Zelda: Breath Of The Wild's Two Endings Explained

The ending of likely didn't surprise many players, with Link defeating Ganon and saving the eponymous princess once again. However, it's possible that some who saw Link's journey through to the end missed out on the game's true ending. Link's amnesia is a major narrative crux throughout, and filling in the gaps from before the Second Great Calamity unlocks a second, slightly more satisfying ending.

Ultimately, the difference between 's two endings is negligible, with one simply providing an additional, brief cutscene to put an even neater bow on things. To get the true ending, players must simply find all of Link's forgotten memories from the time before Calamity Ganon's rise to power, which are scattered across Hyrule in certain locations. Finding these is the objective of the "" quest, which is given very early on, but players are left to scour the map themselves, with their only hints being a series of photos on their Sheikah Slate.

A painter NPC named Pikango can be found near most stables in, and will be able to help Link find the location of nearby memories.

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Regardless of how many memories have been recovered, Link delves into the heart of Hyrule Castle to face Calamity Ganon. If the player completed any Divine Beasts, their magical energy will beam towards Hyrule Castle and deplete Ganon's overall health pool. However, much like finding all the memories, completing the Divine Beasts in is not required to beat the story; Calamity Ganon will simply have more hit points depending on how few Divine Beasts were freed from the Blight Ganons. In fact, if players are looking to be challenged by Calamity Ganon (a notoriously easy final boss), they may want to avoid some or all of these dungeons until after defeating him.

No matter what, when Link arrives in Hyrule Castle's Sanctum, Calamity Ganon appears as a congealed mass of Malice and