A clever Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild player recently uncovered a handy trick for extending the time Link has to collect Star Fragments, providing an easier way to acquire them. BOTW Star Fragments fall from the sky at night, and Link can gather them for a wide variety of uses including cooking, making dyes, and even upgrading the hero’s armor at the Great Fairy Fountains. However, Star Fragments vanish once the sun rises at 5:00 AM, meaning that Link usually has a limited time to reach them — no easy feat considering the large, enemy-filled open world that The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild takes place in.
Players have discovered plenty of neat tricks and secrets while playing Zelda: Breath Of The Wild, making Link’s quest to tame the Divine Beasts and defend the land of Hyrule from the return of the wicked Calamity Ganon all the easier. Some of these tricks include exploiting a jumping glitch to reach an Impossible Shock Arrow high above Hyrule, tricking a member of the thieving Yiga Clan into stealing BOTW's legendary Thunder Helm from their own stronghold, and even obtaining the all-powerful Master Sword by building a campfire and resting for the night.
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As it turns out, this isn’t the only way Link can use a good night’s sleep to his advantage during Zelda: Breath Of The Wild, with a simple trick making it easy to collect Star Fragments. Redditor justlookingfordragon recently posted a brief video to r/Breath_of_the_Wild demonstrating how players can extend the amount of time they have to collect fallen Star Fragments by resting at a campfire. This resets BOTW’s in-game clock to 9:00 PM, skipping the day cycle for that day
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