Book

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Complete Official Guide

by Piggyback

📖 Overview

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Complete Official Guide serves as a comprehensive reference for the Nintendo Switch game of the same name. The guide contains detailed maps, quest walkthroughs, and complete information about the game's mechanics and systems. The book features extensive coverage of combat strategies, cooking recipes, shrine solutions, and item locations throughout the game world. A catalog section documents every weapon, piece of armor, material, and creature that players can encounter, along with statistics and acquisition methods. The guide includes high-quality screenshots and illustrations to demonstrate key concepts and locations. Multiple indices and cross-references allow readers to quickly locate specific information they need during gameplay. This guide reflects the expansive nature of the game itself, emphasizing player freedom and multiple approaches to challenges. The detailed documentation supports both linear progression and open-world exploration styles of play.

👀 Reviews

Readers value this guide's comprehensive detail and high production quality. The maps, charts, and item locations help players navigate the game's open world. Multiple reviewers highlighted the fold-out map as particularly useful. Likes: - Thorough quest walkthroughs and puzzle solutions - High-quality binding and paper - Clear layout and organization - Detailed shrine locations and strategies Dislikes: - Size makes it cumbersome to use while playing - Some reported missing or incorrect information - Price higher than typical game guides - Limited availability led to high resale prices Review Scores: Amazon: 4.8/5 (2,900+ reviews) Goodreads: 4.7/5 (89 reviews) Notable Reader Comments: "The most complete guide I've ever owned" - Amazon reviewer "Worth every penny for the maps alone" - Goodreads user "Too big to keep on your lap while gaming" - Amazon reviewer "Paper quality prevents wear from frequent use" - Goodreads user

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Super Mario Odyssey by Prima Games A guide containing maps, collectible locations, and strategy information for Nintendo's 3D platformer with analogous detail and presentation style to the Breath of the Wild guide.

Red Dead Redemption 2 by Piggyback The companion guide features maps of the open world, quest walkthroughs, and item locations with the same publisher's quality and attention to detail.

Final Fantasy VII Remake by Square Enix The official strategy guide provides weapon data, combat strategies, and mission walkthroughs in a comprehensive format matching the depth of the Breath of the Wild guide.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim by Prima Games This guide contains maps, quest solutions, and crafting information for an open-world game with similar exploration mechanics to Breath of the Wild.

Horizon Zero Dawn by Future Press The official collector's edition guide features machine catalogs, hunting strategies, and world maps that mirror the detail level of the Breath of the Wild guide's enemy and exploration information.

🤔 Interesting facts

🏰 This massive guide spans 512 pages and contains over 100 individual maps to help players navigate Hyrule. 🗺️ The book's Atlas section took cartographers over 1,200 hours to create, mapping every location, shrine, and Korok seed in the game. 🎮 When released, it was the largest strategy guide Piggyback had ever published, reflecting the unprecedented scale of Breath of the Wild's open world. 📚 The Collector's Edition version features a deluxe hardcover with gold gilding and comes with a 36-page Explorer's Guide containing concept art and developer notes. 🏆 The guide became one of the best-selling video game companion books of 2017, maintaining its relevance years after release due to the game's enduring popularity.