The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
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  • Complete Niko's second obstacle course within 45 seconds.

    609 (586) of 1,735 โ€“ 35.10%

    33.78% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    35.10% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Created by AlmightyXor on: 16 Jun, 2024 19:54
    Last modified: 16 Jul, 2024 22:09


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    sandro4912 22 Aug 2024 19:06
    Absolutely unfun this one. I got it after countless tries when I finally got lucky with the random moving ropes and the yanky controls. A more forgiving time limit would maybe help here.
    Nebarik 24 Aug 2024 09:16
    Forget the 45 seconds. I can't do this at all. I hate it when games place a nearly impossible task randomly in the middle that completely prevents progress
    jossyhadash 29 Aug 2024 11:25
    don't give up, this is actually pretty easy... dare to jump even if you're not 100% aligned. i had time to spare but did one extra spin at the end just to be safe.
    MoozipanCheese 31 Aug 2024 14:45
    First rubbish achievement of this set.
    alkalynity 2 Sep 2024 00:00
    Don't bother with boxes, just line up the ropes and do it. Basically TommyDeal's strat.
    AvaKittyGirl 4 Sep 2024 00:47
    Finally got this after an hour of attempts, and with a sub-40 to boot. Yeah, literally just line up the ropes the best you can and swing from one to another, and don't even bother with the boxes. You want them to be aligned since it takes wayyy to long to stop, realign, and build up enough speed again (a change I'm VERY glad they made in HD, but this is GC so oh well).
    FarfetchDoomer 7 Sep 2024 11:32
    Forgetting to let go of the R trigger and seeing Link climb instead of swing forward is what was screwing me up. Finally got it just in the nick of time.
    TatsumiKimishima 9 Sep 2024 17:35
    I think this was pretty easy. You can skip the smaller pile of boxes.

    There is a rope moving to and from the bigger box pile. Press the button when it arrives at the boxes, move towards the ladder and jump on the rope. You should be on the boxes at around 15 seconds, so 30 seconds to do the last two ropes. This should be plenty.

    Press R if you land at another unwanted rope to stop and A to let go. Hope this helps someone out there.
    raullink 15 Sep 2024 22:13
    Just to confirm:

    Forget the crates.

    Jump and line up the ropes.

    But there is no much room for mistakes.

    45 is tight.
    jw3st0n 23 Sep 2024 03:50
    Bad achievement. This should be in a speedrun subset
    RobbieD3King 3 Oct 2024 05:35
    guys... this was insanely easy
    beavinator 7 Oct 2024 20:52
    Welp, won't be mastering this game thanks to this one. The janky rope swinging controls in this game have always made it annoying af just completing this stupid challenge at all, let alone in 45 seconds. I could probably do it if I tried 100 times, but I play games to have fun, not to be made to want to throw things and bash my head against a wall. *grumble*
    raullink 8 Oct 2024 12:00
    Beavinator, I think most people's difficulty lies in not being able to 'visualize' the correct position to grab the ropes.

    A video would solve everything.

    I missed the opportunity to post a video of this because, at the time, my Steam Deck wasnโ€™t recording videos with the native feature (only showing a black screen in non-Steam games, but that was fixed in recent updates).

    Is it tight? Yes. But itโ€™s definitely doable.

    If someone finds a good video, please post it.
    beavinator 8 Oct 2024 12:58
    Yeah a video might help a bit, but regardless the whole thing really relies on near-perfect controller input plus a bit of luck in timing/positioning of ropes. And who's got time for that? The rope swinging in this game sucks. I have hated this challenge since the first time I played it in 2003, and hated it on every one of my many replays. I definitely don't find it enjoyable trying to do it even faster than the game already requires.
    sandro4912 8 Oct 2024 13:37
    agree knowing the path is easy. bad rope rng can still force you into many tries after. Totally unfun.
    Paradise1 8 Oct 2024 16:01
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UBzJ_2DWPs

    Here is a video of my successful attempt. As stated above, as soon as you grab the rope, hold L and R to stop and turn. I was able to go from rope 1 to 2 with only 2 swings, which saved a few seconds. The jump from the boxes to rope 3 is a little tricky (and probably dependent on the rope's position), but once you get it, you can mostly take your time with the last two jumps.
    Paradise1 8 Oct 2024 16:14
    Also, @azer67 in the leaderboard comments says that SW wind is ideal (it affects rope swings even indoors, I guess). My video was recorded with NE wind (because I didn't read their comment until afterwards), so I guess it doesn't matter too much, but it might give you an edge if you're having trouble. If you came straight from Greatfish Isle, it's likely that your wind is not ideal.
    beavinator 9 Oct 2024 02:55
    @Paradise1 In a million years I never would have guessed the wind affects this challenge, that makes no sense as it's indoors. Are there any other places in this game where that's the case? I guess I'll have to give it another shot when I get to it in second quest, as I've already let it pass on my first. I had given up on using the boxes entirely because that jump to the 3rd rope was so finicky. Also, question: I've already been holding R to stop and turn, but what does holding L do?
    azer67 9 Oct 2024 10:13
    I think NE or SW wind are pretty much the same thing. I've done some extra testing afterwards and now I think that E or W might be a bit easier and also work pretty well. The other winds seem worse. But to be honest every wind works for the challenge, it's just that the fastest strat is not possible with all winds.

    @beavinator Holding L is to have the camera behind Link. That will help you with your line ups.
    beavinator 9 Oct 2024 18:53
    @azer67 I didn't realize the "reset camera" button worked while on a rope. That will DEFINITELY be helpful, thank you! That and the wind will hopefully give me the edge I need. Amazing I'm still learning stuff about this game after over 20 years :D

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