A Lot of Breath of the Wild Players Have No Idea You Can Cut These Trees Down

A clip shared by aLegend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildplayer is blowing other players' minds, revealing that a certain tree type can be cut down that many believed couldn’t be.The Legend of Zeldais a franchise rife with complexity and secrets. There are subtle features and hidden prizes that even dedicatedZeldafans may not know about going back to the originalLegend of Zeldafor the NES.The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildis no different.

Nintendo took a massive risk withThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The Nintendo Switch game would be the biggest step forward for the franchise since the release ofThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Timemoved the series from 2D to 3D in 1998. Thesandbox open world ofBreath of the Wildoffered all kinds of new opportunities for interactive gameplay elements, secret rewards, and surprising gameplay interactions.

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One thing thatThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildplayers appear to have missed is that a certain type of tree can, in fact, be cut down.Breath of the Wildplayersmay recall a strange-looking tree, which some may have assumed was a tall mushroom or rock formation. In a clip shared on Reddit, aBreath of the Wildplayer showed that it’s entirely possible to chop one of these down with an axe. They’re just normal trees that turn into wood, like other trees.

The trees in question can be found in theSeres Scablands area ofBreath of the Wild. They don’t have branches, per se, and the texture of their trunks is quite stone-like. It’s no surprise some players weren’t confident they were trees. There are also massive versions of them that tower into the sky. SomeZeldafans believe they’re inspired by a real-life tree named the Dragon Blood tree.

Part of the problem with these strange trees inBreath of the Wildis that theNintendo Switch’s graphical fidelityisn’t doing the game any favors. It’s entirely possible Nintendo intended for theZeldatrees to look like Dragon Blood trees. But instead, their textures are quite muddy, and the tree’s shape is flat and smooth.

While the strangely-shaped trees may look odd, they also serve an important gameplay purpose. Their flat tops allowThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildplayers to use them as platforms. Perhaps players unconsciously avoided cutting down these trees because they wanted to eventually climb to their tops and leap between their boughs. NowBreath of the Wildplayers know that the trees can be used as a quick source of wood.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildis available now on Switch and Wii U.

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