The tutorial of the new Zelda can take several hours and can quickly last a few hours longer if you do the wrong thing.
The new The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (TotK) offers a large map with many features to discover and plenty of puzzles for players to solve. The tutorial is no exception and follows a similar path.
As you get to know the various features of the game with Link, the protagonist of the Zelda series, and get a first impression of the gameplay, there are already some corners in the tutorial that can mislead you or distract you on your path.
Why do players despair in the tutorial? On Reddit, some players talk about aspects that cost them time in the tutorial.
One user writes, for example, that she is still struggling with the “Ultrahand” ability. This allows you to move various objects and even connect them, which can help in solving puzzles or crossing obstacles. Some Zelda players are also excited to build penises.
Another player despaired at an ice wall that he could not climb with the stamina available in the tutorial. However, after some time, he realized that a few meters further, there was a section of the wall that was not frozen. There, climbing the wall is no problem.
How many hours does the tutorial consume? In the tutorial of Zelda: TotK, you can indeed spend several hours. You need to find four shrines on the “Forgotten Sky Island” and solve associated puzzles.
When tackling the shrines, you also learn about fighting and the various abilities of the protagonist. This takes quite some time and can easily take 2.5 to 3 hours even with a fairly brisk play style. If you dawdle on the puzzles or do not find the right way to a shrine immediately, another hour can easily be added.
It is also possible to spend 7 or even 10 hours in the tutorial if you allow yourself to be distracted on your way. Quickly, the pursued task is forgotten, and here and there the sky island is explored or the abilities are played with.
In short: If you let yourself be distracted and do not do what your task is, then the playtime of the tutorial multiplies. A user also warns of this on Twitter, who advises players in the first hours of the game to stick to the quest log.
In general, it is advantageous to carefully observe the environment and recognize the ideal path. However, you do not need to search for the underground because we will show you how to get there:
