Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Has a Hidden Cave

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An avid player discovers a hidden cave in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, leading many in the community to speculate about its origins. Nearly one year after the Nintendo Switch game's release, the community appears to continue discovering new secrets and mysteries in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is one of the most successful entries in the entire Zelda franchise, reaching more than 20 million copies sold before the end of 2023. Although the game will not receive DLC or new content, Nintendo is supporting the game with new merchandise and products, such as Uniqlo's new Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom t-shirts. In addition, the Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom community continues to share their findings and newly discovered glitches with fellow players online.

Gaming Reinvented founder and Reddit user cheat-master20 recently shared a Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom gameplay clip, revealing a hidden cave west of Samasa Plain that was covered up completely with a rock wall. Normally, players are unable to navigate past the rock wall. However, cheat-master20 was able to clip through the wall by using a glitch involving the Recall Zonai ability in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which is commonly used in the speedrunning community. Clipping through the wall will reveal an empty cave that was previously accessible in 2017's Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Water still appears to be flowing within the cave, despite the rock wall being present.

The Reddit user claims that Nintendo simply placed the rock wall over the cave since it served no purpose in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. It appears to be one of the few cave areas from Zelda: Breath of the Wild that the development team closed off, and some speculate that the cave could have been used for a Korok in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom before Nintendo changed its mind. After making this discovery, cheat-master20 began to look for more caves that were closed off by Nintendo in order to compare