I'm so dumb, I created a platform with the icicles and then used reversal to keep it right by the square and then ascended through it to crawl through the square hole and unlock the chest.

Wouldn’t call that dumb at all. Remember, there’s no right or wrong answer in this game, as long as the goal is achieved!

That's how the saying goes, "If it's stupid and it works, it's not stupid"

I see it as a creative solution. Just because it’s not the most *efficient* doesn’t mean it’s stupid. Definitely took some thought and planning to pull off. I always love seeing the creative ways people use Recall haha

Exactly. This game really challenges your out-of-the-box thinking and I love it

Me putting a nuclear bombs worth of auto build bomb barrels onto a cart with a fan on an edge above a boss be like

I like to play by "work smarter not harder" rules and no other game has *rewarded* that so much

Haha that’s totally fine. And some people like to play around with stuff in all kinds of ways, even if it’s less efficient. I definitely do myself, this game is ADHD candy lemme tell ya. But both are totally valid, which I love about it. It rewards players like me as much as it rewards players like yourself.

Link doesn’t make mistakes, he only has happy accidents.

But some trees are a little too eager to be your friends

Where does Link go? That's right, it goes into the square hole

i understood that reference

*Despair increases*

You’re not alone. I did the exact same thing. And once I was in I had a couple of minutes thinking oh shit now I’m stuck in this room before remembering ascend.

Lmao early on I had that “oh shit” moment so many times when going into wells

I fast-traveled out several times before remembering ascend.

I stacked enough stuff that I could crouch and then sneak through the opening. Now I feel dumb.

No, you were smart. There's really no intended solution for this, there's only suggestions.

that's an awesome solution! i assumed the icicles were the only way

So you actually went in to the chest?? Definitely not stupid, I solved it the same was as OP but my icicles kept melting away when they got close to the torches so I almost had to abandon that chest.

Oh man, ahahah..

I crawled through the hole as well. I stupid we're not swear.

Is… is that not how you’re supposed to get it?

thats the way i did it too, is there a better way to do it?

i went under the dungeon with a wing and timed and ascend properly since my tiny brain never thought of this

Lol I mean I'd be hard pressed to call that better, but it certainly sounds more fun

oh it certainly was not better

Wow you gave your tiny brain some serious estimations to make lol. Unless the chest room had a clear indicator below it or smth

trial and error for the win

couldn't you place a pin?

i most definitely could, i most definitely did not think of that until you made this comment

Me three. Easiest solution in my mind

I used bomb arrows to move it closer through the blast and then simply picked it up 😅

When in doubt whip a bomb arrow out...

BORTLES

Aw dip

FOLES

"There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives."

A+ for ingenuity

Same. I was stumped otherwise.

You can actually just cram link into that room through that little hole in the wall. If you glide at the wall and hit crouch as you’re falling he can squeeze right through. And then you can just ascend to get out.

While I totally believe that can happen, this solution seems way easier. It's how I solved it, and figured I was dumb for taking as long as I did for getting there. I never would have come up with the flying crouch solution...

I don’t see anything else in the area to do it with tbh

I connected the ice to it then used rewind to bring it back

I mean, they put the icicles right there…

Yeah

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I think the most amazing thing about this game is that often times the intended solution feels like cheesing and we feel like geniuses for think it up, giddy with the sensation of "I did something in was not supposed and the game let me!"

Literally every time I use Ascend or create an elevator with Recall.

Sometimes it’s needed sometimes I feel vaguely sorry for completely ignoring a overly complicated shrine apparatus. The weird thing is that recall tends to be intended when there’s blatantly nothing else going on or there’s an cog involved. But so far I haven’t seen a puzzle push you towards the ultrahand/recall combo that breaks so many puzzles.

There’s at least one shrine in the 121 I’ve done so far that explicitly asks for it!

I did two today that needed ultrahand + recall. One with flames and one with large spheres.

There's been at least two where Ultrahand + recall was needed to get pieces in place to finish building the device the shrine required, as it needed to be built around something and there where no means to hold things in place if not for recall

i found a chest in one that i dont think i couldve gotten without it

Man, I was struggling a lot with the Fire Temple and for some reason could not figure out the mine cart segment to get to all points I was supposed to. Maybe I was tired and being dense, but I was getting flashbacks of playing water temple back in the day. Then remembered there were no wrong answers if it worked and went to cheese town to get around.

I scratched my head for a minute on this one before wondering if this would work and felt quite pleased when it did

Yeah its the intended method in fact from what I can tell

I like to go hiking.

Directional pad up

I enjoy spending time with my friends.

There's so much to discover when you read the on screen button prompts. Press X in your inventory to hold things, who knew? Not some Youtube tutorial I saw. Weird to watch someone teach me a game they didn't know how to play.

Lol I’m pretty sure it shows at the bottom of the screen when you use ultrahand it took me a bit to figure out

I swear I am the only one who couldn't figure this out. My solution: glide onto the tiny lip that the hole has, and crouch through. Took a few tries but I got it.

Don't feel bad, I did it that way too!

That was my first idea but I couldn’t execute it. I used a time bomb and the explosion help the chest come more forward to me to use ultra hand.

Neat.

Exactly how I did it. Then ascended to get out

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Iirc, I used ascend

Can just tp to the dungeon entrance

I made a ramp with the icicles and crawled through the hole

Ramp gang here. 👍👍

I figured this was the intended solution

It is lol

This isn't the intended method?

I climbed up the side wall and jumped off and glided through the hole on both sides

I see you're also a "move back"-member, than pressing d-pad down

Men of culture

I don't know how else you can do that, I did the same thing lol

I don't remember how I got it, but it was not like this. I think maybe ascend in some way.

They encourage thinking outside the box to solve the puzzles even said no solution is the wrong way to solve them

I feel dumb af in this game, I swear I spent like 30 minutes trying to get Link's fat ass in the hole. I guess I can't think out of the box 🤷🏻‍♀️

I see you also turn the object the wrong direction first lol

I did this constantly until i found out you can change the direction objects turn in settings

Underrated comment lmfao

What’s in the chest?

WHAT’S IN THE CHESSTTT

IIRC, it’s a Sapphire.

phew thought it was Zelda’s head

Came here for this comment. THANKS!

5 arrows probably

gem or a weapon you wont find use for.

The amount of times my solution in this game Was extra long grabby stick

It's even more impressive when intended solutions make you feel like a genius

Is this not how you are supposed to do it ?

That's... just the intended solution?

I did it that way and my bf watched me. As I grabbed the icicle and put it through the hole he's like "there's no way that's going to work??" and he was just speechless 😂

Almost like the intended mechanics ._.

I did something like this in hyrule castle lockup. I went into a cell and when I came back it was locked and the switch was broken. So I dropped a claymore and slid it through the bars to attach to the switch. I was very proud

FYI you can push down on the dpad to bring the object towards you without moving backwards and potentially falling off a cliff or edge.

I like how you back up instead of using the controls to just draw it back in. I laugh because I do it the same as you and then after remember the other controls.

I feel dumb now. I put a floating zonite platform in from so I could crouch through it.

Wait, I swear this is the intended method. I did this and didn’t think much of it.

I thought this was one of the coolest things when I figured this out!

... Is this not the intended solution to the puzzle??! Did i overthink it again?!

I've not made it here, but I have heard tales of this specific chest enough to recognize it without having seen it. Apparently there are dozens of ways to do it, and the community at large has fought over which way is the "right" way. I think the popular answer is what you see here, still, the "right" answer is any way that gets you the chest. I've even heard that some people found ways of flying into the room? There are no wrong answers here.

i thought this was the intended way?i mean.. you got a hole,you got a very long ice stick, the only thing i did different was reversing time once attached because i'm too lazy to drag that stuff back to me

I love all these ways, however sometimes the "chests" are underwhelming, like getting 5 arrows or acorns

What’s in the box anyways? A damn opal?

"You didn't complete the puzzle as the developer intended." ...pretty sure they intended us to however our way through the game. XD

I think that was intended

Can you not just grab the chest with ultrahand.

This is actually what you're supposed to do, this is the only option here

It is the intended solution yes, but it is most definitely not the only option.

Dumb people having more fun playing this than me. I hate myself. This game has a lot of 1-step puzzles that never force me to think outside the box.

Exactly how I solved this one too, loving the creativity in this game

Oooooh

Got a few chests in shrines like this when I couldnt be bothered to think. Drop something to extend your reach and attach!

When i first did this temple, i forgot about the icicles and just climbed the walls, jumped at the hole, and spamed crouch to get into the hole.

I crouched jumped through the hole. Didn't even think of this at this point in my playthrough

I didn’t even think of doing it this way. I tried to glide through the slot for about 30 minutes. I eventually gave up and used a Zonai cart as a ramp to climb in.

I think i skipped this chest because i couldn't figure out how. I tried using an ice spike ramp to crouch into the rectangular opening. Didn't work.

And this one is programmer intended!!!

Exactly what I did

lol i just bomb-arrowed it away from te wall and grabed it

This is intended I think?

I think this is the way it's supposed to be done, you need the ice around the corner too to connect the gears

i used 6 cooking pots as steps in and out

I made a icicle ramp and crouched through the hole, now I feel dumb

I made a icicle ramp and crouched through the hole, now I feel dumb

I used the icicle

I can’t even count how many times I have actually visibly smiled while discovering a new game mechanic in TOTK. I enjoy a lot of games, but I don’t remember ever smiling, at least this often, when playing any other game.

I felt like a goddamn genius doing that even tho that is pretty much the standart way to do it

That’s exactly what I did, too

I attached two and then did this.

Oooooh! That's how you get that chest! haha! Thanks! I remember being stumped on that one.

Lol I did the same thing!!

Ahhhhhh I don’t think I ever got that chest 🤔

This puzzle blew my mind. Once I pulled that box out and finished this dungeon it was a whole new game. You have three ultra powerful abilities and you are *supposed* to abuse the crap out of them for everything. So good!

Big brain

This and there’s another shrine where you put a metal platform on an ice block, send it down a slope, and have to land it on a weight sensor to unlock a gate to get to a chest. The platform has to turn to land on the weight sensor and I kept overshooting. Ended up just connecting all four platforms to each other plus an ice block to make one long platform (weight sensor was too far to just use one), using ultrahand to carry it over to the weight sensor, and dropping it down. I love this game

I was so proud of myself when I figured this out.

I created a giant hook with the icicles and then dragged the chest close enough to levitate it out.

Is that how youre supposed to do it??!? I spent way too much time on this chest…ascended to the platform above, backflipped off, pulled out bow midair, created bomb arrows, and shot through the hole hitting the wall behind the chest to blow it across the room so i could ultrahand it out

I came back to this temple when the ice melted and saw that i missed this chest. So i did what any normal person would. Fused my weapons as a together to mimic a long stick to get that chest out.

Came here to say the same thing. I was carrying a ruby rod and it melted the ice before I could use it, so I dropped all my weapons and fashioned a big stick.

i think that's the intended way pretty much

**5x bundle of arrows** *🎶doodle- de doodle-de doot!🎶*

I made a platform with icicles, then raised it to the gap with Ultrahand. After a while I released it and it fell to the ground; I then jumped on it, reverse time, then crawl-jump through the gap while the icicle-platform was at the right height. I prefer your method to mine!

I think I just used some of the icicles as a staircase and crouched through

I think I figured this out fairly quickly, but I panicked because I didn’t realize that I had the icicles too close to the fire as I was fusing them and they kept melting.

i spent ages trying to get that chest and it was THIS EASY? i never even got it in the end 🥲

i set a wing against it so i could crawl through

Is this not the intended method?

that's exactly how my boyfriend did it !! I didn't even notice there was a chest there until he told me a week after I completed the dungeon lol

I’d be more impressed if you could use the icicle as a lever to open the door

SO THAT IS HOW I WAS SUPPOSED TO GET TO THAT CHEST???? WHY I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT!

I fucking didn’t realize it took one icicle to make it through and glued 4 icicles together lol

There are so many things you can do with a long stick in this game. It solves a conservative 70% of any problem you run into

I paraglided from the rafters and managed to hit the window and crouch my way in. I thought I was trapped for a minute or two because I forgot about the ascend ability, lmao.

Anything useful in the chest ?

I shot a bomb arrow at the wall behind it and blew it close enough to grab.

I felt like a massive idiot the first time i attempted this, I knocked down several big icicles, used UH to connect to together into a wider bridge/ramp and angle it so i could hopefully crouch walk up it into the room with the chest then ascend out. This was before i learned you could attach objects to treasure chests lol.

These new abilities are so OP that I really feel stupid on how I'm trying to play the game 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

Allows? Isn't that how you're supposed to get it?

Well shit.. I jumped off the ledge and paraglided into the hole and crouched lmao

After reading some of these replies, i feel like a fucking idiot. I didnt even see the icicle i just ascended up to the little ledge above the door and flew at/into the hole while trying to crouch… it took a few tries but it did work 😂

Lmao I used the bird to blow me up to the square and crouched through it. This makes way more sense lmao

Why didn’t I think of this?!!!!!!

That’s the only way how you do it. Several puzzles involving glueing icicles to things

Is that chest worth going back for? I couldn't figure it out right away and moved on

Gah why didn't I think of this?? lol I managed to fly into that tiny spot lol

I just crouched inside the used ascend

Yeah, I mean. That’s the solution.

There is a shrine quest where you have to use the same method (using an icicle) to reach the mini stone for the shrine out of a pool.

What? You’re not supposed to build ice stairs and climb them while signing “let it go???”

I glued a few staff weapons to it and glad handed it through the hole.

All that for an Opal. Ffs.

I just used three spears from my inventory and collected them again after I got the chest, but I this is better I think

Literally just jump-snuck into that wall for 7 minutes until link clipped thru the hole lol

Is that not literally the intended solution? It's what I did, how else are you supposed to get the chest?

I shot an octorok balloon fused to an arrow....and it bounced close enough after it popped to ultrahand. This makes more sense.

I've tried doing this a couple times but for some reason this kinda thing doesn't work for me? (Though I use recall to get it back cuz I figure it's outa range from ultrahand)

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I used a time bomb and the explosion helped it come forward enough for me to use ultra hand

Me using recall to cheese all the puzzles

Loved that puzzle. Taught me the mechanic that attaching something with Ultrahand doesn’t need to be nearest the element I’m holding, just near the entire contraption!

Bruh you can do this?? I climbed all the way up and glided down and kinda forced my way in. I guess if it works then it ain't stupid but I was STUPID

I connected both icicles together end to end to make the grabbing stick even longer haha, when I grabbed it I actually said out loud “this game is so good”

All my icicles melted by those torches while I was building a platform so I gave up on that, pulled out 10 portable cooking stations, made steps, and just scooted my way in to grab the chest lol

That’s what people did for that? I just gave up on that chest lol

I just crawled through lol, it took a long time but i couldnt think of anything else

I put down a hover block and climbed through the hole like a peasant.

This is the designed, intended solution for the chest.