The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom lets players build their very own homes for Link, and one player took it upon themselves to build a cozy and absolutely absurd home fit for Hyrule’s hero. Tears of the Kingdom puts an extra emphasis on player creativity by giving them tools to build nearly anything they can imagine.
Tears of the Kingdom carries over several mechanical and systemic gameplay elements from its predecessor, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. One such element is the ability to build houses that act as a base of operations for Link. The house-building system in Tears of the Kingdom is far more robust than what was featured in Breath of the Wild. Now players can fully control the arrangement of rooms and create stables for their horses, for instance.
One member of the Tears of the Kingdom subreddit who goes by the name of Fodimin decided to push one aspect of the updated and upgraded house-building mechanic to its limit. Fodimin posted a 29-second video where Link spends much of the run time ascending all 20 staircases needed to reach the top of his palatial skyscraper of a house. The house is so tall that Fodimin had to briefly pause several times between floors to allow Link to catch his breath so his stamina meter could recharge.
While some players are using the abilities Link acquires early in the game to build Star Wars podracers in Tears of the Kingdom, some who have not made it far enough may not even be aware that the home-building mechanic from Breath of the Wild has been carried over into Tears of the Kingdom. Players can activate the system and build their own ludicrously large Hyrulian mansions by visiting the reception desk at Hudson Construction in the Akkala Highlands just north of Zora’s Domain, but only after completing the “Mattison’s Independence” Side Adventure. Once there, players can activate the “Home on Arrange” quest by purchasing land. The mission is essentially a tutorial that teaches players the basics of home building. Once that’s wrapped up, players are free to construct and furnish their homes with any of the several dozen decorative options the system provides.
As players have demonstrated in the brief time since Tears of the Kingdom’s release, there is seemingly no end to the creativity that can be unleashed by the game’s building mechanics. It seems players will have to squeeze saving Hyrule and finding Princess Zelda into their tight schedules between creating infernal machines built for the sole purpose of torturing Koroks and constructing enormous high-rise homes that will make Link the envy of every Hyrulian.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is available now on Switch.