One craftyThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomplayer has recently taken online to flaunt an impressive infinite-energy helicopter design that pushes the game’s building mechanics to their very limits. This development is yet another milestone for the game’s fast-developing building meta that’s been spawning countlessTears of the Kingdomcommunity creationsever since Nintendo’s latest hit released in mid-May.
While the building mechanics of the newZeldagame do come with some limitations that likely exist for performance reasons, Zonai Energy Cells are not one of them. Instead, this mechanic effectively serves as a stamina system for vehicles; much like stamina upgrades facilitate running and climbing, the player’s energy cell count is directly proportional to how long they can operate theirTears of the KingdomKing Gleeok mechs, cars, boats, and other types of vehicles.
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That’s the theory, at least. In practice, Reddit user miohonda recently managed to break that entire balancing mechanic with an incredibly clever helicopter design that leverages Zonai Shock Emitters to power its external batteries while running on Link’s energy cell reserves. Since the latter replenish automatically, thisTears of the Kingdomcontraption is effectively running on infinite energy and can hence stay in the air indefinitely, albeit with one notable caveat.
Namely, this infinite-energy helicopter is only operable in good weather because the rain alters the Shock Emitter discharge effect to the point of causing an immediate crash. Some sort of precipitation protection like a roof might side-step the issue, but isn’t a feasible solution with this current iteration of the design which already incorporates 19 components and can thus accommodate only two more parts before it starts falling apart.
The newZeldagame also allows for entirely different infinite-energy contraptions that only work in bad weather, as previously illustrated by oneTears of the Kingdomfan who turned an enemy into a rain sensor. But this newly emerged helicopter prototype definitely shows more promise as an alternative vehicle power source, so long as the player isn’t looking to traverse a rainy region of Hyrule such as Faron.
Apart from its ability to stay in the air indefinitely, miohonda’sTears of the Kingdomhelicopteris also notable for its innovative use of geared propellers mounted on Zonai Springs, which allow it to switch between ascent and descent mode. And while the latter doesn’t allow for steering, the creator of this impressive machine says its ascent mode is agile enough to compensate for that fact and guarantee an overall high level of maneuverability.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomis available on Nintendo Switch.
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