As it turns out, players can break open the usually indestructible metal chests in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild by utilizing a glitch — but they can’t collect the rare items inside. Even nearly five years after it launched to near-universal acclaim on the Nintendo Switch, fans are still uncovering a wide variety of hidden tricks and secrets within Breath of the Wild’s vast open world, many of which were actually left in by the developers on purpose to add a sense of discovery for players.
Some of these exploits have allowed players to obtain The Legend of Zelda's legendary Master Sword earlier than usual by setting up a campfire and resting for the night or getting the drop on the thieving Yiga Clan by tricking one of its members into stealing priceless treasure from their own stronghold, while others are simply there for the bizarre sights they provide — like a horse mysteriously sinking into the ground or the dragon Farosh suddenly bending in an unusual way mid-flight. Others still can be used to uncover parts of Breath of the Wild that were never meant for players to interact with, such as the contents of the largely unbreakable metal treasure chests that Link can come across in his latest quest to save the kingdom of Hyrule from the forces of darkness.
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A few days ago, the Gaming Reinvented YouTube channel posted a new video detailing how players can use a glitch to break open the normally invincible metal chests in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. As reported by Nintendo Life, this trick requires the use of the cannons located around BOTW’s Goron City and Death Mountain, but players can load one of Link’s bombs into said cannon,
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