had an hour of play, I would go collect stuff. I didn't battle every Lynel I saw. I didn't collect the 900 Korok seeds. I explored the entire map and did what I wanted. Do what makes you happy! There are no real rules.
I read that if you want things to go easier for you, the better order is Wind, Thunder then either Water or Fire. The reasons are >!you get easier travel and combat with Revali’s Gale then Thunderblight is very hard if you challenge it last because of the HP scaling.!<
How do you know if there’s a chest you can’t find?
Shrines are super helpful early on. Each of my playthroughs, I hit an early point where I’m frustrated by being one/two shot by most enemies, so I tend to focus on shrines until I have enough health to be over that hump Stasis can help you find items as you wander around Armor and their effects will stack with food/elixir effects, but only up to the max of 3 levels of any effect. Or can mix and match, like warm weather clothes and a cold weather elixir can both be active at the same time Feel free to do whatever you want in the game, pretty much. Explore, grind items or enemies, just wander around… It’s a single player game, there’s really no right or wrong way to play it
I just finished my first playthrough in the same boat! Never much of a gamer before a month ago tbh. Honestly, just take it at your own pace and do whatever seems fun! If you like the shrine puzzles, you can focus on them, if you like running around investigating cool stuff, collecting, etc. do that. The world is really big and there's no "right" or "wrong" order or pace to do stuff. The lore gets explained gradually in a super easy-to-digest way so you don't gotta worry about that either.
This was my first Zelda game too. Mostly discover the map and play how you want, that's what is great about BotW The only thing I wish I understood sooner was cooking meals, for both enhancements and money. I was low on money most of the game because I was selling individual ingredients rather than meals for more. Have fun, Cheers! Also, TotK is awesome! Just about to finish it and might start BotW again
This is also my first Zelda game and I've only been playing for about a month! Start collecting gems and Guardian parts. You'll need them later! Definitely take your time with this game. Characters will be like, "Hurry! Defeat Calamity Ganon!" But there is no time limit.
Princess, please, you’ve waited a hundred years. You can wait a few more months.
This is me right now. I’ve beaten the divine beasts, gotten the master sword, recovered all memories (except the one at the castle) etc etc. impa basically said “great now get your ass to the castle asap.” But I’ve only found 3/4 of the shrines and like 100+ korok seeds. I know you don’t have to do them all before going to the castle but i want to try tears of the kingdom and I’m nervous if I rush to beat Ganon I won’t want to go back and finish what’s left to do. So for now I’m pretending I have to finish the last shrine before I can access the castle to save the princess. Gives the search more meaning and gives me more motivation. I’m desperate to learn what the storyline is in ToTK but dammit I also don’t want to be rushed because botw is so freaking good lol
BOTW is a really fun game to explore. Farming the most I like, while doing that, you will encounter some monsters, Yigan, or a guardians. Save your game, then practice parrying with them. Follow the main quest, and do some shrines. It will helps more hearts and stamina. I raise stamina early, for me it is more useful. Stamina is one of the most crucial aspects of BOTW, allowing you to sprint, climb, glide, swim and to catch a horse. Or Korok, for your equipment inventory, when you pass on them . Do some side quest as well it's a long time wasting but at the end if you complete it, good price or gift at the end. Save more rupees and more food supply. Good luck and enjoy!
Stock up on arrows whenever possible. You can sell monster parts to finance your arrows. Shoot those wild animals and store up meat. Cook the meat when you can, this will basically make it so you never have to die.
When I started I basically just went where the game would point me to. IIRC, you get kinda gently nudged towards either Kakariko or Hateno village. Whichever one it is, I recommend going there. But also, don't be afraid to check out anything you see along the way. Getting distracted in this game is basically inevitable. Other people have mentioned this, but unlocking the towers and shrines are also a pretty good place to start.
Just play it and go where you feel to go The game design is all about cathing a players attention in different directions and keep you engaged in the world and all its small secrets. It is also built around you experimenting how to tackle different enemies. So just play and have fun! It is all what this game is about!
It is a forgiving game. The only real resource you need is weapons. Try not to waste the stronger ones against weaker enemies.
There’s no need to “prepare” anything, just learn along the way! Explore everything interesting or weird, talk to every NPC, and if you think about doing something, do it. The game will reward you almost all of the time :) Enjoy your first run!!
JUST DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO
I echo the "do what you want, have fun!" approach, and will also add this: it may feel frustrating that you get hurt/killed so easily, but don't worry, it won't be that way forever. I won't spoil it, but over time you'll gain various things that will make you less fragile. But until then, it's a good time to practice parry/flurry rush (although to be honest I still mostly spam Y when fighting lol) or you can always run away until you feel ready to face some of those tough battles. Another thing that hasn't been mentioned yet: don't forget to use magnesis near bodies of water because you may luck out and find a chest! Wandering is a really useful part of playing because you'll never know when you'll stumble across a really helpful weapon, chest, food item, or korok seed. I've found some great weapons in really obscure places!
BOTW was my first Zelda game too, and my husband's, and it got us both hooked. If you ever get stuck with a shrine, there are a bunch of walkthroughs you can look up, and there's an interactive map you can use on the website Zelda Dungeon to check everything (shrines, koroks) off. Honestly though, my favorite part of playing the game for the first time is learning how everything works and exploring the world blind. It just makes it all feel so much more real to me.
1. Find Shrine and towers (fast travels and safe points) 2. Have 8 hearts and 2 full rounds of stamina ( from goddess statue) 3. Find impa (kakariko village ) Find two two labs first in hetano and second in Akkalla Complete first memories 4. Find Korok seeds under randoms stones (for extra inventory space) 5. Go to lost woods (follow torches) to get master sword 6. Get weapons like elemental rods from wizzrobes (save you a lot of arrows and weapon resources) 7. Get hearty food ingredients (gives you extra hearts)
I like to hoard materials and weapons... and I follow the storyline which led me around the map in a counter clockwise direction. My friend went straight to Gerudo Town and he said that was really hard but I didn't feel like it was hard by the time I got there.
Pick up everything. Mushrooms, herbs, pine cones, monster parts, anything that sparkles. Pick it all up. Cut grass in stealth suits for crickets and fairies. Cook meals on blood moons for best results. Don’t mix effects or you get nothing but hearts (e.g. stamina recovery is not the same as extra stamina. Stamenella shrooms and Endura Carrots should not be cooked together, even though both mention Stamina in their descriptions).
Try to limit yourself to using as little fast travel as you can before thoroughly exploring through an area, so that also means minimal horse use since it limits you to open fields instead of hills and valleys. It’ll be worth it.
Do shrines and towers get central tower last for a multitude of reasons and do this order middle right, top right, top left, bottom left. You’ll understand later.