Tears of the Kingdom: Even log hauling brings out the ingenuity of players  

A certain Side Adventure in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has players thinking up all kinds of diverse ways to transport logs. Some have gone about it in a reckless manner while others have concocted very creative solutions. 

Please note that this article contains spoilers regarding a village located in the southeast of Hyrule. 

Just like in the previous game, Breath of the Wild, the land of Hyrule in Tears of the Kingdom has villages scattered throughout where its inhabitants live. These towns frequently encounter various troubles and go through changes. One such example is Lurelin Village, a fishing village located in the southeast of Hyrule. Originally a peaceful place, in Tears of the Kingdom, it has been taken over by a band of Bokoblin pirates. In one of the game’s Side Adventures, Link trounces these pirates, and together with carpenter/architect Bolson, sets about rebuilding the damaged village. Thus starts the Lurelin Village restoration project.  

One of the tasks that Bolson has Link do has really stimulated the creativity of players. He requests materials to aid in the restoration project: 15 logs to rebuild each building’s foundation and 20 bundles of Hylian Rice to repair the thatched roofs. While there are many palm trees located around the village, you can’t get the logs from these, as Bolson is going to use them for something else. Thus, you need to cut down some trees on a hill far removed from the village and then carry them back there. This is the moment when players can put their ingenuity on display. 

This is because the spot where you gather the lumber is awfully far from the village. Sure, you can grab the logs with Ultrahand and go on foot, or bundle them together and have a horse pull them, but the  great distance has players seeking out more efficient methods. This has resulted in many players showing off all kinds of impressive ideas. 

For example, the player in the above video went to the trouble of building a truck to transport the logs. The logs were all loaded onto the truck and then they drove it to the village. Although they did have a big accident part way there—where the truck got split in two—the process of building a vehicle especially to carry the logs looked like a lot of fun. Another player decided to take more of a “kill two birds with one stone” approach, creating a “log car” by joining the logs together and adding wheels.  

One could also make use of the terrain between the logging area and Lurelin Village. Since the logs are located at the top of a hill, you can use potential energy to aid in transporting them. As you can see in the video below, one player joined the logs together to create a large cylinder and simply rolled it down the hill to the village. It’s an inventive method that has the logs transport themselves, the reverse of the what you would normally expect. 

There’s also an exceedingly simple method: just drop the logs off a cliff. All you need to do to deliver the logs is throw them down to the village (you can connect them together to make it easier, of course). To be honest, the characteristics of the surrounding terrain make this method rather efficient. However, possibly due to the technical specifications of the game, logs that leave your field of view often disappear. Make sure that you diligently pursue your falling logs, lest the time and effort you put into gathering them comes to naught. Incidentally, midway through this Side Adventure, I (the original author of this article) had collected 12 logs that I was going to carry to the village later on, but they all disappeared when I decided to take a little stroll.  

Written by. Marco Farinaccia based on the original Japanese article (original article’s publication date: 2023-06-21 16:00 JST)