Following much trial and error, one tenaciousThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomplayer managed to build an impressive three-floor house in spite of some notable restrictions imposed on the game’s home construction mechanics. They promptly took online to showcase their achievement, having done so just as some fans beganspeculating that aTears of the KingdomDLC announcement is imminent.
Whether it’s because the fandomcalled forTears of the Kingdomto make better use of Link’s houseor another reason, the newZeldagame completely revamped the home-building mechanics fromBreath of the Wild. The end result of that effort is a much more powerful system that allows players to build and customize their dream Hyrule home with some help from a few familiar faces.
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While many players have been eagerly experimenting with these mechanics since the game’s May 12 debut, few have managed to push the limits of theTears of the Kingdomhome-building system as far as Reddit user dullxeyes did. After 17 attempts, this relentless fan put together an impressive three-floor house that contains nearly every in-game amenity, including a stable, bedroom, garden pond, kitchen, blessing room, and every type of equipment stand thatThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomhas to offer.
ThoughTears of the Kingdom’shome-building system is a big improvement over the previous game’s house-furnishing mechanics, it still imposes some severe restrictions on players, such as its 15-room limit. Not only does this cap prevent fans from utilizing all 18 available amenities at once, but it also inhibits their ability to architect multi-floor lodgings, especially since most rooms come in the form of 2 x 1 blocks instead of having more versatile 1 x 1 dimensions. Due to those limitations, most players have so far resorted to building simple box shapes or—at most—open-airTears of the Kingdomresorts, making this three-floor design by dullxeyes all the more impressive.
In order to overcome the game’s building restrictions, the author of this spacious housing unit had to make its upper floors inaccessible by regular means. Instead, their design hinges onTears of the Kingdom’sAscend ability, which allows Link to move through any overhead horizontal platform that’s close enough. In this scenario, it basically functions as a one-way elevator.
Some of the fans reacting to this impressive achievement used it as an opportunity to call for Nintendo to extend the game’s home construction mechanics so that the players don’t have to jump through so many hoops just to build a proper multi-floor house. Whether the developer actually ends up doing so is dubious, but even should that happen, it won’t be because of those pleas; assumingTears of the KingdomDLC is happening, the game’s post-launch content roadmap has likely been set in stone for a while now.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomis available on Nintendo Switch.
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