• got the master sword without activiating a quest. tracked down the light dragon in great sky island, navigated to the highest point i could get to, built a makeshift hot-air balloon with wing + balloon + flame emitter, spammed zonai charges to get enough height, and had just enough stamina (2.2 wheels) to make it. very satisfying to put that plan into action and have it work

• ascend is pretty busted. you can find all kinds of weird little seams in the geometry that don't seem like they should work but they do. i scaled king dorephan's tall vertical cavern area using nothing but ascend and jumping

• rocket fused to shield is a short but strong vertical boost. you can similarly use recall on fallen debris from the sky to quickly get to those islands. i assume it's the best way to get to some of the isolated ones

• the menus suck, especially for how much time you spend in them. selecting an aerocuda eyeball to attach to your arrow shouldn't take this much scrolling

• enemies tend to drop weapons when they are knocked down and will usually beeline for a weapon when they get up, making knockdowns effectively a very long stun. time bombs attached to arrows are good for this purpose