I tried several different methods to get the seed up there. The top of the building is pretty high, so a regular toss won’t cut it. It sounds so plainly simple and easy, but it’s not. For example, in Lurelin Village you need to throw a rock on a roof in order to complete a shape and get a seed. Some seeds feel like a genuine challenge, while others make it feel like the developers are secretly laughing at you personally, as you bend over backward to earn a single measly Korok seed. It still kind of sucks that you can’t climb well when it’s raining. Kind of like with playing Elden Ring, you need to be ready to laugh first and get frustrated second. But among the tools, the most important resource I used was an online map that saves and tracks my progress. I also, fortunately, had roughly 200 arrows starting out, since you have to play a minigame where you shoot fast-moving balloons to get many of the seeds. Additionally, I beat all the DLC for the game, so I had some important items like Master Cycle Zero (Link’s tricked-out motorcycle), a Korok mask that shakes when a seed is nearby, and the Travel Medallion, which allows you to place a teleportation waypoint anywhere on the map you’d like. You will definitely need Revali’s Gale if you don’t want to spend copious amounts of time climbing. Like any good hero, Link has a few tools at his disposal to take on this particular challenge. In contrast to that, collecting the seeds has been a delightful and leisurely way to revisit Breath of the Wild in 2023. Collecting seeds is a completely different type of gameplay from the mainline quest and the boss fights that came with it, which were challenging even as a seasoned Zelda fan who loves 3D action-combat games. Now hear me out: I’m not saying that people who don’t go after the Korok seeds aren’t “real fans.” Far from it. However, several weeks into my chase - which still isn’t over - I’m now convinced it’s actually the ideal way to enjoy The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. I thought collecting them was for sickos and die-hard fans only. All I would do was mindlessly collect seed after seed after seed after… seed. I imagined the process as a Sisyphean task. I started chasing down all 900 Korok seeds, convinced that it was a fool’s errand.
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