Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s Trial of the Sword challenge will turn you into a speedrunner
The first thing you should know about the Trial of the Sword, the core focus of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s first of two expansion packs, is that it is very, very difficult. The challenge strips you of all your hard-earned weapons and armor, and it takes away your vast collection of health-restoring meals and power-augmenting tonics. You’re a barefooted Link, wearing just a pair of shorts, who has to make his way through three separate 15-level endurance trials that demand you clear a room of enemies with only what you’ve collected along the way.
Even with the game’s maximum number of heart containers and three full stamina wheels, I found even just the first part of the Trial of the...