BOTW 2 Can Have A Trial Of The Sword Challenge Mode At Launch
The still untitled sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has a chance to modify many of its predecessor's features, such as including a Trial of the Sword type challenge mode at launch. The series has had combat gauntlets like the Trial of the Sword before, albeit with some differences, and those earlier iterations show how such a mini-dungeon can be implemented more effectively. BOTW 2 should have better DLC than the first game, and part of that could come from making any planned challenge modes similar to the Trial of the Sword part of the base game instead.
Since it comes as part of Breath of the Wild's expansion content, the Trial of the Sword is entirely optional, but it can be of great help to those far into the game. The Trial of the Sword is a set of 54 levels, referred to as floors, that contain a variety of combat challenges that will reward the player with a better Master Sword. The floors are broken up int0 three tiers: the Beginning, Middle, and Final Trials. Once all the floors in one tier have been completed, they can be skipped for later Trials since the three are not connected in a single gauntlet. This means once players have conquered the Beginning Trials, which rewards them with a permanent 10 bonus damage for The Legend of Zelda's Master Sword, they will then start from the Middle Trials' first level.
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The caveat to the Trial of the Sword is that players are unable to use any of their obtained items in the challenge mode. The Master Sword is put into its pedestal to be teleported into the Sword Monk's Shrine, and Link will spawn in without any armor, melee weapons, bows, shields, food, etc. Champion Abilities are similarly disabled, but all
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